US10002418B2
A laser beam welding diagnosis apparatus includes: an imaging unit configured to capture images of a laser beam welding penetration side of a laser beam welded portion at a predetermined time interval; a feature amount calculating unit configured to calculate, from an image captured by the imaging unit, a feature amount of a jetted portion accompanying laser beam welding penetration; a welding diagnosis unit configured to determine that a welding defect in the laser beam welded portion has occurred when values of the feature amounts of a predetermined area around the laser beam welded portion on the laser beam welding penetration side become equal to or less than a predetermined value for a predetermined duration or longer; and an output unit configured to output a welding quality state including the occurrence of the welding defect.
US10002416B2
According to examples, inventory, growth, and risk prediction using image processing may include receiving a plurality of images captured by a vehicle during movement of the vehicle along a vehicle path. The images may include a plurality of objects. The images may be pre-processed for feature extraction. A plurality of features of the objects may be extracted from the pre-processed images by using a combination of computer vision techniques. A parameter related to the objects may be determined from the extracted features. A spatial density model may be generated, based on the determined parameter and the extracted features, to provide a visual indication of density of distribution of the objects related to a portion of the images, and/or to provide an alert corresponding to the objects related to the portion of the images.
US10002409B2
An image signal providing apparatus includes a signal separator which separates an inputted image signal into an upper bit and a lower bit, an upper bit image quality processor which performs image quality processing regarding an upper bit image signal, a compositor which combines the image-quality-processed upper bit image signal with a lower bit image signal and outputs the result, and a controller which controls the compositor to combine the image-quality-processed upper bit image signal with the lower bit image signal per area of the image signal based on image parameters regarding the image signal.
US10002404B2
A graphics processing unit (GPU) includes programmable shader hardware and grouping hardware. The grouping hardware receives pixels collected from a set of primitives, wherein pixel locations of each primitive have been obtained through rasterization of a set of vertices of the primitive. The grouping hardware also groups the pixels into a set of groups having a sequential order. None of the pixels in each group overlapped with each other in a display and overlapped pixels belong to different groups. The programmable shader hardware performs order-insensitive shader operations on the groups according to a first subset of an instruction set defined for a programmable shader, with two or more of the groups processed in parallel. The programmable shader hardware also performs order-sensitive shader operations on each of the groups in the sequential order according to a second subset of the instruction set defined for the programmable shader.
US10002400B2
A method, apparatus and computer program product provide mechanisms for generating vector graphics. The method includes receiving input defining a plurality of graphic elements, determining a plurality of graphic element definitions, each graphic element definition corresponding to at least one of the plurality of graphic elements, generating a graphic definition object comprising each of the graphic element definitions, providing the graphic definition object to a vector graphic renderer, and receiving, from the vector graphic renderer, a vector graphic comprising each of the plurality of graphic elements.
US10002394B1
Systems and methods are provided for processing notifications regarding issues with nearby vehicles. A roadside reporter receives notifications from individuals or computing devices reporting problems or violations associated with nearby vehicles, and the notification for uniqueness and authenticity. Upon determining that the notification is unique and authentic, the roadside reporter system notifies the driver of the nearby vehicle and other relevant parties about the problem or violation. The roadside reporter may issue rewards to the reporting user. The roadside reporter system further allows the driver of the nearby vehicle to respond to the notification, and subsequently provides the driver with incentives to address the problem or violation.
US10002379B2
An 18V power tool having one 18V battery pack attachable thereto and a 36V power tool having two 18V battery packs attachable thereto are housed in a tool case and sold as a set or kit. Two or more battery packs and/or a charger may also be included in the set, and sold therewith. A tool case may be used to house and carry the power tools, as well as the battery packs and/or charger, if provided. Sales systems for selling such power tools are also disclosed.
US10002378B2
Systems and methods are disclosed for alerting a customer when an item is out of stock or in stock. In embodiments, the customer may add items to a shopping list within a shopping list software application (commonly known as an “app”) installed on a mobile computing device such as a smart phone. According to embodiments of the present disclosure, if one or more items on the shopping list become out-of-stock, and/or later become in-stock, the system may transmit an alert to be displayed on the shopping list app to notify the customer. The system may notify the customer regarding relevant changes in product inventories at selected retail store branches where the customer is most likely to shop and/or has recently shopped.
US10002375B1
Users of an electronic marketplace may be provided with an interface to suggest associating one or more tag identifiers, such as a hashtag identifier, with items that are offered for sale. Records associating the suggested tag identifiers and items for sale may be stored, and searched by other users, in order to provide purchase recommendations, which may not otherwise be available using product-descriptive searches. For example, tag identifiers may be used to associate products and/or services with events, such as a particular birthday or anniversary, and users can easily search for items based on intuitive tag identifiers, such as #8thbirthday, #10thanniversary, #firsttimedad, etc. The associations between the items and the tag identifiers may be dynamically updated based on various factors.
US10002373B1
This disclosure relates to systems and methods for preloading content on a user device before a user requests the content from a web service provider. The preloaded content may be selected based, at least in part, upon the user's browsing and purchasing history. The web service provider may preload the content to minimize user idle time when interfacing with a web site. The web service provider may determine when to send the preloaded content based, at least in part, on when the user device is likely to connect to the network and/or when the user is likely to use the device to interface with the web service provider.
US10002366B2
The present subject discloses systems and methods for processing transaction payments. More specifically, the present subject discloses systems and methods in which transactions are processed for payment from any of a plurality of applicable purses associated with an account, wherein the plurality of purses include values defined by: currency; SKUs; discounts; conditional values; loyalty points; or other non-standard currencies and/or various combinations thereof.
US10002358B1
Architectures and techniques are described related to identifying merchants associated with information obtained from a number of sources and storing portions of the information in data elements related to the merchants. The information may be provided in a structured format that enables the service provider to associate certain information with a particular merchant or in an unstructured format. The service provider may analyze the information received from the sources to determine whether the information includes any merchant identifying information. When the service provider identifies a merchant based on the merchant identifying information, the service provider may extract additional portions of the information received (e.g. merchant reviews, merchant attributes, etc.) and store those additional portions of information in the data element of the merchant. The service provider may utilize the information obtained about merchants for one or more applications, such as directory services, identifying affinities between merchants, and the like.
US10002357B2
Techniques for presenting venue based services in a WLAN environment are provided. Specifically, methods that when taken alone or together, provide a device or group of devices with an efficient way of accessing venue based applications and advertisements while reducing application pollution. The present disclosure includes a system that provides a user with automatic network and application discovery while in the vicinity of a venue. If the system detects that the application is not installed in the wireless device, the venue specific application is presented to the user for download and install. The system can also recognize a user's preferences and tailor the application and advertisement provided accordingly.
US10002355B1
Disclosed are various embodiments for facilitating a payment to an owner of a media file for enabling the consumption of the media file. In one embodiment, a jukebox service transmits a plurality of media files to a plurality of users for consumption, wherein the media files are served up from a plurality of cloud drives associated with the users. A license service determines whether the consumption comprises at least one of a download, a purchase and an execution of the media files. Then, the license service facilitates a payment to the owner of the media files if a payment is owed to the owner. In one embodiment, the payment owed to the owner may be based on the type of consumption of the media files.
US10002349B2
Transaction data is collected from POS terminals in order to generate transaction paths for account holders. The transaction paths link merchant locations where transactions are conducted. Common features of transaction paths, such as intersecting path locations, and transaction data associated with the merchant locations are used for marketing and other purposes.
US10002341B2
A computer system for defining attributes associated with attended delivery/pickup locations is described. In various embodiments, the system is configured to enable an authorized user (e.g., a manager of an attended delivery/pickup location) to define certain attributes of a particular attended delivery/pickup location. In some embodiments, the system is configured to verify that the particular user is authorized to define the one or more attributes associated with the particular attended delivery/pickup location (e.g., by checking a list of one or more authorized users). Once the one or more attributes are defined, in one or more embodiments, the system is configured to accept or reject parcel delivery requests based at least in part on the attributes. In further embodiments, the system is configured to facilitate a return of a particular item to a retailer via the attended delivery/pickup location.
US10002338B2
A method and score management node for supporting service evaluation by obtaining a perception score P reflecting a user's experience of a service delivered by means of a telecommunication network. The score management node receives network measurements related to service events when the service is delivered to the user. For each received network measurement, the score management node determines a quality score Q reflecting the user's perception of quality of service delivery by applying a first function on the network measurement, and determines an associated significance S reflecting the user's perception of importance of service delivery by applying a second function on the network measurement. The first and second functions are dependent on network measurement type. The perception score P is then calculated based on the determined quality scores Q and associated significances S, wherein the calculated perception score P is made available for use in the service evaluation.
US10002329B2
An online system simplifies modification of features used by machine learned models used by the online system, such as machined learned models with high dimensionality. The online system obtains a superset of features including features used by at least one machine learned model and may include additional features. From the superset of features, the online system generates various groups of features for a machine learned model. The groups of features may be a group including features currently used by the machine learned model, a group including all available features, and one or more intermediate groups. Intermediate groups include various numbers of features from the set selected based on measures of feature impact on the machine learned model associated with various features. A user may select a group of features, test the machine learning model using the selected group, and then launch the tested model based on the results.
US10002323B2
Embodiments relate to approximate assignment in a constraint based evolutionary search. An aspect includes providing a genome representing a collection of variable assignment preferences encoded as genes. Another aspect includes reducing the domain until a unit sized domain is reached, the unit sized domain being an approximation to a value V. Another aspect includes searching for a first assignment of the value V that is less than or equal to the unit sized domain and a second assignment of the value V that is greater than the unit sized domain. Another aspect includes responsive to a first assignment and a second assignment being found, assigning the value V of one of the first assignment and the second assignment having the least distance from the unit sized domain to a variable X.
US10002321B2
Various embodiments related to activatable devices attachable to an object, permanent activation mechanisms, permanent connections, and activatable RFID devices are described. In one embodiment, a device may include an electrical load that is activated when first and second electrical traces are placed into electrical communication when a connector is attached to an object. In another embodiment, an activation mechanism includes first and second electrical contacts that are connected when the first electrical contact is displaced towards the second electrical contact and held in place by an adhesive layer. In yet another embodiment, a communication device includes first and second electrical contacts that either disable or enable the device when they are in the open and closed configurations respectively. In another embodiment, a device may include a permanent connector that once placed in the connected state irreversibly activates or enables the device.
US10002310B2
A method that incorporates teachings of the subject disclosure may include, for example, determining, by a system comprising a processor, more common features of a plurality of images according to similarity matrices indicating relative similarities between instances of common features occurring within multiple images of the plurality of images, defining, by the system, cluster groups associated with the more common features, where each cluster group comprises cluster images of the plurality of images, and where the more common features are present in each the cluster images, and performing, by the system, quality-based filtering on the cluster images to identify a target cluster image to represent the cluster images for each of the cluster groups. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US10002305B2
A fisheye image display method is adapted to a display device, wherein a display screen of the display device is divided into a plurality of view cells. The fisheye image display method includes steps of receiving a fisheye image; generating an original image and a plurality of regional images according to the fisheye image, wherein the regional images are corresponding to a plurality of regions of interest in the original image; and arranging the regional images in at least two of the view cells, wherein the at least two view cells are adjacent to each other horizontally or vertically, and one of the at least two view cells includes at least two of the regional images.
US10002301B1
A system, a non-transitory computer readable medium, and a method for Arabic handwriting recognition are provided. The method includes acquiring an input image representative of a handwritten Arabic text from a user, partitioning the input image into a plurality of regions, determining a bag of features representation for each region of the plurality of regions, modeling each region independently by multi stream discrete Hidden Markov Model (HMM), and identifying a text based on the HMM models.
US10002288B2
As the use of facial biometrics expands in the commercial and government sectors, the need to ensure that human facial examiners use proper procedures to compare facial imagery will grow. Human examiners have examined fingerprint images for many years such that fingerprint examination processes and techniques have reached a point of general acceptance for both commercial and governmental use. The growing deployment and acceptance of facial recognition can be enhanced and solidified if new methods can be used to assist in ensuring and recording that proper examination processes were performed during the human examination of facial imagery.
US10002287B2
In real biometric systems, false match rates and false non-match rates of 0% do not exist. There is always some probability that a purported match is false, and that a genuine match is not identified. The performance of biometric systems is often expressed in part in terms of their false match rate and false non-match rate, with the equal error rate being when the two are equal. There is a tradeoff between the FMR and FNMR in biometric systems which can be adjusted by changing a matching threshold. This matching threshold can be automatically, dynamically and/or user adjusted so that a biometric system of interest can achieve a desired FMR and FNMR.
US10002283B2
The present disclosure relates to an apparatus, a method, and an electronic device. The apparatus includes a display screen; a processor; a fingerprint sensor configured to acquire fingerprint data, wherein the fingerprint sensor is located in a content displaying area of the display screen; and a data transmission line configured to transmit the fingerprint data from the fingerprint sensor to the processor, wherein the data transmission line includes a first end connected to the fingerprint sensor and a second end connected to the processor.
US10002280B1
There is provided a method for controlling a capacitive fingerprint sensing device for sensing a fingerprint pattern of a finger, the capacitive fingerprint sensor comprising a plurality of sensing elements. Each sensing element comprises a protective dielectric top layer to be touched by the finger, an electrically conductive sensing structure arranged underneath the top layer, sensing circuitry for providing an analog sensing signal indicative of a distance between the finger and the sensing structure. The fingerprint sensing device further comprises timing circuitry configured to control a timing of a drive signal, the drive signal being configured to provide a change in potential difference between the finger and the sensing structure. The method comprises forming a drive signal comprising a sequence of pulses, wherein a delay between consecutive pulses is controllable by said timing circuitry. There is also provided a sensing device configured to perform the above described method.
US10002278B2
A sensor screen and a display device including the same are discussed. The sensor screen can include a first base member including a first active area and a first bezel area and having a first thickness, a second base member positioned opposite the first base member and having a second thickness less than the first thickness; and a fingerprint sensor disposed on one of the first and second base members which are positioned opposite each other. The fingerprint sensor can include a first group of fingerprint electrodes, which are arranged in a first direction in a portion of the first active area, and a second group of fingerprint electrodes, which are insulated from the first group of fingerprint electrodes and are arranged in a second direction crossing the first direction.
US10002272B2
There is provided in one embodiment an apparatus having an image sensor array. In one embodiment, the image sensor array can include monochrome pixels and color sensitive pixels. The monochrome pixels can be pixels without wavelength selective color filter elements. The color sensitive pixels can include wavelength selective color filter elements.
US10002267B2
A method for checking value documents includes checking a security element having a plurality of magnetic regions, including a high-coercivity magnetic region, optionally a low-coercivity magnetic region and optionally a combined magnetic region which contains the high-coercivity as well as the low-coercivity magnetic material, and optionally a soft-magnetic magnetic region. After the magnetization of all the magnetic regions in a first direction, first magnetic signals of the security element are detected with a first magnetic detector. Subsequently, a second magnetization is performed wherein the low-coercivity magnetic material is remagnetized anti-parallel to the first magnetization, but the high-coercivity magnetic material remains aligned in the first magnetization direction. Second magnetic signals are detected with a second magnetic detector. On the basis of the magnetic signals, a magnetic region of the security element is identified as a high-coercivity, a low-coercivity, a combined or a soft-magnetic magnetic region.
US10002264B2
A storage device includes a memory including a first storage area configured to store area information that indicates a geographical area, and a second storage area configured to store data, and a processor coupled to the memory and configured to append data storage information, which indicates a location of the storage device, to the data to be stored in the second storage area, and allow a piece of the data stored in the second storage area to become available, the piece having the data storage information indicating that the location of the storage device falls within an area indicated by the area information, while the storage device is located within the area indicated by the area information.
US10002263B2
A communications bus line isolator is provided. In some embodiments, a first side of the communications bus isolator can be coupled to a first device via first communications bus cabling, a second side of the communications bus isolator can be coupled to a second device via second communications bus cabling, and, when the communications bus isolator detects a fault on or tampering or interference with the second communications bus cabling or the second device, the communications bus isolator can isolate the first communications bus cabling from the second communications bus cabling. In some embodiments, when the first device detects a continuous fault on or continuous tampering or interference with the second communications bus cabling or the second device, the first device can transmit a signal to the communications bus isolator, instructing the communications bus isolator to actively disable receivers on the second side of the communications bus isolator.
US10002252B2
A trusted threat-aware microvisor may be deployed as a module of a trusted computing base (TCB). The microvisor is illustratively configured to enforce a security policy of the TCB, which may be implemented as a security property of the microvisor. The microvisor may manifest (i.e., demonstrate) the security property in a manner that enforces the security policy. Trustedness denotes a predetermined level of confidence that the security property is demonstrated by the microvisor. The predetermined level of confidence is based on an assurance (i.e., grounds) that the microvisor demonstrates the security property. Trustedness of the microvisor may be verified by subjecting the TCB to enhanced verification analysis configured to ensure that the TCB conforms to an operational model with an appropriate level of confidence over an appropriate range of activity. The operational model may then be configured to analyze conformance of the microvisor to the security property. A combination of conformance by the microvisor to the operational model and to the security property provides assurance (i.e., grounds) for the level of confidence and, thus, verifies trustedness.
US10002248B2
Systems, computer program products, and methods are described herein for a mobile device data security system. The present invention is configured to establish a communication link with the mobile device; receive, via the established communication link, information associated with one or more third-party applications stored on the mobile device; initiate a scan, via the established communication link, to determine whether the one or more third-party applications are associated with a malicious code; transmit control signals, via the established communication link, configured to cause the data security application to begin running in the background of the mobile device in response to determining that the one or more third-party applications are associated with the malicious code; and initiate, via the data security application, one or more actions to be executed on the mobile device of the user, wherein the one or more actions limit one or more functionalities of the mobile device.
US10002247B2
A software image associated with a first customer of a computing resource service provider and criteria for identifying an event is received, the software image comprising a set of layers. The set of layers is stored in a first data store to form a stored set of layers, the first data store being physically located in a first region. The set of layers is copied to a second data store to form a copied set of layers, the second data store being physically located in a second region different from the first region. The copied set of layers is launched as a container executing in an instance that is physically located in the second region, and, as a result of identifying an occurrence of the event, the container is caused to be unavailable to an entity associated with the instance.
US10002241B2
A mechanism is provided for managing user accounts used on the data processing system. A first user account and second user account are initialized. Responsive to a user attempting to perform an activity from a user account in a set of user accounts under which the user is currently logged in, a determination is made as to whether an identifier associated with the activity is associated with a set of identifiers of the user account under which the user is currently logged in. Responsive to the identifier associated with the activity being associated with the set of identifiers of the user account under which the user is currently logged in, the user is allowed access to perform the activity. Responsive to the identifier associated with the activity being associated with a set of identifiers of another user account on the data processing system, the activity is denied.
US10002228B2
The invention describes an explicit solvent all-atom molecular dynamics methodology (SILCS: Site Identification by Ligand Competitive Saturation) that uses small aliphatic and aromatic molecules plus water molecules to map the affinity pattern of a large molecule for hydrophobic groups, aromatic groups, hydrogen bond donors, and hydrogen bond acceptors. By simultaneously incorporating ligands representative of all these functionalities, the method is an in silico free energy-based competition assay that generates three-dimensional probability maps of fragment binding (FragMaps) indicating favorable fragment:large molecule interactions. The FragMaps may be used to qualitatively inform the design of small-molecule ligands or as scoring grids for high-throughput in silico docking that incorporates both an atomic-level description of solvation and the large molecule's flexibility.
US10002207B2
The present invention extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for optimizing production of packaging products. Packaging products can be automatically produced on-demand and can be optimized based on stored and/or real-time information. In some embodiments, a request for a packaging product is received and a real-time design optimization system accesses information about one or more design groups. The one or more design groups include multiple design options. The multiple design options are scored based on stored and/or real-time criteria. Based on the score, one or more top designs are identified for production and/or selection by an operator of the system.
US10002205B2
Techniques herein index data transferred during distributed graph processing. In an embodiment, a system of computers divides a directed graph into partitions. The system creates one partition per computer and distributes each partition to a computer. Each computer builds four edge lists that enumerate edges that connect the partition of the computer with a partition of a neighbor computer. Each of the four edge lists has edges of a direction, which may be inbound or outbound from the partition. Edge lists are sorted by identifier of the vertex that terminates or originates each edge. Each iteration of distributed graph analysis involves each computer processing its partition and exchanging edge data or vertex data with neighbor computers. Each computer uses an edge list to build a compactly described range of edges that connect to another partition. The computers exchange described ranges with their neighbors during each iteration.
US10002202B2
Architecture that utilizes a long poll publication/subscription (pubsub) model for updating realtime objects of a webpage. Each realtime-enabled object is a pubsub entity in a pubsub service. Each rendering of the webpage creates a subscription on a page object. The entity in the pubsub service enables the realtime communications of content to the webpage object. The architecture provides light-weight realtime anonymous pubsub at scale, a light-weight pubsub that can scale to the web on the backend, and integration into existing website code by plugging in at the javascript level.
US10002188B2
A device may receive text to be processed to prioritize text sections included in the text. The device may perform one or more prioritization techniques to prioritize the text sections. The one or more prioritization techniques may include at least one of: a semantic centrality analysis that indicates a degree to which a text section is semantically related to at least one other text section, an information content analysis that indicates a degree to which the text section includes information not included in the at least one other text section, or a combined analysis based on the semantic centrality analysis and the information content analysis. The device may prioritize the text sections, to form a set of prioritized text sections, based on performing the one or more prioritization techniques. The device may provide information that identifies the set of prioritized text sections.
US10002176B2
A system and method of analyzing data receives a user-specified selection of a data source, a user-specified selection of a type of data representation, and a user-specified description of a view to be constructed in accordance with the user-specified selection of the type of data representation. An application program interface (API) function generates a multidimensional query based on the user-specified type of data representation and the user-specified description of the view to be constructed, and submits the multidimensional query to the an On-line Analytical Processing (OLAP) server. The application program interface (API) function receives a multidimensional response from the OLAP server containing results acquired by the multidimensional query of the data source, and generates the view based on the results contained in the multidimensional response and in accordance with the user-specified selection of the type of data representation and the user-specified description of the view.
US10002165B2
Techniques are disclosed for generating a unified ranking of search results received from a plurality of distinct search resources. A computing system executing a federated search application receives a set of ranked search results from multiple search resources (e.g., web-based search engines, public databases and catalogs, etc.). Each search result identifies an item and includes metadata characterizing the item. The federated search application determines a unified ranking for the items identified in the search results that preserves a relative ranking of each set of items, such that a result for a given item is ranked above other results for items in the associated set of items is ranked above the other results in the unified ranking.
US10002163B2
In an embodiment, a data processing method comprises creating and storing a plurality of analytical notebooks in digital computer storage, wherein each of the analytical notebooks comprises notebook metadata that specifies a kernel for execution, and one or more computational cells, wherein each of the cells comprises cell metadata, a source code reference and an output reference; receiving, in association with a first cell among the one or more cells, first input specifying computer program source code of a function, wherein the function defines an input dataset, a transformation, and one or more variables associated with output data; storing the first cell, excluding the output data, using a first digital data storage system and updating the source code reference to identify the first data storage system; using the kernel specified in the notebook metadata, executing an executable version of the source code to result in generating the output data; storing the output data using a second digital data storage system that is separate from the first digital data storage system and updating the output reference to identify the second data storage system.
US10002161B2
The subject matter disclosed herein provides methods and apparatus, including computer program products for rules-based processing. In one aspect there is provided a method. The method may include, for example, evaluating rules to determine whether to enable or disable one or more actions in a ready set of actions. Moreover, the method may include scheduling the ready set of actions, each of which is scheduled for execution and executed, the execution of each of the ready set of actions using a separate, concurrent thread, the concurrency of the actions controlled using a control mechanism. Related systems, apparatus, methods, and/or articles are also described.
US10002157B2
Aspects of the present invention disclose a method, computer program product, and system for managing conflicts in an import operation. The method includes one or more processors identifying a conflict in an import operation of an incoming set of data into an existing database, wherein the incoming set of data includes an incoming entry, and the existing database includes an existing entry that corresponds to the identified conflict. The method further includes one or more processors determining a probability to preserve the existing entry in the existing database based on a set of rules associated with the import operation. The method further includes one or more processors determining whether to overwrite the existing entry in the existing database with the incoming entry from the incoming set of data based on comparing the determined probability to a threshold probability.
US10002152B2
The invention relates to a client computer for updating a database stored on a server via a network, the server being coupled to the client computer via the network, wherein the database comprises a set of first relations, wherein each first relation in the set of the first relations comprises first data items, wherein for each first relation the first data items are encrypted with a respective first cryptographic key in the first relation, wherein the first data items form a partially ordered set in each first relation, in each first relation the partial order being formed with respect to the first data items of said first relation in non-encrypted form.
US10002143B2
A computer implemented method for creating and managing a database system comprising data structures for storing, in a memory, data and relations between the data, the method comprising the steps of creating a mind map structure wherein each node of the mind map represents a set in the first data structure and each branch represents a relation in the fifth data structure of the database in which there are defined five data structures that hold all information relating to tables, records and relations, namely: a first data structure comprising a definition of at least one data set, a second data structure comprising definitions of properties of objects, a third data structure comprising definitions of objects, a fourth data structure comprising definitions of properties of each object, a fifth data structure comprising definitions of relations and a sixth data structure for storing definitions of relations between objects.
US10002141B2
Provided are methods and systems for implementing a distributed database in a data network. The method comprises receiving node data associated with one or more nodes of a plurality of nodes, updating the distributed database and replicating the distributed database to each of the plurality of nodes. The plurality of nodes comprises one or more cluster device, a cluster master, a traffic classification engine, a service node, and an orchestrator. The node data comprises node health, a number of total connections, node processing unit utilization, node memory status, destination server address, destination server capacity, destination server network connectivity, node dynamic state, node responsiveness. The distributed database comprises tables containing traffic map, node health information, traffic classification mapping, and service policy.
US10002140B2
A service arrangement system coordinates service providers who provide geographical location-based services to users. The location-based services may include transportation of users. For example, a service provider operates a vehicle to transport a user from an origin location to a destination location. To provide an engaging user experience and encourage users to continue using the services, the service arrangement system accurately and expediently determines the origin location and the destination location based on querying available data sources. The service arrangement system can use selection rules for multiplexing, fallback logic, or load-balancing to select a high quality data source from the available data sources.
US10002135B2
Techniques are disclosed for managing a file stored in an enterprise content management (ECM) repository. In response to a check-out request from a client machine for a file stored in the ECM repository, a management application for an ECM system identifies ECM-related metadata associated with the file. The management application stores the ECM-related metadata into the file (or an associated file) prior to sending the file to the client. At check-in for the file, the management application identifies the location of the corresponding file in the ECM repository using the metadata previously stored in the file sent to the client.
US10002131B2
Technology for media item and user language classification is disclosed. Media item classification may use models for associating language identifiers or probability distributions for multiple languages with linguistic content. User language classification may define user language models for attributing to users indications of languages they speak read, and/or write. The text classifications and user classifications may interact because the probability that given text is in a particular language may depend on a determined likelihood the user who produced the text speaks that language, or conversely, a user interacting with text in a particular language may increase the likelihood they understand that language. Some embodiments use language-tagged social media content to train n-gram classifiers for use with other social media content.
US10002130B1
A method includes converting a user's utterance to text; encapsulating the converted text in a rheme object; searching, for each of a plurality of topics, for keywords in the converted text; determining a relevancy metric for each of the plurality of topics based on such searching; selecting one or more topics based on determined relevancy metrics; comparing some or all of the converted text to names in one or more patient lists or databases; identifying a unique patient whose name is contained in the converted; attaching an indication of the identified patient to the rheme object; effecting an action based on the selected one or more topics and the attached patient indication; and saving the topic in a conversation history with a reference to the identified patient.
US10002127B2
Technologies for establishing connections between or among people based at least in part on semantic distance and relational distance include one or more computing devices that analyze content created by computing device users, perform content clustering on the content, determine relational distances between connection candidates, and generate connection recommendations based at least in part on the content clustering and the relational distances.
US10002120B2
The present disclosure includes techniques pertaining to computer implemented systems and methods for data usage monitoring. In one embodiment, user manipulations of spreadsheets are translated into backend actions and executed against spreadsheet data. The actions of users on different spreadsheets automatically generate data records to track each action. The data records are stored in a data structure and portions of the records may be accessed to generate usage information.
US10002118B2
Historical form input field usage information of a group of input fields associated with a graphical user interface (GUI) form is analyzed. A subset of the group of input fields with higher usage characteristics relative to another subset of the group of input fields is automatically partitioned into a new form within a new tabbed portion of the displayed GUI form. The new form includes a set of selectable options that allow a user to select between reorganizing the subset of the input fields according to historical input field usage analysis of the user and reorganizing the subset of the plurality of input fields according to historical input field usage analysis of a group of form users within which the user is a member. The subset of the input fields within the new form is reorganized responsive to different user selections among the set of selectable options.
US10002115B1
Technologies for performing hybrid rendering of web pages are described in which some web page resources are rendered by a server to create processed layers (e.g., composited layers) and other web page resources are left in a format that can be locally rendered at the client. For example, a server can split web page resources into a first part and a second part. The first part can be rendered down to processed layers and placeholder layers can be created representing the second part. The processed layers, the placeholder layers, and the second part of the web page resources can be sent to the client. The client can render the second part of the web page resources and merge them with the processed layers. The client can display the web page using the merged layers. The client can update the web page by locally re-rendering the second part of the web page resources.
US10002114B2
A computer-implemented method of generating interactive electronic documents comprises: generating each of the electronic documents as an object having a non-variable first part, the non-variable first part comprising instructions configured to direct a processing unit to perform a function call in response to user interaction, and a variable second part separate from the non-variable first part, the variable second part comprising variable data and functions defined to return the variable data in response to the function call. The invention provides generating interactive electronic documents at high speed, in particular in order to enable high throughput.
US10002110B2
A correction arithmetic circuit disclosed herein includes an offset temperature characteristic correction unit that corrects an offset temperature characteristic of an input signal according to an input signal characteristic at a specific temperature and a temperature characteristic at a specific input signal. A signal processor disclosed herein includes a pulse count number setting circuit that generates a pulse count number setting signal in accordance with an input signal and a pulse generation unit that generates a pulse signal by counting a pulse number of a reference clock signal according to the pulse count number setting signal. The pulse count number setting circuit corrects the pulse count number setting signal so as to cancel a frequency temperature characteristic of the pulse signal.
US10002109B2
A method of correlating satellite position data with terrestrial features may include: Using a geometric snapping algorithm to correlate the satellite position data and terrestrial survey data and snap the satellite position data to the terrestrial features; determining whether the satellite position data can be snapped to unique terrestrial features; and using a hybrid space-time snapping algorithm to correlate the satellite position data and terrestrial survey data and snap the satellite position data to unique terrestrial features when the satellite position data cannot be snapped to unique terrestrial features.
US10002108B2
Systems and methods for performing convolution operations. An example processing system comprises: a processing core; and a convolver unit to apply a convolution filter to a plurality of input data elements represented by a two-dimensional array, the convolver unit comprising a plurality of multipliers coupled to two or more sets of latches, wherein each set of latches is to store a plurality of data elements of a respective one-dimensional section of the two-dimensional array.
US10002107B2
Systems, devices, articles, methods, and techniques for advancing quantum computing by removing unwanted interactions in one or more quantum processor. One approach includes creating an updated plurality of programmable parameters based at least in part on a received value for the characteristic magnetic susceptibility of the qubit in the at least one quantum processor, and returning the updated plurality of programmable parameters. Examples programmable parameters include local biases, and coupling values characterizing the problem Hamilton. Also, for example, a quantum processor may be summarized as including a first loop of superconducting material, a first compound Josephson junction interrupting the first loop of superconducting material, a first coupler inductively coupled to the first loop of superconducting material, a second coupler inductively coupled to the first loop of superconducting material, and a second loop of superconducting material proximally placed to the first loop of superconducting material inductively coupled to the first coupler and the second coupler.
