US10060572B1
A portable device support system including a disc-shaped central hub having a mounting slot, two pairs of crossing support arms having a corner support tab for releasably securing a mobile device, and a supporting attachment with mounting insert configured to connect with the central hub. The crossing support arms are configured to expand outwardly in order to securely grasp edges of a mobile device and hold it in a desired position. The supporting attachment may feature a securing mechanism at its base, further making the system useful for holding a mobile device securely in position across a variety of locations and working environments.
US10060563B2
A tube fitting including a first coupling member having at least a snap coupling, and a second coupling member having a first quick-connect side having a mating snap coupling disposed at a first end of the second coupling member, and a second quick-connect side configured for threaded engagement disposed at a second end of the second coupling member, the second end being opposite the first end, wherein the mating snap coupling is configured to engage the snap coupling to effect coupling of the first and second coupling member.
US10060552B2
A valve integrity manager is coupled with a servo or stepper motor to direct micro stroke testing of emergency shutdown valves. During testing, the system orders a closure of 20-25% of an emergency shutdown valve, providing data that either confirms the operability of the valve or a deficiency, while minimizing any effect on process variables.
US10060547B2
A remote actuator device for a valve control knob on a tank (e.g., storage tank) and related method of use are disclosed. The remote actuator devices disclosed may be used to turn the valve control knob on a tank.
US10060542B2
A leveling valve includes: a seat portion configured to define a flow passage, the flow passage communicating with the air cushion and a compressed air source or communicating with the air cushion and a drain; a valve configured to move in an axial direction in accordance with a relative displacement of the vehicle body with respect to the truck; a spring configured to bias the valve toward a closing side, the valve being in contact with the seat portion in the closing side; a valve guide configured to support one end of the spring, the valve guide being slidably inserted with respect to a housing inner wall surface; and a communication port opened to the housing inner wall surface. A moving region in which the valve guide moves is set to a position offset from the communication port in the axial direction.
US10060534B2
A sealing structure for a turbine includes a recessed portion formed around a rotary body and having an annular shape, an annular packing body fixed in a coupling groove of a stationary body, a support member disposed at a central portion of the packing body, a brush seal, one end of which is fixed to the support member while the other end of the brush seal is disposed in the recessed portion, and a tooth portion disposed in at least one side of the packing body.
US10060527B2
During changing of a shift range (for example, from P-range to NotP-range), an SBW-ECU determines whether it is in a range-change delay condition (a switching completion time of the shift range is delayed than a normal switching completion time). When it is determined that it is in the range-change delay condition, it is determined whether a target range should be changed to a safer range (for example, P-range). As a result, when it is determined that the target range should be changed to the safer range, the target range is changed to the safer range. Thereby, even if a driver determines that the shift range cannot be changed before the switching completion of the shift range and the driver gets off the vehicle, the shift range can be changed to the safer range (P-range).
US10060526B2
Aspects of the present disclosure include methods of modifying a transmission valve body to increase a line pressure response in certain hydraulic shift control system configurations. In one example, a Daimler Chrysler 46RE or 47RE transmission valve body may be modified to have a higher and more rapid line pressure increase when the transmission is in fourth gear and when the torque converter clutch (TCC) is engaged. Aspects of the present disclosure also include methods of modifying a transmission valve body to allow TCC engagement in any gear. Aspects of the present disclosure also include replacement valve bodies, as well as kits for modifying a 46RE or 47RE valve body to perform like a 48RE valve body.
US10060524B2
A hydraulic transmission control system including a vane pump including a stroke ring defining a compartment. An outlet line and an inlet line are fluidly connected to the compartment. A control pressure chamber and a compensation chamber are defined adjacent to opposite sides of the stroke ring, each for varying a pump outlet pressure based on a pressure change within the chambers. A pump controller is connected to the outlet line and the pressure control chamber for adjusting a pressure in the pressure control chamber. The outlet line is further connected to the compensation chamber, a primary hydraulic circuit and a primary pressure control valve. A secondary hydraulic circuit is connected to the primary pressure control valve. A shift valve is disposed between the outlet line and the primary control valve and configured to selectively connect the pump controller and the primary pressure control.
US10060522B2
Provided is a screw device nozzle that can gas-cool a screw device effectively. A screw device cooling nozzle (4) of the present invention is placed in such a manner as to surround at least one of a screw shaft (1) and a nut (2). The cooling nozzle (4) includes an internal passage (8) into which gas is introduced, an opening (7) for releasing the gas flow introduced into the internal passage (8), a deflection surface (27), provided adjacent to the opening (7), for bending the gas flow released from the opening (7), and a guide path (10) for drawing in gas outside the cooling nozzle (4).
US10060521B2
A lubrication arrangement for a bevel gear unit, such as a final drive (10-19) or a power takeoff unit (PTU), in the drive line of a vehicle has an external oil reservoir (25) on the unit to be lubricated. From this reservoir oil channels (27, 28) in the housing (11) of the unit lead to areas in the unit in special need of oil supply, such as to pinion bearings (16, 17) and to the area of gear engagement between pinion (10) and crown wheel (12). There is also a return channel (30) in the housing (11) of the unit for returning oil thrown out by the crown wheel (12) against the inside of the housing to the reservoir (25).
US10060519B2
An extending curved portion is provided below a bearing used in a bearing that supports a counter shaft of a reservoir plate to extend so as to receive the bearing, and to swell toward a differential chamber with respect to a bearing support portion that supports the bearing. In addition, the bearing support portion is provided with drainpipe-like ribs that serve as drainpipes that lead working oil to the extending curved portion. Consequently, working oil supplied from a working oil supply hole to the bearing and flowing down from the center of rotation of the bearing can be led to a working oil storage chamber.
US10060516B2
An oil-flooded single-plate or multi-plate lockup clutch is provided in a torque transfer device. The torque transfer device may, for example, be a converter, a dual clutch, a starting clutch, a manual shifter, or power shifting clutch, having a piston to engage the clutch and a damper. In accordance with the present disclosure, the piston together with a housing of the torque transfer device forms a closed pressure chamber when the clutch is engaged and at least one oil flow opening is provided in the piston in an area outside of the pressure chamber. The torque transfer device preferably has a damper and the piston of the clutch forms a part of the damper and may be designed as a retainer for springs of the damper.
US10060514B2
A continuously variable chain-belt transmission (chain-belt CVT) housed in a transmission casing formed by a transmission case and a side cover, has a pair of conical disk pairs, each pair of which is rotatably supported by disk supporting portions provided in the transmission case and the side cover; a chain wound around the pair of conical disk pairs; a chain guide attached to the chain to restrain movement of the chain and having an annular guide portion that encloses an entire circumference, in cross section, of the chain; and a chain guide supporting portion supporting the chain guide between the transmission case and the side cover. The chain guide supporting portion has a fixing side chain guide supporting portion fixed to the transmission case and a connecting side chain guide supporting portion connecting to the fixing side chain guide supporting portion.
US10060508B2
A invention relates to a chain shackle for fastening a hoist chain of a chain hoist to a hoisting member or the chain hoist. The chain shackle includes two identical shackle halves installable against each other to work together in such a manner that they form between them a first space for one chain loop or chain loop half of the hoist chain to lock it against the hoisting direction or force. The first space is open in a first direction in the longitudinal direction of the chain shackle. A second space is connected to the first space and intended for a second hoist chain loop that is coupled with the first chain loop or is to be coupled with a chain loop half. The second space is open in both longitudinal directions of the hoist chain.
US10060506B2
A flexurally elastic drive belt (1) has a cover layer (2), a reinforcement layer (3) formed of individual cords (4) and a substructure (5). The substructure can include ribs (6) and grooves (7). The drive belt is further provided with a textile overlay on the working side (8) thereof that is susceptible to wear. The textile overlay (10; section B of FIG. 1) of the drive belt (1) combines a very durable resistance to wear and a noise attenuation especially for wet noises. This is achieved in that the overlay has, in a state in advance of fabrication and vulcanization, an elongation at tear of at least 30% in the longitudinal direction and of at least 100% in the transverse direction and is made of a textile material including staple fibers in a proportion in terms of quantity of at least 30% by weight.
US10060493B2
Provided is a disk spring which has a spring portion having a circular disk shape, the spring portion to be interposed between a pair of rotary members, for example an outer plate and a piston, being relatively movable in an axial direction to come close to and separate away from each other, wherein the spring portion has a rounded cross-section portion to be brought into contact with, for example, the outer plate, and a straight cross-section portion being continuous to the rounded cross-section portion and being formed on at least one of an inner diameter side and an outer diameter side of the spring portion so as to be allowed to be brought into contact with, for example, the piston and be compressed between both the rotary members in a close contact state.
US10060492B2
A friction material includes a fiber base material, a friction modifier and a binder. The friction modifier includes two or more kinds of non-whisker-like titanate compounds. The non-whisker-like titanate compound includes non-whisker-like lithium potassium titanate. The friction material includes no copper component. Alternatively, a friction material includes a fiber base material, a friction modifier and a binder. The friction material includes a non-whisker-like titanate compound and a low-melting-point metal fiber. The friction material includes no copper component.
US10060491B2
An elevator system with an elevator car, elevator en guide rails, at least one braking rail, and a brake mechanism and/or safety gear that determines the elevator car movement when activated and in turn has at least one brake block that cooperates with the braking rail. The active surface of this brake block that comes into contact with the braking rail functioning as the brake lining is at least one welding bead whose surface hardness is greater than surface hardness of the braking rail. A method for manufacturing such an elevator brake block includes welding at least two welding beads on a brake lining support composed of a weldable, preferably low-alloyed steel, which constitutes the brake lining that is brought into frictional contact with the braking rail during operation.
US10060484B2
An improved torque converter damper disc and/or clutch that includes the use of a parametric spring system. The parametric spring is configured to address critical inflection and pinch points along the spring longitudinal length. These critical points are areas of higher applied stress due to torsional stress and bending stress, the latter of which mainly attributed to centrifugal loading.
US10060481B2
A geared motor has an electric motor with an output shaft and a gear mechanism, the electric motor and the gear mechanism being adapted to one another such that a bearing plate of the electric motor can be fastened directly to an input shaft side of a housing of the gear mechanism. A coupling thread, which surrounds the output shaft for producing a threaded connection, is provided for fastening the bearing plate to the input shaft side. To that end, a securing section is provided which, in the fastened state, prevents a relative rotation of the housing of the gear mechanism with respect to the bearing plate in a release direction. The securing section is fastened to the bearing plate or to the gear mechanism housing by way of a fastening screw which is screwed into the bearing plate or the gear mechanism housing in a manner which is oriented in the tangential direction of the coupling thread.
US10060480B2
A bearing load sharing system comprising: first and second rotors extending in an axial direction; a first thrust bearing having an inner race and an outer race, the inner race connected to the first rotor; a second thrust bearing having an inner race and an outer race, the inner race connected to the second rotor; and an inter-rotor bearing having an inner race and an outer race, the inner race connected to one of the first and second rotor and the outer race connected to the other of the first and second rotor; wherein the outer race of the first bearing and/or the outer race of the second bearing is movable to vary the axial spacing between the outer races.
US10060479B2
A bearing assembly having an inner race ring (14) that defines an inner raceway and an outer race ring that defines an outer raceway on which the plurality of rolling elements (22) roll. The bearing raceways are machined using surface finishing operations to create preferred surface profiles and textures for improving lubrication performance. The profile of the raceway is initially created using a first grinding process to form a rough surface profile including a rough central band (34) and rough recessed side bands (38). A second grinding process is used to smooth the central band. This raceway surface profile increases lubrication performance.
US10060478B2
A rolling bearing includes rollers clamped between an inner raceway and an outer bearing shell. The outer bearing shell bears with its outer circumferential surface against an outer component which can be a housing of an axial piston machine. The inner raceway is either formed directly on an inner component, or it is formed on an inner bearing shell, which bears against the inner component. In order to permit tilting of the inner component, wherein the rollers remain in predetermined contact with the two raceways, at least one beveled contact region or a region reduced in another way is provided on the outer circumferential surface of the outer bearing shell.
US10060474B2
A radial magnetic bearing may include an annular housing including a radial outer wall disposed between radially outer ends of two annular axial end plates and an isolation sleeve which may include a helical arrangement of a plurality of ferromagnetic wires. The isolation sleeve may be an annular structure extending axially between the two annular axial end plates, and the isolation sleeve and the annular housing may define an isolation cavity therebetween. The radial magnetic bearing may also include an isolation sleeve retainer configured to maintain a position of the isolation sleeve between the two annular axial end plates. The radial magnetic bearing may further include a plurality of laminations disposed adjacent the isolation sleeve and about a shaft of the rotating machine. A gap may be defined between the plurality of laminations and the isolation sleeve.
US10060466B2
A hook part includes a hook main body; a latch for closing the hook main body; and a shaft to which the base end of the latch is integrally coupled, the shaft extending away from the hook main body along the rotational axis such that coupling between the attachment part and the hook part is ensured. A latch includes a spring portion provided closer to the base end of the latch; and a latch main body coupled with the coupled portion via the spring portion. The spring portion is elastically configured to enable urging of the latch away from the hook main body. The connection point of the latch and the shaft is farther from the hook main body along the rotational axis than the connection point of the hook main body and the coupled portion.
US10060465B2
The present invention relates to an anti-loosening bolt coupled to a bolt and a spring and, more specifically, to an anti-loosening bolt which can: prevent the bolt from being unintentionally loosened by a rotating object or by continuous long-time or momentary vibration; be fixed on a wall; be combined with a nut; prevent a periodic shaking phenomenon; and be reused.
US10060464B2
A threaded fastener for installation in an aperture in a workpiece, the fastener having a rear portion defining an internally threaded aperture and a front portion arranged to engage the rear portion and having a front aperture which is aligned with the threaded aperture when the two portions are fully engaged, both portions having bearing surfaces for bearing on the rear and front of a workpiece respectively and the engagement between the portions being arranged to accurately control the distance between the front and rear bearing faces.
US10060459B2
The present invention provides a removable blind fastener (2) having a first tubular element (4) comprising an arm portion (22), a second tubular element (6) comprising an arm portion (28), and an elongate screw member (8). The elements (4 and 6) are arranged in telescoping relationship one with the other and which fastener (2), when in use as a temporary fastener, is caused to secure the component parts (10 and 12) of an airframe by causing telescoping movement of the elements (4 and 6) towards each other when the screw member (8) is turned in one direction and is caused to release the component parts (10 and 12) of the airframe by causing telescoping movement of the elements (4 and 6) away from each other when the screw member (8) is turned in an opposite direction. The arm portions (22, 28) of the elements (4 and 6) are located in mutual juxtaposition for telescoping movement upon rotation of the screw member (8) as aforesaid with end portions (30a and 32a) of elongate arms (30 and 32) of the arm portions (22 and 28) being brought into engagement with a tapered portion (44) of the screw member (8) whereby the arms (30 and 32) are caused to splay outwardly to bring the end portions (30a and 32a) into engagement with an underside (126) of the component (12) and moving the component (12) into secure temporary relationship with the component (10) of the airframe.
US10060449B2
A method includes a casing disposing step for disposing a top casing, with a split surface of the top casing facing downward, at a workable position where a space is secured such that it is possible to dispose a vane segment attached to the top casing below the top casing. Next, a segment moving step is executed for moving the vane segment attached to the top casing in a circumferential direction and disposing the vane segment in the space below the top casing.
US10060448B2
A fan, in particular an axial fan, comprising a support element with a wall ring and an electric fan motor which is mounted in the wall ring and comprises a fan rotor. The wall ring has on its outer periphery a hinge consisting of a first hinge part that is connected to the wall ring and a second hinge part that can be pivoted about a hinge axis relative to the first hinge part, wherein the second hinge part is designed as a terminal box for receiving electrical connectors. The invention further relates to a support element for such a fan.
US10060438B2
A fan control method, apparatus, and system, so as to implement speed regulation and rotation direction control on a four-wire system counter-rotating fan with a conventional four-wire fan interface by using a PWM control bus. The method provided by the embodiments of the present invention includes: receiving a first fan regulation and control signal sent by a system control module; converting the first fan regulation and control signal to a forward-rotating control signal, a counter-rotating control signal, or a rotation direction switchover control signal according to a duty cycle range of the first fan regulation and control signal and a current rotation direction of the fan; and sending a control signal obtained by the conversion to a fan driving module, so that the fan driving module drives, according to the control signal obtained by the conversion, the fan to operate.
