US10032331B2
A color alteration interleaved wagering system is disclosed, including an interactive processing device constructed to: provide an interactive application display; receive display adjustment data; receive color compensation data; automatically configure the interactive application display; communicate application telemetry data; receive wagering telemetry and application resource data; automatically configure a wagering user interface; a wager controller constructed to: receive wager request data; determine and communicate wager outcome; and the process controller operatively connecting the interactive processing device and the wager controller, and constructed to: communicate display adjustment data; receive application telemetry data; determine whether to use a color alteration system; communicate color compensation data; determine whether there is a change in performance; when the change in performance is determined, notify an operator; when there is no change in performance determined, trigger a wager request; communicate wager request data; receive and scan wager outcome data; communicate wagering telemetry data and application resource data.
US10032327B1
An access control system with facial recognition comprising a casing, a door handle, an interaction unit, a locking unit, a triggering unit controlling an unlock/lock state of the locking unit and a facial recognition unit. The interaction unit has an operation panel arranged above the door handle and protruded from the casing at an inclined acute angle relative to a vertical surface of the casing. The facial recognition unit comprises a data storage module, an image collection module comprising an infrared camera and an optical camera for user face scanning, an image processing module and a determination module. The infrared camera and the optical camera are fixed on the operation panel of the interaction unit, which enables authentication for users of different heights. Furthermore, the access control system can also be unlocked by passcode and/or a RFID card.
US10032325B1
Disclosed herein are systems and methods for generating a signature on a card. The computer may present a user interface on a touch device having a bounding box that is specified by a width and height representative of a space on the card. The computer may receive signature data generated by an input stroke on the touch device. The computer may determine from the signature data coordinates of a signature represented by the input stroke. The computer may generate a set of points representing a curvature of the input stroke. The computer may scale the set of points such that the coordinates are maximized within the space. The computer may convert the scaled set of points from a vector format to a raster format. The raster formatted scaled set of points in the space may be imprinted on the card.
US10032323B2
The aspects of the present disclosure provide an assembly for acquiring operational data from a machine including a power generating device and a rotating component interconnected with the power generating device for transmitting power from the power generating device. The assembly may include a sensor assembly having a-sensor being interconnected to the rotating component for sensing operational data of the machine and a microprocessor communicatively connected to the sensor for receiving and interpreting the operational data sensed by the sensor.
US10032322B2
A tool for validation of a system for monitoring at least one piece of equipment in an aircraft engine, also comprising a computer configured to: collect observation data related to the equipment, calculate a current value of at least one quality indicator on a current quantity of observation data, estimate the probability that the current value of the quality indicator reaches a predetermined reliability criterion, thus forming a probabilistic reliability law, and estimate a minimum quantity of observation data from the probabilistic reliability law, starting from which the value of the quality indicator reaches a predetermined reliability criterion with a probability exceeding a predetermined value.
US10032318B1
An video analysis computing system driving analysis may include a camera associated with a first vehicle and having a viewing angle capable of capturing a video of one or more other vehicles in proximity to the first vehicle, a first memory location communicatively coupled to the camera, wherein the first memory location stores video data captured by the camera, and an evaluation module including a processor executing instructions that cause the processor to: evaluate the captured video stored in the first memory location to determine whether a driving event performed by a second vehicle has occurred, assign, in response to an identified driving event performed by the second vehicle, a driving event rating to a video showing the identified driving event, wherein the driving event rating may be calculated, at least in part, using a crowd-sourced driving event rating obtained after posting the video to a social network.
US10032314B2
A virtual reality headset system having a region configured to change its opacity is disclosed. The virtual reality headset system is configured to provide an immersive experience, but also to allow a user to see at least some portion of the outside world, at least some of the time. The headset has a casing that partially surrounds a display. The casing has an opening configured to receive the user's face. The casing has a region between the display and the user's face configured to change a degree of opacity. The region may be a window located in a non-front facing or lateral side of the casing.
US10032311B1
Present novel and non-trivial system, device, and method for enhancing a three-dimensional synthetic image are disclosed. The image generating system is comprised of a first image data source, a second image data source, an image processing unit (“IPU”), and a display system. The IPU may be configured to receive first image data of a first image of a first external scene produced from object data; receive second image data of a second image of a second external scene produced from point cloud data acquired by one or more image capturing devices or object data augmented with point cloud data; combine the first image data with the second image data to produce third image data of a third image of the first external scene; and provide the third image data set to the display system. Fourth image data could be received and included in the production of the three image data.
US10032308B2
A shader in a graphics pipeline accesses an object that represents a portion of a model of a scene in object space and one or more far-z values that indicate a furthest distance of a previously rendered portion of one or more tiles from a viewpoint used to render the scene on a screen. The one or more tiles overlap a bounding box of the object in a plane of the screen. The shader culls the object from the graphics pipeline in response to the one or more far-z values being smaller than a near-z value that represents a closest distance of a portion of the object to the viewpoint.
US10032303B2
Particular embodiments receive a request to display images in a scrolling 3D presentation. Images are retrieved according to selection criteria. The images may be sorted according to sorting criteria. Sponsored images may be inserted into the scrolling 3D presentation. The scrolling 3D presentation of images is provided for display on a computing device associated with a viewer. Images in the scrolling 3D presentation are rendered so as to sequentially approach the viewer according to a perspective of the viewer. Control requests related to the scrolling 3D presentation may be received from the viewer, from a social-networking system, or from a third-party server. A control interface may be provided for the viewer to submit control requests.
US10032295B2
A tomography apparatus and a method of processing a tomography image are provided. The tomography apparatus includes a data acquirer configured to acquire a first image corresponding to a first time point and a second image corresponding to a second time point, based on data that is obtained from performing tomography on a moving object, acquire first information indicating a movement of the object between the first time point and the second time point, and determine a motion reliability indicating a degree to which the movement of the object corresponds to a physical movement, based on the first information. The tomography apparatus further includes an image reconstructor configured to reconstruct a target image indicating the object at a target time point, based on the motion reliability.
US10032294B2
Method and system for obtaining tomosynthesis and material decomposition images of an object of interest using a system comprising an x-ray source facing a detector. The method comprises generating a 2D material decomposition image of an object of interest from at least two sets of acquisitions. Each set is performed at a different energy spectrum and comprises at least one projection image or a plurality of projection images acquired at different x-ray source angulation positions, and the 2D material decomposition image can be generated for a predetermined orientation selected from one of said different x-ray source angulation positions or from a virtual orientation. At least one of the plurality of 3D volume portion images and/or the 2D contrast enhanced material decomposition image are displayed for review by a health care professional.
US10032292B2
A portable pervasive device includes a combined visual and thermal display. The user is able to detect texture of displayed objects visually and through touching the combined display. A software application pre-defines color codes and temperature settings for a plurality of textures on a graded scale including smooth, soft, and rough. The object is then shown on the display using the color codes and temperature settings for at lest one surface of the object.
US10032288B2
Provided is a method and system for integrating multiple image markers to generate a single integral image marker for configuring content such as game content. The present invention proposes a method of expressing, in a global coordinate system, feature points for each image marker whose positions are expressed in their local coordinate system by calculating relative positions of the image markers and applying the calculated relative positions to the image makers other than a reference image maker to transform 3D positions of feature points in each image marker.
US10032282B2
Techniques are disclosed for learning and modeling a background for a complex and/or dynamic scene over a period of observations without supervision. A background/foreground component of a computer vision engine may be configured to model a scene using an array of ART networks. The ART networks learn the regularity and periodicity of the scene by observing the scene over a period of time. Thus, the ART networks allow the computer vision engine to model complex and dynamic scene backgrounds in video.
US10032277B2
Technologies for displaying graphical elements on a graphical user interface include a wearable computing device to generate a captured image. The wearable computing device analyzes the captured image to generate image location metric data for one or more prospective locations on the graphical user interface at which to place a graphical element. The image location metric data indicates one or more image characteristics of the corresponding prospective location. The wearable computing device determines appropriateness data for each prospective location based on the corresponding image location metric data. The appropriate data indicates a relative suitability of the corresponding location for display of the graphical element. The wearable computing device selects one of the prospective locations based on the appropriateness data and displays the graphical element on the graphical user interface at the selected prospective location.
US10032276B1
The described positional awareness techniques employing visual-inertial sensory data gathering and analysis hardware with reference to specific example implementations implement improvements in the use of sensors, techniques and hardware design that can enable specific embodiments to provide positional awareness to machines with improved speed and accuracy.
US10032274B2
There is provided a calibration apparatus for calculating a camera installation parameter with respect to a flat surface without preparing two sets of parallel lines on the flat surface, with respect to which the camera installation parameter is to be obtained. An acquirer acquires a photographed image of two linearly-extending lines substantially perpendicular to a flat surface. An extractor extracts the two linearly-extending lines from the acquired image through image processing. A calculator calculates a vanishing point from the extracted two linearly-extending lines and calculates a camera installation parameter with respect to the flat surface on the basis of coordinates of the vanishing point and given coordinates different from the coordinates of the vanishing point.
US10032265B2
Methods and systems of detecting tampering in a digital image includes using hybrid large feature mining to identify one or more regions of an image in which tampering has occurred. Detecting tampering in a digital image with hybrid large feature mining may include spatial derivative large feature mining and transform-domain large feature mining. In some embodiments, known ensemble learning techniques are employed to address high feature dimensionality. detecting inpainting forgery includes mining features of a digital image under scrutiny based on a spatial derivative, mining one or more features of the digital image in a transform-domain; and detecting inpainting forgery in the digital image under scrutiny at least in part by the features mined based on the spatial derivative and at least in part by the features mined in the transform-domain.
US10032260B2
A method and electronic device for processing an image in an electronic device. The method includes predicting the number of surfaces which can be partitioned in image data; determining an inverse distortion rendering method corresponding to the predicted number of surfaces as a method for inverse distortion rendering of the image data; rendering the image data to a distorted image based on the determined inverse distortion rendering method; and displaying the distorted image.
US10032251B2
The present disclosure relates to a display device, a display system and a resolution adjusting method. The display device comprises a display screen, and further comprises: a distance sensor and an adjusting unit, wherein the distance sensor comprises: a particle emitter for emitting a first particle beam to a viewer; a particle receiver for receiving the first particle beam reflected by the viewer, and wherein the adjusting unit adjusts a resolution of the display screen based on an energy density of the emitted first particle beam and an energy density of the received first particle beam.
US10032238B2
A method for processing online transactions includes receiving account identification information and second data. The second data is transformed from first data under the control of first identification information obtained from an identification document of a first person. The method also includes identifying second identification information of a second person stored with an account based on the account identification information. The method further includes transforming the second data to the first data under the control of the second identification information. The method also includes performing an action associated with the first data.
US10032235B2
A method for crowd sourcing tasks may include identifying a group of potential candidates for crowd sourcing. Each candidate of the group of potential candidates may be identified based on the candidate being expected to accept a certain type of task. The certain type of task may be at least a task that is performable within a predetermined range of time. The method may also include receiving a request to perform a particular task from a requester. The method may additionally include determining if the particular task is the certain type of task. The method may further include transmitting an offer for performance of the particular task to at least a subgroup of the group of potential candidates in response to the particular task being the certain type of task.
US10032226B1
Systems and methods for the automatic exchange of insurance information in response to a collision event are provided. A wireless communication device may collect telematics data related to operation of a vehicle. The wireless communication device may detect the occurrence of a collision event involving the vehicle based on the telematics data collected. The wireless communication device may discover another wireless communication device locating in the vicinity of the collision event that has also detected a collision event. The wireless device may initiate an exchange of insurance information with that other wireless communication device. Other types of information may be exchanged between the wireless devices as well as between an insurance system in signal communication with the wireless devices in response to a collision event.
US10032224B2
The invention herein generally pertains to underwriting an insurance policy utilizing sensors to detect, determine, measure and assess one or more conditions, states of affairs, physical properties and process as each relates an insurable property interest. More specifically is disclosed a method and computerized system for managing the underwriting, quoting and binding an insurance policy with regard to the technology used to militate against the financial consequences of certain property losses. The significance of operable safety related devices or system loads are important diagnostic safety markers for measuring one or more properties affecting the safety or risk aversion and for underwriting an insurable interest. This invention also relates to a system and a method for acquiring and assessing the qualities, variables and parameters that affect the underwriting premium for a building structure (commercial or residential), vehicle, aircraft, marine craft or cargo.
US10032215B2
The present invention provides a network server with enhanced graphics and improved methods for displaying articles offered for purchase, to allow a purchaser to fully evaluate the article while shopping “on-line.” In a particular embodiment, a virtual showroom associated with the network server may be provided, for displaying first and second articles. A first electronic image representing the first article and a second electronic image representing the second article may also be provided. The second article may be complementary to the first article, such that the second article may be worn in conjunction with the first article. In another embodiment, a user may have the option to overlay the first electronic image with the second electronic image. In a particular embodiment, the second electronic image may include an at least partially translucent depiction of a substantial portion of the second article.
US10032214B2
Systems and methods to extract and utilize textual semantics are described. The system receives item information that describes an item for publication on a network-based publication system and analyses the item information to generate application information that identifies a plurality of applications. The plurality of applications includes a first application that further includes the item as a first component of the first application. The system stores a listing in a database that includes the application information and the item information and publishes the listing on the network-based publication system.
US10032207B2
A product placement engine and method for automatically identifying products for association with a document, the engine including a parser, an analysis module adapted to determine word scores and to adjust the word scores of the words by predetermined weightings, a keyword constructor module adapted to construct a keyword query search string using words having the highest word scores, a search engine adapted to search a products database having product records to identify products satisfying the keyword query search string and assign product scores, and a post processing module adapted to identify word matches in each of the product records and the document and update the product score.
US10032205B2
A system, method and computer product for displaying product information is described herein. The system, for example, includes a memory device, a price bracketing module, and a price display module. The search engine module receives a product search request and search results data from the memory device associated with the product search request. The search results data include a plurality of product records. Each of the product records includes a price assigned with the associated product and an access number associated with the product. The access number being related to a number of times the product has been accessed by customers. The price bracketing module receives establishes a dynamic search result price range and a dynamic price multiple as a function of the search results data. The price display module responsively establishes a selectable list of price ranges associated with the product search request.
US10032194B2
Exemplary methods, apparatuses, and systems receive a first input that is associated with a first user profile of a social networking system. The first input includes content, such as a string of text, to be published to the system. A key word is mapped from the received content to an entity and additional content that is an affirmation of support for the entity is suggested for inclusion with the received content. The suggestion of the additional content is transmitted to a user device associated with the first user. A second input confirming the inclusion of the additional content is received. The received content and the additional content are published to the social networking system as a post associated with the first user profile.
US10032189B2
A social networking system generates socially-relevant stories for a user based on actions taken by other users to whom the user is connected. The social networking system may receive a request for a sponsored story for a viewing user and may select information about one or more actions performed by one or more users to whom the viewing user is connected to identify one of a plurality of candidate information for a sponsored story based on one or more criteria (e.g., affinity of the viewing user for the candidates, expected value for the candidates, etc.). The social networking system may also generate the sponsored story and generate a feed comprising the sponsored story and news stories (e.g., non-sponsored stories) about one or more users of the social networking system with whom the viewing user is connected. This feed may be provided for display to the viewing user.
US10032186B2
In one embodiment, a method includes deploying an application to a plurality of client systems associated with a plurality of users, respectively, wherein the application is installed on each of the client systems, and wherein one or more treatments can be remotely activated on the application, receiving, from a first client system associated with a first user of the plurality of users, a request from the application installed on the first client system to access the application server, determining whether the first user belongs in a treatment group associated with a first treatment, remotely activating the first treatment on the first client system associated with the first user if the first user belongs in the treatment group, and synchronizing activation of the first treatment in response to subsequent access by the first client system.
US10032178B2
A mobile station, system, and method for collecting information. The mobile station including a controller which can determine a current location of the mobile station, output the name of one or more selected persons corresponding to a predetermined geographic area (such as a current location of the mobile station), and receive an identifier corresponding to the selected person via an input device. The mobile station may also communicate, via wired and/or wireless communication means, with a system for uploading/downloading and/or processing information such as petition signatures.
US10032174B2
An inquiry handler may be configured to receive one or more customer inquiries in response to one or more pre-sales documents associated with a product. An opportunity parser may be configured to determine a sales opportunity associated with the one or more customer inquiries based on the pre-sales documents. An activity engine may be configured to track one or more sales activities performed with respect to the sales opportunity and in response to the one or more customer inquiries. A status engine may be configured to determine a status of each of the one or more customer inquiries based on the one or more sales activities. A report generator may be configured to generate one or more activity reports associated with the sales opportunity based on the one or more customer inquiries and including the status associated with each customer inquiry.
US10032172B2
A privacy compliance measurement system, according to particular embodiments, is configured to determine compliance with one or more privacy compliance requirements by an organization or sub-group of the organization. In various embodiments, the system is configured to determine a privacy maturity rating for each of a plurality of sub-groups within an organization. In some embodiments, the privacy maturity rating is based at least in part on: (1) a frequency of risks or issues identified with Privacy Impact Assessments (PIAs) performed or completed by the one or sub-groups; (2) a relative training level of members of the sub-groups with regard to privacy related matters; (3) a breadth and amount of personal data collected by the sub-groups; and/or (4) etc. In various embodiments, the system is configured to automatically modify one or more privacy campaigns based on the determined privacy maturity ratings.
US10032171B2
Methods are described for performing a timely authorization of digital credential data delivered from a mobile device that is without access to a local persistently stored permanent cryptographic key; through an interrogation with a point-of-sale that behaves according to the direction of a card specification; wherein the card specification expects the mobile device to create a cryptogram that is calculated, at least in part, using the permanent cryptographic key and, at least in part, from unpredictable data delivered from the point-of-sale to the mobile device during the interrogation.
US10032169B2
This invention is a comprehensive “Dynamic Security Code” (“DSC”) System (“DSC System”) that can change the security code of a prepaid, debit, or credit card (“Payment Card”). In an effort to thwart Card-Not-Present (“CNP”) fraud, the DSC System provides dynamic security code values (“DSC Values”) that have a limited use. The DSC Values provided by this DSC System can be calculated by various methodologies and can be used within existing standard payment card infrastructures. The DSC System can also be used with other form factors and in other environments not related to payments such as balance inquiries. The DSC Values can be calculated by a DSC Generator Server or on the card itself.
US10032168B2
Methods and apparatuses, including computer program products, are described for secure validation of financial transactions. A server computing device registers a mobile device to receive notification messages from the server computing device. The server computing device transmits a notification message via a first communication channel to a notification agent executing on the registered mobile device, where the message identifies activity associated with a financial account of a user of the registered mobile device. The server computing device receives a response to the notification message via a second communication channel from an application executing on the registered mobile device, if the notification message requires a response. The server computing device stores the response in a database coupled to the server computing device, and determines whether to (i) allow, (ii) deny, or (iii) deny and report as fraud the identified activity based upon the response.
US10032165B2
A method of centralized identity authentication for use in connection with a communications network includes registering users of the communications network such that each registered user's identity is uniquely defined and determinable, and registering a plurality of vendors having a presence on the communications network. The registered vendors selectively transact with registered users, wherein the transactions include: (i) the registered vendor selling goods and/or services to the registered user; (ii) the registered vendor granting the registered user access to personal records maintained by the registered vendor; and/or (iii) the registered vendor communicating to the registered user personal information maintained by the registered vendor. The method also includes each user's identity being authenticated over the communications network prior to completion of transactions between registered vendors and registered users.
US10032150B2
An electronic parking meter mechanism is provided. The electronic meter mechanism includes an inner housing, an electronic display screen and a wireless communication subsystem configured to wirelessly communicate with a parking management system. The electronic meter mechanism includes a first processor configured to control the electronic display screen, and a second processor configured to control communication of data by the wireless communication subsystem.
US10032145B1
A system and method for sharing revenue associated with a video is disclosed. The method includes generating a popularity score for a first video based at least in part on first popularity data. The popularity score is indicative of present and future popularity of the first video. The method also includes retrieving historical data includes historical popularity and profitability of multiple videos submitted by an owner of the first video, in response to determining that the popularity score for the first video is greater than a predetermined value. The method also includes determining that the first video is eligible to participate in a revenue sharing program based at least in part on the retrieved historical data. The method includes generating a message for a client device associated with the owner of the first video to invite the owner of the first video to participate in the revenue sharing program.
US10032141B1
Systems and methods for preparing customer check deposit requests with a mobile device and a reflective surface are described. A check frame is positioned between a customer mobile device with a built-in camera and a mirror such that, when a check is placed in the check frame, the camera can view both sides of the check simultaneously. The camera can take a single picture that includes both sides of the check, process it, and submit it as a check deposit request to the customer's financial institution.
US10032136B1
A system and method schedule work within a workflow with defined process goals. A plurality of work queues are defined that comprise work items. The plurality of work queues are associated with one or more links between a parent work queue and at least one child work queue to form at least one work process. At least one work process goal is defined for each work process. A work schedule to achieve the work process goals is generated.
US10032106B2
The disclosure relates to a temperature-controlled oscillator. Embodiments disclosed include a temperature-compensated oscillator (100) comprising: a first capacitive charging circuit (101) connected between a supply voltage connection (104) and a common connection (105), comprising a first transistor (106) and a first capacitor (107), the first transistor (106) arranged to switch states when the first capacitor (107) is charged above a threshold voltage of the first transistor (106); a second capacitive charging circuit (102) connected between the supply voltage connection (104) and the common connection (105), comprising a second transistor (109) and a second capacitor (110) arranged to begin discharging when the first transistor (106) switches states, the second transistor (109) arranged to switch states when the second capacitor (110) is discharged below a voltage equal to a supply voltage (VDD) at the supply voltage connection (104) minus a threshold voltage of the second transistor (109); and a third capacitive charging circuit (103) connected between the supply voltage connection (104) and the common connection (105), comprising a third transistor (111) and a third capacitor (112) arranged to begin discharging when the second transistor (109) switches states, the third transistor (111) arranged to switch states when the third capacitor (112) discharges below a threshold voltage of the third transistor (111).
US10032099B2
Weighted transaction cards and methods of manufacturing the same. The weighted transaction cards may include a metallic member that comprises at least a portion of a layer of the transaction card. The metallic member may be encapsulated and/or disposed in an opening of a surround to define an inlay. The inlay may be laminated with one or more additional layers according to traditional card manufacturing techniques (e.g., a hot lamination process). The weighted transaction cards may have a weight significantly greater than traditional plastic transaction cards such that the weighted transaction cards. The inlay may include an antenna for contactless or dual interface with transaction card readers.
US10032097B2
A storage section configured to store image data of a raster form therein, a processing section configured to process the image data in a unit of an image block having a predetermined block size in a raster direction, and a control section configured to provide the processing section with information related to the block size and an image size are provided, and the processing section performs counting from the beginning of the image data, and obtains, in a lump, from the storage section, image data corresponding to Wb pixels that are successive from an N-th pixel represented by N=(n−1)Wa+(m−1)Wb+1, wherein Wa and Wb respectively denote the image size and the block size in the raster direction, m and n denote parameters for specifying the location of an image block.
US10032090B2
A system (2) including a geometric fit score database (360) configured to store a plurality of 3-D models of faces and a pre-calculated geometric fit score for each of one or more patient interface devices for each of one or more of the faces, and a first processing unit (380) including a match finding unit (382) configured to match the 3-D model of the patient's face with one or more of the stored 3-D models of faces and to use the pre-calculated geometric fit score for each of the one or more of the patient interface devices for the one or more matched faces to determine the geometric fit score for each of the one or more patient interface devices for the patient's face.
US10032087B2
The orientation of imagery relative to a compass bearing may be determined based on the position of the sun or other information relating to celestial bodies captured in the image.
US10032077B1
Various technologies pertaining to identification of vehicle tracks in synthetic aperture radar coherent change detection image data are described herein. Coherent change detection images are analyzed in a parameter space using Radon transforms. Peaks of the Radon transforms correspond to features of interest, including vehicle tracks, which are identified and classified. New coherent change detection images in which the features of interest and their characteristics are signified are then generated using inverse Radon transforms.
US10032075B2
Disclosed herein are systems and methods wherein the iris biometric of an individual person is acquired using a mobile or static device. This acquisition may involve the use of active illumination and repeated use of the camera and processor, as examples. These modules consume considerable power however, and this can significantly reduce battery life. There is a need therefore for a power-efficient iris recognition system.
US10032070B1
Described herein is an apparatus and method for gait recognition. The apparatus includes circuitry that is configured to receive a gait sequence including a predetermined number of image frames of a subject. The received gait sequence is processed to generate a gait-energy-image (GEI). A plurality of Gabor filter responses is computed by convoluting the generated GEI with a bank of Gabor filters, wherein the filter bank includes a first predetermined number of unique scales, and a second predetermined number of unique orientations. Further, the circuitry is configured to partition, each Gabor filter response of the computed plurality of Gabor filter responses, into a predetermined number of overlapping regions and extract, a predetermined number of statistical features only from the overlapping regions, the extracted statistical features corresponding to texture content of the subject. The circuitry eventually recognizes the subject based on a classification of the extracted statistical features.
US10032064B2
The disclosure features methods and systems that include a detector configured to obtain multiple images of a sample stained with first and second stains, where the first and second stains have similar spectral absorption and emission profiles, and an electronic processor configured to decompose the multiple images into an unmixed image set, where the unmixed image set includes a first unmixed image corresponding to the first stain and a second unmixed image corresponding to the second stain, and identify nuclear regions in the sample based on the first unmixed image and identify cytoplasm regions in the sample based on the second unmixed image.
US10032061B2
An intelligent touch sensing device, including: a first electrode group having a first plurality of first electrodes; a second electrode group having a second plurality of second electrodes, each of the second electrodes being coupled with at least one active switch and the second plurality being larger than the first plurality; and a touch detection unit coupled with the first electrode group and with the second electrode group for performing a first touch detection procedure or performing the first detection procedure and then a second touch detection procedure as optionally required by an application program, the first touch detection procedure being acting on the first electrode group, and the second touch detection procedure being acting on at least one region of the second electrode group, wherein the at least one region is determined according to a detection result of the first touch detection procedure.
US10032054B2
A rotatable assembly includes a rotatable collar, a rotatable stopper and a fixed stopper. The rotatable collar has a first slide groove. The rotatable stopper includes a first slider and a second slider which are opposite to each other. The first slider slidably is installed in the first slide groove. The rotatable collar is rotatable relative to the rotatable stopper within a first rotatable angle by the first slider. The fixed stopper has a second slide groove. The second slider is slidably installed in the second slide groove. The rotatable stopper is rotatable relative to the fixed stopper within a second rotatable angle by the second slider. A sum of the first rotatable angle and the second rotatable angle is 360 degrees.
US10032052B2
Embodiments of the invention include delay line circuitry that is integrated with an organic substrate. Organic dielectric material and a plurality of conductive layers form the organic substrate. The delay line circuitry includes a piezoelectric transducer to receive a guided electromagnetic wave signal and to generate an acoustic wave signal to be transmitted with an acoustic transmission medium. An acoustic reflector is communicatively coupled to the acoustic transmission medium. The acoustic reflector receives a plurality of acoustic wave signals from the acoustic transmission medium and reflects acoustic wave signals to the piezoelectric transducer using the acoustic transmission medium. The transducer converts the reflected acoustic signals into electromagnetic waves which are then transmitted back through the antenna and decoded by the reader.
US10032051B2
An approach is provided in which an RFID reader receives a response signal from an RFID tag affixed to an object. The RFID reader determines a tag charging time of the RFID tag based upon a first point in time that the RFID reader sent a request signal to the RFID tag and a second point in time that the response signal was received by the RFID reader. In turn, the RFID reader identifies a location of the object based on the tag charging time and generates a notification that includes the location of the object.
US10032040B1
Content packs are provided for identifying a plurality of authorized web-based resources, wherein a web browser is configured to prevent access to web-based resources not identified by content packs installed in the web browser. Accordingly one or more of content packs are selected and installed in the web browser, and one or more featured resources are identified from a plurality of authorized web-based resources provided by the installed content packs. An account access page provided by the web browser is automatically configured with one or more access links corresponding to the one or more featured resources, with each featured resource providing a web-based entry point to one or more web-based resources made available by the installed one or more content packs.
US10032033B2
The disclosed computer-implemented method for protecting backed-up data from ransomware attacks may include (1) determining that a backup system periodically backs up at least one file stored at a computing device to a remote storage system by storing a copy of the file at the remote storage system, (2) identifying one or more characteristics of the file backed up by the backup system, (3) storing a tripwire file with the one or more characteristics at the computing device, (4) determining that the file stored at the computing device has likely been encrypted by ransomware executing on the computing device by detecting that the tripwire file has been modified, (5) performing an action that prevents the backup system from replacing the copy of the file at the remote storage system with a copy of the encrypted file. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
US10032018B2
A password recovery technique for access to a system includes receiving a request from a first party to recover the first party's password to access the system, receiving a selection of a second party from the first party, sending a message to the second party requesting that the second party authorize the request to recover the first party's password, receiving authorization from the second party for the request to recover the first party's password, and resetting the first party's password responsive to receiving authorization from the second party.
US10032017B2
Methods are disclosed for identity key management in networked application execution. In one embodiment, an identifier request is transmitted from a client system to a server system, in which an identity key value in the identifier request is blank. Upon detecting the blank identity key value at the server system, the server system operates to generate a new identity key value and an identifier for the new identity key value. The new identity key value and the identifier for the new identity key value are transmitted from the server system to the client system. The new identity key value is stored in a local store of the client system. The local store of the client system is secured by a passcode and persists data through power cycling of the client system. The identifier is used to track execution of a networked application in an anonymous execution mode.
US10032012B2
A storage device capable of fingerprint identification includes a first storage, a first controller and a second storage. The first storage is configured to store a registered fingerprint. The first controller is configured to compare the registered fingerprint with an input fingerprint, wherein the input fingerprint is obtained in response to a touch event. The second storage is configured to store a data. The data is, in response to a fingerprint comparison result, selectively allowed to be accessible or prohibited from being accessible to a host.
US10032005B2
Embodiments of the invention provide systems and methods to provide safe, secure and accurate point-to-point delivery of prescription and non-prescription drugs in the long-term home care or ambulatory care environment. More specifically, embodiments of the present invention provide for a low-cost, easy-to-use system comprised of a secure drug dispensing unit and medication enclosure combined with wireless connectivity and software based on smart mobile phone technology. Such systems and methods, referred to herein as a Secure, Control, and Enhance Medication Adherence (SCEMA) system, can mitigate the aforementioned risks associated with the use of prescription and non-prescription drugs. These risks can be significantly reduced for the elderly in the homecare environment, as well as the general public, without disrupting, or a significantly increasing the cost, to the existing prescription and non-prescription drug distribution infrastructure. In addition, the SCEMA system can provide a powerful platform for drug research.
US10032002B2
Medical patient monitoring devices that have the capability of detecting the physical proximity of a clinician are disclosed. The medical patient monitoring devices may be configured to perform a first selected action when the presence of a clinician is detected in a first detection area, and to perform a second selected action when the presence of the clinician is detected in a second detection area. The medical patient monitoring devices may be configured to determine whether a clinician is present in a detection area based on the strength of a signal from a clinician token, and based on a signal strength adjustment value associated with the clinician token. When the presence of a clinician is detected in a detection area, the medical patient monitoring devices may be configured to perform a predetermined action that is determined from a remote database communicatively coupled thereto.