US10002103B2
A microcontroller device has a housing with a plurality of external pins a first microcontroller with a first central processing unit (CPU), a first system bus coupled with the first CPU, first memory coupled with the first system bus, and a first plurality of peripheral devices coupled with the first system bus, and a second microcontroller with a second central processing unit (CPU), a second system bus coupled with the second CPU, second memory coupled with the second system bus, and a second plurality of peripheral devices coupled with the second system bus, wherein first and second microcontroller communicate only via a dedicated interface.
US10002102B2
A microcontroller device has a housing with a plurality of external pins having a plurality of input/output pins, a first microcontroller with a first central processing unit (CPU), a first system bus coupled with the first CPU, first memory coupled with the first system bus, and a first plurality of peripheral devices coupled with the first system bus, a second microcontroller with a second central processing unit (CPU), a second system bus coupled with the second CPU, second memory coupled with the second system bus, and a second plurality of peripheral devices coupled with the second system bus, and a pad ownership multiplexer unit being controllable to assign control of the input/output pins to either the first microcontroller or the second microcontroller, wherein the number of external pins is less than the sum of a data buswidth of the first and second microcontroller.
US10002100B2
An example integrated circuit (IC) system includes a package substrate having a programmable integrated circuit (IC) and a companion IC mounted thereon, the programmable IC including a programmable fabric and the companion IC including application circuitry. The IC system further includes a system-in-package (SiP) bridge including a first SiP IO circuit disposed in the programmable IC, a second SiP IO circuit disposed in the companion IC, and conductive interconnect on the package substrate electrically coupling the first SiP IO circuit and the second SiP IO circuit. The IC System further includes first aggregation and first dispersal circuits in the programmable IC coupled between the programmable fabric and the first SiP IO circuit. The IC system further includes second aggregation and second dispersal circuits in the companion IC coupled between the application circuitry and the second SiP IO circuit.
US10002093B1
Systems and methods are disclosed for configuring multi-line serial computer expansion bus communication links. A controller for a data storage device may receive one or more signals indicative of bifurcation settings from a configuration component or a host bus adapter may provide one or more signals indicative of bifurcation settings to the controller. The controller may receive configuration data from the BIOS based on the one or more signals and may configure the multi-line serial computer expansion bus communication links based on the configuration data.
US10002080B2
A memory system implements a plurality of virtual address modification policies and optionally a plurality of cache eviction policies. Virtual addresses are optionally, selectively, and/or conditionally modified by the memory system in accordance with a plurality of virtual address modification policies. The virtual address modification policies include no modification, modification according to two-dimensional Morton ordering, and modification according to three-dimensional Morton ordering. For example, in response to a reference to a particular virtual address, the particular virtual address is modified according to two-dimensional Morton ordering so that at least two elements in a same column and distinct respective rows of a two-dimensional data structure are loaded into a same cache line and/or are referenced via a same page table entry.
US10002079B2
A datum to be preloaded includes the acquisition of a, so-called “model”, statistical distribution of the deltas of a model access sequence, the construction of a, so-called “observed”, statistical distribution of the deltas of an observed access sequence, the identification in the observed statistical distribution, by comparing it with the model statistical distribution, of the most deficient class, that is to say of the class for which the difference NoDSM−NoDSO is maximal, where NoDSM and NoDSO are the numbers of occurrences of this class that are deduced, respectively, from the model statistical distribution and from the observed statistical distribution, the provision as prediction of the datum to be preloaded into the cache memory, of at least one predicted address where the datum to be preloaded is contained, this predicted address being constructed on the basis of the most deficient class identified.
US10002078B2
An information processing apparatus includes: storage devices that store data; a data generation unit that generates padding-added data by adding padding to the data, based on adjustment information included in received data; and a storage processing unit that stores the padding-added data generated by the data generation unit in the storage devices. It is possible to shorten a latency even when non-aligned data is received.
US10002070B2
Disclosed are systems and methods for altering functionality of an application. An example method comprises updating the application, wherein the application includes one or more functional modules; detecting events occurring on the computer after the updating, wherein types of the detected events belong to a set of detectable events; determining which of the one or more functional modules of the application caused the detected events; and altering the one or more detected functional modules, wherein the altering of the functional modules and which functional modules are altered depend on the detected events and on which functional modules caused the detected events.
US10002064B2
A method and a system is disclosed herein for model checker based efficient elimination of false positives from static analysis warnings generated during static analysis of an application code. The system computes complete-range non-deterministic value variables (cnv variables) that are based on data flow analysis or static approximation of execution paths by control flow paths. During computation of cnv variables, over approximation (may-cnv variables) and under approximation (must-cnv variables) of a set of cnv variables at a program point is identified. The computed cnv variables are used to check whether an assertion variable is a cnv variable and the corresponding assertion verification call is redundant or otherwise. The identified redundant calls are then skipped for the efficiency of the false positives elimination and the model checker is invoked corresponding to the non-redundant assertion verification calls.
US10002056B2
An integrated circuit (IC) chip can include a given core at a position in the IC chip that defines a given orientation, wherein the given core is designed to perform a particular function. The IC chip can include another core designed to perform the particular function. The other core can be flipped and rotated by 180 degrees relative to the given core such that the other core is asymmetrically oriented with respect to the given core. The IC chip can also include a compare unit configured to compare outputs of the given core and the other core to detect a fault in the IC chip.
US10002055B2
Presented herein are methods, non-transitory computer readable media, and devices for efficiently repairing tree databases with variable-length records. Methods for repairing tree databases with variable-length records are disclosed which include: iterating the tree database, detecting at least one recoverable leaf block, reducing the at least one recoverable leaf block to its legally formatted contents, and writing the at least one recoverable leaf block back into the tree database; processing the at least one recoverable leaf block to ensure the at least one recoverable leaf block represents a disjoint region within a record space within the tree database; and rebuilding branch blocks as necessary to provide a lookup and organizational index for the at least one recoverable leaf block.
US10002049B2
Provided are an apparatus and method for managing data storage. A first log structured array stores data in a storage device. A second log structured array in the storage device stores metadata for the data in the first log structured array, wherein the second log structured array storing the metadata for the first log structured data storage system is nested within the first log structured array, and wherein the first and second log structured arrays comprise separate instances of log structured arrays. Address space is allocated in the second log structured array for metadata when the allocation of address space is required for metadata for data stored in the first log structured array.
US10002034B2
A system and method involves detecting operational social disruptive events on a global scale, modeling data in conjunction with linguistics analysis to establish responsive actions, and generating visualization and executing models for communicating information.
US10002030B2
Methods for migrating a virtual machine instance between devices include scoring a received migration request against one or more rules in a rule database relating to one or more respective validation sets. Each validation set includes one or more validation subtasks. Each score is compared to a respective threshold to determine if a level of risk according to the respective rule merits performing validation. The migration request is validated by one or more validation sets that correspond to the scores that exceed the respective threshold.
US10002029B1
An apparatus includes a processor to: receive, from a first remote device, a request to perform iterations of a training job flow to generate a neural network at least partly within a first federated area, wherein access to the first federated area is granted to the first remote device and not a second remote device, access to a second federated area is granted to the second remote device and not the first remote device, and a transfer area is maintained to transfer a neural network data set between the first and second federated areas; perform the at least some iterations; and analyze an output object generated in each iteration to determine whether a condition has been met to transfer a copy of the neural network data set from the first federated area to the transfer area to enable its transfer to the second federated area to test the neural network.
US10002025B2
A computer system comprises: a server transmitted an input/output processing request; a storage apparatus comprising input/output processing units capable of processing the input/output processing request, and the logical volumes; a management computer managed the storage apparatus; and a particular processor managed a particular resource group, wherein the particular processor is configured to: calculate a load balancing plan when a load on a first resource comprised in the particular resource group is excessive, to distribute a part of the load on the first resource to a second resource comprised in the particular resource group; output the load balancing plan in a manner that allows the load balancing plan to be displayed; and distribute the load on the first resource to the second resource by following the load balancing plan, when an instruction to execute the load balancing plan is received as a result of outputting the load balancing plan.
US10002023B2
A method and an apparatus for managing and scheduling tasks in a many-core system are presented. The method improves process management efficiency in the many-core system. The method includes, when a process needs to be added to a task linked list, adding a process descriptor pointer of the process to a task descriptor entry corresponding to the process, and adding the task descriptor entry to the task linked list; if a process needs to be deleted, finding a task descriptor entry corresponding to the process, and removing the task descriptor entry from the task linked list; and when a processor core needs to run a new task, removing an available priority index register with a highest priority from a queue of the priority index register.
US10002020B2
A data processing apparatus and method of data processing are provided, which relate to the operation of a processor which maintains a call stack in dependence on the data processing instructions executed. The processor is configured to operate in a transactional execution mode when the data processing instructions seek access to a stored data item which is shared with a further processor. When the processor enters its transactional execution mode it stores a copy of the current stack depth indication and thereafter, when operating in its transactional execution mode, further modifications to the call stack are compared to the copy of the stack depth indication stored. If the relative stacking position of the required modification is in a positive stack growth direction with respect to the copy stored, the modification to the call stack is labelled as non-speculative. Conversely if the modification to the call stack is to be made at a relative stacking position which is not in a positive growth direction with respect to the position indicated by the copy stored, then that modification is labelled as speculative. The size of the write-set associated with maintaining the call stack while in transactional execution mode can therefore be reduced.
US10002018B2
A computing environment includes a computing system, where the computing system includes a plurality of logical partitions, a hypervisor supporting the plurality of logical partitions, a plurality of SR-IOV adapters, where at least one of the logical partitions is mapped to a virtual function on a first SR-IOV adapter of the plurality of adapters, and where migrating an SR-IOV adapter configuration in the computing environment includes: cloning, on a second SR-IOV adapter, a configuration of the first SR-IOV adapter; placing the second SR-IOV adapter and the virtual function in an error state; remapping the virtual function from the first SR-IOV adapter to the second SR-IOV adapter; and placing the second SR-IOV adapter and the virtual function in an error recovery state.
US10002010B2
Multi-byte compressed string representation embodiments define a String class control field identifying compression as enabled/disabled, and another control field, identifying a decompressed string created when compression enabled. Tests are noped based on null setting of the compression flag. When arguments to a String class constructor are not compressible, a decompressed String is created and stringCompressionFlag initialized. Endian-aware helper methods for reading/writing byte and character values are defined. Enhanced String class constructors, when characters are not compressible, create a decompressed String, and initialize stringCompressionFlag triggering class load assumptions, overwriting all nopable patch points. A String object sign bit is set to one for decompressed strings when compression enabled, and masking/testing this flag bit is noped. Alternative package protected string constructors and operations are provided. A predetermined location is checked to determine whether supplied arguments to a String class constructor are compressible is performed.
US10002008B2
A manual is disclosed for a frequency converter and a method, apparatus and a computer program product are disclosed for configuring a frequency converter. The manual can include a data storage storing operational configuration information of the frequency converter; wherein the configuration information is encoded to the data storage to be wirelessly readable from the data storage. The configuration information is obtained from the manual by wireless reading, and installed to the frequency converter by transmitting the obtained configuration information over a wireless connection.
US10002007B2
A device driver is configured to provide access to at least one peripheral device through a normalized interface. A loader is provided with the device driver. When the loader is executed, the loader loads the device driver to an operating system (OS) within its own independent processing context. The interactions through the normalized interface are OS independent.
US10002005B2
Examples described herein may include a computing device of a media playback system receiving a display map corresponding to a media service provider. The display map may associate a data field with a location within a display of the computing device. The computing device may further receive a data item associated with a media item of the media service provider. The received data item may correspond to the data field. The computing device may display an indication of the received data item at the location in accordance with the display map.
US10002000B2
The disclosed embodiments provide a system that manages the use of a virtual disk. During operation, the system obtains trace data associated with a startup process that reads blocks from the virtual disk. Next, the system physically rearranges the blocks based on the trace data to increase the speed of the startup process. During execution of the startup process, the system also determines a progress of the startup process and uses the progress and the trace data to prefetch blocks from the virtual disk for use by the startup process.
US10001990B2
A system for application container security comprising an application container processing and deployment computer system configured to receive an application container, determine operating system kernel requirements of the application container, calculate a risk value based on the operating system kernel requirements of the application container, determine availability of a host computer to host the application container, by determining if the operating system kernel of the host computer meets operational requirements of the application container. The operational requirements including the risk value for the application container. When the operating system kernel of the host computer is determined to meet the operational requirements, pair the application container with the operating system kernel of the host computer. When the operating system kernel of the host computer is determined to not meet the operational requirements, configure and compile a container-specific operating system kernel that meets the operational requirements.
US10001989B2
A computer program product for verifying source code in disparate source control systems. A processor configured to: obtain a first source code from a target repository; access a second source code from a source repository; and verify each file in the first source code matches each corresponding file in the second source code. Verifying causes the processor to: read contents of a file in the first source code in the target repository; access a corresponding file in the second source code in the source repository; replace contents of the corresponding file in the second source code in the source repository with the contents of the file in the first source code in the target repository; execute an editor in the source repository to display differences in the corresponding file that have been modified as a result of replacing contents; and log each file that does not match.
US10001963B2
A dynamic random access memory, including a main body, a processing unit, a display screen and a transmit port. The main body has a substrate and a shell portion disposed by two opposite side faces of the substrate, the substrate is provided with a memory module; the processing unit is disposed in the main body; the display screen is attached to the main body and viewable from outside of the dynamic random access memory, the display screen is electrically connected with the processing unit, the processing unit can control a display state of the display screen; and the transmit port is disposed on the substrate, and the transmit port is electrically connected with the memory module.
US10001956B2
Print settings of a first print queue (DEVMODE) are converted, in part or in whole, into print settings of a format used by a second printer driver (PrintTicket), and the generated print settings of the format used by the second printer driver (PrintTicket) are used as print settings of a second print queue.
US10001954B2
An information processing apparatus displays a print setting screen based on configuration setting information of a selected device type. The printing setting information set via the print setting screen is used along with print data to generate a print job that is sent to a selected printer.
US10001953B2
A non-volatile random access memory (NVRAM) is used in a computer system to perform multiple roles in a platform storage hierarchy, specifically, to replace traditional mass storage that is accessible by an I/O. The computer system includes a processor to execute software and a memory coupled to the processor. At least a portion of the memory comprises a non-volatile random access memory (NVRAM) that is byte-rewritable and byte-erasable by the processor. The system further comprises a memory controller coupled to the NVRAM to perform a memory access operation to access the NVRAM in response to a request from the software for access to a mass storage.
US10001948B2
A buffer circuit (403) includes a primary interface (404), a secondary interface (405), and an encoder/decoder circuit (407A, 407B). The primary interface is configured to communicate on an n-bit channel, wherein n parallel bits on the n-bit channel are coded using data bit inversion (DBI). The secondary interface is configured to communicate with a plurality of integrated circuit devices on a plurality of m-bit channels, each m-bit channel transmitting m parallel bits without using DBI. And the encoder/decoder circuit is configured to translate data words between the n-bit channel of the primary interface and the plurality of m-bit channels of the secondary interface.
US10001944B2
Systems and methods which implement one or more data organization techniques that facilitate efficient access to source data stored by a storage system are disclosed. Data organization techniques implemented according to embodiments are adapted to optimize (e.g., maximize) input/output efficiency and/or (e.g., minimize) storage overhead, while maintaining mean time to data loss, repair efficiency, and/or traffic efficiency. Data organization techniques as may be implemented by embodiments include blob based organization techniques, grouped symbols organization techniques, data ordering organization techniques, and combinations thereof.
US10001942B1
Techniques are provided for asynchronous semi-inline deduplication. A multi-tiered storage arrangement comprises a first storage tier, a second storage tier, etc. An in-memory change log of data recently written to the first storage tier is evaluate to identify a fingerprint of a data block recently written to the first storage tier. A donor data store, comprising fingerprints of data blocks already stored within the first storage tier, is queried using the fingerprint. If the fingerprint is found, then deduplication is performed for the data block to create deduplicated data based upon a potential donor data block within the first storage tier. The deduplicated data is moved from the first storage tier to the second storage tier, such as in response to a determination that the deduplicated data has not been recently accessed. The deduplication is performed before cold data is moved from first storage tier to second storage tier.
US10001937B2
A memory device may include: a memory cell array comprising a plurality of search regions, each of the search regions comprising a plurality of group regions, each of the group regions comprising a flag cell, each flag cell comprising information indicating whether the corresponding group region is programmed; a voltage generator suitable for generating a read bias voltage for the memory cell array according to a voltage control signal; and a memory controller suitable for selecting a search region and controlling the voltage generator to adjust the read bias voltage based on information of flag cell of the selected search region when a read command is received, and controlling a read operation for the selected search region based on the adjusted read bias voltage.
US10001930B2
A method for implementing a packet I/O engine on a programmable computing platform is provided, where the engine performs I/O functions for plural threads generated by a plurality of user applications. In the method, the platform is configured such that only one thread is permitted to initialize and configure the resources. Furthermore, I/O-device queues each for buffering packets either transmitted to or received from an individual external I/O device are set up. For a plurality of unsafe I/O-device queues determined, among the I/O-device queues, to be multi-thread unsafe, a plurality of multi-producer, multi-consumer software queues for buffering packets delivered between the plurality of the unsafe I/O-device queues and the plurality of user applications is set up. In particular, the plurality of multi-producer, multi-consumer software queues is configured such that the unsafe I/O-device queues are collectively synchronized to maintain data consistency in packet delivery in the presence of multiple threads.
US10001929B2
A computer system that simulates a workload of a storage system including a non-transitory storage medium including instruction code for the computer system, wherein the instruction code, when executed on the computer system, performs steps as follows: obtaining configuration data regarding first components of the first storage system including at least one RAID group; obtaining performance data including workload information of the first storage system; configuring second components of a second storage system including at least one corresponding RAID group corresponding to the at least one RAID group of the first storage system, based on the obtained configuration data; and operating the second storage system using a simulated workload based on the obtained performance data, resulting in a front loading of the second storage system equivalent to a front loading of the first storage system.
US10001927B1
Described are techniques for processing I/O operations. A read operation is received that is directed to a first location of a logical device. Data stored at the first location of the logical device is replicated on a plurality of data storage systems. In accordance with one or more criteria, a set of at least one of the plurality of data storage systems is determined. The one or more criteria include information describing current configuration options of the plurality of data storage systems affecting I/O operation performance. The read operation is sent to each data storage system of the set.
US10001921B2
A data migration method includes creating, by a first control processor that controls a first cache memory storing first cache data cached from first storage data stored in a storage, first management information including information indicating a storage location of the first cache data on the first cache memory and information indicating whether or not the first storage data has been updated in accordance with an update of the first cache data for each block of a predetermined data size in the first cache memory, when a program that accesses the first cache data migrates to a different node, transmitting, by the first control processor, the first management information to a second control processor that controls a second cache memory capable of being accessed by the program after migration to the different node.
US10001920B2
In a data entry environment constrained by a symbolic grammar, a data entry position in the data set may be amenable to the insertion of a subset of symbols in compliance with the grammar. Also, the grammar may or may not permit the insertion of a value of one or more types at the data entry position of the data set. In order to facilitate grammatically correct data entry, a symbol list may be presented that indicates the grammatically valid symbols for the symbolic context of the data entry position, as well as the validity of the insertion of a value at the data entry position. The symbol list may also permit the selection of a symbol list option, and may insert the selected symbol or value at the data entry position. Various symbol list option selection inputs may be associated with the symbol list options to facilitate and economize data entry, and the association may be adapted based on whether or not a value is permitted at the data entry position. Several variations of these techniques are discussed relating to the use of symbol lists in various data entry and grammar scenarios, the presentation of the symbol lists, and the user interaction with the symbol lists.
US10001917B2
A mobile terminal including a touchscreen; a wireless communication unit; a memory configured to store a specific application; and a controller configured to display a first object related to the specific application, the first object having a first size, in which the specific application can be executed in response to a first touch gesture on the first object, in response to a second touch gesture with respect to the displayed first object, display an object indicator indicating that the first object can be changed into a second object related to the specific application, the second object having a second size, and in response to a third touch gesture with respect to the object indicator, change the displayed first object into the second object such that the first object is visually transformed into the second object.
US10001916B2
A mobile device includes a directional streaming mechanism that causes digital content to be streamed to one or more nearby devices based on a gesture on the touch screen of the mobile device, such as the swipe of a finger. The mobile device and nearby devices each include a position mechanism that allows each device to know the position of other devices within a given range. When a user is streaming digital content to the mobile device, the user can swipe a finger on a touch screen display in the direction of one of the streaming devices in range of the mobile device, which results in the mobile device streaming the digital content to the streaming device in the direction of the finger swipe. The streaming device in the direction of the finger swipe can then play the digital content received from the mobile device.
US10001914B2
A method comprising determining a deformation attribute of an apparatus based, at least in part, on at least one operational parameter, receiving an indication of an acceleration input that corresponds to the deformation attribute, and causing a deformation representation of the apparatus, the deformation representation being indicative of the deformation attribute in relation to the acceleration input is disclosed.
US10001913B2
Shared workspaces with selective content item synchronization. In one embodiment, for example, a method performed at a personal computing device comprises: displaying an actionable shared workspace launcher icon for a shared workspace accessible by a user account held with a content management system; downloading metadata pertaining to the shared workspace from the content management system; downloading one or more content item blocks for a particular content item belonging to the shared workspace from a content item server of the content management system; storing the one or more content item blocks at the personal computing device; and responsive to an activation of an actionable file system icon corresponding to the particular content item, updating display of the corresponding actionable file system icon for the particular content item to indicate that the particular content item is currently configured for offline access.
US10001910B2
The present invention relates to a mobile terminal and controlling method thereof. After setting information related to an executing operation of content has been saved, an item for executing the content is displayed. When the item is selected, the content is run in a setting state corresponding to the setting information. Particularly, operating state information on a specific operation timing point of content is registered as a shortcut and saved. An item of the shortcut is displayed on a screen. When the item is selected, the content is directly executed from a timing point corresponding to the operating state information. Accordingly, when the content is executed, the content can be executed from a user-desired part by skipping a part unnecessary for a user.
US10001895B2
A touch control device easy to display temperature and time and a method thereof are provided. The touch control device is used to an electric fireplace or a heater. The touch control device includes a casing, a touch display screen, a touch nixie tube, and an operation panel. Through the touch nixie tube composed of the touch pad, the touch IC, the luminous member, the light blocker, the inductive electrode and the light-guide layer, the light emitted from the luminous member can be projected to the light-guide layer. The user can see a character sign from the surface of the operation panel.
US10001886B2
A display device and a method for driving the same are discussed. The display device, in which pixels of a display panel are charged to a data voltage during a pixel driving period and touch sensors embedded in the display panel are driven during a touch sensor driving period, includes a timing controller which transmits a preamble signal, control data, and data of an input image to a source driver integrated circuit (IC) during the pixel driving period and transmits the preamble signal to the source driver IC during the touch sensor driving period.
US10001884B2
In one embodiment, a method includes substantially simultaneously applying a pre-determined voltage to a sense electrode and a corresponding drive electrode of a touch sensor. The application of the pre-determined voltage providing a measurement current at a capacitance including the sense electrode. The method also includes determining a difference between the measurement current at the capacitance and a reference value; and determining whether a proximity input to the touch sensor has occurred based at least in part on the difference.
US10001881B2
A touch-sensitive apparatus comprises a first subset of components on a first end of the touch surface, and a second subset of components on a second end which is opposite to and parallel with the first end. The components include emitters and detectors, each emitter being operable for propagating a diverging energy beam (e.g. radiation) across the touch surface inside the panel, and each detector being operable for detecting transmitted energy from at least two emitters. The components in at least one of the first and second subsets are systematically arranged in spatially separate groups along at least one of the first and second ends, so as to achieve a reduced spacing and/or an increased uniformity of the transmission paths along a center line between the first and second ends compared to an equidistant arrangement of all components.
US10001867B2
A touch display panel and a method for controlling the same and a touch display device are provided. The touch display panel includes at least one first electrode arranged in a same layer with the touch sensing electrode and insulated from the touch sensing electrode. The first electrode is electrically connected to a first signal input terminal in a display phase to discharge electrostatic charges in the first electrode, and is electrically connected to a second signal input terminal in a touch display phase to keep the first electrode in a high impedance state in the touch phase.
US10001864B2
A method and a device for locating an interaction on a surface of large size to render it touch-sensitive are provided. The method is based on a modeling of the distributions of loads between capacitive sensors distributed over the surface and an estimation of the position closest to the interaction, by searching for a minimum cost associated with the proximity of the sensor measurements with established models.
US10001862B2
A sensing panel and a manufacturing method of the same, and a method for pressure detection and temperature detection are disclosed in the present invention. The sensing panel comprises a scanning line, a first data line, a second data line, a first detection line, a second detection line, a pressure detecting unit, and a temperature detecting unit. The pressure detecting device is used to detect a pressure applied to the pressure detecting unit; the temperature detecting device is used to detect a temperature an object either near the temperature detecting unit or in contact with the temperature detecting unit. The present invention is able to detect the pressure and the temperature applied to the sensing panel.
US10001860B2
A touch display panel, a fabricating method thereof and a driving method thereof are disclosed. The panel comprises a first touch electrode, a second touch electrode, a first touch electrode line and a second touch electrode line. The first touch electrode line and the second touch electrode line are arranged to intersect with each other to determine a touch location based on a change of a capacitance between the first touch electrode and the second touch electrode. The first touch electrode is arranged on an array substrate of the touch display panel. The second touch electrode and the second touch electrode line connected thereto are arranged on an opposing substrate of the touch display panel, and the second touch electrode overlaps with a projection of the first touch electrode in a direction perpendicular to the touch display panel. The first touch electrode line is arranged on the opposing substrate and connected to the second touch electrode. Alternatively the first touch electrode line is arranged on the array substrate and connected to the first touch electrode. In this way, an aperture ratio can be increased.
US10001852B2
Disclosed is an LCD device and a method of driving the same. The LCD device includes a liquid crystal panel configured to comprise a TFT substrate and a color filter substrate; a touch panel configured to comprise a plurality of electrode units parallel to the gate lines to detect a touch, each of the electrode units comprising a plurality of driving electrodes and a plurality of receiving electrodes; a common voltage generator configured to generate a common voltage; a touch sensing unit configured to supply the common voltage to the electrode units and sequentially supply a driving voltage to driving electrodes formed in scanned electrode units, corresponding to scanned gate lines which have received a scan signal for one frame period, to detect a touch; and a driving voltage generator configured to generate the driving voltage.
US10001844B2
An information processing apparatus includes a first identification unit that identifies an input device to be used to execute a task, the input device lying in a field of view range of a user wearing a display device, a second identification unit that identifies an operation medium with which the user operates the input device, the operation medium lying in the field of view range of the user, a determination unit that determines processing to be executed based on the identified input device and the identified operation medium, and a display control unit that causes the display device to display an image corresponding to the determined processing.
US10001829B2
An electronic device includes an appended module coupled to a core having a standby state comprising a first power supply circuit, a first clock and a circuit that recognizes multiple vocal commands timed by the first clock. The appended module includes a second power supply circuit independent of the first power supply circuit, a second clock independent of the first clock and having a frequency lower than that of the first clock, digital unit timed by the second clock including a sound capture circuit that delivers a processed sound signal, and a processing unit configured in order, in the presence of a parameter of the processed sound signal greater than a threshold, to analyze the content of the processed sound signal and to deliver, when the content of the sound signal comprises a reference pattern, an activating signal to the core that can take it out of its standby state.
US10001827B2
Power management method using fabric network and fabric network system using power management method
A power management method includes monitoring a status of an external interface of external interfaces between the fabric network and at least one host, and a status of an internal interface of internal interfaces between the fabric network and at least one storage device of a plurality of storage devices. The power management method further includes calculating aggregate information of bandwidths of internal interfaces of the plurality of storage devices based on the monitoring, the at least one storage device connected to the at least one host. The method further includes adjusting the bandwidths of the internal interfaces such that the aggregate information of the bandwidths of the internal interfaces is within a threshold range, the threshold range based on a bandwidth of the external interface connected to the at least one host.
US10001825B2
A system for performing computing operations in a data center includes one or more sets of computer systems, one or more primary power systems, and a reserve power system. The primary power systems include at least one power distribution unit that supplies power to at least one of the sets of computer systems. The reserve power system automatically supplies power to at least one of the sets of computer systems if a condition is met (such as a failure of the primary power system).
US10001824B2
A power system including power devices connected in parallel and an allocation bus is provided. Each power devices includes an allocation signal pin, a power unit and a control unit. The control unit controls a logic level of the allocation signal pin based on an operation status of the power unit. The AND logic operation performed on the logic level of the allocation signal pin of each of the power devices results in the logic level of the allocation bus. One of the power devices is set to a master mode through a first arbitration. The other power devices monitor the operation status of each other and a status of the allocation bus. Through a second arbitration, one of the power devices under a first operation status is set to a standby mode.
US10001814B2
Provided is an electronic device including a first body, a second body, and a support member. The second body is separably installed such that at least a part of an area thereof overlaps a mounting surface of the first body. The support member is installed on the first body to open at a predetermined cradling angle, thereby cradling the second body on the first body to improve user convenience, maximize portability when the electronic device is coupled, and protect the electronic device from external forces, thereby contributing to improvement of reliability of the electronic device.
US10001813B1
An electronic device which is protected against screen breakage when dropped includes a display panel defining a through hole, a gravity sensor, a processor, and a bumper deployment mechanism. The bumper deployment mechanism includes a first elastic part and a connected rotating mechanism. The rotating mechanism includes a motor. The processor can compare a detected acceleration value with a preset acceleration value. When the detected acceleration value represents free-fall motion, which is greater than the preset acceleration value, the processor controls the motor to drive the first elastic part to pass through the through hole of the display panel and protrude from the display panel as a shock absorber.
US10001806B2
A dynamic dual displays system is coupled with a computing device to provide at least two display panels for single user or multiple user applications. In one embodiment, two display panels are provided in a back-to-back configuration connected by a hinge to allow rotation motion of the display panels relative to each other. Depending on the relative positions of the display panels and the computing device, the combined system provides a hybrid device that may dynamically serve as a notebook or a tablet computer. The multiple display panels may present the same or different contents simultaneously, depending on application. In a multi-user application, the display panels may be presented to different users, one of which accepts input data through a touch-sensitive surface on the corresponding display panel.
US10001796B2
The present disclosure provides a low dropout linear voltage regulator, including: an amplifier, configured to have a first input end receiving a reference voltage, a second input end configured to receive a feedback voltage, and an output end connected to a first node; an output transistor, having a control end connected to the first node, a first end connected to a first power source potential, and a second end connected to a second node and configured to provide an output voltage; a feedback circuit, connected to the second node and configured to provide the feedback voltage according to the output voltage; and a compensation circuit, comprising at least one of a first compensation amplifier, a second compensation amplifier and a first variable current source. The compensation circuit detects and suppresses a voltage transient generated when a load switching from light to heavy occurs at the second node.
US10001793B2
An apparatus is described comprising a bandgap reference circuit comprising: an amplifier including first and second inputs and an output; and a bandgap transistor coupled to the output of the amplifier at a control electrode thereof, the bandgap transistor being further coupled commonly to the first and second inputs of the amplifier at a first electrode thereof to form a feedback path. The apparatus further comprises a resistor coupled to the first electrode of the bandgap transistor.
US10001781B2
A travel control device executes an acquisition function to acquire object information including the position of an avoidance object which a subject vehicle should avoid, a planning function to plan a target route for the subject vehicle in accordance with the position of the avoidance object, and a control function to output command information for driving the subject vehicle on the target route. The planning function is used to specify a plurality of avoidance objects that are located within a predetermined distance from the subject vehicle and exist in the same lane adjacent to a lane in which the subject vehicle travels and to set a lateral position of the target route along the width direction of a road on which the subject vehicle is traveling. The lateral position of the target route is planned so as to avoid the avoidance objects.