US10060433B2
A variable displacement pump includes: a control mechanism arranged to be actuated based on a hydraulic pressure introduced into the introduction passage before the eccentric amount is minimized, and arranged to introduce the hydraulic pressure through a throttling to the second control hydraulic chamber when the hydraulic pressure introduced from the introduction passage is equal to or smaller than a predetermined pressure, and to discharge the hydraulic fluid within the second control hydraulic chamber in accordance with the hydraulic pressure when the hydraulic pressure introduced from the introduction passage becomes greater than the predetermined pressure; and a switching mechanism arranged to switch between a state in which the hydraulic fluid introduced into the introduction passage is introduced to the control mechanism, and a state in which the hydraulic fluid introduced into the introduction passage is discharged from the control mechanism.
US10060431B2
The invention relates to a metering pump (1) made of plastic, with two rotors (10) coupled to one another via gears (11) and drivable in opposite directions, which are seated in a pump housing (5) equipped with suction ports (6) and outlet ports (7), wherein each rotor (10) has a rotor shaft (12), the rotor shaft ends (15) of which are seated in the walls (8, 4) of the pump housing (5). Each rotor (10) has two rotor blade walls (13) arranged diametrically on the rotor shaft (12), a partially cylindrical rotor blade shoe (14) being formed at each of the peripheral ends of said rotor blade walls, wherein the rotor blade shoes (14) on the one hand contact the cylindrical inside wall regions of the pump housing (5) and on the other contact the rotor blade shafts (13) of the adjacent rotor (10) in a sliding and sealing manner.
US10060428B2
A method for operating a compressor. The method includes: acquiring a plurality of measured data; verifying the congruence of the measured data through the calculation of the molecular weight of the compressed gas based on compressor adimensional analysis; in case of failure of a first measurement of the measured data, substituting the first measurement with an estimated value based on the last available value of the molecular weight and on the available measurements of the measured data and on compressor adimensional analysis; and determining an estimated operative point on an antisurge map based on the estimated value and on the available measurements of the measured data.
US10060423B2
A gas extraction system for gas analysis is provided. The gas extraction system includes the use of a peristaltic pump for moving condensates to a liquid trap assembly. An improved fluid flow is thus provided, which includes delivering condensate from a condensate separator to a peristaltic pump and delivering the condensate from the peristaltic pump to a liquid trap assembly.
US10060420B2
A high-pressure pump including a drive shaft (2) supported about an axis of rotation (26) and having at least one cam (3). The pump includes at least two pistons (5); at least two cylinders (6) supporting the pistons (5); wherein the pistons (5) have longitudinal axes (16) oriented at an angle to each other in a projection of the piston longitudinal axes (16) in the direction of the axis of rotation (26) onto a fictitious projection plane perpendicular to the axis of rotation (26). Each of the pistons (5) is supported on a shaft rolling surface (4) of the drive shaft (2) having the at least one cam (3) indirectly by means of a respective supporting element (14) having a supporting rolling surface (15), such that a translational motion can be performed by the pistons (5) as the result of a rotational motion of the drive shaft (2), wherein the piston longitudinal axes (16) have an axial distance in the direction of the axis of rotation (26).
US10060415B2
A system for emergency lubrication, with a lubricant pump (113) and with at least one outlet opening (125) for delivering lubricant to at least a first lubrication point (107) of a transmission (101), in particular a transmission of a wind turbine. The system includes a first cavity (203), and the lubricant pump (113) is designed to convey at least some of the lubricant into the first cavity (203). The first cavity (203) is designed to store the lubricant intermediately and to act upon the intermediately stored lubricant with positional energy. In addition, there is a lubricant-conveying connection between the first cavity (203) and the outlet opening (125).
US10060413B2
A wind turbine assembly is provided. The assembly includes a support structure and a wind turbine mounted on the support structure. The wind turbine includes a front face with blades defining a surface area to engage incoming wind, a roll axis about which the wind turbine can rotate in response to incoming wind to drive an electric generator, where the support structure defines a horizontal tilt axis about which the wind turbine can pitch forward and backward. The tilt axis divides the surface area of the wind turbine into upper and lower portions of unequal size, such that incoming wind on the front face of the wind turbine applies unequal force to the upper and lower portions of the surface area of the wind turbine to induce pitch of the wind turbine about the tilt axis.
US10060411B2
A root assembly for a rotor blade of a wind turbine includes a blade root section having an inner sidewall surface and an outer sidewall surface separated by a radial gap, a plurality of root inserts spaced circumferentially within the radial gap, and a plurality of spacers configured between one or more of the root inserts. Further, each of the root inserts includes at least one bore hole surrounded by a pre-cured or pre-consolidated composite material. In addition, the pultruded spacers are constructed of a pre-cured or pre-consolidated composite material.
US10060404B2
A system for detecting operation of a motor includes a ripple voltage detector module including a ripple voltage detector unit, an input operatively connected to the ripple voltage detector unit and connectable to an alternator, and an output operatively connected to the ripple voltage detector unit and connectable to a starter motor control system. The ripple voltage detector module provides a motor operation signal to the starter motor control system upon detection of a ripple voltage produced by the alternator.
US10060402B2
In some embodiments, the injector valves have additional flow holes in the seat face to reduce flow variation, decrease package size and allow for a fast response. In another embodiment, the injector valve has a seat with multiple flow channels leading to a venturi, allowing for a fast response and decreased package size.
US10060398B2
A fuel supply device has a module installed in a fuel tank. The module has a cap and a support pillar arranged between the cap and a bottom of the fuel tank. The support pillar supports a suction filter and a level sensor to use the bottom of the fuel tank as a base point for defining proper positions. The cap supports a valve relevant to ventilation of the fuel tank. The valve is supported by a base portion. The valve is positioned in the support pillar. The valve and the support pillar are arranged to overlap each other along the height direction. Various components are arranged in the small cap.
US10060394B2
An evaporative system is for an internal combustion engine. The internal combustion engine has an intake pipe equipped with a supercharger to pressurize intake air. The evaporative system includes an ejector, an ejector passage, and a pressure sensor. The ejector is to draw intake airflow from a downstream of the supercharger to an upstream of the supercharger to cause a negative pressure to draw fuel vapor into the upstream of the supercharger. The ejector passage is branched from the downstream of the supercharger and is returned through the ejector to the upstream of the supercharger. The pressure sensor is communicated with the ejector passage to detect pressure in the ejector passage.
US10060385B2
An engine cylinder head includes an internal metal structure formed from a metal material, at least a portion of which includes a thermal coating and an external polymer composite structure formed from a polymer composite material, wherein the external polymer composite structure at least partially surrounds the internal metal structure.
US10060376B2
In a spark-ignition internal combustion engine having multiple cylinders, successive segment time periods assigned to the individual cylinders during working strokes thereof, and subsequently irregular running values are determined from the segment time periods. In a predefined speed range of the engine, the irregular running values of the cylinders are compared with a predefined threshold, and suspected auto-ignition for a first cylinder is detected if the irregular running value of a second cylinder located before the first cylinder in terms of timing of the ignition sequence undershoots the threshold. Fuel to the first cylinder suspected of auto-ignition is interrupted for a predefined number of cycles, and the fuel interruption influence on the irregular running values of the second cylinder during the cycles is detected. The suspected auto-ignition of the first cylinder is either confirmed or rejected based on the irregular running values occurring at the second cylinder.
US10060375B2
An abnormality diagnosis apparatus is an apparatus that diagnoses a fuel leak from a fuel passage to circulate a liquefied gas fuel between a fuel tank and an internal combustion engine. The abnormality diagnosis apparatus includes: a control device; a low-pressure temperature sensor arranged at a discharge port of a feed pump; and a high-pressure temperature sensor arranged at an overflow fuel emission port of a supply pump. The control device detects a decrease in the temperature of the liquefied gas fuel at the overflow fuel emission port on the basis of a comparison between the measured values of the two temperature sensors, thereby determining that the fuel leak is caused in a section from the discharge port to the overflow fuel emission port.
US10060371B2
Methods and systems are provided for operating a split exhaust engine system that provides blowthrough air and exhaust gas recirculation to an intake passage via a first exhaust manifold and exhaust gas to an exhaust passage via a second exhaust manifold. In one example, in response to a request to shut down the split exhaust engine system, an intake throttle may be closed and a first valve disposed in a secondary flow passage coupled between the intake manifold, downstream of the intake throttle, and a first exhaust manifold coupled to a first set of exhaust valves, may be opened. As a result, unburned hydrocarbons may be routed to a catalyst disposed in the exhaust passage.
US10060350B2
A nose cone assembly for a gas turbine engine and method of circulating air in a gas turbine engine are disclosed. The nose cone assembly includes a nose cone having an aperture communicating air to an interior space of the nose cone and a discharge member communicating the air out of the nose cone.
US10060346B2
The invention relates to a method for monitoring at least one exhaust gas turbocharger (ATL) of a large internal combustion engine (BKM), comprising at least one compressor (1a) and one exhaust gas turbine (1b) arranged on the same shaft as the compressor, wherein the current pressures (p1, p2) upstream and downstream of the compressor (1a) and the current temperatures (T1, T4) upstream of the compressor (1a) and upstream of the exhaust gas turbine (1b) are measured. In order to monitor an exhaust gas turbocharger effectively and as simply as possible, the current pressures (p4, p5) upstream and downstream of the exhaust gas turbine (1b), the current temperatures (T2, T5) downstream of the compressor (1a) and downstream of the exhaust gas turbine (1b), and the rotational speed (nA) of the exhaust gas turbine (1b) are measured, preferably continuously, the efficiencies (ην) of the compressor (1a) and of the exhaust gas turbine (1b) are calculated from the measured data, and a diagnostic algorithm is started when a worsening of the efficiency (ηTV, ηT) of the compressor (1a) and/or of the exhaust gas turbine (1b) is detected or after a defined time interval has elapsed.
US10060339B2
A system and methods for routing condensate collected in a heat exchanger reservoir to either an air intake system or a position in the engine exhaust based on the type of contaminate in the condensate and operating parameters of the engine or the catalyst are described. In one particular example, condensate is routed to a first position along the engine air intake system in a first mode of operation, and a second position upstream of the catalyst along the engine exhaust in a second mode of operation, and a third position downstream of the catalyst along the engine exhaust in a third mode of operation. When substantially no contaminates are detected, the condensate may be routed into the engine exhaust upstream of the catalyst in order to cool the catalyst.
US10060336B1
A method for operating an engine system is provided, the method may include varying a compression ratio of a cylinder by selectively releasing combustion charge from the cylinder through a cylinder bleed valve of a cylinder head, the cylinder bleed valve coupled to a bleed manifold with a turbine-generator, and varying combustion charge flow through a turbine-generator bypass conduit bypassing the turbine-generator based on engine operating conditions. In this way, the compression ratio may be varied by selectively bleeding combustion charge from the cylinder based on engine operating conditions to promote better engine performance. Additionally, the combustion charge bleed from the cylinder can routed around a turbine-generator to increase combustion efficiency during certain operating conditions, such as during start-up, to further improve engine performance.
US10060332B2
A thermostat is diagnosed as open failure when a specified time variation in radiator inflow water temperature from a temperature sensor mounted in a first flow path running through a radiator at a time of starting an electric water pump at a cold start of an engine is equal to or greater than a predetermined variation. In the case of open failure of the thermostat, starting the electric water pump causes cooling water from a cooling water flow path of the engine to be flowed to the first flow path, as well as to a second flow path. The radiator inflow water temperature detected by the temperature sensor mounted in the first flow path is raised by the cooling water from the cooling water flow path of the warmed engine.
US10060330B2
An engine coolant circuit circulating coolant to cool an engine includes: a plurality of thermostatic switching valves disposed in parallel in passages leading from a coolant outlet of the engine; electrically driven three-way valves disposed downstream from the respective thermostatic switching valves in terms of a circulating direction of the coolant; and a radiator and an engine waste heat recovery device disposed in parallel in passages leading from coolant outlets of the electrically driven three-way valves, each one of the electrically driven three-way valves being provided with two coolant outlets, having one of the two coolant outlets thereof configured to communicate with the radiator, and having another one of the two coolant outlets thereof configured to communicate with the engine waste heat recovery device.
US10060324B2
Mats comprising a non-woven layer and a first polymeric layer on a major surface thereof. The mats are useful, for example, a mounting mats for pollution control devices, as well as thermal and acoustic insulation for pollution control devices and exhaust systems.
US10060320B2
A system is provided for determining a parameter indicative of an amount of a reducing agent in a selective catalytic reduction (SCR) module of a vehicle, the system including: the SCR module having at least one passage for transporting a stream of gas and an SCR catalyst for converting NOx emissions, and having an extension in an axial direction, at least one first antenna unit configured to transmit and receive a microwave signal. Moreover, the first antenna unit is arranged outside the SCR module and configured to transmit microwave signals towards the SCR catalyst and to receive a microwave signal reflected within the SCR module. The system further includes processing circuitry connected to the first antenna unit and configured to determine a difference between the transmitted microwave signal and the received reflected microwave signal and to determine a parameter indicative of the amount of a reducing agent in the SCR catalyst based on the determined difference between the transmitted microwave signal and the received reflected microwave signal. Moreover, the invention relates to a method for determining a parameter indicative of an amount of a reducing agent in a system of a vehicle.
US10060307B2
A continuous variable valve duration apparatus may include: a camshaft; first and second cam portions on which a cam is formed respectively; first and second inner brackets transmitting rotation of the camshaft to the first and second cam portions respectively; a slider housing in which the first and the second inner brackets are rotatably inserted; first and second guiding portions formed on the slider housing; a control shaft parallel to the camshaft; a control rod eccentrically formed on the control shaft; a positioning protrusion connected to the control shaft; a guide head on which a head guiding portion and a head hole are formed; a cam cap supporting rotations of the first and the second cam portions and guiding movement of the slider housing, a control portion selectively rotating the control shaft; and a stopper unit limiting movement of the positioning protrusion.
US10060287B2
A pressure relief door (PRD) assembly includes a PRD frame, a PRD coupled to the PRD frame, a latch element configured to remain in a latched condition to maintain the PRD in a closed condition relative to the PRD frame and to assume an unlatched condition to permit the PRD to assume an open condition relative to the PRD frame in accordance with an occurrence of a burst duct event within the PRD frame and a retention element. The retention element is configured to automatically activate responsive to the PRD opening. The retention element includes an end disposable between the PRD and the PRD frame with the retention element automatically activated to provide positive interference to maintain the PRD in the open condition.
US10060282B2
A gas turbine comprises a compressor module, with a lower pressure compressor section including a plurality of stages, with at least one of the plurality of stages being an integrally bladed rotor. A higher pressure compressor section includes a plurality of stages with at least one of the plurality of stages being an integrally bladed rotor. A fan drive turbine shaft drives a fan rotor through a gear reduction. The fan rotor delivers a portion of air into a bypass duct, and a portion of air into the compressor module. A bypass ratio defined by the volume of air delivered into the bypass duct compared to the volume of air delivered into the compressor module is greater than or equal to about 6.0.
US10060279B2
An assembly for a gas turbine engine includes a first module, a second module interconnected with the first module, a first gas turbine component, and a seal assembly. The first gas turbine component includes a body extending generally radially between an inner mounting portion and an outer seal carrier portion. The inner mounting portion is fastened to the first module such that the first gas turbine component forms a boundary between a first annular cavity in the first module, and a second annular cavity in the second module. The seal assembly is mounted to the seal carrier portion of the first gas turbine component, and includes a flow diverter assembly having a flow diverter and a finger seal commonly fastened to a first axial side of the seal carrier portion.
US10060276B2
A turbine rotor includes: a rotor shaft part; a plurality of blades secured to an outer periphery of the rotor shaft part; and a seal plate configured to be fitted into a groove and configured to seal off a flow of gas in an axial direction, the groove being defined in a platform of one of the blades so as to be recessed toward an outer side in a radial direction and to extend in a peripheral direction. A blind tool hole into which a removing tool can be inserted is defined in an outside surface of the seal plate opposite an inside surface that faces a blade root of the one of the blades.
US10060271B2
A shrouded airfoil may have a suction surface and a pressure surface. An at least first suction surface shroud may be disposed on the suction surface and an at least first pressure surface shroud may be disposed on the pressure surface. The at least first suction surface shroud may include a first and second contoured surface and a first mating face. The first contoured surface may have a first substantially concave portion and a first substantially convex portion. The second contoured surface may have a second substantially concave portion and a second substantially convex portion. The at least first pressure surface shroud may include a third and fourth contoured surface and a second mating face. The third contoured surface may have a third substantially concave portion and a third substantially convex portion. The fourth contoured surface may have a fourth substantially concave portion and a fourth substantially convex portion.