US10031997B1
Defect information obtained from a test wafer is received. The test wafer was fabricated according to an Integrated. Circuit (IC) design layout. A plurality of first regions of interest (ROIs) is received based on the defect information. The first ROIs each correspond to a region of the IC design layout where a wafer defect has occurred. A frequency domain analysis is performed for the first ROIs. A wafer defect probability is forecast for the IC design layout based at least in part on the frequency domain analysis.
US10031994B1
Disclosed herein are systems and methods to reduce wirelength and congestion in an integrated circuit (IC) design. The systems and methods disclosed herein may be implemented during a detailed placement stage of IC design to identify and select a cell for relocation and determine an area of interest to which the cell can be relocated. The systems and methods may identify one or more potential locations within the area of interest where the cell can be relocated to, and then determine a cost based upon the wirelength and/or congestion for the selected cell, at each of the one or more potential locations. Upon determining that a potential location may have a lower cost compared to the original location of the selected cell, the systems and methods may relocate the selected cell to the potential location.
US10031987B2
Integrated circuits (ICs) rely on static timing analysis during their design to ensure that they will operate at desired frequencies. Delays between sequential elements (e.g., latches and flip-flops) are constrained to meet target clock periods. Certain signals, however, such as untimed nets may be excluded from timing constraints if the circuit function does not require these nets to switch and propagate to sequential elements within the clock period. However, a signal marked as “untimed” may have been mistakenly specified by the designer as an untimed net. To verify that an untimed net does not negatively impact the function of the design logic, the embodiments herein generate upstream and downstream event networks using shadow logic that corresponds to design logic upstream and downstream of the untimed net. A metastability network coupled to these networks is used to model nondeterminism and metastability resulting from transitions or potential glitches on the untimed net.
US10031986B1
The present disclosure relates to a system and method for performing Path-Based Analysis (PBA) of an electronic circuit design. Embodiments may include receiving a command to create a spice deck of a timing path associated with the electronic circuit design. In response to receiving the command, embodiments may further include initiating PBA for the timing path and identifying one or more stages within the timing path. Embodiments may also include performing a delay calculation for each of the one or more stages and generating a stage spice deck for each of the one or more stages based upon, at least in part, information from the delay calculation, wherein the stage spice deck encapsulates all elements of the stage. Embodiments may further include connecting the stage spice deck for each of the one or more stages in series to form a complete path spice deck.
US10031979B2
An improved method and system for identifying individual users accessing a web site. A web site server is able to identify distinct users by using a unique identifier associated with each client computer system requesting access to the web site. The unique identifier comprises an Internet address, such as an Internet Protocol (IP) address, and a time value associated with each client computer system requesting access to the web site. On starting up a web browser, an application program or browser plug-in may synchronize the internal clock included with the client computer system with a global time standard. The synchronized time value may be based on an event associated with the client computer system, such as the start of a web browser. A web site server may determine the uniqueness of the client computer system by comparing unique identifier records of users accessing the web site. A user may be identified as distinct if no matching record exists in the database. Multiple client computer systems having a common Internet address may be identified by using this method. Users privacy is also protected as the unique identifiers are erased when the client computer system's user exits the web browser or powers down the computer.
US10031974B1
A method for searching assigned planograms corresponding to a floor plan includes receiving an indication of a type of search to conduct and a search parameter. The computer-implemented method further includes searching determining if the search is for a planogram or for a product contained within a planogram. When the search is for a planogram, the property of the planogram corresponding to the search type is compared to the search parameter. When the search is for a product, the property of each product contained within each planogram corresponding to the search type is compared to the search parameter. A list of all planograms matching the search parameter or containing a product that matches the search parameter is generated. The list is interpreted by a display device running a store layout application to depict the matching planograms in a first color and non-matching planograms in a second color.
US10031973B2
Disclosed is a method and system for identifying a sensor to be deployed in a physical environment. The method may comprise storing sensor data and metadata of the plurality of sensors in a data store. Further, the method may comprise deriving sensor information comprising at least one of thematic information, temporal information, and spatial information. The method may further comprise creating sensor ontology to define a relationship between the sensor data, the metadata, and the sensor information. The sensor ontology may be stored in a knowledge repository of the data store. The method may further comprise receiving and decomposing the search query into at least one of a basic query component and an inferred query component. Finally, the method may comprise executing the basic query component or the inferred query component on the data store and the knowledge repository respectively in order to identify the sensor.
US10031961B1
Systems, methods, and software program products discussed herein can create a backup or replica of a master. A method can include receiving, at a backup server, a serialized stream of data representative of changes to a first file of a computer and sorting the received stream of data and storing the sorted data in a memory. The method can include sending an acknowledgment to the computer indicating that the stream of data was received, writing all the sorted data to a single second file, and merging, on the backup server, the written data with data representative of a backup of data on the computer in response to writing all the sorted data to the single second file.
US10031954B2
A method, implemented on at least one computing device each of which has at least one processor, storage, and a communication platform connected to a network for presenting a search result in a search result card, the method includes receiving from a user, an input associated with a search query; fetching one or more search results in accordance with the search query; generating a search result card for each of the one or more search results; and presenting to the user, one or more search result cards as a response to the search query, the one or more search result cards corresponding to the one or more search results, respectively.
US10031952B2
An approach is provided for automatically ingesting additional corpus based on an interaction history that is mined to identify a question that meets specified answer deficiency criteria, and then generate a second question which is correlated to the first question by requesting additional answer information for answering the first question, where the second question is posted to a forum using a selected persona so that forum responses can be monitored and ingested as additional content in the knowledge base.
US10031951B1
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for processing local search results. In one aspect, a method determines a first local document in a set of local documents for search results is eligible for a demotion operation. The determination is based at least in part on a proximity measure based on the location of the user device and a location specified for the first local document. In response to the determination, for each other local documents in the set of local documents, a proximity measure location of the user device and the location specified for the other local document is determined. The first local document is demoted in its ranking when at least one of the proximity measures indicates a respective other local document has a specified location that is within a threshold distance of the location of the user device.
US10031940B2
A method includes receiving, by a database system, a query statement and forming a runtime plan tree in accordance with the query statement. The method also includes traversing the runtime plan tree including determining whether a function node of the runtime plan tree is qualified for just-in-time (JIT) compilation. Additionally, the method includes, upon determining that the function node is a qualified for JIT compilation producing a string key in accordance with a function of the function node and determining whether a compiled object corresponding to the string key is stored in a compiled object cache.
US10031932B2
A method for extending a tag of an information resource in an information network may be provided. The method may include providing a group of tags, stored in a database, in a user interface, and selecting at least one tag out of the group of tags and linking the tag to an information resource using the user interface. Furthermore, the method may include extending the tag, such that the resulting extended tag may be a semantically structured string of characters building a first expression including a first operand, a first operator and a first value, wherein the tag may be the operand, such that the extended tag is machine-interpretable by a parser, such that the information resource may be tagged with the machine-interpretable, extended tag.
US10031929B2
A method of accommodating at least one difference between a first database schema and a second database schema is provided. The method includes receiving a request generated by an application program using a first version of a database schema, and generating a response including a reserved element that corresponds to a custom slot provided in the first version of the database schema. The method further includes communicating the response to the application program.
US10031924B2
A system for document searching can include a camera. The system may further include an image capturing module configured to capture a first image of a first portion of a document, a feature recognition module in communication with the image capturing module, the feature recognition module configured to determine a first feature associated with the first image, a search module configured to send search information to a server and receive a first result from a first search of a set of documents that was performed based on one or more search criteria determined based on the first feature associated with the first image, and a search interface configured to present the first result on the device.
US10031923B2
Providing search results includes: receiving a set of one or more search keywords; obtaining a plurality of search results that are generated in response to a search performed using the set of one or more search keywords, the plurality of search results each having corresponding region attribute information; establishing a set of one or more regions according to at least region attribute information of the plurality of search results; generating display information associated with the set of one or more regions, the display information comprising one or more of: textual information, graphic information, or geographical location information; and causing the display information to be displayed.
US10031921B2
The various embodiments described herein include methods and systems for storage of media item metadata. In one aspect, a method is performed at a server system with one or more processors and memory. The method includes receiving, from a client device, metadata corresponding to a modified media item, where the modified media item is a modified version of a media item corresponding to a particular node in a family tree within a database of media items. The method further includes, in response to receiving the metadata corresponding to the modified media item, appending, to the family tree, a new leaf node that is linked to the particular node, where the new leaf node corresponds to the modified media item.
US10031915B2
The method includes identifying, by one or more computer processors, a first content consumed by a user. The method further includes identifying, by one or more computer processors, objects in the first content. The method further includes identifying, by one or more computer processors, a second content on the Internet that is similar to the first content, wherein the second content includes one or more objects that reach a threshold similarity to the identified objects in the first content. The method further includes identifying, by one or more computer processors, a date of creation for the identified first content and the date of creation of the second content. The method further includes arranging, by one or more computer processors, the identified first content and the identified second content in chronological order.
US10031908B2
Disclosed is a system and method for suggesting messages that are automatically learned, personalized and diversified by leveraging messages sent by a large number of users in order to provide message completions that are as engaging as possible. The disclosed systems and methods learn from recurrent messages sent to a recipient, and suggest message completions based upon user behavior. The systems and methods compute a ranked list of suggested message completions after every key stroke or character input, and if the list satisfies a given confidence threshold, it is returned and displayed to the user.
US10031904B2
A method for interacting with a database stored in an object grid is described. The database is given attributes of a spreadsheet. Elements stored in the database are represented and addressed as cells of a spreadsheet. Cells can store data objects, including formulas, and executable scripts. The spreadsheet can evaluate formulas, carry out the program instructions of executable scripts, and perform complex event processing. Interaction with the spreadsheet is accomplished through the use of structured data messages which include instructions, spreadsheet and cell addressing and, optionally, data elements.
US10031898B2
Systems and methods for a domain split display are provided. A first request call directed to a first domain is received. In response, a first response is transmitted to a client device, which causes generation of a parent page comprising a content iframe that is a child frame of the parent page. The parent page is associated with the first domain and the content iframe is associated with a second domain. A second request call directed to a second domain is received and a second response is transmitted to the client device. The second response causes a plurality of grandchild iframes to be generated within the content iframe, whereby a first grandchild iframe is associated with the first domain and a second grandchild iframe is associated with the second domain. The plurality of grandchild iframes are sibling iframes at a same level that are enabled to communicate with each other regardless of domain. The system causes resizing of the content iframe based on a communication of a size requirement between the first grandchild iframe and the second grandchild iframe and based on a communication of the size requirement between the first grandchild iframe and the parent page.
US10031896B2
A method whereby dynamic, interactive, two or more dimensional media can be assembled and delivered where the need for pre-packaged binary content files and pre-compiled content is eliminated by using a markup language, a standard URI to identify local and/or remote media resources within a markup text, a standard protocol to retrieve the resource, a parser to load resources from the native format and a markup language to define behavior and where dynamic, interactive, n-dimensional media is achieved by using a markup language, connecting or embedding content into a local or remote data source, dragging-and-dropping markup text into a content provider application, updating content using a form, establishing a two-way connection between content and one or more data sources such that changing to the data source(s) and seeing the results propagate to the scene changing the content and seeing the results propagate to the data source(s) and using a markup language to issue commands, configure interaction, and create behavior.
US10031891B2
A system and process are disclosed for providing users with page previews during page loading events, such that the delay experienced before the display of page content is reduced. The previews may include screenshots of the pages or of portions thereof, and may be generated periodically and cached by the system for delivery to user devices. The process of generating and delivering the previews via the Internet or some other network may be implemented partly or wholly within an intermediary system that sits logically between the user devices and content servers. The process may be used with existing browsers without the need for any browser modifications, or may be used with a “preview-aware” browser that includes special program code for providing page previews.
US10031880B2
The application provides a network device, which includes: a main control board and a service board, where the main control board includes a processor and a switching chip, and the service board includes a physical layer component. The switching chip is connected to the physical layer component by using a system bus. The system bus consists of a SerDes link, and is configured to transmit service data and control information of a port of the physical layer component. The processor controls the port of the physical layer component by using the control information of the port of the physical layer component. The network device transmits the service data and the control information by using the system bus, so that the service board does not need to set a CPU processing the control information, thereby expanding an interface flexibly, and reducing device complexity and hardware costs.
US10031879B2
In various embodiments, a hierarchical memory device having multiple interfaces with different memory formats includes a Phase Change Memory (PCM). An input port and an output port connect the hierarchical memory device in a daisy-chain hierarchy and/or a hierarchical tree structure with other memories. Standard non-hierarchical memory devices can also attach to the output port of the hierarchical memory device. Other embodiments are discussed.
US10031873B2
Boardroom table systems are provided that include a plurality of USB Type-C receptacles that can provide power and/or data transfer functionality to one or more devices attached thereto. Power transferred by the boardroom table system may be managed by USB Power Delivery, and may come from a source of wall power, or from a device coupled to one of the USB Type-C receptacles. Data transferred by the boardroom table system may include USB data, Ethernet data, video data, and/or any other type of data transmittable via a USB Type-C receptacle. In some embodiments, boardroom table systems also include presentation devices. In such embodiments, a device coupled to a USB Type-C receptacle could both transmit or receive power, exchange data, and transmit video to the presentation device via the same USB Type-C receptacle of the boardroom table system, thus eliminating the need for multiple sockets and cables.
US10031872B1
A method for data storage includes, in a system that includes multiple servers, multiple multi-queue storage devices and at least one storage controller that communicate over a network, running, in a server among the servers, multiple data-path instances (DPs) that operate independently of one another and issue storage commands for execution in the multi-queue storage devices. The storage commands, issued by the multiple DPs running in the server, are multiplexed using an Input-Output Multiplexer (I/O MUX) process. The multiplexed storage commands are executed in the multi-queue storage devices.
US10031871B2
A direct memory access (DMA) control device including: a basic-function setting register used to perform DMA operation; and a scatter-gather setting register in which a value indicating that a task is executed through setting of a directly defined value for data to be written to the basic-function setting register without reading the data from a memory through a bus is set.
US10031870B2
According to one aspect, a module 11_1 includes a communication circuit 111 that performs data communication with an externally-provided control device 12 through a communication bus 13, and an interrupt signal generation circuit 113 that, when an interrupt instruction signal I1 output from the communication circuit 111 becomes an active state, generates an interrupt signal and outputs the generated interrupt signal to the communication bus 13, the interrupt signal being defined by using a bus potential undefined in a data communication standard.
US10031869B1
In one embodiment, a cached memory device can include: (i) a memory array coupled to a system address bus and an internal data bus; (ii) a plurality of data buffers coupled to a system data bus, and to the memory array via the internal data bus; (iii) a plurality of valid bits, where each valid bit corresponds to one of the data buffers; (iv) a plurality of buffer address registers coupled to the system address bus, where each buffer address register corresponds to one of the data buffers; and (v) a plurality of compare circuits coupled to the system address bus, where each compare circuit corresponds to one of the data buffers.
US10031868B2
Dynamic bus inversion (DBI) for programmable levels of a ratio of ones and zeros. A transmitting device identifies a number and/or ratio of ones and zeros in a noninverted version of a signal to be transmitted (“noninverted signal”) and a number and/or ratio of ones and zeros in an inverted version of the signal (“inverted signal”). The transmitting device can calculate whether a difference of ones and zeros in the noninverted signal or a difference of ones and zeros in the inverted signal provides a calculated average ratio of ones to zeros closer to a target ratio. The transmitting device sends the signal that achieves provides the calculated average ratio closer to the target ratio.
US10031866B2
It is made possible for a user to set whether to download data used by a program without waiting for the acceptance of a download permission or download the data in response to the acceptance of the download permission via a screen that allows for making the setting for a plurality of programs. An input/output control section (90) accepts, from the user, a setting as to whether to select an automatic download state or a manual download state via a screen that allows for doing so for a plurality of programs. If the setting of selecting the automatic download state is accepted, an item management section (96) downloads the data from a server without waiting for the acceptance of the download permission from the user when a predetermined condition is satisfied. If the setting of selecting the manual download state is accepted, the item management section (96) downloads the data from the server in response to the acceptance of the download permission from the user when the predetermined condition is satisfied.
US10031865B2
To suppress the degradation of memory cells in a non-volatile memory. A read processing unit performs a read process for reading read data from each of a plurality of memory cells on the basis of a first threshold. An error detection unit detects presence or absence of an error in the read data and specifies memory cells in which the error is present among the plurality of memory cells. A re-read processing unit performs a re-read process for reading data, as re-read data, from the specified memory cells on the basis of a second threshold different from the first threshold. A refresh processing unit rewrites, for a memory cell of which the re-read data has a different value from the read data among the specified memory cells, data with the re-read data as a refresh process.
US10031854B2
A memory system has a non-volatile memory used as a first cache memory to be accessed at a higher speed than a main memory, a first translation lookaside buffer that stores address conversion information indicating the conversion of a virtual address issued by a processor into a physical address, and a first control circuitry that stores the address conversion information stored in the first translation lookaside buffer in the non-volatile memory during a power off.
US10031849B2
Data can be stored in a multi-level cache hierarchy memory system by, for example, storing valid data associated with a cacheline in a primary location in a first cache memory location. The first cache memory also stores location information about an alternative location in a second cache memory associated with the cacheline. Space is allocated in the alternative location of the second cache memory to store data associated with the cacheline.
US10031848B2
A method and apparatus for improving snooping performance is disclosed. In one embodiment, one or more content addressable matches are used to determine where and when an address conflict occurs. Depending upon the timing, a read request or a snoop request may be set for retry. In another embodiment, an age order matrix may be used to determine when several core snoop requests may be issued during a same time period, so that the snoops may be processed during this time period.
US10031845B2
Provided are an apparatus and method for processing sequential writes to a block group of physical blocks in a memory device. Sequential write data for a plurality of consecutive logical addresses is received and a determination is made of consecutive physical blocks comprising a block group. Each of the physical blocks has data for a plurality of the consecutive logical addresses. The sequential write data is written to consecutive physical data locations having data for the determined consecutive physical blocks of the block group. The block group metadata for the block group is updated.
US10031843B2
Methods, computer program products, and systems for managing memory in a computer system in which memory locations in use at any given time are represented as a set of memory objects in a first object graph. The first object graph includes a system root object associated by references to each of the memory objects. A method includes creating a second root object for the memory so as to form a second object graph for the memory. The method also includes, in response to the dereferencing of a first object from the first object graph, associating the dereferenced first object with the second object graph so that the second object graph includes at least one dereferenced object.
US10031841B2
The method includes capturing an execution scenario associated with a real-time execution of an application, determining at least one scenario variable based on the execution scenario, generating a test case based on a code template, the execution scenario and the at least one scenario variable, and updating a test suite using the test case, the test suite configured to define a quality test of the application.
US10031840B2
A method of holding information for identifying a cause for an object becoming problematic and presenting the information to a user. The method ascertains the cause of memory consumption by a program in a computer system. This method includes: acquiring a first call path related to the creation of an object from a memory; acquiring a second call path related to the connection to the object from the memory; and determining a common part of the acquired first and second call paths, wherein the common part indicates the cause in the program.
US10031827B2
Systems, methods and computer program products assess processor performance metrics by monitoring probes constructed using instruction sequences. A first probe value can be determined from execution of a broad spectrum probe in an execution environment. In response to determining that the first probe value is not a first expected probe value, a targeted probe providing a second probe value directed to a subsystem of the execution environment, a feature of the subsystem, or a component of the execution environment is executed. In response to determining that the second probe value is not a second expected probe value, a differential between the second probe value and the second expected probe value can be used to determine that a bottleneck exists in at least one of the subsystem of the execution environment, the feature of the subsystem, or the component of the execution environment.
US10031821B2
A system to protect and reconfigure a computer network in case of advance warning of a disruption event that would disrupt the operation of the computer network is presented. The system comprises a main control system (MCS) that comprises a software system that makes continuous local backups of data nodes, maintains a plurality of remote backups, and maintains an ordered list of the remote backups. With the first warning of the disruption event, the MCS: 1) locks down some virtual servers at each remote backup and secures a selected remote backup; 2) determines the expected start and end time of the disruption event; 3) warns users about the disruption event; 4) uses the selected remote backup to provide a local copy of the data nodes; and 5) shuts down vulnerable critical systems. When the disruption event occurs, the MCS promotes the selected remote backup to be the primary data node.
US10031820B2
Systems and methods to mirror data and otherwise manage memory are provided. A buffer may be coupled to a processor and be configured to write a first copy of data to a first memory located at a first server computer and a second copy of the data to a second memory that is accessible to both the first server computer and a second server computer. The buffer may be coupled directly to at least one of the first memory and the second memory via a memory bus, copper cable, or an optical cable. The buffer may write the first and the second copies of the data concurrently.
US10031819B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, computer program product, and computer system for leveraging checkpoint restart. The method includes determining a first set of work stages within a first computation algorithm. A set of permissions associated with the first set of work stages are identified, and the work stages are stored as checkpoints in either a public location or a private location. Upon deployment of a second computation algorithm, a second set of work stages within the second computation algorithm is compared to the first set of work stages. If the second set of work stages match with the first set of work stages, the second computation algorithm is executed using the checkpoint associated with the matching work stages.
US10031812B2
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a method for A method, comprising enabling, by a system comprising a processor, a first modification of a first user profile at a secondary data repository of a communication network, wherein the first modification is directed by a first application operating at a first communication device of the communication network, identifying a usage event that is associated with the first communication device according to the first modification to the first user profile, and replicating a second modification to a second user profile at a primary data repository according to a change in operation of a second application associated with the usage event that is identified to the first communication device, where the replicating is according to an update policy for the primary data repository. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US10031811B1
A computer-implemented method for enhancing electronic discovery searches may include (1) receiving a search query for at least one instance of a user being identified within a backup image of a volume of data, the search query being conducted for electronic discovery, (2) identifying metadata associated with the backup image specifying at least one action performed by the user on a computing system while the volume of data was mounted for use on the computing system, (3) performing the search query on the backup image and receiving a result of the search query in response to performing the search query, (4) enhancing the result of the search query with contextual information relating to the search query based on the metadata, the contextual information facilitating further electronic discovery, and (5) providing the enhanced result of the search query. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
US10031809B2
A method begins by a dispersed storage (DS) processing module identifying an encoded slice requiring rebuilding. The method continues by the DS processing module determining whether the encoded data slice is part of a fan-out encoded data slice group and, when it is part of a fan-out encoded data slice group determining by the DS processing module whether a valid encoded data slice of the fan-out data slice group is available. When a copy of the encoded data slice of the fan-out encoded data slice group is not available, the method continues by the DS processing module rebuilding the encoded data slice. A storage unit then stores the rebuilt encoded data slice and creates copies of the rebuilt encoded data slice to produce a rebuilt fan-out encoded data slice group.
US10031808B2
A mechanism is provided in a data processing system. The mechanism determines a maximum queue depth of a queue for each solid state drive in a plurality of solid state drives. A given data block is mirrored between a group of solid state drives within the plurality of solid state drives. The mechanism tracks outstanding input/output operations in a queue for each of the plurality of solid state drives. For a given read operation to read the given data block, the mechanism identifies a solid state drive within the group of solid state drives based on a number of empty slots in the queue of each solid state drive within the group of solid state drives.
US10031803B2
A method for distributed coding in a storage array is presented. The method includes dividing data into multiple stripes for storage in a storage array including storage devices with a topology of a hypercube of a dimension t≥3. The storage devices in same hypercubes of dimension t−1 including the hypercube of a dimension t have even parity. Global parities are added to the hypercube such that a minimum distance of a code is enhanced.
US10031797B2
A method of predicting GPU malfunctions includes installing a daemon program at a GPU node, the daemon program periodically collecting GPU status parameters corresponding to the GPU node at a pre-determined time period. The method also includes obtaining the GPU status parameters from the GPU node and comparing the obtained GPU status parameters with mean status fault parameters to determine whether the GPU is to malfunction, where the mean status fault parameters are obtained by use of a pre-configured statistical model. Prior to a GPU enters a malfunction state, the GPU can be replaced, or the programs executing on the GPU can be migrated to other GPUs for execution, without affecting the normal business operations.
US10031796B1
Trend estimation for application-agnostic statistical fault detection of multi-process applications in environments with data trend includes at least one of: a multi-process application runs on a host. Statistical events are collected and sent to a statistical fault detector. The statistical fault detector creates one or more distributions and compares recent statistical event data to historical statistical event data and uses deviation from historical norm for fault detection. Trend is estimated, and if needed, removed from event data prior to the creation of distributions. Trend is estimated using spectral techniques, filter banks and Maximum Entry Spectral Estimation, and dominant frequencies are estimated and utilized to adapt to the environment.
US10031795B1
In a general aspect, a conversion scheme is used in a public key cryptosystem. In some aspects, a plaintext value is generated based on a message value, a constant value, and a random value. An error vector derivation function is applied to the plaintext value to produce an error vector. The plaintext value and the error vector are used in an encryption function to produce a ciphertext component, and the ciphertext component is provided for transmission in a communication network.
US10031792B2
The present invention aims at providing a flash memory that can perform a refresh operation at an appropriate time before a read error occurs. The controller performs the first read operation in which the memory cell as the read target is made to draw out the potential of one of the bit lines, the bit line potential controller is made to draw out the potential of the other of the bit lines at the first speed, and concurrently, the sense amplifier is made to read data; the second read operation in which the memory cell as the read target is made to draw out the potential of one of the bit lines, the bit line potential controller is made to draw out the potential of the other of the bit lines at the second speed faster than the first speed, and concurrently, the sense amplifier is made to read data; and the refresh operation in which, when the data read by the first read operation and the data read by the second read operation are determined to be different, the data stored in the memory cell as the read target is rewritten.
US10031791B1
Systems and methods for executing a quantum computation comprising a plurality gates on a quantum information processor are provided. An initial quantum-logic gate sequence comprising the plurality of gates is received. Then, for each instance in a plurality of instances, a procedure is performed. In each instance of the procedure a respective modified quantum-logic gate sequence is generated by applying a virtual random gate to a first single-qubit gate in the plurality of gates. The respective modified quantum-logic gate sequence is then executed on the quantum device to obtain a respective outcome. The respective outcome across the plurality of instances of the procedure is averaged to obtain a noise-tailored outcome for the initial quantum-logic gate sequence.
US10031790B1
A system, method and computer program product are provided for receiving information associated with a message, issuing a storage resource request in connection with a storage resource and determining whether the storage resource is available. In use, the information is capable of being shared in less than one second, utilizing an automotive electronic control unit which includes a plurality of interfaces.
US10031788B2
Methods and systems for profiling requests include generating request units based on collected kernel events that include complete request units and half-open request units. The generated request units are sequenced based on a causality relationship set that describes causality relationships between kernel events.
US10031787B2
According to some embodiments, a method includes running a first application program on a computer system, running a second application program on the computer system, and running a data availability manager (DAM) program on the computer system. The first application program is operative to indicate to the DAM program that a first data item processed by the first application program is available for further processing. The DAM program is operative to determine a second data item that is dependent for processing upon availability of the first data item and to indicate to the second application program that the second data item is ready for processing.
US10031785B2
For predictive computing resource allocation in a distributed environment, a model module generating a model of computing resource usage in a distributed computer system having a plurality of geographically distributed nodes organized into a plurality of clusters, a demand module predicting future demand for computing resources, a cost module calculating an operation cost for each computing resource, an available resource module identifying a set of available computing resources in the computer system, a resource set module that determines a minimum cost set of computer resources capable of meeting the predicted demand based on the set of available computing resources and on operating costs, and an activation module that determines whether to activate or deactivate each of the plurality of nodes based on the set of computer resources capable of meeting the predicted demand.
US10031777B2
A method for scheduling virtual machines in a virtual machine cluster includes obtaining a filename of a target virtual machine when a user requests to start the target virtual machine; inquiring, based on the filename of the target virtual machine, a storage module or a database to acquire one or more nodes where copies of the target virtual machine are located; selecting, from the acquired one or more nodes, a node with a highest score as a target node having a copy of the target virtual machine; and running the copy of the target virtual machine on the selected target node with the highest score.
US10031772B2
A method for managing a background application is provided. The method includes determining whether an operating feature of the background application satisfies a preset condition, and when it is determined that the operating feature of the background application satisfies the preset condition, displaying an operating interface in a foreground interface of a mobile device for a user to close the background application.
US10031764B2
Executable files are managed. A determination is made as to whether in a second executable file there exists a function that is the same as a function called in a first executable file. A data package is generated on a portion other than the function in the first executable file and the second executable file, and the function is stored in relation to the data package. The data package includes a first address of the function in the first executable file and a second address of the function in the second executable file.
US10031762B2
A pluggable cloud enablement boot device (PCEBD) is a bootable device that includes all information needed to automatically provision hardware and software to create a computing solution that meets customer requirements. This allows for quickly deploying a computing solution in a manner that eliminates many manual steps that are typically performed today. The PCEBD uses firmware to verify a given platform has sufficient resources to deploy the PCEBD. The computing solution, once provisioned and running, can be modified, and these modifications may be reflected in the definition of the PCEBD. In addition, a computing solution may include multiple resources provisioned from multiple PCEBDs, which can be packaged into a PCEBD that will include other PCEBDs. The result is a way to deploy computing solutions that is much more efficient than the manual methods used in the prior art.
US10031760B1
Managing an accelerator may include responsive to determining a first container including a first configuration file and a second configuration file, caching, using a host processor, the second configuration file within a local memory of the host processor. The first configuration file may be provided, using the host processor, to a device of the accelerator. Responsive to a configuration event, the host processor may provide the cached second configuration file from the local memory to the device of the accelerator.
US10031744B2
The present invention provides an incremental upgrade method, an apparatus applying the method and a storage medium. The incremental upgrade method comprises: sending a request to a server for downloading an incremental upgrade package corresponding to a local old version file on a terminal; receiving the incremental upgrade package, which comprises unmatched block data obtained by comparing a first compressed file with a second compressed file, and the start and end information of the unmatched block data, wherein the first compressed file is a compressed file that concatenates an old version file and a new version file on the server, and the second compressed file is a compressed file of the old version file on the server; concatenating the unmatched block data in the incremental upgrade package and a local second compressed file generated from the local old version file on the terminal to generate a concatenate compressed file; and at last decompressing the concatenate compressed file to obtain the new version file. The method reduces data traffic and occupied bandwidth resources.
US10031741B2
Processing of frames from a receive queue maintained by a port firmware of an embedded port of a host bus adapter is suspended via a request from a driver of the host bus adapter. New driver software is loaded for the host bus adapter and new port firmware is loaded in the embedded port, in response to the suspending of the processing of frames from the receive queue. The processing of frames from the receive queue is resumed via another request from the driver of the host bus adapter, in response to the loading of the new driver software and the new port firmware.
US10031740B2
A method is provided for generating a reprogramming file to reprogram a target electronic control unit (ECU) in a target vehicle. High-level language diagnostic commands are generated utilizing a standardized specification language editor comprising Open Test sequence data eXchange (OTX). High-to-low level command conversions specific for the target ECU generate Unified Diagnostic Services (UDS) operation transactions. The high-level language diagnostic sequence commands are converted into imperative language instructions-that are compiled into binary code corresponding to handling routines. A binary image of the target ECU is segmented into a plurality of data blocks. The plurality of data blocks and respective the UDS operation transactions are compiled to provide a plurality of UDS stages that are assembled into the reprogramming file.