US10001770B2
A processing program generation method for generating a processing program (PR) for a work machine on the basis of use-results information for a tool (4) attached to a work machine (2), wherein the use-results information for each part of the tool (4) is obtained, a target use part of the tool (4) is set on the basis of the obtained use-results information, and the processing program (PR) is generated in a manner such that a workpiece (W) is processed using the set target use part of the tool (4).
US10001767B2
In a programmable controller system, a program display device includes: a command name conversion table; a second conversion unit that receives a program list from a programmable controller and converts a command number described in the program list into a command name on the basis of a command name conversion table; a non-corresponding command name acquisition unit that acquires a command name corresponding to a non-corresponding command number among the command numbers described in the program list on the basis of an additional command information table; and a display unit that displays the command name converted by the second conversion unit and the command name acquired by the non-corresponding command name acquisition unit.
US10001765B2
A building automation space facility or building automation facility comprising systems and methods for classifying and standardizing sensors and sensor data using time-series data and/or meta data, such as data and meta information available in a control network or hardware is disclosed. The disclosed system and methods provide techniques to rapidly identify and classify sensors using analysis of time-series data (e.g., data collected from a sensor such as by polling the sensor every second, minute, hour, day, month, and so on) and/or meta data (e.g., label names, group names, associated equipment, and so on) from these sensors and associated control systems. In this manner, the disclosed techniques greatly improve the extent to which a building automation facility or system monitors, manages, and reports on various elements within a building or group of buildings.
US10001763B2
A method for controlling intelligent device based on linkage rules and a control device are disclosed. The method includes: executing a first linkage rule based on a first parameter of a first condition device to control a first response device to be in a first state; determining that the first response device switches from the first state to a second state different from the first state; disabling the first linkage rule; determining a second linkage rule among a plurality of linkage rules based on the second state of the first response device, the second linkage rule is provided to control the first response device to be in the second state; and setting a third linkage rule.
US10001762B2
A voltage control method and apparatus of a central bus in a power system are provided. The method comprises: S1: obtaining a predetermined voltage and a current voltage; S2: obtaining a first voltage adjustment of the generator and a second voltage adjustment of the dynamic reactive power compensation device; S3: sending the first voltage adjustment and the second voltage adjustment; S4: judging whether a current reactive power of the dynamic reactive power compensation device is between a first predetermined reactive power and a second predetermined reactive power; S5: if yes, obtaining a third voltage adjustment of the generator and a fourth voltage adjustment of the dynamic reactive power compensation device; S6: sending the third voltage adjustment and the fourth voltage adjustment; repeating steps S1-S7 after a predetermined period of time; S7: if no, repeating steps S1-S7 after the predetermined period of time.
US10001754B2
A support for cleaning and/or galvanic deposition including a carrier structure including attachment points for watch hands each provided with a hole. The attachment points include at least one rigid pin, if necessary a conductive pin, onto which the hands are threaded via their hole and held apart from each other by a spacer.
US10001750B2
A compensating balance spring for a thermally compensated sprung balance resonator including a core formed from at least one non-metallic material. The core is partially coated with at least one layer which is moisture proof to render the balance spring less sensitive to climatic variations.
US10001725B2
A developing unit configured for operating with a two-component developer material includes carrier particles to which the toner particles are adhered. The developing unit includes: at least one developer member rotatably mounted in the housing and configured for transferring toner particles to a photoconductor member, and a conveying assembly configured for conveying toner particles to the at least one developer member or away from the at least one developer member. The conveying assembly includes an auger and which includes a bar shaped shaft, a helical screw blade arranged around the shaft, and at least a first elongate element arranged at a distance of the shaft.
US10001722B2
A control device may obtain, at each of a plurality of sets of date-and-time, a current value related to a current remaining amount of a print material used by the print performing unit. The control device may calculate N1 change values by using a plurality of current values obtained at the plurality of sets of date-and-time, each change value being related to a change per unit time of a remaining amount of the print material. The control device may specify a first greatest change value among the N1 change values. The control device may perform a first prediction process that includes calculating a first future value by using the first greatest change value, the first future value being related to a future remaining amount of the print material, and a first output process using the first future value in a case where the first prediction process is performed.
US10001716B2
A positively chargeable single-layer electrophotographic photosensitive member includes a conductive substrate and a photosensitive layer. The photosensitive layer contains at least a charge generating material, a hole transport material, an electron transport material, and an electron accepting compound. The hole transport material includes a benzidine derivative. The electron transport material includes at least one compound selected from the group consisting of compounds represented by general formulae (1), (2), (3), and (4) shown below. The electron accepting compound includes at least one compound selected from the group consisting of compounds represented by general formulae (5) and (6) shown below.
US10001710B2
Disclosed is a method of monitoring a lithographic process parameter, such as focus and/or dose, of a lithographic process. The method comprises acquiring a first and a second target measurement using respectively a first measurement configuration and a second measurement configuration, and determining the lithographic process parameter from a first metric derived from said first target measurement and said second target measurement. The first metric may be difference. Also disclosed are corresponding measurement and lithographic apparatuses, a computer program and a method of manufacturing devices.
US10001685B2
A liquid crystal display device includes a first substrate, a second substrate and liquid crystal. The first substrate includes pixel electrodes, a peripheral circuit and a dummy wiring. The peripheral circuit and the dummy wiring are provided outside a pixel area in which the pixel electrodes are arranged. The second substrate is opposed to the first substrate through the liquid crystal. The second substrate includes a translucent conductive film that is provided on an opposite side of the second substrate to a side where the liquid crystal is present. The dummy wiring is located on an outer peripheral side of the substrates than the peripheral circuit and is provided independently of the peripheral circuit in terms of circuit. The dummy wiring is grounded outside the first substrate.
US10001683B2
Disclosed is a low-profile microdisplay module that comprises a package substrate, a microdisplay chip disposed over a first surface of the package substrate, and a plurality of conductive vias. The plurality of conductive vias are electrically coupled to the microdisplay chip and disposed through the package substrate to a second surface of the package substrate, the second surface being opposite and parallel to the first surface. The microdisplay module further comprises a flexible flat circuit connector coupled to the plurality of conductive vias at the second surface of the package substrate.
US10001682B2
An electrooptic device includes a liquid crystal panel as an electrooptic panel, a first terminal group provided on the liquid crystal panel, the first terminal group including a plurality of terminals arranged in an X direction, and a second terminal group provided on the liquid crystal panel at a position separated from the first terminal group in a Y direction different from the X direction, the second terminal group including a plurality of terminals arranged in the X direction at a terminal arrangement pitch different from that of the first terminal group.
US10001675B2
There is provided a liquid crystal device having high reliability, a method of manufacturing a liquid crystal device, and an electronic apparatus. A liquid crystal device includes a seal material for sticking an element substrate and a counter substrate together, an encapsulant for filling an opening region in which the seal material is opened, a liquid crystal layer interposed by the element substrate and the counter substrate, a first inorganic alignment film provided between the element substrate and the liquid crystal layer, and a second inorganic alignment film provided between the counter substrate and the liquid crystal layer, in which at least the first inorganic alignment film is expanded and arranged in a region overlapping with the encapsulant in plan view.
US10001674B2
Provided are a brightness enhancement film including a λ/4 plate, and a reflection polarizer, in which the reflection polarizer includes at least two light reflection layers formed by immobilizing a cholesteric liquid crystalline phase, one light reflection layer of the reflection layers is a layer formed of a polymerizable liquid crystal composition containing a rod-like liquid crystal compound, and the other light reflection layer is a layer formed of a polymerizable liquid crystal composition containing a disk-like liquid crystal compound, and an optical sheet member including the brightness enhancement film, and a liquid crystal display device including the optical sheet member. The brightness enhancement film of the present invention has high brightness and is able to suppress an oblique change in the shade at the time of being incorporated in a liquid crystal display device.
US10001668B2
The present disclosure provides a liquid crystal panel, a display apparatus and a display method, which relate to the display field, and may reduce the number of polarizers, increase transmissivity of the display device and enhance the optical efficiency of the display device. The liquid crystal panel includes: an upper substrate; a lower substrate; a liquid crystal layer sandwiched between the upper substrate and the lower substrate; a polarizer arranged on a side of the lower substrate facing away from the liquid crystal layer; a common electrode arranged on the upper substrate; and a plurality of pixel electrodes which are arranged on the lower substrate in a region corresponding to each of the sub-pixels and are configured to be driven independently.
US10001660B1
Generating an aspheric contact lens design for facilitating myopia control of a cornea of a patient includes operations of: obtain measurement for degree refractive error of the eye in diopters; obtain measurement of one or more biomechanical properties of the cornea; define a diameter of a central zone of the contact lens based on pupil size; select a base curve profile and width for the central zone based on the refractive error and the one or more biomechanical properties; define a width of a reverse zone adjacent to and encircling the central zone, the width being greater than 0.5 mm; select a reverse curve profile for the reverse zone compatible with the base curve profile; modify the base curve profile adjacent to the reverse zone by applying a selected base eccentricity curve profile for enhancing the tension force strength of the reverse zone; define a width of a relief zone of the contact lens adjacent to and encircling the reverse zone; select a relief curve profile for the relief zone; define a width of an alignment zone of the contact lens adjacent to and encircling the relief zone; select an alignment curve profile for the alignment zone; and define a width of a peripheral zone of the contact lens adjacent to and encircling the alignment zone; select a peripheral curve profile for the peripheral zone; wherein the compression force strength and the tension force strength of the contact lens cooperate to reshape corneal curvature in a mid-peripheral region to address the myopia control when the contact lens is applied to the eye.
US10001647B2
A method is disclosed for providing a virtual image to a user in a Head-Mounted Display (HMD) device. The method includes detecting an ambient illumination, calculating a target transmissivity of window provided in the HMD device, based on the ambient illumination, adjusting a transmissivity of the window based on the calculated target transmissivity, and providing a virtual image to the user by projecting light to the window from a projector provided in the HMD device.
US10001639B1
An electrowetting display comprises a support plate on which individual electrowetting pixels separated from one another by pixel walls are formed. Pixel walls including different layers are disposed on the first support plate and separate adjacent pixel regions from each other. The first layer of a pixel wall comprises a first material having a first color and a second layer of the pixel wall comprises a second material having a second color that is different from the first color. Instead of using black matrix to reduce photo crosstalk, the pixel walls of the different layers absorb light colors that are not intended to reach the respective pixels. A fluid is disposed between the first support plate and a second support plate and at least partially surrounds the first wall and the second wall.
US10001634B2
A method for preparing for and carrying out the microscopic recording of image stacks of a sample from various orientation angles, wherein the sample is retained in a sample retainer defining a sample coordinate system. The sample retainer can be translated and rotated in a space spanned by a detection coordinate system. In a first embodiment, for at least two different orientation angles, a projection image is recorded in the detection coordinate system and a first sample volume and a second sample volume are determined in the sample coordinate system. Then the intersection volume of the two sample volumes is determined in the sample coordinate system. Parameters necessary for image stack recording are determined for all other orientation angles based on the intersection volume.
US10001628B2
A six-piece optical lens for capturing image and a six-piece optical module for capturing image are provided. In order from an object side to an image side, the optical lens along the optical axis includes a first lens with refractive power, a second lens with refractive power, a third lens with refractive power, a fourth lens with refractive power, a fifth lens with refractive power and a sixth lens with refractive power. At least one of the image-side surface and object-side surface of each of the six lens elements is aspheric. The optical lens can increase aperture value and improve the imagining quality for use in compact cameras.
US10001626B2
An optical imaging lens includes first, second, third, fourth, and fifth lens elements arranged in sequence from an object side to an image side along an optical axis. Each lens element has an object-side surface and an image-side surface. The image-side surface of the first lens element has a convex portion in an optical axis region. The second lens element has negative refractive power. The object-side surface of the second lens element has a convex portion in an optical axis region. The third lens element has positive refractive power. The image-side surface of the third lens element has a concave portion in an optical axis region. The object-side surface of the fourth lens element has a concave portion in an optical axis region. The object-side surface of the fifth lens element has a convex portion in an optical axis region.
US10001619B2
A cable assembly is described that includes a preterminated optical fiber drop cable having a connector body mounted on a terminal end thereof, and a removable installation device attached to a jacket of the preterminated optical fiber drop cable by an attachment portion, wherein the attachment portion includes a pair of tear tabs that provides tool-less removal of the installation device from the preterminated optical fiber drop cable.
US10001614B2
An optical cable can include one or more graphenic elements disposed about one or more optically transmissive fibers. A graphenic element can be a coating of graphene or amorphous graphite, a ribbon of graphene or amorphous graphite, or fibers of graphene or amorphous graphite. The graphenic element provides a path for electrical conduction while the optically transmissive fiber provides a path for optical transmission. An optical cable as disclosed herein can include a plurality of electrical and optical paths with a much smaller diameter and weight than traditional cables.
US10001613B2
A cable having a cable core for use in fracturing zones in a well, wherein the cable core includes an optical fiber conductor. The optical fiber conductor has a pair of half-shell conductors. An insulated optical fiber located between the pair of half-shell conductors. The insulated optical fiber is coupled with the pair of half-shell conductors. An optical fiber conductor jacket is disposed about the pair of half-shell conductors.
US10001609B2
A system includes a substrate including a first row of first receptacles, a cradle including an opening and a spring member, connectors located within the opening, and cables connected to the connectors. The cradle is configured to connect each of the connectors simultaneously or nearly simultaneously to a corresponding first receptacle, and the spring member pushes on the connectors with a force greater than an insertion force of the first receptacle.
US10001607B2
An optical wiring module includes an optical wiring substrate on which an optical waveguide having a light input/output part is formed, and a fiber holder mounted on the optical wiring substrate, the fiber holder being configured to hold an optical fiber. The optical wiring substrate includes a hydrophobic film having an opening at a position corresponding to the light input/output part and a first adhesive layer disposed within the opening, and the optical fiber is optically coupled to the light input/output part via the first adhesive layer.
US10001602B2
Provided is a polarization-combining module in which it is possible to suppress deviation of an optical axis in a polarization-combining optical system and to perform efficient polarization combination with a less optical loss.A polarization-combining module includes: a PBS 4 which combines two linearly polarized lights input and emits the combined light; a λ/2 wavelength plate 3 which is provided on an optical path of at least one of the two linearly polarized lights which are input to the PBS 4, and provides polarization rotation by a predetermined angle to the linearly polarized light that passes therethrough; and a pedestal member 10 on which the λ/2 wavelength plate 3 and the PBS 4 are mounted, in which the pedestal member 10 has a protrusion part 12 which defines mounting positions of the λ/2 wavelength plate 3 and the PBS 4 so as to be separated from each other and be parallel to each other, and the λ/2 wavelength plate 3 and the PBS 4 are mounted on the pedestal member 10 with apart of each of the λ/2 wavelength plate 3 and the PBS 4 being brought into contact with the protrusion part 12.
US10001600B2
A waveguide mode expander couples a smaller optical mode in a semiconductor waveguide to a larger optical mode in an optical fiber. The waveguide mode expander comprises a shoulder and a ridge. In some embodiments, the ridge of the waveguide mode expander has a plurality of stages, the plurality of stages having different widths at a given cross section.
US10001589B2
The present disclosure provides a mask assembly, a color filter substrate and a method of manufacturing the same. The mask assembly includes: a first mask formed with a plurality of first black matrix marking mask patterns at a position corresponding to each marking region, a spacing between centers of two first black matrix marking mask patterns that are the closest to each other among the first black matrix marking mask patterns being not less than two times of a spacing between centers of two adjacent sub-pixels located in a same row; and a second mask formed with a plurality of photoresist block mask patterns at a position corresponding to the color filtering region, and further formed with at least two photoresist marking mask patterns, which are located at a position corresponding to each marking region and arranged in a column direction.
US10001586B2
Disclosed herein is a polarizer for LCD. The polarizer includes a polarizing layer, a quantum rods layer comprising a plurality of quantum rods, a first protective layer and a second protective layer, wherein major axis of the quantum rods is aligned in a direction perpendicular to the absorption axis of the polarizing layer. Accordingly, the incident unpolarized light emitted from the backlight unit can be transferred to be polarized light by the quantum rods layer and pass through the polarizing layer directly for enhancing the utility of the backlight.
US10001584B2
An optical film is provided containing cellulose acylate and at least one type of a compound denoted by the following Formula (I). R1 represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an alkenyl group, an aryl group, a heterocyclic group, an acyl group, an alkoxy carbonyl group, a carbamoyl group, an alkyl sulfonyl group, or an aryl sulfonyl group, R2 represents an alkyl group or an aryl group, L represents a single bond or a bivalent or more connecting group, and n represents 1 when L is a single bond and n represents an integer of the valence of L−1 when L is a bivalent or more connecting group. s and t each independently represent 1 to 3, and X represents —O— or —N(Ra)-. Ra represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group.
US10001583B2
The present disclosure describes structured light projection in which a structured light projector includes a light emitter and a compound patterned mask. The mask includes a spacer substrate that is transparent to a wavelength of light emitted by the light emitter. On a first side of the spacer substrate is a first reflective surface having apertures therein to allow light to pass through. Lenses are arranged to focus light, produced by the light emitter, toward the apertures in the first reflective surface. A second reflective surface on a second side of the spacer substrate opposite the first side has apertures therein to allow light passing through the spacer substrate to exit the compound patterned mask.
US10001575B2
A disclosed seismic survey system includes one or more streamer(s) each having multiple spaced apart sensor units, and a data recording and control system. Each sensor unit receives a command from the data recording and control system, and operates in an enabled state or a disabled state dependent upon the command. The data recording and control system collects and stores data from enabled sensor units. The sensor units produce data when in the enabled state, and dissipate significantly less electrical power in the disabled state. A described sensor unit includes one or more sensor(s), an analog-to-digital converter, and a control unit that enables or disables the analog-to-digital converter dependent upon the command. A disclosed method for acquiring seismic survey data includes issuing an enable or disable command to each of multiple spaced apart sensor units, and receiving and storing data from those sensor units that are enabled.
US10001565B2
A positioning system having an onboard positioning device and a roadside device is provided. The onboard positioning device receives a plurality of first positioning signals and records a positioning moving locus of a vehicle according to the first positioning signals. The roadside device detects a real moving locus of the vehicle. The onboard positioning device obtains the real moving locus from the roadside device, and calculates a positioning calibration value according to coordinates of the positioning moving locus and coordinates of the real moving locus. Furthermore, the onboard positioning device receives a plurality of second positioning signals and calculates and outputs a plurality of calibrated positioning coordinates according to the second positioning signals and the positioning calibration value.
US10001556B2
An FMCW (frequency modulated continuous wave) radar apparatus is provided. The apparatus transmits a transmission signal that includes a first frequency-rise time period whose frequency sequentially rises with a first modulated gradient, a first frequency-fall time period whose frequency sequentially falls with the first modulated gradient, a second frequency-rise time period whose frequency sequentially rises with a second modulated gradient different from the first modulated gradient, and a second frequency-fall time period whose frequency sequentially falls with the second modulated gradient. In the apparatus, frequencies of a plurality of peaks are specified in respect of each of beat signals obtained in response to the transmission. Using the specified plurality of peaks as objects, a notification is given as to the presence of oscillation in a power supply bias circuit, on the basis of that, of the groups each formed by extracting peaks in a manner of extracting one from each of the beat signals, there is a group in which all the peaks in the group are within the same frequency range.
US10001554B2
Provided is a radar signal processing method and apparatus, the method including transmitting a plurality of transmission radar signals through a transmission antenna, receiving a reception radar signal reflected from a target in response to the transmitting, and extracting location information on the target based on a result obtained by applying an auto-correlation to the reception radar signal.
US10001550B2
Classification of radar objects involves processing a received radar signal in an input channel within a number of successive coherent integration intervals (bursts), detecting an object using Doppler filter amplitudes, and producing range reports. A number of range reports are combined using a cluster algorithm to form a plot, and adding Doppler filter amplitudes of the two azimuthally adjacent bursts from the same range cell each range report. As subset of the range reports is formed by, starting with the range report at the position of a plot centroid, arranging range reports from a defined number of bursts sorted according to azimuthal position in a matrix of the dimension azimuth x range with the plot centroid in the center. Doppler filter amplitudes from the region plot centroid +− a defined number of bursts associated with the range reports are arranged according to the burst sequence. A combined plot spectrum is formed as a vector of range reports from the matrix, which is initiated with the range cell of the plot centroid and then the next nearest range report in adjacent range cells is inserted at all burst positions at which there is no range report in the range cell. Remaining gaps are filled with the adjacent Doppler filter amplitudes of the range reports used and then gaps still remaining are filled with a suitable noise value.
US10001547B2
An example of a technique for maintaining a previously calibrated mobile device positioning system to account for changes in perturbers of the Earth's magnetic field. A mobile device obtains a corrected heading estimate of the mobile device within a space based on a previously recorded heading correction value. The mobile device also calculates a device heading relative to a previously orientated map of the space. The mobile device subsequently updates the heading correction value with any deviation between the corrected heading estimate and the calculated device heading.
US10001544B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method for identifying an indoor environment location. The method includes an operation of obtaining a visibility map of an indoor environment. The visibility map may include a plurality of static markers in the indoor environment. The method can determine a direction of a first static marker with respect to magnetic north by an electronic device if the electronic device is located to point at the first static marker and can determine a direction of a second static marker with respect to magnetic north if the electronic device is disposed to point at the second static marker. The method can calculate an intersecting point based on the determined first static marker and second static marker and can identify a location of the electronic device in an indoor environment. The method may further include an operation of determining directions of objects (for example, first static marker and second static marker) in an indoor environment corresponding to a plurality of locations of the electronic device. Further, the method may include an operation of identifying a location of an object in an indoor environment by calculating an intersecting point of the determined directions of the objects.
US10001543B1
A computerized method of improving position measurement of an indoor positioning system (IPS), comprising: gathering a plurality of position samples of a mobile device measured by an indoor wireless device, each of the position samples is indicative of a measured position and a measurement time; estimating a movement direction of the mobile device from the plurality of position samples; receiving a current position sample of the mobile device; estimating a temp movement direction of the mobile device from at least one of the plurality of position samples and the current position sample; and when the temp movement direction is identified as false, marking the current position sample as noise.
US10001540B2
Provided is a method for adapting the sensitivity of a sensor system, in particular of a capacitive sensor system, which provides a sensor signal, wherein a first lower threshold value is adapted, if the sensor signal fulfills a first switching threshold criterion, a first upper threshold value is adapted, if the sensor signal fulfills a second switching threshold criterion, and at least one switching threshold value is adapted such that the switching threshold value has a predetermined first distance from the first upper threshold value and/or a predetermined second distance from the first lower threshold value.
US10001539B2
A method is for determining a type of reconstruction of image data from a magnetic resonance measurement of an examination object by way of a magnetic resonance device. In an embodiment, the method includes determining at least one first parameter which includes information about a breathing process of the examination object; comparing the at least one first parameter with at least one second parameter from a maintained database; and determining a type of reconstruction of image data of the magnetic resonance measurement according to the comparison that has been made. In an example embodiment, at least one of the at least one first parameter and the at least one second parameter is derived from a histogram of respiratory phases and the maintained database includes a self-learning system.
US10001533B2
A magnetic property determination apparatus that determines the magnetic materials on a paper sheet transported through a transport path includes a magnetization unit and a magnetic detection unit. The magnetization unit generates a magnetization magnetic field including a first magnetic field region and a second magnetic field region on the transport path. A magnetic field intensity and a magnetic field direction are set different between the first magnetic field region and the second magnetic field region so that the magnetic materials are magnetized in different magnetization directions depending on coercive forces of the magnetic materials. The magnetic detection unit that generates a bias magnetic field on the transport path downstream in a transport direction of the magnetization unit, and that detects a magnetic charge of the magnetic materials by detecting variations of the bias magnetic field.
US10001525B2
A semiconductor device and a method for testing the same are provided. The semiconductor device includes a plurality of semiconductor dies staked, a plurality of through-electrodes disposed between the semiconductor dies, a first calculation unit calculating a first output value from input signals inputted into the through-electrodes by a logical operation, a second calculation unit calculating a second output value from output signals outputted from the through-electrodes by a logical operation, and a comparator comparing the first output value with the second output value.
US10001521B1
Microwave transistor test fixtures, both micro-strip and coaxial, include integrated wideband directional signal sensors/couplers and allow the detection of the main signal and its harmonic components, injected into and delivered by a transistor in high power operation mode, by using a phase-calibrated network or signal analyzer and allows this way the reproduction of real time signal waveforms. The fixtures are best calibrated using equivalent TRL calibrated fixtures allowing overcoming the incompatibility of the internal ports connecting to the transistor terminals with coaxial cables attached to VNA.
US10001514B2
A system and method for detecting theft of power in an electrical distribution grid. The system may include at least two communicating meters which form a transformer area network, a mechanism for measuring current and voltage at the meters, a mechanism for transmitting the measured current and voltage data to a data center with access to an electric grid database, and a mechanism that analyzes the transmitted data to inter unauthorized taking of electrical power.
US10001512B2
The present invention relates to an individualized self-monitoring system for transformers (31, 33) in a electric power measurement installation that comprises at least a transformer (31, 33) and at least a time-integrated electrical quantity meter (3, 4, 13), directly coupled to one of the windings of the transformer (31, 33), the meter (3, 4, 13) being capable of measuring and recording the electrical quantity of said winding.The present invention also relates to a method of monitoring and diagnosing transformers (31, 33) in a power measurement installation that comprises the steps of measuring the values of at least a directly measured time-integrated electrical in at least a winding of at least one transformer (31, 33), performing comparisons between the measured and generating diagnostic results with the compared data.
US10001505B2
A method of improving accuracy of measurements of at least one motion sensor included in an electronic device, including receiving a candidate measurement associated with the electronic device from the at least one motion sensor; detecting an electronic device state associated with the electronic device, the electronic device state including one from among a static state and a motion state; computing a compensation parameter based on the candidate measurement and the electronic device state; and correcting the candidate measurement based on the computed compensation parameter.
US10001504B2
There is provided an acceleration detecting device capable of using a flat plate-like packaging substrate having no recess portion as a packaging substrate and reducing the height thereof.In an acceleration detecting device, an acceleration detecting element is held by first and second holding members therebetween so as to configure a plate-like structure. In the plate-like structure, at least one of a third surface and a fourth surface of the acceleration detecting element is located at the inner side relative to first holding member surfaces or second holding member surfaces of the first and second holding members in the thickness direction connecting the third surface and the fourth surface.
US10001501B2
Described herein are automated and customizable sample preparation and analysis systems for detection and quantification of biomarkers (e.g., metabolites and/or lipids) in biological samples (e.g., blood, serum, or plasma) in a clinical setting. The automated systems are controlled by scripts that integrate communication between the components of the sample preparation system. Also described herein are mass spectrometry-based analytical methods featuring efficient system calibration and sample analysis that provide for accurate quantification of a set of markers in biological samples. The methods are capable of automatic high sample throughput in a clinical setting for detection and quantification using a mass spectrometry system and high performance liquid chromatography column.
US10001495B2
The present disclosure provides methods and compositions for diagnosing and treating subject having a bleeding disorder. The disclosed methods comprise contacting a sample, e.g., a blood or plasma sample obtained from the patient, with an activation mixture comprising an activated coagulation factor and a phospholipid mixture, wherein the activation mixture is dried onto a solid substrate. Also provided is a global hemostasis test based on the integration of clotting time (Ct) and pharmacokinetics data. The methods and compositions presented can be applied to point-of-care diagnostic systems.
US10001494B2
The present invention discloses an automatic fecal occult blood detector for detecting a sample kit, comprising: a feed passage and a discharging passage which are provided in parallel and convey a sample kit separately; a transfer platform configured between the feed passage and the discharging passage; a push rod configured to push the sample kit on the feed passage onto the discharging passage through the transfer platform; and an image capturing device provided on one side of the discharging passage to acquire the color band information presented on a test strip. In the present invention, the parallel arrangement of the feed passage and the discharging passage shortens the whole length of the automatic detector, meeting the requirement that the color band information of the test strip is automatically acquired after the sample kit is left in the device a certain time.
US10001493B2
There is provided protein biomarkers and methods for their use in diagnosing and treating Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD), ulcerative colitis (UC) and Crohn's disease (CD) as well as methods for assessing the severity of the diseases.
US10001492B2
The present invention relates to a method for diagnosing inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), the method comprising determining the concentration of at least one IBD-specific biomarker in a sample of the colonic mucocellular layer obtained from a subject.
US10001479B2
Analytical cartridges, systems and methods of processing a sample for analysis using capillary flows. Vertical gradient sample filtration provides filtrate to an incubation chamber for a time controlled by a flow modulator at the outlet of the incubation chamber. The flow modulator can include a serpentine capillary flow path without side walls. Incubated filtrate can flow from the incubation chamber to a detection channel after a predetermined time. The detection chamber can include one or more analytical regions in a porous substrate for detection of two or more analytes on the same cartridge from the same sample.
US10001472B2
Described herein is a method for determining chirality of a cell. The method includes culturing a cell on a base layer having a cell growth material. The method includes forming a top layer on the base layer after the cell has attached to the base layer, the top layer having a cell growth material. The base layer and the top layer form a graded 3D substrate. The intrinsic bias of the cell is determined from the directionality of spontaneous cell rotation.
US10001471B2
A kit and method for evaluating in vitro the effect of a xenobiotic (e.g., a biologic drug) on drug metabolism in hepatocytes. The kit comprises a first culture of hepatocytes, a portion of in vitro xenobiotic-stimulated biological sample, and instructions for incubating the first culture of hepatocytes with the portion of in vitro xenobiotic-stimulated biological sample, and analyzing the activity, expression, or a combination thereof of a biomarker in the hepatocytes to evaluate the effect of the xenobiotic on drug metabolism in the hepatocytes.
US10001458B2
There is provided an eddy current flaw detection technique capable of, even when inspecting an object having a narrow portion with a small curvature radius, recognizing detection sensitivity change due to change of attitude of a probe.An eddy current flaw detection apparatus 10 includes: an AC power source 14 which generates an excitation magnetic field in each of excitation coils 12a accommodated in a probe 11 to excite an eddy current in an inspection object 13; a detecting section 15 which detects a detection signal generated by an induction magnetic field induced by the eddy current in each of detection coils 12 accommodated in the probe 11; an output section 16 which outputs flaw detection data based on the detection signals; a storage section 17 which mutually associates and stores the detection signals detected at the same timing from the plurality of coils 12b; and an evaluating section 18 which evaluates an attitude of the probe 11 based on the plurality of detection signals detected at the same timing and associated with each other.
US10001452B2
A method of making a hoist cable capable of continuous resistance monitoring includes applying an electrically-insulating material to at least one strand of a wire rope such that a length of the strand is electrically insulated and an end of the strand is electrically conductive. The end of the at least one strand is joined to other strands of the wire rope such that at least two strands are electrically connected at a free end of the wire rope. A method of inspecting the hoist cable includes transmitting a first electrical signal through a first strand from a hoist drum to a free end of the wire rope and receiving the first electrical signal through a second strand at the hoist drum, the first and second strands being electrically connected at the free end. Using the first electrical signal, the resistance of the wire rope is calculated.
US10001441B2
There is provided a technique for easily inspecting the modification state of a film in a semiconductor substrate. A modification processing device modifies a film by irradiating a semiconductor substrate with pulsed light emitted from a light irradiation part. The modification processing device includes an electromagnetic wave detection part for detecting an electromagnetic wave pulse including a millimeter wave or a terahertz wave radiated from the semiconductor substrate in response to the irradiation with the pulsed light. The modification processing device further includes a modification determination part for determining the modification state, based on the intensity of the electromagnetic wave pulse.