US10060264B2
Apparatus and systems for a cooled gas turbine engine flowpath component are disclosed. In some embodiments, the flowpath component includes a spar and a coversheet. The spar may include a suction-side wall extending from a leading edge to a trailing edge and a pressure-side wall extending from the leading edge to the trailing edge, each wall having an outer surface. The coversheet may be positioned on the spar to at least partially enclose the spar, the coversheet having an engagement surface positioned to face the outer surface of the suction-side wall and the outer surface of the pressure-side wall. The spar and the coversheet cooperate to form a number of passageways configured to cool the flowpath component.
US10060258B2
Systems and methods for monitoring and characterizing fluids in subterranean formations are provided. In one embodiment, a method for monitoring a well bore is provided, the method including: providing a first quantity of one or more noble gases of a known volume; circulating at least a portion of the fluid and the one or more noble gases in a portion of the well bore; detecting a second quantity of the noble gases in a portion of the fluid that has been circulated in a portion of the well bore; and determining one or more parameters relating to the well bore (e.g., well bore volume, lag time, flow characteristics, and/or efficiency of a gas extraction system) based on the quantities of the noble gases provided and/or detected in the fluid and/or the relative times at which the noble gases are provided or detected.
US10060257B2
Systems and methods of down-hole communication facilitate communication across a mud motor. The systems and methods can employ a hysteresis brake that selectively slows a turbine shaft to thereby produce local pressure pules in a drilling fluid in a predetermined pattern. The hysteresis brake can be operated by providing a relatively small control current to produce a relatively large counter torque, which can be transmitted the turbine shaft. The turbine and the hysteresis brake may be provided below a mud motor, and the local pressure pulses may be transmitted to a receiver disposed above the mud motor while the mud motor is operating. The hysteresis brake can be employed when other communication systems fail, and thus can provide a back-up system to permit a drilling operation to be continued.
US10060252B1
A method and system for performing fluid flow tracing through a medium, such as the geologic formation surrounding a subterranean borehole, or the environment around a pipe or conduit. A transparent liner is everted into the borehole. A marker fluid from the surrounding medium emerges from the wall of the borehole and is allowed to contact the liner, or a cover of the liner, to create a stain thereon that is visible with a camera lowered into the liner interior.
US10060251B2
A method of measuring fluid flow conditions in a wellbore includes generating an acoustic probe signal during fluid flow along the wellbore, measuring the performance attribute of the acoustic probe signal within a target frequency range, and of the fluid medium in at least a part of the wellbore based on the measured performance parameters. The target frequency range of the acoustic probe signal encompasses a bubble resonance frequency range for vapor bubbles in the wellbore, for example having frequencies in excess of 20 kHz. An estimated bubble size value may be calculated based on determining a frequency at which the measured probe signal experiences the retardation or peak attenuation.
US10060249B2
A method for measuring pressure exerted by earth material includes: providing a pipe with a longitudinal bore defining an inner diameter, providing a device with sensors to sense said inner diameter, wherein the device is to be moved within the pipe along the longitudinal bore, while a measurement of the inner diameter is taken in a first transversal direction at one longitudinal position of the pipe. Then a measurement of the inner diameter in a second transversal direction at the predetermined longitudinal position is taken, wherein the second transversal direction is oriented differently to the first transversal direction. Finally, an ovalization of the pipe is derived at that predetermined longitudinal position of the pipe through subtracting a diameter value of the first transversal direction from a diameter value of the second transversal direction.
US10060240B2
This disclosure includes systems and methods for extracting hydrocarbons from a geologic structure. Some systems use or include a well-bore that extends at least partially through the geologic structure, a first electrode disposed within the wellbore, an ionically conductive medium in fluid communication with the first electrode, a second electrode in electrical communication with the first electrode, and a power source configured to establish an electrical current between the first and second electrodes to cause an electrochemical reaction. Some systems are configured to facilitate extraction of hydrocarbons from a geologic structure.
US10060239B2
A method for stimulating heavy oil recovery from CHOPS wells at or nearing the end of productive life but not experiencing water-out, wherein produced water is heated to below boiling point and injected back downhole to reduce heavy oil viscosity in the near-wellbore region and surrounding the wormhole network, enabling existing reservoir pressure to drive the reduced-viscosity heavy oil toward the well for production to surface. The injection-soak-production cycle can be repeated as desired so long as adequate reservoir pressure exists.
US10060231B2
A gravel pack system includes slurry transport hardware including a first slurry transport pathway, a coupling configured to couple the first slurry transport pathway to a radially interiorly arranged screen assembly, and a first exit port in the coupler. The first exit port is fluidically connected to the first slurry transport pathway, and the first exit port is arranged to re-direct at least a portion of slurry passing longitudinally through the first slurry transport pathway in a radially outward direction.
US10060230B2
Described herein are gravel pack assemblies capable of performing complete gravel pack jobs when flow restricting devices, such as inflow control devices (“ICD”), are utilized. A gravel pack assembly includes a well screen attached to a flow restricting device and a relief valve. The relief valve is positioned in parallel with the flow restricting device so that the relief valve may provide an alternative path for fluid during dehydration of the gravel pack slurry, thus allowing extra fluid flow through the completion string during the gravel pack operation only.
US10060212B2
A hydrostatically set tool operates by pressure buildup on one side of a piston that builds up pressure to the same degree on the opposite side of the piston. There is a valve assembly on the opposite side of the piston that at a predetermined pressure on a high pressure side of the valve assembly allows the assembly to open to mix high pressure on the opposite side of the piston with pressure in an atmospheric or low pressure chamber. This reduces the pressure on one side of the piston and makes the piston move to set the tool. Optionally the piston can be urged to move with low pressure differential such as with sizing of the port leading into the atmospheric chamber so that piston bore warping is reduced from the low differential pressures.
US10060211B2
A rotational anchor mechanism is mounted on an operatively nonrotating housing that forms part of a drill string. An anchor linkage forming part of the anchor mechanism is radially extendable and contractible to move an anchor member, such as a roller, mounted on the anchor linkage radially towards and away from the housing, to engage a borehole wall for resisting rotation of the housing relative to drill pipe that is drivingly rotated within the housing. The anchor linkage includes operatively coupled mounting links mounted on the housing to pivot about respective mounting axes which are parallel to one another in a fixed spatial relationship. An actuating mechanism is coupled to the anchor linkage to exert an actuating force on the anchor linkage. An angular orientation of the actuating force relative to the housing varies in response to variation in radial expansion of the anchor linkage.
US10060210B2
A downhole tool includes a housing and a mandrel glidingly arranged within the housing, wherein the mandrel is formed as a piston. The flange is acting on a spring arranged around the mandrel. In a first position of the mandrel, a fluid flow can run 100% through the tool via a first nozzle at a first end of the housing, the inside of the mandrel and a second nozzle at a second end of the housing. At a predetermined flow rate and with the help of a passage arranged in the housing wall and connecting the first side of the tool with the space or ring room on the non-spring side of the mandrel and a side port in the mandrel on its spring side, the mandrel will be moved towards the second nozzle due to sufficient force acting on a flange of the mandrel thus overcoming the spring resistance.
US10060209B2
A first property, derivable from mass, of a drilling fluid is measured at a point upstream of a cuttings removal device. A second property (also derivable from mass) is measured at a point downstream of the cuttings removal device. A difference between the properties is determined over a period of time to obtain an estimate of the rate of cuttings removal. This allows the property of the drilling fluid before and after cuttings removal to be compared to give an indication of the rate of cuttings removal, which is indicative of the borehole cleaning.
US10060206B2
The present invention relates to a percussion rock drilling machine comprising a front head (1), in which front head (1) are arranged a flush housing (26) and a flush connector (25) for flushing medium. According to the invention, a sheath (31) of rust-resistant material is arranged at the front head (1) around the flush housing (26), such that flushing medium can enter the flush housing (26) through the flush connector (25), without coming into contact with the front head (1).
US10060201B2
A handling device for handling drill string components in a rock drill rig which includes a rotator device being arranged for rotation and driving of a drill string component and being supported movable to and fro on a feed beam. The handling device includes an introducing unit configured to introduce drill string components into respectively remove drill string components from a drill string position of the rock drill rig. A guiding beam includes a longitudinal guide. A gripper shuttle is drivingly displaceable along the longitudinal guide. The gripper shuttle includes a pivotally arranged guiding gripper for gripping a first end region of a drill string component. The gripper shuttle carries a drive motor for driving a drive wheel. The drive wheel is disengageable to allow essentially free movement of the gripper shuttle along the longitudinal guide. Also, a rock drill rig.
US10060200B2
Methods for monitoring the positions of latch members in a fingerboard structure through use of wireless sensors include using wireless sensor data to determine the angular position of a given latch member, in real-time. If the angular position of the latch member deviates from an expected position by more than a threshold value, this may indicate a possible malfunction of the latch member, and a pipe moving operation may be cancelled. The wireless sensors may also measure rates of movement of a latch member toward the open and closed positions. The rates of movement may be used to estimate the health and useable life expectancy of the latch member. Additionally, if the movement of the latch does not fall within threshold minimum and maximum values, or if the movement of a latch does not correspond to a command, pipe moving operations associated with the latch member may be canceled.
US10060198B2
Auxiliary conduits that run through a packer body or seal are equipped with thermally responsive valve members that with a time exposure close off the conduits to create zonal isolation across one or more packers after a gravel pack. The heat source can also be added to the well fluids to control the speed of the process either in the form of heaters or reactive chemicals that create an exothermic reaction. The valve material can be shape memory polymer.
US10060193B2
Techniques and systems to store and deploy a lift frame of an offshore vessel. A device may include a member arm comprising a locking feature configured to couple the member arm to a lift frame of the offshore vessel. The device may also include a base configured to be coupled to a drill floor of the offshore vessel, wherein the base comprises a joint configured to allow for rotation of the member arm and the lift frame from a storage position having a first angle between the member arm and the drill floor and a deployment position having a second angle between the member arm and the drill floor.
US10060190B2
Embodiments of the present invention generally relate to extendable cutting tools for use in a wellbore. In one embodiment, a tool for use in a wellbore includes a tubular body having a bore therethrough, an opening through a wall thereof, and a connector at each longitudinal end thereof; and an arm. The arm is pivotally connected to a first piston and rotationally coupled to the body, is disposed in the opening in a retracted position, and is movable to an extended position where an outer surface of the arm extends outward past an outer surface of the body. The tool further includes the first piston. The first piston is disposed in the body bore, has a bore therethrough, and is operable to move the arm from the retracted position to the extended position in response to fluid pressure in the piston bore exceeding fluid pressure in the opening. The tool further includes a lock operable to retain the first piston in the retracted position; and a second piston operably coupled to the lock.
US10060189B2
The disclosure relates to drilling fluid compositions, and their method of use, comprising a C16 unbranched internal olefin, including blends of the C16 unbranched internal olefin and a C16 linear alpha olefin. The exemplary drilling fluids are characterized by properties, e.g., pour points and kinematic viscosities, that enable them to be particularly useful in deep water drilling operations and have reduced environmental impact, e.g., increased biodegradation and reduced sediment toxicity.
US10060181B1
An innovative ballistic door is disclosed that is destined for use in schools, offices and building structures. The innovative door comprises a hybrid ballistic core, comprising at least two sections, wherein one section is a heavy impact resistant material rated to NIJ level III strength to resist rounds fired from high-powered rifles, as well as resisting breaches from explosive devices such as pipe bombs and the like. AR500 steel plate having a thickness of ¼ inch meets this requirement. The remaining sections of the innovative ballistic hybrid core comprise at least one lighter-weight ballistic sheet material, such as E Glass fiber composite sheet, which at least comply with the NIJ level IIIA standard. This E Glass material is ideally suited to resist the impact of a pipe bomb explosion. The novel ballistic core construction allows a compromise between protective and practical weight requirements. In addition, the innovative ballistic door provides for substantial anti-breach protection of the latch and lock mechanism and hinges.
US10060176B1
A floor mounted safe used for providing safe and security for ones valuables at home, office, condo or mobile vehicle while traveling. The inventive device utilizes an all steel box construction, has sub frame, inner and outer framework, inner and outer shell for strength, removable all steel doors, solid brass and stainless steel handles, removable drawer, seven point locking system. Electronic and mechanical locking system. Has custom paint with clear coat and solid stainless steel rivets and pin stripes for old style looks.
US10060166B2
A latch device for a vehicle which locks or unlocks by engaging with or disengaging from a rod-shaped portion includes a housing and a latch 30 rotatably supported by the housing, the latch including a hook-shaped portion 33 engageable with the rod-shaped portion to form a locked state. The hook-shaped portion 33 includes a first support surface 38A opposed to the rod-shaped portion in the locked state, a protruding portion 37 located in a position closer to a distal end of the hook-shaped portion than the first support surface 38A and configured to protrude relative to the first support surface 38A, and a second support surface 38B provided on the protruding portion 37 and configured to be opposed to the rod-shaped portion. The first support surface 38A and the second support surface 38B are configured to face in different directions, and to thereby be concurrently contactable with the rod-shaped portion.
US10060157B1
A lock position sensing mechanism that senses the position of the lock only in the locked and unlocked states. The mechanism can include a link arm that is separate from the locking bolt that locks a locking device in which the lock position sensing mechanism is used. The mechanism can sense the locked and unlocked states with a metallic object that is placed on the link arm and with two induction sensors that are provided within the locking device. The first and second induction sensors can be located at a position corresponding to the locked and unlocked state, respectively, to determine the locked or unlocked state. The sensors can communicate with a transceiver that then communicates the position of the locking mechanism to a user device and/or to a local display.
US10060154B2
A protective barrier includes a hollow plastic rail including first and second ends, a rounded metallic member disposed on the first end and a second metallic member disposed on the second end. The rounded metallic member includes a first opening for receiving the first end of the hollow plastic rail, a first anchoring mechanism for anchoring the rounded metallic member and the first end of the hollow plastic rail to a surface, and a rounded protrusion disposed on an outer surface of the rounded metallic member for receiving a force of impact and deflecting the force of impact away from the rounded metallic member. The second metallic member includes a second opening for receiving the second end of the hollow plastic rail and a second anchoring mechanism for anchoring the second metallic member and the second end of the hollow plastic rail to the surface.
US10060141B1
An improved portable fluid storage tank comprising an enclosure having a bottom wall upon which the tank rests, a front or forward end, a back or rear end, a pair of opposed, vertically extending side walls, a top wall, and at least one recessed channel formed in said top wall whereby a walkway is formed to allow an operator to safely maneuver on top of said tank. In a further embodiment, a system of portable storage tanks is described wherein the walkways of two or more said improved portable storage tanks are connected thereby creating a walkway network between said improved portable fluid storage tanks.
US10060138B2
A cladding tie for providing a support connection between cladding and a vertical backup wall is disclosed. The tie has a base and a retainer assembly. The base has a shaft extending from a back plate. The retainer assembly has a retainer member, and a cladding connection member. The retainer member has a cladding connection member recess. The cladding connection member is movable relative to the retainer to permit differential movement between the cladding connection member and the retainer when the cladding connection member is connected to the retainer.
US10060137B2
The invention provides a wall or ceiling covering arrangement (10) comprising a covering material (100) and a lighting system (200) arranged to generate light (210). The covering material (100) has a user side (101) and an opposite back side (102). The lighting system (200) is arranged at the back side (102) of the covering material (100) and the covering material (100) has a light transmission for light (210) generated by the lighting system (200) in the range of 0.5% to 30%, especially in the range of 1% to 20%. The covering material comprises wallpapers.
US10060126B2
A starter strip for through-wall-flashing of a cement-based exterior finish and hard siding includes a flashing membrane and a body. The flashing membrane has an inner surface that includes first and second inner surface portions containing self-adhering adhesive. The first inner surface portion is configured to permanently attach to at least one wall substrate. The body includes a first vertical leg having an inner surface attached to the second inner surface portion of the flashing membrane. The first vertical leg includes upper and a lower portions. The body also includes a second vertical leg and an outwardly and downwardly projecting leg extending between the lower portion of the first vertical leg and the second vertical leg. The outwardly and downwardly projecting leg includes first and second pluralities of spaced apertures, configured to relieve cavity air pressure and drain water from the body, respectively.