US10031739B1
This disclosure relates to a method, article of manufacture, and apparatus for updating a Java management extensions (JMX) collector. In some embodiments, this includes monitoring the output of a JMX provider details for a cloud computing platform. MBean tree structures from the cloud computing platform are analyzed. If changes in an MBean tree structure are detected, a revised JMX collector data file is prepared. If the revised JMX collector data file is determined to be different than an installed JMX collector data file, the installed JMX collector data file is backed up and replaced with the revised JMX collector data file. Data from the cloud computing platform is stored in a computer memory using configuration settings from the revised JMX collector data file.
US10031735B2
A method of securely deploying an application in a cloud computing platform includes receiving component composition files that define configurations of application components included the application, and receiving an application composition file that defines a connection scheme between the application components. The method further includes retrieving default component configuration files that satisfy requirements of the application components. The method further includes executing functions corresponding to extension keywords included in the component composition files to modify default parameters in the default component configuration files, and deploying the application in the cloud computing platform based on the modified default component configuration files and the connection scheme defined by the application composition file.
US10031724B2
Operating an application in response to spatial status of objects within a physical environment in which the application operates. A system detects the spatial status (e.g., orientation, movement, position, and so forth) of multiple environmental objects that operate within a physical environment from which input is provided to, and to which output is provided from, an application. The relationship between at least some different environmental objects result in altered a behavior of the application. The spatial status of at least some of the environmental objects is subject to change. Thus, a mechanism is described that allows an application to adjust in a manner that is highly responsive to the physical environment in which the application interfaces.
US10031723B1
Systems and methods for a random number generator including a systolic array to receive a plurality of first inputs, and to provide a random number output. In one embodiment, the systolic array can be arranged in two or greater dimensions, and each cell of the array comprises a ring oscillator. Data is read from a random access memory to provide the inputs to the systolic array. A linear feedback shift register receives the random number output as a feedback signal used to address the memory to read data to provide as the inputs to the systolic array.
US10031716B2
An example implementation involves a first playback device maintaining a list of MAC addresses. While one or more components of the first playback device are disabled, the first playback device may receive a data packet that comprises a payload associated with a MAC address. The MAC address may correspond to a network interface of a second playback device. The first playback device may identify the MAC address in the list of MAC addresses, and based on identifying the MAC address in the list of MAC addresses, enable at least one of the one or more components of the first playback device.
US10031713B2
A method for displaying product information on at least one electronic label having a graphic display and a data reception unit is disclosed. The method includes: generating, at a server connected to the label, an individual glyph corresponding to each different character or symbol of the product information; generating at least a display script comprising reference and position data of said glyphs in the product information; transmitting the display script to the label; broadcasting the individual glyphs; selecting and loading in the label individual glyphs corresponding to the reference data comprised in the display script and displaying the selected and loaded individual glyphs according to the position data comprised in the display script. A server, an electronic label and a sever thereof are also provided.
US10031707B2
The present invention improves user experience when a reader/writer (5) and a portable terminal (7) engage in near field communication by selecting any of two or more communication modes in order to link an image forming device (3) and the portable terminal (7) using near field communication. When a log-in screen is displayed on a display unit (403) of the image forming device (3), the reader/writer (5) and the portable terminal (7) are automatically set to a read communication mode.
US10031694B2
In one embodiment, a computer-implemented method includes producing one or more clean frames by clearing a batch of one or more frames for use in backing virtual memory pages. The producing the one or more clean frames may be performed asynchronously from a unit of work being performed by a processor. The one or more clean frames may be added to a clean frame queue, where the clean frame queue includes a plurality of clean frames that have been cleared. A first request may be received, from the processor, for a frame for use in backing a virtual memory page of the unit of work. A clean frame, of the one or more clean frames, may be removed from the clean frame queue, responsive to the first request. The clean frame may be delivered to the processor, responsive to the first request.
US10031687B2
A computer-implemented method includes identifying a prioritized storage tier; identifying one or more newly allocated data artifacts each associated with a newly allocated data access density value; and identifying one or more optimized data artifacts each associated with an optimized data access density value. The computer-implemented method further includes determining a threshold access density value based on each newly allocated data access density value and determining a prioritized tier organization scheme associated with the prioritized storage tier based on the threshold access density value. A corresponding computer program product and computer system are also disclosed.
US10031685B2
Various embodiments of the present technology provide methods for monitoring storage needs of one or more server systems, determining a specific server system that does not need storage capacity from corresponding storage subsystems, determining one or more storage subsystems corresponding to the specific server system, and causing at least one component of the one or more storage subsystems to be switched into a power saving mode.
US10031681B2
An aspect of validating vHBA fabric zoning in a SAN includes receiving, by a computer processor, a request for data corresponding to zones in a storage area network to which an initiator in a host system computer has access; instantiating, by the computer processor, a virtual host bus adapter interface on the host system computer; and transmitting, via the virtual host bus adapter interface, the request to a fabric controller in the storage area network. An aspect also includes receiving a current active zone set from the fabric controller; parsing the current active zone set for the initiator; identifying, from the parsing, each of the zones in the current active zone set to which the initiator is indicated; and displaying the identified zones via the computer processor.
US10031667B2
A terminal device includes a processor that executes a process including extracting multiple character strings, in units of rows, from a character area included in an image data, and enlarging and displaying one of the extracted plurality of character strings in a designated position of a designated row and the vicinity of the designated position.
US10031666B2
A method of displaying a function of a button of an ultrasound apparatus on the button includes displaying information about one or more functions provided by the ultrasound apparatus, selecting one from among the one or more functions which have been displayed, determining a button in which the selected function is to be set based on an external input signal for matching the selected function to the button in which the selected function is to be set; and displaying information about the selected function on the determined button.
US10031663B2
An interface operating control device applied in an electronic device with an interface includes a sensing module, a recognizing module, a bottom layer executing module, and an operating module. The sensing module outputs sensing signal when a distance between the object and the interface is less than a preset distance. The recognizing module receives the sensing signal and acquires operating characteristics of the object according the sensing signal. The bottom layer executing module boots an application mode corresponding to the operating characteristics acquired currently. The operating module determines different intensity applied on the interface by the object according to total areas touching on the interface, and executes different operation instructions of the application mode currently operating according to the different intensity. Therefore, a system of the electronic device can be accessed rapidly and conveniently, and the users can get abundant operations and experiences.
US10031658B2
A mobile terminal including a wireless communication unit configured to perform wireless communication; a touchscreen configured to display content; and a controller configured to display a scroll bar on the touchscreen for adjusting an output location of the content, display at least one marker on the scroll bar to indicate a specific output location of the content, receive a selection signal indicating a pointer touches a first point of the scroll bar and moves in a prescribed direction, and change the output location of the content into an output location indicated by a corresponding marker located closest to the first point in the prescribed direction from the first point.
US10031650B1
A computer determines a cognitive overload of a user interacting with a visual display based on eye tracking data. The visual display includes content of the dashboard and graphical elements of the content of the dashboard. The computer adjusts the visual display by modifying the content based on determining the cognitive overload.
US10031648B2
Systems and methods to obfuscate market data on a trading device are disclosed. An example method includes receiving market data related to a tradable object at a first computing device, generating, by the first computing device, a trading interface to present the market data to a trader and reconfiguring the trading interface from a first mode to a second mode in response to a privacy command supplied by the trader via the first computing device. The first computing device is to obfuscate the market data presented by the trading interface when in the second mode. The example method includes receiving, by a second computing device, the obfuscated market data in response to the privacy command and generating, by the second computing device, a private interface to present the obfuscated market data to the trader in response to the privacy command.
US10031647B2
A system enables universal remote media control across multiple platforms, devices, and users. A protocol allows a media controller (such as computer or mobile device) to have access to running activities (such as a television show playing on a media player). The protocol does not require installation of a specific platform application, or a specific user-login/pairing of the media controller with the media player. The system receives commands from a media controller device using a common interface, provides the commands to a remote media player, loads new media content into the media player, based on the commands, and receives state notifications from the media player. The commands and the state notifications include a namespace and a message payload represented as a two-element script array. Another user or device can control the media player using the common interface, for example provided by a browser application on the media controller device.
US10031637B2
An image display apparatus and a method for operating the same are disclosed. The method for operating an image display apparatus includes displaying a home screen including at least one card object including a content list, displaying a dynamic screen on the home screen if dynamic screen display input is received, and moving and displaying the dynamic screen on the home screen if dynamic screen movement input is received. Therefore, it is possible to increase user convenience.
US10031633B2
A touch panel device includes: a first resistance film and a second resistance film each of which includes an electrode; a switch connected to the electrode; a controller that controls operation of the switch; and a detector that, when a voltage is applied to a resistance film of a voltage applied side among the first resistance film and the second resistance film, detects presence or absence of touch and a position of the touch based on a voltage detected from the electrode on a resistance film of a voltage detection side among the first resistance film and the second resistance film; wherein before detection operation by the detector, the controller controls the operation of the switch connected to the electrode on the resistance film of the voltage detection side so that the electrode on the resistance film of the voltage detection side is grounded.
US10031629B2
An OLED panel is provided. The OLED panel may include multiple matrix-arranged TFTs, an anode layer, an organic light emitting layer, a cathode layer, and/or any other components. The anode layer can have multiple anodes, formed on one side of the TFTs. The organic light emitting layer can be formed on one side of the anode layer away from the TFTs. The cathode layer can have multiple cathodes and be formed on one side of the organic light emitting layer away from the anode layer. The cathodes can pass through the organic light emitting layer and be electrically connected to the corresponding TFTs to form pixel electrodes. A time-division drive module can be electrically connected to the anodes, which can be configured to multiplex time-divisionally to alternately form common electrodes or touch electrodes.
US10031628B2
A touch screen panel includes a substrate, first and second sensing patterns, first and second pattern connecting lines, a pad portion, and lines. The first and second sensing patterns are disposed on the substrate in a sensing area and arranged in directions intersecting each other. The first pattern connecting lines are disposed in the same layer as the first sensing patterns and the second sensing patterns, and electrically connect adjacent first sensing patterns to each other. The second pattern connecting lines intersect to be insulated from the first pattern connecting lines, and electrically connect adjacent second sensing patterns to each other. The pad portion is disposed on the substrate in a peripheral area, and includes pads. The lines connect the first sensing patterns and the second sensing patterns to the pads.
US10031627B2
An in-cell touch panel and a display device are provided. Self-capacitance electrodes arranged in the same layer as pixel electrodes are disposed at gaps between the pixel electrodes of the touch panel in accordance with the self-capacitance principle. A touch detection chip can determine a touch position by detection of capacitance variation of the self-capacitance electrodes in a touch period. The touch panel does not need to add additional processes on the basis of the manufacturing process of an array substrate and hence can reduce the manufacturing cost and improve the productivity.
US10031625B2
An audio touchscreen system receives microphone location data respectively corresponding to a plurality of microphones. Sonic signals corresponding to a sonic event respectively transduced by each microphone is triangulated, to determine the location of the origin of the sonic event upon the audio touchscreen, based on the sonic signals and the microphone location data. User input data is generated based on the location of the sonic event as determined by the triangulation.
US10031614B2
A touch display panel driven in a display period and a touch period alternately is provided, and includes a plurality of gate lines, each driven by a clock signal to output a scan signal during the display period and stop the scan signal during the touch period; and N dummy gate lines, each driven by a dummy clock signal to output a dummy scan signal before the display period is switched to the touch period, wherein at least one of rising edges of N dummy clock signals is synchronized with at least one of falling edges of the clock signals.
US10031613B2
Provided herein is a control method of a touch screen panel having an activated area divided into a plurality of touch areas, and a plurality of touch drivers each corresponding to each of the touch areas, the method including computing location information of a stylus pen based on photograph data; and controlling power of the touch drivers according to the computed location information.
US10031608B2
A process for enabling objects displayed on a multi-input display device to be grouped together is disclosed that includes defining a target element that enables objects displayed on a multi-input display device to be grouped together through interaction with the target element. Operations are invoked that establish a relationship between a particular displayed object and a position on the target element and that causes transformations applied to the target element also to be applied to the particular displayed object while maintaining the relationship between the particular displayed object and the position on the target element.
US10031594B2
Embodiments of the invention provide a human interface device including an inner sphere, wherein the inner sphere has a center point. The human interface device can further include an outer sphere, and the outer sphere may be compressible. The human interface device may also include a plurality of pressure sensors between the inner sphere and the outer sphere for detecting localized compression of the outer sphere, a first three-axis-accelerometer located within the inner sphere, and a second three-axis-accelerometer located within the inner sphere, wherein the first three-axis-accelerometer and the second three-axis-accelerometer-accelerometer are each located at least a predetermined distance from the center point.
US10031591B2
According to one aspect, embodiments herein provide a pointing device system including an elongate base member, a sleeve disposed to fit over a portion of the elongate base member, the sleeve configured to rotate about the elongate base member in a first direction and slide about the elongate base member in a second direction substantially orthogonal to the first direction, a first support disposed at a first end of the elongate base member, a second support disposed at a distal second end of the elongate base member, and a plurality of support rails interposed between the first support and the second support, wherein the first support includes a first angular extension and the second support includes a second angular extension, the first angular extension and second angular extension configured to support depression of the elongate base member.
US10031584B2
A tactile sensation providing apparatus includes a piezoelectric element 1, a detection unit 7 for detecting each pressing and releasing based on an output voltage of the piezoelectric element 1, a drive unit 4 for driving the piezoelectric element 1 synchronously with the detection of each pressing and releasing by the detection unit 7 and thereby providing a tactile sensation, a discharge unit 5 for discharging the piezoelectric element 1 after the driving of the piezoelectric element 1 before start of detection of next releasing or pressing, and a voltage fixing unit 11 for fixing, after the detection of the pressing or releasing by the detection unit 7 before the start of the detection of the next pressing or releasing, an input voltage of the detection unit 7 at a predetermined voltage.
US10031577B2
Systems and computer program products to perform an operation comprising outputting a first content on a first device and a second content on a second device, wherein the first and second devices are communicably coupled as part of a multi-device platform, wherein the first and second content are related content, monitoring, by a gaze detection module, a gaze of a first user holding the first device, and upon determining that the gaze of the first user is focused on one of the first device and the second device, performing a predefined operation to modify the first and second contents outputted on the first and second devices based on the gaze of the first user.
US10031568B2
The present disclosure provides a tablet computer. The tablet computer includes a battery and a voltage regulator circuit, wherein the voltage regulator circuit includes a step-up circuit for raising a voltage supplied by the battery in order to utilizing the raised voltage to charge an external device connected with the tablet computer.
US10031566B2
Described are an on board unit (OBU) and a method to control an OBU within a communication zone of a road side unit (RSU), said OBU can be set into an active mode and a sleep mode. Said OBU is set into sleep mode upon receiving a release command from said RSU, and the OBU electronics are shut down so no or a minimum of power is consumed, and is set into active mode when entering said communication zone. A communication unit of said OBU is thereby powered such that the OBU can communicate with said RSU. Said OBU can be set into a tracking mode by said RSU, whereby in said tracking mode at least said communication unit is shut down and a timer is activated in said OBU, such that said OBU can restart said communication unit within a specified time limit from when it is shut down.
US10031563B2
A tool-less heat spreader for dissipating heat produced by an electrical computing component includes a first section having a flexible thermal interface material for engaging either side of the electrical computing component; and a rigid heat shield pivotally connected to the first section, the rigid heat shield pivoting between one of a first position and a second position.
US10031546B2
A selector lever that comprises a shaft rotatably attached to a pivot and arranged between two detent plates, each of the detent plates having a plurality of slots arranged for receiving a detent pin located on the shaft. Each of the plurality of slots on each of the two detent plates is defined by a radial depth. One or more of the plurality of slots is a failure detection slot having an extended radial depth. When one of the detent pins has failed, the opposing detent pin is allowed to travel into the extended radial depth when placed in the failure detection slot. This action reveals a failure indicator, providing a visual indication that one of the detent pins has failed.
US10031545B1
A power conversion system including: a first power conversion module configured to change a current (first module current) supplied to an output node, to monitor efficiency of the power conversion system according to the change in the first module current, and to determine a setting value of the first module current to increase the efficiency; and a second power conversion module configured to control a current (second module current) supplied to the output node according to a voltage (output voltage) formed at the output node.
US10031533B2
A drinking water supply device may include a first channel configured to channel water, the first channel provided with a first valve, a flow rate sensor configured to sense a flow rate of the water, a water discharge channel connected to the rear end of the first channel, a connection pipe connecting the first channel and the water discharge channel, a second channel configured to supply minerals to the connection pipe, the second channel provided with a pressure sensor and a second valve, a mineral container configured to connect to the connection pipe via the second channel and configured to store condensed minerals, a pump configured to pressurize an interior of the mineral container to allow discharge of the condensed minerals from the mineral container, and a controller configured to control the flow rate sensor, the pressure sensor, and the first valve.
US10031530B2
A water level detection system in a pool, spa, fountain or water feature, the water level detection system being provided with a tap line coupled to a plumbing line on a suction or supply side of a filtration system and admitting water from the pool, spa, fountain or water feature such that the change in level of the water in the tap line corresponds to a change in level of the water in the pool, spa, fountain or water feature. A sensing module has at least one sensor for detecting the height of a column of water or the pressure of a column of air in the water tap line. A controller is coupled to the sensing module and adapted to collect the data from the sensors that detect changes in the level of the water level of the pool, spa, fountain or water feature, communicate the detection of such a change, and report such a change to initiate addition or removal of water from the pool, spa, fountain or water feature body of water to adjust the water level in the body of water to a set point.
US10031511B2
The disclosure relates to an arrangement for monitoring a position of a hand-held tool within a work region, comprising the hand-held tool for use within the work region; means that are designed to generate a virtual image of the work region; means that are designed to determine an actual position of the hand-held tool within the image; the hand-held tool having display means that are designed to display the actual position, and to a method for monitoring a position of a hand-held tool.
US10031507B2
A servo control device including a servo control unit that calculates a drive command that causes a feedback position from a motor to be driven to follow a command position, to drive the motor according to the drive command, a moving-state determination unit that determines a speed of the motor is by simulating a response of the motor, and outputs a determination result as a moving state, a correction-amount selection unit that selects a correction amount according to a change pattern of the moving state at a timing when the determined moving state changes, and an addition unit that adds the correction amount output from the correction-amount selection unit to the drive command calculated by the servo control unit to generate a corrected drive command, and sets the corrected drive command as a drive command to the motor instead of the drive command calculated by the servo control unit.
US10031506B2
A motion control method includes: (a) obtaining a current position and a current velocity of a control object at a current time; (b) obtaining a current acceleration based on the current position and the current velocity, wherein the current acceleration has a positive correlation with a difference between the current position and a target position as well as a negative correlation with the current velocity; (c) controlling a motor for driving the control object utilizing the current acceleration; and (d) iteratively performing the steps (a)-(c) until the control object reaches the target position. A motion trajectory planning method and a motion control device are further provided. Through the above-mentioned way, the present disclosure could realize the smooth acceleration and smooth deceleration of the motor. As a result, smooth motion trajectory, less vibration, and stable motor with less overshoot could be achieved.
US10031505B2
In many aspects, a system for a beverage dispenser can include smartcups and smartcup application management systems configured to validate and identify smartcups for dispensing a beverage. Identifying and validating the authenticity of smartcups as well as identifying registered consumers associated with smartcups may provide more secure beverage dispensers that may be placed in public with minimal oversight. Additionally, by identifying registered users associated with a registered smartcup and providing an individualized and streamlined consumer experience, consumer interactions can be improved with a beverage dispenser/provider and may lead to increased usage by consumers.
US10031503B2
The present disclosure allows estimation of a future power demand with high precision based on power consumptions in the past. An energy management device 10 according to the present disclosure includes a communicator 111 configured to acquire information regarding a power consumption and a controller 112 configured to calculate a targeted range of a future estimated power demand to be notified to a power company based on the information regarding the power consumption. The controller 112 calculates, for each predetermined time limit, the targeted range based on statistics of the power consumptions acquired over a predetermined number of days.
US10031501B2
The present invention relates to the detection of degradation in climate control system performance, in particular to the detection of degradation in heating system performance or air-conditioning system performance that is an indicator of impending heating system failure or air-conditioning system failure in domestic properties. In particular, the present invention provides a method for detecting such degradation comprising: receiving climate control data indicative of a climate control system in a property (location) being turned on and turned off; receiving an energy consumption signal indicative of the energy consumption of the property; correlating the received signal with the received data to determine an energy consumption signature of the climate control system when being turned on and turned off; comparing the determined signature with previously obtained energy consumption signatures to detect differences in the determined signature that are indicative of degradation.
US10031499B2
A thermal-management system, for use in controlling temperature of a first workpiece of workpieces being joined by welding. The system includes a micro heat exchanger including a heat-transfer fluid tube extending between an inlet and an outlet. The system in some implementations has a body and the inlet and outlet are connected to the body. The heat-transfer fluid tube is configured to channel heat-transfer fluid, such as a nanofluid, to heat or cool the workpiece(s). The heat-transfer fluid is configured to cool or heat at least the first workpiece when the heat-transfer fluid is channeled through the heat-transfer fluid-tube section in operation of the thermal-management system. The technology further includes methods and hardware-based controlling apparatus for using the micro heat exchanger to cool or heat the workpieces.
US10031488B2
A radio wave receiver includes a radio wave reception processor which receives radio waves and obtains signals transmitted from positioning satellites from the received radio waves; and a processor which sets reception start timing of the radio waves by the radio wave reception processor and controls the radio wave reception processor to start reception. The processor sets the reception start timing so that following reception conditions are satisfied: (i) a total power consumption amount of a power amount necessary for positioning and a power amount according to an obtaining upper limit time from start timing of a positioning operation by the radio wave reception processor to when the radio wave reception processor obtains signals necessary for computing a present position and the positioning operation is equal to or less than a predetermined upper limit power consumption amount, and (ii) the obtaining upper limit time is equal to or more than a predetermined reference time.
US10031484B2
A wearable device includes: a touch screen; an acceleration sensor configured to generate an acceleration signal; an optical sensor using a light source and configured to generate a touch interrupt signal; and a control unit configured to detect a wearing state of the wearable device, the wearing state of the wearable device including a not-wearing state for the wearable device, a wrist wearing state, and a hand gripping state on the basis of the acceleration signal and the touch interrupt signal, and to execute a function corresponding to the wearing state of the wearable device.
US10031479B2
Lighting information comprising at least the reflectance data of a plurality of regions of an object surface is generated and printed out as a series of relightable holograms. Each of the printed holograms comprises the reflectance data of a corresponding region of the object. A model of the object is generated such that the model also comprises a plurality of portions corresponding to the regions of the object surface. The series of holograms are each affixed to a portion of the model such that a particular hologram of the series which encodes the reflectance data of a particular region of the object is affixed to the corresponding portion of the model. In an embodiment, the model of the object is generated from a metal. The series of holograms is engraved directly onto the metallic model such that a particular hologram of the series which encodes the reflectance data of a particular region of the object is engraved onto the corresponding portion of the metallic model.
US10031465B2
According to one embodiment, a sheet binding device includes a tape support base, a slide base, a tape holder, a first displacement mechanism, and a second displacement mechanism. The tape support base supports a tape. The slide base is movable in a first direction. The tape holder is supported on the slide base and is movable in a second direction crossing the first direction. The first displacement mechanism displaces the tape holder in a second direction from a first position that is a position away from the tape to a second position at which the tape holder is capable of coming into contact with the tape. The second displacement mechanism displaces the tape holder in the second direction from the second position to the first position.
US10031461B2
An image forming apparatus is capable of performing a first image forming mode that performs image formation at a first peripheral speed ratio representing a ratio of a peripheral speed of a developer bearing member to a peripheral speed of an image bearing member and at a second image forming mode that performs the image formation at a second peripheral speed ratio different from the first peripheral speed ratio. The image forming apparatus also detects an amount of a developer consumed in the image formation, based on an estimate of the amount of the developer consumed by one pixel and the number of pixels at a part at which the developer is consumed. The estimate of the amount of the developer consumed by the one pixel in the first image forming mode is different from that in the second image forming mode.
US10031444B2
A development device includes a developer bearing member and a magnet which is fixed inside of the developer bearing member. The magnet includes a first magnetic pole for developing a latent image, a second magnetic pole adjacent to the first magnetic pole and being an opposite pole to the first magnetic pole, and a third magnetic pole adjacent to both the first and second magnetic poles and having an opposite pole to the first magnetic pole. A developer regulation portion is disposed such that when a maximum peak amount of a magnetic flux density of the first magnetic pole in a normal direction of the developer bearing member is defined as positive, the magnetic flux density of the first magnetic pole becomes positive in an entire region from a downstream side of the regulating member in a rotary direction of the developer bearing member and through a developing area.
US10031440B2
A developing device includes a supply member, a developing device body, and a closing member. The supply member supplies a developer to an image holding element that holds a developer image. The developing device body rotatably supports the supply member. The closing member closes a clearance formed between the developing device body and the supply member with one end of the closing member fixed to the developing device body and the other end, which is a free end, contacting the supply member. The closing member has plural grooves formed to extend from the other end toward the one end.
US10031431B2
An electrophotographic photosensitive member includes a conductive substrate and a photosensitive layer. The photosensitive layer contains at least a charge generating material, a charge transport material, and a binder resin. The binder resin includes a polyarylate resin. The polyarylate resin is represented by general formula (1) shown below. In general formula (1), X represents a divalent group represented by chemical formula (1-1), (1-2), (1-3), or (1-4) shown below.
US10031416B2
A reagent that enhances acid generation of a photoacid generator and composition containing such reagent is disclosed.
US10031404B2
The light source module may include a plurality of light-emitting units, at least two optical units, and at least two light conversion units. Light from a first light-emitting unit exits as first exiting light processed by a first and second optical units, light from a second light-emitting unit forms first converted light processed by the first optical unit and converted by a first light conversion unit, light from a third light-emitting unit forms second converted light processed by the second optical unit and converted by a second light conversion unit. The second converted light exits as second exiting light processed by the second and first optical unit, and the first converted light serves as third exiting light processed by the first optical unit and is combined with the first and second exiting lights to form a first beam having a first, second, and third wavelength.
US10031401B2
A camera module that does not make a rasping noise even when being subjected to a vibration by a source of vibration is provided. A hall element that detects a displacement of an imaging lens (1) is disposed therein. In the case where the hall element detects a displacement of the imaging lens (1) that is not based on drive by a lens-driving device (5), the lens-driving device (5) drives the imaging lens (1) so as to reduce the displacement.
US10031398B2
There is presented a spectroscopic apparatus and method wherein an input light source that inputs pump light to a photon pair source. The photon pair source converts pump photons into signal and idler photon pairs. The photon pair source is, in some of examples described herein, tuneable so that the wavelength of the signal and idler photons can be changed by application of a tuning means. At least one of the signal and idler photons is made incident upon a medium under test. A heralding detection apparatus is used to detect any signal and idler photons output from the spectroscopy apparatus, wherein at least one of the photons of the pair has interacted with or been operated upon by the medium under test.
US10031391B2
A liquid crystal display panel and a display device are provided. The liquid crystal display includes a first common electrode, a second common electrode and pixels. The second common electrode and the first common electrode are electrically independent from each other. First pixels of the pixels are coupled to the first common electrode, and second pixels of the pixels are coupled to the second common electrode. Accordingly, usage or operation of the liquid crystal display panel is more flexible.
US10031390B2
A display device including a first base substrate, gate lines disposed on the first base substrate and extending in a first direction, parasitic capacitance electrodes coupled to the gate lines, data lines extending in a second direction crossing the first direction, transistors, each coupled to one of the gate lines and coupled to one of the data lines, and pixels sequentially arranged in the first direction, each of the pixels coupled to a corresponding one of the transistors, respectively, in which each of the transistors includes a gate electrode, a source electrode, and a drain electrode, and wherein widths of the parasitic capacitance electrodes in adjacent pixels measured along the first direction are different from each other.
US10031372B2
A column for defining the interval between a TFT substrate and an opposed substrate is formed at a crossing point between a drain line and a scanning line. At the crossing point where the column is formed, the drain line is formed to have a wider width to prevent light leakage. Further, at the crossing point where the column is formed, the scanning line is formed to have a narrower width to prevent increase of capacitance between the drain line and the scanning line. The column is formed at a crossing point corresponding to a specific color, e.g., a blue pixel B, so that a difference in transmittance and in characteristic of thin film transistors due to formation of the column is initially compensated.
US10031371B2
A liquid crystal display panel is disclosed, which includes: a first substrate with a pixel electrode region and a non-pixel electrode region; a thin film transistor unit disposed on the first substrate a first alignment layer disposed on the pixel electrode region and the non-pixel electrode region; and a plurality of color filter units disposed between the first substrate and the first alignment layer, wherein one of the color filter units includes a color filter opening to expose a part of a drain electrode of the thin film transistor unit. Herein, a region of the pixel electrode without overlapping the thin film transistor unit is defined as a non-overlapping region, the first alignment layer corresponding to the non-overlapping region has a first thickness, the first alignment layer corresponding to the color filter opening has a second thickness, and the second thickness is greater than the first thickness.
US10031367B2
An electronic device may be provided with a display that has a layer of liquid crystal material interposed between a color filter layer and a thin-film-transistor layer. The thin-film-transistor layer may have a substrate with an upper surface and a lower surface. A circular polarizer may be formed on the upper surface. Thin-film transistor circuitry such as gate driver circuitry may be formed on the lower surface. A display driver circuit may be mounted on an inactive border region of the lower surface of the thin-film transistor substrate. Display pixels may form an array in a central active region of the display. A grid of metal gate and data lines may distribute signals from the display driver circuit and gate driver circuitry to the display pixels. A grid of non-reflecting lines may be interposed between the grid of metal lines and the lower surface.
US10031363B2
A touch display device including a first substrate, a second substrate, a display medium, and a pixel array structure is provided. The pixel array structure includes a scan line, a data line, an active device, pixel electrodes, a signal electrode layer and a signal transmission layer. The scan line intersects the data line. The active device is connected to the scan line and the data line. The pixel electrodes are arranged in an array. The signal electrode layer includes signal electrodes. The signal transmission layer includes a signal line disposed between two adjacent columns of the pixel electrodes and electrically connected to one of the signal electrodes. The data line includes at least a portion located outside of the signal line.
US10031362B2
An increase in fabricating cost of a display module including a touch sensor is suppressed. A display device which includes a first substrate, a second substrate, and liquid crystal interposed between the first substrate and the second substrate includes a display portion. The display portion includes a sensor unit and a pixel. The sensor unit includes a first transistor, a first conductive film electrically connected to a gate of the first transistor, and a second conductive film. At least part of the first conductive film overlaps with at least part of the second conductive film. The pixel includes a second transistor, and a pixel electrode electrically connected to the second transistor. At least part of the pixel electrode overlaps with at least part of the first conductive film.