US10001437B2
The present invention relates to a method of detecting inorganic gunshot residue (GSR) particles. The method includes providing a sample comprising gunshot residue, subjecting the sample to spectroscopic analysis to produce a spectroscopic signature for the sample, and identifying inorganic gunshot residue particles based on the spectroscopic signature for the sample. Also disclosed is a method of detecting gunshot residue particles. The method includes providing a sample comprising gunshot residue, subjecting the sample to spectroscopic analysis to produce a spectroscopic signature for the sample, where the spectroscopic signature spans a range of wavenumbers, creating one or more spectroscopic maps from the spectroscopic signature for the sample, where each different spectroscopic map is for a different wavenumber, and identifying gunshot residue particles based on the one or more spectroscopic maps for the sample.
US10001429B2
A device for checking the wheel suspension of a vehicle, in particular, of a motor vehicle, includes: a device for determining the wheel normals and/or the center of rotation of a wheel of the vehicle; a device for determining the movement trajectory of the wheel normals and/or of the center of rotation of the wheel during a movement of the vehicle; and a comparison and evaluation device, which is configured to compare the determined movement trajectory of the wheel normals and/or of the center of rotation of the wheel to a predefined movement trajectory, and to output a defect message when the deviation of the determined movement trajectory from the predefined movement trajectory exceeds a predefined limiting value.
US10001426B2
Provided is an apparatus for testing the water resistance of a mobile terminal, by which whether a mobile terminal is water-resistant is checked. Specifically, the apparatus uses a reference chamber unit in order to check the effect of external environmental factors, such as temperature, humidity and the like, in different places and times, in advance, and incorporates the effect of external environmental factors in a mobile terminal water resistance test in a test chamber unit, whereby a more precise test may be performed. The apparatus for testing the water resistance of a mobile terminal using a reference chamber unit is configured to include an air-supply means, a pressure regulator chamber unit, a test chamber unit, a reference chamber unit, a pressure-measuring instrument, and a controller.
US10001423B2
A pressure measurement device includes a platen, a pressure sensor, a signal acquisition section, and a data processing section. The pressure sensor includes a plurality of pressure-sensitive points arranged on the platen. The signal acquisition section is configured to acquire measurement data that is obtained when a measurement object in contact with a surface of the platen passes over the pressure sensor a plurality of times. The measurement object moves relative to the platen and along a circular orbit on the platen. The data processing section is configured to calculate periods in each of which the measurement object passes over the pressure sensor and to acquire period data for each of the periods from the measurement data.
US10001419B2
Spring body for a force transducer, such as a torque-and/or tension/compression-force measuring cell
In a spring body for a force transducer built into a force-transmitting part, a force-input section is provided for receiving a force, a force-output section for transmitting the force, and an elastic deformation body arranged therebetween which couples the force-output section to the force-input section such that the force received by the force-input section is transmitted to the force-output section. The elastic deformation body performs a predetermined elastic deformation movement caused by the force to be transmitted at at least one point. A coding sampling section is provided at the at least one point of the deformation body and which follows deformation movements of the at least one point.
US10001418B1
Embodiments generally relate to device and methods for detecting force. A force sensor may include a sense die, a substrate, one or more sense elements supported by the sense die, one or more electrical contacts located on the sense die and electrically coupled to electrical traces on the substrate, and an actuation element configured to transmit a force to the sense die. The width of the actuation element may be less than the distance between the one or more electrical contacts. In some embodiments, the actuation element may include a thin wedge/plate configured to interact with the sense die at a contact point. The thin wedge/plate may allow use of a smaller sense die and/or may allow closer placement of the one or more sense elements to the contact point and/or may prevent accidental contact with the one or more electrical contacts which may lead to a short circuit.
US10001412B2
A waveform measurement device includes an input spectrum acquisition unit for acquiring an input intensity spectrum being an intensity spectrum of pulsed light, an optical element inputting the pulsed light and outputting light having an intensity spectrum corresponding to a phase spectrum of the pulsed light, an output spectrum acquisition unit for acquiring an output intensity spectrum being an intensity spectrum of the light output from the optical element, and a phase spectrum determination unit for determining the phase spectrum of the pulsed light by comparing an output intensity spectrum calculated when the pulsed light having an input intensity spectrum and a virtual phase spectrum is assumed to be input to the optical element with the output intensity spectrum acquired in the output spectrum acquisition unit. The phase spectrum determination unit sets the virtual phase spectrum by deforming the control phase spectrum.
US10001411B2
A device for radiometrically gauging the surface of a measurement object (O) includes: at least one measurement array featuring an illumination array and a pick-up array; and a processor (P) for controlling the illumination array and the pick-up array and for processing measurement signals produced by the pick-up array and for providing processed image data. The illumination array exposes a region of the measurement object (O) to illumination light at an illumination angle (θi) and an illumination aperture angle (αi), and the pick-up array captures measurement light, reflected by the measurement object (O), at a pick-up angle (θv) and a pick-up aperture angle (αv) and guides it onto an image sensor exhibiting a pixel structure. The measurement object (O) is gauged multispectrally in multiple wavelength ranges, wherein the image sensor produces multispectral image data. Angular and spatial conditions are indicated which optimise the measurement device (MD) with regard to characterising sparkles.
US10001397B2
A device includes: an outer case; an inner case; a cylindrical base having a distal end that penetrates through a cylinder of the outer case to be fixed to the outer case; and a fastener configured to be mounted on the distal end of the base, the fastener including: an exterior configured to be guided by a guide provided to the inner case; a fastener-side engaging portion engageable with the inner case; and a contact peripheral portion configured to be contact with the outer case to prevent the inner case from rotating relative to the outer case.
US10001393B2
A metal mold includes a restraining part that is fitted in a recess provided at a part of surfaces of at least two resin parts that serves as an outer surface of a resin hollow body. A linear space is filled with high-pressure resin fluid injected at a predetermined injection pressure. The resin parts are joined together. The mold receives injection pressure of resin fluid, with which the space is filled, through the resin parts, and applies pressing force, which pushes back the resin parts toward the space, to the resin parts as reaction force against injection pressure. Stress is produced on a hollow wall surface in a direction in which the wall surface projects into a hollow portion due to injection pressure. The restraining part applies pressing force to the resin parts in a direction opposite from the stress projecting the wall surface into the hollow portion.
US10001386B2
A calibration track to use for pedometer calibration can be automatically selected based on detecting sustained locomotion activity and an ability to obtain and maintain a reliable location fix over a calibration period. Calibration tracks can be generated, rated for quality, and used to compute calibration parameters to convert accelerometer data to stride length and/or distance traveled. Quality of a calibration can be assessed, and old and new calibration parameter sets can be combined based on quality weights assigned to each. Calibration parameters can be separately maintained for different locomotion activities and/or different on-body locations of the pedometers. Pedometer devices can also cooperatively calibrate each other.
US10001385B2
An interactive street safety map system for internet, GPS, and mobile users is disclosed. The system is designed to identify crime and traffic accidents information at street level. Each street segment on the map indicates low to high density of crime and traffic accidents in different colors in order to improve public perception of safety on each of the streets displayed. The system includes crime and traffic accident data, and the system users can query the data for their interest locations, crime types, crime date and time of occurrence, and the number of crime incidents and traffic accidents. Ultimately, the online street safety map allows users to choose relatively low risk of crime and traffic accident streets for their own safety. The system harvests crime and traffic information data from police departments through Computer-Aided Dispatch (CAD), Recorded Management Systems (RMS), and other crime and traffic information sharing services.
US10001380B2
Method, computer program product, and apparatus for providing navigation guidance to vehicles are disclosed. The method may include receiving crowdsourcing data from at least one vehicle, determining the parking information based on one or more locations visited by the at least one vehicle, after the at least one vehicle has reached a destination, and providing the parking information to the at least one vehicle. The crowdsourcing data includes on board diagnostics data (OBD) correlated with time stamps and GPS locations of the at least one vehicle, where the on board diagnostics data includes odometer information, speedometer information, fuel consumption information, steering information, and impact data.
US10001379B2
One or more techniques and/or systems are provided for routing a user between events using an itinerary. An event source (e.g., electronic calendar) may be assessed to identify event information (e.g., event locations) for events (e.g., meetings). The event information may be evaluated to determine a schedule of events. Routes between events within the schedule may be identified to determine route information (e.g., predicted travel times) for the routes. The event information and the route information may be evaluated to generate an itinerary of events. In an example, a constraint may be identified (e.g., a traffic accident along a route). The constraint may be evaluated to determine an impact (e.g., a user arriving to the meeting event late) of the constraint on the itinerary. Responsive to the impact exceeding an adjustment threshold, the itinerary may be adjusted (e.g., modifying a route between one or more events to avoid the accident).
US10001378B2
A method for improving and extending an existing road network and generating new networks from statistically relevant amounts of probe data recorded by GPS-enabled navigation devices. New probe data is matched to the existing digital vector map, then the data merged into the existing network using a weighted mean technique. When new roads are detected, appropriate junction points are made with the existing network elements. The updated network data is simplified to improve computing speed and reduce data storage requirements.
US10001373B2
A gyro element as a resonator element includes a drive resonating arm as a drive portion that is driven by application of a voltage, and a detection resonating arm as a detection portion in which charge is generated in response to a Coriolis force generated in the drive resonating arm. An amount of charge detected in the detection resonating arm in a state where the Coriolis force is not generated is greater than 0% and equal to or less than 0.1% of an amount of charge generated in the drive resonating arm when driving the drive resonating arm.
US10001372B2
An angular velocity detection device vibrates a vibration body and detects vibrations generated by angular velocity. The vibration body includes a center base portion, first detection beam sections extending from the center base section in a T shape and connected to each other at four corners, second detection-cum-drive beam sections extending from the first detection beam sections toward the center base portion side along diagonal lines of the vibration body, and mass bodies connected to both ends of each of the second detection-cum-drive beam portions. The second detection-cum-drive beam sections each perform flexural vibration within a plate surface in a direction perpendicular or substantially perpendicular to the diagonal line of the vibration body.
US10001368B2
Provided is an object image measurement apparatus including an image capturing part that image-captures an object; a movement mechanism that changes an image capturing position of the image capturing part to the object; and a calculation part that calculates a correction value from a first captured image group acquired by placing the image capturing part static at each of a plurality of image capturing positions and a second captured image group acquired by relatively moving the image capturing part so as to pass each of a plurality of the image capturing positions. The first captured image group and the second captured image group are captured image groups of images captured at a plurality of the predetermined image capturing positions by the image capturing part.
US10001367B2
A method and apparatus are provided for detecting both an absence and a presence of a light beam moving in an optical fiber to determine the position of a component. The method is carried out by the apparatus which includes a plunger having first and second positions coordinated with first and second component positions respectively. The optical fiber is capable of having a light beam move in a first direction and of having the light beam move in a reverse direction in the optical fiber. A detector is provided for indicating the absence of the reverse direction of the light beam moving in the optical fiber and for indicating the presence of the light beam moving in the first direction in the optical fiber.
US10001365B2
A method of forming a mandrel assembly for use in fabricating a large scale component includes boring a plurality of cavities into an outer surface of the mandrel assembly and filling the plurality of cavities with a contrast color substrate to form a contrast target on the mandrel assembly. The method also includes curing the contrast color substrate such that an outer surface of the contrast color substrate is substantially flush with the outer surface of the mandrel assembly when the substrate is fully cured.
US10001363B2
Provided is a common-path optical fiber-based handheld parallel optical coherence tomography (OCT) apparatus, including a probe configured to receive the light from a broadband light source and illuminate a measurement target, wherein the probe may include an inner space through which the light passes, a collimator configured to collimate the light incident to the inner space, a diffraction grating configured to diffract the light having passed through the collimator, a galvanometer scanner configured to reflect the light having passed through the diffraction grating, an objective lens configured to concentrate the reflected light on a focal point, and an interferer configured to acquire an interfered light by reflecting at least a portion of the light having passed through the objective lens.
US10001362B2
A method of processing data from a distributed fibre-optic interferometric sensor system for measuring a measurand, the system comprising multiple interferometric sensors. The method comprises interrogating two or more of the multiple interferometric sensors to record a raw measurement time series for each of the sensors. The method further comprises calculating a common reference time series as a measure of central tendency of the raw measurement time series from two or more reference sensors, the reference sensors being selected from the multiple interferometric sensors. Finally, the method comprises compensating at least one raw measurement time series from a measurement sensor selected from the multiple interferometric sensors with the common reference time series to produce a compensated measurement time series, the measurement sensor being configured to be sensitive to the measurand. The invention further relates to a distributed fibre-optic interferometric sensor system.
US10001355B2
Embodiments of the invention include an elongate rifle bullet with a plurality of circumferential grooves having overmolded polymer therein defining embedded polymer rings. Embodiments of the invention include cartridges with propellant and such bullets. In one or more embodiments, the bullet has a body portion and a converging nose portion. The polymer rings have an outer surface that is flush with, that is, conforming to the outer surface of the body. The polymer may have be selected to have a favorable coefficient of friction with respect to the barrel. A feature and advantage of embodiments is that the metal to metal contact between the bullet and the barrel is reduced while not diminishing the ballistic coefficient of the bullet.
US10001350B2
Shooting target assemblies have a post element having spaced-apart upper first and second protrusions defining an elongated target receptacle slot, the target receptacle slot having a closed lower end and an open upper end, a target plate having a main portion and an elongated stem portion extending from the main portion, the stem portion having parallel stem legs spaced apart to define a stem slot, a bridge portion connected between the stem legs away from the main portion and defining a lower end of the stem slot, the stem slot of the target plate being adapted to closely receive one of the first and second protrusions of the post element, and the target receptacle slot of the post element being adapted to closely receive the bridge portion of the target plate. The target receptacle slot may have a slot width adapted to closely receive the bridge.
US10001348B2
A device for dismantling explosive devices, the device may include a handle for carrying the robot; a camera; infrared illumination elements; a payload compartment that is configured to hold, in a releasable manner, an explosive device dismantling payload; laser markers that are configured to be at a predefined spatial relationship with an optical axis of the explosive device dismantling payload; a transceiver; a controller that is configured to control the robot, at least partially in response to commands that are received by the transceiver; a base; and a rotation and tilt assembly for moving the payload compartment in relation to the base. The device may be without a driving unit for driving the device from one location to the other.
US10001346B2
Embodiments include an inflatable blast-induced brain injury prevention device for living beings such as soldiers. The device may include one or more inflatable chambers that cooperate to form a substantially toroidal cervical collar configured to surround the soldier's neck. An inflator unit, activated by an initiator may be coupled to the one or more inflatable chambers to inflate the one or more inflatable chambers. An electronic control unit (ECU) in electrical communication with the initiator and in electrical communication with at least one sensor may be configured to measure atmospheric air pressure. The ECU may be programmed to activate the initiator when the air pressure measured by the sensor exceeds a threshold air pressure.
US10001339B1
An improved toy gun bullet container structure includes a bullet container device, which is selectively and movable mounted in a magazine, a receiving space, which is defined in the bullet container device, and a plurality of bullet compartments, which are arranged in the receiving space in a manner of being free to rotate. The bullet compartments each receive and hold therein a plurality of bullets. The magazine is can be mounted and removed so as to achieve imitation of a genuine device. When one of the bullet compartments runs out of bullets, the magazine can be first removed and the bullet container device rotated to switch the other one of the bullet compartments to the position for shooting. When all the bullet compartments run of bullets, the bullet container device can be detached from the magazine for reloading of bullets.
US10001336B2
Disclosed is a mechanism for use with firearms having compact bolt carrier designs without modification of or connection to either the upper or lower receiver. It provides an auto sear trip linkage that is independent of both the upper and lower receivers and which may be used as a “drop in” unit to allow an upper receiver assembly otherwise configured for semi-automatic fire to be used in full-auto mode with a standard, full-auto capable AR-pattern lower receiver.
US10001331B2
A magazine loader/unloader includes a loader/unloader housing, including right and left sides, a front and rear connector members, and a bridge member; a loading structure, including a loading plunger, and a loading pusher; and an unloading structure, including top and bottom guides, and an unloading protrusion. Also disclosed is a method of using the magazine loader/unloader, including inserting round, loading round, and unloading round.
US10001330B1
AR-style lower receiver with magazine release button interference pin assembly functions to prevent the depression of the magazine release button on an AR-style rifle while the upper receiver is closed or locked onto the lower receiver. AR-style lower receiver with magazine release button interference pin assembly prevents magazine release and reloading while the upper receiver is closed or locked onto the lower receiver. AR-style lower receiver with magazine release button interference pin assembly is a magazine release button interference pin assembly as well as a specially machined lower receiver to accept the magazine release button interference pin assembly. Magazine release button interference pin assembly includes a special magazine release button interference pin with at least two protrusions, a spring, and a retaining pin.
US10001328B1
A charging handle assembly for a firearm includes: a charging handle frame having a forward end configured for insertion into an upper receiver of a firearm, a central portion connected to and extending rearward from the forward end, and a base extending rearward from the central portion; a latch arm having a forward hook, the latch arm attached to the central portion of the charging handle frame, the forward hook biased toward the central portion of the charging handle frame to secure the charging handle frame relative to an upper receiver of a firearm; and a cheek rest attached to the base of the charging handle frame. The latch arm is configured to releasably engage the upper receiver of a firearm when the cheek rest is pushed forward and to disengage the upper receiver of the firearm when the cheek rest is pulled rearward.
US10001321B2
Disclosed is an illuminated cooler with a light source positioned below an expected top level of contents of the cooler. A light source is preferably between two and six inches below an expected top level of contents. Most preferably, the cooler will comprise multiple lights arranged at varying heights within the cooler or a single light that provides light sources at a range of heights. The cooler may also comprise a switch to activate the lights when the cooler is opened, an ambient light sensor, and a processor.
US10001320B2
A laminated structure includes a polymer layer comprising at least one layer, a gas barrier layer which has thermal resistance of greater than or equal to about 650 degrees Kelvin per watt and a Young's modulus of greater than or equal to about 100 gigapascals, and a position of a neutral axis represented by the following Equation 1 is in the gas barrier layer. y = ∑ i = 1 n ( Ei · Si ) ∑ i = 1 n ( Ei · Ai ) ( Equation 1 ) In Equation 1, y denotes a distance from the top surface of a side compressed in bending to the neutral axis, Ei denotes a Young's modulus of the i-th layer, Si denotes a geometrical moment of area of the i-th layer, Ai denotes a cross-sectional area of the i-th layer, and n denotes a number of layers for the laminated structure, which is an integer of greater than or equal to 5.
US10001303B2
A rotary compressor includes a sealed vertical compressor housing, a compressing unit, and a motor. A refrigerant discharging unit is provided at an upper part and a refrigerant intake unit is provided at a lower part side surface in the sealed vertical compressor housing. The compressing unit is disposed on the lower part of the compressor housing, includes an annular cylinder, an end plate including a bearing unit and a discharge valve unit and blocking end portions of the cylinder, an annular piston that engages with an eccentric portion of a rotation axis supported by the bearing unit, revolves along a cylinder inner wall of the cylinder in the cylinder, and forms a cylinder chamber between the cylinder inner wall and the annular piston, and a vane. The motor is disposed on the upper part of the compressor housing, and drives the compressing unit via the rotation axis.
US10001299B2
To overcome shortcomings of the conventional thermal receiver, embodiments of the technology disclosed herein are directed towards an improved thermal receiver. More particularly, the various embodiments of the technology disclosed herein relate to thermal receivers without a vacuum insulation, otherwise known as an approximation of a blackbody. Various embodiments of the technology disclosed herein enable greater absorption of sunlight collected by a parabolic solar trough concentrator compared with conventional thermal receivers.
US10001298B1
Methods for controlling or operating solar thermochemical reactions process that maximize the two-step thermochemical energy cycle efficiency by a combination of pressure and temperature swing are disclosed.
US10001291B2
Various thermostat embodiment are provided that includes at least a first sensor configured to communicate information indicative of the temperature within the space, and at least a second sensor configured to communicate information indicative of the humidity within the space. The thermostat further includes a controller in communication with the at least first and second sensors, for controlling the thermostat's operation. The controller is configured to operate in a first mode in which the controller operates the air conditioner when the sensed temperature of the space is above a temperature set-point or when the sensed humidity level is above the humidity set-point. The controller is further configured to operate in a second mode in which the controller operates the air conditioner when the sensed temperature is below a set-back temperature set-point, or when the sensed humidity is above a set-back humidity set-point.
US10001286B2
Provided is a dehumidifier. The dehumidifier includes a compressor which circulates a refrigerant, a condenser which condenses the refrigerant, and an evaporator which faces the condenser. Herein, a tube which is disposed in a plurality of rows with respect to the condenser is coupled to a plurality of fins of which a part or all are separated, and a part of a plurality of rows of tubes is not fixed, and thus an air path is ensured relatively largely, and air can smoothly flow, and condensing performance is enhanced, and a temperature of an end of the condenser can be lowered, and cycle efficiency is enhanced.
US10001284B2
A vent hood kit comprises a canopy assembly having an intake end and an outlet end, a blower housing selectively and alternatively coupled with the exhaust end of the canopy assembly in an in-line position and an external position, a blower assembly disposed within a blower housing and in communication with the intake end in both the in-line and external positions and an exhaust duct adapter of the blower housing is configured to be in communication with the intake end in both the in-line and external positions.
US10001283B2
In a cooking device having a cooking chamber including a plurality of side walls, a bottom, and a fat drain to allow fat and other cooking residues to be discharged therethrough from the cooking chamber outward, the fat drain is arranged in a side wall of the cooking chamber.
US10001281B2
A fuel nozzle apparatus for a gas turbine engine includes: an annular outer body extending parallel to a centerline axis and having an exterior surface, and having a ring of forward openings passing through the exterior surface, and a ring of aft openings passing through the exterior surface, the aft openings positioned axially aft of the forward openings; an annular main injection ring disposed inside the outer body and including: a forward main fuel gallery extending in a circumferential direction; an aft main fuel gallery extending in a circumferential direction; a ring of forward main fuel orifices communicating with the forward main fuel gallery and each aligned with one of the forward openings; a ring of aft main fuel orifices, communicating with the aft main fuel gallery and each aligned with one of the aft openings; and a pilot fuel injector disposed along the centerline axis.
US10001276B2
Safety devices prevent packaged catalytic converters from being expelled from stacks, or at least reduce the velocity with which such a package may be expelled, in case of an explosion in a bio-fueled appliance, such as a wood-burning stove.
US10001274B2
A method for conducting combustion in a fluidized bed furnace, in particular having a sand bed, according to which a flow of primary combustion air is blown through the bed, the fuel consisting in particular of organic waste, or of municipal waste, or of sludge from purifying stations, it being possible to inject secondary air (5a) into the space (5) in the furnace located above the bed; in order to limit the production of nitrogen oxides NOx and nitrous oxide N2O: the nitrous oxide N2O and nitrogen oxide NOx content of the fumes at the outlet of the furnace are measured (12, 20); the temperature of the fluidized bed is controlled to keep it at the highest admissible value at which the production of nitrous oxide N2O is substantially reduced, while the production of nitrogen oxides NOx is not substantially increased; and the excess air in the fluidized bed is controlled to keep it at the lowest admissible value at which the production of nitrogen oxides NOx is reduced without adversely affecting the combustion and the temperature of the bed.
US10001273B2
This invention relates to a rotary flame heater, comprising a burner, a first wind wheel, a second wind wheel and a glass tube set in sequence from bottom to top; one side of the burner is set with an ignition device, the first wind wheel and second wind wheel are annular, a plurality of first air inlet passages are aslant set on a side wall of the first wind wheel, a plurality of second air inlet passages are aslant set a side wall of the second wind wheel, the inclined direction of the plurality of first air inlet passages is the same with that of the second air inlet passages. The advantage of this invention is to make full use of the combustion space, increase the contacting area with the glass tube and increase the calorific value when burns the same gas, which achieves a better heating effect.
US10001272B2
A heat recovery steam generator (“HRSG”) 40, which is closely coupled to a gas turbine, includes a flow controls structural array 10 disposed upstream of the tubes 42 of the HRSG 40. The structural array 10 is formed of a plurality of grate-like panels 18 secured to horizontal supports 24 mounted to the support structure of the HRSG 40. The structural array 10 diffuses the high velocity exhaust stream 14 exiting the gas turbine and redistributes the gas flow evenly throughout the HRSG 40. The structural array 10 reduces wear and damage of the tubes 46.
US10001271B2
The present invention relates to an LED lamp forming material with an outstanding weather resistance performance and a reliable seal performance, and also relates to a light-pervious waterproof LED lamp manufactured by the LED lamp forming material. A lamp forming mold is prepared according to a shape of the light-pervious waterproof damp required by a user, a circuit board including a driving circuit and an LED light source is suspended within a molding cavity of the LED lamp forming mold, a PVC paste or a modified PVC paste is injected into the molding cavity, heating is performed for 15 to 30 minutes, the PVC paste or the modified PVC paste within the molding cavity of the LED lamp is solidified, the solidified LED waterproof lamp is taken out of the molding cavity, so as to obtain the light-pervious waterproof LED lamp.
US10001264B2
An energy-saving recyclable display system, comprising a display stand, a packaging container and a suspension loop; a display rod is arranged on the display stand, the packaging container and the suspension loop are mounted in a dismountable way; a suspension notch is arranged on the upper part of the suspension loop; the lower part of the suspension loop is opened and stretches into the packaging container; the suspension loop is hollow inside and mounted with a circuit board and an illuminant; an electric wire is arranged on the circuit board; a conductive contact is arranged at the end of the electric wire protruding from the inner side face of the suspension notch; the conductive contact contacts with the display rod and forms a switched-on circuit. The product in the packaging container presents a favorable luminous effect when it is displayed.
US10001262B2
Various embodiments may relate to an LED retrofit lamp, including a lamp tube, an LED light engine disposed in the lamp tube, and end caps arranged at two open ends of the lamp tube, the LED light engine including a circuit board and at least one light source disposed on the circuit board. The LED retrofit lamp further includes one pair of retaining structures fixed at two opposite ends of the circuit board, respectively, and at least one pair of elastic tension structures connected to the retaining structures. The elastic tension structure goes through the end cap from one side of the end cap and is locked at the other side of the end cap. In addition, various embodiments may also relate to a process for manufacturing the LED retrofit lamp.
US10001261B2
A light source apparatus according to the present invention includes a phosphor wheel having a phosphor disposed in an annular shape on a disk-shaped base material, the phosphor serving to emit fluorescent light from excitation light, thereby forming an excitation light source having a predetermined color, and the phosphor having a discontinuous portion in a part of the annular shape, an excitation light source for emitting the excitation light with which a passage position of the circular phosphor is irradiated with respect to the phosphor wheel to be rotatively driven by the wheel motor, and a controller that controls light emission of the light source and the excitation light source synchronously with a position of the discontinuous portion with respect to an irradiation position of the excitation light.
US10001260B2
A flashlight device for observing an object in a conduit includes a plurality of lights disposed in a front end of an enclosure in a substantially annular configuration about a viewing aperture extending longitudinally through a central portion of the enclosure, and at least one battery for energizing the plurality of lights. The device allows the person via one hand to illuminate and simultaneously observe an object located at a distal portion of a conduit, while the opposite hand holds a tool that engages the distal object.
US10001256B2
Thermal management approaches and methods for structures requiring certain optical and thermal properties, for example, components of LED-based lighting units. Such a structure is in thermal communication with a source of visible light and thermal energy, and visible light emitted by the source passes through the structure. The structure includes a portion formed of a composite material containing a polymeric matrix material and a fiber material that contributes an optical scattering effect to the visible light passing through the composite material. The fiber material is made up of individual fibers that each comprise a core material and an opaque diffusive white coating on an external surface thereof. The fiber material and its coating contribute to the thermal conductivity and an optical scattering effect of the composite material.
US10001253B2
A lamp for a vehicle may include: a plurality of heat dissipation units coupled to each other; a plurality of mounting units coupled to the respective heat dissipation units so as to be adjustable in height; a plurality of reflective units passing through the respective mounting units, and coupled to the respective heat dissipation units so as to be rotatable; a plurality of horizontal angle adjustment units passing through the respective mounting units and engaging with the respective reflective units; and a plurality of light sources provided in the respective heat dissipation units such that the light sources face the respective reflective units.
US10001248B2
A light bar and a refrigeration display using the light bar are disclosed. The light bar includes an optical component, a housing for reflecting light and a substrate assembly. The optical component and the housing together form a tube with a cavity. The substrate assembly is held in the cavity and includes a substrate and a plurality of LED light sources mounted on at least one side of the substrate. Light emitted from the plurality of LED light sources is irradiated to at least one predetermined area perpendicular to the substrate after passing through the optical component.
US10001244B2
An adjustable container holder includes two rods that can be connected by a tube, where the tube and the two rods can together embrace a container. Each rod is attachable to a L-shaped support bracket by means of a clamp, where the rod is sandwiched between the clamp and the L-shaped support bracket. Each of the L-shaped brackets has apertures therein for mounting the bracket to a surface such as a wall or a floor. The tube is adjustable so that the width of the container holder can be changed. Once the width of the container holder is adjusted, the container holder can be fixed by mounting the L-shaped brackets to the surface.
US10001235B2
Gasket seals for high pressure applications include retaining elements with inner diameter seal elements that interlock with the retaining element to provide resistance to movement in both axial and radial directions between the retaining element and seal element. High pressure sealing may be accomplished using a metallic core retaining element to which an electrically isolating material is bonded on either or both sides. Sealing is achieved through an inner diameter dielectric sealing element, such as a polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) inner diameter sealing ring. Flanges of a joint in a fluid flow ling may be bolted together with the gasket seal interposed therebetween. In the event of pressure changes, the inner diameter seal resists being drawn into the flow line, and resists axial movement relative to the retaining element, through dual locking members that secure the seal to the retaining element.
US10001234B2
A pipe coupling includes a first and second connected tubular element forming an elongated tube and being connected by a connection arrangement that biases the first tubular element against the second tubular. An annular sealing element is provided between and overlapping opposed end portions of the elements. The annular sealing element has a generally T-shaped cross-section and includes a first portion that forms a stem of the T-shaped cross section and extends in a radial direction and defines the outer periphery thereof, and a second portion formed by two opposing flanges that form the cross-bar of the T-shaped cross section and define the inner periphery thereof. At least one of the flanges presents a rounded bulge forming an outer peripheral surface of one flange. The bulge is sealed with an inner periphery of one of the tubular elements and extends continuously around the circumference of the annular sealing element.
US10001233B2
A vacuum pipe connecting member for detecting in real time a gas leak from a pipe connection between vacuum pipes is provided. In one aspect, the vacuum pipe connecting member is provided to include: a clamp for connecting a vacuum pipe to another vacuum pipe or to a semiconductor manufacturing apparatus; and a reactant that is provided in the clamp and is chemically reactive to a gas leaking from the pipe connection.
US10001229B2
A flexible pipe body and method of producing a flexible pipe body are disclosed. The method includes providing two or more non-bonded composite filaments (302) as a non-bonded filament bundle (310); applying a braid element (304) around the filament bundle (310) to thereby form a braided bundle (310) comprising non-bonded filaments (302); and helically wrapping the braided bundle (310) around a flexible pipe body layer (502).
US10001222B2
A paint circulating system 10 and a pressure relief module 40 utilized therein are described. The paint circulating system 10 comprises a pressurized paint supply pipeline 22, a tank return pipeline 34 and a pressure relief module 40. The pressure relief module 40 comprises: a first flow chamber 65 through which pressurized paint is provided to said supply pipeline 22; a second flow chamber 69 through which paint returns to said tank return pipeline 34; an orifice 42 interconnecting said first and second flow chambers; and a valve member 46 biased towards the orifice so as to block said orifice. The valve member 46 is moveable in response to a pressure in said first flow chamber 65 exceeding a predetermined relief pressure so as to displace said valve member 46 to open said orifice 42. This allows paint to flow from said first flow chamber 65 into said second flow chamber 69, preventing failure occurring in the paint circulating system 10.