US10060113B2
A toilet includes a bowl having a vertically-elongated jet orifice near a top of the bowl that is designed to introduce flush water into the bowl from an interior water channel through a surface of an inner wall of the bowl, such that the flush water is directed around the inner wall of the bowl to wash the inner wall. The toilet also includes a shelf for directing the flush water. The toilet is a gravity-fed toilet that does not include an overhanging rim.
US10060100B2
A ground engaging tooth assembly for a cutting edge of a ground engaging implement may include an adapter and a ground engaging tip. The adapter may have a forward extending adapter nose having an inverted or reverse keystone-shaped contour, with the ground engaging tip having a nose cavity for receiving the adapter nose and exterior surfaces having complementary shapes to the adapter nose. The adapter nose and an adapter cavity of the tip may also be configured with complimentary surfaces that increase retention between the adapter nose and the tip when downward forces are applied to the tip. In other embodiments, the surfaces of the tip may include reliefs extending inwardly into the body of the tip to reduce weight and facilitate penetration of the tip into work material as wear material wears away from a front edge of the tip.
US10060091B2
An alignment tool for use in aligning a manway cover with a manway body/flange includes an body/flange alignment tool plate having a plate opening, a tool beam support extending transversely from the body/flange alignment tool plate, a cover attachment plate having at least one cover plate opening sized and positioned to align with a corresponding manway cover opening in the manway cover, and a height adjuster extending between and connecting the tool beam support to the cover attachment plate where the cover attachment plate is vertically translated by the threaded height adjuster.
US10060085B2
A spray assembly for a working machine that includes a fluid storage tank includes a plurality of nozzle assemblies, each of which includes a direct acting valve. The spray assembly also includes a controller that is operatively connected to each of the direct acting valves for controlling the opening and closing of the direct acting valves, and a selector that is operatively connected to the controller. The selector may be employed by an operator of the working machine to selectively operate one or more of the direct acting valves in order to provide a desired spray pattern of fluid from the fluid storage tank.
US10060084B2
Hot asphalt recycling system having a mixing hopper where the hot aggregate, exiting the drier, and the RAP are mixed; a pouring hopper which is opened to said mixing hopper from one end thereof and from whose other end RAP is poured, in order to obtain recycled asphalt concrete which is to be used in the production of one of the asphalt layers by using RAP. Said system comprising an air inlet pipe whose one end is connected to the heat source and whose other end is opened to the pouring hopper in order to transfer hot air, which is heated by a heat source, inside the pouring hopper; and at least one drying box in order to provide the RAP inside the pouring hopper to be poured to the mixing hopper in a sequenced manner and step by step.
US10060068B2
A washing machine which detects vibrations of the washing tub or chamber. The machine (M) includes a support structure (S), inside which there is suspended a washing chamber or tub (T) wherein there is rotatably mounted a basket (B) for clothes and the like, and a pressure transducing device (1), which includes a support casing (2, 3) connected to the washing chamber or tub (T), and connected to a pipe or hose (P) which extends inside this chamber or tub (T), and with which there are associated an electronic circuit (17) predisposed for processing signals generated by the transducer (1) to provide an indication of the level of the washing bath (WB) in the chamber or tub (T). An electronic accelerometer (30) secured to the support casing (2, 3) of the pressure transducing device (1) and associated with said electronic circuit means (17), generates electrical signals indicative of the amplitude of the vibrations of the washing chamber or tub (T).
US10060067B2
Systems and methods for determining an out of balance condition of a washing machine are provided. In particular, a plurality of angular positions of a motor associated with a washing machine can be determined. The washing machine can include a wash tub, and a wash basket rotatably mounted within the wash tub. The motor is configured to rotate the wash basket within said wash tub. Data indicative of at least a single phase of motor current being applied to the motor can be obtained while the wash basket rotates. The data can be spatially sampled over at least a subset of the plurality of angular positions of the motor. An out of balance condition associated with the washing machine can be determined based at least in part on the sampled data.
US10060053B2
A gas phase surface treatment for treating carbon fiber including (a) exposing a carbon fiber to a gaseous oxidizing atmosphere to form a modified carbon fiber with an oxidized fiber surface; followed by (b) exposing the oxidized fiber surface to a gaseous nitrogen-containing atmosphere to form a modified carbon fiber with a nitrogen-enriched surface, wherein the nitrogen-enriched surface exhibits an increase in surface nitrogen to surface carbon (N/C) ratio as compared to the surface of the carbon fiber prior to exposure at (a). Steps (a) and (b) are carried out continuously without any additional intervening surface treatment.
US10060048B2
Disclosed is a method for facilitating preparation of high quality crystals suitable for X-ray crystallographic studies. The method comprises that an electric charge or current is provided to a saturated solution of the molecule to be crystallized, preferably via a jet of gaseous ions. Also disclosed is an assembly for carrying out the method of the invention.
US10060046B2
A crystal puller for growing a crystal ingot includes a housing, insulation, a crucible assembly, a heat shield, and a dust barrier. The housing encloses a growth chamber, and has an upper wall with an inner surface and an aperture. The insulation separates an inside of the housing into an upper area and a lower area, and has a central opening. The crucible assembly is within the lower area to contain the melt. The heat shield is adjacent the central opening of the insulation, and forms a labyrinth gas path with the crucible assembly. The dust barrier extends from the inner surface of the upper wall to one of the insulation and the heat shield, and forms a seal with the upper wall around the aperture to inhibit particles from entering the growth chamber through the upper area of the housing.
US10060044B2
A polarizing apparatus includes an electromagnetic wave irradiator to irradiate a target film with an electromagnetic wave to heat the target film; and an electric charge generator to apply an electric field to the target film.
US10060036B2
A yellow light photolithographic process and an electroplating process are performed multiple times to produce copper plated layers on the aluminum nitride (AlN) substrate. The copper plated layers are plated in sequence into a stack structure with each layer having reduced length. The parameters of the yellow light photolithographic process can be adjusted, such that each copper plated layer is formed horizontally for a predetermined length into a stack structure of step layers tapering off upward, while a predetermined angle is formed by the tangent line passing through edges of the respective step layers, and the surface of the AlN substrate. An adhesion layer, a copper seed layer, a first copper plated layer, a second copper plated layer, a third copper plated layer, and a nickel plated layer are formed in sequence on the AlN substrate, to form a metalized circuit of multi-layer stack.
US10060034B2
Electroless copper plating compositions including (a) copper ions, (b) a complexing agent for copper ions, (c) a reducing agent, (d) a pH adjustor and (e) a stabilizer is disclosed. The stabilizer has a specific chemical structure, and contributes to stable an electroless copper plating composition from decomposition.
US10060032B2
A method of processing a substrate according to a PECVD process is described. Temperature profile of the substrate is adjusted to change deposition rate profile across the substrate. Plasma density profile is adjusted to change deposition rate profile across the substrate. Chamber surfaces exposed to the plasma are heated to improve plasma density uniformity and reduce formation of low quality deposits on chamber surfaces. In situ metrology may be used to monitor progress of a deposition process and trigger control actions involving substrate temperature profile, plasma density profile, pressure, temperature, and flow of reactants.
US10060029B2
In some aspects, a method for manufacturing graphene applied to grow graphene layers on an insulated surface of a work piece, includes: preparing a work piece; preparing a catalyst having a gasiform transition metal element; preparing a carbon feedstock; preparing hydrogen; mixing the carbon feedstock, the hydrogen and the catalyst over the work piece, the flow rate of the catalyst is between 4 sccm and 1,200 sccm; and warming the carbon feedstock, the hydrogen and the catalyst to the temperature between 200 degrees and 1,200 degrees centigrade, and maintaining the pressure inside the chamber between 1 mTorr and 800 Torr to make the catalyst source react with the carbon feedstock and the hydrogen so as to catalyze the decomposition of carbon feedstock to generate a plurality of carbon atoms, and the plurality of carbon atoms form the graphene layers directly on the insulated substrates of the work piece.
US10060028B2
To provide a charging member which suppresses the generation of density nonuniformity in an electrophotographic image caused by charge nonuniformity due to adhesion of charged substances, such as toner particles. There is provided a charging member which has a surface layer, the surface layer includes conductive zinc oxide whiskers each formed of a nuclear portion and four needle crystal portions extending radially outward therefrom, and the needle crystal portions are exposed to form convex portions of a surface of the surface layer.
US10060005B2
A high-strength hot-formed steel sheet member exhibiting both a consistent hardness and delayed-fracture resistance, and is characterized in that: the high-strength hot-formed steel sheet member has a prescribed chemical composition; the degree of Mn segregation α (=[maximum Mn concentration (mass %) at the sheet center in the thickness direction]/[average Mn concentration (mass %) at a depth of ¼ of the total thickness of the sheet from the surface]) is less than or equal to 1.6; the steel purity value as defined in JIS G 0555 (2003) is less than or equal to 0.08%; the average grain size for prior γ grains is less than or equal to 10 μm; and the number density of the residual carbides is less than or equal to 4×103 particles/mm2.
US10060003B2
A hot rolled austenitic stainless steel sheet contains 0.030 to 0.300% of C, from 0.30 to 3.20% of Si, from 0.90 to 17.00% of Mn, from 1.00 to 8.00% of Ni, from 14.00 to 19.00% of Cr, from 0.50 to 3.50% of Cu, from 0.045 to 0.250% of N, from 0.0001 to 0.0300% of Al, from 0 to 0.50% of V, from 0 to 0.50% of Nb, from 0 to 0.30% of Ti, and from 0 to 0.010% of B, all in terms of percentage by mass, with the balance of Fe and unavoidable impurities, has a converted average composition of an oxide based inclusion that contains 30% by mass or less of Al2O3, 60% by mass or less of SiO2, and 15% by mass or more of MnO, and satisfies MnO3—3SiO2+110. Anisotropy of workability and fatigue resistance characteristics caused by an oxide based inclusion is decreased.
US10059998B2
The invention relates to the field of oncology and cancer treatment. The invention relates to methods for predicting the risk of recurrence of breast tumors using the expression signature of particular miRNAs. Specifically, the invention relates to a method for determining the risk of recurrence of breast cancer which comprises measuring the expression levels of at least one miRNA selected from the group consisting of miR-149-5p (SEQ ID NO: 1), miR-10a-5p, (SEQ ID NO: 2), miR-20b-5p, (SEQ ID NO: 3), miR-30a-3p (SEQ ID NO: 4), and miR-342-5p, (SEQ ID NO: 5) in a sample of the tumor, wherein a change in the expression level of at least one miRNA in the tumor with respect to the expression level in a control sample is indicative of a high risk of recurrence of the tumor. The invention also relates to tools and kits for carrying out the method of the invention.
US10059995B2
The present invention provides a method for determining P1/P2 blood type, including steps of providing a biological sample of a subject, detecting a genotype for single nucleotide polymorphism rs2143918 or rs5751348 in A4GALT gene of the biological sample and determining a phenotype of the subject based on the genotype. Further, the present invention also provides a kit for determining P1/P2 blood type, including a primer pair for detecting a genotype for single nucleotide polymorphisms rs2143918 or rs5751348 in A4GALT gene of a nucleic acid sample of a subject.
US10059990B2
The invention provides in situ nucleic acid sequencing to be conducted in biological specimens that have been physically expanded. The invention leverages the techniques for expansion microscopy (ExM) to provide new methods for in situ sequencing of nucleic acids as well as new methods for fluorescent in situ sequencing (FISSEQ) in a new process referred to herein as “expansion sequencing” (ExSEQ).
US10059985B2
A method of amplifying a telomere of genomic DNA using an adaptor sequence, and a composition and a kit for amplifying the telomere of genomic DNA.
US10059969B1
Disclosed herein is a process for preparing enantioenriched (S)-2-aminonon-8-enoic acid by amination of 2-oxonon-8-enoic acid in the presence of an enzyme and an ammonia source.
US10059968B2
The present disclosure relates to a method for increasing lipid content in microorganisms. The method comprises decreasing the expression of molecules involved in the protein synthesis to decrease protein synthesis and thereby increase lipid synthesis in the microorganisms. The present disclosure also provides a modified microorganism having increased lipid content.
US10059960B2
AXMI221z, AXMI222z, AXMI223z, AXMI224z, and AXMI225z delta-endotoxin genes and methods for their use
Compositions and methods for conferring lepidoptericidal activity to bacteria, plants, plant cells, tissues and seeds are provided. Compositions comprising a coding sequence for the Axmi222z toxin polypeptide are provided. The Axmi222z coding sequences can be used in DNA constructs or expression cassettes for transformation and expression in plants and bacteria. Compositions also comprise transformed bacteria, plants, plant cells, tissues, and seeds. In particular, isolated Axmi222z toxin nucleic acid molecules are provided. Additionally, amino acid sequences corresponding to the Axmi222z polynucleotides are encompassed, and antibodies specifically binding to those amino acid sequences. In particular, the present invention provides for isolated nucleic acid molecules comprising nucleotide sequences encoding the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO:24-26, or the nucleotide sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:2, 7, 12, and 17, as well as variants and fragments thereof.
US10059955B2
The invention relates to isolated nucleic acids encoding a feruloyl-CoA:monolignol transferase and feruloyl-CoA:monolignol transferase enzymes. The isolated nucleic acids and/or the enzymes enable incorporation of monolignol ferulates into the lignin of plants, where such monolignol ferulates include, for example, p-coumaryl ferulate, coniferyl ferulate, and/or sinapyl ferulate. The invention also includes methods and plants that include nucleic acids encoding a feruloyl-CoA:monolignol transferase enzyme and/or feruloyl-CoA:monolignol transferase enzymes.
US10059952B2
Method and system for expression systems, based on ade1 and ade2 auxotrophic strains of yeast and fungi, including P. pastoris are disclosed. The expression systems are useful for increased cellular productivity of transformed cell lines and for production of recombinant glycoproteins at industrial scale.
US10059951B2
This invention relates to functional ligands to target molecules, particularly to functional nucleic acids and modifications thereof, more particularly to functional ligands with binding affinity to metabolites of nerve agents, and further particularly to functional ligands with binding affinity to metabolites of VX-acid (metabolite of VX nerve agent) and GB-acid (metabolite of sarin nerve agent).
US10059949B2
In certain aspects, provided herein are RNA complexes that inhibit Myeloid differentiation primary response gene 88 (MyD88) and/or Toll-like receptor 3 (TLR3) and are useful in the treatment of age-related macular degeneration (AMD). In certain aspects, provided herein are pharmaceutical compositions comprising such RNA complexes and methods of using such RNA complexes and pharmaceutical compositions.
US10059948B2
This invention relates to a composition comprising an antisense oligonucleotide for use in treating radiation induced disease of the gastrointestinal tract.
US10059946B2
The present invention relates to an inhibitor of NGAL gene expression or a NGAL antagonist for use in the prevention or the treatment of heart failure.
US10059942B2
Disclosed herein are double-stranded RNA nucleic acid molecules, which include at least one pyrazolotriazine nucleotide analog and have been modified to exhibit one of the following, increased on-target activity, increased target specificity, enhanced nuclease stability, reduced off target activity and/or reduced immunogenicity when compared to an unmodified or similarly modified dsRNA; pharmaceutical compositions comprising such molecules and methods of use thereof in therapy.
US10059937B2
A combined ribosome-display and phage-display method and kit for carrying out the method are provided. The method includes screening a ribosome-display library of binding agents to identify binding agents that interact with one or more target molecules of interest, converting the RNA encoding the binding agents to a phage-display format by amplification and primer extension, and the screening the phage-display library to enrich for binding agents that interact with one or more target molecules of interest.
US10059924B2
The present invention provides for a composition and formulations comprising an extract from Clerodendrum viscosum, and a method of obtaining the extract. The present invention also provides for a method of treating any disease where uncontrolled cellular proliferation occurs, such as cancers. In particular, the present invention provides a method for treating cervical cancer. The present invention also provides methods to inhibit proliferation and induce apoptosis of cancer cells.
US10059920B2
A non-naturally occurring microbe capable of growing in a medium comprising methanol is provided. The methanol contributes to a significant percentage (e.g., at least 40%) of the carbon source for the non-naturally occurring microbe, which expresses heterologous methanol dehydrogenase (MDH) and heterologous ribulose monophosphate (RuMP) pathway enzymes. Methods for producing liquid fuels and chemicals by the non-naturally occurring microbe and methods for preparing the non-naturally occurring microbe are also provided.
US10059916B2
A method for filtering a gas includes delivering a gas into a compartment of a gas filter, the compartment being at least partially bounded by a casing comprised of a flexible sheet of polymeric film. A partial vacuum is applied to the gas filter so that the partial vacuum assists in drawing the gas through a porous filter body of the gas filter that is at least partially disposed within the compartment of the gas filter.