US10031350B2
Systems and methods for creating fully custom products from scratch without exclusive use of off-the-shelf or pre-specified components. A system for creating custom products includes a computer communicatively coupled with an image capture device and configured to construct an anatomic model of the user based on captured image data and/or measurement data. The computer provides a configurable product model and enables preview and automatic or user guided customization of the product model. A display is communicatively coupled with the computer and displays the custom product model superimposed on the anatomic model or image data of the user. The computer is further configured to provide the customized product model to a manufacturer for manufacturing eyewear for the user in accordance with the customized product model.
US10031346B2
In some example implementations, there is provided an apparatus. The apparatus may include a plurality of prism portions configured to shift light passing through the apparatus including the plurality of prisms portions, and a plurality of portions configured to pass light unshifted through the apparatus, wherein the apparatus combines the shifted light and the unshifted light passing through the apparatus. Related apparatus are also disclosed.
US10031343B2
An image display device including a laser light source; an optical element; and a transmitting-reflecting member, the image display device which displays an image by forming the image by light which is emitted from the laser light source and making image light after forming the image to be incident on the transmitting-reflecting member, wherein the laser light source is arranged such that there are more S polarization components of the image light which is incident on the transmitting-reflecting member with respect to the transmitting-reflecting member than P polarization components, and a mobile object including the image display device.
US10031342B2
It relates to a high-power laser attenuator wherein laser is incident into an attenuator housing through a lens barrel; a ½ wave plate, a first lens and a second lens are arranged in sequence on an incident light path along a laser incident direction; the ½ wave plate can rotate around the incident light path, and normal lines of incident planes of the two lenses and the incident light axis are set to form a Brewster angle; a laser absorber assembly is arranged in a reflected light path of the first lens.
US10031337B2
Embodiments of the present invention include an eyewear-type mobile terminal, including a camera configured to capture an image, a frame formed to be worn on a user's head, a sensor configured to detect touches on the frame, a display coupled to the frame and configured to display information, and a controller configured to cause the display to display a first image captured via the camera in response to a predetermined first touch detected on the frame and terminate display of the first image when the first touch is released.
US10031335B1
An augmented reality system may generate an augmented reality environment by projecting images onto various surfaces within a scene. A projection accessory display device (PADD) provides known characteristics for projection, and may be configured to simplify generation and maintenance of the projected image upon the PADD. The PADD may also provide one or more input devices which accept input from a user within the augmented reality environment. The PADD may comprise non-electronic passive components, electronic active components, or a combination thereof.
US10031333B2
An arrangement for correcting aberrations of a specimen surface that vary across the visual field on a microscope, including a lens, a tubular lens, an imaging optics element, a pupil stop disposed in the beam path, and at least one optical element for optical-geometric separation of different image field regions. The optical element for optical-geometric separation of different image field regions is arranged in or near the intermediate image plane. Each individual element of the optical element for optical-geometric separation of different image field regions performs a pupil imaging, defined by the dimensions of the covered area of the intermediate image, such that a distribution of sub-pupils occurs, wherein each sub-pupil is allocated to the angle distribution from the associated image field region.
US10031332B1
Electrowetting display elements comprising a thin film transistor are disclosed. In examples, the thin film transistor may comprise a first gate terminal, a semiconducting channel overlying at least a portion of the first gate terminal, a source terminal formed on at least a first portion of the semiconducting channel, and a drain terminal formed on at least a second portion of the semiconducting channel, different from the first portion of the semiconducting channel. The source and drain terminals may form an inter-terminal region of the semiconducting channel located between the source terminal and the drain terminal. A second gate terminal may be formed overlying at least a portion of the inter-terminal region so as to shield the inter-terminal region from light and to increase the conductivity of the semiconducting channel.
US10031331B2
A valve body in a passage of a housing connected to a through hole in a sealed machine casing can allow an inspection apparatus into an interior of the casing when open, and prevents fluid flow through the passage when closed. Seals can engage the inspection apparatus to prevent fluid flow through the passage during inspection or inspection apparatus movement. A guide conduit in the casing can include branches and can guide the inspection apparatus to multiple inspection sites. Guide marks can identify the branches to assist with navigation within the casing.
US10031329B2
An optical telescope is provided that includes a steering mirror configured to receive and redirect optical signals. The steering mirror is configured to be controllably oriented so as to control a direction in which the optical signals are redirected and to correspondingly control a line of sight. The optical telescope also includes a beam tube that includes a turning mirror configured to receive the optical signals from the steering mirror. The optical telescope also includes a primary mirror downstream of the turning mirror and configured to collimate the optical signals. Further, the optical telescope includes an output mirror configured to receive the optical signals from the primary mirror and to redirect the optical signals from the optical telescope. The output mirror is configured to be controllably oriented so as to control a direction in which the optical signals are redirected and to correspondingly control the line of sight.
US10031327B2
A method for high-resolution 3D-localization microscopy of a sample having fluorescence emitters, in which the fluorescence emitters are excited to emit fluorescent radiation and the sample is displayed with spatial resolution in wide-field microscopy. Excitation is caused such that at least some fluorescence emitters are isolated. A three-dimensional localization is determined in a localization analysis, which includes a z-coordinate, x-coordinate as well as a y-coordinate orthogonal thereto, for each isolated fluorescence emitter. A table of localization imprecision is provided. Localization imprecision being determined for each localized fluorescence emitter by accessing the table of localization imprecision.
US10031323B2
Provided is a compact zoom lens having a high aperture ratio and high optical performance over an entire zoom range. The zoom lens includes, in order from object side to image side: first, second, and third lens units respectively having positive, negative, and positive refractive powers; an aperture stop; a middle lens group; and a final lens unit. An interval between adjacent lens units is changed during zooming. The third lens unit includes at least two positive lenses and at least one negative lens. A combined focal length (f12t) of first lens unit and second lens unit at telephoto end, a focal length (fn) of a lens unit (N) having a largest absolute value of the negative refractive power of the lens unit forming middle lens group, a focal length (f3) of third lens unit, and a focal length (ft) of zoom lens at telephoto end are appropriately set.
US10031318B2
An optical imaging lens assembly includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens element, a second lens element, a third lens element, a fourth lens element, a fifth lens element and a sixth lens element. The first lens element with positive refractive power has an object-side surface being convex. The second lens element has negative refractive power. At least one of two surfaces of the fourth lens element has at least one inflection point, and the two surfaces thereof are aspheric. The fifth lens element has an object-side surface being convex and an image-side surface having at least one inflection point, and the two surfaces thereof are aspheric. The sixth lens element has an image-side surface being concave, wherein the image-side surface of the sixth lens element has at least one convex shape in off-axial region, and the two surfaces thereof are aspheric.
US10031300B2
An optic module cage assembly includes an optic module cage body configured to receive and retain one or more optic modules; a stationary heatsink fixedly attached to the optic module cage body; one or more spring members configured to bias the one or more optic modules towards the stationary heatsink when the one or more optic modules are retained in the optic module cage assembly; and one or more floating connectors configured to make electrical connections with the one or more optic modules when the optic modules are retained in the optic module cage assembly.
US10031293B2
Provided is an optical coupler including a substrate, a buffer layer on the substrate, a ridge waveguide having a first side surface and a second side surface opposed to the first side surface, and a first waveguide disposed adjacent to the second side surface. The first waveguide includes a first body part and a first connecting part extending from one end of the first body part to be inserted in the ridge waveguide. The first connecting part has a width decreasing in the direction away from the second side surface, and the ridge waveguide includes an extension part extending under an upper surface of the buffer layer.
US10031291B1
For multi-mode interference (MMI) couplers that have a plurality of input and output ports, e.g. 4×4, a large number of modes may be supported in the multimode region, e.g. >10, as the width of the MMI core grows larger. In order for MMI couplers to form good images, the supported modes preferably have low modal phase error, which can't be achieved using a conventional single layer design. Accordingly, a multi-mode interference (MMI) coupler comprising an MMI core comprising a plurality of waveguide core strips alternating with a plurality of cladding strips solves the aforementioned problems.
US10031283B2
The present embodiment relates to a CMCF including a structure to achieve more efficient reduction in transmission loss by suppressing decrease in concentration of alkali metal due to diffusion of alkali metal. In the CMCF including a plurality of cores, a power coupling coefficient h between adjacent cores is set to 1×10−3/m or more, to maintain an optical coupling state between the adjacent cores. In addition, alkali metal contributing to reduction in transmission loss is added to each of the cores such that a stress maximum value σ_max between adjacent cores has a negative value.
US10031278B2
A light source device and a display device capable of preventing a problem of torsion occurring in a back chassis due to an unevenness in a temperature distribution are provided.In a light source device including: a light guide plate that outputs light incident from one side face from one face; a light source that is arranged on the one side face side of the light guide plate; and a back chassis that has a bottom arranged to face the other face of the light guide plate, by forming a reflection film reflecting light incident from the light guide plate to the light guide plate in a heat absorption plate portion that is arranged between the light guide plate and the bottom of the back chassis and absorbs heat emitted from the light source, the heat absorption plate portion absorbs heat generated from the light source and achieves the role of a reflection sheet.
US10031276B2
A display apparatus includes an excitation light source that outputs excitation light; a light-emitting device including a photoluminescent layer that receives the excitation light and emits light including first light having a wavelength λa in air, and a light-transmissive layer located on or near the photoluminescent layer; and an optical shutter on an optical path of the light emitted from the photoluminescent layer. A surface structure is defined on at least one of the photoluminescent layer and the light-transmissive layer, and the surface structure has projections or recesses or both and limits a directional angle of the first light having the wavelength λa in air.
US10031273B2
A light source device including a light guide plate which has notches formed at edge parts thereof and emits light from one surface thereof, the light having entered a side face of the light guide plate, and a reflection sheet member which is disposed to face the light guide plate and has concave parts corresponding to the notches at edge parts thereof is disclosed. And the light source device is provided with edge part frame members on the edge part side of the one surface of the light guide plate at an interval in an emitting direction of light from the one surface, and the entirety of light amount at the edge parts of the light guide plate is increased by reflecting the light emitted from the edge parts of the one surface of the light guide plate to the one surface.
US10031272B2
A display apparatus includes a display panel and a backlight unit. The backlight unit includes a light source emitting a first color light, a light guide member, quantum dots, and a dichroic filter preventing the first color light from being leaked.
US10031264B2
A polarizing plate of the present invention includes polarizing plate protective film(s) on one or both sides of a polarizer, wherein the polarizing plate protective film contains a compound represented by general formula (I) or (II) described below, the polarizer contains iodine, and the content of the iodine within the polarizer is 4.0 wt % or greater.
US10031261B2
The disclosure provides a method for measuring X-ray energy of an accelerator in an inspection system. the method comprises: building a database comprising correspondence between half-value layer (HVL) and energy under a predetermined condition; measuring HVL for X-rays of the accelerator in the inspection system on line under the same predetermined condition; and comparing the measured HVL with the HVLs in the database comprising correspondence between HVL and energy to determine the X-ray energy of the accelerator. The method is applicable to a large-scale container/vehicle inspection system for measurement of X-ray energy/HVL of the accelerator so as to acquire source state of the inspection system in real time.
US10031257B2
A method and system for environmental monitoring of logging-while-drilling (LWD) components. In one embodiment the system includes a formation sensor configured to generate a signal related to a property of a surrounding rock formation, and a first environmental sensor fastened to the formation sensor and configured to generate a signal related to a first environmental condition experienced by the first environmental sensor. The formation sensor and first environmental sensor may be contained in a package of an LWD tool.
US10031249B2
Disclosed are methods and systems for enabling anti-twist functionality in marine geophysical streamers. An embodiment discloses a method comprising: towing a streamer behind a survey vessel in a body of water, wherein the streamer comprises rotation sensors and streamer rotation devices; receiving data from at least one rotation sensor indicative of streamer twist; and rotating a portion of the streamer with at least one streamer rotation device to reduce the streamer twist based, at least in part on the data.
US10031242B1
An apparatus for detecting radiation energy includes a first comparator coupled to a first voltage source applying a first threshold voltage to the first comparator. The apparatus includes a second comparator, a radiation detector, Analog-to-Digital Converter (ADC), and control circuitry. The second comparator is coupled to a second voltage source applying a second threshold voltage to the second comparator. The radiation detector is coupled to the first and second comparators. The ADC has a first input coupled to the detector, and is responsive to a second input for placing it in a low-power mode. The control circuitry is coupled to outputs of the comparators and the ADC, and the control circuitry temporarily switches the ADC from the low-power mode to a normal operating mode to perform a peak measurement of detected radiation energy, and determine the first and second threshold voltages based on the peak measurement.
US10031227B2
A parking assist system includes an electronic control unit. The electronic control unit is configured to detect an obstacle, detect a boundary of a parking space, determine a target position to which a vehicle moves, and, when the vehicle is allowed to be located in a third area in which a first area and a second area overlap with each other, be allowed to determine the target position in the third area. The first area is an area across a limit line from the obstacle. The limit line is set substantially along an outer periphery of the obstacle at a position spaced a predetermined distance from the obstacle outward of the obstacle. The second area is an area out of the boundary.
US10031223B2
In a vehicle control apparatus, a rear side detecting unit, mounted to an own vehicle, detects another vehicle that is present in a first area behind and to a side of the own vehicle. A time acquiring unit, mounted to the own vehicle, acquires a first time that is an estimated time at which a front approaching vehicle will arrive at the first area. The front approaching vehicle is another vehicle that is relatively nearing the own vehicle from ahead of the own vehicle. A sensitivity setting unit, mounted to the own vehicle, sets a detection sensitivity of the rear side detecting unit to the other vehicle in at least a part of the first area in such a manner that the detection sensitivity during a predetermined period set based on the first time is higher than the detection sensitivity during a remaining period other than the predetermined period.
US10031221B2
System and method for estimating locations and range rates of a multiplicity of targets by estimating range-Doppler state representation, including: computing a prior range-Doppler state estimate matrix and a measurement matrix containing phase shifted and re-ordered samples of a transmitted signal waveform; applying the measurement matrix to the range-Doppler state estimate matrix to generate a prediction of a current return sample and calculating a difference between the current return signal sample and the prediction of the current return signal sample; multiplying the difference by a gain matrix to obtain an adjustment to the prior range-Doppler state estimate matrix; repeating the process for a next return signal; computing an estimated range-Doppler map (RDM); applying a threshold to the estimated RDM to detect individual targets and obtain their range and Doppler parameters; and using the range and Doppler parameters to estimate the locations and range rates of the targets.
US10031218B2
A method for sensing a fingerprint, comprising: receiving, by an electronic device, a sound wave signal that is reflected from an object; detecting at least one echo signal that is associated with the object for each reception period in a plurality of reception periods, wherein the at least one echo signal is detected based on the sound wave signal; and detecting the fingerprint based on the at least one echo signal.
US10031208B2
A method of tracking an object including producing a guided surface wave with a guided surface waveguide probe, the guided surface wave having sufficient energy density to power object identification tags across an area of interest; receiving return signals from a tag of interest at plural receivers, the tag of interest associated with an object and the receivers that receive the return signals change over time as the tag moves with the associated object in the area of interest; and identifying a series of geolocations at which the object was present as a function of time according to the received reply signals from the tag.
US10031194B2
An MRIS gradient coil sub-assembly comprising a first coil layer comprising a first conducting coil portion, a second coil layer comprising a second conductive coil portion electrically connected with the first conductive coil portion so that the first and second conductive coil portions act together as one coil, and a B-stage material consolidation layer sandwiched between the first and second coil layers.
US10031193B2
A local coil for a magnetic resonance imaging system includes at least one former antenna and at least one further antenna. The at least one former antenna is arranged orthogonally with respect to the at least one further antenna.
US10031192B2
An antenna apparatus provides for receiving magnetic resonance signals from an examination object during magnetic resonance imaging using a magnetic resonance device. The antenna apparatus includes a resonator with a plurality of electrically conductive conductor loops, which are each interrupted by a number of electrically insulating slits. The antenna apparatus further includes a carrier substrate for holding the conductor loops and a cable connection apparatus having a number of shielding apparatuses. At least one of the number of shielding apparatuses provides a conductive coupling to a virtual ground of at least one conductor loop.
US10031180B2
A system for post-silicon leakage characterization is configured to apply a rail voltage to a hardware component; cause the hardware component to operate at a particular frequency; cause a cooling device, coupled to the hardware component, to operate at a cooling capacity; run a workload on the hardware component after applying the rail voltage, causing the hardware component to operate at a particular frequency, and causing the cooling device to operate at a particular cooling capacity; discontinue the workload and clocks of the hardware component after a temperature of the hardware component has reached a steady high point; continuously measure temperature and leakage power of the hardware component after discontinuing the workload until the temperature of the hardware component has reached a steady low point; and adjust a power management procedure for the hardware component based on measured temperature and measured leakage power of the hardware component.
US10031178B2
A testing system includes a vacuum pump, testing equipment and a vibration device. A vacuum tray is configured to provide relative movement between a DUT and the vacuum pump, testing equipment and the vibration device. The vacuum tray includes a vacuum chamber configured to define a sealed vacuum environment around the DUT, and a DUT support carried by the vacuum chamber and configured to support the DUT within the chamber during testing thereof. The DUT support includes a pedestal configured to hold the DUT within the chamber during vibration testing, and an extension that extends outside the vacuum chamber and is configured to connect to the vibration device. An electrical test interface unit is carried by the vacuum chamber and configured to connect between the DUST and the test equipment, and a vacuum interface is carried by the vacuum chamber and configured to connect to the vacuum pump.
US10031177B2
In some embodiments, an apparatus includes an automatic integrated circuit (IC) handler having a change kit. The change kit has a plunger moveably disposable onto an automatic test equipment (ATE). In such embodiments, the ATE is configured to receive an integrated circuit having an optical interface. The plunger has a first position and a second position. In such embodiments, the plunger is out of contact with the integrated circuit when the plunger is in the first position. The plunger includes an optical connector operatively coupled to the optical interface of the integrated circuit when the plunger is in the second position.
US10031176B2
A circuit device includes a detection circuit to which first and second detection signals forming differential signals are input from a physical quantity transducer and a diagnosis circuit. The detection circuit includes first and second charge/voltage conversion circuits. The diagnosis circuit includes a first capacitor which is provided between a first node and a first input node to which the first detection signal is input and a second capacitor which is provided between the first node and a second input node to which the second detection signal is input and has a different capacitor value from the first capacitor. In a diagnosis mode, a diagnosis signal is input to the first node.
US10031166B2
An apparatus for electrical current measurement. The apparatus may include a power input such as a current transformer that can be magnetically coupled to a line being measured. The apparatus may also include an energy harvesting circuit to parasitically harvest energy from the current transformer and an energy metering circuit to measure the current on the line. A controller can control the switching of a dynamic switch between an energy harvesting mode and an energy metering mode. The apparatus may also include a wireless transceiver. A plurality of these apparatuses may be combined into a network of devices to relay information from multiple current meters to a data concentrator and ultimately the Internet.
US10031161B2
A semiconductor wafer includes a plurality of dies and at least one test probe. Each of the plurality of dies includes a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag circuit. The at least one test probe includes a plurality of probe pads. The plurality of probe pads is configured to transmit power signals and data to each of the plurality of dies, and to receive test results from each of the plurality of dies. The data are transmitted to each of the plurality of dies in a serial manner. The test results of each of the plurality of dies are also transmitted to the plurality of probe pads in a serial manner.
US10031159B2
A test fixture for testing performance of a trimmed cable and/or antenna components. The test fixture may be connected without the use of solder allowing for accurate testing or tuning of one or more the antenna components.
US10031158B1
An optomechanical force sensor includes a substrate, a cantilevered beam anchored to the substrate, and a probe tip positioned near an end of the cantilevered beam distal to the substrate. A suspended waveguide is disposed on the cantilevered beam and is optically continuous with an input/output waveguiding structure. An optical cavity is defined within the suspended waveguide.
US10031157B2
A functional device includes a fixed electrode portion including a first fixed electrode portion and a second fixed electrode portion, a first wiring portion connected to the first fixed electrode portion, and a second wiring portion connected to the second fixed electrode portion. At least one of the first wiring portion and the second wiring portion is provided with a branch portion. One wiring line extending from the branch portion is connected to the fixed electrode portion, and another wiring line extending from the branch portion is provided along the first wiring portion or the second wiring portion.
US10031154B2
An inertial force sensor has a first sensor element, a second sensor element, a first signal processor, a second signal processor, and a power controller. The first sensor element converts a first inertial force to an electric signal, and the second sensor element converts a second inertial force to an electric signal. The first signal processor is connected to the first sensor element, and outputs a first inertial force value. The second signal processor is connected to the second sensor element, and outputs a second inertial force value. The power controller is connected to the first signal processor and the second signal processor, and changes power supplied to the second signal processor based on the first inertial force value.
US10031153B2
A method for magnetic ranging includes rotating a downhole tool in a drilling well in sensory range of magnetic flux emanating from a target well having an AC magnetic source deployed therein. The downhole tool includes a magnetic field sensor deployed therein. The magnetic field sensor measures a magnetic field vector while rotating. The measured magnetic field vector is processed to compute at least one of a distance and a direction from a drilling well to a target well.
US10031144B2
Provided are devices, systems and methods for evaluation of hemostasis. Also provided are sound focusing assemblies.
US10031122B2
A method and apparatus for analyzing solubility of asphaltenes of a hydrocarbon fluid sample involves a sequence of operations including: i) performing microfluidic mixing operations that form a mixture that includes the hydrocarbon fluid sample, a solvent that dissolves asphaltenes and a precipitant that precipitates asphaltenes; ii) using microfluidic processes that result in precipitation of asphaltenes from the mixture resulting from i); iii) performing microfluidic filtering operations that remove precipitated asphaltenes resulting from ii) and passes permeate; and iv) performing optical spectroscopy on the permeate resulting from iii). The operations of i)-iv) can be repeated over iterations that vary the amount of solvent relative to the precipitant in the mixture. These iterations can cause varying fractional precipitation of asphaltenes in each given iteration.
US10031112B2
A sample injection method for liquid chromatography is performed with an injection valve having a waste port, two sample loop ports, and two high-pressure ports. One high-pressure port can be connected to a pump and the other high-pressure port can be connected to a chromatography column. A sample loop is connected to one of the sample loop ports on one end and to a pump volume of a sample conveying device on the other end. A section of the sample loop can be separated to facilitate receiving a sample fluid in the sample loop. A control unit controls the injection valve and the sample conveying device. The sample injector allows a sample to be loaded into the sample loop and then pressurized to an operating pressure prior to injecting the sample into the chromatography column. The sample loop may also be isolated from the operating pressure for facilitating depressurization of the loop.
US10031111B2
A method of machining an object, the method comprising: receiving a signal from an ultrasonic transducer; determining at least a first external surface of the object and a second internal surface of the object in the received signal; determining a thickness between the first external surface and the second internal surface of the object, the object comprising a first material between the first external surface and the second internal surface, and a second material between the second internal surface and a third surface, the determination of the thickness using a database including a plurality of materials and a plurality of associated acoustic wave velocities; and controlling machining of the first external surface using the determined thickness.
US10031109B2
An inspection device is provided which comprises a receiving member defining an open cell for receiving a target therein. An optical excitation input is in optical communication with the cell for exciting the target. At least one acoustic pickup is in acoustic communication with the cell for picking up acoustic energy resultant from excitation of the target. A recorder is provided for recording the acoustic energy picked up from the at least one acoustic pickup for facilitating structural analysis of the target.
US10031107B2
A method for the non-destructive testing of a test component made of an electrically conductive material is described. The method employs movably mounted permanent magnets, which provides a means for generating a variable DC magnetic field within the test component, and eddy current probes to provide a means for performing a partial saturation eddy current test upon the test component. The eddy current probe preferably comprises an integrated magnetic field sensor which increases the accuracy and flexibility of the modes of operation of the described methods. The described methods are particularly suited for the inspection of tubular components that are often remotely located within the oil and gas exploration and production industries.
US10031101B2
An ion sensor is configured such that part of a P well on which part a sensing section is provided is different, in dopant concentration, from the other part of the P well so that electric charges are injected merely to the sensing section in a state where a voltage is applied to an N-type substrate.
US10031097B1
A device produces an electrical signal in response to a stimulus. The device is formed of a flexible substrate including a layer of fibers, for example, paper, and a solution of dispersed carbon nanotubes coated onto and within the fibers, the solution evaporated to leave carbon nanotubes intertwined within the layer of fibers. The carbon nanotubes are functionalized to be optimized for producing an electrical signal for a particular stimulus, where the stimulus includes exposure of the device to a particular gas or vapor. A number of such devices, some or all of which can be different, are housed together, for producing a complex electronic signal, or for sensing any of a wide variety of stimulus.
US10031093B2
The invention relates to a radiation-induced radical species characterized in that it has, when measuring a biological nail, hair, or stratum corneum tissue sample by continuous wave EPR spectroscopy at ambient temperature: a Lande factor of 2.004; during Q band measurements at ambient temperature, a minimum signal intensity and a maximum signal intensity, said intensities being reached for magnetic field values separated by 1.8 mT; during X band measurements, a signal forming a singlet; and at the highest frequency, a signal having Lande factor anisotropy. The invention also relates to methods suitable for the identified radical species and intended for preparing a sample, analyzing the measured signal, and estimating a received dose.
US10031089B2
Provided are a method of evaluating an internal stress of a silicon carbide (SiC) single crystal wafer and a method of predicting warpage of the SiC single crystal wafer after completion of polishing by evaluating the internal stress of the wafer. Wavenumber shift amounts of Raman-scattered light are measured at two points within a surface of the SiC single crystal wafer, and the internal stress is evaluated through use of a difference between the wavenumber shift amounts. Also provided is a method of predicting warpage of a silicon carbide single crystal wafer in advance, the silicon carbide single crystal wafer being produced by sublimation-recrystallization method, the method including predicting warpage of a SiC single crystal wafer through use of the evaluation indicator.
US10031085B2
A point of care testing system includes a reader having an incubator disposed within a reader housing, the incubator having a rotor supported for rotation and having a plurality of circumferentially disposed slots. A drive mechanism is configured to rotate the rotor about a center axis A plurality of analytical test elements are sized for fitting in the slots of the incubator either manually or on demand. Each analytical test element commonly includes a support within a cartridge. The support retains at least one of a dry chemistry chip comprising a porous spreading layer disposed in stacked relation with at least one reagent layer or a lateral flow assay device wherein the plurality of test elements can assume a common form factor with multiplexed capability, and in which cartridges are preferably gated to enable random access processing.
US10031082B2
The composition of a gas or gas stream containing AlCl3 in a chemical reactor is measured by removing AlCl3 from the gas and analyzing the gas by gas chromatography or spectroscopy. Chlorosilanes may be prepared in a fluidized bed reactor having a reactor height H0, in which supplied HCl reacts with silicon, wherein a temperature profile in the fluidized bed reactor is greater than S1(H/H0)=(a1−b1)*(1/(1+exp(−c1((H/H0)−d1))))+b1 and less than S2(H/H0)=(a2−b2)*(1/(1+exp(−c2((H/H0)−d2))))+b2, where a1=100° C., a2=300° C., b1=300° C., b2=400° C., c1=50, c2=20, d1=0.2, and d2=0.8.
US10031081B2
Peracid stable fluorescent active compounds in highly acidic, equilibrium peroxycarboxylic acid sanitizing compositions are disclosed as having improved fluorescent stability allowing for monitoring of peroxycarboxylic acid concentration by conductivity and/or optical sensors. Beneficially, the compositions are also low odor and low/no VOC dual functioning acid wash and sanitizing compositions.
US10031079B2
This fluorescence observation method is a method of observing a living organism into which a fluorescent dye is injected. The method includes the steps of: irradiating the living organism with excitation light including a wavelength for exciting the fluorescent dye using a light irradiation means, acquiring a first fluorescence image of the living organism generated by the irradiation with the excitation light using an image acquisition means, specifying an observation object in the living organism on the basis of the first fluorescence image; acquiring a second fluorescence image of the observation object generated by the irradiation with the excitation light using the image acquisition means; and specifying a linear fluorescence pattern appearing in the second fluorescence image.
US10031070B2
An analyzing device, comprising: a light source device; an image pick-up device that generates image data by capturing a biological tissue illuminated with light emitted by the light source device; and an index calculation unit configured to calculate an index representing a molar ratio between first and second biological substances contained in the biological tissue based on the image data, wherein: the light source device switches between light of a first illumination wavelength range which the first and second biological substances absorb and light of a second illumination wavelength range lying within the first illumination wavelength range; and the index calculation unit calculates the index based on first image data obtained by capturing the biological tissue under illumination of the light of the first illumination wavelength range and second image data obtained by capturing the biological tissue under illumination of the light of the second illumination wavelength range.
US10031067B2
A device is proposed for detecting at least one analyte in a bodily fluid. The device comprises at least one test element with at least one two-dimensional evaluation region. The device furthermore comprises at least one spatially resolving optical detector having a plurality of pixels. The detector is designed to image at least part of the test element onto an image region. In the process, at least part of the evaluation region is imaged onto an evaluation image region. The detector is matched to the test element such that a predetermined minimum number of pixels is provided for each dimension within the evaluation image region. The pixels are arranged in a two-dimensional matrix arrangement. The matrix arrangement has pixel rows and pixel columns, wherein the pixel rows are arranged substantially parallel to a longitudinal direction of the evaluation region and/or of the evaluation image region.
US10031061B2
The present invention relates to methods that enable improved accuracy for quantitative particle counting in a flowing liquid stream. The methods of the present invention utilize the real-time measurement of flow rates and flow rate control through feedback mechanisms to improve quantification, and this improved quantification translates to more accurate particle counting. In certain embodiments, particles being counted are biological particles in a liquid sample, such as viruses.
US10031057B2
A rotational rheometer for measuring powdery or granular materials has a measuring container for receiving the product to be measured and a cover for the measuring container. A measuring body is held by a measuring shaft. The measuring body and the container are rotatable relative to one another. The measuring shaft is guided through the cover with low friction, or without contact altogether. An evaluation unit is arranged outside the measurement container to evaluate the measured values received by the measuring shaft. To seal the bearing gap or the passage of the measuring shaft in or through the cover in the measuring container, both a fluid seal with a sealing fluid inlet and at least a geometric seal cooperating with the fluid seal are provided as a powder barrier.
US10031053B2
A microfluidic element for thoroughly mixing a liquid with a reagent used for the analysis of the liquid for an analyte contained therein and a method thereof are disclosed. The microfluidic element has a substrate and a channel structure. The channel structure includes an elongate mixing channel and an output channel. The mixing channel has an inlet opening and an outlet opening, and is implemented to mix the reagent contained therein with the liquid flowing through the inlet opening into the mixing channel. The outlet opening of the mixing channel is in fluid communication to the output channel. The outlet opening is positioned closer to the middle of the length of the mixing channel than the inlet opening.
US10031046B2
A method for detecting defects in a piston for an internal combustion engine may include providing the piston in a measurement arrangement that includes a measurement probe having a first electrical coil element for generating an electromagnetic alternating field and a second electrical coil element for detecting an electromagnetic alternating field. The method may also include moving the measurement probe over a piston surface of the piston, and providing an electrical alternating current in the first coil element to generate an electromagnetic alternating field that interacts with a material of the piston in the region under the piston surface. The method may further include evaluating an electrical alternating voltage induced in the second coil element by the electromagnetic alternating field after interaction with the material of the piston.