US10001219B2
In a double seat valve with upper and lower valve discs and a flow divider in a leakage room, wherein respectively one valve disc can be set to a lift position to supplying a cleaning medium flow into the leakage room, and first channels are provided in the flow divider and second channels in the lower valve disc towards a leakage outlet, the first channels are disposed in extensions of the flow divider that axially bridge the lower leakage room part and that join within the second channels the flow divider forming in at least one of two lift positions with its external circumference with the external wall of the leakage room a leakage gap for a side flow that is significantly smaller than a main flow that is deflected and directed by the flow divider into the first channels or into the second channels and to the leakage outlet.
US10001218B2
The present invention provides a hinged valve, comprising a handle, a valve body, a valve stem, a valve core, sealing rings, guide and a valve cover. The valve core is connected to the valve body by means of a hinge such that the valve core will be rotated around a rotation axis of the hinge. A locking hook and a positioning hole are provided on the valve stem. A positioning column, elastic buckles and guiding slot are provided on the guide. The positioning column is connected to the positioning hole of the valve stem and the guide is elastically assembled to the body of the valve stem under the effect of the elastic buckles of the guide, such that the guide and the valve stem will move synchronously without motion relative to each other. Rotating shafts and a guiding post are provided. The rotating shafts are rotatably connected to the connecting holes. The guiding post can move along the guiding slot in the guide such that the rotation of the valve stem will be transferred to the valve core via the slide by the guide and is converted into a rotation of the valve core around the rotation axis of the hinge so as to open or close the valve The valve of the present invention is structurally compact, easy to operate, open with a small torque, opened at a large angle, and allows for a large flow.
US10001211B2
A shift knob assembly includes a shift rod provided with a connection pin; a knob body provided with a mounting space therein, a coupling part into which the shift rod is inserted from a lower portion of the coupling part, and a through hole formed at the lower portion of the coupling part for allowing the connection pin to pass therethrough; a locking part being mounted in the mounting space of the knob body; and an elastic part connected to the locking part for allowing the locking part that is rotated by the connection pin to go back to an original position by elastic force. The shift knob assembly can simplify an assembly process of the knob body for a vehicle, provide efficient assembling/disassembling of the shift knob, and prevent the shift knob from being rotated by external force.
US10001209B2
Methods of producing an assembly, e.g., a bearing assembly, for a vehicle, with reduced thermal expansion in a linear direction as well as methods for minimizing linear thermal expansion in an assembly, are provided. The assembly has at least two components with substantially different linear coefficients of thermal expansion (CLTEs). The assembly has a lightweight planar metal component (e.g., a housing) with a first CLTE, a second component (e.g., a bearing component) having a second CLTE, and a polymeric composite with a third CLTE. The first CLTE is greater than the second CLTE. The third CLTE is less than or equal to the second CLTE, so that the polymeric composite structure attached to the first planar metal component reduces thermal expansion of the first planar metal component in at least one linear direction and minimizes separation of the second surface of the first planar metal component from the second component.
US10001204B2
A vibration isolation structure of a power unit in which an internal combustion engine is provided with transmissions, including plural transmission gears and a power transmission shaft that pivotally supports the plural transmission gears, and torque dampers are provided between a pair of adjacent transmission gears and the power transmission shaft. The vibration isolation structure can suppress torque fluctuation itself accompanying gearshift and driving reaction force to small fluctuation, and reduce the size of the power unit.
US10001203B2
A sprocket assembly is provided. The assembly includes a sprocket frame having a central body and a first ledge portion body. The first ledge portion has a first aperture extending therethrough. The assembly further includes a first removable tooth having a first tip portion, first and second landing portions, and a first extension portion. The first tip portion has first and second ends. The first extension portion extends from the second end and has an aperture extending therethrough. The assembly further includes a first screw extending through the first aperture in the first ledge portion and the aperture in the first extension portion to removably couple the first extension portion to the first ledge portion.
US10001202B2
A limited slip differential assembly can include a sleeve, a support shaft, and a clutch assembly. The sleeve can have a sleeve aperture centered on and extending along an axis. The sleeve can also have a first set of splines projecting inwardly from the sleeve aperture. The sleeve can be operable to engage an axle through the first set of splines. The support shaft can have an outer surface, a support shaft aperture centered on and extending along the axis, and a second set of splines projecting from the outer surface. The support shaft can be adjacent to the sleeve along the axis and be operable to encircle and freely rotate relative to the axle. The clutch assembly can be operable to selectively interlock the sleeve and the support shaft.
US10001199B2
A continuously variable transmission (CVT) (14) includes a drive pulley (18), a driven pulley (20), and an endless rotatable device (22) coupled between the drive and driven pulleys (18, 20). The drive pulley (18) and the driven pulley (20) each include pulley teeth (19T, 21T), and the endless rotatable device (22) includes device teeth (22T). A controller (50) can control the operation of the CVT and can execute the following instructions: (a) receiving a torque request while the device teeth (22T) are mating with the pulley teeth (19T, 21T); (b) determining whether the torque request direction is opposite to the input torque direction; (c) determining whether a current clamping force applied by an actuator (28, 30) to the drive pulley (18) is sufficient to change the direction of the torque transmitted by the drive pulley (18); and (d) commanding the actuator (28; 30) to increase the current clamping force when the current clamping force is not sufficient to change the direction of the torque transmitted by the drive pulley (18).
US10001198B2
A planetary gear train of a transmission for a vehicle is provided. The planetary gear train includes an input shaft that receives power of an engine and an output shaft that outputs power. Multiple planetary gear sets are provided each having three rotation elements. Various shafts then either directly or selectively connect the rotation elements. The transmission is then capable of maximizing engine driving efficiency and improving a power delivery performance and fuel consumption.
US10001197B2
A transmission gearing arrangement includes four simple planetary gear sets, a range selection clutch, and five other clutches including one brake. The transmission is operated in high range by engaging the range selection clutch and in low range by disengaging the range selection clutch. In high range, the transmission produces eight forward speed ratios and one reverse speed ratio by selective engagement of various combinations of three of the five other clutches. In low range, the transmission produces five forward speed ratios by selective engagement of various combinations of two of the other five clutches. The transmission can shift from the fourth low range ratio to the third high range ratio while the vehicle is in motion.
US10001195B2
A gear transmission includes a crankshaft, an eccentric rotation gear and a rotation gear. The eccentric rotation gear is configured to rotate eccentrically with a rotation of the crankshaft. The rotation gear meshes with the eccentric rotation gear. The crankshaft includes a shaft portion, a first eccentric portion and a second eccentric portion. The first eccentric portion engages with the eccentric rotation gear. The second eccentric portion is disposed between the shaft portion and the first eccentric portion. A rotation axis of the first eccentric portion is offset with a first distance from a rotation axis of the shaft portion. A rotation axis of the second eccentric portion is offset with a second distance from the rotation axis of the shaft portion. The second distance is shorter than the first distance.
US10001192B2
A torsional vibration reducing apparatus is provided. The torsional vibration reducing apparatus includes a rotating body having a rolling chamber, and a rolling body including a support shaft portion, a first flange portion, a second flange portion, a first corner portion, and a second corner portion. The support shaft portion is housed in the rolling chamber. The flange portions are located respectively at either end of the support shaft portion in an axial direction. A position defined by the support shaft portion and the first flange portion is the first corner portion, and a position defined by the support shaft portion and the second flange portion is the second corner portion. In a section of the rolling body that is along a central axis of the support shaft portion, sectional shapes of the first corner portion and the second corner portion differ from each other.
US10001189B2
Provided is a shock absorber capable of suppressing a great change in a damping force even upon a stroke change. The shock absorber with a pilot chamber includes: a housing that constitutes the pilot chamber and includes a pilot hole and an inflow passage; a disk valve body that allows a fluid inside the pilot chamber to be discharged outside via the pilot hole; and a check valve body that allows the fluid to flow into the pilot chamber through the inflow passage.
US10001183B2
A brake apparatus comprising: a caliper having a piston configured to move a brake pad to be pressed on a disc rotor rotating with a wheel; a thrust retaining mechanism located in the caliper to thrust the piston and maintain braking force exerted by the thrust piston; an electric motor mounted on the caliper to operate the thrust retaining mechanism; and a controller configured to apply electric current to the electric motor in response to an application command or a release command, thereby perform control according to the commands, wherein the controller, upon receiving a release command, configured to operate the electric motor to reduce braking force exerted by the piston by performing current maintenance control which continuously applies electric current to the electric motor and switching control which successively switches between a larger and a smaller amount of electric current applied to the electric motor.
US10001179B2
A control apparatus for a power transmission system is provided. The control apparatus includes an electronic control unit. The electronic control unit is configured to, when a discharge flow rate of a mechanical oil pump is smaller than a predetermined flow rate and an electric oil pump is being driven while a vehicle is traveling, determine whether a decrease in the operating hydraulic pressure has occurred. The electronic control unit is configured to, when a first engagement device is controlled from a released state toward an engaged state, control a first control pressure such that the first control pressure in a case where a decrease in a operating hydraulic pressure has occurred is lower than the first control pressure in a case where a decrease in the operating hydraulic pressure does not occur.
US10001175B2
A transmission includes a case, a torque sensor, and a two-piece output shaft. The torque sensor is attached to the case and defines an inner diameter. The two-piece output shaft assembly is partially disposed within the case and includes a planet carrier operably coupled to a shaft extending through the inner diameter. The carrier and the shaft are separate components that are directly connected together and the carrier defines a park gear.
US10001168B2
A bearing arrangement for low speed rotating machinery includes a shaft and at least one double row spherical roller bearing supporting the shaft. The bearing has an inner ring providing a radially outer circumferential surface having a first and a second inner raceway and an annular portion separating the first and second inner raceway in an axial direction. An outer ring provides a radially inner circumferential surface with at least one outer raceway. Spherical rollers are located in a first and a second roller row, the first and second roller row disposed between the at least one outer raceway and the first and second respective inner raceway. A cage has a central portion located between the roller rows. The central portion provides a radially inner circumferential surface and axial protrusions to separate at least two rollers in one of the first and second rollers rows.
US10001159B2
Systems and methods for brake cable adjustment are disclosed herein. In this regard, a gage block tool for adjusting a brake cable may comprise a body comprising, a first member extending in a first direction, the first member having a first length and a first thickness, and a second member extending in a second direction, the second member having a second length and a second thickness. At least one of the first member or the second member may be sized and configured to be placed between a stop and a lever of a brake valve, the brake cable connected between the lever and a brake handle being properly adjusted when the gage block sandwiched between the lever and the stop contacts both the lever and the stop while the brake handle is in a park lock position.
US10001158B2
An attachment system and method that includes first and second fittings, a first eccentric bushing positioned within the first fitting, and a second eccentric bushing positioned within the second fitting. The system may include a first friction washer positioned between the first bushing and first fitting and a second friction washer positioned between the second bushing and the second fitting. A coating on the exterior of the friction washers prohibits rotation of the bushings with respect to the fittings. The coating may be a nickel-diamond coating that prohibits rotation even in the presence of a lubricant. The first fitting may be a frame fitting connected to a fuselage of an aircraft and the second fitting may be a beam fitting connected to the floor of the aircraft. The system may include lock plates that engage lock stops to prohibit rotation of the bushings in combination with the coated friction washers.
US10001144B2
A blower has a centrifugal impeller driven by an electric motor. The centrifugal impeller has a base plate, a cover plate defining an air inlet, a plurality of blades mounted between the base plate and the cover plate, and a reinforcement ring mounted to the cover plate around the air inlet. The cover plate includes an outwardly extending flange at the air inlet. The reinforcement ring has a flange fitted around the flange of the cover plate. Each blade has cover plate mounting portions and base plate mounting portions. The cover plate has blade mounting holes engaged with the cover plate mounting portions. The base plate has blade mounting holes engaged with the base plate mounting portions. The reinforcement ring increases the strength of the cover plate, to avoid breakage under high speed rotation.
US10001142B2
The invention relates to a turbine casing of an exhaust-gas turbocharger, having an inlet connection piece adjoined by a spiral, and having an outlet connection piece, characterized by an insulating device for reducing the input of heat into the inlet connection piece, the spiral and/or the outlet connection piece.
US10001141B2
A compressor that includes a frame, a rotor assembly, and a heat sink assembly. The rotor assembly includes a bearing assembly to which the heat sink assembly is secured. The compressor is configured such that, during use, air is drawn through the interior of the frame. The heat sink assembly then extends radially from the bearing assembly into the air path through the frame such that the air flows over the heat sink assembly.
US10001138B2
A number of fan assemblies are shown. Configurations are shown that include one or more diffusers. Diffuser locations and specific diffuser configurations are described that improve one or more fan assembly characteristics, including, but not limited to fan efficiency.
US10001137B2
An exhaust-gas turbocharger (1) with 2-channel turbine inflow, including a housing (2), a shaft (6) mounted in the housing (2), a compressor wheel (8) arranged on the shaft (6) and a turbine wheel (7) arranged on the shaft (6), and a first and a second inflow duct (11, 12) formed in the housing (2). Both inflow ducts (11, 12) open in the direction of the turbine wheel (7). A partition (9) separates the two inflow ducts (11, 12) from one another. At least one water-cooling duct (10) is provided in the interior of the partition (9).
US10001129B2
The invention relates to an impeller (1) of a centrifugal pump apparatus, in particular of a blood pump apparatus, comprising a discoidal body (1) rotatable around an axis (2) of rotation, the body (1) comprising an upper surface (3), a lower surface (4), a central channel (5) extending in the direction of the axis (2) of rotation between the upper and lower surface (3, 4) for guiding fluid, in particular blood through the body (1) in axial direction when the body (1) is rotated in a pump chamber of a pump and several blades (6) supported by the upper surface (3) for pumping fluid, in particular blood, when the body (1) is rotated in a pump chamber of a pump, several spiral grooves (7) in the lower surface (4), each groove (7) having a bottom (7a) and two sidewalls (7b, 7c) and being open in an axial direction, merging into a circumferential surface (8) of the body (1) and extending from this circumferential surface (8) to the central channel (5) at least for providing a pumping action of fluid, in particular blood, from the circumferential surface (8) to the central channel (5) when the body (1) is rotated within a pump chamber of a pump, permanent magnets (10) integrated in the body (1) for driving the impeller by means of a magnetic field wherein each groove (7) is also merging into the central channel (5), one of the sidewalls (7b) of each groove (7) being higher above the bottom (7a) than the other sidewall (7c), in particular the leading sidewall (7b) with respect to the regular direction (R) of rotation being higher than the trailing sidewall (7c), a respective surface area (9) being disposed between each two neighboring grooves (7) and connecting the leading sidewall and the trailing sidewall of neighboring grooves, in particular thus forming a tilted pad area between each pair of neighboring grooves. The invention furthermore relates to a centrifugal blood pump apparatus comprising such an impeller.
US10001127B2
The invention provides a portable DC cooling fan that performs the dual function of a cooling fan and a sleep aid by generating air movement and white noise useful for inducing sleep. The portable device includes a DC axial fan under the control of an electrical control system that receives power through an AC/DC adapter. The electrical control system includes one or more user interface switches for selecting fan speed and optionally, selecting oscillation mode, thereby simulating the sounds of an oscillating fan without undergoing rotation. The portable DC cooling fan of the invention includes a housing having a plurality of openings on its front and rear surfaces that enable air flow through the device. The invention also provides an article of manufacturer comprising an AC/DC adapter packaged with a portable DC cooling fan of the invention.
US10001126B2
To provide a vacuum pump capable of performing temperature control using one or more heating devices or cooling devices fewer than the number of temperature sensors arranged in the pump. One temperature sensor is arranged for each target in the pump, while only one set consisting of a heater and a magnetic valve is arranged. One set consisting of a heater and a magnetic valve is controlled based on output signals from a plurality of temperature sensors, based on the priorities set for the temperature sensors. As stated above, by setting priorities for the temperature sensors, the temperature of a target provided with a temperature sensor given a higher priority is settled within a control range by performing quick ON/OFF control, and then the temperature of a target provided with a temperature sensor given a lower priority is settled within the control range.
US10001124B2
An oil-cooled gas compressor provided with a compressor body, an oil separator that separates out oil from a compressed gas, a gas pipe for sending the compressed gas, from which oil has been separated out by the oil separator, to a user, and an oil pipe for returning, to the compressor, the oil separated out by the oil separator. An air-cooled heat exchanger for cooling the aforementioned oil, a controllable-speed cooling fan for blowing cooling air at said air-cooled heat exchanger, and a waste-heat-recovery heat exchanger, provided upstream of the air-cooled heat exchanger, for recovering heat from the oil flowing through the abovementioned oil pipe, are also provided. The speed of the cooling fan is controlled so as to bring the temperature of the compressed gas discharged from the compressor body to within a prescribed range. It is possible both to recover waste heat from the oil heated by being used to cool the compressor and to suppress compressor temperature fluctuations, even if the load on the waste-heat-recovery equipment varies.
US10001119B2
A method for protecting a resonant linear compressor (14) including structural resonance frequencies (wE) and a motor that is fed by feed voltage (Va) that has amplitude (A) and a drive frequency (wA), both controlled according to the equation A·sin(wt). The protection method is configured so as to include the step of preventing feed to the motor at drive frequencies (wA) that have at least one harmonic coinciding tithe the structural resonance frequency (wE) of the resonant linear compressor (14). A protection system of a resonant linear compressor (14) includes an electronic control (30) configured to prevent feed to the motor at the drive frequencies (wA) that have at least one harmonic coinciding with the structural resonance frequency (wE) of the resonant linear compressor (14).
US10001116B2
In a sealed compressor, electrically-operated element (104) and compressive element (106) driven by electrically-operated element (104) are housed in the inside of sealed container (102). Compressive element (106) includes shaft (126) formed of main shaft (136) and eccentric shaft (134), and cylinder block (128) having; bearing (144) which pivotally supports main shaft (136) of shaft (126); and cylinder (142). Further, the compressive element (106) includes piston (130) which is movable in the cylinder (142) in a reciprocating manner, and connecting portion (132) which connects eccentric shaft (134) and piston (130) to each other. Electrically-operated element (104) is formed of an outer-rotor-type motor which includes stator (150), and rotor (152) which is disposed coaxially with stator (150) so as to surround an outer periphery of stator (150). Further, non-sliding portion (146) is provided between main shaft (136) and bearing (144), and stator (150) is fixed to outer peripheral portion (162) of bearing (144) which corresponds to non-sliding portion (146).
US10001104B2
A control apparatus for an internal combustion engine is provided which works to control an electric motor to start the engine through a belt transmission system. The control apparatus restricts rotation of the electric motor so as to keep a speed of the electric motor below a speed at which the electric motor is capable of producing a maximum torque until a given period of time passes since the electric motor is actuated to start in the motor mode. This enables the electric motor to generate the maximum torque when it is required to crank the engine.
US10001100B2
A valve assembly for a fluid injector for an internal combustion engine includes a valve body with a valve recess, a central longitudinal axis, and a first axial end and a second axial end with respect to the central longitudinal axis. A valve needle is axially moveable within the valve recess with respect to the central longitudinal axis. In concurrence with a seal seat area the valve needle prevents a fluid flow through at least one flow hole in its closing position and otherwise enables it. Furthermore, the injector comprises a sac volume step adjacent to the seal seat area forming a part of an inner surface of a wall of the valve body and a sac volume being designed as one end of the valve recess and being limited by a further part of the inner surface of the wall of the valve body.
US10001095B2
In at least some implementations, a retainer for a fuel system component having an electrically conductive portion accessible from the exterior of the component includes a retaining feature and a grounding feature. The retaining feature is adapted to maintain the location of the fuel system component and the grounding feature electrically couples a ground wire to the electrically conductive portion of the fuel system component. The fuel system component is grounded through a path including the grounding feature and ground wire.
US10001079B2
An improvement is provided to a pressurized close-cycle machine that has a cold-end pressure vessel and is of the type having a piston undergoing reciprocating linear motion within a cylinder containing a working fluid heated by conduction through a heater head by heat from an external thermal source. The improvement includes a heat exchanger for cooling the working fluid, where the heat exchanger is disposed within the cold-end pressure vessel. The heater head may be directly coupled to the cold-end pressure vessel by welding or other methods. A coolant tube is used to convey coolant through the heat exchanger.
US10001078B2
A cooling jacket is formed at least in part within the cylinder head mounted on an engine block defining one or more piston cylinders and one or more intake and exhaust ports in communication with each piston cylinder. The cooling jacket includes a first passageway, a second passageway and a turbulence chamber. The first passageway extends from a first flow passage and intersects the turbulence chamber at a first angular position, and the second passageway extends from a second flow passage and intersects the turbulence chamber at a second angular position different from the first angular position. A swirling action is imparted to fluid media passing through the turbulence chamber.
US10001067B2
A carburetor may include a body having a main bore from which a fuel and air mixture is discharged for use by an engine, a throttle valve head, a choke valve head and a flow directing feature. The throttle valve head may be carried by the body and is moveable between an idle position and a wide open position to control at least some fluid flow through the main bore. The choke valve head may also be carried by the body and is moveable between a first position and a second position to at least in part control fluid flow through the main bore. And the flow directing feature associated with the choke valve head or the throttle valve head may alter at least one of the velocity or direction of at least a portion of the fluid that flows in the main bore.
US10001064B2
The present disclosure relates to an assembly of an inner fixed structure of a turbojet engine nacelle and of a thermal protection, said structure including an inner face, on which the thermal protection is added, and an outer face constituting a portion of the inner surface of a cold flow path, the assembly including at least one channel put in fluid communication the inner face and the outer face of the structure.
US10001063B2
A propulsion system for an aircraft includes first and second turbine engines mounted within a fuselage of the aircraft. The first turbine engine includes a first engine core that drives a first propulsor disposed about a first propulsor axis. The second turbine engine includes a second engine core and a second propulsor disposed about a second propulsor axis parallel to the first propulsor axis. The first engine core and the second engine core are mounted at an angle relative to corresponding ones of the first and second propulsor axes.
US10001062B2
An aircraft turbine engine includes a fan duct having a wall; an air passage arranged in the wall and including an air inlet opening at the wall, the air passage being designed to receive part of the flow of air from the fan duct across the opening; an air intake housing located above the air inlet opening and fixed to the wall, the housing being arranged to intercept part of the air flow in the fan duct, and successively including, in the air flow direction, an upstream wall then a downstream wall, an upstream opening and a downstream opening arranged on the upstream wall and the downstream wall, respectively, the inside of the housing being in fluidic connection to the air inlet opening, and a movable sealing means between an “open” position; and a “closed” position relative to the downstream opening and the air inlet opening.
US10001052B2
Where a relationship between maximum heat release rate timing and a first combustion period length (that is, a reference relationship) in the case where an engine rotation speed of a spark-ignition internal combustion engine is a selected speed and a valve opening characteristic of an intake valve is a reference characteristic is expressed by the function are f=f(θdQpeak) where θdQpeak denotes the maximum heat release rate timing and aref denotes the first combustion period length, when the valve opening characteristic of the intake valve changes to a specific characteristic from this state, a first combustion period length for selected maximum heat release rate timing is estimated on the basis of the mathematical expression a=f(θ2)+Δa1 where θ2 denotes the selected maximum heat release rate timing and a denotes the first combustion period length.
US10001045B2
Methods and systems are provided for diagnosing a fault condition of an exhaust gas oxygen sensor downstream of a catalyst in an exhaust system of a vehicle. In one example, a method may include determining a ratio of a rate of change of a fractional oxidation state of the catalyst to a rate of change of an output voltage of the oxygen sensor. If the ratio is positive, a fault is diagnosed and subsequent adjustment of engine operation does not take into account feedback from the oxygen sensor.
US10001044B2
The present disclosure relates to an exhaust gas post-processing apparatus and a control method therefore. The exhaust gas post-processing apparatus and the control method therefore according to the present disclosure are provided with a pressure sensor on an exhaust gas line and a sensor on front/rear ends of the exhaust gas post-processing apparatus which can measure the concentration and the quantity of nitrogen oxides. Consequently, forced regeneration of the exhaust gas post-processing apparatus can be performed by determining whether the back pressure is increased or whether the reduction efficiency of nitrogen oxides becomes poor.
US10001043B2
The invention relates to a method and a device, in particular a control and evaluation unit, for operating at least one exhaust gas sensor for monitoring the functionality of an emission control system in the exhaust tract of an internal combustion engine, wherein the exhaust gas sensor is operated at least intermittently at high temperatures and has a thermal shock sensitivity inherent to the design, and in which a heating phase can be implemented at least intermittently prior to a regeneration phase or prior to a measuring operation phase, wherein a clearly lower temperature is set in this heating phase in comparison to the regeneration temperature or the measuring operation temperature. According to the invention, the function for dew point recognition and re-release of a dew point end is adaptively implemented and influenced by at least one water detection criterion or at least one flood detection criterion. By this means, an improved dew point detection is achieved after driving through water, as a result of a significant reduction of tolerances and an earlier release of the dew point end for the exhaust gas sensor.
US10001037B2
In a variable valve mechanism, a guide groove includes guide portions provided on respective side surfaces of the guide groove in a width direction, the guide portions projecting so as to face each other; a cam unit is slid toward a first side by relatively moving a shift pin toward a second side with use of the guide portion on the first side, and the cam unit is slid toward the second side by relatively moving the shift pin toward the first side with use of the guide portion on the second side; the guide portion on the first side is provided in an immovable piece, and the guide portion on the second side is provided in a movable piece; the movable piece is displaceable between a first position and a second position: and a first urging member configured to urge the movable piece toward the first position is provided.
US10001029B2
A bearing assembly for use in a gas turbine engine is provided. The bearing assembly includes a bearing retainer having an inner portion, an outer portion spaced radially apart from the inner portion, and an intermediate portion connecting the inner portion and the outer portion, wherein the inner portion and the outer portion define a space there-between. The bearing assembly also includes a bearing housing having an extended portion positioned within the space. The bearing assembly also includes a locking assembly comprising a locking plate and an axial keyway that extends axially away from the locking plate. The locking plate is coupled to the bearing retainer and the axial keyway is coupled to the extended portion of the bearing housing.
US10001024B2
The invention relates to a composition for an abradable seal of a turbomachine, the composition comprising an aluminum base, nickel powder, polyester powder. The invention also relates to an outer casing of a low-pressure compressor of an axial-flow turbomachine with an abradable seal surrounding an annular row of rotor blades. The seal comprises a rounded support covered with a layer of abradable material comprising a metallic phase mainly made of aluminum and with nickel in a lesser proportion. The abradable material additionally comprises from 25% to 55% of additive, such as polyester, methyl methacrylate, hexagonal boron nitride, calcium fluoride. The support is segmented, and forms an organic matrix composite outer casing of the compressor. The invention also proposes a process for producing an abradable seal by plasma spraying an Al—Ni-polyester powder.
US10001020B2
An improved fan blade is characterized by a fan blade body and anchors extending therefrom. The fan blade body includes opposingly paired ends and opposingly paired sides, the opposingly paired ends for extension between a backplate and a wheel cone of a fan wheel assembly, with each side of the opposingly paired sides for united extension across a portion of each of the backplate and wheel cone of the fan wheel assembly. Each anchor of the anchors includes an aperture, with each anchor of the anchors substantially extendable through a portion of either of the backplate or wheel cone of the fan wheel assembly such that at least a portion of the aperture of the anchor extends beyond either of the backplate or wheel cone of the fan wheel assembly with the at least a portion of the aperture of the anchor for receipt of an anchor pin.
US10001018B2
The present application provides a hot gas path component for use in a hot gas path of a gas turbine engine. The hot gas path component may include an internal wall, an external wall facing the hot gas path, an impingement wall, a number of internal wall pedestals positioned between the internal wall and the impingement wall, and a number of external wall pedestals positioned between the external wall and the impingement wall.
US10001013B2
Platform cooling arrangements in a turbine rotor blade include a feedhole that extends from the suction side slash face to the interior cooling passage, and, one or more branch holes that each extends from the feedhole to the suction side slash face such that coolant flows from the interior cooling passage, through the feedhole to the one or more branch holes and exits the platform along the suction side slash face.
US10001005B2
A drill bit includes one or more cutters on a surface thereon configured to penetrate into a formation, at least one pad at the surface, and an actuation device configured to supply a fluid under pressure to the pad to extend the pad from the surface. The drill bit also includes a relief device configured to drain fluid supplied to the pad to reduce the pressure on the at least one pad when the force applied on the at least one pad exceeds a selected limit.
US10001002B2
Methods including placing particles that are substantially dry in a hopper; conveying the particles from the hopper via a conveyance to an open-air gap; adding a fluid to the particles in the hopper, the particles in the conveyance, or both, thereby reducing an amount of a dust produced at the open-air gap. The particles may be sand, silica, gravel, bauxite, ceramic materials, glass materials, polymer materials, polytetrafluoroethylene materials, nut shell pieces, cured resinous particulates comprising nut shell pieces, seed shell pieces, cured resinous particulates comprising seed shell pieces, fruit pit pieces, cured resinous particulates comprising fruit pit pieces, wood, composite particulates, and combinations thereof.
US10000995B2
A production string for use in a wellbore is disclosed that in a non-limiting embodiment includes a lower section that includes a first tubular having a first connection device at a top end thereof, and an upper section that includes a second tubular that sealingly slides against the first tubular, a second connection device associated with the second tubular configured to engage with the first connection device, and an expansion joint above the second tubular.
US10000991B2
A compact and simplified frac plug apparatus is provided with improved drillability. The frac plug includes an annular wedge, a sealing ring, and an annular slip. An adapter kit apparatus is provided for connecting the plug assembly to a setting tool. Methods of operation for setting the plug apparatus in a well are also disclosed.
US10000976B2
A cutting element comprises a primary cutter including a first table of a hard material bonded to a first substrate of less hard form, the first substrate of the primary cutter having a recess formed therein in which a secondary cutter is located, the secondary cutter comprising a second table of a hard material bonded to a second substrate of less hard material, the first and second tables being spaced apart from one another by at least part of the first substrate.
US10000964B2
A technique for improving the retention force between a connector (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 100, 101) and a spacer (1) for insulating glass units is disclosed.
US10000963B2
The present invention relates to a spacer 101 for forming a spacing between glass panes 201, 203, with a top part 103 and a lower metal foil 105, the two parts introduces an overlap 209, 211 parallel to the sidewalls of the spacer. By having overlapping regions at the side walls the spacer is stiffened and thereby spacers can be produced of quite thin material e.g. only thin metal foil.
US10000961B2
A vehicle door controller is disclosed. The vehicle door controller is in communication with an actuator configured to control a door and is further in communication with a temperature sensing device. The controller is configured to receive a temperature signal from the temperature sensing device. Based on the temperature signal, the controller is configured to identify an actuator condition. In response to the actuator condition, the controller is configured to control the actuator to move the door to a resting position.
US10000960B2
An operator for moving a barrier between closed and open positions mounted on, or close to, the counterbalance for said barrier. The operator is connected to the counterbalance shaft and lifts the barrier by rotating the counterbalance shaft with attached cable drums and thereby takes up cable connected to the bottom of the door. There is an upper cable connected to the top of the door through a cable drum in the operator. A power spring biases the operator cable drum to always take up the upper cable, keeping it wound. The operator cable drum is connected to the motor through a clutch which when engaged allows the operator to pull the door closed. While the door is closing the clutch can be disengaged to allow the operator cable drum to take up and then pay out the upper cable connected to the top of the door as needed.
US10000940B2
A hotel room with furniture arranged for optimal television viewing from a bed and another location, such as a sofa or second bed. Furniture pieces are connected or closely aligned together and are arranged so that they provide premium viewing for a television, regardless of a location of a person within the hotel room. To this end, embodiments utilize furniture arrangements where the bed and/or sofa are turned at an angle to the walls of the room, and the room is laid out efficiently to account for this different design affect.