US10059915B2
A system and method for compartmentalizing micro-carriers in a bioreactor includes a container configured to store micro-carriers and a vessel configured to contain a fluid so as to prevent the micro-carriers from entering the vessel during sterilization, shipping, storage, or other pre-use handling of the system. One or more addition lines connect the container and the vessel such that the vessel is in fluid communication with the vessel. The one or more addition lines are contactable by at least one blocking element configured to reversibly block fluid flow between the container and the vessel. The container, addition lines, and vessel are configured to allow the micro-carriers to be injected into the vessel at any point during a cell culture run. The vessel may also include a rotatable wheel, a harvest port configured to allow for the removal of the micro-carriers from the vessel, and a media removal port comprising a retention screen for removing spent medium.
US10059904B2
The invention relates to a new solvent-free process for simultaneously obtaining phospholipids-enriched krill oil and neutral lipid enriched-krill oil containing DHA and EPA poly-unsaturated fatty acids and astaxanthin and krill meal. The process includes preheating fresh minced krill followed by melting of the lipids using live steam injection to obtain a press liquid and a solid fraction; centrifuging the press liquid to obtain a phospholipids-enriched emulsion phase; evaporating the water of the emulsion using a thin film evaporator to obtain phospholipids-enriched krill oil; centrifuging the resulting decanter liquid to obtain neutral lipids enriched krill oil and stickwater.
US10059899B2
The invention relates to a component having a coating containing chromium, nitrogen and carbon, which component is characterized in that the coating comprises a sliding layer having a ceramic phase and an amorphous phase. According to the invention the ceramic phase forms a crystalline ceramic matrix from Crx(C1-yNy) with 0.8=x=1.2 and y>0.7, and the amorphous phase consists of carbon particles that are embedded in substantially uniform distribution in the crystalline ceramic matrix.
US10059891B2
A method for upgrading a petroleum feedstock using a supercritical water petroleum upgrading system includes introducing the petroleum feedstock, water and an auxiliary feedstock. The method includes operating the system to combine the petroleum feedstock and the water to form a mixed petroleum feedstock and introducing separately and simultaneously into a lower portion of an upflowing supercritical water reactor. The auxiliary feedstock is introduced such that a portion of a fluid contained within the upflowing reactor located proximate to the bottom does not lack fluid momentum. An embodiment of the method includes operating the supercritical water petroleum upgrading system such that the upflowing reactor product fluid is introduced into an upper portion of a downflowing supercritical water reactor. The supercritical water petroleum upgrading system includes the upflowing supercritical water reactor and optionally a downflowing supercritical water reactor.
US10059884B2
The present invention provides a coking plant. The coking plant includes a series of coke ovens, each oven including a coking chamber provided with side unloading doors. The chamber communicates with a riser provided with a coking-gas discharge pipe. The discharge pipes of each oven lead into a collecting cylinder, which is in turn connected to a coking gas treatment circuit. At least one discharge pipe of one of the ovens further includes a device for spraying pressurized liquid onto the wall of the discharge pipe. The liquid flows counter-current with respect to the direction of the flow of the gases exiting the chamber. The present invention also provides a method for controlling such a plant.
US10059882B2
A method and apparatus for drying and pyrolyzing carbon-containing materials to produce valuable products including char, oil, gas and thermal energy. The present invention involves a method whereby carbon-containing material 1 is maintained in a heated region predominantly free of oxidizing gases to promote pyrolysis reactions, and the thermal energy required to drive the process is provided via the combustion of a proportion of the volatilized matter with an oxygen containing gas in the same chamber 3. The arrangement of the chamber 3 eliminates the need for any form of solid physical barrier between the concurrent pyrolysis and combustion reactions occurring in the process, and also avoids any requirement for external means of recirculating the gaseous volatilized matter. The present invention also relates to a method for improving the transfer of thermal energy from the combustion to pyrolysis zones via radiative and convective heat transfer mechanisms.
US10059877B2
An optically anisotropic layer is formed by a liquid crystal compound represented by General Formula 1, in which the long axes of the molecules are oriented. wherein L1 and L2 independently represent a linking group having a carbonyl group; F1 and F2 independently represent an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, an alkoxy group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, or a halogen atom; n and m independently represent an integer from 0 to 4; a and b independently represent an integer from 1 to 4; T1 and T2 independently represent a spacer portion including a straight chain or branched alkylene or alkylene oxide group having 2 to 20 carbon atoms; and Ar represents a divalent group having at least one aromatic ring selected from a group consisting of aromatic hydrocarbon rings and aromatic heterocycles, the number of Π electrons in the Ar group being 8 or greater.
US10059876B2
Color conversion films for a LCD (liquid crystal display) having RGB (red, green, blue) color filters, as well as such displays, formulations, precursors and methods are provided, which improve display performances with respect to color gamut, energy efficiency, materials and costs. The color conversion films absorb backlight illumination and convert the energy to green and/or red emission at high efficiency, specified wavelength ranges and narrow emission peaks. For example, rhodamine-based fluorescent compounds are used in matrices produced by sol gel processes and/or UV (ultraviolet) curing processes which are configured to stabilize the compounds and extend their lifetime—to provide the required emission specifications of the color conversion films. Film integration and display configurations further enhance the display performance with color conversion films utilizing various color conversion elements. Fluorescent emission may be enhanced by plasmon resonance of coupled nanoparticles.
US10059874B2
The present disclosure relates to proppants for the treatment of subterranean formations, and methods of using the same. In various embodiments, the present invention provides a proppant for treatment of a subterranean formation, wherein the proppant is polymeric and includes polyetherimide (PEI). Various embodiments also provide methods of using the polymeric proppant, including for deposition of proppants, stimulating production, fracturing, sand control, and combinations thereof.
US10059872B2
A corrosion inhibitor composition and a method of inhibiting corrosion on a surface are disclosed. The corrosion inhibitor composition includes at least one nitrogen containing heteroaromatic compound and at least one haloalkynyl carbamate compound. The corrosion inhibitor composition may be utilized with acidizing treatments for wells, in particular for the production of oil, gas, and/or water.
US10059868B2
A method of modifying an alteration zone of a formation near a wellbore using a non-Newtonian polymeric composition created from a reaction of a non-Newtonian combination comprises the steps of mixing an anhydrous tetraborate and a fluid to create a crosslinker solution, mixing a crosslinkable polyvinyl alcohol and water to create a polymer solution, where the crosslinker solution and the polymer solution form the non-Newtonian combination, pumping the non-Newtonian combination to a reaction zone in the wellbore, where pumping the non-Newtonian combination is configured to induce mixing of the polymer solution and the crosslinker solution, allowing the non-Newtonian combination to react to form the non-Newtonian polymeric composition, allowing the non-Newtonian polymeric composition to migrate to the alteration zone, where the non-Newtonian polymeric composition migrates due to gravity, and allowing the non-Newtonian polymeric composition to interact with the alteration zone to modify the alteration zone.
US10059855B2
An object of the present invention is to provide a photocurable inkjet ink having favorable discharge stability and a reduced odor. The photocurable inkjet ink of the present invention contains a photopolymerizable compound, a photopolymerization initiator, and a gelling agent; the content of the gelling agent is 0.5 mass % or more to 10 mass % or less based on the photocurable inkjet ink; and the photocurable inkjet ink further contains 10 mass ppm or more to 100 mass ppm or less of the compound which has a molecular weight of 200 or less and which contains a hydrophobic moiety having four or more carbon atoms Sbased on the photocurable inkjet ink.
US10059843B2
This invention is directed to photoluminescent compounds based on rhodamine dyes with red-shifted absorption and emission maxima and uses thereof for photoluminescence based devices.
US10059842B2
The present invention relates to a polyamide resin composition, which not only demonstrates superior mechanical properties but also has favorable moldability and superior thermal conductivity, wherein the polyamide resin composition comprises (A) a polyamide resin, (B) glass fibers, (C) a thermally conductive filler, and (D) a polyamide elastomer, and the amount of the component (B) based on 100 parts by mass of the total amount of the components (A), (B), (C) and (D) is 9 parts by mass to 35 parts by mass; and, a molded article comprising the same.
US10059839B2
A polyester or polyester copolymer based composition, such as a polylactic acid based composition, is provided herein. The polyester or polyester copolymer based composition may include a plasticizer, such as an ether based, an ester based, and/or an ether-ester based plasticizer.
US10059834B2
The present invention addresses the problem of providing a rubber vibration isolator composition with which low temperature characteristics can be significantly improved while maintaining basic strength characteristics (hardness, tensile elongation, tensile strength), and a rubber vibration isolator obtained by curing said rubber composition. The present invention provides a rubber vibration isolator composition characterized in containing natural rubber, a high cis content isoprene rubber, a crosslinking agent and an aromatic sulfonamide having a specified chemical structure. The high cis content isoprene rubber refers to the cis-1,4 bond content being at least 95%.
US10059824B2
The invention described herein generally pertains to a composition and a method for improving the shelf life of a gaseous hydrofluoroolefin propellant, the improvement comprising at least the increased aromatic polyester polyol(s) in combination with a tertiary amine catalyst comprising at least two cyclohexyl rings and an aliphatic metal salt catalyst, the amine catalyst having less than 10% nitrogen on a weight basis.
US10059821B2
A method is used to provide an electrically-conductive polyaniline pattern by providing a uniform layer of a photocurable composition on a substrate. The photocurable composition comprises a water-soluble reactive polymer comprising (a) greater than 40 mol % of recurring units comprising sulfonic acid or sulfonate groups, and (b) at least 5 mol % of recurring units comprising a pendant group capable of crosslinking via [2+2] photocycloaddition. The photocurable composition is exposed to cause crosslinking via [2+2] photocycloaddition of the (b) recurring units, thereby forming a crosslinked polymer. Any remaining water-soluble reactive polymer is removed. The crosslinked polymer is contacted with an aniline reactive composition having aniline monomer and up to 0.5 molar of an aniline oxidizing agent, thereby forming an electrically-conductive polyaniline disposed either within, on top of, or both within and on top of, the crosslinked polymer.
US10059820B2
Hybrid pre-patterns were prepared for directed self-assembly of a given block copolymer capable of forming a lamellar domain pattern. The hybrid pre-patterns have top surfaces comprising independent elevated surfaces interspersed with adjacent recessed surfaces. The elevated surfaces are neutral wetting to the domains formed by self-assembly. Material below the elevated surfaces has greater etch-resistance than material below the recessed surfaces in a given etch process. Following other dimensional constraints of the hybrid pre-pattern described herein, a layer of the given block copolymer was formed on the hybrid pre-pattern. Self-assembly of the layer produced a lamellar domain pattern comprising self-aligned, unidirectional, perpendicularly oriented lamellae over the elevated surfaces, and parallel and/or perpendicularly oriented lamellae over recessed surfaces. The domain patterns displayed long range order along the major axis of the pre-pattern. The lamellar domain patterns are useful in forming transfer patterns comprising two-dimensional customized features.
US10059818B1
A method for forming a blend including graphene nanoparticles and a poly(styrene-co-methylmethacrylate), where the method includes melt mixing the poly(styrene-co-methylmethacrylate) and the graphene nanoparticles to obtain a nanocomposite and exposing the nanocomposite to microwave irradiation to bond the methyl methacrylate copolymer to the graphene nanoparticles, in which a content of the graphene nanoparticles is from 0.05 to 2 wt % based on the nanocomposites. A blend composition, including graphene nanoparticles and a poly(styrene-co-methylmethacrylate), where the graphene nanoparticles are dispersed in the poly(styrene-co-methylmethacrylate), the graphene nanoparticles are modified with microwave induced defects, and the free radicals of poly(styrene-co-methylmethacrylate) is bonded to the graphene nanoparticles at the defects.
US10059801B2
The invention relates to polyethers, polyamines, and polythioethers, as well as to processes for synthesizing them, e.g., using olefins as starting material.
US10059800B2
A method of producing a polycarbonate, including: introducing a tertiary amine into a reaction process; and performing interfacial polycondensation between an alkali aqueous solution of a dihydric phenol and phosgene in the presence of an organic solvent, in which: (i) a portion into which the tertiary amine is introduced comprises at least a tertiary amine storage tank, a tertiary amine supply pipe, and a diluent solvent supply pipe; (ii) the portion further includes a pressure control valve in the tertiary amine supply pipe on an upstream side of a merging portion with the diluent solvent supply pipe; and (iii) when a pressure P1 of an inside of the tertiary amine storage tank pressurized by a pressurization gas and a pressure P2 in a portion ranging from an outlet of the storage tank to an upstream side of the pressure control valve, a relationship of P1≤P2 is satisfied.
US10059799B2
A method for stabilizing a condensed phase composition in a process of manufacturing a polyester from cyclic ester monomer comprising the steps of devolatilizing a reaction mixture, which contains i) at least one polymerizable cyclic ester, ii) at least one catalyst and optionally at least one initiator, to produce a vapor stream and a molten residue, wherein the vapor stream includes mainly i) the at least one polymerizable cyclic ester and ii) the at least one catalyst and/or the at least one initiator and/or a reaction product or a residue of the at least one catalyst and/or the at least one initiator and condensing the vapor stream to form the condensed phase composition, wherein at least one polymerization inhibitor is added as stabilizer to the reaction mixture and/or to the condensed phase composition in an amount so that the degree of conversion of the polymerizable cyclic ester in the condensed phase composition is not more than 15%, wherein the degree of conversion is 100▪(c0−CF)/c0, wherein c0 is the initial concentration of the cyclic ester in the condensed phase composition obtained by the condensation of the vapor stream and CF is the concentration of the cyclic ester in the condensed phase composition after addition of 150 ppm of tin octoate as catalyst and of 100 mmol/kg of ethyl-hexanol as initiator to the condensed phase composition and a subsequent heat treatment of condensed phase composition under inert atmosphere conditions for 12 hours at 160° C.
US10059795B2
A polymer complex is disclosed which is the reaction product of one or more polymers having a terminal or pendant hydroxyl group, or a terminal or pendent carboxyl group, or combinations thereof, with at least one metal complex and one alkyl phosphate. This polymer complex acts as an adhesion promotion agent as well as a viscosity stabilizer when formulated in a printing ink or coating.
US10059793B2
Provided is a lignin resin composition including a lignin derivative having a weight-average molecular weight of 500 or more and 4000 or less and a novolac-type phenolic resin having a weight-average molecular weight of 1000 or more and 3000 or less, in which the content of the lignin derivative is not higher than the content of the novolac-type phenolic resin. In particular, the cured product (molded product) of a lignin resin composition obtained by melt-mixing such a lignin resin composition, adding hexamethylenetetramine thereto and then heating the resulting mixture has a high bending strength. Such a lignin resin composition is utilizable as a thermosetting resin substituting a phenolic resin.
US10059792B2
The present disclosure provides a phosphor-containing phenol formaldehyde resin compound having a general formula (I): The compound is formed of a phenol formaldehyde resin and an aromatic phosphate compound by performing a condensation reaction, which may be used as a curing agent of an epoxy resin. The phenol formaldehyde resin is formed of a phenolic compound, a bisphenol compound and formaldehyde. The present disclosure further provides a phosphor-containing phenol formaldehyde resin cured material which is formed of the phosphor-containing phenol formaldehyde resin compound and an epoxy resin under a high temperature. The phosphor-containing phenol formaldehyde resin compound is added separately or mixed with an epoxy resin curing agent.
US10059788B2
This invention relates to organoaluminum activators, organoaluminum activator systems, preferably supported, to polymerization catalyst systems containing these activator systems and to polymerization processes utilizing the same. In particular, this invention relates to catalyst systems comprising an ion-exchange layered silicate, an organoaluminum activator, and a metallocene.
US10059786B2
There are disclosed an apparatus and a method for selectively preparing a high reactivity polybutene, a midrange reactivity polybutene and a non-reactive polybutene in a single plant. The apparatus for selectively preparing a reactive polybutene and a non-reactive polybutene, comprises: a reactive polybutene polymerization catalyst feeder for polymerization of the reactive polybutene; a non-reactive polybutene polymerization catalyst feeder for polymerization of the non-reactive polybutene; and a reactor for polymerizing a reactant including isobutene into polybutene, wherein the reactive polybutene polymerization catalyst feeder provides a catalyst to yield the reactive polybutene; and the non-reactive polybutene polymerization catalyst feeder provides a catalyst to yield the non-reactive polybutene.