US10031040B1
Embodiments of the present invention provide a system for estimating a location of a gas leak, based on machine learning from forward gas concentration data provided by an analog or scale model including a gas source. The system improves significantly over previous systems by providing high quality, physically accurate forward modeling data inexpensively. During operation, the system configures an aerosol source at a first location to emit a gaseous aerosol. The system then configures a laser source to illuminate the aerosol with a laser sheet. The system may then obtain an image of a reflection of the laser sheet from the aerosol. The system may then analyze the image to quantify a three-dimensional concentration distribution of the aerosol. The system may then estimate, based on solving an inverse problem and an observed second gas concentration, a second location of a second gas source.
US10031038B2
A micromechanical pressure sensor device and a corresponding manufacturing method. The micromechanical pressure sensor device includes an ASIC wafer, a rewiring system, formed on the front side, which includes a plurality of strip conductor levels and insulating layers situated in between, a structured insulating layer formed above an uppermost strip conductor level, a micromechanical functional layer formed on the insulating layer and which includes a diaphragm area, which may be acted on by pressure, above a recess in the insulating layer as a first pressure detection electrode, and a second pressure detection electrode on the uppermost strip conductor level, formed in the recess at a distance from the diaphragm area and is electrically insulated from the diaphragm area. The diaphragm area is electrically connected to the uppermost strip conductor level by one or multiple first contact plugs which are led through the diaphragm area and through the insulating layer.
US10031034B2
A method, a device and use for measurement of a force with a pressure sensor made of a piezoelectric material. The change in the capacitance of the pressure sensor is used for force measurement so that no load amplifier is necessary for measurement and as a result the measuring system as a whole is miniaturized.
US10031023B2
Provided is a highly accurate imaging technology that utilizes the speckle interference. The present technology provides a speckle imaging device including: an irradiation condition setting unit that sets an irradiation condition for coherent light with which an imaging object is irradiated; an imaging unit that captures scattered light obtained from the imaging object irradiated with the coherent light; an image generation unit that generates a speckle-enhanced image from a captured image captured by the imaging unit; and a leveling processing unit that generates a leveled speckle image from speckle-enhanced images corresponding to two or more different irradiation conditions.
US10031019B2
A strip scale suitable for use in connection with high speed, in motion weighing applications. The scale has a base, a load cell, a compliant member, and a platform. Also disclosed are load cells for use with the scale, and systems and methods for using the scales.
US10031016B2
A fluid detection apparatus to detect quantity of a fluid having flowability and stored in a casing includes an oscillator disposed outside the casing to output a frequency of an oscillation signal corresponding to a magnetic flux passing through a space near the oscillator, a vibrator made of material effecting the magnetic flux and disposed inside the casing, a vibration trigger disposed inside the casing to vibrate the vibrator, and circuitry to acquire frequency-related information related to the frequency of the oscillation signal output from the oscillator, detect the vibration of the vibrator based on a change of the frequency-related information, determine whether the vibration of the vibrator converges during a convergence-checking time period defined after the vibrator is vibrated by the vibration trigger, and detect the quantity of the fluid in the casing based on a convergence determination result of the vibration of the vibrator.
US10031012B2
This disclosure relates generally to a conduit 112 and more particularly to a system and method for monitoring fluid flow in the conduit 112. In one embodiment, a fluid monitoring device 100 for monitoring fluid flow in a conduit 112 is disclosed. The fluid monitoring device 100 comprises a depth camera 102 placed inside the conduit 112; a conveyor belt 104 placed in contact with a surface of a fluid 114 in the conduit 112; an indicator ball 106 placed in contact with the conveyor belt 104; and two image capturing devices 108 placed inside the conduit 112, wherein each of the two image capturing devices 108 are placed at an equal distance from the depth camera 102.
US10031010B2
A method for operating an ultrasonic device comprising a first and second ultrasonic transducers, includes driving the first and second transducers at a driving frequency such that the first and second transducers generate a first and a second signals, respectively. The method also includes sensing the second signal at the first transducer to produce a first measurement signal and sensing the first signal at the second transducer to produce a second measurement signal. The method further includes identifying a first set of data-points in the first measurement signal and a second set of data-points in the second measurement signal. The method also includes generating a frequency data-series using the first set of data-points and a corresponding data-point in the second set of data-points. The method also includes performing statistical operations based on the frequency data-series and configuring an operating frequency for driving the first and second transducers using the operations.
US10031005B2
A mass flow control system can be self verified for its accuracy when controlling a flow to a process. The system comprises: a control valve for controlling the flow of fluid through the system as a function of a control signal; a controller for generating the control signal as a function of measured flow of fluid through the system and a targeted flow set point; a pressure sensor for measuring the controlling fluid pressure for use in measuring and verifying the flow rate; and a source of fluid for providing a known volume of fluid for use in verifying the system accuracy anytime between steps of the flow control process.
US10031003B2
A method for manufacturing a system in a wafer for measuring an absolute and a relative pressure includes etching a shallow and a deep cavity in the wafer. A top wafer is applied and the top wafer is thinned for forming a first respectively second membrane over the shallow respectively deep cavity, and for forming in the top wafer first respectively second bondpads at the first respectively second membrane resulting in a first respectively second sensor. Back grinding the wafer results in an opened deep cavity and a still closed shallow cavity. The first bondpads of the first sensor measure an absolute pressure and the second bondpads of the second sensor measure a relative pressure. The etching in the first step defines the edges of the first membrane and of the second membrane in respectively the sensors formed from the shallow and the deep cavity.
US10030992B2
An activity monitoring and recording device may include a smartphone, a magnet, a hall-effect sensor, a Global Positioning System (GPS) device, a microprocessor and proprietary software supported to a bicycle. The software may determine bicycle and rider information including speeds, distance traveled, average speed, and calories burned by the rider during a ride.
US10030990B2
In one embodiment, panoramic images, images bubbles, or any two-dimensional views of three-dimensional subject matter are enhanced with one or more alternate viewpoints. A controller receives data indicative of a point on the two-dimensional perspective and accesses a three-dimensional location based on the point. The controller selects an image bubble based on the three-dimensional location. The three-dimensional location may be determined according to a depth map corresponding to the point. A portion of the image bubble is extracted and incorporated into the two-dimensional perspective. The resulting image may be a seamless enhanced resolution image or include a picture-in-picture enhanced resolution window including subject matter surrounding the selected point.
US10030988B2
A method includes receiving one or more search terms at a mobile computing device while the mobile computing device is located at a particular location. A search query that includes the one or more search terms and a location history of the mobile computing device is transmitted to a server. The method also includes receiving one or more search results in response to the search query, where the one or more search results include content identified based on a predicted destination of the mobile computing device. An interface identifying the one or more search results is displayed at the mobile computing device.
US10030987B2
An in-vehicle system and method for presenting a relevancy-graded navigation map to a driver of a vehicle. The relevancy-graded navigation deemphasizes map elements that are not relevant to driving the vehicle. The relevancy-graded navigation map allows the driver to focus more on controlling the vehicle by reducing the amount of time it takes to interpret a navigation map.
US10030980B2
A computerized method of creating map data from a plurality of trips where each trip comprises position data derived from the positions of at least one navigation device over a period of time, the method comprising using a processing circuitry to perform the following steps: i. processing the position data; ii. calculating, from the processing of the position data, trip terminal positions at which the navigation device started to generate positions and/or stopped generating positions and which provide an end point of a trip; iii. performing statistical analysis on the terminal positions in order to determine origin locations at which trips commonly terminate and/or originate; iv. generating further map data, which comprises the origin locations.
US10030970B2
An image measuring apparatus includes a sample stage having a placement surface on which an object to be measured is placed; an image capture apparatus facing the placement surface of the sample stage and capturing an image of the object to be measured; and a pattern projection apparatus projecting a predetermined pattern onto the sample stage, the predetermined pattern providing a reference for at least one of a placement position and direction of the object to be measured on the placement surface.
US10030967B2
The invention concerns a device for locally measuring strains within a measurement volume that comprises a test body formed from a homogeneous material of known mechanical properties and ellipsoidal in shape intended to be included in the measurement volume, at least one measurement optical fiber for measuring deformation embedded within said test body and means for linking the at least one measurement optical fiber to a system designed to stimulate the at least one measurement optical fiber, detect signals coming from the fibers and, by means of an electronic system capable of carrying out calculations, determine strains from at least one of the detected signals and known mechanical properties.
US10030947B1
A nock or an arrow with a nock suitable for being launched with a slingshot or slingbow. The nock includes a shank that is of sufficient length to fit within the pocket of a slingbow without interfering with the fletching. The nock also includes a flared element to facilitate gripping of the nock. The nock can include a connection shaft for attachment to the shaft of an arrow.
US10030942B2
A steel armor plate and method of manufacturing is described. The armor plate has three curves, a first curve about an axis that parallels the length of the armor plate, and two additional curves about axes that parallel the width of the armor plate. A die for manufacturing said plate is described, the die being formed of a stack of metal plates, each plate having a curve that substantially matches the first curve, the stack of plates being arranged in a step-down-then-step-up fashion to form a concavity that approximates one of the two additional curves.
US10030931B1
A head mounted display (HMD)-based training tool includes a HMD, sensor components, and electronics components. The sensor components include an external environment sensor for obtaining data of a real training scene. The electronics components include a simulator including at least one processor coupled to receive the real training scene data. The simulator generates virtual image data based on simulator input signals, where the virtual image data represents at least one virtual object. A display device is coupled to receive the virtual image data from the simulator. A field of view (FOV) of the HMD includes the virtual object from the display device and a real-world view of the real training scene, wherein the simulator modifies the virtual image data responsive to changes in the simulator input signals.
US10030928B2
There is disclosed herein systems, methods and apparatus relating to a selective fire firearm. A firing mechanism is provided for mechanically and electronically firing a firearm depending on the operating mode selected by the user. A selector mechanism allows for selection of a safety mode of operation, a semi-automatic firing mode of operation, an automatic firing mode of operation, and an electronic firing mode of operation.
US10030921B1
An online cleaning system for tube and shell heat exchangers is presented. The system includes a positioner, a plunger, an umbilical cleaner, and a motor. The cleaning system cleans the tubes while the heat exchanger remains in operation. The cleaning system locates and isolates a single tube via rotating and translating mechanical actions and inserts the umbilical cleaner into the tube, which may clean the tube via rotational movement or via sonication. The cleaning system may further clean the outer surface of the tubes of the heat exchanger.
US10030912B2
A heat exchanger (10) of a heat exchange device used for air cooling cold water units or commercial roof machines, a method for manufacturing the heat exchanger (10), a heat exchange module, a heat exchange device, and a heat source unit. The heat exchanger (10) comprises: a main body portion (ab); a bent portion (cd) with a trapezoid cross section, the bent portion (cd) and the main body portion (ab) being connected and approximately perpendicular to each other; two collecting pipes (11, 12), disposed on two opposite sides of the heat exchanger (10); and multiple heat exchange pipes (13), each extending from one collecting pipe (11) of the two collecting pipes (11, 12) to the other collecting pipe (12) by passing through the main body portion (ab) and the bent portion (cd), wherein a top edge of the bent portion (cd) and a top edge of the main body portion (ab) of the heat exchanger (10) are approximately located at the same height level.
US10030903B2
A mechanical apparatus comprised of a plurality of pods in the form of an annular cylindrical sleeve. All pods containing liquid are to be frozen for the purpose of dynamically transfer/impart its charged thermal energy to a directly contacted beverage object placed within. The pods are joined to each other by latitudinal elastic bands allowing it to expand readily and grip onto varying size beverage containers. Furthermore, the plurality of pods and a beverage container are disposed in an insulated holder; a sealable cap is then inserted to seal off and insulate the discharging of thermal energy therein from ambient conditions. A beverage in the form of can or bottle might be placed in the apparatus to achieve desired chill temperature for an extended length of time in high ambient temperature conditions.
US10030895B2
A terminal may be provided with a magnetic regenerator unit using a magnetocaloric effect of magnetocaloric materials and a magnetic cooling system having the same. By a circular magnetic regenerator structure capable of evenly flowing heat transfer fluid and magnetic field and the flow of the heat transfer fluid being changed in the same way, and a magnetic band having a relative permeability, similar to a relative permeability of the magnetic regenerator, high efficiency of a flux generator may be obtained while reducing torque of a rotator. Power consumption for driving may be reduced due to the reduction of the cogging torque, and the magnetic band may be manufactured at a low cost by using inexpensive iron powder.
US10030892B2
A cryogenic refrigerator includes a cylinder, a displacer accommodated in the cylinder so as to reciprocate inside the cylinder with a gap formed between the periphery of the displacer and the interior surface of the cylinder, and a depressed part formed on at least one of the periphery of the displacer and the interior surface of the cylinder. The ratio of the volume of the depressed part to the volume of the gap satisfies a condition of 8≤Vd/Vg≤75, where Vd is the volume of the depressed part and Vg is the volume of the gap.
US10030884B2
Provided according to some embodiments is a thermostat is capable of discerning the time-of-day without external input. Should the user fail to set the time, the thermostat uses one or more sensors to determine the time-of-day through a variety of techniques. In one example, a light sensor can monitor natural light to understand the cycle of sun with respect to the installation location. From the cycle of natural light a latitude, time-of-year, time-of-day, etc. can be estimated through processing sensor information over time. Should the thermostat have its time manually set or gathered from the network, it would override the estimated time-of-day. Techniques can be used to filter input from the one or more sensors to avoid confusion from other inputs, for example, man-made lighting.
US10030876B2
A ceiling-embedded air conditioner includes: a ceiling-embedded casing main body that includes inside thereof a turbo fan and a heat exchanger disposed to surround the outer periphery of the turbo fan; a decorative panel that is mounted on a bottom surface of the casing main body and has an air blowoff opening; a drain pan that is provided on the bottom surface of the casing main body; an air blowoff path that is a through hole with rectangular cross section, the air blowoff path being provided in the drain pan and guiding conditioned air heat-exchanged by the heat exchanger to the air blowoff opening; and a reinforcement support column that is provided between long sides of the air blowoff path and includes a portion protruding more upward than an opening surface of the air blowoff path on an inflow side.
US10030873B2
A modular brick or block outdoor structure includes an outdoor structure that is constructed in modular sections. Each modular section is fabricated from a plurality of paving bricks or retaining wall blocks that match the brick or block used to construct the patio. The bricks or blocks are preferably assembled to each other with adhesive. Each modular section includes means for transporting thereof with some type of equipment, if necessary. It is preferable that each modular section include channels to receive lifting forks of an end loader or other suitable transport device, if necessary. However, other methods of transporting the modular section may also be used.
US10030872B2
A mixing joint for adjacent can combustors may include a first can combustor with a first combustion flow and a first wall, a second can combustor with a second combustion flow and a second wall, and a flow disruption surface positioned about the first wall and the second wall to promote mixing of the first combustion flow and the second combustion flow.
US10030860B2
A lighting device is provided, a plurality of light sources are located within a housing of the lighting device. A sensor is also provided to determine an indication of the point of lowest potential energy and/or the point of highest kinetic energy. This sensor output is input to a controller that is configured to determine a change in the position or a movement of the point of lowest potential energy and/or the point of highest kinetic energy as the position of the lighting device changes based on the sensor output and to change a property of the light emitted by the plurality of light sources based on the change of position or a movement of the point of lowest potential energy and/or the point of highest kinetic energy.
US10030858B2
A light emitting diode (LED) lighting device is provided. The device includes a lamp shell which is a heat sink including a heat sink covering and a heat sink body and an LED light source assembly installed on top of the heat sink body. The device also includes a control module configured to control the LED light source assembly and an LED driving and power supply unit configured to drive the LED light source assembly and provide electrical power for the LED lighting device. Further, the device includes a reset button electrically connected to the control module, wherein the reset button is set inside the lamp shell and a control push-button of the reset button is set at the sidewall of the lamp shell.
US10030857B2
An illumination device includes a supporting base, and a light-emitting element inserted in the supporting base. The light-emitting element includes a substrate having a supporting surface and a side surface, a light-emitting chip disposed on the supporting surface, and a first wavelength conversion layer covering the light-emitting chip and only a portion of the supporting surface without covering the side surface.
US10030854B2
An illuminating device for indoor lighting comprising a visible panel, through which light can be transmitted. The visible panel includes a portion having transparent material, and a panel retaining device. The retaining device has a retaining means for retaining the visible panel and a fixing means for mounting the visible panel on a ceiling or on a wall. The retaining device has at least three interconnected retaining arms which are arranged in the shape of a star and which retain at least two visible panel parts at the inner faces of the visible panel parts, the inner faces of the visible panel parts bordering each other such that said visible panel parts together form a substantially continuous visible panel surface. The visible panel parts have free outer faces which are not retained by the retaining arms and which together from the outer circumference of the visible panel.
US10030853B2
Embodiments relate to a light emitting diode (LED) screen that includes a mounting frame; a plurality of LED modules arranged at said mounting frame, said LED modules comprises a plurality of LED pixels arranged in an array, and a plurality of retention systems configured to securing at least one of said LED module to said mounting frame. At least one of said retention systems comprises a male part, a female part adapted to receive said male part and a retention spring, said retention spring is movable between a retaining position and a non-retaining position, where, in said retaining position, said retention spring is configured to engage said male part and to provide a retaining force to said male part, said retaining force presses said mounting frame and said LED module together.
US10030850B2
Today the use of false ceilings is decreasing as it involves too high an energy consumption. The tendency nowadays is to have bare concrete ceilings onto which luminaires are mounted, which often causes acoustical problems. The invention deals with these acoustical problems and relates to an illumination device (1) comprising a concave reflector (2) bordering, with an outer edge (3), on a light emission window (4). The reflector has a reflective surface (7) facing the light emission window. The illumination device further comprises lamp holding means (8) for accommodating a light source (9), and said lamp holding means being positioned in between the reflective surface and the light emission window. The illumination device is characterized in that the reflector is made of acoustically absorbing material.
US10030848B2
The invention discloses a parabolic LED lamp, comprises a lamp body, a lamp base, an arc lens, a parabolic reflective cup, an LED light source, and a drive; wherein the parabolic reflective cup is embedded and installed in the lamp body; the LED light source is installed in the bottom of the parabolic reflective cup and toward to the arc lens; the drive internally configured in the lamp body connects the lamp base and the LED light source; the inner wall of the arc lens is formed with a plurality of first lens areas and second lens areas spaced apart, the first lens areas uniformly distributed with a plurality of small hexagonal lenses with a same specifications, the second lens areas uniformly distributed with a plurality of small rhombic lenses with a same specifications.
US10030845B2
A backlight unit is discussed, which includes a frame including a bottom and a sidewall extending from the bottom; at least one substrate located on the frame, and a plurality of light sources mount on the at least one substrate; and a reflecting sheet located on the at least one substrate, wherein the reflecting sheet includes: a first sheet part located on the bottom, the first sheet part including a plurality of holes corresponding to the plurality of the light sources; a second sheet part extended from the first sheet; and a third sheet part extended from the second sheet part and located on the sidewall; wherein the second sheet part comprises a plurality of dot areas positioned sequentially in a direction from the first sheet part to the third sheet part and the plurality of dot areas include a first dot area and a second dot area, the first dot area including a plurality of dots having the same size and the second dot area including a plurality of dots having the same size, and wherein a size of the plurality of dots in the first dot area is different from a size of the plurality of dots in the second dot area.
US10030844B2
The present solution provides a light fixture having an asymmetric optic configured to illuminate multiple surfaces of an enclosure. The light fixture can be attached to a location adjacent to and above a first shelf of a plurality shelves of the enclosure. The optic can split light from the light source to form a first light beam directed to the first shelf and form a second light beam directed to a second shelf of the plurality of shelves. The second shelf can be below the first shelf. The first light beam can have a first predetermined intensity and the second light beam has a second predetermined intensity different than the first predetermined intensity.
US10030838B2
According to an embodiment of the present invention, provided is a vehicle lamp including a housing, a lens unit that is provided on a front surface of the housing, a light source unit that is arranged to be spaced apart from the lens unit by a predetermined distance and thereby forms a separation space, a thermoelectric module that is provided inside the housing, an air flow passage unit that provides an air movement passage between the thermoelectric module and the separation space, and a thermoelectric circulating unit that provides power so that air passing through the thermoelectric module is discharged to the separation space along the air movement passage.
US10030824B2
A lighting device comprising one or more solid state light emitters which emit near ultraviolet light and one or more lumiphors which emit light having a wavelength in the range of from 555 nm to 585 nm, which in the absence of other light would produce a mixture of light within an area defined by x, y coordinates (0.32, 0.40), (0.36, 0.48), (0.43, 0.45), (0.42, 0.42), and (0.36, 0.38). The lighting device may further comprise one or more 600 nm to 630 nm light emitters, and a mixture of light emitted from the lighting device may be within ten MacAdam ellipses of the blackbody locus. Also, packaged solid state light emitters and methods of lighting.
US10030820B2
An LED bulb comprises a structural shell formed by folding a flat PCB into a three-dimensional polyhedron shape and a fitting for removably coupling the bulb to a light socket. The PCB comprises a plurality of LEDs, at least one LED mounted electronically on a plurality of faces of the polyhedron, and a driver circuit for driving each LED. The perimeter of the PCB is shaped to join adjacent faces. Each LED produces minimal excess heat, which is partially conducted by a metallic heat sink bridge to the PCB and dissipated to the air through the PCB and through a plurality of spaces in the shell.
US10030817B2
A control arrangement for supplying a plurality of hydrostatic actuators includes a pump with an output connected to a circulating line that opens into a tank. The control arrangement has a metering port and an individual pressure compensator for each actuator. The individual pressure compensators are connected in series by the circulating line. Some of the pressure medium are configured to be branched off from the circulation channel for the respective actuator by the individual pressure compensators and fed to the metering port disposed downstream of the individual pressure compensator. The pressure medium that is not required is forwarded from each individual pressure compensator into the circulating line and is fed back from the last individual pressure compensator to the tank by the circulating line. The actuators are prioritized based on the order of their individual pressure compensators and move independently of the load pressure without expensive load sensing lines.
US10030814B2
A coupling guard for covering a coupling which couples a drive shaft of a prime mover and a rotational shaft of a rotary machine to each other. The coupling guard includes a cylindrical guard body having an upper semicylindrical member and a lower semicylindrical member coupled to the upper semicylindrical member, and a guard leg supporting the guard body. The guard body has a flange portion to which the guard leg is attached. The guard leg includes a vertical wall parallel to a central axis of the guard body, an upper wall, a bottom wall, a left-side wall, and a right-side wall which project perpendicularly outwardly from the vertical wall. The vertical wall, the upper wall, the bottom wall, the left-side wall, and the right-side wall are made of a single plate material.
US10030812B2
A cargo carrier wall mount system including a base-frame and a cargo-hitch-receiver assembly. The base frame includes a perimeter, center-section, and at least two lateral-braces, with the center-section and at least two lateral-braces contained within and affixed to the perimeter. Each of the center-section, the perimeter, and the two-lateral braces include a front-side, a back-side and a thickness. Also, each of the perimeter, the two-lateral braces, and the center section also include a plurality of apertures to accept and receive wall-fasteners to affix the base-frame to a vertical surface. The base-frame includes a rubber-gasket between the back-side of the base-frame and the vertical surface configured to reduce wear upon the vertical surface during use.
US10030806B2
A fixing support is adapted to detachably fix a case onto a target object. The fixing support includes a fixing base, a rotary base, a rotary member and an engaging member. The rotary base is adapted to be assembled to the target object. The rotary member is rotatably disposed in the fixing base, and is fixed to the rotary base so as to rotate with the rotatory base on a rotational axis with respect to the fixing base. The engaging member is movably disposed inside the fixing base to be moved to a releasing position and an engaging position with respect to the fixing base according to the rotation of the rotary member. The engaging member has an engaging portion, and the engaging member is adapted to pass through the engaging hole. When the engaging member is moved to the engaging position from the releasing position with respect to the fixing base, the engaging portion engages a shoulder part of the engaging hole. In addition, a fixing module includes the aforesaid case and the aforesaid fixing support.
US10030803B2
Provided herein is a robot for inspection of a pipeline using a multi-output differential module, the robot including a robot body configured to move along an inside of the pipeline, and having a driving power supply unit; a proceeding unit rotatably-connected to the robot body, and provided with a plurality of active proceeding units having proceeding wheels that proceed along an inner wall of the pipeline; and a power transmission unit supported against the robot body, connected to the driving power supply unit to transmit driving power to the active proceeding unit, and having the multi-output differential module that distributes the transmitted driving power to the active proceeding unit.
US10030793B2
To produce a flexible pipe body, a length of tensile armour element (300) of pre-preg composite material is fed towards a fluid-retaining layer (602). The tensile armour element (300) passes through a guide (604) an a pre-heater (606). The tensile armour element (300) is then applied to the fluid-retaining layer (602), being wrapped around the fluid-etaining layer (602) by virtue of the rotation of the layer (602), the linear translation of the layer (602), and the fixed position of the tensile armour element feed (601). The element (300) is fed to the fluid-retaining layer under a constant, predetermined controlled tension. Positioning head (608) helps to position the element (300) on the fluid-retaining layer (602). As tensile armour element is wound onto the pipe body, the pipe body continues to move in a, linear direction and the pipe body moves through an oven (610).
US10030778B2
A sealing sleeve seals off a shaft rotating in a rotary joint coupling having a joint outer part and a coupling end facing toward the sealing sleeve. The sealing sleeve includes a first end and a second end. The second end has a larger diameter than the first end and is connected seal tight with the joint outer part and the first end is connected seal tight with the shaft. A first section of the sealing sleeve extends from a lip seal and is in contact engagement with the shaft. The first section has an inner periphery and a plurality of inner grooves distributed over the inner periphery. A second section extends from the first section at the coupling end. The second section has an inner periphery and sawtooth-shaped rib-like projections aligned toward the shaft and the rib-like projections have tips in contact engagement with the shaft.
US10030769B2
A gearbox of a power unit includes a transmission, a shift drum provided with lead grooves, a shift drum feed mechanism, and a drive side-shift fork and driven side-shift forks respectively provided with engaging portions to be engaged with the lead grooves. At least one lead groove is a common lead groove with which the engaging portion of the drive side-shift fork and the engaging portion of the driven side-shift fork are engaged at an angular interval, which is a positive multiple integral of a feed angle of the shift drum, with respect to a rotation center of the shift drum. The drive side-shift fork and driven side-shift fork, whose engaging portions are engaged with the common lead groove, are guided by the same axially shifted groove portions provided in the common lead groove, and thereby establish speeds of the transmission.
US10030768B2
Aspects of the present invention relates to a vehicle control system (1) for controlling a vehicle transfer case (3). The transfer case (3) is operable in a high range and a low range. The vehicle control system (1) includes a selection means (21) for selecting first and second control strategies for the transfer case. The first and second control strategies are based on an activation time of the selection means (21). A further aspect of the present invention relates to a vehicle control system (1) for implementing a deferred transfer case range change. The present invention also relates to a vehicle (5) and a related method of operating a vehicle control system (1).
US10030767B2
A method for controlling an automatic transmission of a vehicle during cornering includes controlling opening of the transmission in response to movement of a control interface, the position data of which are transmitted to a calculation unit of the transmission by a communication network of the vehicle, based on a comparison of a measured or predicted transverse acceleration value of the vehicle with a transverse acceleration threshold calibrated as a radius of curvature of encountered or identified corners and speed and longitudinal acceleration of the vehicle on the corners.
US10030761B2
A method of providing a predetermined backlash for a transmission comprising at least a first and a second interlocking toothed gear, the backlash being provided by positioning the first and second gear with respect to each other by means of spacer material applied to at least part of an upright sidewall of at least one first tooth, the upright sidewall facing a second tooth of the second gear adjacent to the first tooth, the layer of spacer material being pressed in between the first and the second tooth, the thickness of the layer of spacer material determining the predetermined backlash between the first and the second tooth.
US10030759B2
A breather device that is attached to a case of a transmission and performs ventilation in the case, includes: a main body member including a storage portion with a closed bottom and an open upper end; and a cover member configured to close the upper end of the main body member and including a vent hole for ventilation to outside. The storage portion comprises a first chamber having, in a bottom portion, a communicating port communicating with an interior of the case, and a second chamber configured to receive a liquid entering from the vent hole.
US10030758B2
A zero distortion bearing pulley including a bearing is provided. The bearing clamps axially on the outer bearing raceway instead of radially. The pulley includes a stamped pulley body having a central axis, a pulley face having a periphery, a belt running surface extending perpendicularly from the periphery of the pulley face, a bearing slip pocket formed in the face coaxially with the axis of the pulley body, and a plurality of slots formed between the bearing pocket and the periphery of the pulley face. The slip pocket has a rear stop for retaining the bearing. A disc-shaped, stamped bearing retainer is provided having tabs that fit into the slots in the pulley body. The tabs may be folded over. Optionally, each tab may have an end hook allowing attachment of the stamped retainer bearing to the pulley body face by rotation following insertion of the tabs into the slots.
US10030757B2
A crankshaft damper-isolator that includes a hub having an outer radial surface and an outermost radial surface spaced radially outward from the outer radial surface and thereby defining an annular receptacle therebetween, a pulley body having a belt engaging portion radially-concentric about the hub and a face guard that terminates in a central bore seated about the outer radial surface of the hub, a damper assembly disposed between the outermost radial surface of the hub and belt engaging portion of the pulley body, a back plate fastened to the hub, a first elastomeric isolator member encapsulated and interlocked in compression between the annular receptacle of the hub and a front face of the face guard of the pulley body, and a second elastomeric isolator member encapsulated and interlocked in compression between the back plate and a back face of the face guard of the pulley body.
US10030754B2
A torque converter is provided. The torque converter, or torque converter assembly, operatively connects a primary mover and a transmission, and includes an input rotationally connected to the primary mover and an output rotationally connected to the transmission. The torque converter includes a fluid coupling having impeller blades and turbine blades. The fluid coupling transfers torque between the impeller blades and the turbine blades when the input and the output are rotating at different speeds. A mini damper is disposed in line with the fluid coupling between the input and the output. A torque converter clutch is configured to selectively slip or selectively lock, such that torque may be transferred directly between the input and the output. A primary damper is disposed between the input and the output.
US10030749B2
In a continuously variable transmission, driving force from a drive source is transmitted via a path to establish a LOW mode. A large torque that is transmitted in the LOW mode passes through a first output switching mechanism. Since a countershaft is relatively rotatably disposed on an outer periphery of an input shaft, and the first output switching mechanism is disposed on the countershaft, the countershaft which transmits a large torque is disposed on an outer peripheral side of a double tube and supported directly by a transmission case, and the input shaft which transmits a relatively small torque is supported via the countershaft, thereby making it possible to support the first output switching mechanism with high rigidity without carrying out special reinforcement.
US10030739B2
A damper device includes a dynamic damper that has third springs coupled to an intermediate member and that also has, as a mass body coupled to the third springs, a turbine runner and a coupling member etc. The third springs of the dynamic damper are disposed so as to overlap both in the axial and radial directions of the damper device second springs that have higher rigidity than first springs and that are disposed inward of the first springs to transfer torque between a drive member and a driven member.