US10000928B2
Ties, and related methods, for use in making insulating composite wall structures including first and second structural layers comprising a hardenable material and an insulating layer having a high thermal resistance disposed between the structural layers. The tie includes features that allow it to readily be either axially pushed through the insulating layer (e.g., by hand), or screwed through the insulating layer, (e.g., using a powered tool such as a drill). Thus, a tie of a single configuration is provided which is suitable for both methods of installation. The tie may include discontinuous helical ribs including limited prominence so as to not interfere with the ability to axially push the tie into the insulating layer by hand, yet, the ribs are prominent enough to catch the insulating layer as the tie is drilled in, helping it to “screw” into the insulating layer.
US10000916B2
For combination with a flush toilet water tank having a side wall, a pond water receptacle integrated with said tank side wall at the exterior of the tank, the receptacle opening upwardly, there being a water passage through the tank side wall, whereby pond water in the receptacle has a gravity determined top level at approximately the same level as water in the tank, and a removable cover extending over water in the receptacle, protecting against contaminated pond water gaining access to tank water.
US10000913B2
A faucet includes a spout; a sprayhead that is moveable relative to the spout between a docked position and an undocked position; a magnet associated with the spout and having a bore; and a magnetically responsive collar associated with the sprayhead and moveable relative to the magnet in an axial direction as the sprayhead moves between the docked and undocked positions. In the docked position, magnetic forces between the magnet and the collar attract a center of the collar to align with a center of the magnet in the axial direction with the collar in the bore of the magnet.
US10000909B2
Systems and methods for intelligently gated operation of hydraulic equipment. Control logic for operating a number of hydraulic functions of hydraulic equipment using the same physical controls is disclosed, including dynamic gating functions that allow the same controller to operate gated and ungated functions. By adjusting control inputs for each axis, the controls can be operated jointly, mutually exclusively or in a blended fashion. Additionally, control signals for one axis can be adjusted based on the control signal for the other axis to prevent abrupt transitions from controlling one function to controlling another function.
US10000900B2
A handheld blower includes a housing, the housing including an air inlet and a duct assembly, the duct assembly including a duct, a motor and a fan mounted in the duct, a battery, a handle, and a blowpipe which defines a central axis. Along the direction of the central axis, the area of the flowing cross-section of an air passage at the rear end of the fan adjacent to the air inlet is larger than that of the flowing cross-section of an air outlet of the blowpipe, and the rate between the area of the flow cross-section of the air outlet of the blowpipe and the area of the flow cross-section of the flow-through area at the position of the fan is greater than or equal to 0.8.
US10000892B2
A method of interchange for an evacuated tube transport system includes tubes for enabling capsule movement within the tubes. The tubes are evacuated and the capsules magnetically levitated within the tubes. The tubes have an interchanges having diverging and converging tubes, respectively. A control system includes divergence force elements having permanent magnets that are selectively orientable polarity to enable capsule control, or electro magnets with polarity selectively switchable to enable capsule path control. The method selectively energizes the force elements to enable the capsule to diverge or converge in an interchange. An interrupter also regulates the force elements. The method activates the force elements and disables deactivation of the force elements before the capsule diverges in the interchange. The method balances divergence forces through center of gravity and through center of lift on receiving a request for divergence. The control system regulates capsule speed, spacing between capsules, and divergence timing.
US10000887B2
A hair extension drying apparatus that comprises of a pedestal having a left, a right, a front, and a rear side. A column that is attached to the pedestal. A platform that that has a front and a rear side, the front side of the platform defines a vertical wall has a top and a bottom side, the top side of the vertical wall has a swivel, and the platform is attached to the column. A 3d L-shaped top that attaches to the swivel so that the vertical wall of the platform is flush with the 3d L-shaped top, the L-shaped top has a top and a bottom, the bottom side of the 3d L-shaped top defines a centrally positioned vertical wall that defines an aperture. A pair of springs, each spring is secured to the platform and the 3d L-shaped top so that the springs are aligned parallel to the front side of the platform, the springs are positioned at a location that is adjacent to the rear side of the platform. A line that is attached to the aperture of the centrally positioned vertical wall. And, a pedal that has a pedal swivel that is secured to the base and that attaches to the line so that pedal is always in an upward position toward the rear side of the pedestal.
US10000886B2
There is provided a fastener for hanging clothes, the fastener including a lifting hook adapted for lifting in use.
US10000880B1
Laundry wash water recycle system comprising a repressurization pump in fluid communication with a storage tank containing previously used wash water for pumping the used wash water sequentially through a lint filter, a cyclone, and a multi-media filter disposed in sequential series wherein the self-cleaning lint filter in sequential series combination with the cyclone removes insoluble solids with the multi-media filter providing a final filtration for obtaining an output of pressurized double filtered cyclonically processed water. An advanced oxidation combination is introduced into pressurized double filtered cyclonically processed water and mixing occurs for producing a double filtered cyclonically processed advanced oxidation treated water that is communicated to a clean water storage tank for providing on demand delivery to at least one washer and continuous delivery of a feedback flow to the inlet storage tank for providing constant recirculation of treated water through the system.
US10000876B2
A method for operating a washing machine appliance includes flowing a volume of liquid into the tub, and agitating articles within the tub for a first period, the tub containing the volume of liquid. The method further includes draining a first portion of the volume of liquid from the tub, the first portion less than the volume flowed into the tub, wherein a sum of the first portion and a second portion of the volume of liquid remaining in the tub equals the volume. The method further includes measuring movement of the tub during agitation of the articles within the tub after draining the first portion of the volume of liquid from the tub, wherein the step of measuring movement occurs after agitating articles within the tub for the first period and for an intermediate measurement period.
US10000873B2
An apparatus for treatment of a strand-like textile material in the form of a continuous material rope, which is circulated during at least part of the treatment, includes: an elongated, essentially tubular treatment container; a transport nozzle array to which a transport medium flow can be applied; and a transport section adjoining the transport nozzle array. The transport section terminates on a material rope inlet side in a storage section of the treatment container. The storage section accommodates a folded material rope pile and includes: a gliding bottom extending at a distance above a container wall below, the gliding bottom extending from the material rope inlet side of the storage section to a material rope outlet side in vicinity of the transport nozzle array; and at least one unit provided for changing an inclination of the gliding bottom from the material rope inlet side toward the material rope outlet side.
US10000855B2
A multi-stack electrochemical hydrogen compressor (EHC) system is provided. The EHC system may have two or more EHC stacks, wherein each EHC stack includes at least one electrochemical cell and a power supply. The EHC system may also have a controller in communication with the power supply of each EHC stack, wherein the controller is configured to reduce total energy consumption of the EHC system by independently controlling the power supply of each EHC stack.
US10000852B2
A method of forming a metal deposit on an ultra-hard material. In an embodiment, the method includes providing a plurality of ultra-hard particles, mixing the ultra-hard particles in a solution with a metal salt, drying the solution to create a mixture of metal salt particles adhered to surfaces of the ultra-hard particles, heating the mixture to convert the metal salt particles into metal deposits on the surfaces of the ultra-hard particles, and HTHP sintering the mixture of ultra-hard particles with the metal deposits to form a polycrystalline ultra-hard material.
US10000849B2
The present invention addresses the problem of providing a laminate having sufficient delamination prevention performance and simultaneously having an inorganic layer surface imparted with brightness. The laminate of the present invention is a laminate having a polyolefin-based resin layer, a layer for deposition and an inorganic layer in this order, wherein the layer for deposition includes a composition (P) for a layer for deposition and polypropylene (D), the composition (P) for a layer for deposition is obtained by melt-kneading 30 to 85% by weight of isotactic polypropylene (A) and 70 to 15% by weight of a propylene-based copolymer (B), a part or all of the isotactic polypropylene (A) and/or the propylene-based copolymer (B) has been graft-modified with a graft monomer (C), and the propylene-based copolymer (B) contains 45 to 89% by mol of constituent units derived from propylene and 11 to 55% by mol of constituent units derived from at least one α-olefin selected from ethylene and α-olefins of 4 to 20 carbon atoms.
US10000847B2
Embodiments described herein include a susceptor for semiconductor processing including an oriented graphite plate that may have a thickness of at least 1 mm. The susceptor may have a support member, and the oriented graphite plate may be disposed on the support member. The support member may have a center thermal conduit and an edge thermal conduit, and may be substantially solid between the center thermal conduit and the edge thermal conduit.
US10000840B2
The invention relates to a piston ring which is produced from a carrier material, especially steel or a cast material. The piston ring has a wear-resistant coating from a periodic multilayer system, every periodicity consisting of at least two individual metal nitride layers. The multilayer system has superlattice structures, the thickness of an individual layer being ≥2 nm to <15 nm and the thickness of the multilayer system being >4.5 μm and adjacent individual layers within the periodicity having different metallic elements.
US10000838B2
Titanium alloys formed into a part or component used in applications where a key design criterion is the energy absorbed during deformation of the part when exposed to impact, explosive blast, and/or other forms of shock loading is described. The titanium alloys generally comprise a titanium base with added amounts of aluminum, an isomorphous beta stabilizing element such as vanadium, a eutectoid beta stabilizing element such as silicon and iron, and incidental impurities. The titanium alloys exhibit up to 70% or more improvement in ductility and up to a 16% improvement in ballistic impact resistance over a Ti-6Al-4V alloy, as well as absorbing up to 50% more energy than the Ti-6Al-4V alloy in Charpy impact tests. A method of forming a part that incorporates the titanium alloys and uses a combination of recycled materials and new materials is also described.
US10000827B2
A method of forming a sintered nickel-titanium-rare earth (Ni—Ti-RE) alloy includes adding one or more powders comprising Ni, Ti, and a rare earth constituent to a powder consolidation unit comprising an electrically conductive die and punch connectable to a power supply. The one or more powders are heated at a ramp rate of about 35° C./min or less to a sintering temperature, and pressure is applied to the powders at the sintering temperature, thereby forming a sintered Ni—Ti-RE alloy.
US10000826B2
A high strength alpha-beta alloy is provided that has improved high temperature oxidation resistance, high temperature strength and creep resistance, and improved superplasticity. In one form, the alloy comprises about 4.5 wt % to about 5.5 wt % aluminum, about 3.0 wt % to about 5.0 wt % vanadium, about 0.3 wt % to about 1.8 wt % molybdenum, about 0.2 wt % to about 1.2 wt % iron, about 0.12 wt % to about 0.25 wt % oxygen, about 0.10 wt % to about 0.40 wt % silicon, with the balance titanium and incidental impurities, with each being less than about 0.1 wt % and about 0.5 wt %, respectively, in total.
US10000819B2
This invention relates to a rapid method for detection and characterization of Escherichia coli bacteria serotype O157:H7 based on the presence of nucleic acid sequences, in particular, to a PCR-based method for detection, and to oligonucleotide molecules and reagents and kits useful therefore. This method is preferably employed to detect E. coli O157:H7 in a food or water sample, such as a beef enrichment. The present invention further relates to replication compositions and kits for carrying out the method of the present invention.
US10000817B2
A method of sample analysis is provided. In certain embodiments, the method involves: a) amplifying a product from a sample that comprises both wild type copies of a genomic locus and mutant copies of the genomic locus that have a point mutation relative to said wild type copies of the genomic locus, to produce an amplified sample, where: i. the amplifying is done using a first primer and a second primer; and ii. the first primer comprises a 3′ terminal nucleotide that base pairs with the point mutation and also comprises a nucleotide sequence that is fully complementary to a sequence in the locus with the exception of a single base mismatch within 6 bases of the 3′ terminal nucleotide; and b) detecting the presence of said product in said amplified sample using a flap assay that employs an invasive oligonucleotide. A kit for performing the method is also provided.
US10000809B2
Methods for assaying a donor lung for chronic allograft lung dysfunction (CLAD) optionally bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome (BOS) subtype or restrictive allograft syndrome (RAS) subtype of CLAD or risk of developing BOS subtype or RAS subtype CLAD post-transplant, the method comprising: a. measuring a normalized expression level of an RNA transcript of IL-6 or an expression product thereof in a sample of the donor lung pre-transplant or a normalized expression level of one or more S100 protein, optionally S100A8 and/or S100A9, polypeptide expression product in a sample from the donor lung post-transplant; b. assessing the likelihood of the donor lung developing BOS subtype CLAD or RAS subtype CLAD post-transplant based on said IL-6, S100, optionally S100A8 and/or S100A9, expression level wherein IL-6 expression level is positively correlated with an increased likelihood of developing BOS post-transplant, S100A8 expression level is positively correlated with having or having an increased likelihood of developing RAS and/or BOS subtype CLAD, and S100A9 is positively correlated with having and having an increased likelihood of developing RAS subtype CLAD.
US10000807B2
The disclosure describes the effects of transcription mediated from a promoter on the transcription mediated by divergently coupled supercoiling-sensitive promoter. Transcription initiated from a promoter inhibits transcription mediated by a specific supercoiling-sensitive promoter that is divergently coupled to the promoter. A gyrase inhibitor relieves this inhibition and substantially increases the transcription mediated by the specific supercoiling-sensitive promoter that is divergently coupled to another promoter. Accordingly, the invention pertains to a method for identifying a compound as a gyrase inhibitor or not a gyrase inhibitor based on differential expression of genes under the control of divergently coupled promoters in the presence of the compound. Another embodiment of the invention provides an assay for identifying one or more compounds from a library of compounds as a gyrase inhibitor. Polynucleotides and cells containing such polynucleotides that are suitable for carrying out the methods described herein are also provided.
US10000801B2
Four-color DNA sequencing by synthesis using cleavable fluorescent nucleotide reversible terminators
This invention provides a process for sequencing single-stranded DNA employing modified nucleotides.
US10000800B2
The present invention provides oligonucleotide constructs, sets of such oligonucleotide constructs, and methods of using such oligonucleotide constructs to provide validated sequences or sets of validated sequences corresponding to desired ROIs. Such validated ROIs and constructs containing these have a wide variety of uses, including in synthetic biology, quantitative nucleic acid analysis, polymorphism and/or mutation screening, and the like.
US10000795B2
The present invention provides a composition and method for stabilizing ribonucleic acid (RNA) from biological samples such that the ribonucleic acid within the sample remains stable at room temperature. The composition comprises an anionic detergent and a buffering agent at a pH of about 5 to about 8.2 and is used in methods for extracting and storing ribonucleic acid from the biological sample.
US10000794B2
A method of storing a stream of droplets at least some of which comprise one or more single nucleotides and/or oligonucleotides, and a droplet fluid is provided. It is characterized by the step of introducing each droplet sequentially onto a surface of a substrate at a corresponding unique location and further characterized in that the stream of droplets is prepared by a process which includes the steps of generating an ordered stream of nucleotides from the analyte by progressive pyrophosphorolysis or exo nucleolysis and capturing each nucleotide in a corresponding droplet. The method can advantageously be used in association with microdroplet droplet sequencers and an analysis unit in which the sequence of nucleotides in a precursor polynucleotide analyte is determined using fluorescence spectroscopy. A device for carrying out the method is also described.
US10000789B2
A sampling probe, system and analysis method is disclosed. The sampling probe in one embodiment is constructed of a silicon substrate having a first channel, a second channel, a first tapered tip with an opening, and a second tapered tip with an opening, wherein the first channel extends from the first tapered tip opening to the second tapered tip opening, and wherein the second channel extends from an inlet port to a junction with the first channel.
US10000784B2
This disclosure relates to creatinine biosensors and the uses thereof. More specifically, this disclosure describes potentiometric creatinine sensors which utilizes one or both of a type of enzyme capable of directly producing ammonium ions (NH4+) as a consequence of coming into contact with a liquid sample and an internal fill solution with a low free ammonium ion concentration.
US10000776B2
A method of enzyme conversion comprises the steps of immobilising an enzyme composition on a support material; drying the support material and enzyme composition to form a solid phase immobilised enzyme system; contacting the system with one or more reagents in the gas phase; allowing the enzyme system to convert the reagent(s) to product(s); wherein the enzyme composition may comprise a single enzyme or a first enzyme plus a second enzyme or multiple enzymes; and a co-factor which may be converted between first and second states; wherein the co-factor in the first state promotes reaction of the first enzyme; and wherein the co-factor in the second state promotes reaction of the second enzyme; or wherein the co-factor oscillates between first and second states with multiple enzymes.
US10000769B2
The invention provides nucleic acids, and variants and fragments thereof, obtained from strains of Bacillus thuringiensis encoding polypeptides having pesticidal activity against insect pests, including Lepidoptera. Particular embodiments of the invention provide isolated nucleic acids encoding pesticidal proteins, pesticidal compositions, DNA constructs, and transformed microorganisms and plants comprising a nucleic acid of the embodiments. These compositions find use in methods for controlling pests, especially plant pests.
US10000755B2
It is disclosed herein that cultured primary placental human trophoblast (PHT) cells are highly resistant to infection by a number of disparate viruses, and confer this resistance to non-placental recipient cells by exosome-mediated delivery of microRNAs (miRs). PHT cells express high levels of unique, primate-specific miRNAs, expressed from the chromosome 19 miRNA cluster (C19MC). It is further disclosed herein that C19MC miRNAs are packaged within PHT-derived exosomes and attenuate viral replication in recipient cells by inducing autophagy. Thus, provided herein are methods of inhibiting, treating or preventing microbial infections by administering one or more miRs of the C19MC. Also provided are methods of inducing autophagy in a cell by contacting the cell with one or more miRs of the C19MC.
US10000748B2
The present invention relates to variants of factor IX (F.IX) or activated factor IX (F.IXa), wherein the variant is characterized in that it has clotting activity in absence of its cofactor. The present invention furthermore relates to variants of factor IX (F.IX) or activated factor IX (F.IXa), wherein the variant is characterized in that it has increased F.IX clotting activity compared to wildtype. The present invention furthermore relates to the use of these variants for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of bleeding disorders, in particular hemophilia A and/or hemophilia B or hemophilia caused or complicated by inhibitory antibodies to F.VIII. The present invention also relates to further variants of factor IX (F.IX) which have desired properties and can, thus be tailored for respective specific therapeutic applications.
US10000745B2
Hybrid nuclease molecules and methods for treating an immune-related disease or disorder in a mammal, and a pharmaceutical composition for treating an immune-related disease in a mammal.
US10000741B2
The present disclosure provides polynucleotide cassettes, expression vectors and methods for the expression of a gene in cone cells.
US10000728B2
Cleaning compositions, which are typically self-adhering in gel form upon application to a hard surface, and which are desirably capable of being applied in aerosol form, are provided. The aqueous-based cleaning compositions include an adhesion promoter, which typically includes one or more organic molecules, each containing at least one hydrophilic group; and an anionic, nonionic, cationic, amphoteric and/or zwitterionic surfactant; and (c) a propellant. In many embodiments, the aqueous-based composition and propellant are contained within a single compartment of a dispensing device.
US10000722B2
The refrigerator oil composition of the present invention is for a refrigerator in which a refrigerant containing as a major component at least one of a fluorine-containing organic compound selected from a compound represented by the following molecular formula (A) is used: CpFrRs (A), wherein R represents Cl, Br, I, or H; p represents an integer of from 2 to 6; r represents an integer of from 1 to 12; and s represents an integer of from 0 to 11, provided that the molecule has one or more carbon-carbon unsaturated bond, and the composition contains a polyol ester compound and a polyoxyalkylene glycol compound as a base oil in a mass ratio of from 10/90 to 98/2.
US10000706B2
Some embodiments of the present invention provide components for a serpentine fluid reactor which is optimized for one or more objective functions of interest such as pressure drop, erosion rate, fouling, coke deposition and operating costs. The components are designed by computer modeling the components individually and collectively in which the cross section of flow path is substantially circular under industrial conditions to validate the model design and its operation. Then iteratively the component designs are deformed and the operation of the deformed part(s) is modeled and compared to values obtained with other deformed models until the value of the objective function is optimized (e.g. at an extreme) or the change in the objective function is approaching zero.
US10000705B2
A process and apparatus for improving the production of coke having a high volatile combustible material content are disclosed. The process may include, for example: heating a coker feedstock to a coking temperature to produce a heated coker feedstock; contacting the heated coker feedstock with a quench medium to reduce a temperature of the heated coker feedstock and produce a quenched feedstock; feeding the quenched feedstock to a coking drum; subjecting the quenched feedstock to thermal cracking in the coking drum to (a) crack a portion of the quenched feedstock to produce a cracked vapor product, and (b) produce a coke product having a volatile combustible material (VCM) concentration in the range from about 13% to about 50% by weight, as measured by ASTM D3175.
US10000702B2
A liquid crystal alignment agent capable of forming a liquid crystal display element having good resistance to ultraviolet decay and no mura effect, a liquid crystal alignment film, and a liquid crystal display element having the same are provided. The liquid crystal alignment agent includes a polymer (A), a polysiloxane (B), a polymerizable compound (C) containing a benzophenone structure, and a solvent (D). The polymer (A) is obtained by reacting a mixture. The mixture includes a tetracarboxylic dianhydride component (a1) and a diamine component (a2). The polysiloxane (B) contains a polymerizable unsaturated group, wherein the polymerizable unsaturated group includes a group represented by formula (1-1), a group represented by formula (1-2), or a combination of the two.
US10000691B2
Methods of creating variably tacky proppants and providing such proppants into a subterranean formation are provided. The variably tacky proppants can be non-tacky at a first set of conditions and tacky at a second set of conditions. As such, the variably tacky proppants can be pumped into a subterranean formation and caused to enter fractures in the formation while the proppants are non-tacky. Subsequently, natural or induced conditions in the well bore can cause the proppants to become tacky. The tacky proppants inhibit the movement of proppants in the fractures when pressure is reduced in the formation and inhibit the migration of fines towards the wellbore.
US10000685B2
Disclosed are traceable polymeric additives that comprise a tagging material and methods of using the traceable polymeric additives in subterranean applications, such as cementing. An embodiment discloses a well treatment composition comprising a base fluid and a traceable polymeric additive comprising a polymer and a tagging material.
US10000680B2
Disclosed herein are compositions, preparation methods, and use of thermally conductive materials comprising silicone composition curable by hydrosilylation, thermally conductive fillers, and phthalocyanine. The novel composition retains its desirable pliability after cure even when kept at an elevated temperature for an extended period.
US10000677B2
A method includes: providing a mold having a plurality of mold cavities, wherein each mold cavity is bounded by a plurality of faces joined along common edges; filling at least some of the mold cavities with a sol-gel composition that includes a release agent dispersed therein; at least partially drying the sol-gel composition thereby forming shaped ceramic precursor particles; calcining at least a portion of the shaped ceramic precursor particles to provide calcined shaped ceramic precursor particles; and sintering at least a portion of the calcined shaped ceramic precursor particles to provide ceramic shaped abrasive particles. A sol-gel composition, shaped ceramic precursor particles, and ceramic shaped abrasive particles associated with practice of the method are also disclosed.
US10000671B2
The present invention relates to thermally curable adhesives that are suitable for use as electrically conductive materials in the fabrication of electronic devices, integrated circuits, semiconductor devices, passive components, solar cells, solar modules, and/or light emitting diodes. The thermally curable adhesives comprise at least one thermosetting resin, electrically conductive particles having an average particle size of 1 μm to 50 μm, and at least one metal precursor, wherein the metal precursor decomposes substantially to the corresponding metal during the thermal curing of the thermally curable adhesive.
US10000668B2
[Problem] This is to provide an adhesive sheet having curved surface followability and chemical resistance.[Means for solving] The adhesive sheet is an adhesive sheet having at least a substrate and an adhesive layer, a load at the time of 5% elongation of the substrate is 15 N/cm or less, a stress relaxation rate of the substrate by elongating to 10%, stopping the elongation at that state and after lapsing 600 seconds is 40% or more and 100% or less, and a chemical weight increased ratio of the substrate is 60% or less.
US10000666B2
Fibrous insulation products have an aqueous binder composition that includes a carbohydrate and a crosslinking agent. In exemplary embodiments, the carbohydrate-based binder composition may also include a catalyst, a coupling agent, a process aid, a crosslinking density enhancer, an extender, a moisture resistant agent, a deducting oil, a colorant, a corrosion inhibitor, a surfactant, a pH adjuster, and combinations thereof. The carbohydrate may be natural in origin and derived from renewable resources. Additionally, the carbohydrate polymer may have a dextrose equivalent (DE) number from 2 to 20. In at least one exemplary embodiment, the carbohydrate is a water-soluble polysaccharide such as dextrin or maltodextrin and the crosslinking agent is citric acid. Advantageously, the carbohydrates have a low viscosity and cure at moderate temperatures. The environmentally friendly, formaldehyde-free binder may be used in the formation of insulation materials and non-woven chopped strand mats. A method of making fibrous insulation products is also provided.
US10000654B2
A plastic panel suitable for use in an automotive vehicle or other structure is provided wherein the plastic panel includes a polycarbonate substrate, a PMMA layer and a scratch resistant coating. The polycarbonate substrate may have a thickness approximately between 2.0 mm and approximately 6.0 mm. The PMMA layer may be disposed onto the polycarbonate substrate and the PMMA layer may have a thickness approximately between 0.25 mm and approximately 3.0 mm. The scratch resistant coating is applied to both the PMMA layer and the PC substrate.
US10000648B2
A photo-curable ink composition including an acrylic polymer or copolymer, a vinyl ester component, a multifunctional monomer, a photoinitiator and a pigment. Also disclosed herein is a method for forming a printed article and an ink-jet ink printing system using said photo-curable ink composition.
US10000647B2
The present invention provides an aqueous pigment dispersion including at least a pigment, colloidal silica, bio-nanofibers having an average diameter of 1 nm to 100 nm and an aspect ratio of 100 or more, an anionic group-containing organic polymer compound, and also provides an aqueous ink. The bio-nanofibers are preferably cellulose nanofibers or chitosan nanofibers, and the ratio between the pigment, the colloidal silica, and the bio-nanofibers preferably satisfies (1) colloidal silica/pigment=1/100 to 20/100 or (2) colloidal silica/bio-nanofibers=1/2 to 10/1 and (3) bio-nanofibers/pigment=1/100 to 15/100.
US10000646B2
A method for preparing silica nanoparticles includes the steps of: slowly titrating a sodium silicate solution with an acid solution to obtain a silicic acid-containing solution; continuously stirring the silicic acid-containing solution; slowly titrating the silicic acid-containing solution with the acid solution to obtain a silicic acid-enriched solution; continuously stirring the silicic acid-enriched solution; collecting the silicic acid-enriched solution as a silica nanoparticle precursor solution when a pH value of the silicic acid-enriched solution reaches a target pH value; and subjecting the silica nanoparticle precursor solution to a flame spray pyrolysis or a drying-grinding-calcining treatment.
US10000641B2
The present invention provides a corrosion inhibitor composition comprising: a carrier; at least one compound of formulae (II)-(VII) or a salt or quaternized derivative thereof: wherein R is C5-21 alkyl or alkenyl, preferably alkyl; each R1 is independently an optionally substituted group of formula —(CH2)nX wherein n is an integer from 1 to 6 and X is C(O)OZ or SO3Z and Z is H or a cation; and R′ is C4-20 alkyl or alkenyl, preferably alkyl; and a quaternary ammonium compound.
US10000638B2
This invention relates to a storage stabilized recycled and devulcanized tire rubber modified asphalt composition, which comprises: 65.0 to 90.0% by weight of a neat asphalt, 3.0-50.0% by weight of a recycled and devulcanized rubber from used tires and/or other scrap rubbers, 0.01-15.0% by weight of a compatibilizer/stabilizer derived from Natural or Synthetic Rubbers, which composition passes the “cigar tube” softening point test difference of less than 5° C. between the top and bottom layers; and, the process for the said asphalt composition comprises mixing 65.0% to 90.0% by weight of a neat asphalt, 3.0 to 50.0% by weight of a recycled and devulcanized rubber from used tires, 0.01-10.0% by weight of a compatibilizer/stabilizer derived from Natural or Synthetic Rubbers, using high shear mixers at elevated temperatures of between 120° C. and 175° C. for between 15 minutes to 6 hours, to obtain storage stabilized asphalt composition that is stable in hot storage and transportation conditions.
US10000632B2
The invention relates to an efficient process for the preparation and isolation of rubber particles formed in aqueous media having a tunable level of metal containing anti-agglomerants and rubber particles obtained thereby. The invention further relates to copolymer products comprising the same or derived therefrom.
US10000626B2
The present disclosure relates to sterically hindered alkyl amine and sterically hindered oxyalkyl amine compounds, as well as particles, substrates, coatings, and articles including the same.
US10000622B2
The invention provides a glycoluril represented by the general formula (Z): wherein the group Z represents a carboxyalkyl, a glycidyl or an allyl group; R1 and R2 each independently represents a hydrogen atom, a lower alkyl or a phenyl group; R3, R4 and R5 each independently represents a hydrogen atom or the group identical with the group Z; however, when the group Z is a carboxyalkyl group, R3, R4 and R5 are the same carboxyalkyl groups as the group Z; and when the group Z is an allyl group, R5 represents a hydrogen atom. The invention further provides various resin compositions, for example, polyester resin compositions, epoxy resin compositions, and silicone resin compositions each comprising the glycoluril.
US10000619B2
A diaphragm including a cross-linked fluororubber layer obtained by cross-linking a fluororubber composition containing a fluororubber (A) and a carbon black (B), the cross-linked fluororubber layer having a loss modulus E″ of 400 kPa or higher and 6,000 kPa or lower determined by a dynamic viscoelasticity test under conditions of measurement temperature: 160° C., tensile strain: 1%, static tension under a constant static load condition for measuring strain distribution: 157 cN, and frequency: 10 Hz.
US10000617B2
A method of manufacturing a porous fluorine-containing polymer membrane is provided, which includes mixing a fluorine-containing polymer, a pore creating agent, and a solvent to form a mixture; forming a membrane of the mixture, and removing the pore creating agent and the solvent in the membrane to form the porous fluorine-containing polymer film. The pore creating agent has a chemical formula of wherein R1 is a C1-8 alkyl group, a C2-8 alkenyl group, a C2-8 alkynyl group, or a C6-12 aromatic group, and A⊖ is hydrogen sulfite ion, dihydrogen phosphate ion, nitrate ion, halogen ion, or a combination thereof. The solvent has a chemical formula of
US10000613B2
Methods to make a silica and carbon black elastomer composite with a destabilized dispersion that includes silica are described, along with particle reinforced elastomer composites made from the methods. The advantages achieved with the methods are further described.
US10000612B2
Methods to make a silica elastomer composite with a destabilized dispersion of silica are described, along with silica elastomer composites made from the methods. The advantages achieved with the methods are further described.
US10000606B2
New polymer compositions based on poly(2,6-dimethyl-1,4-phenylene oxide) and other high-softening-temperature polymers are disclosed. These materials have a microphase domain structure that has an ionically-conductive phase and a phase with good mechanical strength and a high softening temperature. In one arrangement, the structural block has a softening temperature of about 210° C. These materials can be made with either homopolymers or with block copolymers.
US10000604B2
A polymer including a first structural unit represented by Chemical Formula 1: wherein L1, R1 to R5 and n1 in Chemical Formula 1 are the same as described in the detailed description.
US10000601B2
Metathesized triacylglycerol polyols and their related physical and thermal properties are disclosed. Such metathesized triacylglycerol polyols are also used as a component of polyurethane applications, including polyurethane foams.
US10000599B2
The disclosure relates to a phosphorus-containing vinyl polyphenylene ether obtained by reacting a phosphorus-containing vinyl compound with a vinyl polyphenylene ether, a resin composition including the phosphorus-containing vinyl polyphenylene ether and a product thereof. Various products can be made from the resin composition, such as resin films, prepregs, resin-coated coppers, laminates or printed circuit boards, and they have one, multiple or all of the following properties: lower coefficient of thermal expansion, lower thermal expansion, higher thermal resistance, better flame retardancy, lower dielectric constant, lower dielectric loss and so forth.