US10059785B2
The invention is related to a composition of polypropylene and polyethylene, which contains specific compatibilizer and flow enhancer. Furthermore the present invention is also related to articles comprising the said composition and the use of said articles in packaging application.
US10059783B2
Methods for preparing metallocene-based catalyst systems containing an activator-support are disclosed. These methods can include contacting a solid metallocene compound, an activator-support, and an organoaluminum compound, resulting in catalyst systems with increased catalytic activity as compared to catalyst systems utilizing a solution of the metallocene compound.
US10059782B2
This invention relates to a process for the preparation of a silane-functionalized resin composition comprising the steps of mixing a polymer backbone, a silane, and a free radical initiator; and producing a silane-functionalized resin composition. The polymer backbone is selected from at least one of dicyclopentadiene (DCPD)-based polymers, cyclopentadiene (CPD)-based polymers, DCPD-styrene copolymers, C5 homopolymers and copolymer resins, C5-styrene copolymer resins, terpene homopolymer or copolymer resins, pinene homopolymer or copolymer resins, C9 homopolymers and copolymer resins, C5/C9 copolymer resins, alpha-methylstyrene homopolymer or copolymer resins, and combinations thereof.
US10059773B2
Disclosed in the present invention is an antibody specifically binding to GLP-1R and a fusion protein thereof with GLP-1. The fusion proteins can effectively bind to a human GLP-1R receptor and activate a receptor signaling pathway, thus are useful for treating diabetes, excessive weight, obesity and related disorders thereof.
US10059771B2
The present invention provides methods for treating nasal polyposis. The methods include administering to a subject in need thereof a therapeutic composition comprising an interleukin-4 receptor (IL-4R) antagonist such as an anti-IL-4R antibody or antigen binding fragment thereof.
US10059759B2
An antibody preparation suitable for intravenous administration in humans includes IgG, IgA and at least 5 % IgM antibodies by weight of the total amount of antibodies. The preparation is prepared from human plasma, has specific complement activating activity, and, in an in vitro assay with human serum suitable to determine the ability of the antibody preparation to activate complement unspecifically, the antibody preparation generates substantially no C5a and/or substantially no C3a. The antibody preparation can have medical uses.
US10059757B2
The invention provides antibodies and functional equivalents thereof which are capable of specifically binding RSV, and means and methods for producing them.
US10059745B2
The invention is based on the identification of the minimum region of the avian Orthoreovirus muNS protein which is capable of forming inclusions as well as on the identification of specific regions of the muNS protein showing capacity to associate with the inclusions formed by muNS. The identification of said regions allows developing methods for purifying recombinant polypeptides as well as methods for detecting the interaction between two polypeptides of interest.
US10059741B2
The present invention provides novel peptidomimetic macrocycles and methods of using such macrocycles for the treatment of viral disease.
US10059736B2
The present invention relates to ionic liquids for use in chemical applications and capable of serving the dual function of solvent and liquid support. The ionic liquid lends itself to a method of synthesizing oligomers selected from the group consisting of oligopeptides, oligosaccharides and oligonucleotides, comprising contacting a first monomer unit with an ionic liquid at reaction conditions to provide an ionic liquid bound monomer unit; and contacting the ionic liquid bound monomer unit with at least one further monomer unit at reaction conditions to provide an ionic liquid bound oligomer comprising from 2 to 30 monomer units. The method lends itself to large scale manufacture of oligopeptides, oligosaccharides and oligonucleotides.
US10059734B2
Disclosed are a compound and a pharmaceutical composition that exhibit an excellent drug efficacy against a tumor, in particular a tumor which has acquired resistance to gemcitabine. Specifically, provided is a thionucleoside derivative represented by General Formula [1] (in the formula, R1 represents a hydroxyl group which may be protected, a C1-20 alkoxy group which may be substituted, or the like; R2 represents a C1-20 alkoxy group which may be substituted, a C3-8 cycloalkoxy group which may be substituted, or the like; and R3 represents a hydrogen atom or the like); or a salt thereof. Further, provided is a pharmaceutical composition containing such a thionucleoside derivative or a salt thereof.
US10059728B2
The present invention relates to a method for preparing functionalized cyclosiloxanes of Formula I, wherein R, R1, R2, m, n1 and n2 are as defined herein, comprising reacting (i) a cyclosiloxane of Formula II with (ii) a substituted acetylene of Formula III in the presence of a hydrosilylation catalyst. The invention further relates to methods for preparing biscyclosiloxanes by reacting the vinyl cyclosiloxanes obtained according to the described methods and the (bis)cyclosiloxanes obtainable according to the described methods.
US10059722B2
This invention provides cephalosporin derivatives for killing or inhibiting the spread of microorganisms such as non-replicating Mycobacterium tuberculosis and in the treatment of infectious disease.
US10059721B2
The present invention relates to a novel 4-(aryl)-N-(2-alkoxythieno[3,2-b]pyrazin-3-yl)-piperazin-1-carboxamide derivative compound useful in the prevention or treatment of cancer; a preparation method thereof; and a pharmaceutical composition comprising the same. The novel 4-(aryl)-N-(2-alkoxythieno[3,2-b]pyrazin-3-yl)-piperazin-1-carboxamide derivative compound of the present invention can effectively inhibit the growth of proliferating cells, and thus can be useful in the prevention or treatment of cancer.
US10059712B2
The present invention relates to an N-benzyl tryptanthrin derivative, and preparation method and use thereof. The N-benzyl tryptanthrin derivative of the present invention is characterized in that the derivative has a structural general formula as represented by formula 1, wherein each group is defined as in the specification. The preparation method of the compound is simple, has mild conditions and high yield, and is suitable for industrial production. The N-benzyl tryptanthrin derivative has good indoleamine-2,3-dioxy-genase (IDO) inhibitory activity, and can be used for treating diseases having the pathological feature of IDO-mediated tryptophan metabolism.
US10059709B2
The invention relates to a compound of formula (I) wherein the variables have the meaning as indicated in the claims; in free form and in salt form; and optionally the enantiomers and geometrical isomers thereof. The compounds of formula (I) are useful as therapeutic agent for organ transplants, lupus, multiple sclerosis, rheumatoid arthritis, psoriasis, Type I diabetes and complications from diabetes, cancer, asthma, atopic dermatitis, autoimmune thyroid disorders, ulcerative colitis, inflammatory bowel diseases, Crohn's disease, Alzheimer's disease, leukemia, osteoarthritis, control of pruritus, chronic respiratory disease or keratoconjunctivitis in mammals.
US10059708B2
Disclosed are methods for treating cancers associated with rearrangements in the mixed lineage leukemia gene (MLL-r), including MLL-r leukemia. The methods typically include administering a therapeutic amount of one or more therapeutic agents that inhibit the biological activity of one or more members of the interleukin-1 signaling pathway such inhibitors of interleukin-1 receptor-associated kinase 4 (IRAK4).
US10059706B2
Disclosed are compounds of formula (I) which possess nematicidal properties wherein the structural elements have the meaning as indicated in the description.
US10059697B2
Provided are compounds, compositions, combinations, kits, uses, and methods for treating HIV in a human being using such compounds or combinations with proteasome inhibitors.
US10059690B2
The present invention provides novel compounds of Formula (I) and Formula (II) and pharmaceutically acceptable salts, solvates, hydrates, tautomers, stereoisomers, isotopically labeled derivatives, and compositions thereof. Also provided are methods and kits involving the compounds or compositions for treating or preventing proliferative diseases (e.g., cancers (e.g., leukemia, melanoma, multiple myeloma), benign neoplasms, angiogenesis, inflammatory diseases, autoinflammatory diseases, and autoimmune diseases) in a subject. Treatment of a subject with a proliferative disease using a compound or composition of the invention may inhibit the aberrant activity of cyclin-dependent kinase 7 (CDK7), and therefore, induce cellular apoptosis and/or inhibit transcription in the subject.
US10059689B2
The present invention provides novel heteroaryl compounds, pharmaceutical acceptable salts and formulations thereof useful in preventing, managing, treating or lessening the severity of a protein kinase-mediated disease. The invention also provides pharmaceutically acceptable compositions comprising such compounds and methods of using the compositions in the treatment of protein kinase-mediated disease.
US10059686B2
An object of the present invention is to provide a novel compound useful for manufacturing salacinol, a method for manufacturing the compound, a method for manufacturing salacinol, methods for protecting and deprotecting a diol group, and a protective agent for a diol group. A compound represented by Formula (1) is a compound useful for manufacturing salacinol. (In the formula, each of R1a and R1b is a hydrogen atom or a hydroxy protective group; R2 is a hydroxy group or the like; and R3 is a hydroxy group or the like.).
US10059680B2
Thiadiazolyl-oximinoacetic acid derivatives have been synthesized, which are useful in the manufacture of cephalosporin antibiotic compounds. Compound (1) (TATD) is commercially available (CAS No. 76028-96-1). It has now been discovered that the thiadiazolyl-oximinoacetic acid derivative compound (1) (TATD) can be prepared from dimethyl malonate (SM 1, CAS No. 108-59-8) according to methods described herein. The methods provide products having desirable purity.
US10059678B2
The present invention relates to a process for preparing olodaterol and intermediates thereof. The process comprises of forming compound of Formula 1 by reacting compound of Formula 2 or its acid salt with compound of Formula 3 in the presence of an organic solvent to obtain compound of Formula 4. Protecting groups are removed from compound of Formula 4 in the presence of a suitable solvent to form compound of Formula 1.
US10059670B2
Provided herein are processes and intermediate compounds useful for the preparation of 2-carboxamide cycloamino urea derivatives, and useful intermediates therefore.
US10059666B2
The disclosure relates to oxygen scavenging molecules, compositions, methods of making the compositions, articles prepared from the compositions, and methods of making the articles. This abstract is intended as a scanning tool for purposes of searching in the particular art and is not intended to be limiting of the present invention.
US10059661B1
A [F-18]FEONM precursor is synthesized. 2-bromoethanol is added to further connect an atom of oxygen at an N terminal of the precursor. Four atoms of carbon can be further connected. Thus, better fat-solubility is obtained along with the increase in carbon. Positioning in brain imaging becomes better.
US10059660B2
A novel solid drug form of N-(2,6-bis(1-methylethyl)phenyl)-N′-((1-(4-(dimethylamino)phenyl)cyclopentyl)methyl)urea hydrochloride (also referred to “ATR-101”) suitable for oral dosing, and to compositions, methods and kits relating thereto. ATR-101 has particular utility in the treatment of, for example, aberrant adrenocortical cellular activity, including adrenocortical carcinoma (ACC), congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) and Cushing's syndrome.
US10059650B2
Methods for the production and isolation of a monomer from a biopolymer are described. The method includes extracting a biopolymer from a biopolymer source and depolymerizing the biopolymer into a monomer.Methods for the production and isolation of a monomer from corn lignin are also described. The method includes extracting corn lignin from corn biomass and depolymerizing the corn lignin into a monomer.
US10059649B2
A method for producing ethanol and coproducing methanol on a catalyst in a reactor using a co-feed of a synthesis gas and acetate as a reaction raw material comprising passing a raw material gas containing an acetate and a synthesis gas through a reactor loaded with a catalyst to produce ethanol and coproduce methanol under conditions of a reaction temperature of 150-350° C., a reaction pressure of 0.1-20.0 MPa, a reaction volume hourly space velocity of 100-45000 mlg−1h−1, and an acetate weight hourly space velocity of 0.01-5.0 h−1; and the active components of the catalyst are copper and optionally zinc and/or aluminum, which greatly facilitates the conversion of carbon monoxide to methanol, while an extremely high activity of acetate hydrogenation is maintained.
US10059638B2
Processes are provided for conversion of oxygenated hydrocarbon, such as methanol and/or dimethyl ether, to aromatics, such as a para-xylene, and olefins, such as ethylene and propylene. The processes entail using a reactor having multiple reaction zones where each zone is prepared to promote desired reactions.
US10059636B2
Novel polyanionic polymers including families of repeat units, such as maleic, itaconic, and sulfonate repeat units. The polymers are at least tetrapolymers and may be in the acid form or as partial or complete salts. The polymers may be synthesized using free radical initiators in the presence of vanadium compounds. The polymers have a variety of uses, particularly in agricultural contexts.
US10059624B2
The present disclosure relates to a system for repairing a damage site on a surface of an optical material. The system may have an Infrared (IR) laser which generates a laser beam having a predetermined wavelength, with a predetermined beam power, and such that the laser beam is focused to a predetermined full width (“F/W”) 1/e2 diameter spot on the damage site. The IR laser may be controlled to maintain the focused IR laser beam on the damage site for a predetermined exposure period corresponding to a predetermined acceptable level of downstream intensification. The laser beam may heat the damage site to a predetermined peak temperature which causes melting and reflowing of material at the damage site to create a mitigated site.
US10059623B2
A hydrophobic coating and a method for applying such a coating to a surface of a substrate. The method includes applying a coating composition to the surface and heating the coated surface at a cure temperature from about 450° C. to about 600° C. for a time from about 8 hours to about 48 hours. The coating composition is applied to the surface by an application method selected from the group consisting of flowing, dipping, and spraying. The coating composition comprises a yttrium compound, an additive selected from the group consisting of a cerium compound and a dispersion of yttrium oxide nanoparticles, a water-soluble polymer, and a solvent solution of de-ionized water and a water-soluble alcohol.
US10059621B2
A magnetizable glass ceramic composition including: a continuous first glass phase including SiO2, B2O3, P2O5, and R2O; a discontinuous second glass phase including at least one of SiO2, B2O3, P2O5, R2O, or mixtures thereof; and a discrete magnetizable crystalline phase dispersed in the discontinuous second glass phase, where R2O is selected from at least one of K2O, Li2O, Na2O, or mixtures thereof. Also disclosed are a method of making and a method of using the magnetizable glass ceramic composition.
US10059618B2
A reforming mandrel and a method of use reforming mandrel to reform glass are described. The reforming mandrel comprises an upstream portion, a downstream portion and an at least partially hollow interior. The upstream portion may have an intake inlet for fluid flow. The downstream portion may be axially spaced from the upstream portion. The downstream portion may have a flattened cross-section defined by flattened peripheral portions joined by curved peripheral portions. At least one curved peripheral portion may be made of porous material resistant to a temperature of at least 1000° C. The at least partially hollow interior may communicate with the intake inlet and the porous material.
US10059611B2
A method includes flowing brine including one or more hardness minerals from a desalination system to a mineral removal system. The method also includes removing the one or more hardness minerals from the brine in an ion separation system disposed upstream from and fluidly coupled to the mineral removal system. The ion separation system may generate a first softened brine and includes a plurality of ion exchange subsystems each including an ion exchange resin. The method also includes saturating the ion exchange resin of at least one ion exchange subsystem with the one or more hardness minerals removed from the brine and regenerating the saturated ion exchange resin. The method further includes recovering the one or more hardness minerals from the ion exchange resin via the mineral removal system. The mineral removal system is fluidly coupled to the ion separation system.
US10059609B2
An anaerobic electrochemical membrane bioreactor (AnEMBR) can include a vessel into which wastewater can be introduced, an anode electrode in the vessel suitable for supporting electrochemically active microorganisms (EAB, also can be referred to as anode reducing bacteria, exoelectrogens, or electricigens) that oxidize organic compounds in the wastewater, and a cathode membrane electrode in the vessel, which is configured to pass a treated liquid through the membrane while retaining the electrochemically active microorganisms and the hydrogenotrophic methanogens (for example, the key functional microbial communities, including EAB, methanogens and possible synergistic fermenters) in the vessel. The cathode membrane electrode can be suitable for catalyzing the hydrogen evolution reaction to generate hydrogen.
US10059606B2
The improved water purification system includes a water purification unit having a tap water inflow port for receiving a tap water inflow from a water supply system to produce relatively purified water and a brine water outflow having impurities concentrated therein. An RO filter having an RO membrane separates relatively unfiltered water flow into purified water and the brine water outflow. A flush flow activation chamber fluidly coupled to the brine water outflow includes a plunger for substantially occluding brine water outflow through the brine outflow port when seated, and substantially permits brine water outflow to exit the purification unit through the brine outflow port when unseated. Accordingly, the activation chamber generates back pressure within the water purification system to flash flow tap water inflow into the purification unit and through the RO membrane when the plunger moves from being seated to unseated, thereby substantially refreshing said RO membrane.
US10059599B2
The present invention is directed to a process for the synthesis of alkali metal tetrahydroborates-10B and amine borane-10B precursors, such as sodium tetrahydroborate-10B and triethylamine borane-10B.