US10030735B2
A hydraulic damping device includes a cylinder 11, a cylinder 12, a piston 30 that partitions a space in the cylinder 11, a piston rod 20 that is connected to the piston 30, a bottom valve 40 that separates the interior of the cylinder 11 from a reservoir chamber R and has a communication passage of a liquid between the interior of the cylinder 11 and the reservoir chamber R, and a check valve mechanism 50 that is disposed in a radial direction of an area where movement of the piston 30 in the cylinder 11 is restricted or an area extended axially on an outer side of the cylinder 11, and permits a flow in one direction between the interior of the cylinder 11 and the reservoir chamber R caused by the movement of the piston 30 and restricts the flow in the other direction.
US10030731B1
A negative stiffness torsional spring. A plurality of spokes secured between a hub and an outer cylinder assembly are preloaded in compression. As the hub is rotated, the stiffness of the torsional spring is negative over a range of angles.
US10030720B2
A selectable one-way clutch is provided. The selectable one-way clutch comprises a selector member rotated at a predetermined angle between an engagement position and a disengagement position, and an actuator that reciprocates linearly along a tangential line of the selector member to rotate the selector member to the engagement position and to the disengagement position. The actuator comprises an actuation member that is offset from the selector member in a direction along a rotational center axis of the selector member to actuate along the tangential line of the circumference of the selector member. The selectable one-way clutch further comprises an arm connecting the actuation member and the selector member to rotate the selector member by a linear motion of the actuation member.
US10030715B2
A bearing forming a clutching-declutching bearing for a motor vehicle, the bearing defining a central axis and including an outer ring free to rotate around the central axis, an inner ring, rolling elements disposed between the outer ring and inner ring and a flange mounted on the inner ring. The flange is at least partially inserted in a recess which is provided in a radial end portion of the inner ring and which is distinct from an inner bore of the inner ring.
US10030709B2
A bearing apparatus includes a bearing portion having an outer ring, an inner ring, a plurality of balls interposed between the outer ring and the inner ring, and a cage that holds the balls, and a lubrication unit provided adjacently to the bearing portion in an axial direction thereof to feed lubricant to a lubrication area that needs to be lubricated. The lubrication unit has a tank that stores the lubricant, and a pump that ejects the lubricant toward the lubrication area. The pump has an ejection port that is open toward the lubrication area and through which the lubricant is ejected at a predetermined initial velocity in the form of a 0.5 to 1,000 picoliter oil droplet.
US10030706B2
The invention relates to a sliding bearing element (1) with a running layer (4) made from a first tin-based alloy and an additional layer (5) made from an additional tin-based alloy, said alloys containing at least one element from a group comprising Cu, Ni, Ag, Sb, As, Pb, Bi, Te, Tl and/or non-metal particles. The first tin-based alloy has a strength index FI of at least 5 and at most 25, and the additional tin-based alloy has a strength index FI of at least 0.3 and at most 3. The strength index of the running layer (4) is at least five times the strength index of the additional layer (5), and the strength index FI is defined by the equation, FI = 100 * ω C + 50 * ω S + 2 * ( 100 * ω B ) 2 , in which C represents at least one of the elements Cu, Ni, Ag; S represents Sb and/or non-metal particles; B represents at least one of the elements Pb, Bi, Te, Tl; and ω represents the total content of each of the tin-based alloy components assigned to the letters C, S, and B.
US10030700B2
A guide body can be prevented from being disengaged from a track rail even where the track rail is made of a low-rigidity material, thereby securing reliable movement along the track rail. The guide body includes: a large number of rolling elements that roll on a rolling surface formed along a structure, the guide body being movable relative to the structure; an endless circulation path through which the large number of rolling elements circulate; a load opening portion for allowing the large number of rolling elements in the endless circulation path to be held in contact with the rolling surface of the structure; and a guide portion formed on at least one side of the load opening portion so as to project toward the structure side with respect to projecting ends of the large number of rolling elements projecting from the load opening portion toward the structure side.
US10030693B2
A retainer for fastening a pin in a pinned connection is disclosed. The retainer includes an annular first plate having a plurality of first mating features extending inwards from the annular first plate. The retainer also includes an annular compressible section adjacent the annular first plate. The annular compressible section may be coaxially aligned to the annular first plate. The retainer may also include an annular second plate adjacent the compressible section opposite the annular first plate. The annular second plate may be coaxially aligned to the annular first plate and the annular compressible section.
US10030692B2
Draw-pull bar used for guidance and mechanical mount with a locking mechanism consisting of two locking elements, namely a securing clip with a locking nose shaped as partial ring that is arranged on the toothed ring of the tubular body of the draw-pull bar by means of swivel arm and in which the locking nose engages when the securing clip swivels to the toothed ring. A bar with a hinge is fitted to one side of the resilient partial ring. When using a locking element, the bar snaps into the other end of the partial ring in such a way that the partial ring is clamped tight and an unintentional turning or undoing of the two locking elements is prevented without previous opening of the bar.
US10030689B2
A fastening system for assembling appliances, in particular electrical appliances, comprising at least one profile rail provided with openings and comprising at least one quick-fastener which has a body in which at least one internal thread is formed, is characterized in that the body has over its length (L) at least two spaced-apart internal threads, wherein, in an exact position of the quick-fastener relative to the profile rail, each of the internal threads is brought into alignment with one of the openings of the profile rail, and in that a clamping blade having the same length L as the body is attached to the body, which clamping blade forms between it and the body a gap for receiving the profile side and holds the body against the profile rail by friction.
US10030686B2
A self-drilling anchor including a screw and an anchor body configured to receive a shank of the screw, the anchor body including: a flange at an end oriented toward a head of the screw, a threaded portion, a deformable expansion portion between the flange and the threaded portion, and a rotation locking mechanism preventing rotation of the anchor body relative to the wall. The threaded portion is configured to engage with the screw thread and advance in a direction of the flange, by deforming the expansion portion, when the screw is screwed into the threaded portion. The anchor body further includes a piercing element at the opposite end from the flange, the anchor including a fastening mechanism between the screw and the anchor body, the fastening mechanism being detachable by a torque, applied between the screw and the anchor body, equal to or greater than a predetermined torque.
US10030679B2
A rotary actuator includes a first housing defining a first arcuate chamber having a first cavity, a first fluid port in fluid communication with the first cavity, and an open end. A rotor assembly is rotatably journaled in the first housing and having a rotary output shaft and a first rotor arm extending radially outward from the rotary output shaft. An arcuate-shaped first piston is disposed in the first housing for reciprocal movement in the first arcuate chamber through the open end, wherein a first seal, the first cavity, and the first piston define a first pressure chamber, and a first portion of the first piston contacts the first rotor arm.
US10030675B2
A system for stabilizing pressure fluctuations in a hydraulic line of a hydraulic circuit includes a hydraulic vessel coupled to the hydraulic line; a separator element disposed within the vessel to define a first fluid chamber and a second fluid chamber within the vessel; and a relief valve disposed in communication with the second fluid chamber of the vessel. The vessel includes a first fluid receivable in the first fluid chamber from the hydraulic line and a second fluid that is disposed within the second fluid chamber. The separator element is moveable within the vessel in response to a volume change of the first fluid received from the hydraulic line. The relief valve is configured to selectively release the second fluid from the vessel in response to a pressure of the first fluid exceeding a pre-determined amount of pressure within the hydraulic vessel.
US10030669B2
Embodiments of an apparatus for transferring energy between a rotating element and a fluid are provided herein. In some embodiments, a plenum of an apparatus for transferring energy between a rotating element and a fluid may include a through hole disposed through the plenum; and a plurality of inlet guide vanes disposed proximate a peripheral edge of the through hole, the plurality of inlet guide vanes comprising a first group of inlet guide vanes having a cambered profile and a second group of inlet guide vanes disposed radially inward of the first group of inlet guide vanes, wherein the first group of inlet guide vanes are in a fixed position with respect to the plenum and the second group of inlet guide vanes are movable with respect to the plenum.
US10030666B2
The use of externally-pressurized porous media in shaft sealing for turbomachinery is provided for single seals, tandem seals, double-opposed seals, and a ventless seal. These arrangements provide for significant benefits, such as the following: (a) external pressurization allows frozen seal faces to lift open before rotation, (b) pressure is distributed uniformly across the seal face, as opposed to allowing leakage to pass over it, (c) low flow rates of injected gas are possible, (d) the seal faces are self-defending due to the uniform pressure in the gap, and (e) complete elimination of venting process gas is possible. By employing externally-pressurized porous media sealing, a drastic simplification of seal design, as well as gas treatment and seal panel design, is possible.
US10030663B2
A method and apparatus for removing and replacing an integral-motor fan from below. A support assembly has support struts fixed to a mounting ring. Mounting ring is configured to be fixed to the fan head, holding the fan in place, and support struts are configured to rest on mounting bolts fixed to a fan shroud. To mount a fan in place from below, the fan is fixed to the mounting ring of the support assembly, and the support assembly and attached fan are lifted into the fan shroud. The support assembly is rotated until the struts align with the support bolts in the fan shroud. The support assembly is then lowered until the struts come to rest on the support bolts. A power cable with a length sufficient to lower the fan support assembly out of the fan shroud prior to disconnecting the power cable from the fan body.
US10030657B2
There is provided an electric compressor to be fixed an object including a compression mechanism, an electric motor, a housing, a supporting member, and a plurality of vibration damping members. One of the housing and the supporting member has a recess and the other of the housing and the supporting member has a projection that is disposed in the recess and engaged with the recess to form a plurality of accommodating spaces on opposite sides of the projection, respectively. A filling rate of each vibration damping member in the corresponding accommodating space is changeable. There is also provided a method for manufacturing the electric compressor, including preparing a plurality of vibration damping members, choosing one of the vibration damping members, and providing the supporting member to the outer peripheral surface of the housing while accommodating the chosen vibration damping members in the respective accommodating spaces.
US10030652B1
A pump jack has a horse head, a sucker rod connected to the horse head, and a downhole pump connected to the sucker rod. The downhole pump has a reciprocating plunger, a multi-segment barrel, a plurality of sand couplings, and a plurality of wiper couplings.
US10030646B2
A gas compressor includes a compressor unit having a compressor body for compressing gas and an electricity-generation device generating electricity by obtaining a driving force by vaporizing a working fluid utilizing exhaust heat generated by a compressing action in the compressor body and expanding the working fluid so as to utilize the power generated by the electricity-generation device as a power source, and includes a switch device switching between power from the electricity generation device and power from a commercial power supply to supply power to the power consumption equipment, and a control device detecting an electricity-generation amount or a value correlative to the electricity generation amount and switching between the powers by the switch device, thereby generating the power using exhaust heat as a heat source to surely drive an auxiliary machine by a simple configuration regardless of a shortage of the electricity generation amount.
US10030645B2
A bi-directional pump system that can be configured for a plurality of operating modes. The bi-directional pump system includes a plurality of bi-directional pumps each having their own valving system that are connected to a common high pressure manifold, a low pressure manifold and a suction manifold. Via the respective valve systems, each pump can be configured into: (1) a single-acting pumping mode; (2) a double-acting pumping mode; (3) an inactive free motion mode; and (4) an inactive rigid mode. One exemplary application of the bi-directional pump system is on an articulated wave energy conversion system that consists of three floating barges: a front barge, a center barge and a rear barge where the front barge and center barge are hingedly connected as are the center barge and the rear barge. A first set of the bi-directional pumps span the first hinge connection and the second set of bi-directional pumps span the second hinge connection. The bi-directional pump system intakes sea water and, using wave energy, outputs a high pressure flow of sea water for water desalination and/or for driving electrical generators.
US10030644B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide a flow router for inclusion in a production string that is for insertion in a well casing, the flow router comprising a retrievable assembly removably inserted in a perforated cover and a valve of the retrievable assembly including a valve body extending extends between opposed first and second ends of the valve to define an axial flow path, the retrievable assembly retrievable to and removable from an open end of the production string.
US10030638B2
A compressor including a pair of opposed pistons disposed in a housing and defining a compression chamber. An electromagnetic actuator reciprocatedly drives the pistons within the housing in cooperation with force accumulator. The force accumulators bank the force during a first reciprocation, decelerating the pistons, and apply the force in a subsequent reciprocation, thereby accelerating the pistons.
US10030636B2
Disclosed is a thermal energy storage system for storing collected solar thermal energy. The system comprises a solar thermal energy collection facility in the form of a field of parabolic troughs, which is in thermal communication with a molten salt circuit. The molten salt circuit is in fluid communication with a molten salt storage facility comprising at least three storage tanks that are each in fluid communication with the molten salt circuit. The multiple tanks set-up allows using cheaper materials, and a more efficient storage of thermal energy.
US10030635B2
The invention relates to a solar reflector for concentrated solar power plants, comprising a substrate a) in composite material based on resin reinforced with cut fibers, said substrate having means b) for attachment without either perforation or gluing, and a metallic reflective coating layer c). The reflector of the invention is used in solar collectors and in solar plants operating on concentrated solar power, more particularly for producing electricity, steam and/or heat.
US10030632B2
A control device for a voltage source converter connected to a wind farm is provided. The control device includes: a power source monitor unit sensing a direct current (DC) voltage of a whole grid connected to the voltage source converter; and a control unit comparing the DC voltage of the whole grid sensed with a reference voltage, wherein the control unit adjusts an alternating current (AC) supplying to the wind farm to a setting when as a result of comparison, the DC voltage of the whole grid sensed is out of a preset range of reference voltages.
US10030630B2
A method for controlling a wind turbine during shutdown is disclosed, said wind turbine comprising a rotor carrying at least three wind turbine blades adapted to be pitched individually. A first shutdown strategy is initially selected, and subsequently a second shutdown strategy is selected, the second shutdown strategy ensuring alignment of the pitch angles of the wind turbine blades. The time for switching from the first shutdown strategy to the second shutdown strategy is calculated on the basis of a misalignment of the pitch angles, and in order to align the pitch angles before an estimated point in time where the pitch angles must be aligned, in order to avoid excessive asymmetric loads on the wind turbine blades and/or on the rotor. According to an alternative embodiment, the first shutdown strategy includes moving the wind turbine blades towards a feathered position at identical pitch rates.
US10030611B2
A fuel delivery system for an engine is provided. The fuel delivery system includes a tank, a temperature sensor, a delivery conduit, a return conduit, a heat exchanger, a first valve, a second valve, an accumulator, and a controller. The controller is configured to receive a signal indicative of a temperature of a fuel present within the tank. The controller is also configured to control at least one of the first valve and the second valve to selectively bypass at least a portion of the fuel to the tank through the return conduit and the accumulator based, at least in part, on the received signal. The portion of the fuel is adapted to raise the temperature of the fuel present within the tank.
US10030609B2
A thermal choke, includes (1) a body, comprising a heat conductive material, (2) an electric heater, on or in the body, (3) a temperature sensor, on or in the body, and (4) a fin, in a channel surrounded by the body. The thermal choke is configured to fit between a throttle assembly and a cylinder of a spark ignition engine.
US10030600B2
Methods and systems are provided for monitoring and adapting sensors and actuators in the induction system and exhaust system of an internal combustion engine during a period of time in which fresh air is flowing through the internal combustion engine without fuel delivery. According to the disclosure, the period of time in which fresh air is flowing through the internal combustion engine when fuel delivery is turned off and the monitoring and adapting is being carried out is extended by transferring torque produced by electric motor to the internal combustion engine.
US10030578B2
A rotating piston internal combustion engine including a housing which includes a housing wall that forms an operating chamber, and in which housing a rotatable rotating piston is arranged which extends through the operating chamber and moves edges of the rotating piston along the housing wall that forms a running surface, wherein a portion of the operating chamber functions as a combustion chamber together with an associated combustion chamber wall for igniting a fuel that is arranged in the operating chamber, characterized in that at least one microwave window is arranged in the combustion chamber wall, wherein a device for injecting microwave energy in a form of microwaves into the combustion chamber of the operating chamber is arranged at a side of the microwave window that is oriented away from the combustion chamber.
US10030575B2
Methods and systems are provided for flowing a first coolant and a second coolant to a charge air cooler. In one example, a method may include flowing only a first coolant, flowing only a second coolant, or flowing a mixture of the first and the second coolants to the charge air cooler based on engine operating conditions. Further, the method may include adjusting additional engine operating parameters based on a ratio of the first coolant to second coolant flowing to the charge air cooler.
US10030566B2
Various embodiments of a waste heat recovery and conversion system are disclosed. The system may include a modular heat exchanger whose energy source is provided by waste heat energy transporting fluids transferring their energy to a working fluid. The working fluid may be in a liquid state contained in a reservoir hydraulically connected to a high-pressure heat transfer chamber. The high-pressure heat transfer chamber may be configured to receive thermal energy utilized to convert the working fluid into a superheated vapor.
US10030554B2
Described herein is a substrate including a central longitudinal axis, a first support web, and a second support web. A sinuous web may be positioned between the first support web and the second support web. The sinuous web may include transverse web portions and bridging web portions, where the bridging web portions alternatively connect ends of adjacent transverse web portions. The sinuous web may be connected to the first support web by support legs extending between bridging web portions and a surface of the first support web. The sinuous web may be connected to the second support web by support legs extending between bridging web portions and a surface of the second support web. A support leg length to distance between transverse web portions ratio may be from about 1.0 to about 4.0.
US10030549B2
A continuously variable valve timing (CVVT) control device is provided. The CVVT control device includes an engine controlling unit (ECU) configured to output an actual phase angle and a target phase angle of an intake valve or an exhaust valve. The CVVT control device further includes an intellectual motor controller configured to receive the actual phase angle and the target phase angle from the ECU through digital communication in a vehicle. A driving current is generated for adjusting an output torque of a motor based on a phase deviation between the received actual phase angle and target phase angle.
US10030548B2
The cam follower roller device provides a tappet housing extending along an axis, a pin mounted on the tappet housing and a roller mounted on the pin. The tappet housing includes a main body provided inside which the roller is mounted and with a recess delimited axially by a radial portion of the body. The tappet housing further provides at least one stiffening insert mounted in axial contact with the radial portion of the main body.
US10030547B2
In an overhead cam engine (10) having a first bearing (21) supported by the cylinder block (11), and a second bearing (22) supported by a bearing retaining member (60) attached to the cylinder block inside a crankcase chamber (12) for rotatably supporting a crankshaft (20), the crankshaft is provided with a reduced diameter portion (24b) having a smaller outer diameter than an adjoining part of the crankshaft on a side of the second bearing facing away from a cylinder (15) defined in the cylinder block, and a crankshaft pulley (53) is mounted on the reduced diameter portion.
US10030536B2
A combination of a gas turbine pressure sensing assembly and an engine electronics unit. The pressure sensing assembly includes a pressure manifold having an air inlet and one or more air outlets. The pressure sensing assembly further includes one or more pressure sensors connected to the air outlets to sense the pressure of air entering through the air inlet. The engine electronics unit in operation produces waste heat. The pressure sensing assembly further includes a heat conduction path which thermally connects the engine electronics unit to the manifold such that the manifold acts as a sink for the waste heat. The temperature rise of the manifold produced by the waste heat preventing icing of the manifold.
US10030518B2
An exhaust gas turbocharger may include a turbine housing and a turbine. The turbine housing may include at least two exhaust gas channels and a partition. A wastegate valve may be arranged such that the at least two exhaust gas channels are connectable to a bypass duct bypassing the turbine. The wastegate valve may include a hollow valve body and a valve seat interacting with the valve body. The wastegate valve may be configured such that at least one of ram supercharging and pulse supercharging is performed. A connecting opening may be arranged between the at least two exhaust-gas channels. The valve body may have a base region configured to facilitate a discharging of an exhaust-gas steam into the bypass duct and/or an overflowing of one exhaust gas channel through the connecting opening into the other exhaust-gas channel.
US10030513B2
A drill stem test string may include a tubular body having an axial bore formed at least partially therethrough. An axial flow valve may be coupled to the first tubular body and allow fluid to flow axially through the first tubular body when in an open state and prevent fluid from flowing axially through the first tubular body when in a closed state. A radial flow valve may be coupled to the first tubular body and allow fluid to flow radially through the first tubular body when in an open state and prevent fluid from flowing radially through the first tubular body when in a closed state. A seal assembly may be coupled to an outer surface of the first tubular body and positioned between a lower end of the first tubular member and the first radial flow valve.
US10030511B2
Systems, computer-implemented methods, and non-transitory computer-readable medium having a stored computer program provide characterization of multiphase fluid flow (MPF) using approximate entropy calculation techniques to enhance measuring and monitoring of a flow regime in a segment of pipe for hydrocarbon-production operations. The systems and methods can be optimized using principal component analysis.
US10030501B2
An assembly for use in subsurface drilling includes a downhole probe supported in a drill string section by centralizing features of a centralizer that is slidably removable from the drill string section. The centralizer may comprise a tubular body having a bore defined through it. A bore wall of the centralizer is fluted to provide inward contact points that support the downhole probe. The downhole probe may be supported for substantially its entire length. The centralizer may optionally comprise and/or be coated with a vibration damping and/or electrically insulating material.
US10030499B2
A real-time drilling monitor (RTDM) workstation provides real-time information at a well-site. The workstation may include a display and a processor coupled to the display. The processor receives sensor signals from a plurality of sensors and generates a single graphical user interface (GUI) populated with dynamically generated parameters based on the sensor signals, as well as static information and dynamically updated uncertainty assessments.
US10030495B2
A method of heterogeneous proppant placement in a subterranean fracture is disclosed. The method comprises injecting well treatment fluid including proppant (16) and proppant-spacing filler material (18) through a wellbore (10) into the fracture (20), heterogeneously placing the proppant in the fracture in a plurality of proppant clusters or islands (22) spaced apart by the material (24), and removing the filler material (24) to form open channels (26) around the pillars (28). The filler material can be dissolvable particles, initially acting as a consolidator during placement of the proppant in the fracture, and later dissolving to leave flow channels between the proppant pillars. The well treatment fluid can include extrametrical materials to provide reinforcement and consolidation of the proppant and, additionally or alternatively, to inhibit settling of the proppant in the treatment fluid.
US10030493B2
It is often desirable to suppress the growth of bacteria when conducting oilfield operations, particularly in the subterranean environment. Methods for suppressing growth of bacteria can comprise: providing a plurality of biocidal proppant particulates, the biocidal proppant particulates comprising a biocidal coating upon proppant particulates, the biocidal coating comprising a plurality of biocidal nanoparticles dispersed within a binder material; introducing the biocidal proppant particulates into a wellbore penetrating a subterranean formation; localizing at least a portion of the biocidal proppant particulates within the subterranean formation; and suppressing growth of one or more types of bacteria with the biocidal nanoparticles in the wellbore or in the subterranean formation.
US10030487B2
A wellbore select fire switch retaining member system and method with an integrated through wire and ground wire in a switch sub. The system/method includes a retaining member that has a form factor acceptable by a conventional switch sub. The retaining member incorporates an electrical connection to the center pin of a pressure switch. The system further includes a secondary piston aligned with a piston in the switch (switch piston) so that external pressure is fully acted upon the entire switch piston creating a reliable switch connection. Another system includes an integrated retaining member and switch module having a form factor compatible with existing switch subs. The integrated module inputs include a ground wire and a through wire and the outputs include a ground wire, through wire and an arming wire.
US10030478B2
A series of independently operated chokes, using a shift tool in registry with a profile discrete to each choke, have a tubular valve member that aligns or misaligns openings for the fully open or closed positions for the choke and for intermediate positions as the valve opens or closes. The valve member is actuated axially using a reversing screw and a j-slot. A shifting tool latches a unique profile to operate the j-slot to cause a sleeve to rotate in place. The sleeve has a pin in registry with a profile on a profile shaft. The profile shaft can move axially in opposite direction but is restrained against rotation. The profile is shaped so that continuous j-slot operation causes the registered pin to move in the profile to then axially drive the profile shaft which is connected to the valve member.
US10030474B2
A method for opening a port through the wall of a ported sub includes providing a sub with a port through its tubular side wall and providing a hydraulically actuable valve to cover the port. The valve can be actuable to move away from a position covering the port to thereby open the port. The method also includes increasing pressure within the sub to create a pressure differential across the valve to move the valve toward the low pressure side, while the port remains closed by the valve, and thereafter, reducing pressure within the sub to reduce the pressure differential to move valve away from a position covering the port.
US10030462B2
A control and supply unit for an actuating device of a choke, a valve, a blow-out preventer or some other device applied in the field of oil and natural gas production. The control and supply unit includes a vibration detection means to detect vibrations caused by a conveyed flow. The conveyed flow can be controlled by the actuating device.
US10030461B2
High pressure seals for pressure control fittings are disclosed, where such pressure control fittings are located at a wellhead, for example. Embodiments of cam lock seals, a spring-driven ball race seal and wedge seals are disclosed.
US10030453B2
A device for connecting sucker, or drive rods, consisting of a threaded coupling, one end of which has a right hand female thread and the other a left hand female, which joins the threaded pins of adjacent rods. The ends of the pins are equipped with dogs, or lugs, that interlock when the connection is made up, firmly linking the rods torsionally. The coupling serves only to keep the dogs, or lugs, engaged and to carry the tensional load on the connection. Such a connection provides a stronger torsional link between rods than connections currently available. The connection also does not require the special make-up procedure of the current systems and cannot over tighten or back off during operation.
US10030447B2
A support platform assembly is disclosed. The support platform assembly provides a level surface on which a ladder can be supported, and includes an extendable platform, a first set of legs and a second set of legs. The extendable platform includes a first plate having a flat top surface and a second plate having a flat top surface, the second plate being slidable relative to the first plate between a retracted position and an extended position such that a length of the platform increases as the second plate slides from the retracted position to the extended position. The first set of legs are pivotably coupled to a bottom surface of the first plate, and the second set of legs are pivotably coupled to a bottom surface of the second plate, the first and second sets of legs being configured to vertically support the platform.
US10030443B2
Quick-release control systems for architectural opening coverings and associated control systems and methods for rapidly deploying the coverings to extended positions. In one embodiment coupling assemblies are provided for controllably coupling and decoupling portions of lifting mechanisms in a variety of covering systems, including roller and cellular shade systems. In yet other embodiments, control systems for controlling a plurality of coverings are provided, which may be configured to remotely and simultaneously deploying each of the plurality of coverings to an extended position in response to a trigger signal.
US10030442B2
A spring assist module for window covering includes a stationary member, at least one torsion spring, and at least one rotatable member. The stationary member may be connectable to an operating member of the window covering. The at least one rotatable member may be keyable to a driven part of the window covering, such that rotation of the driven part rotates the at least one rotatable member. The at least one torsion spring may include a first end operatively coupled to the stationary member and a second end operatively coupled to the at least one rotatable member. The spring assist module may be pre-assembled as a self-contained unit.
US10030435B2
Disclosed is a door leaf including a frame and a door panel with a front leaf, a back leaf and a filler plate. The frame includes conventional profiles with a lip oriented inwards to form a groove. The front leaf is affixed against the front of the frame, and at least partially covers the front of the frame. The door panel is fastened to the back of the frame by panel slats. The front leaf is provided with clamp that enable the front leaf to be pulled against the front of the frame, whereby these clamps are formed by one or more clamps along the periphery of the frame with a basic element that is fastened on the front leaf and a clamping slat affixed thereon that hooks behind an aforementioned lip and can be tightened on the basic element towards the front leaf.
US10030433B1
A method is disclosed for making an improved insulated door panel having an outer and inner spaced apart skins and an internal foam core. The insulated door panel includes a first spacer disposed between a top end of the outer skin and a top end of the inner skin and a second spacer disposed between a bottom end of the outer skin and a bottom end of the inner skin. The first and second spacers include first and second protrusions, respectively, on an inner face of the first and second spacers. The first and second protrusions secure the first and second spacers to the foam core.
US10030428B2
The present invention relates to a damping system for closets with sliding doors (2) comprising: a damping device (1) and an actuating element (3), wherein the damping device (1) can be fitted in the upper guide (2a) of a door (2) through deformation of flanges (7) of respective supporting parts (5, 6) of said damping device (1) to allow the damping device (1) to be secured in the closet itself and to allow said damping device (1) to slide driven by the actuating element (3) during the relative movement between both; or the element actuating element (3) can be fitted in the upper guide (2a) of the door (2) through deformation of flanges (3c) of said actuating element (3), which allows it to be secured and to slide driven by the damping device (1) during the relative movement between both.
US10030423B2
A movable joint for an electronic device includes a first joint component having a body portion that encloses a wire lead and a tab portion coupled to the body portion, and a second joint component having a body portion that encloses the wire lead and a tab portion coupled to the body portion. The tab portion of the second joint component engages the tab portion of the first joint component with a pivot member interconnecting the tab portions to enable selective movement between the first and second joint components. The wire lead spans the movable joint between the engaged tab portions of the first and second joint components. At least one of the tab portions includes a recessed channel, the recessed channel at least partially containing the wire lead.
US10030422B2
The present invention relates to a door hinge height adjusting device that can adjust the relative vertical position of a second support bracket with respect to a first support bracket in a door hinge that rotatably connects one side surface of a door forming a rotating door to a support frame in a door frame, the door hinge comprising: the first support bracket which is fixedly connected to the support frame side of a door frame; the second support bracket which is fixedly connected to the door side; and a hinge portion which is provided between the first support bracket and the second support bracket, for relative rotation.
US10030421B2
The present invention discloses a lock mechanism, comprising a latch mechanism that includes a remote latch actuator that is positioned remotely from a remote latch assembly and a keeper assembly, with the latch mechanism housed and accommodated within an enclosure.
US10030420B2
A vehicle door lock device includes: a latch mechanism configured to be capable of holding a vehicle door in a closed state with respect to a vehicle body; and a lock mechanism that sets the latch mechanism to an unlock state in which engagement between the latch mechanism and a striker provided in the vehicle body can be released, or a lock state in which engagement between the latch mechanism and the striker cannot be released, wherein the lock mechanism includes a drive gear driven by an electric motor, a wheel gear including a body portion, a gear portion, locking portions, and an engaging protrusion, an active lever including an engaging recess, stoppers, and a shock absorbing member including interposed portions.
US10030416B1
A lock system and method for alerting a user or other entity that a lock has been or is being tampered with is disclosed. The lock includes at least one enhanced security pin that is electrically isolated from the rest of the lock. When the lock picker attempts to pick the lock a portion of the enhanced security pin contacts either the plug or the outer casing of the lock to complete a circuit with an alert component. The completion of the circuit causes the alert component to generate an alert signal that can be observed by the user or other entity.
US10030415B2
A lock including a body which houses a combination lock, which is releasable by the selection of a set code, the code being selectable by the movement of one or more dials, the or each dial including a first part which is manipulable by a user, wherein the lock includes a code finding device to enable the set code to be identified, the code finding device including a code finding member associated with the or each dial, the or each code finding member being engageable with a second part of the respective dial, to identify a position of the dial which corresponds with a digit of the set code, wherein the second part of each dial is moveable relative to the first part of the respective dial and relative to the respective code finding member between a disengaged position and an engaged position, and wherein the or each code finding member is fixed substantially stationary relative to the body.
US10030399B1
A roof inspection and repair device is disclosed that can be wheeled along a roof to identify loose shingles and dispense the sealant necessary to secure them in place. The roof inspection and repair device has both a blowing system and a sealant dispensing system. The blowing system may include an air tube having an air tube inlet that can be connected to a blower and an air tube outlet. The sealant dispensing system may include one or more sealant storage containers connected to a sealant dispenser by one or more sealant tubes. The roof inspection and repair device may further include a shingle lift mechanism.