US10000597B2
This invention relates to a water-soluble polymer in bead or powder form, characterized in that it has a Brookfield viscosity greater than 100 cps, and in that it is obtained by inverse suspension or inverse emulsion polymerization, in the presence of a transfer agent, of monomers where less than 20 mol % is made up of a hydroxyalkyl monomer with formula H2C═CR1R2, R1 being a hydrogen atom or a methyl group and R2 being a hydrocarbon group containing at least one OH pendant group or at least one epoxide group and optionally at least one N or O heteroatom in the hydrocarbon chains; R2 being different from the C(═O)—OH group.
US10000594B2
Disclosed herein are ethylene-based polymers generally characterized by a Mw ranging from 70,000 to 200,000 g/mol, a ratio of Mz/Mw ranging from 1.8 to 20, an IB parameter ranging from 0.92 to 1.05, and an ATREF profile characterized by one large peak. These polymers have the dart impact, tear strength, and optical properties of a metallocene-catalyzed LLDPE, but with improved processability, melt strength, and bubble stability, and can be used in blown film and other end-use applications.
US10000591B2
A process for the preparation of a catalyst system for olefin polymerization, including: A) providing said procatalyst obtainable via a process comprising: i) contacting a compound R4zMgX42-z with an alkoxy- or aryloxy-containing silane compound to give a first intermediate reaction product, ii) optionally contacting the solid product obtained in step i) with at least one activating compound selected from an activating electron donor or metal alkoxide compound; iii) contacting the first or second intermediate reaction product, with a halogen-containing Ti-compound and optionally an internal electron donor to obtain the procatalyst; and B) contacting the procatalyst with a co-catalyst and at least diethylaminotriethoxysilane as the external donor. Further disclosed is a catalyst system obtained by the process; a process for preparing a polyolefin by contacting at least one olefin with the catalyst system; a polyolefin obtained thereby; a composition comprising a propylene-ethylene copolymer; a shaped article thereof; and use of the polyolefin.
US10000590B2
A chain transfer agent composition comprises at least one branched C10 mercaptan selected from 5-methyl-1-mercapto-nonane, 3-propyl-1-mercapto-heptane, 4-ethyl-1-mercapto-octane, 2-butyl-1-mercapto-hexane, 5-methyl-2-mercapto-nonane, 3-propyl-2-mercapto-heptane, 4-ethyl-2-mercapto-octane, 5-methyl-5-mercapto-nonane, or combinations thereof. The chain transfer agent composition can be a component of an emulsion polymerization mixture and can be used in a process for emulsion polymerization for the production of polymers, for example, via free-radical polymerization.
US10000577B2
A method of treating otitis media in a subject is described that includes administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of an Actin-Related Protein 2/3 Complex (Arp2/3) inhibitor. The role of Arp2/3 in otitis media was identified using comprehensive proteomic and metabolomic studies of otitis media using the chinchilla model.
US10000575B2
An antibody recognizing the O-acetylated-GD2 ganglioside for the treatment of Cancer Stem Cells (CSC) cancer, a pharmaceutical composition including the antibody for treating a CSC cancer and a method for treating a CSC cancer in a patient in need thereof, the method including administering the antibody to the patient. A method for diagnosing a CSC, the use of the O-acetylated-GD2 ganglioside as a biomarker of CSC cancer, and a method for predicting the response of a subject affected with CSC cancer to a treatment with the antibody or the composition are also described.
US10000573B2
The present invention relates to a humanized IgG1 isotype anti-CD6 antibody (T1h) that binds to the Scavenger receptor cysteine-rich (SRCR) domain 1 (D1) of CD6 present on the surface of thymic epithelial cells, monocytes, activated T cells and a variety of other cells types.
US10000568B2
The invention discloses binding agents to the E746-A750 deletion and the L858R point mutations in the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) molecule, and methods for use thereof, including methods for the diagnosis and treatment of cancer.
US10000567B2
Humanized monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) or fragments thereof, to human Cluster of Differentiation 3 (CD3), which confer improved immune stimulation and stability, are disclosed. Pharmaceutical compositions comprising said mAbs and methods of treatment and optionally also prevention of diseases and disorders, such as autoimmune disorders, infectious diseases, and transplant rejection, that are susceptible to amelioration by binding to CD3, are also disclosed.
US10000566B2
The present invention relates to antibodies that bind CD33. More particularly, the invention relates to anti-CD33 antibodies, fragments and homologues of these antibodies, humanized and resurfaced versions of these antibodies, functional equivalents and improved versions of these antibodies, immunoconjugates and compositions comprising these antibodies, and the uses of same in diagnostic, research and therapeutic applications. The invention also relates to a polynucleotide encoding these antibodies, vectors comprising the polynucleotides, host cells transformed with polynucleotides and methods of producing these antibodies.
US10000554B2
A modified laminin characterized in that a laminin or a heterotrimeric laminin fragment has a collagen binding molecule conjugated to at least one site selected from the α chain N-terminus, the β chain N-terminus and the γ chain N-terminus, and an extracellular-matrix material comprising the modified laminin, and collagen and/or gelatin serve as an alternative to Matrigel and are useful as an extracellular-matrix material for the formation of a safe three-dimensional tissue structure for regenerative medicine in humans.
US10000551B2
A plant produced chimeric polypeptide is provided. The plant produced chimeric polypeptide comprising:(i) a first domain which comprises a TNF Alpha binding domain of a TNF receptor, and(ii) a second domain which comprises an Fc domain of an immunoglobulin, wherein the first domain and the second domain are N-terminally to C-terminally respectively sequentially translationally fused and wherein the chimeric polypeptide specifically binds TNF Alpha.
US10000545B2
The present invention concerns the use of an inhibitor of an interaction between type IV pilus-associated protein and CD147 for preventing or treating meningoccal bacteraemia and/or infection. The present invention also relates to the combined use of such inhibitor and of an anti-bacterial compound, such as one used to prevent or treat a meningococcal infection. The invention also relates to a method for the prevention and/or treatment of meningococcal bacteraemia and/or infection, and to a method for screening inhibitors of the interaction between type IV pilus-associated protein and CD147.
US10000542B2
The invention relates to a derivative of a GLP-1 analogue, which analogue comprises a first K residue and a second K residue, at positions corresponding to position 26, and 37, respectively, of GLP-1(7-37) (SEQ ID NO: 1), and a maximum of eight amino acid changes as compared to GLP-1(7-37); which derivative comprises two protracting moieties attached to said first and second K residue, respectively, via a linker, wherein the protracting moiety is selected from Chem. 1: HOOC—(CH2)x—CO—*, and Chem. 2: HOOC—C6H4—O—(CH2)y—CO—*, in which x is an integer in the range of 8-16, and y is an integer in the range of 6-13; and the linker comprises Chem. 3: *—NH—(CH2)q—CH[(CH2)w—NR1R2]—CO—*, which is connected at its CO—* end to the epsilon amino group of the first or the second K residue of the GLP-1 analogue, and wherein q is an integer in the range of 0-5, R1 and R2 independently represent *—H or *—CH3, and w is an integer in the range of 0-5; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, amide, or ester thereof. The invention also relates to the pharmaceutical use thereof, for example in the treatment and/or prevention of all forms of diabetes and related diseases, as well as to corresponding novel peptide and linker intermediates. The derivatives are potent, stable, protracted, and suitable for oral administration.
US10000529B2
The invention relates to the synthesis of boronic ester and acid compounds. More particularly, the invention provides improved synthetic processes for the large-scale production of boronic ester and acid compounds, including the peptide boronic acid proteasome inhibitor bortezomib.
US10000525B2
The present invention relates to compounds and methods which may be useful as treatments of neuromuscular diseases such as muscular dystrophy, and as inhibitors of NF-κB for the treatment or prevention of muscular wasting disease, including muscular dystrophy.
US10000522B2
Some embodiments of the present invention include nucleoside 5′-monophosphate derivative compounds, their preparation and their uses. In some embodiments, such compounds are useful to treat hepatitis C viral infections.
US10000519B2
The invention relates to methods of preparing nicotinamide riboside and derivatives thereof. In an aspect, the invention relates to a method of preparing a compound of formula (I), wherein n is 0 or 1; m is 0 or 1; Y is O or S; R1 is selected from H, substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, substituted or unsubstituted alkenyl, substituted or unsubstituted alkynyl, substituted or unsubstituted aryl, substituted or unsubstituted primary or secondary amino, and substituted or unsubstituted azido; R2-R5, which may be the same or different, are each independently selected from H, substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, substituted or unsubstituted alkenyl, or substituted or unsubstituted alkynyl, and substituted or unsubstituted aryl; and X− is an anion, selected from an anion of a substituted or unsubstituted carboxylic acid, a halide, a substituted or unsubstituted sulfonate, a substituted or unsubstituted phosphate, a substituted or unsubstituted sulfate, a substituted or unsubstituted carbonate, and a substituted or unsubstituted carbamate.
US10000518B2
The present invention relates to a method for improving stability of non fluoridated sugar derivatives, and in particular glucose derivatives such as 1,3,4,6-tetra-O-acetyl-2-O-trifluoromethanesulfonyl-ß-D-mannopyranose which are used as precursors for production of radiofluoridated sugar derivatives for use in in vivo imaging procedures such as positron emission tomography (PET). The method comprises storing the non fluoridated sugar derivative in an organic solvent. The resultant formulations of the non fluoridated sugar derivative and cassettes for automated synthesis apparatus comprising the same are also claimed.
US10000517B2
Phosphorescent metal complexes comprising a pendant redox-active metallocene are disclosed. These complexes are useful as emitters for phosphorescent OLEDs.
US10000515B2
A hydrosilylation reaction catalyst prepared from: a catalyst precursor comprising a transition metal compound, excluding platinum, belonging to group 8-10 of the periodic table, e.g., iron acetate, cobalt acetate, nickel acetate, etc.; and a ligand comprising a carbine compound such as 1,3-dimesitylimidazol-2-ylidene, etc.. The hydrosilylation reaction catalyst has excellent handling and storage properties. As a result of using this catalyst, a hydrosilylation reaction can be promoted under gentle conditions.
US10000512B2
The present invention relates to compounds of formula (I), wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5 and R6 are as described herein, and their prodrugs or pharmaceutically acceptable salt, enantiomer or diastereomer thereof, and compositions including the compounds and methods of using the compounds.
US10000510B2
This disclosure relates to salt forms of ceftolozane, processes for making these salt forms, and compositions comprising the same. Also disclosed are stabilized compositions of ceftolozane. Provided herein are salt forms of ceftolozane, processes for making these salt forms and compositions comprising the same. The salt forms provided herein include ceftolozane bromide, ceftolozane edisylate, ceftolozane mesylate, ceftolozane chloride, ceftolozane sulfate, ceftolozane maleate, ceftolozane phosphate, and ceftolozane ketoglutarate.
US10000501B2
The present invention concerns a compound of formula I or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, which inhibit HIF prolyl hydroxylase, their use for enhancing endogenous production of erythropoietin, and for treating conditions associated with reduced endogenous production of erythropoietin such as anemia and like conditions, as well as pharmaceutical compositions comprising such a compound and a pharmaceutical carrier.
US10000496B2
Compounds and compositions useful for treating disorders related to KIT and PDGFR are described herein.
US10000494B2
Purine scaffold Hsp90 inhibitors are useful in therapeutic applications and as radioimaging ligands.
US10000487B2
The present invention provides synthesis, pharmaceutically acceptable formulations and uses of compounds in accordance with Formula IA or Formula IB, as well as stereoisomers, tautomers or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. For Formula IA and Formula IB compounds A1, A2, A3, A4, W1, W2, Y, X, R1, R2, R3, R4a, R4b, R5a, R5b, R6, R7, R8, R9, R9a, R9b, R10 and subscript n are as defined in the specification. The inventive Formula IA and Formula IB compounds are inhibitors of Mnk and find utility in any number of therapeutic applications, including but not limited to treatment of inflammation and various cancers.
US10000481B2
The inventions relates to compounds of (I) and therapeutic uses thereof: (I) The terms Z, Y, and R1 are as defined in the claims.
US10000475B2
The present disclosure provides substituted triazine carboxamides of Formula I: and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts and solvates thereof, wherein A1, X, A2, E, and Z are defined as set forth in the specification. The present disclosure is also directed to the use of compounds of Formula I to treat a disorder responsive to the blockade of sodium channels. Compounds of the present disclosure are especially useful for treating pain.
US10000473B2
The present invention is directed to indazole derivatives, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use in the treatment and/or prevention of disorders and conditions ameliorated by antagonizing one or more glucagon receptors, including for example metabolic diseases such as Type II diabetes mellitus and obesity.
US10000467B2
Compounds used as labels with properties comparable to known fluorescent compounds. The compounds can be conjugated to proteins and nucleic acids for biological imaging and analysis. Synthesis of the compounds, formation and use of the conjugated compounds, and specific non-limiting examples of each are provided.
US10000460B2
A hydrogenation catalyst, preferably palladium on a support, preferably alumina or activated charcoal support, is used in the presence of lithium salts, with salts such as the borates being preferred. This provides hydrogenation of precursors to give rise to a stereoselective, such as diastereoselective bias in the product of alkene hydrogenation using the catalyst.
US10000445B2
The present invention relates to crystal modifications of racemic (2R,S)- and enantiomerically pure (2R)-resp. (2S)-DOTAP chloride, to processes for the preparation thereof, and to the use thereof for the preparation of pharmaceutical compositions.
US10000442B2
Metathesized triacylglycerol polyols derived from certain natural oils, including canola oil, and their related physical properties are disclosed. Such metathesized triacylglycerol polyols are also used as a component of polyurethane applications, including polyurethane foams.
US10000435B1
A continuous process for oxidizing a di-alkyl substituted aromatic compound with compressed air in a primary bubble column reactor; including removing a portion of the three phase reaction medium to a post-oxidation bubble column unit supplied with compressed air separating the post oxidation reaction medium to an overhead gas and an underflow slurry; collecting overhead gases from the oxidation reactors and the de-gassing unit and conducting the combined overhead gases to a water removal column (WRC); transferring the underflow slurry from the de-gassing unit to a digestion unit to effect further oxidation without addition of air to the digestion unit; removing overhead gases to the water removal column; crystallizing the final oxidation slurry; and filtering the slurry on a rotary pressure filter; wherein a portion of the energy of the off gas from the WRC is employed to drive an air compressor to supply the compressed air for oxidation.
US10000427B2
A biologically pure phosphate solubilizing plant growth promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) XSB375 was isolated from canola rhizosphere and identified as Bacillus firmus is provided herein. The PGPR is capable to solubilize phosphate that enhance plant available phosphorous. The PGPR XSB375 enhances seed germination, early emergence, plant vigor, root and shoot growth, and higher crop yield. This increased crop growth, development and yield is attributed from not only the greater phosphate solubilization making more available phosphorus to plant but also making other essential plant nutrients more available to the plant and the like. The application of this phosphate solubilizing PGPR can be done as liquid suspension or solid materials using onto soil, potting mix, seeds, seed pieces, seedlings, foliage, carrier materials, roots and planting soil.
US10000426B2
A composition for allowing marking of a product, the composition comprising: (a) a volatile solvent; (b) a silicone resin comprising a trifunctional unit of formula (R)SiO3/2, wherein R is chosen, independently by trifunctional unit, from hydrocarbyl groups and hydroxyl groups, on the condition that at least one R is a hydrocarbyl group; and, (c) titanium dioxide particles having an average size of between approximately 100 nanometers and 1000 nanometers.
US10000417B2
The invention relates to a fused cast refractory material based on aluminium oxide, zirconium dioxide and silicon dioxide, and a use of such a material.
US10000416B2
The product is produced from a settable aqueous calcium sulphate dispersion which has a water to solids ratio of less than 0.4 to 1, and has distributed therethrough lightweight hollow bodies having water-impervious surfaces (such as expanded polystyrene beads). The dispersion contains a hydratable cement (such as calcium sulpho aluminate) which is capable of hydration in the presence of the calcium sulphate dispersion. The hydratable cement is such that it reacts with excess water in the dispersion thereby enhancing the water resistance of the resulting product.
US10000409B2
Alkali-doped boroaluminosilicate glasses are provided. The glasses include the network formers SiO2, B2O3, and Al2O3. The glass may, in some embodiments, have a Young's modulus of less than about 65 GPa and/or a coefficient of thermal expansion of less than about 40×10−7/° C. The glass may be used as a cover glass for electronic devices, a color filter substrate, a thin film transistor substrate, or an outer clad layer for a glass laminate.
US10000408B2
A glass tempering furnace and a method for heating a glass sheet. The glass sheet is heated in the glass tempering furnace by blowing heating air on the top surface of the glass sheet, and the blowing distance of the heating air from the top surface of the glass sheet is adjusted.
US10000392B2
The invention provides a liquid treatment apparatus such as a reverse osmosis apparatus wherein a portion of an inlet liquid permeates through a filter or a membrane e.g. to provide freshwater from saltwater. The apparatus comprises a pump which provides the necessary pressure of the liquid to drive the permeation process, and a recovery unit which transfers pressure of a residue quid to the inlet liquid. The pump and the recovery unit are driven at synchronous and variable speed to control the output and thereby e.g. to adjust for fouling of the filter or membrane. The invention further provides methods of controlling the synchronous speed, e.g. based on a pressure or based on the consumption of the produced liquid.
US10000390B2
A method of synthesizing silica nanoparticles. The method includes hydrolyzing a silica precursor to form a plurality of monomers, each monomer of the plurality comprising a microwave reactive silicon species. The plurality of monomers is irradiated by an energy source configured to generate microwave frequency energy. Irradiation cases the plurality of monomers polymerize into a silica nanoparticle.
US10000381B2
Systems and methods for MBE growing of group-III Nitride alloys, comprising establishing an average reaction temperature range from about 250 C to about 850 C; introducing a nitrogen flux at a nitrogen flow rate; introducing a first metal flux at a first metal flow rate; and periodically stopping and restarting the first metal flux according to a first flow duty cycle. According to another embodiment, the system comprises a nitrogen source that provides nitrogen at a nitrogen flow rate, and, a first metal source comprising a first metal effusion cell that provides a first metal at a first metal flow rate, and a first metal shutter that periodically opens and closes according to a first flow duty cycle to abate and recommence the flow of the first metal from the first metal source. Produced alloys include AlN, InN, GaN, InGaN, and AlInGaN.
US10000371B2
Provided is a connector including a plug to be fixed to an inner peripheral surface of an opening of a liquid storing container, and a socket to be detachably attached to the plug. The plug includes a plug body in which a first liquid outflow passage, a first liquid inflow passage, and a first gas passage are formed. The socket includes a socket body including, formed therein, a second liquid outflow passage, a second liquid inflow passage), and a second gas passage; a rotary valve having an outflow through-hole and an inflow through-hole; and a switching mechanism for switching between an open state and a closed state when the rotary valve is rotated.
US10000369B2
A beverage bottle closing machine being configured and disposed to close tops of filled beverage bottles with screw-type and other caps. The abstract of the disclosure is submitted herewith as required by 37 C.F.R. § 1.72(b). As stated in 37 C.F.R. § 1.72(b): A brief abstract of the technical disclosure in the specification must commence on a separate sheet, preferably following the claims, under the heading “Abstract of the Disclosure.” The purpose of the abstract is to enable the Patent and Trademark Office and the public generally to determine quickly from a cursory inspection the nature and gist of the technical disclosure. The abstract shall not be used for interpreting the scope of the claims. Therefore, any statements made relating to the abstract are not intended to limit the claims in any manner and should not be interpreted as limiting the claims in any manner.
US10000365B2
An improved pulley for winch is described, in contact with at least one section of rope included between an inlet section, connected to a working load, and an outlet section, with minimum or null tension, such pulley comprising a kinematic chain composed of peripheral supports.
US10000359B2
A collapsible cord spool 100 includes a base 102, defining one or more pivots 104, 106, and mounted to a power converter block 108 having a cord 110. The collapsible cord spool 100 further defines first and second cord cleats 112, 114. The first and second cord cleats 112, 114 include opposed projections 116, 118. The first and second cord cleats 112, 114 are movable about one or more pivots 104, 106 and may be stowed or deployed. In the deployed position, the first and second cord cleats 112, 114 define a cord wrapping region 302 to receive windings of the cord 110.
US10000356B1
An apparatus and method for dispensing wire or cable from a reel assembly. In one embodiment, the apparatus comprises an inner flange assembly and an outer flange assembly. The inner flange assembly is capable of freely rotating relative to the outer flange assembly for dispensing wire from any surface. In another embodiment, the apparatus includes an inner flange assembly, an outer flange assembly, and an external bay. The inner flange assembly is capable of freely rotating relative to the outer flange assembly and the external bay. The external bay is capable of freely rotation relative to the outer flange assembly and the inner flange assembly. In another embodiment, wire is dispensed from a reel assembly comprising an inner flange assembly and an outer flange assembly. In yet another embodiment, wire is dispensed from a reel assembly comprising an inner flange assembly, an outer flange assembly, and an external bay.
US10000355B2
A sheet processing device performs saddle stitching binding a bundle of stacked paper sheets, and includes a stacker section temporarily stacking conveyed paper sheets substantially vertically; a stopper regulating the paper sheets stacked in the stacker section; a first binding section provided in the stacker and saddle-stitching, with a metallic staple, a paper sheet bundle regulated by the stopper at a binding position around a center of the paper sheet bundle in a sheet conveying direction; a second binding section saddle-stitching, without using the metallic staple, the paper sheet bundle being regulated by the stopper at the binding position around the center of the paper sheet bundle in the sheet conveying direction; and a folding section folding in half the paper sheet bundle regulated by the stopper at a folding position at which the paper sheet bundle is bound by the first binding section or second binding section.
US10000344B2
A product flow regulator for temporary storage of products includes a frame, a conveying mechanism, and product carrier gondolas, which are conveyed with products from a product inlet area to a product outlet area and back empty. The frame includes a stationary guide track, along which the product carrier gondolas circulate self-controlled. The gondolas includes a drive mechanism and electrical control devices, which enable individual independent circulation.
US10000342B2
A conveyor for conveying good. According to one embodiment the conveyor includes a holding unit for holding or releasing the goods with respect to a conveyor belt. The holding unit includes vacuum holding means and magnetic holding means. The magnetic holding means includes at least one movable element that comprises at least one magnet or has a magnet attached thereto. The movable element is able to deactivate the magnetic holding means by distancing the magnet from the conveyor belt, and is also able to be arrange in a closed position in which the movable element blocks a vacuum conduit extending through the conveyor belt.
US10000338B2
An automated warehouse storage system including a multilevel storage array is provided. Each aisle has a set of storage levels and each level has storage locations distributed along the aisle. The guideway network extending through the multilevel storage array is configured for autonomous vehicles to move along the guideway network within the multilevel storage array. The guideway network including an inter-aisle guideway spanning at least two of the multiple aisles and a set of guideway levels extending in an aisle of the multiple aisles and disposed so that each guideway level is at a different one of the storage levels and the vehicles on the guideway level can access the storage locations distributed along the aisle. Each set of guideway levels is connected to the inter-aisle guideway forming a common guideway path so that a vehicle can move between inter-aisle guideway and each guideway level along the common guideway path.
US10000329B2
A thermally insulated shipping container comprises an inner structure including an inner base, a front inner wall, a rear inner wall opposed to the front inner wall, a pair of opposed side inner walls each extending between the front and rear inner walls and an inner lid; an outer structure including an outer base, a front outer wall, a rear outer wall opposed to the front inner wall, two side outer walls each extending between the front and rear outer walls and an outer lid; and a cavity extending at least between the inner and outer walls, the cavity being arranged to receive a plurality of cool packs; wherein the container, when empty, is arranged to be transported disassembled in a flat packed state prior to being assembled for use.
US10000326B2
A plastic beer keg includes an outer container and a liner having a neck portion and a body portion. A removable lid is secured over an opening of the container to enclose the liner. A locking ring secures the neck portion to the lid. The neck optionally includes a neck ring which interlocks with the opening through the lid to prevent relative rotation therebetween. The locking ring optionally includes ratcheting teeth engaging ratchet teeth on the lid to prevent inadvertent loosening of the locking ring. The liner may be suspended from the lid by the neck when empty.
US10000321B2
A tray system includes a first tray having a plurality of stacking units. In one embodiment, each stacking unit forms a lower receptacle for receiving a neck portion of a first bottle, and an upper receptacle for receiving a base portion of a second bottle to be stacked above the first bottle. The lower receptacle has a first end, a second end opposite the first end, and a sidewall connecting the first end with the second end. The first end forms an opening for receiving a neck of a second bottle into the lower receptacle. The tray system may also include a second tray and a pallet.
US10000309B2
A labelling group for applying at least one label onto a respective article at an application station is disclosed. The labelling group comprises a transfer element, which is adapted to transfer the label along a trajectory which comprises a transfer station, and can be arranged in an operative position, in which the transfer station coincides, in use, with the application station; and a diverting device, which can be selectively arranged in: a first configuration, which allows the transfer element to convey the label along at least part of the trajectory and to release the label at the transfer station; or in a second configuration, which prevents the transfer element either from receiving the label or from releasing the label to the transfer station. The transfer element is movable in at least one rest position, in which the trajectory is spaced from the application station.
US10000301B2
An apparatus for accurately dosing moist smokeless tobacco includes a dosing assembly and a dosing air source. The dosing assembly defines a loading chamber and a dosing chamber for containing a quantity of moist smokeless tobacco material. The dosing assembly also includes a discharge opening communicating with the dosing chamber. The dosing air source communicates with the dosing chamber and is operable to deliver compressed air to the dosing assembly so as to move moist smokeless tobacco material from the dosing chamber to the discharge opening. A method of pouching moist smokeless tobacco includes placing a predetermined quantity of moist smokeless tobacco in a dosing chamber having a predetermined volume, and ejecting the predetermined quantity of moist smokeless tobacco to pouching apparatus using compressed air.
US10000297B2
Aircraft display systems for deployment onboard rotorcraft or other aircraft are provided, as are methods carried-out by an aircraft display system. In an embodiment, the aircraft display system includes a controller operably coupled to at least one cockpit display device. The controller is configured to generate a Primary Flight Display (PFD) and Horizontal Situation Indicator (HSI) graphics on the cockpit display device. The controller selectively switches PFD operation between a heading-centered display mode and at least a first non-heading-centered display mode. The HSI graphics are produced to include one or more movable HSI symbols identifying a current aircraft heading when the PFD operates in the first non-heading-centered display mode. In certain embodiments, the controller may also selectively generate visual alerts on the PFD by altering the appearance of the HSI graphics when an angle between the current track and the current heading of the aircraft exceeds an angular threshold.
US10000294B2
An aircraft fuel tank flammability reduction method includes feeding pressurized air into an air separation module containing a carbon membrane, the air feed exhibiting a normal pressure of no more than 55 psig. The method includes producing nitrogen-enriched air from the air separation module as a result of removing oxygen from the air feed. An aircraft fuel tank flammability reduction system includes a source for pressurized air, an air separation module configured to receive air feed from the pressurized air source, and a carbon membrane. The carbon membrane is configured to permeate oxygen from the air feed through the carbon membrane at a temperature of at least 120° C. (248° F.) and to produce nitrogen-enriched air from the air separation module as a result of removing oxygen from the air feed.
US10000291B2
According to various embodiments, disclosed is a slide configured to be supported on a ground surface at a slide angle, comprising a support structure, a sliding surface supported by the support structure, and a weakened support region in the support structure, wherein the weakened support region enables the slide to buckle and the slide angle to change in response to a bending load imposed on the slide. According to various embodiments, the slide is an aircraft evacuation slide.
US10000290B2
Apparatuses for and methods of deicing aircraft surfaces, engine inlets, windmill blades and other structures. Deicing apparatuses can comprise at least one standoff coupled with an actuator and a first region of an inner surface of a skin. A standoff can act as a moment arm and can create efficient, tailorable skin bending and acceleration, breaking an ice to skin bond. Integral as well as modular leading edges can comprise deicing apparatuses.
US10000289B2
A temperature control gasper apparatus for vehicle interiors such as aircraft cabins. Airflow temperature, volume and orientation are integrated and controlled by the gasper apparatus—at the point of use of the gasper apparatus. The temperature control gasper apparatus includes a mixing chamber, a temperature control dial, and an airflow control nozzle assembly. The temperature control gasper apparatus provides airflow output control with rotation of a grip member of the nozzle assembly relative to a ball portion of the mixing chamber, temperature control by rotation of a handle portion of the temperature control dial relative to the ball portion of the mixing chamber, and airflow direction control by movement of the ball portion of the mixing chamber relative to a socket portion of the mixing chamber fixed to the vehicle interior.
US10000286B2
An aircraft storage bin that includes an upper housing, a bucket that cooperates with the upper housing to define a bin interior and is pivotally connected to the upper housing, and at least a first assist spring having a spring force. The bucket is pivotable downwardly between a closed position and an open position and also can be positioned in an intermediate open position between the open and closed positions. The first assist spring is configured to maintain the bucket in the intermediate open position. When a downward force greater than the spring force is placed on the bucket, the bucket is configured to move from the intermediate open position to the open position.
US10000285B2
Described herein are methods and systems for detecting and correcting errors when picking up and lowering a payload coupled to a tether of a winch system arranged on an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). For example, the winch system may include a motor for winding and unwinding the tether from a spool, and the UAV's control system may control the motor to lower the tether and monitor an electric current supplied to the motor to determine whether a payload has detached from the tether. This process of lowering the tether and monitoring the motor current may be repeated up to a predetermined number of times, at which point the control system may operate the motor to detach the tether from the spool, leaving both the tether and the payload behind.
US10000283B2
Elastomeric bearings exhibit a reactive positive spring effect, i.e., they produce an opposing torque or force when angular displacement or translation is applied upon them, due to shear stress developed within their elastomer parts. The present invention incorporates a device that exhibits an increasingly strong torque or force in the same direction as the displacement, i.e., a negative spring, under similar conditions of movement. When properly calibrated, the subject type of device can be used in paralleled motion with the ordinary reactive elastomeric bearing to produce a combined effect in which at least a part of the torque or force of the elastomeric bearing is compensated or minimized over a range of movement, particularly in helicopter rotor blade retention applications.
US10000274B2
Mitigation of surface discontinuities between flight control surfaces and an airframe of an aircraft
Embodiments provide a transitional element that bridges a gap between an edge of a flight control surface and an edge of a non-movable portion of an airframe. In one embodiment, a transitional element bridges a gap between an edge of a flight control surface and an edge of a non-movable portion of an airframe. The transitional element includes a plurality of ribs that span the gap. Each of the plurality of ribs has a contour that corresponds to the flight control surface and is configured to pivot a portion of a rotated angle of the flight control surface to generate a transitional surface across the gap.
US10000273B2
Awing box of an aircraft with a stiffened shell structure, consisting of fiber reinforced material includes a skin for absorbing shear loads, and several stringers arranged on the inner side of the wing box for absorbing axial loads, in which at least 60% of the mass of the stiffened shell structure is concentrated in the stringers, wherein the stringers provide at least 80% of the axial stiffness of the stiffened shell structure. In the specific case of wing structure, this embodiment allows the use of unbalanced laminates for the skin to induce higher nose-down twist of the wing box without any loss in bending stiffness and so envisaging higher weight saving capability.
US10000264B2
An underwater watercraft including a passenger compartment and an ingress egress port in which the watercraft has buoyancy and center of gravity adjusted to maintain a generally level or other desired attitude when submerged, and an angled attitude at a water surface for ingress/egress. The attitude also is adjustable via the placement of ballast and optionally including a movable ballast that adjusts the location of the center of gravity as desired. The ingress-egress port optionally includes an entry elevated from a main passenger compartment, that has an angled orientation in a submerged mode, and an optional orientation generally parallel to the water surface in a surface mode.