US10059598B2
A method for preparing a composition includes silico/germano-metal particles functionalized by at least one organic group, which involves:—carrying out a hydrothermal treatment of a hydrogel precursor of the silico/germano-metal mineral particles, and—preparing a hydrogel including silico/germano-metal particles having at least one organic group by co-precipitation in an aqueous medium. A composition including functionalized silico/germano-metal mineral particles of which 1% to 75% of the silicon atoms and/or of the germanium atoms are covalently bonded to at least one organic group is also described.
US10059591B2
Methods of producing graphene, reaction chambers for forming graphene, and graphene sheets formed from the methods are described herein. A method may include adding at least one metal catalyst in a reaction chamber, adding at least one hydrocarbon gas in the reaction chamber, allowing the at least one metal catalyst and the at least one hydrocarbon gas to contact one another to produce a product, and dehydrogenating the product to produce the graphene.
US10059589B2
Disclosed herein are methods and systems to isolate nitrogen from a mixture of gases. In an embodiment, a method of isolating nitrogen from a gaseous mixture involves contacting the gaseous mixture with a superparamagnetic catalyst to form a reaction mixture, and exposing the reaction mixture to a fluctuating magnetic field at ambient conditions.
US10059584B2
The present invention relates to a solid oxide (or protonic ceramic) fuel cell, a cathode for a solid oxide (or protonic ceramic) fuel cell, and a method of making the same. More specifically, the cathode for a solid oxide (or protonic ceramic) fuel cell utilizes a phase-pure perovskite structure of the compound BaCo0.4Fe0.4Zr0.2−xYxO3−δ, where x is between about 0 and about 0.2. The cathode material may then be utilized in a SOFT or a PCFC as either a thin film porous cathode or as nanoparticles infiltrated into a cathode bone having a different structure.
US10059582B2
A micro assembly having a substrate and an operating plane coupled to the substrate. The operating plane is movable from an in-plane position to an out-of-plane position. One or more electric connections provide electric power from the substrate to the operating plane in the out-of-plane position. A tool is coupled to the operating plane. The tool is operable to receive electric power from the operating plane to perform work.
US10059567B2
An elevator system includes an elevator car movable along a hoistway, a traveling cable operably connected to the elevator car and movable along the hoistway with the elevator car, and a traveling cable support positioned in the hoistway and operably connected to the traveling cable to prevent sway of the traveling cable. A traveling cable and traveling cable support arrangement for an elevator system includes a traveling cable positioned in a hoistway and movable in the hoistway during elevator system operation, and a traveling cable support positioned in the hoistway and operably connected to the traveling cable to prevent sway of the traveling cable, the traveling cable support operably connected to the traveling cable via a plurality of guide frames.
US10059566B2
An elevator system includes a first hoistway having a shuttle section and serviced floors; a second hoistway having a shuttle section and serviced floors; a first elevator car; a second elevator car; a coupler physically connecting the first elevator car and the second elevator car during travel in the shuttle section; an upper transfer station for transferring at least one of the first elevator car and the second elevator car from the first hoistway to the second hoistway; a lower transfer station for transferring at least one of the first elevator car and the second elevator car from the second hoistway to the first hoistway.
US10059565B2
Example embodiments relate to an elevator. The elevator may include a car of the elevator and a counterweight that are to be moved reciprocally, at least one roping or belting traveling via a top pulley assembly for connecting the car of the elevator and the counterweight to each other via the top pulley assembly, and at least one roping or belting traveling via a bottom pulley assembly for connecting the car of the elevator and the counterweight to each other via the bottom pulley assembly.
US10059561B2
A feed assist unit (1) includes a base portion (2) having a plurality of ribs (16a-d) on a lower surface (18) thereof. A dome portion (4) is connected to the base portion (2), and a rotating conduit portion (6) has a curved shape and is coupled to the dome portion (4). Each of the ribs (16a-d) has a first end (20) adjacent to the dome portion (4) and a second end (22) adjacent an associated side (14) of the base portion (2). The feed assist unit (1) has first and second central axes (A-A, B-B) oriented perpendicular to each other. First and third of the ribs (16a, 16c) are oriented parallel to the second central axis (B-B) and the second and fourth of the ribs (16b, 16d) can be oriented parallel to the first central axis (A-A). The first and third ribs (16a, 16c) are offset from the second central axis (B-B) by an offset length (OL) and the second and fourth ribs (16b, 16d) are offset from the first central axis (A-A) the offset length (OL).
US10059553B2
Disclosed are examples of a system for regulating the longitudinal strain in a longitudinal member being conveyed in a machine direction. The system may include a downstream mechanism that draws the longitudinal member in a machine direction, first and second control points upstream of the downstream mechanism, and a strain control mechanism disposed between the first and second control points. The strain control mechanism may include a strain motor with a drive shaft to which a travel path extension arm is coupled, and a travel path extension guide mounted on the travel path extension arm and in contact with the longitudinal member. The system may be configured and arranged such that rotation of the drive shaft effects rotation of the travel path extension arm and of the guide, thereby altering the distance of a travel path segment of the longitudinal member between the first and second control points.
US10059545B1
A roller-type lateral force generation device includes a roller, a first plate, a second plate, a connection plate, a first spring, a rotation shaft, a second spring, a fixing element and an adjustment element. The connection plate is disposed along a set direction, which is perpendicular to a paper-feeding direction. The first spring is disposed between the first plate and a first shaft portion of a roller shaft of the roller. The second spring is disposed between the second plate and a second shaft portion of the roller shaft. The adjustment element has a limitation plate perpendicular to the first plate. The limitation plate has a limitation groove. The first shaft portion is penetrated through the limitation groove. The set direction and the connection line of the rotation shaft and the roller shaft have an angle larger than 0 degree. A lateral force is generated, thereby avoiding paper squeezing inward.
US10059539B2
Provided is a conveyance system for an object and for conveying the object to a container mounted on a chassis of a trailer. The conveyance system includes a jack device that lifts the chassis from below, and a stage device arranged behind the jack device. The stage device includes a conveyance body on which the object is placed and conveyed, a stage on which the conveyance body travels, a mobile body supporting the stage and capable of movement in a front-back direction of the chassis, and a jack mechanism provided to the mobile body and that raises the stage from below to lift or lower the stage. The mobile body moves forward and the jack mechanism lowers the stage while the jack device raises the chassis, and the conveyance body travels on floor faces of the stage and the container in this state to convey the object to the container.
US10059525B2
A conveyor of the articulated chain type for transporting products, includes a mounting frame for elements for supporting and guiding a conveyor belt. The conveyor belt includes a plurality of links forming elements for supporting the product and articulated connected to each other, each link having a first and a second plurality of longitudinal protrusions which extend in opposite longitudinal directions and which are transversally spaced from each other so as to form respective spaces for receiving the longitudinal protrusions of an adjacent link. The link includes a perpendicular protuberance forming elements for engaging and sliding against a transversal centering surface of guide elements in a curved stretch of the belt and a transversal protuberance extending laterally of the link and forming elements for engagement and sliding relative to a perpendicular longitudinal retaining surface of the guide elements, retaining elements for keeping a connecting pin inserted between adjacent links.
US10059523B1
An aircraft cargo system includes a ball panel assembly having a ball panel and a first enclosure assembly. The ball panel defines a first cutout. The first enclosure assembly is at least partially disposed within the first cutout and is movable between an open position and a closed position. The first enclosure assembly includes a first enclosure defining a first opening that receives a first ball transfer unit.
US10059518B2
In a lift carrier device, a controller causes a first longitudinal drive device and a second longitudinal drive device respectively to be lifted or lowered by a first lift drive device and a second lift drive device, to cause a first article stage and a second article stage to pass by each other in a state where the first article stage and the second article stage have been moved by the first longitudinal drive device and the second longitudinal drive device to positions where the first article stage and the second article stage do not longitudinally overlap each other in plan view.
US10059512B2
A floor assembly for a trailer includes stringers that extend in a transverse direction of the assembly and are spaced from one another in a longitudinal direction of the assembly. The stringers are made of a thermally insulative first material. A bottom flange is coupled to a lower portion of a respective stringer. A top flange made of a second material is coupled to an upper portion of a respective stringer. Floor panels are also provided. Each floor panel extends in the longitudinal direction, is supported by the top flange, is coupled to another floor panel along respective edges thereof, and has at least one rib that extends in the longitudinal direction and depends substantially perpendicularly from a bottom surface thereof. Each floor panel is made of the second material and each at least one rib is welded to a top surface of the top flange.
US10059511B2
Embodiments of the invention described herein thus provide systems and methods for improved securement of a cargo cover/flexible door to a cargo container. The systems generally provide securement using cooperating frame securement features positioned on the cargo container and securement plates positioned on door straps of the cargo cover.
US10059496B2
The device enables a free-standing package to be formed with an open, light structure for packing a bundle of individual flat articles placed in direct juxtaposition and aligned along a straight longitudinal axis in the direction of the thickness of the flat articles. The device includes a pair of individual rigid lateral supports which are opposite each other and which rest directly on the respective sides of the bundle. The rigidity of the flat articles in the width direction is used to form the free-standing package. In particular the device enables the longitudinal compression of the flat articles to be controlled, which is useful in the case of flat articles which have a shape memory, such as folding cartons.
US10059490B2
A bung stopper closure includes a bung stopper and a sealing cap for bung-type containers, which is particularly suitable for machine closing of bung-type barrels in automatic filling plants for liquids.
US10059489B2
A framework for a pop-up structure is provided comprising three or more loops (18, 12, 22) and a plurality of resilient deformable elongate members (14) extending between adjacent loops. The elongate members are pivotally attached to the loops (18, 12, 22) and the framework is extensible between a collapsed condition and a expanded condition, upon rotation of one loop relative to an adjacent loop. There is also provided a pop-up container comprising said framework and having an attachable cover.
US10059473B2
A system for heat sealing two or more components together into at least one sealed package is disclosed. The system includes a heat press configured to heat seal the two or more components together into the at least one sealed package, a seal fixture including an upper seal fixture plate configured to support the two or more components, and an ejector plate under the upper seal fixture plate. The ejector plate is configured to move between a retracted position and a deployed position to at least partially raise the at least one sealed package off of the upper seal fixture plate.
US10059470B1
An orbiting satellite can be maintained in a geosynchronous orbit (e.g., with an orbital period equal to one sidereal day) at an altitude other than 35,786 km by equipping the satellite with at least one radial thruster. Radial thrusters on the anti-Earth-facing side of the satellite allow for artificial geosynchronous orbits higher than the natural altitude, while radial thrusters on the Earth-facing side of the satellite allow for artificial geosynchronous orbits lower than the natural altitude. This allows a geosynchronous satellite to evade threats, such as orbital debris and/or hostile spacecraft, without losing signal to ground based antennas. Similar techniques can also be used for surveillance of satellites in geosynchronous orbits.
US10059463B2
A sensor system for a wing panel assembly of an aircraft includes a first end of a linkage assembly operatively coupled to a first slat panel. Also included is a second end of the linkage assembly operatively coupled to a second slat panel with a first ball joint. Further included is a block having a cutout portion surrounding the first ball joint. Yet further included is a sensing element disposed proximate the block to detect rotation of the block beyond a predetermined angle.
US10059458B2
An environmental control system for an aircraft includes a bleed air system. Also included is a ram air system. Further included is an air pressure and temperature conditioning system, wherein bleed air and ram air are mixed to satisfy a cabin fresh air requirement.
US10059449B2
A cost-effective pack adapted to be distributed from an aircraft in the event of a natural, military, political, or other disaster includes an outer package, at least one item in the outer package for aerial delivery, and at least one aerodynamic component formed on the outer package and methods and systems for making the pack.
US10059447B2
A method and an apparatus for controlling an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) are provided. The UAV comprises at least one rotor. The method includes: receiving a take-off preparatory signal instructing the UAV to enter into a take-off preparatory state; controlling the at least one rotor of the UAV to rotate at a preset rotation speed in response to the take-off preparatory signal, wherein the preset rotation speed is smaller than a rotation speed that enables the UAV to hover in the air; and controlling the UAV to enter into a hovering mode under a predetermined condition, wherein the UAV is controlled to hover at a predetermined height in the hovering mode.
US10059443B2
Disclosed are embodiments of flow diverting lift elements which, when placed in the proper orientation and propelled through a fluid, produce a lift force with improved lift versus velocity performance. The flow diverting lift elements can produce lift for rotary lift devices such as aircraft. The flow diverting lift devices include an airfoil and a diversion wall extending from an upper surface of the airfoil. The airfoil can be an annular airfoil.
US10059438B2
A rotary system and method to control feathering and centrifugal forces of a rotor blade during flight. The rotary system having a hub assembly, which includes a hollow yoke arm to receive a spindle section of the rotor blade. A tension-torsion strap extends through the hollow yoke arm and couples the rotor blade and the hub assembly. The method includes allowing the spindle section of the rotor blade to pivot within the hollow yoke arm and controlling rotational and centrifugal movement of the rotor blade with the tension-torsion strap.
US10059427B2
Fuselage assemblies, over-frame blanket assemblies, and methods of installing over-frame blanket assemblies are provided. A fuselage assembly for an aircraft includes a fuselage skin, a cabin liner, and an over-frame blanket assembly. The cabin liner has an outer side facing the fuselage skin. The over-frame blanket assembly is disposed between the fuselage skin and the cabin liner and has a first blanket piece. The first blanket piece includes a first sound barrier layer that defines a first outer surface of the over-frame blanket assembly and a first sound absorbing layer that defines a second outer surface of the over-frame blanket assembly facing the fuselage skin. A method of installing the over-frame blanket assembly includes positioning the first blanket piece in an orientation such that the first sound barrier layer is directly adjacent the cabin liner.
US10059421B2
Disclosed herein is a lighter-than-air (LTA) device and method of making the same. In an embodiment, the LTA device may include a membrane having a flexible substrate and an active material disposed thereon, wherein the active material is configured to controllably change the surface area of at least a portion of the substrate when an electrical stimulus is applied to the active material.
US10059413B2
An apparatus for sweeping influence mines, including an operating unit having a plurality of propulsion devices designed to be immersed in water and at least one floating body connected to the propulsion devices, the latter being designed to overcome the hydrostatic thrust acting on the floating body to keep the operating unit immersed at a predetermined depth.
US10059411B1
A hull assembly is configured to accommodate propulsion in at least two directions at once. The hull assembly includes a dual bow board further comprising a first bow and a second bow with an insert box therebetween. The insert box travels through the dual bow board from a top side to a bottom side.
US10059410B2
A fishing kayak is described comprising a body having a bow end and a stern end the body comprising a deck and a hull. The deck defines a top side of the body of the fishing kayak and the hull defines a bottom side of the body of the fishing kayak. The hull comprises a pontoon hull portion extending from the stern end of the body along a longitudinal axis of the body, the pontoon hull portion being comprised of two pontoon members positioned in an opposing relationship, the pontoon hull portion defining a concave recess to form a tunnel structure. The hull also comprises a convex hull portion extending from the bow end of the body along the longitudinal axis, the convex hull portion being comprised of a convex hull member. The two pontoon members converge into the convex hull portion to form at least in part the convex hull member.
US10059407B1
A watercraft seat accessory adaptor system for mounting a canopy assembly on a watercraft includes a watercraft seat mount assembly including a base portion, a seat portion carried by the base portion and a watercraft seat carried by the seat portion. An accessory support member includes an elongated base segment carried by the seat portion of the watercraft seat mount assembly in rotatable relation to the seat portion. An accessory mount segment may be carried by the base segment. The accessory mount segment may be suitably configured for mounting the canopy assembly.
US10059400B2
A multiple bicycle sprocket assembly is basically provided that is capable of creating a gear ratio in a wide range. The multiple bicycle sprocket assembly includes a first sprocket and a second sprocket. The first sprocket includes a first tooth number that is less than or equal to ten. The second sprocket includes a second tooth number that is more than or equal to forty-four.
US10059399B2
A product may include a gear set that may have a first gear, a second gear that may be engaged with the first gear and a third gear. The third gear may be held from rotation and may be engaged with the second gear. A carrier may carry the second gear for rotation. A crank may be continuously connected with the carrier to provide input thereto. A torque measurement device may be connected to the third gear.
US10059391B2
A supporting device for a crawler vehicle configured to groom ski slopes, is mounted between a rear wheel and a front wheel, resting along the inside of a traction portion of the track, and has a plurality of rollers much smaller in diameter than the rear wheel; a belt looped around the rollers; and a structure configured to support the rollers and to push the rollers and the belt against the inside of the traction portion of the track.