US10030394B2
A construction and methods of assembly and construction of boards, e.g. floor boards, are described. The boards have a peripheral connection arrangement for interconnecting of one board to another, a core layer e.g. made from a wood or fiber based material and a top layer applied to the core layer which may be decorative and may include or provide a wear layer. A further bottom layer may be applied to the underside of the core layer and is designed to be in contact with the floor or an underlay can be applied when in use. The connection arrangement includes interconnecting hooking tongues and corresponding catches which co-operate to produce both vertical and horizontal locking.
US10030391B2
A method for making a reinforced concrete structure and reinforcement agents are provided. In some embodiments, the method includes obtaining a mold for the reinforced concrete structure. A lattice is formed within the mold, where the lattice includes inter-locking ringed fibers and where each inter-locking ringed fiber is a fiber formed into a ringed structure that is inter-locked with at least one neighboring inter-locking ringed fiber in the lattice. The lattice is then encased by filling the mold with concrete. In some embodiments, the reinforcement agents are a plurality of ringed fiber-structures, each of which is coiled into a ringed structure that may or may not inter-lock with at least one neighboring ringed fiber(s)-structure.
US10030380B2
A concrete anchor has a body with cam surfaces. Each of the cam surfaces curves outward from a first edge to a second edge. The cam surfaces have a circumscribed outer diameter that increases in a downward direction. Jaws are retained around the body, each of the jaws having an inner side in engagement with one of the cam surfaces. Each of the jaws decreases in radial thickness in a downward direction. Cam ratchet teeth on each of the cam surfaces engage jaw ratchet teeth on the inner side of each of the jaws. The jaw ratchet teeth ratchet over the cam ratchet teeth as the body rotates in a first direction to move the jaws from a contracted position to an expanded position. The engagement of the cam and jaw ratchet teeth prevent rotation of the body relative to the jaws in the opposite direction.
US10030374B2
A drainage fitting (10) is described. The drainage fitting (10) comprises a housing (12) adapted to be inserted into a drainage outlet, the housing defining a housing inlet (14) and a housing outlet (16) and a one way valve (18) adapted to be received within the housing (12). The one way valve (18) has a body defining a valve inlet (22), a valve outlet (24) and a valve passageway (26), the passageway (26) providing fluid communication between the housing inlet (14) and the housing outlet (16). The drainage fitting (10) further comprises a fitting insert (28) adapted to be located in the housing inlet (14), the fitting insert (28) defining an insert portion (30) adapted to extend through the valve inlet (22) and into the valve passageway (26). In the presence of a negative pressure differential, air can pass through the valve (18) to relieve the pressure differential, but in the event of a positive pressure differential, the insert portion (30) prevents the one way valve from inverting to relieve the pressure differential.
US10030369B2
A faucet assembly device which includes an adapter having a bolt with an axially extending internally threaded bore, and an anchor tab which extends axially from the bolt and includes a radially extending protrusion is disclosed. The adapter is configured to rotatably mechanically couple to an outer surface of a faucet fixture and mount the faucet fixture through a hole in a barrier such as a countertop or sink from a faucet side of the barrier so that the anchor tab may hold the faucet fixture securely on the barrier. The device may also include an alignment tool which allows measurement of a thickness of the barrier and provides alignment of the adapter on the faucet fixture at a position corresponding to the thickness of the barrier. Also disclosed are kits which include the adapter and alignment tool, and methods of use of the devices and kits.
US10030367B2
A wear member and fastener for securing the wear member to earth working equipment. The fastener can be installed and maintained from the top of the assembly. An eccentric retainer is received in a recess of the wear member and is rotated to shift the wear member rearward on the earth working equipment. A bolt passing through aligned openings of the earth working equipment and the wear member is received by the retainer to secure the wear member to the earth working equipment.
US10030359B2
Device for removing alluvial deposits (24) from the bed (29) of a body of water, whereby the device (1) consists of a bell (2) with an open bottom (3), whereby this device (2) is provided with means to control the water level (30) in the bell (2) and with suction means to suck up alluvial deposits (24), whereby a section of the sidewall (8) of the bell (2) is open at the bottom, whereby the opening (10) can be closed by a partition (12) that can be moved between a raised and a lowered position, and that the device (1) is provided with a drive (13) that is operated from a hydraulic crane (5), affixed to a floating structure, with an articulated arm (6) at the end of which the bell (2) is fastened and which is able to drive the partition (12) into the alluvial deposits (24) and to move the bell (2) in a horizontal direction by means of a computer-controlled controller without thereby raising the bell (2).
US10030355B2
A hydraulic control system for a construction machine has a hydraulic actuator that drives an arm, a meter-out channel through which hydraulic fluid discharged from the hydraulic actuator flows, a variable restrictor provided in the meter-out channel, an operating device, and a controller that controls an opening area of the variable restrictor. A posture calculation unit calculates an angle made by the arm with respect to a horizontal direction, a meter-out opening area calculation unit calculates the opening area of the variable restrictor based on the angle made by the arm with respect to the horizontal direction and a time rate of change of the angle, and a meter-out control unit outputs a command signal to a solenoid valve used for adjusting the opening area of the variable restrictor, based on the opening area of the variable restrictor calculated by the meter-out opening area calculation unit.
US10030346B2
The system, method and apparatus described relates generally to a method of Direct Power Compaction (DPC). In one example embodiment to methods, apparatus, and systems to compact loose ground by vibration and compaction of H piles driven by vibrators or drivers (vibro-hammer). The DPC method is an efficient and highly economical technique for densifying loose soils. In the procedure piles, with an innovative H pattern structure, are driven in the ground using a combination of downward and vibratory force to move particles of the loose or sandy soil closer together and reduce the voids between them. Subsequent backfilling and vibration at the H-pile sites achieves the highest density possible and provides for an improvement ground soil structure and load bearing capacity.
US10030342B2
An impact-absorbing levee-shaped structure consisting essentially of a resistant structure formed of reinforced embankment, the impact-absorbing levee-shaped structure includes: a continuous buffer wall of a flexible structure disposed on an impact-receiving surface of the resistant structure; and an anchor unit configured to support the continuous buffer wall, in such a manner that the continuous buffer wall cannot be separated from the resistant structure, thereby capable of preventing the continuous buffer wall from floating from the impact-receiving surface of the resistant structure upon application of impact.
US10030341B1
A removable drum shell kit for a compactor drum includes a plurality of links coupled together. The plurality of links includes a longitudinal member having an inner surface contacting the compactor drum and an outer surface contacting a ground surface. The plurality of links includes at least one cleat assembly coupled to the outer surface of the longitudinal member. The plurality of links includes at least one first coupling member coupled to the longitudinal member extending towards a first side of the longitudinal member and at least one second coupling member coupled to the longitudinal member extending towards a second side of the longitudinal member. The first coupling member is coupled to a corresponding second coupling member of another link towards the first side of the link, and the second coupling member is coupled to a corresponding first coupling member of another link towards the second side of the link.
US10030339B2
A road paver comprises a screed assembly for laying a mat of paving material, and a tank for storing a coolant. The road paver further comprises a nebulizer device configured to receive the coolant from the tank and to nebulize the coolant into a coolant fog in an environment of the road paver. By cooling the environment of the road paver, the amount of harmful fumes emitted by hot paving material can be substantially reduced.
US10030336B2
A conveyor system for transporting articles, comprising a rail system that comprises a plurality of track sections and at least one switch point, by which, via a switch point drive, a first track section can be connected to a second track section or to a third track section of the rail system. At least one drivable transport trolley can be driven along a path of movement on the rail system. A communications system with comprises at least one communications line that extends along the path of movement of the at least one transport trolley. A trolley communications unit disposed on the at least one transport trolley interacts with the communications line. The switch point drive can be controlled by means of a switch point control system, which is connected to the at least one communications line.
US10030332B2
This invention relates to a process for making phenolic fatty acid compounds having a reduced phenolic ester content. The invention also relates to method for chemically bonding a phenolic resin with a non-phenolic polymer (e.g., a synthetic fabric). The method comprises contacting a phenolic fatty acid compound with a non-phenolic polymer to introduce a hydroxy phenyl functional group into the non-phenolic polymer; and reacting the hydroxy phenyl functional group contained in the non-phenolic polymer with a phenolic resin or a phenolic crosslinker composition capable of forming a phenolic resin, to chemically bond the phenolic resin with the non-phenolic polymer. The invention is particularly useful for making a synthetic fabric-reinforced article, such as synthetic fabric-reinforced rubber article, circuit board substrate, or fiberglass.
US10030328B2
A process for production of knitted articles is disclosed. The process may be performed using, for example, a linear knitting machine including a first needle bed, a second needle bed, a first jacquard bar with odd thread guides, a second jacquard bar with even thread guides, a third jacquard bar with odd thread guides, and a fourth jacquard bar with even thread guides. The process includes producing at least a portion of a knitted article by means of a base movement of the jacquard bars, in which: the first and the third jacquard bar are each moved with an identical shog movement; the second and the fourth jacquard bar are moved with a respective shog movement identical to one another; and the second and the fourth jacquard bar are moved with a respective shog movement identical to one another.
US10030312B2
Power pulsing, such as current pulsing, is used to control the structures of metals and alloys electrodeposited in non-aqueous electrolytes. Using waveforms containing different types of pulses: cathodic, off-time and anodic, internal microstructure, such as grain size, phase composition, phase domain size, phase arrangement or distribution and surface morphologies of the as-deposited alloys can be tailored. Additionally, these alloys exhibit superior macroscopic mechanical properties, such as strength, hardness, ductility and density. Waveform shape methods can produce aluminum alloys that are comparably hard (about 5 GPa and as ductile (about 13% elongation at fracture) as steel yet nearly as light as aluminum; or, stated differently, harder than aluminum alloys, yet lighter than steel, at a similar ductility. Al—Mn alloys have been made with such strength to weight ratios. Additional properties can be controlled, using the shape of the current waveform.
US10030311B2
A hydrogen generation electrode is used for an artificial photosynthesis module that decomposes an electrolytic aqueous solution into hydrogen and oxygen with light. The hydrogen generation electrode has a conductive layer, an inorganic semiconductor layer that is provided on the conductive layer and has a pn junction, and a functional layer that covers an inorganic semiconductor layer. The steam permeability of the functional layer is 5 g/(m2·day) or less.
US10030300B2
A method for coating a substrate on one or more sides having catalytically active material producible by material deposition under vacuum in a vacuum chamber, using the following steps: loading a substrate in the chamber evacuating the chamber, cleaning the substrate by introducing a gaseous reducing agent, removing the gaseous reducing agent, applying an intermediate layer by means of vacuum arc evaporation, wherein a substrate comprising the same or similar material is introduced into the vacuum chamber, controlling the chamber temperature, coating by vacuum arc evaporation, a metal taken from the group ruthenium, iridium, titanium and mixtures thereof while oxygen is supplied, in a last step the coated substrate is removed from the chamber, wherein at least 99% of the substrate coating is free of constituents originally contained in the substrate itself, and at least 99% of the coating applied on the intermediate layer is kept free of non-oxidized metals.
US10030296B2
Alloy for the manufacturing of jewels or clock components with minimum concentrations of gold of 75 wt %, of copper between 5% and 21%, of silver between 0% and 21%, of iron between 0.5% and 4% and vanadium between 0.1% and 2.0%, intended to increase the tarnishing-resistance of alloys with a minimum content of gold of 75 wt % under environments in which sulphur- and chlorine-compounds are present.
US10030291B2
Disclosed is a high-strength steel sheet having a tensile strength of 1180 MPa or more and having satisfactory seam weldability. The steel sheet has a chemical composition of C: 0.12% to 0.40%, Si: 0.003% to 0.5%, Mn 0.01% to 1.5%, Al: 0.032% to 0.15%, N: 0.01% or less, P: 0.02% or less, S: 0.01% or less, Ti: 0.01% to 0.2% or less, and B: 0.0001% to 0.01%, with the remainder including iron and inevitable impurities, has a Ceq1 (=C+Mn/5+Si/13) of 0.50% or less, and has a steel structure of a martensite single-phase structure.
US10030288B2
A method for making an article is disclosed. The method involves first generating a digital model of the article. The digital model is inputted into an additive manufacturing apparatus comprising an energy source. The additive manufacturing apparatus applies energy from the energy source to successively applied incremental quantities of a powder to fuse the powder to form the article corresponding to the digital model. The powder includes an aluminum alloy having 90.15-95.80 wt. % aluminum, 3.00-4.50 wt. % silicon, 0.70-1.50 wt. % magnesium, 0.50-1.00 wt. % manganese, 0-0.50 wt. % iron, 0-0.10 wt. % copper, 0-0.50 wt. % titanium, 0-0.20 wt. % boron, 0-1.50 wt. % nickel, and 0-0.05 wt. % other alloying elements, based on the total weight of the aluminum alloy.
US10030280B2
The present invention provides a steel sheet with chemical components including, by mass %, 0.18-0.35% of C, 1.0%-3.0% of Mn, 0.01%-1.0% of Si, 0.001%-0.02% of P, 0.0005%-0.01% of S, 0.001%-0.01% of N, 0.01%-1.0% of Al, 0.005%-0.2% of Ti, 0.0002%-0.005% of B, and 0.002%-2.0% of Cr, and the balance of Fe and inevitable impurities, wherein: by volume %, a fraction of the ferrite is 50% or more, and a fraction of a non-recrystallized ferrite is 30% or less; and Crθ/CrM is 2 or less, where Crθ is a concentration of Cr subjected to solid solution in iron carbide and CrM is a concentration of Cr subjected to solid solution in a base material, or Mn0/MnM is 10 or less, where Mn0 is a concentration of Mn subjected to solid solution in an iron carbide, and MnM is a concentration of Mn subjected to solid solution in a base material.
US10030279B2
A controller for a compost system configured to identify an error condition is disclosed. The controller comprises at least one control output. The control output is configured to measure a load current of the at least one control output and generate a load value. The at least one control output is in communication with a compost device and is configured to control an environmental condition of a compost chamber of the compost system. The controller is operable to compare the load value to a predetermined value to determine an error condition of the compost system.
US10030274B2
This invention provides a means for screening for lactic acid bacteria having immunoregulatory functions in a simple and rapid manner. This invention provides a method for screening for or producing lactic acid bacteria having immunoregulatory functions comprising determining the number of the test lactic acid bacteria bound to the uromodulin (Umod) protein, lactic acid bacteria obtained by such method, and an immunoregulatory composition comprising such lactic acid bacteria.
US10030271B2
Using an RT-PCR platform, detection of gene transcripts highly expressed in prostate tissue and expressed in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) from patients with mCRPC can provide a more reliable and robust prediction of poor overall survival than that of CTC enumeration in mCRPC. Disclosed is the identification of five genes, KLK3, KLK2, HOXB13, GHRL2 and FOXA1, the detection of two (2) or more transcripts of which predicts overall poor survival. The test is performed on blood samples that have been collected in collection tubes that stabilize intracellular RNA, require minimal on-site processing and can be easily stored and shipped for subsequent extraction of total RNA from whole blood for RT-PCR.
US10030270B2
The present application relates to K-ras mutations, to polynucleotides encoding mutant K-ras polypeptides, and to methods of identifying K-ras mutations. The present application also relates to methods of diagnosing cancer; and methods and kits for predicting the usefulness of anti-EGFr specific binding agents in the treatment of tumors.
US10030266B2
In the field of the next generation DNA sequencer, a method for integrating very high sensitive FET sensors having side gates and nanopores as devices used for identifying four kinds of base and for mapping the base sequence of DNA without using reagents, and a semiconductor device having selection transistors and amplifier transistors respectively corresponding to the FET sensors having side gates and nanopores respectively so as to be able to read the variation of a detection current based on the differences among the charges of the four kinds of base without deteriorating the detection sensitivity of the FET sensor, are presented.
US10030264B2
Methods for performing analytical reactions and compositions for use in such methods, where the methods have reduced signal levels deriving from non-specific adsorption of detected reagents to other components of the analytical method, e.g., other reagents, solid phase components, vessels, etc.
US10030263B1
Described herein are multiplexed RNA, including miRNA, PCR-based assays.
US10030261B2
The present invention relates to methods and products for the localized or spatial detection of nucleic acid in a tissue sample and in particular to a method for localized detection of nucleic acid in a tissue sample comprising: (a) providing an array comprising a substrate on which multiple species of capture probes are directly or indirectly immobilized such that each species occupies a distinct position on the array and is oriented to have a free 3′ end to enable said probe to function as a primer for a primer extension or ligation reaction, wherein each species of said capture probe comprises a nucleic acid molecule with 5′ to 3′: (i) a positional domain that corresponds to the position of the capture probe on the array, and (ii) a capture domain; (b) contacting said array with a tissue sample such that the position of a capture probe on the array may be correlated with a position in the tissue sample and allowing nucleic acid of the tissue sample to hybridize to the capture domain in said capture probes; (c) generating DNA molecules from the captured nucleic acid molecules using said capture probes as extension or ligation primers, wherein said extended or ligated DNA molecules are tagged by virtue of the positional domain; (d) optionally generating a complementary strand of said tagged DNA and/or optionally amplifying said tagged DNA; (e) releasing at least part of the tagged DNA molecules and/or their complements or amplicons from the surface of the array, wherein said part includes the positional domain or a complement thereof; and (f) directly or indirectly analyzing the sequence of the released DNA molecules.
US10030252B2
The present disclosure relates to nucleic acid vaccine compositions and methods for preventing or treating pathological conditions, such as cancer or infectious disease. Further, the disclosure provides methods for more efficient production of antigens via mRNA containing one or more non-conventional start codons to promote multiplex initiation of translation in eukaryotic cells.
US10030226B2
The present invention relates to a transduced T cell precursor prepared by introducing a gene construct comprising a polynucleotide encoding C/EBP (CCAAT/enhancer binding protein) to a T cell precursor and overexpressing the C/EBP thereby, wherein the transduced T cell precursor is capable of differentiating into a regulatory T cell and an induced regulatory T cell differentiated therefrom. The transduced T cell precursor and the induced regulatory T cell may be useful for preventing and treating autoimmune diseases, inflammatory diseases and graft rejections caused by the malfunction of immune response.
US10030222B2
Bioreactor system and method for cloning the physiological state of microorganisms comprises in preferred embodiment of a mother-reactor and one or more daughter-reactors with sensors, stirrers, fluid and gas flow channels, scales, pumps, controllers, computer, software, valves and accessory devices. The bioreactors are inter-connected with culture transfer hose. To achieve the method, the mother-reactor is filled with necessary volume, inoculated, stabilised in continuous cultivation, the microbial culture's volume is increased in variable volume cultivation while maintaining constant physiology, microbial culture is transferred from the mother-reactor into the daughter-reactors while maintaining constant physiology, experiment in the daughter reactor follows. After the experiment daughter-reactors are sterilized and rinsed. During the experiment culture volume in the mother-reactor is increased anew, after the experiment in the daughter-reactors is finished another culture transfer follows and next experiment is conducted. This sequence—variable volume cultivation, culture transfer, experiment—is repeated until necessary data has been acquired.
US10030210B2
The passage of a container along a conveyor is lubricated by applying to the container or conveyor a mixture of a water-miscible silicone material and a water-miscible lubricant. The mixture can be applied in relatively low amounts, to provide thin, substantially non-dripping lubricating films. In contrast to dilute aqueous lubricants, the lubricants of the invention provide drier lubrication of the conveyors and containers, a cleaner conveyor line and reduced lubricant usage, thereby reducing waste, cleanup and disposal problems.
US10030201B1
The present development is a catalyst composition, comprising zinc oxide nanowires having one or more catalytically-active metal particles attached to a surface of the zinc oxide nanowires. The catalytically-active metal particles are comprised of a metal selected from the group consisting of nickel, cobalt, molybdenum, tungsten, copper, and platinum. The present development further discloses a method to prepare the catalyst composition, and use of the catalyst composition for desulfurization.
US10030196B2
The present invention provides a method for producing a fluoride fluorescent material, comprising: contacting a fluoride particles represented by the following general formula (I): K2[M1−aMn4+aF6] (I) wherein M is at least one member selected from the group consisting of elements belonging to Groups 4 and 14 of the Periodic Table, and a satisfies the relationship: 0
US10030186B2
A heat transfer medium is provided with superb thermal conductivity. The medium is comprised of selected inorganic materials to provide an environmentally-friendly aqueous suspension to provide a revolutionary kind of heat transfer fluid.
US10030179B2
There are provided a granular adhesive agent including a core portion and a shell portion, wherein the core portion including an adhesive composition and the shell portion is formed from solid particles, and a method for producing a granular adhesive agent. It is preferred that the solid particles include fine particles with a number average particle diameter of less than or equal to 500 μm as the main component. The granular adhesive agent according to the present invention is excellent in handling properties.
US10030171B2
Wax compositions are provided with improved properties for various applications, such as coating of composite cellulosic materials, e.g., composite wood material, particleboard, medium density fiberboard, construction board or combination thereof. As described herein, paraffin wax compositions are provided that have n-paraffin content of from about 30% wt to about 95% wt, and a 95% carbon number spread of from about 1 carbon atoms to about 23 carbon atoms, which provide enhanced water proofing properties as compared to waxes currently used.
US10030170B2
The present disclosure provides a transparent cross-linked siloxane composition. The composition is a polymerization product of a mixture of a difunctional alkoxysilane precursor materials and a monofunctional alkoxysilane material. The monofunctional alkoxysilane material is from about 1 weight percent to about 50 weight percent of the composition. The mole ratio of the monofunctional alkoxysilane materials to difunctional alkoxysilane precursor materials is from 1 to 4 to about 1 to 1.
US10030168B2
A high refractive index molecule and high refractive index polymers comprising such monomers. The high refractive index monomer comprises a carrier atom having a high refractive index group attached thereto, the high refractive index group comprising a heterocyclic compound comprising at least one sulfur atom.
US10030163B2
A coating agent aqueous dispersion comprising, as solid matters, 20 to 80 wt. %, preferably 29 to 70 wt. %, of PTFE, 10 to 50 wt. %, preferably 14 to 36 wt. %, of acrylic resin, and 10 to 50 wt. %, preferably 20 to 45 wt. %, of ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer resin. When the coating agent aqueous dispersion of the present invention is used as a surface-treating agent for rubber-made sealing materials, etc., a reduction in stickiness to the sealing mate material and the prevention of blooming on the surface of the rubber material are obtained. Combined with the flexibility, the adhesion balance between the rubber material and the coating agent is excellent.
US10030160B2
Disclosed herein are composite particles comprising; a pigment; at least one ionic synergist adsorbed to the pigment surface; and at least one ionic polymer coating the pigment surface comprising the at least one synergist, wherein the at least one synergist and the at least one polymer have opposing charges, and wherein in the composite, a total charge of the at least one polymer is greater than a total charge of the at least one synergist. Also disclosed are dispersions and inkjet ink compositions comprising composite particles.
US10030148B2
A method for manufacturing bio-plastic composite containing brewer's spent grains includes the steps of: providing brewer's spent grains; providing petrochemical plastic; mixing the brewer's spent grains with the petrochemical plastic at an addition amount of 10% to 60% wt. of brewer's spent grains and 40% to 90% wt. of petrochemical plastic; and providing a binder at a weight proportion of 8% to 12%. A pretreatment unit which uses a dehydration process, a desiccation process, a drying process, a grinding process and a sieving process to process the brewer's spent grains into brewer's spent grains which have a length-to-diameter ratio of 7.6 to 10.2. A granulator includes a double screw extruder connected with a cutting machine. The double screw extruder mixes the petrochemical plastic and the brewer's spent grains and extrudes them into plastic bars, which are then cut into plastic granules by the cutting machine.
US10030128B2
A wet mix elastomer composite comprising carbon black dispersed in an elastomer including a blend of a natural rubber and styrene-butadiene rubber. When the wet mix elastomer composite is processed with CTV Method 1, the vulcanized wet mix elastomer composite exhibits a resistivity that A) has a natural logarithm satisfying the equation ln(resistivity)≥−0.1(loading)+x, where x is 14, or B) is at least 2.9 times greater than the resistivity of a vulcanized dry mix elastomer composite having the same composition and prepared using Comparative CTV Method 1.
US10030120B2
The invention relates to a softener composition containing at least one tetrahydrofurane derivative and at least one 1,2-cyclohexane dicarboxylic acid ester, molding compounds which contain a thermoplastic polymer or an elastomer and said type of softener composition, and to the use of said softener compositions and molding compounds.
US10030114B2
The invention relates to a method for the specific production of a polymer material doped by a first metal element, which is gold, and at least one second metal element, the first metal element and the at least one second metal element being identical or different from each other.
US10030113B2
The invention provides a gas barrier film with low deterioration in the gas barrier property before and after high-temperature hot water treatment. The gas barrier film has a gas barrier coating film, formed as a composite film comprising a network structure having a mesh structure with Si—O—Si bonds as the basic lattice and a water-soluble polymer crystallized as microcrystals, incorporated into the mesh of the network structure, wherein a barrier coating agent, obtained by mixing a condensate solution of an alkoxysilane hydrolysate prepared as a mixed solution in which the proportion of bonded states of the silicon atoms of the condensate with Q1 and Q2 structures is at least 60% of the total silicon atoms, with a crystalline water-soluble polymer, is coated on a base material film, either after forming or without forming an aluminum oxide vapor deposition film, to form a coating layer.
US10030103B2
The invention provides polymers comprising Formula I: wherein monomer is a repeating unit comprising 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 or 7 carbon atoms and the monomers are linked together through amide or ester bonds; n is about 6 to about 1000; and Linker is an optionally substituted carbon chain that is optionally interrupted by moieties such as oxygen, nitrogen, sulfur, phosphorus, or silicon. Charge is a moiety having a positive or negative charge on a heteroatom, such as nitrogen, oxygen, phosphorus, or sulfur; where the Linker separates the monomer and the Charge by at least six linear atoms. The invention also provides methods of preparing the polymers and the copolymers and methods of using the polymers and copolymers, for example, as drug delivery systems, as membrane penetrating peptides, and as therapeutic agents.
US10030098B2
A process for the manufacture of a block copolymer includes a reaction of a lactide monomers in the presence of a catalyst with a polymer to form the block copolymer having a lactic acid chain, wherein a polymer selected from polypropylene, polyethylene, polysiloxane, polybutylene succinate, polytrimethylene carbonate, polyester, polyether, polystyrene, polyisoprene, polycarbonate, polyalkylenecarbonate, polyvinyl alcohol, polyurethane, or polyacrylate; and wherein the polymer contains n number of OH and/or NH2 group(s), n is an integer greater than or equal to 1 and Moles of Lactide ( Moles of Compound * n ) ≤ 70 , and the reaction is performed at a temperature of at least 70° C. The process includes step of quenching of the reaction in order to form the lactic acid chains consisting of 70 or less of the lactide monomers, and the quenching agent is an acid chloride having a formula of Cl—CO—R9, wherein R9 is 1-pentenyl or aminoethyl.
US10030093B2
A cellulose nanofiber (CNF) powder of the present invention contains cellulose nanofibers, and a hydrophobic polymer that is chemically bonded to at least some of the —OH groups of the cellulose nanofibers. The CNF powder has the ability to be dispersed in water and to return to a powder form again when an aqueous dispersion of the CNF powder is dried. The distance between the fibers in the CNF powder in a dry state is 3 nm or more, and preferably 8 to 12 nm. Since the distance between the fibers in the conventional cellulose nanofibers is about 1 nm, the present invention reduces the Van der Waals force between the fibers (i.e., the force of attraction between the fibers) to one millionth of that of the conventional cellulose nanofibers. Thus, the present invention provides the CNF powder that can be used in a powder form, and that can also be reversibly changed between a powder state and a dispersed state in water, and a method for producing the CNF powder.
US10030084B2
The invention relates to a composition for use in a Monosil process for the crosslinking of thermoplastic polyolefins which comprises (i) from 5 to 60% by weight content of 2-ethyl hexanoic acid [H3C(CH2)3CH(C2H5)COOH], (ii) content of at least one monounsaturated organofunctional alkoxysilane of the general formula I A-SiR2x(OR1)3-x (I), where R1 is mutually independently a linear or branched hydrocarbon moiety having from 1 to 4 C atoms, R2 is methyl and x is 0 or 1 and A is a monovalent olefin group of the formula (R3)2C═C(R3)-Mk-, where k is 0 or 1, in which groups R3 are identical or different and R3 is a hydrogen atom or a methyl group and the group M is a group from the following list: —CH2—, —(CH2)2—, —(CH2)3— and —C(O)O—(CH2)3—, (iii) content of at least one free-radical generator and (iv) optionally content of at least one other component, where the entirety of all components (i) to (iv) gives 100% by weight. The present invention further relates to a production process, and also to moldings or products obtainable thereby based on thermoplastic polyolefins, where a composition of the invention is reacted together with at least one thermoplastic polyolefin in a Monosil process. The invention further relates to the use of a composition of the invention in the Monosil process for the crosslinking of thermoplastic polyolefins during the production of products molded by means of extrusion, based on thermoplastic polyolefins.
US10030082B2
A solid catalyst component for the polymerization of olefins made from or containing Mg, Ti, halogen and an electron donor of formula (I) or (II): When activated with an aluminum alkyl and optionally an external electron donor, the solid catalyst component can give high activity and stereospecificity in the polymerization of olefins.
US10030080B2
There is provided a method for preparing a fine particle having an enclosed void using a core polymer containing carboxylic acid, primary middle shell monomers, and secondary hard shell monomers. The method may be a multi-staged emulsion polymerization method. The primary middle shell monomers may include a multi-functionality monomer that is a cross-linking monomer having two or more double bonds.
US10030079B2
Disclosed are an end-functionalized conjugated diene-based polymer represented by Chemical Formula 1 and a method of preparing the same.
US10030066B2
Disclosed is an immune receptor modifier conjugate, obtained from the reaction between a coupling precursor and a biotic ligand, the coupling precursor being a 9-position aminomethyl benzyl purine biotic coupling precursor, and the biotic ligand being selected from one or more of polypeptide, protein, glycoprotein, polysaccharide, polynucleotide, inactivated cells and inactivated microbes. The immune receptor modifier couplet can be used for immunomodulation, antibody preparation, anti-virus, diabetes, tumor immunomodulation, and tumor bio-immunotherapy. The conjugate compounds or salts thereof can be prepared into various therapeutic drugs, and can be prepared into a compound drug together with other drugs, or pharmaceutically acceptable carrier composites or conjugates. Also disclosed are compounds for synthesizing the coupling precursor and salts thereof.
US10030065B2
The present invention relates to a soluble negative control MHC multimer comprising a nonsense peptide that binds the MHC protein efficiently, but that does not support binding of the resultant MHC-peptide complex to the desired T Cell Receptor. The nonsense peptide is designed to i) have a length enabling binding to the MHC allele in question, ii) have appropriate amino acids at relevant anchor positions which anchor the nonsense peptide to the peptide-binding groove of the MHC, iii) have amino acids outside the anchor positions that do not support binding to a T Cell Receptor, and iv) have an amino acid sequence that is different from the linear sequence of any naturally occurring peptide.
US10030061B2
The present invention relates, inter alia, to certain hepcidin peptide analogs, including peptides and dimers thereof, and to the use of the peptides and peptide dimers in the treatment and/or prevention of a variety of diseases, conditions or disorders, including treatment and/or prevention of iron overload diseases, which include hereditary hemochromatosis and iron-loading anemias, and other conditions and disorders described herein.