US10000262B2
A terminal device stores ship characteristic data that indicates a relationship between rotation speed and ship speed, and rotation speed and fuel consumption when a ship is navigated under various navigation conditions. If a user inputs data that indicates draft state and wind and wave state on a performance display screen displayed on the terminal device, the terminal device generates relationship data that indicates a relationship between rotation speed and ship speed, and rotation speed and fuel consumption when a ship is navigated under wind and wave states corresponding to the input data and each of a plurality of Beaufort states that are set in the terminal device in advance on the basis of the ship characteristic data. The terminal device displays a graph that displays the relationship between rotation speed, ship speed and fuel consumption for each of a plurality of navigation conditions using the relationship data.
US10000258B2
A vessel is provided herein which comprises a primary hull and at least two hull members capable of being deployed from or retracted into tunnels or underneath overhangs in the primary hull. In various embodiments, the vessel comprises a means for controllably deploying and retracting the hull members. These members may further comprise a propulsion means capable of propelling the vessel. In other embodiments the vessel comprises a failsafe mode allowing the hull members to fully retract into the vessel during times of destress. In various embodiments, the vessel is a landing craft capable of loading and unloading cargo without the burden of an overhang cross beam.
US10000252B2
A pair of left and right vertical frame pieces 1b, 1b constituting a part of a vehicle body frame FR extend in a vertical direction. A pair of left and right swingarm brackets 9L, 9R are fixed to the left and right vertical frame pieces 1b, 1b, respectively. A pivot 16 is supported by the swingarm brackets 9L, 9R swingably supports a swingarm 12 outward of the swingarm brackets 9L, 9R in a vehicle widthwise direction. Each of the left and right swingarm brackets 9L, 9R includes left and right opposing portions 320, 340 disposed so as to be spaced apart in the vehicle widthwise direction. The pivot 16 is supported by the left and right opposing portions 320, 340 of each of the swingarm brackets 9L, 9R.
US10000249B2
A bicycle pedal is provided with a pedal spindle, a pedal body, a first shear force sensor, a second shear force sensor, a first bending force sensor and a second bending force sensor. The pedal spindle includes a crank arm mounting part. The pedal body is rotatably mounted on the pedal spindle about a center spindle axis. The first and second shear force sensors are arranged relative to the pedal spindle to detect first and second shear components of a pedaling force with respect to the center spindle axis. The first bending force sensor is arranged relative to the pedal spindle to detect a first bending component of the pedaling force with respect to the center spindle axis. The second bending force sensor is arranged relative to the pedal spindle to detect a second bending component of the pedaling force with respect to the center spindle axis.
US10000247B2
A crawler track includes a link and is driven in a direction of travel by a sprocket having a plurality of teeth. The link includes a pad, a first grouser, and a second grouser. The pad defines a first surface, a second surface opposite the first surface, a first end, and a second end spaced apart from the first end along the direction of travel. The pad defines at least one opening extending through the pad between the first surface and the second surface, and the opening is operable to receive a sprocket tooth. The first grouser is positioned on the first surface proximate the first end of the pad, while the second grouser is positioned on the first surface proximate the second end of the pad. The first grouser and the second grouser extend in a direction substantially perpendicular to the direction of travel of the track.
US10000239B2
A rear section upper face of a front side frame is connected to a front face of an inclined wall of a dashboard panel. An attachment bracket that is provided to a rear section lower face of the front side frame and that has a triangular shape in side view supports a support of a subframe. An outrigger is provided that has a vehicle width direction inner end connected to a front wall and a lower wall of the attachment bracket and to a vehicle width direction outer wall of the front side frame, and that has a vehicle width direction outer end connected to a front end of a side sill.
US10000237B2
In a driving support device for a vehicle including a collision avoidance support system and a lane travel support system, a steering control amount is set while maintaining an appropriate relationship between both of the systems. This is by setting a lower upper limit value for the steering torque command during collision avoidance as compared to lane travel support. However, a gradient (i.e., rate of change) of the collision avoidance is set to be greater than a gradient of the lane travel support. As a result, the driving support device balances collision avoidance and lane travel support to have quick response during collision avoidance, and maintaining the ability to adapt to wide changes in road condition during lane travel support.
US10000235B2
The steering control device includes: current command value 1 calculation unit 11 which determines current command value 1 based on a vehicle speed and a steering torque; current command value 2 calculation unit 14 which determines current command value 2 based on a filtered differential value of the steering torque; and current drive unit 10 which drives motor 5 so that the value of the motor current matches the sum of current command values 1 and 2. When a first crossover frequency represents the crossover frequency of control open loop characteristics in the steering control device as obtained when current command value 2 is determined using a differential value of the steering torque which has not been filtered, the notch frequency of the notch filter is set to be greater than the mechanical resonance frequency of the steering control device and smaller than the first crossover frequency.
US10000232B2
In a steering assist device, a main lane keep assist current value setting unit sets a main lane keep assist current value that generates main lane keep assist torque according to a lateral deviation and a lateral deviation change rate. A sub lane keep assist current value setting unit sets a sub lane keep assist current value that generates sub lane keep assist torque according to curvature ct of a target travel line.
US10000220B2
A brake caliper for a disk brake or to a disk brake with a brake caliper for rail vehicles. A brake caliper has caliper arms at which at the ends brake shoes are mounted and which are pivotally driven against each other by a brake cylinder. The brake caliper or disk brake has the advantage that the brake cylinder and the wear adjusting device are contained in a common housing and that the wear adjusting device acts along the same linear axis of movement as the force which is generated between two carriers which are pivotally connected to the caliper arms and drive the same for pivoting in order to subject the brake shoes to tension against each other.
US10000215B2
A method of reconstructing a detected faulty signal. A pitch sensor fault is detected by a processor. A signal of the detected faulty pitch sensor is reconstructed using indirect sensor data. The reconstructed signal is output to a controller to maintain stability.
US10000211B2
A vehicle travel control apparatus for improved vehicle following includes a sensor that obtains preceding vehicle speed information representing a vehicle speed of a preceding vehicle, and preceding vehicle information representing at least one of a lateral position and a lateral speed of the preceding vehicle with respect to a traveling direction of a host vehicle, and a controller that, during a following mode in which the host vehicle follows the preceding vehicle, determines a target value related to acceleration/deceleration of the host vehicle based on the preceding vehicle speed information such that the host vehicle follows the preceding vehicle, and controls the acceleration/deceleration of the host vehicle such that the target value is implemented. During the following mode, the controller corrects the target value related to the acceleration/deceleration of the host vehicle based on the preceding vehicle information.
US10000203B2
A vehicle includes and an engine, a motor, a transmission, and a controller. The transmission is configured is to receive power from the engine and the motor. The transmission is also configured to shift between gears based on a shift schedule. The controller is programmed to, in response to only the motor providing power to the transmission, adjust the shift schedule to narrow an operating speed range of the motor such that the motor speed maintains a peak range of an available motor power output.
US10000194B2
Various embodiments of an apparatus and method for monitoring a brake operation are disclosed. In accordance with one aspect, the brake operation monitoring system comprises a plurality of wheel speed sensors, a brake demand sensor; a plurality of stability sensors and a controller. The controller comprises wheel speed ports; a brake demand port; stability sensor ports; a communication port for receiving a plurality of messages; and a processing unit comprising control logic. The control logic receives a brake demand signal, at least one stability signal indicative of the cornering of the vehicle, and individual wheel speeds. The control logic calculates a master value to compare to individual wheel speed signals if the brake demand signal indicates no braking.
US10000181B2
Disclosed are a pretensioner and a safety belt assembly including the same. The pretensioner includes an internal cylinder movably installed within an external cylinder with an outer surface thereof in contact with an inner surface of the external cylinder, a piston installed in the internal cylinder, a retracting member configured with one side connected to the piston and the other side configured to extend from the external cylinder and connected to a belt fastening a passenger, a gas generator configured to supply gas to the inside of the external cylinder to move the piston in a direction of pulling the retracting member, and a one-way restriction device configured to allow the piston to move with respect to the internal cylinder when the piston moves in the direction of pulling the retracting member and to restrict the piston to be within the internal cylinder when the piston moves in reverse direction.
US10000175B2
A side airbag cover (20) having a top surface (22) upon which can be positioned a decorative emblem (30), the top surface (20) and emblem (30) are configured to break when subjected to a determinable force pressuring on an undersurface (25) of the cover (20), the undersurface (25) including a tear seam (40) which breaks when subjected to a determinable pressure or load, the emblem (30) having its own tear seam (50), wherein the emblem tear seam (50) is displaced laterally relative to an adjacent portion of the tear seam (40).
US10000166B2
An arrangement for a motor vehicle including a dividing wall disposed between an engine compartment and a passenger compartment of the vehicle, a water container to collect the water running over the windscreen of the vehicle, and at least one collector to collect an overflow of water contained in the water container. The at least one collector is made up of a component forming an integral part of the dividing wall.
US10000163B2
Various examples of an apparatus for mounting a camera on a vehicle are disclosed. The apparatus includes a first bracket having a first end configured for attaching to a camera and a second end configured for mounting to a vehicle and a second bracket separate from the first bracket configured for holding the camera in a calibrated position. The second bracket is capable of deforming upon an impact to the apparatus and returning the camera to a calibrated position upon replacement.
US10000162B2
A speaker device for a vehicle includes a speaker unit, an enclosure mounted to a vehicle body accommodating the speaker unit, and provided with an inner space which is divided into a front space into which a front sound of the speaker unit is radiated and a rear space into which a rear sound of the speaker unit is radiated by a division member, a first path connecting the front space to a first division space provided in the vehicle body, a second path connecting the rear space to a second division space provided in the vehicle body, and a front sound outlet connecting the front space to an indoor space of the vehicle.
US10000156B2
An interior rearview mirror assembly for a vehicle includes a mirror head, a mounting member and an attachment member. The mirror head includes a mirror casing and a reflective element. The mounting member includes an upper portion configured to mount at an interior structure of a vehicle. The attachment member includes a connection portion and a pivot element protruding from the connection portion. The attachment member is disposed at a lower portion of the mounting member. The mirror head is configured to adjustably attach at the pivot element. The mounting member is formed of a polymeric material, and at least the connection portion of the attachment member is formed of a metallic material. The connection portion of the attachment member may be insert molded in the lower portion of the mounting member.
US10000146B2
A loading apparatus for a tailgate-equipped cargo bed of a pickup truck features a cargo bed platform assembly, and a tailgate platform assembly pivotally connected to the rear end of the cargo bed platform assembly. The tailgate platform assembly is pivotable relative to the cargo bed platform assembly between a stowed position overlying the cargo bed platform assembly and a deployed position forming a rearward extension of the cargo bed platform. Between uses, the tailgate platform is storable in the cargo bed in a secured manner behind a closed tailgate. When needed, the tailgate is opened and the tailgate platform is folded down onto the open tailgate. An overall effective length of the apparatus is adjustable to fit different cargo bed sizes by extension of retraction of a longitudinal adjustment member that extends forwardly from the cargo bed platform to abutting against a front wall of the cargo bed.
US10000136B2
A charging control method of a vehicle includes setting a reserved charging, closing a first switch in an on-board charger (OBC) controller, measuring an input voltage at an input side of the OBC controller when an external charger supplies power when the first switch is closed, setting a charging start time based on the measured input voltage, and starting charging a battery when the charging start time is reached.
US10000130B2
A charging management system (CMS) and a charging management method for a charger of an electric vehicle are provided. The CMS includes a charger grid micro-dispatching system (CGMS) module, a charger battery management system (CBMS) module, a charger vehicle-dispatching management system (CVMS) module, a charger network management system (CNMS) module, and a charger charging management system (CCMS) module. An intelligent safety redundant strategy and a fault recording strategy are introduced, and multiple related parameters of a battery management system (BMS) are built in the CBMS module, so as to realize an intelligent active protection during charging the electric vehicle. Meanwhile, through analyzing the BMS and characteristic data of a power battery, cooperating with the CCMS module, adopting a multi-dimension data analyzing and controlling strategy, and outputting an optimized flexible curve current based on battery charging, life time of the battery is lengthened.
US10000129B2
A vehicle includes an engine, a traction battery, a generator coupled to the engine and battery, and a controller. The controller may be configured to, in response to a current flowing from a battery charge station to the battery being less than a maximum charge current, a selection of a fast charge mode, and a temperature of the engine being less than a predetermined temperature, operate the engine to generate a supplemental current to charge the battery.
US10000123B2
When such an abnormality that a battery voltage system voltage is brought into an overvoltage state during regenerative control of a motor occurs, a booster converter is shut down, a system main relay is brought into a non-arc state and turned off. Then, an engine is started when an operation of the engine is stopped. The booster converter is used to determine turning-off of the system main relay, and a battery-less travel is started thereafter. In this way, inconvenience that possibly occurs by starting the battery-less travel at a time when abnormality of the system main relay being stuck to be on occurs can be avoided.
US10000117B2
A capless filler neck closure for use with a vehicle fuel tank filler neck is disclosed. The capless filler neck closure includes an outer dust cover and an inner closure door each movable from a closed position to an opened position in response to insertion of a fuel nozzle into the capless filler neck closure for refueling of an associated vehicle fuel tank.
US10000112B2
A door assembly for a vehicle includes a door panel and a door trim panel comprising a shaped pelvic load path energy-absorbing feature disposed on a door panel-facing surface of the door trim panel. The shaped pelvic load path energy-absorbing feature is defined by a plurality of stepped surfaces, which in turn may define as various cross-sectional shapes for the shaped pelvic load path energy-absorbing feature.
US10000106B2
An electric heater (7) is individually arranged at a position immediately upstream of a blowing port (6) that blows an air fed by a blower (4) into a vehicle room. The electric heater (7) is formed of a cylindrical case (15) loaded in the blowing port (6) and a heat generating sheet (16) arranged in the case (15). The heat generating sheet (16) is formed of a conductive fiber sheet obtained by making a carbon fiber into paper. Furthermore, the heat generating sheet is formed into a continuous strip and radially folded along pins (22) of the case (15). The air is heated while flowing along a surface of the heat generating sheet (16).
US10000102B2
A spring aid for a vehicle suspension includes a compliant tower attachable to elements undergoing suspension travel. The tower defines an axis of travel or center axis and includes a plurality of rings and a plurality of window frames connecting the rings. The rings are perpendicular to, and spaced along, the axis, and define a cylindrical cavity. The window frames define a plurality of windows between the rings. The suspension element may also include a core, which substantially fills the cylindrical cavity of the compliant tower. A rod may be disposed within the core and movable within the hole of the shelf.
US10000101B2
Described is a machine (1) for fitting and removing a tire from a corresponding wheel rim of a vehicle, comprising: a wheel-holder unit (4), which rotates about a first axis (A); at least one bead breaker tool (29), movable along a second axis (B) parallel to the first axis (A); a roller (2) rotating about a fourth axis (D) parallel to the first axis (A) and configured to move by rotation about a fifth axis (E) spaced from the fourth axis (D), between an active position where it is in contact with a tire tread of the wheel mounted on the wheel-holder unit (4), to a position of non-interference relative to the tire; at least one sensor (40) connected to the roller (2) for detecting a signal representing a force transmitted to the roller (2) by the tire; a removal tool (37), which is movable by rotation about a sixth axis (F) parallel to the first axis (A) and spaced from it, between a first position proximal to the first axis (A) and a second position distal from the first axis (A), which is movable in a direction parallel to the first axis (A) and movable towards and away from the sixth axis (F).
US10000091B2
A tire with radial carcass reinforcement comprising a crown reinforcement itself capped radially with a tread of which the tread pattern comprises at least two circumferential grooves. The tread is made up of at least three layers, a first layer forming the radially outer part of the tread of a first compound having an electrical resistivity per unit volume ρ1 such that log(ρ1) is less than 6, a second layer radially on the inside of at least three parts, at least the axially outer parts of a second compound having an electrical resistivity per unit volume ρ2 such that log(ρ2) is greater than 10, and at least part, radially extending the at least first elastomeric compound of the first layer, of a third elastomeric compound having an electrical resistivity per unit volume ρ3 such that log(ρ3) is less than 6, a third layer radially furthest towards the inside of at least five parts, at least the axially outer parts of a third elastomeric compound having a maximum value of tan(δ), denoted tan(δ)max, of less than 0.080, at least two parts of the second compound, and at least part of the third layer, that radially extends the at least one part of the second layer of the third elastomeric compound.
US10000089B1
A multi-color writing marker may comprise a tubular marker barrel connected to a motor housing. The marker barrel may house a cartridge removably coupled to a drive shaft connected to a motor. The cartridge may include a plurality of reservoirs containing writing liquids of different colors. A marker tip may be mounted on a distal end of the cartridge. The marker tip supports a plurality of marker nibs corresponding to the number of cartridge reservoirs. Each marker nib may be in fluid communication with a corresponding reservoir. Actuation of the motor spins the cartridge and marker nibs while a user is simultaneous creating a design on the writing surface.
US10000088B2
A writing instrument includes: a replacement ink cartridge including a bottomed cylindrical container that has an opened front end and a closed rear end and a plug fitted into an inner circumferential surface of an opening of the container; and a projection inserted into the opening of the container to press the plug rearward, thereby opening the plug of the ink cartridge, wherein the projection and the plug are fitted when the plug is press opened, and when the cartridge is replaced, the fitting between the projection and the plug is released and the plug is locked again in the opening of the container.
US10000081B2
There is provided a transfer sheet with improvement in smudges and blurs of a transfer layer when printed matters are produced even after storing the transfer sheet under high temperatures. The transfer sheet according to the present invention comprises a substrate, and in the order a peel layer and a transfer layer on the substrate, wherein the peel layer contains a binder resin, a silicone oil and/or a wax component and the total contents of the silicone oil and the wax component in the peel layer is 0.1 mass % or more and 15 mass % or less, based on the solid content of mass of the binder resin.
US10000080B2
Example implementations relate to random wave mask generation. Some examples may distribute data points in a mask area based on a probability density function. The probability density function may have a maximum probability density located at a first edge and a second edge of the mask area. Some examples may also identify a wave curve that fits the data points. The wave curve may include oscillating waveforms of varying amplitudes. Some examples may also generate a random wave mask based on the wave curve.
US10000079B2
A printing device includes a platen roller, a pair of bearings, and a holder including a pair of fitting portions to which the bearings are fitted. The bearings rotatably support a rotational shaft of the platen roller. Each bearing includes a small-diameter portion, a large-diameter portion coaxially connected to the small-diameter portion, and a protrusion provided at an outer circumferential surface of the small-diameter portion. The larger-diameter portion has a peripheral surface and an end face connecting the peripheral surface to the outer circumferential surface. Each fitting portion includes: a receiving portion configured to receive the small-diameter portion; an opening to which the protrusion is fitted; and a receiving surface configured to contact the end face of the large-diameter portion from outward in an axial direction of the rotational shaft. At least one of the end face and the receiving surface includes a recessed portion.
US10000078B2
A printer apparatus includes a printer main body having a platen roller and a print head to print on recording paper, a cutter unit configured to cut the recording paper, and a presenter unit connected to the cutter unit, wherein the recording paper on which the print head has printed enters the presenter unit through the cutter unit, and comes out from a discharge slot of the presenter unit, wherein the presenter unit includes a first roller and a second roller configured to convey the recording paper placed therebetween, and a flapper disposed along a transportation path of the recording paper between the cutter unit and both the first roller and the second roller, and configured to be flipped open to an outside of the presenter unit to expose the transportation path, wherein an angle at which the flapper is open is selectively set to one of a plurality of different angles.
US10000074B2
A method for writing to an electronic imaging substrate includes passing an electronic imaging substrate in relation to a writing device to change a state of image cells within the electronic imaging substrate. The imaging substrate is placed close enough to the writing device to reduce a blooming effect to a predefined threshold level when changing a state of one of the image cells within the electronic imaging substrate.
US10000070B1
According to one embodiment, a thermal head is provided opposite to a platen roller. A ribbon transport unit transports an ink ribbon between the thermal head and the platen roller. A transport unit transports a sheet carrying a label between the thermal head and the platen roller. A clamping mechanism clamps the ink ribbon, a printing area of the label and the sheet in the thermal head and the platen roller. An acquisition unit acquires first print data to be printed on a first label and second print data to be printed on a second label. A non-printing area specifying unit specifies a non-printing area on the sheet, based on the first print data and the second print data. The control unit separates the ink ribbon and the sheet when it is transported between the thermal head and the platen roller, and stops the transport of the ink ribbon.
US10000066B2
A liquid discharge head includes a nozzle, an individual liquid chamber, a common liquid chamber, a fluid restrictor, a circulation channel, a circulation fluid restrictor, and a plurality of laminated plate members. The nozzle discharges liquid. The individual liquid chamber is communicated with the nozzle. The common liquid chamber supplies the liquid to the individual liquid chamber. The fluid restrictor is disposed between the individual liquid chamber and the common liquid chamber. The circulation channel is communicated with the individual liquid chamber. The circulation fluid restrictor is disposed between the individual liquid chamber and the circulation channel. The plurality of laminated plate members constitutes the fluid restrictor, the individual liquid chamber, and the circulation fluid restrictor. A single plate member of the plurality of laminated plate members defines a fluid resistance value of the fluid restrictor and a fluid resistance value of the circulation fluid restrictor.
US10000064B2
Technology enabling stably attaching a cartridge having a fluid supply port and a waste fluid inlet to a fluid ejection device. The cartridge has a bottom wall with a fluid supply port for supplying fluid to the fluid ejection device, and a waste fluid inlet for recovering waste fluid from the fluid ejection device, a first side wall having a first contact part capable of contacting a first fastening member of the cartridge holder when the cartridge is installed in the cartridge holder, and a second side wall having a second contact part capable of contacting a second fastening member of the cartridge holder when the cartridge is installed in the cartridge holder. When looking at the cartridge from the bottom wall side, an imaginary first line passing through the first contact part and the second contact part passes between the fluid supply port and the waste fluid inlet.
US10000062B2
A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a liquid ejecting unit having nozzles able to eject a liquid to a medium, a wiping unit able to wipe the liquid ejecting unit, a waste liquid receiving unit which receives a waste liquid which is discharged by a maintenance operation for maintaining the liquid ejecting unit, at a position facing the liquid ejecting unit, and a collection unit which comes in contact with the waste liquid receiving unit to collect the waste liquid which is received by the waste receiving unit, in which the wiping unit comes in contact with the collection unit to wipe the waste liquid which is collected by the collection unit.
US10000055B2
A method of operating a sheet-fed printing press includes storing various print jobs and/or associated setting values and process steps in a memory device to set up the printing press upon a job change. A computer implements or suggests settings or process steps of the printing press for a print job based on the job data of a print job and/or as a result of inputs by the operator. Before or immediately after a print job is completed, the computer generates a query requesting inputs that determine if the same print job requires further passes and if so, which passes are required and, based on the information input therein, implements only those settings on the printing press and/or initiates or suggests only those process steps that are necessary for the subsequent pass of the sheets that have already been printed.
US10000053B2
A printing press is provided which includes a printing unit for printing on a web. The printing unit includes a plate cylinder, a blanket cylinder, and an impression cylinder. The press further includes a web displacement bar movable between a first position in which the web displacement bar is spaced apart from a web passing between the blanket cylinder and the impression cylinder, and a second position in which the web displacement bar holds the web in contact with the impression cylinder and spaced apart from the blanket cylinder. A method of operating the press is also provided.
US10000050B2
A method for the manufacture of a fiber composite component with a base element, and with at least one ancillary element bonded to the base element. A reinforcement element is introduced in at least one bonding region of the base element or the ancillary element for purposes of developing a bonding surface for the ancillary element or the base element. A reinforcement element with fiber sections, the ends of which emanate from a bonding surface is provided. A fiber composite component is provided with a base element, in the bonding regions of which reinforcement elements are introduced, on the bonding surfaces of which ancillary elements are bonded with one such.
US10000049B2
An applicator die for creating and applying laminarized ribbons of polymeric film to a target surface, such as but not limited to a surface of an automobile body component. In one embodiment, the protective film is an aqueous emulsion of polyvinyl acetate and is used to create a continuous peelable film to protect a surface. In another embodiment, the polymeric is polyvinyl chloride and it is applied to create an anti-chip coating. The applicator die has an internal supply gallery and an outlet slot of complex shape to emit a laminarized ribbon of polymer-based material that allows the material to be applied directly to the target surface without masking. A robot is used to control movement of the die. The die includes temperature control.
US10000037B2
The purpose of the present invention is to prevent an increase in reflectance and a decrease in transmittance, retain the intact instantaneousness and ease of stripping, improve the releasability of the adhesive, avoid the generation of distortion due to the thickness of the adhesive, and ensure the visibility, by laminating filmy members (10) each equipped with a moth-eye structure (12). This transparent laminate (1) comprises a plurality of filmy members (10) which each comprise a base (11) and, disposed on at least one surface thereof, a structure (12) made up of recesses and protrusions which have been regularly arranged at a pitch not longer than the wavelengths of visible light. At least the ends of the filmy members (10) have been superposed, with a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer (2) interposed therebetween. In the superposed filmy members (10), there is a space (14) between the opposed structures (12).
US10000031B2
A method of manufacturing a honeycomb structure includes providing a honeycomb body having a first contour extending between opposing first and second ends and chamfering a corner of the first end in a radial and axial direction toward the first contour to form a second contour. The method further includes removing material in an axial direction toward the second face to form a third contour, chamfering a corner of the third contour in a radial and axial direction toward the second end to form an end contour, and removing material in an axial direction toward the first face to form a fourth contour. Removing material to form the fourth contour substantially removes the second contour and the end contour.
US10000028B2
A method of making a mechanical fastening net. The method includes providing a net having strands of polymer and open areas between the strands of polymer and molding a portion of the polymer in the strands of the net into upstanding posts to form the mechanical fastening net. A mechanical fastening net that includes a polymeric backing, a plurality of openings in the polymeric backing, and upstanding posts on at least one of the first or second major surface of the polymeric backing is also disclosed. The polymeric backing has a range of thicknesses ranging from minimum to maximum thickness, and for at least a portion of the polymeric backing, the minimum thickness of the polymeric backing is where it abuts one of the openings.
US10000023B2
An apparatus and method for making a three-dimensional object from a solidifiable material using a linear solidification device is shown and described. In certain examples, the linear solidification device includes a laser diode that projects light onto a scanning device, such as a rotating polygonal mirror or a linear scanning micromirror, which then deflects the light onto a photohardenable resin. As a result, the linear solidification device scans a line of solidification energy in a direction that is substantially orthogonal to the direction of travel of the laser diode. In other examples, the linear solidification device is a laser device array or light emitting diode array that extends in a direction substantially orthogonal to the direction of travel of the array.
US10000010B2
3-D printing system include development stations positioned to electrostatically transfer build and support materials to an intermediate transfer surface, a transfer station adjacent the intermediate transfer surface, guides adjacent the transfer station, and platens moving on the guides. The guides are shaped to direct the platens to repeatedly pass the transfer station and come in contact with the intermediate transfer surface at the transfer station. The intermediate transfer surface transfers a layer of the build and support materials to the platens each time the platens contact the intermediate transfer surface at the transfer station to successively form layers of the build and support materials on the platens. The platens and the intermediate transfer surface include rack and pinion structures that temporarily join at the transfer station, as the platens pass the transfer station, to align the platens with the intermediate transfer surface as the platens contact the intermediate transfer surface.
US10000007B2
An expanding tool comprising: an actuator comprising a cylindrical housing that defines an actuator housing cavity; a primary ram disposed within the actuator housing cavity, the primary ram defining an internal primary ram cavity; a secondary ram disposed within the internal primary ram cavity; a cam roller carrier coupled to a distal end of the secondary ram; a drive collar positioned within a distal end of the actuator housing cavity; a roller clutch disposed within an internal cavity defined by an inner surface of the drive collar; a shuttle cam positioned between the roller clutch and a distal end of the primary ram; an expander cone coupled to the primary ram; and an expander head operably coupled to the drive collar.
US10000006B2
A thermoforming mold device (1) providing a piece with a thin wall starting with a sheet of thermoplastic material is provided. At least one (3) of two parts of the mold (3, 3′) comprises at least one means (4) of local deformation of a sheet (2′) in the mold (3, 3′) in its closed state, the at least one means (4) comprises a piece of hollow molding with a peripheral edge, which can be connected selectively to a source of suction and can be displaced between a folded position, in which the molding piece is situated in close proximity with the wall of the thermoformed piece, and a deployed position, in which the molding piece is applied under pressure with its peripheral edge against the wall of the thermoformed piece upholding the other part of the mold.
US10000005B2
A vacuum forming apparatus is provided that forms an article having a covering bonded to the surface of a substrate in a molding space using a first mold and a second mold. The vacuum forming apparatus is provided with clamps for grasping the covering between the first and second molds arranged at the open positions. The clamps are movable between an interfering position, at which the clamps are located in the movement ranges of the first and second molds, and standby positions, at which the clamps are outside the movement ranges. After the covering is heated, the clamps grasping the covering move to the standby positions and stretch the covering. The first and second molds move to the closed positions and the article is molded between the first and second molds so that the stretched covering and the substrate are bonded to each other.
US09999997B2
A metal-plastic composite and method for producing the same are provided. The metal-plastic composite comprises: a metal substrate and a plastic body jointed to the metal substrate via a dual-snap-fit structure, in which the dual-snap-fit structure comprises: a micro-snap-fit structure disposed on the metal substrate and a macro-snap-fit structure formed by the micro-snap-fit structure and a surface of the metal substrate.
US09999995B2
A method for producing a molded article of a fiber-reinforced plastic include molding a fiber-resin mixture containing an inorganic reinforcing fiber and a thermosetting resin under heat and pressure. The elapsed time since the thermosetting resin reached a molding temperature at which a hardening reaction proceeds is measured, the loss angle δ of the thermosetting resin is measured in a dynamic viscoelasticity measurement, and the relationship between the elapsed time and the loss angle δ is evaluated to calculate the range of the elapsed time, within which the loss angle δ is 0.55 to 1.57 rad after the loss angle δ reached the maximum value, as the pressurization start range. The fiber-resin mixture is heated to the molding temperature and pressure application to the fiber-resin mixture is started within the pressurization start range, to obtain the molded article of the fiber-reinforced plastic.
US09999993B2
A system of retaining wall blocks, a method of assembling a retaining wall block assembly, and a mold for manufacturing retaining wall blocks having adjustable engagement configurations.
US09999991B2
Apparatus for heating plastic parisons, with a transport device which transports the plastic parisons along a predetermined transport path, and with at least one heating device, wherein the heating device has at least one first radiation source which emits thermal radiation as well as at least one reflector device which reflects at least a proportion of the thermal radiation emitted by the radiation source in the direction of the plastic parisons. The reflector device can be attached to the radiation source and has a support and a reflection component which bears against the support on at least one region and is suitable for reflection of the radiation.
US09999987B2
Provided is a method for bucking a stem that utilizes the combination of moving sensor and a fixed sensor. The fixed sensor measures a location of a first end of the stem travelling on a conveyor to determine a travel distance the first end has moved past the fixed sensor. The movable sensor measures a location of a second end of the stem to determine a sensor distance between the fixed sensor and the movable sensor. The length of the stem is determined by adding the travel distance to the sensor distance.
US09999983B2
A chipping-proof nonmetal inorganic solid-state material is characterized in that the inorganic solid-state material has, in at least a part of a surface thereof, a surface structure in which a network of recesses and protuberances surrounded by the recesses are formed, the protuberances have an average width of 5 nm to 50 nm, a physical property of the surface structure differs from the physical property of an interior of the inorganic solid-state material lying below the surface structure, and there is no solid-solid interface between the surface structure and the interior of the inorganic solid-state material.
US09999980B2
An adaptor for a shaving cartridge, where the adaptor is provided with at least one shaving aid, and wherein the adaptor is slidably mountable on a shaving cartridge having one or more shaving blades, each of shaving blades being provided with a cutting edge.