US10030054B2
The present invention provides immunogenic compositions against Campylobacter and methods for using the immunogenic composition to generate an immune response against Campylobacter and/or reduce intestinal colonization by Campylobacter.
US10030051B2
The present invention provides antibodies containing one or more modular recognition domains (MRDs) for targeting the antibodies to specific sites. The use of the antibodies containing one or more modular recognition domains to treat disease, and methods of making antibodies containing one or more modular recognition domains are also provided in the invention.
US10030047B2
The present invention provides compounds of formula (I) wherein X1 to X8 and R1 to R8 are as described herein, as well as pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. Further the present invention is concerned with the manufacture of the compounds of formula (I), pharmaceutical compositions comprising them and their use as medicaments for the treatment of diseases and infections caused by Acinetobacter baumannii.
US10030043B2
The present invention relates to a method for the high yield production of the anticancer nucleoside clofarabine, the method comprising the preparation of 2-chloroadenosine by enzymatic transglycosylation between 2-chloroadenine and nucleosides, benzoylation, isomerization, sulfonate ester formation, fluorination, and deprotection.
US10030041B2
Hsp90 C-terminal inhibitors and pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds are provided. The compounds of the disclosure are useful for the treatment and/or prevention of neurodegenerative disorders such as diabetic peripheral neuropathy.
US10030036B2
This invention relates to new carbocyanine dye compositions, pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compositions, methods of detecting via near infrared fluorescent imaging incipient cancer cells and selective destruction of cancer cells identified by administration of such pharmaceutical compositions. A method of detecting and destroying cancer cells includes introducing a gold dye into an organism suspected of having a cancer cell. The gold dye is a carbocyanine dye covalently attached to a gold nanoparticle. A near infrared light is shined on a region suspected of having the cancer cell. Fluorescence from the gold dye is detected. A beam of radio frequency energy is directed at the region to induce hyperthermia in the cancer cell. The carbocyanine dye has the most basic structure of MHI-148 and structures 6 and 22 with a Aun—[CH2(CH2)9CH2—(OCH2CH2)4O]COCH2CH2-phenyl-O group on a cyclohexene ring that imparts activity to the cancer cell binding and destruction processes.
US10030033B2
The present disclosure provides processes for the preparation of a compound of formula I: which is useful as an antiviral agent. The disclosure also provides compounds and processes for the preparation of the compounds that are synthetic intermediates to the compound of formula I.
US10030030B2
Crystals of a dispiropyrrolidine compound or a salt thereof which inhibits the action of Mdm2 are provided. The present invention provides crystals of (3′R,4′S,5′R)—N-[(3R,6S)-6-carbamoyltetrahydro-2H-pyran-3-yl]-6″-chloro-4′-(2-chloro-3-fluoropyridin-4-yl)-4,4-dimethyl-2″-oxo-1″,2″-dihydrodispiro[cyclohexane-1,2′-pyrrolidine-3′,3″-indole]-5′-carboxamide or a salt thereof which inhibits Mdm2 and has anti-tumor activity. The present invention also provides a medicament comprising the same.
US10030023B2
The invention provides a mercaptoalkylglycoluril represented by the general formula (I): wherein R1 and R2 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, a lower alkyl group, or a phenyl group; R3, R4, and R5 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or a mercaptoalkyl group selected from a mercaptomethyl group, a 2-mercaptoethyl group, and a 3-mercaptopropyl group; and n is 0, 1, or 2. The invention further provides an epoxy resin composition comprising an epoxy resin and the mercaptoalkylglycoluril, and a method for producing a laminate or a multilayer printed circuit board using the same.
US10030021B2
In one aspect, the invention provides compounds of Formula I: (I) and pharmaceutically acceptable salts and solvates thereof, wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, Y, Za are defined as set forth in the disclosure. The invention also provides compounds of any one of Formulae II to VII, IA to IC, and IIA to IIC, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts and solvates thereof. Other aspects of the invention include the use of compounds of Formulae I to VII, IA to IC, and IIA to IIC, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts and solvates thereof for the treatment of disorders responsive to modulation of one or more opioid receptors. In certain embodiments, the Compounds of the Invention are useful for treating pain.
US10030018B2
Provided are a hydroxyethyl sulfonate of a cyclin-dependent protein kinase inhibitor, a crystalline form thereof and a preparation method therefor. Specifically, 6-acetyl-8-cyclopentyl-5-methyl-2-((5-(piperidin-4-yl)pyridin-2-yl)amino)pyrido[2,3-d]pyrimidin-7(8H)-one hydroxyethyl sulfonate (compound of formula (I)), a crystal form I thereof and a preparation method therefor are provided. Crystal form I of the compound of formula (I) has good chemical and crystalline stability, low toxicity, and low residual crystallization solvent. Therefore, the crystal form I can be used in improved clinical therapy.
US10030007B2
The present invention provides Quinazolin-THF-amines as PDE I inhibitors and their use as a medicament, in particular for the treatment of neurodegenerative disorders and psychiatric disorders.
US10029998B2
Compositions and processes for producing high purity acesulfame potassium are described. One process comprises the steps of forming a cyclic sulfur trioxide adduct; hydrolyzing the cyclic sulfur trioxide adduct to form an acesulfame-H composition comprising acesulfame-H; neutralizing the acesulfame-H in the acesulfame-H composition to form a crude acesulfame potassium composition comprising acesulfame potassium and less than 2800 wppm acetoacetamide-N-sulfonic acid, wherein the neutralizing step is conducted or maintained at a pH at or below 11.0; and treating the crude acesulfame potassium composition to form the finished acesulfame potassium composition comprising acesulfame potassium and less than 37 wppm acetoacetamide-N-sulfonic acid.
US10029992B2
The present invention relates to diaminotriazine compounds and to their use as herbicides. It also relates to agrochemical compositions for crop protection and to a method for controlling unwanted vegetation. wherein p is 1 or 2; q is 0, 1, 2 or 3 provided that p+q is 1, 2, 3 or 4; Q is inter alia a chemical bond, O, S(O)m, CRq1Rq2, NRq3, C(O), C(O)O, Ar is phenyl, which is unsubstituted or carries 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5 radicals RA Ra is inter alia hydrogen, halogen, OH, CN, amino, NO2, C1-C6-alkyl, etc; Rb is inter alia halogen, OH, CN, amino, NO2, C1-C6-alkyl, etc.; R1 and R2 are inter alia H, OH, S(O)2NH2, CN, C1-C6-alkyl, etc; X is a radical selected from the group consisting of CR3R4R5, phenyl, which is unsubstituted or carries 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5 radicals RAr; NR3aR3b, OR3c, S(O)kR3d, k being 1, 2 or 3; and including their agriculturally acceptable salts.
US10029988B2
Disclosed herein are compounds of formula (I), and methods of inhibiting histone deacetylase (“HDAC”) enzymes (e.g., HDAC1, HDAC2, and HDAC3) using compounds of formula (I).
US10029980B2
A method for producing methionine involves contacting 2-amino-4-(methylthio)butanenitrile with water in the presence of an oxide catalyst containing cerium. The 2-amino-4-(methylthio)butanenitrile may be 2-amino-4-(methylthio)butanenitrile, produced by contacting 2-hydroxy-4-(methylthio)butanenitrile with ammonia water or 2-amino-4-(methylthio)butanenitrile, produced by contacting 3-(methylthio)propionaldehyde with hydrocyanic acid and ammonia water.
US10029975B2
The present invention relates to the manufacture of biobased acrylic acid from glycerol as starting material, the term “biobased acid” indicating that the acrylic acid is essentially based on a carbon source of natural origin.
US10029960B2
The present disclosure relates to chemical catalysts and methods that may be used for the production and/or interconversion of olefins. In some embodiments, methods for producing propylene from ethylene and butene comprising, (a) obtaining a catalyst composition comprising an isomerization catalyst and a disproportionation catalyst, wherein the weight ratio of the isomerization catalyst to the disproportionation catalyst is from 10:1 to 1:10; and (b) reacting butene with ethylene at a temperature from about 500° F. (260° C.) to about 650° F. (350° C.) in the presence of the catalyst composition under conditions sufficient to produce propylene are provided.
US10029957B2
Apparatus and methods are provided for converting methane in a feed stream to acetylene. A hydrocarbon stream is introduced into a supersonic reactor and pyrolyzed to convert at least a portion of the methane to acetylene. The reactor effluent stream may be treated to convert acetylene to another hydrocarbon process.
US10029955B1
An improved capsule and method of use for processing materials or growing crystals in supercritical fluids is disclosed. The capsule is scalable up to very large volumes and provides for cost-effective processing. In conjunction with suitable high pressure apparatus, the capsule is capable of processing materials at pressures and temperatures of up to approximately 8 GPa and 1500° C., respectively.
US10029954B2
A liquid fertilizer adjuvant composition is provided that includes a fertilizer, a pH buffering agent, a surfactant, and one or more color indicator that produce a first color change that indicates when an pre-selected first level of field treatment has been achieved. The composition is provided as a single solution. A second color change occurs when a pre-selected second, higher level of field treatment is required. The color change indicative of a pre-selected pH, water hardness, or a combination of both. The composition is particular well suited for inclusion of a urea fertilizer.
US10029951B2
A method for retrieving aggregates and/or powdery mineral material from a source material comprising hardened mineral binder and aggregates, in particular a waste or demolition material, comprises the steps of: a) treating the source material in a disintegration process and (b) separation of the treated source material at a predefined cut-off grain size in order to retrieve treated aggregates with a grain size of at least the predefined cut-off grain size and/or in order to retrieve powdery mineral material with a grain size below the predefined cut-off grain size.
US10029950B2
A mortar mixture for horizontal surfaces or as casting mortar in molds has at least 20% of the mortar mixture by volume being balls composed of expanded silica sand or expanded perlite with the balls being glazed and closed at the surface thereof and filled with air. The expanded perlite balls are mixed with binding agents, additives as binders, an air-void forming agent, chemical admixtures as liquefiers, quick-setting binders, or a combination thereof, and composed of polymers. The method for producing the mortar mixture is performed by sorting perlite sand into various grain sizes by a grading curve. Each individual grain size is then expanded in a trickling channel having multi-stage temperature zones so that the surface of the balls is glazed. The glazed, expanded perlite so produced are mixed together into a homogenous mixture by adding binding agents and cellulose, air-void forming agent, chemical admixtures or a combination thereof.
US10029948B2
To provide a sintered material having excellent oxidation resistance, as well as excellent abrasion resistance and chipping resistance. A sintered material containing a first compound formed of Ti, Al, Si, O, and N is provided.
US10029947B2
Hydrophobic aggregates for use in refractory castables and gunning mixtures and methods of their preparation. The aggregates here are formed by crushing insulating fire brick and coating the resulting particles with a hydrophobic component. The hydrophobic component may be a polydimethylsiloxane having a terminal silanol group. As a result of the coating process, the coated aggregate has very low levels of alkalis. The aggregates may be used to form refractory castables that do not undergo substantial alkaline hydrolysis due to the reduced levels of alkalis. The castables made from these aggregates display superior physical properties, including lower water content, lower permanent linear change, high strength, and superior thermal conductivity/insulation properties, while at the same time possessing lower density and requiring less water to be used during castable formation. These improved properties also are observed in gunning mixtures formed from these aggregates.
US10029941B2
A method of shaping a laminated glass structure includes providing the laminated glass structure comprising a flexible glass sheet having a thickness of no greater than about 0.3 mm laminated to a non-glass substrate by an adhesive layer. The flexible glass structure and adhesive layer are ground using a first tool to remove glass material. The non-glass substrate is cut with a second tool different from the first tool through a kerf formed through the flexible glass structure thereby forming a shaped laminated glass structure. A glass edge strength of a cut edge of the shaped laminated glass structure is at least about 20 MPa.
US10029939B2
Methods for making a ceramic or glass-ceramic include spray-drying a mixture comprising batch materials to form agglomerated particles; bringing the agglomerated particles into contact with a plasma for a residence time sufficient to form fused particles; and annealing the fused particles at a temperature and for a time sufficient to form ceramic or glass-ceramic particles. The methods can be used to produce fused glass particles, ceramic or glass-ceramic particles, and ceramic or glass-ceramic articles, such as ceramic honeycombs.
US10029938B2
A method for producing synthetic quartz glass by fusion of SiO2 granulate involves synthesizing amorphous SiO2 primary particles, granulating the amorphous SiO2 primary particles to form an open-pore SiO2 granulate, sintering the open-pore SiO2 granulate by heating in a sintering atmosphere at a sintering temperature and for a sintering period to form a densified SiO2 granulate, and melting the densified SiO2 granulate at a melting temperature to form the synthetic quartz glass. To provide an inexpensive production of low-bubble transparent components of quartz glass despite the use of still open-pore SiO2 granulate, the sintering atmosphere, sintering temperature and sintering duration are adjusted such that the densified SiO2 granulate still comprises open pores but manifests a material-specific infrared transmission T1700 at a wavelength of 1700 nm. This transmission is in the range of 50-95% of the infrared transmission T1700 of quartz glass granules of the same material.
US10029927B2
A potable water producing system for disposition at a salt water body and methods of producing potable water are provided. The system includes a wave energy conversion system (AWECS) and a portable filtration-anchor system. The AWECS forms a floating articulated barge having a desalination system including a reverse osmosis membrane. The filtration-anchor system is submerged in the salt water body and includes a sand filter to filter the adjacent salt water for providing the filtered salt water to the desalination system on the articulated barge. Wave action on the articulated barge provides energy to pump the filtered salt water from the sand filter to the reverse osmosis member to produce potable water. The wave action on the articulated barge effects the shaking of the reverse osmosis filter, thereby rendering it self-cleaning. The potable water can be used for various applications, e.g., bottling, replenishing aquifers, ground and/or aquifer remediation, irrigation, etc.
US10029920B2
Various embodiments relate to separation of terbium(III,IV) oxide. In various embodiments, present invention provides a method of separating terbium(III,IV) oxide from a composition. The method can include contacting a composition including terbium(III,IV) oxide and one or more other trivalent rare earth oxides with a liquid including acetic acid to form a mixture. The contacting can be effective to dissolve at least some of the one or more other trivalent rare earth oxides into the liquid. The method can include separating undissolved terbium(III,IV) oxide from the mixture, to provide separated terbium(III,IV) oxide.
US10029918B2
Ferrous (II) phosphate (Fe3(PO4)2) powders, lithium iron phosphate (LiFePO4) powders for a Li-ion battery and methods for manufacturing the same are provided. The lithium iron phosphate powders are represented by the following formula (II): LiFe(1-a)MaPO4 (II) wherein, M, and a are defined in the specification, the lithium iron phosphate powders are composed of plural flake powders, the length of each of the flake powders is 0.1-10 μm, and a ratio of the length and the thickness of each of the flake powder is in a range from 11 to 400.
US10029912B2
A capacitive micromachined ultrasound transducer (cMUT) is provided. The cMUT has a first layer having a first electrode and a second layer having a second electrode opposing the first electrode to define a gap width therebetween. At least one of the first layer and the second layer includes a flexible layer having a contact area in contact to a support, such that the first electrode and the second electrode are movable relative to each other to cause a change of the gap width. The support has two substantially continuous shoulder sides each extending along with the flexible layer, each shoulder side making graduated contact with more contact area of the flexible layer as the flexible layer deforms toward the shoulder side, causing the flexible layer to have a dynamically changing spring strength.
US10029910B1
Structures and formation methods of a MEMS device structure are provided. The MEMS device structure includes a semiconductor substrate having a first region and a second region, and a MEMS layer over the semiconductor substrate. The MEMS layer has a first through hole positioned in the first region and a second through hole positioned in the second region. The MEMS device structure also includes a cap layer over the MEMS layer, a first cavity between the semiconductor substrate and the cap layer and in the first region, and a second cavity between the semiconductor substrate and the cap layer and in the second region. The MEMS device structure further includes a carbon-based degradation product in the first cavity.
US10029908B1
In described examples, a method of forming a microelectromechanical device comprises: forming a first metallic layer comprising a conducting layer on a substrate; forming a first dielectric layer on the first metallic layer, wherein the first dielectric layer comprises one or more individual dielectric layers; forming a sacrificial layer on the first dielectric layer; forming a second dielectric layer on the sacrificial layer; forming a second metallic layer on the second dielectric layer; and removing the sacrificial layer to form a spacing between the second dielectric layer and the first dielectric layer. Removing the sacrificial layer enables movement of the second dielectric layer relative to the first dielectric layer in at least one direction.
US10029906B2
A fuel delivery system and method for reducing the likelihood that a fuel tank of equipment at a well site during fracturing of a well will run out of fuel. A fuel source has plural fuel outlets, a hose on each fuel outlet of the plural fuel outlets, each hose being connected to a fuel cap on a respective one of the fuel tanks for delivery of fuel to the fuel tank. At least a manually controlled valve at each fuel outlet controls fluid flow through the hose at the respective fuel outlet.
US10029903B1
The bottle transfer coupling device is adapted for use with a plurality of containers. The bottle transfer coupling device is a device that transfers the contents of a first container selected from the plurality of containers to a second container selected from the plurality of containers. The bottle transfer coupling device transports the contents of the first selected container to the second selected container using a sealed transport mechanism that minimizes the loss of the contents of the first container or the second container during the transfer process. The bottle transfer coupling device comprises a first funnel, a second funnel, and a coupling pipe. The coupling pipe attaches the first funnel to the second funnel to create a fluid bearing channel between the first funnel and the second funnel such that fluids from the first container will be transported to the second container.
US10029900B2
A treatment apparatus (1), using a sterilizing substance, for closures (2) for containers, including: a rotating unit (6); a plurality of longitudinal rails (7) able to house the closures (2) arranged by force of gravity, the rails (7) being solidly connected to the rotating unit (6) and being arranged such as to follow a circumferential extension of the rotating unit (6); dispensing apparatus (16) of the sterilizing substance, a variable-height support profile (15) located below the rails (7) and also having a circumferential extension such as to support the lines (8) of closures (2).
US10029899B2
A work platform includes a floor structure having a width dimension and a depth dimension and a safety rail coupled with the floor structure. A control panel area is cooperable with the safety rail and includes a sensor support bar having a top cross bar extending along the width dimension and side bars extending substantially perpendicularly from the top cross bar. Each of the side bars includes an upper section extending from the top cross bar inward in the depth dimension to a bent section, and a lower section extending from the bent section outward in the depth dimension to the safety rail. A platform switch that is configured to trip upon an application of a predetermined force may be attached to the sensor support bar. A switch bar may be secured to the control panel area, and the platform switch may be attached to the switch bar.
US10029890B2
The invention refers to a passenger conveyor system comprising a longitudinal conveyor frame having at its longitudinal ends mounting points, a conveyor unit mounted to the conveyor frame and comprising an endless conveyor means comprising an upper conveyor track and a lower return track and turnover means at the conveyor unit ends to turn the conveyor means from the conveyor track to the return track and vice versa, and at least one compensation means comprising a compensation mass which is in transversal direction of the conveyor frame movably mounted to the conveyor frame via a spring means or a swing drive.
US10029886B2
A method and a mechanism for releasing a hydraulically actuated elevator brake system wherein the brake release mechanism includes a rotary pump, a crank handle to manually turn the rotary pump, a fluid supply port, a fluid return port, an output port for connection to a cylinder of the brake system, a rapid exhaust valve having an inlet port connected via the rotary pump to the fluid supply port, a cylinder port selectively connectable to the output port, and an exhaust port connected to the fluid return port. By turning the rotary pump, for example with the crank handle, a continuous flow of pressurized hydraulic fluid is delivered through the rapid exhaust valve and onto the brake cylinder, thereby releasing the hydraulic brake system.
US10029882B2
The disclosure generally relates to a looped pile film roll core used for winding a polymeric film, a method of winding film on the looped pile film roll core, and a roll of film that includes the looped pile film roll core. The disclosure describes an article and a process to reduce the core impressions created by the starting end of a web on the adjacent web layers next to the core. In one particular embodiment, the present disclosure can lead to a reduction in the amount and severity of such core impressions on a wound polymeric film, by reducing the amount of stress in adjacent layers of wound web.
US10029878B2
A method for rapidly stacking and dropping sheets is provided. The method comprises receiving a plurality of sheets from a sheet delivery device onto a landing platform of a stacking and dropping apparatus. The method also comprises lowering the landing platform from an original upper position. Lowering comprises maintaining a drop height between the sheet delivery device and a stack of delivered sheets. The method also comprises sending a delay signal that comprises a command to delay the receiving of the plurality of sheets from the sheet delivery device. The delay signal is sent in response to a detection of a predetermined stack height of the stack of delivered sheets. The method also comprises sending a movement signal, immediately following the sending of the delay signal. The movement signal comprises a command to move the landing platform, such that the plurality of sheets are received by a catch tray unit. The method also comprises dropping, utilizing the catch tray unit, the plurality of sheets onto a sheet receiving device. The method also comprises returning, automatically, the landing platform to the original upper position. The method also comprises sending a resume signal, that includes a command to the sheet delivery device to resume sheet delivery. The delay signal, movement signal and resume signal are sent by a central processor component of the stacking and dropping apparatus.
US10029877B2
A conveying apparatus includes an upper conveyor and a lower conveyor, the top of the lower conveyor facing the bottom of the upper conveyor and defining with the bottom of the upper conveyor a sheet transport path. An air duct having an opening facing the top of the upper conveyor is mounted over the upper conveyor, and a fan is provided that is in fluid communication with the air duct. The fan draws air through the opening, into the air duct and out an exhaust vent. A housing substantially encloses the upper conveyor and the lower conveyor and is connected to the air duct, and the housing has a bottom opening located below the sheet transport path such that a majority of the air drawn through the opening by the fan passes through the upper conveyor.
US10029873B2
An apparatus for controlling conveyance between rollers includes: a tension-control-amount-detector; a speed-shaft-speed-controller; a tension-shaft-speed-controller; a synchronous-speed-command-generation-unit synchronizing the speed-shaft speed command with a tension-shaft reference speed command; a tension-control-calculation-unit outputting a tension-control correction value based on proportional compensation based on a proportional gain, and integral compensation based on an integral gain; an adjustment-execution-command-generation-unit outputting an adjustment execution command during an automatic adjustment period; a binary-output-unit outputting one of positive and negative values of the additional-value amplitude as an additional value in adjustment during the automatic adjustment period; a tension-shaft-speed-command-generation-unit outputting a tension-shaft speed command based on the tension-shaft reference speed command, the tension-control correction value and the additional value in adjustment; and a gain-calculation-unit calculating a proportional gain and an integral gain based on a period and an amplitude of the tension control deviation for the automatic adjustment period.
US10029868B2
A sheet feed device includes a stacking tray on which sheets P are stacked, and feed rollers convey the sheets P from the stacking tray. The sheet feed device also includes a pressing lever configured to press back, when there is a sheet picked up from the stacking tray and is in a state of being nipped between feed rollers, a leading end of the sheet P toward the stacking tray, and a roller separating mechanism configured to separate the sheet feed rollers performing the nipping from each other, when the pressing member performs the operation of pressing back the sheet.
US10029844B2
An expanded housing (2) including an outer tubular portion (2a), a center-top tubular portion (2b), an annular ceiling portion (2c), and a center-bottom tubular portion (2d) is an integrally molded plastic product. Vertical plate rib-shaped portions (2h) for increasing strength are similarly integrally molded between the outer tubular portion (2a) and the center-top tubular portion (2b). An inner passage region (B) for upward passage of content is set in the center tubular portion (2b). A housing cover (28) provided in such a form as to surround the lower side of the expanded housing (2) forms an outer passage region (A) which is disposed between the housing cover (28) and an outer peripheral surface of the expanded housing (2) so as to extend downward from an upper-end-side inner space region of an inner bag-shaped container (1g) to the inner passage region (B). A cone-shaped piece (28k) enters into an individual upper-end-side inner space region set between adjacent vertical plate rib-shaped portions (2h) and acts as an entrance portion of the outer passage region (A). Thus, residual air between vertical plate rib-shaped portions is reliably discharged.
US10029842B2
An insulating device can include an aperture having a waterproof closure which allows access to the chamber within the insulating device. The closure can help prevent any fluid leakage into and out of the insulating device if the insulating device is overturned or in any configuration other than upright. The closure may also prevent any fluid from permeating into the chamber if the insulating device is exposed to precipitation, other fluid, or submersed under water. This construction results in an insulating chamber that is substantially impervious to water and other liquids when the closure is sealed.
US10029835B1
A cable mounting device for securing a cable. The cable mounting device includes a spacer having an elongated body with a base end and a top end distal from the base end. The cable mounting device further includes a cable fastener integrally formed with the spacer on a side of the elongated body approximate to the top end. The cable fastener includes a locking head and a strap that engage to form a closed loop that is non-overlapping with an area directly above the top end of the spacer.
US10029832B2
A container sealing device includes a plug-opening mechanism part belonging to the inner plug 10 and the upper lid 20; and the plug-opening mechanism part has an upper-moving plug-opening mechanism A that opens the plug by rotating the upper lid 20 in a direction of loosening the upper lid with respect to the container 1 to thereby separate the separation part 12 from the body part 11 while holding the separation part 12 by a support part provided on an inner side of the upper lid 20; and a lower-moving plug-opening mechanism B that opens the plug by rotating the upper lid 20 in a direction of tightening the upper lid 20 with respect to the container 1 to thereby separate the separation part 12 from the body part 11 while holding the separation part 12 by the support part.
US10029826B2
A reclosable zipper pouch includes a flange in covering relation to a portion of a first wall panel extending between a first zipper profile member and a mouth, when viewed from the open mouth, to provide difficulty to a child to open the pouch, and remain easy for an adult or senior citizen to open the pouch.
US10029817B2
Base includes an outer support wall, a support surface extending inwardly from the outer support wall and defining a reference plane, an inner support wall extending upwardly from the support surface, a first radiused portion extending radially inward from the inner support wall and concave relative to the reference plane, a second radiused portion extending radially inward from the first radiused portion and convex relative to the reference plane, an intermediate surface extending radially inward from the second radiused portion, a third radiused portion extending radially inward from the intermediate surface and convex relative to the reference plane, and a central portion disposed proximate the third radiused portion.
US10029814B2
There is described a folding unit for producing folded packages of pourable food products from relative sealed packs. The folding unit comprises conveying means fed with a plurality of packs at an input station and advancing the packs along a forming path to an output station, and folding means cooperating, in use, with each pack to perform at least one folding operation on the pack; the conveying means comprise an endless transport element formed by a plurality of mutually hinged rigid modules and looped about at least one driving sprocket and at least one idler element; the idler element comprises cam means cooperating with respective cam followers of the modules and so shaped to compensate the periodical variation of the radius of the modules on the driving sprocket due to their rigidity.
US10029811B2
The present invention concerns a method of splicing two sealing strips and a sealing strip formed by the method. The sealing strip is placed at longitudinal edges of a packaging material web, used for packaging containers for liquid foods. The sealing strips to be spliced are cut each forming an oblique edge of about 45°, as seen in plan view. The oblique edges are then placed one on top of the other forming an overlapping area. The overlapping area is in the form of an oblique band having a length of about 3 mm. The ends of the sealing strips are then fused together by heating both from one side at the overlapping area.
US10029801B2
A method and apparatus for suspending a load is provided. A load is connected to a yoke by one or more mounting links. The mounting links are connected to the yoke by a yoke pins and to the load by load mounting pins. The mounting links are connected to the pins by spherical bearings that enable the mounting links to move relative to yoke and to the load to accommodate movement of the load, such as movement caused by thermal expansion of the load. A stop collar is arranged around the load mounting pins to limit free movement of the mounting links about a longitudinal axis so that the mounting links cannot contact the load.
US10029799B2
Air conditioning system for the pressurized cabin of an aircraft, said system (1) being characterized in that it comprises an air withdrawal module (3) configured for withdrawing ambient air from outside the aircraft, an air compression module (5) configured for compressing the withdrawn air flow (F1) and an air cooling module (10) comprising means (15) for storing at least one coolant configured for cooling the compressed air flow (F2, F3).
US10029797B2
A method for providing purified air to an occupant of a seat in a mask lacking corporeal features that is generated by an apparatus. The apparatus includes a contaminant conditioning system that delivers purified air to a first and a second laminar flow generator. Each laminar flow generator produces a respective laminar flow that combines to form and fill a breathing space with purified air that envelopes an inhalation sphere of the occupant and inhibits air other than the purified air from entering the breathing space.
US10029796B2
A fixture for electronic devices includes a substantially planar receptacle, and a mounting framework arranged at least partially at the surrounding edges of the receptacle, the mounting framework having at least one framework component made from a shape memory material and/or an electro-active polymer, wherein the framework component exhibits a relaxed state and a triggered state in which the framework component is moved or flexed inwardly into the area of the receptacle.
US10029791B2
A weapon interface system, and methods of operating the same. The weapon interface system is coupled to an electrical interconnection system of a delivery platform and a weapon system coupled to a rack system. The weapon interface system includes a translation interface configured to provide an interface between the electrical interconnection system and an inductive power and data circuit. The weapon interface system also includes a weapon coupler, coupled to the translation interface, configured to provide an inductive coupling to the weapon system to provide mission information thereto.
US10029790B2
A device that controls the flight altitude of an unmanned aerial vehicle having mounted thereon an imaging device that captures an image of the ground, the device being provided with: one or more memories; and circuitry which, in operation, recognizes, as a plurality of markers, a plurality of objects located on the ground from the image captured by the imaging device, calculates the area of a polygon formed by the plurality of markers, and controls the flight altitude of the unmanned aerial vehicle in such a way that the area of the polygon is maximized.
US10029781B2
Shape memory alloy-actuated propeller blades and shape memory alloy-actuated propeller assemblies are disclosed. An example propeller blade includes a propeller body, a plate coupled to the propeller body, a torque transfer member, and a shape memory alloy (SMA) actuator. The torque transfer member has a distal end attached to the plate such that the torque transfer member applies to the plate at least a portion of a torque applied to the torque transfer member at a proximal end of the torque transfer member. The SMA actuator has a distal end and a proximal end. The distal end of the SMA actuator is attached to the torque transfer member. The proximal end of the SMA actuator is coupled to the propeller body such that the distal end is mated to the propeller body. The SMA actuator is configured to apply the torque to the proximal end of the torque transfer member in response to an application of heat to the SMA actuator.
US10029770B2
A method for reducing marine growth on a vessel, includes providing an air lubrication system and covering at least a part of the hull with air bubbles. Also described is a vessel having an air lubricating system with releasable connection of the deflectors across the cavity, a closeable outlet valve in the air outlet duct, connection of a compressor to each cavity or pair of cavities and an air inlet opening in the top of the cavity.
US10029765B2
An object that can be towed in a fluid by a cable along a substantially horizontal transport axis comprises a body suspended under gravity from the cable by a fixing arm, and an exterior hydrodynamic surface that is symmetric with respect to a vertical plane containing the transport axis, so as to limit the lateral lift of the body, and an opening passing through the body along a vertical axis and configured to equalize the pressures of fluid flowing along the exterior surface, making it possible to limit the hydrodynamic forces that may be generated perpendicular to the transport axis giving rise to a force in rotation about the transport axis opposing the effect of gravity.