US10059388B2
A wheel assembly for a remote vehicle comprises a wheel structure comprising a plurality of spokes interconnecting a rim and a hub. The spokes comprise at least one slit extending therethrough radially inward from the rim to the hub. The assembly also comprises a flipper structure comprising an arm, a plurality of legs, and an attachment base. The plurality of legs and the attachment base comprise a four-bar linkage. The assembly further comprises an insert comprising a bore with a flat surface that tapers outward from a top portion to a bottom portion of the insert. The insert being configured to couple the flipper structure to the wheel structure via an axle on the remote vehicle and prevent backlash between the axle and the flipper structure. The flipper structure being configured to transmit axial forces to the wheel structure. The wheel structure being configured to absorb radial and axial forces.
US10059384B2
Examples of drag reduction apparatuses and assemblies for land vehicles, and particularly for attachment to a door of a land vehicle operated by a cam lock bar, are described. A drag reduction apparatus may include a plurality of panels foldedly coupled together and automatically deployable into an unfolded configuration. The panels may be coupled to a base panel that is coupled to the door of the land vehicle by a double-hinge mechanism operated by the cam lock bar. The double-hinge mechanism may draw the base panel toward the centerline of the rear of the land vehicle to allow the door to fully open with the drag reduction apparatus attached. The apparatus may be attached to two adjacent doors of a land vehicle and a plurality of panels on one door configured to overlap with a plurality of panels on the adjacent door.
US10059381B2
Mechanical properties, in particular torsional rigidity and absorbed energy properties in axial crushing, of a joint structure body including a joint formed by joining members are further improved.Provided is a first member, a second member, an end of the second member being thrust against a surface of the first member, and a joint that joins the first member and the second member are included. The joint includes an end flange that is formed continuously along the end of the second member and of which at least one part overlaps the surface of the first member and a unit joint that joins the end flange and the first member. The end flange is formed continuously to at least one part of the end of the second member via a rising curved surface portion and the rising curved surface portion includes a wall-thickened portion of which a sheet thickness is made larger than a sheet thickness of the second member. At least one part of the unit joint is provided in a range of 3 mm or less from a boundary between the end flange and the wall-thickened portion.
US10059380B1
In certain situations, it is desirable to mount an engine accessory to a frame member of the vehicle. Such frame member might be a convenient structural element proximate a desired location for the engine accessory. Because the frame member is often hollow, conventional mounting techniques may crush it. A system and method for attaching first and second brackets to the frame member are disclosed. The bracket systems may have piloting, locating, and anti-rotation features to provide secure attachment points. A vehicle accessory is mounted at the distal ends of the first and second brackets.
US10059376B2
A motor vehicle column and a method for production of the motor vehicle column are disclosed, wherein in the motor vehicle column a reinforcement sheet having an inwardly oriented bead is arranged and the reinforcement sheet has an inwardly oriented bead. The reinforcement sheet contacts the outer sheet in at least two sections viewed in cross section so as to form a double layer.
US10059369B2
An electric power steering apparatus that has a torque sensor which detects a steering torque, and a motor control apparatus to control the motor which applies an assist torque, by which steering is assisted, to a steering system of a vehicle, including: a function that switches a control system of the motor between an angle control system to control an angle corresponding to an angle control command value of an automatic steering mode and a torque control system to control a torque corresponding to a torque control command value of a manual steering mode in accordance with a predetermined switching trigger, wherein the steering apparatus variably sets a gradual-changing time corresponding to a command value difference between the angle control command value and the torque control command value when switching from the angle control system to the torque control system by using a gradual-changing.
US10059367B2
A characteristic selection/current upper limit value calculation section 64 selects a cranking upper limit characteristic map MP2 in the case where a cranking state is detected by a cranking state supposition section 63, and selects a non-cranking upper limit characteristic map MP1 in the case where the cranking state is not detected. Upper limit limitation on a current caused to pass through a motor 20 is relaxed in a cranking upper limit characteristic as compared with a non-cranking upper limit characteristic. Consequently, it is possible to prevent excessive current limitation during cranking.
US10059365B2
A tilting structure for providing a force for tilting a worm shaft of an electric power steering apparatus to a worm wheel includes: a guide block which is inserted into an insertion space of a housing of the electric power steering apparatus; an elastic member which is disposed within the guide block; and a plug which is movably disposed within the guide block and is elastically supported by the elastic member to exert a tilting force to a bearing which supports the worm shaft. The plug and the guide block are configured to be able to be connected to one another via a thread coupling.
US10059364B2
An electric power steering apparatus has a first rolling bearing and a second rolling bearing rotatably supporting an output shaft. The first rolling bearing is provided between an inner peripheral surface of a through-hole of a gear housing and an outer peripheral surface of the output shaft. The second rolling bearing is provided between an inner peripheral surface of an intermediate plate and the outer peripheral surface of the output shaft. The intermediate plate has an outer peripheral portion supported and fixed in an opening portion of the gear housing.
US10059358B2
The present invention provides a system and method for preventing theft of mobile objects which are used by for temporary time period by anonymous users. The system is comprised of: at least one locking mechanism engaging a mobile object to a secure locking arrangement, wherein the locking mechanism can be unlocked by a remote communication device, an identifying tag attached to said mobile object including an identifying code, a controller network device including identification data of plurality of mobile objects, said controller device is enabled to send unlocking instruction to at least one locking mechanism and a mobile communication device enabled to send electronic message to said controller network device.
US10059357B2
A cart includes a platform assembly, a handle assembly, first wheel assembly and a second wheel assembly. In use, the cart may folded from a deployed position in which it rolls along a surface to transport items, to a stowed position, in which it is collapsed in a compact geometry for storage. The cart may be further integrated into a chair, chaize lounge, garden cart, bicycle utility cart or a bicycle passenger cart.
US10059356B2
A profile monitoring system for a railroad car is provided. The profile monitoring system includes a fixture element configured to be coupled to a frame member at a predetermined location. The profile monitoring system also includes a tensioning device associated with the fixture element. The tensioning device is configured to be coupled to one end of a wire or cable, wherein the tensioning device is configured to maintain a predetermined tension in the wire or cable. The profile monitoring system further includes a sensing device coupled to the tensioning device, the sensing device is configured to sense a change in a tension in the wire or cable. The profile monitoring system includes a triggering module communicably coupled to the sensing device, the triggering module is configured to trigger an alarm based on the change in the tension in the wire or cable.
US10059354B2
A locomotive-to-wayside device communication system for a train having a locomotive travelling in a track network having wayside devices associated therewith. The system includes: an on-board communication device associated with the locomotive for transmitting and receiving data; and a wayside communication device associated with a wayside device, wherein the wayside communication device is programmed or configured to transmit data at or over (a) at least one power level, (b) at least one reporting interval, (c) at least one frequency, (d) at least one communication protocol, or any combination thereof. A wayside communication device and a locomotive-to-wayside device communication method are also disclosed.
US10059353B2
A speed control system for a railcar mover where the speed control system prevents the railcar mover from exceeding a predetermined maximum vehicle speed. The speed control system determines a target engine speed that overrides a user's throttle control input to keep the railcar mover from exceeding the predetermined maximum vehicle speed. The speed control system also determines a target throttle control position and disables the throttle control from the user until the user moves the throttle control to a position at or less than the target throttle control position.
US10059345B2
A method for guiding a motor vehicle includes: guiding, in a first operating mode, the motor vehicle in an automated manner by a driver assistance system; subsequently guiding, in a second operating mode, the motor vehicle in a nonautomated fashion by a driver; and transitioning from the first operating mode to the second operating mode by adjusting, by a pedal actuator, a gas pedal of the motor vehicle such that at a beginning of the second operating mode, the gas pedal assumes a transfer pedal position that corresponds to the vehicle movement of the motor vehicle at the end of the first operating mode.
US10059337B2
A cruise control apparatus is provided with: a controlling device configured to start a determination period, which is a period for determining whether or not to continue the intermittent operation mode, on condition that a change amount of the accelerator opening degree exceeds a predetermined change amount, during implementation of the intermittent operation mode, and configured to set an accelerator following period, which is a period for allowing the driver's accelerator operation to follow torque of the vehicle, after an end of the determination period, if it is determined that the intermittent operation mode is to be continued according to a change width of the accelerator opening degree obtained in the determination period.
US10059336B2
System, methods, and other embodiments described herein relate to dynamically adjusting a vehicle trajectory according to driver deviations. In one embodiment, a method includes generating expected inputs for controlling the vehicle along a segment of a roadway on which the vehicle is traveling by analyzing a present context of the vehicle using a driver model. The expected inputs as controls for operating the vehicle to maintain a preferred trajectory along the segment. The method includes computing a variance of received inputs from the expected inputs by comparing the expected inputs with the received inputs. The method includes controlling the vehicle based, at least in part, on the expected inputs when the deviation score satisfies a deviation threshold indicating that the received inputs are inadequate to maintain the vehicle along the preferred trajectory.
US10059324B2
A hybrid vehicle including a front motor for driving front wheels, a rear motor for driving rear wheels, and a step-up converter for stepping-up the voltage from a battery and supplying power to the front motor, in which an engine is started to shift the vehicle from an EV mode into a series mode when the output power of the step-up converter is lower than the required power of the front motor, the hybrid vehicle includes a hybrid control unit which computes maximum output power of the step-up converter and, when the output power of the step-up converter is more than the maximum output power, increases the distribution ratio of the travel driving torque of the rear wheel, thereby increasing the output torque of the rear motor.
US10059318B2
Systems and methods for emergency brake systems are provided herein. In this regard, a brake system may comprise a summing lever having a first end and a second end, a brake handle coupled to the first end of the summing lever, the brake handle rotatably coupled about a first axis, and a linear actuator having a plunger, the plunger being coupled to the second end of the summing lever. In various embodiments, an idler link may be coupled between the brake handle and the first end of the summing lever. The brake system may further comprise a brake cable coupled between the summing lever and a brake metering valve. The brake metering valve may be actuated in response to at least one of the brake handle being rotated about the first axis or the linear actuator being actuated.
US10059312B1
In described embodiments, a trailer jack mount includes a first hinge plate mountable onto a frame of a vehicle. The first hinge plate has a first side hinge knuckle extending along a side of the first hinge plate and a first rear hinge knuckle extending along a length of the first hinge plate. A second hinge plate has a second side hinge knuckle hingedly connected to the first side hinge knuckle and a second rear hinge knuckle extending along a length of the second hinge plate. A locking bolt is removably insertable through the first rear hinge knuckle and the second rear hinge knuckle. The second hinge plate is rotatable between a first position wherein the second hinge plate is facing the first hinge plate and a second position wherein the second hinge plate is rotated away from the first hinge plate. In either the first position or the second position, the locking bolt is insertable through the first rear hinge knuckle and the second rear hinge knuckle to secure the first hinge plate and the second hinge plate in either the first position or the second position.
US10059305B2
A vehicle communication system includes a vehicle mounted device equipped to a vehicle, a mobile device carried by a user and performing a wireless communication with the vehicle side communication unit, a mobile terminal carried by the user and performing a wireless communication with the mobile device. The mobile terminal acquires a parking position of the vehicle when the user gets off the vehicle, detects a position of the mobile terminal, and calculates a distance between the parking position and the mobile terminal based on the parking position and the position of the mobile terminal. When the calculated distance falls within a predetermined range, the mobile terminal transmits, to the mobile device, distance information including the calculated distance. When receiving the distance information, the mobile device transmits, to the vehicle mounted device, approach information including the distance information.
US10059302B2
The invention provides in a best tensioner (10), especially a rotary tensioner, for a seat belt comprising an elongate and preferably cylindrical pressure cylinder (129, a piston (18) movably supported in the pressure cylinder (12) in the longitudinal direction which is adapted to be pressurized with fluid under pressure and thus to be moved into a tensioning direction (S), a thrust means (20) interacting with the piston (18) and a stop (24) provided on the inside (38) of the pressure cylinder (12) to which the piston (18) can be adjacent in the tensioning direction (S) at an end position at which the piston (18) seals the pressure cylinder (12), that the stop (24) is made of a plastically deformable material and is plastically deformed by the piston (18) at the end position so that the piston is in sealing contact with the inside of the pressure cylinder (12).
US10059297B2
A side air bag device is described which is disposed in a space between a vehicle body and a back seat and for which rigidity of attachment to a vehicle body member is improved. The side air bag device provided between a vehicle body and a back seat includes: a base member including a base storage configured to store an air bag and an inflator and a base attachment portion attached to the vehicle body; and a retainer member configured to hold the base storage from a vehicle back side. The retainer member extends from a portion holding the base storage while being bent along the shape of the vehicle body. The retainer member is attached to the vehicle body together with the base attachment portion while being overlapped with the base attachment portion.
US10059296B2
A vehicle interior includes an interior compartment and a table in the interior compartment. The table has a top surface including a perimeter. An airbag extends around the perimeter of the top surface of the table. The airbag is inflatable in response to a vehicle impact to limit the likelihood of an occupant impacting the table and/or to absorb energy from the occupant during the vehicle impact.
US10059295B2
An impact absorbing structure absorbs an impact applied from outside or inside of a vehicle near a seat belt anchor bolt that protrudes from the vehicle body panel toward the inside of the vehicle. The impact absorbing structure includes a cylinder body that accommodates a head part of the seat belt anchor bolt; an impact absorbing box arranged adjacently to the cylinder body, the impact absorbing box including a top plate facing the vehicle body panel; a base that supports the impact absorbing box; an attaching unit that attaches the base to a back face of the vehicle interior component; a stepped portion arranged on a side face of the impact absorbing box as a base point of crush deformation of the impact absorbing box; and a rib arranged between the impact absorbing box and the cylinder body to prevent escape of the impact absorbing box due to tilting thereof.
US10059290B2
An impact absorbing portion and a bumper reinforcement are formed in one piece, so an intermediate member for connecting the impact absorbing portion to the bumper reinforcement is no longer necessary. Therefore, the generation of stress concentration is able to be inhibited. As a result, load transmission efficiency with which a load is transmitted from the bumper reinforcement to the impact absorbing portion is able to be improved.
US10059288B2
A safety device is described which is configured to orient a motor-vehicle front wheel transversely to the travel direction, following a collision of the motor-vehicle against a barrier. The device includes a ram member carried by a plate projecting laterally in a cantilever fashion from the motor-vehicle structure forwardly of the front wheel. The ram member is pushed against the front wheel following a collision of the motor-vehicle against the barrier. The ram member has a vertically elongated front portion, for engaging the wheel. With the transverse plate carrying the ram member there is associated a bumper structure located forwardly of the transverse plate and including a bumper element projecting forwardly from the transverse plate, at an intermediate position between the ram member and a connected end of the transverse plate.
US10059283B2
A motor vehicle (10) has a body side part (14) and a trim component (18). To simplify the production of motor vehicles an additional component (20) is arranged between the body side part (14) and the trim component (18) to equalize the geometry between the body side part (14) and the trim component (18).
US10059277B2
A securing device for removably attaching a device to two mutually spaced head support rods (1a, 1b) of a motor vehicle seat (1), having a receiving bushing (3e) for receiving a plug element (2a) which is arranged on the device (2) and having a first and a second securing element (3, 3′, 4, 4′) with which the receiving bushing (3e) can be secured on the head support rods (1a, 1b). The first and the second securing element (3, 3′, 4, 4′) are formed on opposing sides for arranging on the head support rods (1a, 1b), and connectors (5, 5a, 5b) are provided for reciprocally connecting the securing elements (3, 3′, 4, 4′), wherein sliding elements (6a, 6b) are arranged between the securing elements (3, 3′, 4, 4′) and the head support rods (1a, 1b).
US10059275B2
A roof molding cap attachment structure includes a cap member, and an attachment member that attaches the cap member to a roof molding having a first opening, the attachment member including a support pin that rotatably supports the cap member between the first position where the cap member closes the first opening of the roof molding and a second position where the cap member discloses the first opening, the cap member including a rotary guide that guides the cap member to rotate along the support pin, and the cap member being adapted to be pushed forward to an inside of the roof molding when the cap member has been rotated to the second position.
US10059271B2
A component for a vehicle is disclosed. A component for a vehicle interior may comprise a base, a bin, a cover configured to move relative to the bin from (1) a closed position to cover the bin to (2) an intermediate position to at least partially uncover the bin to (3) an open position to uncover the bin, a latch assembly coupled to the cover configured to release the cover from the base, a latch actuated by the latch assembly and configured to secure the cover to the base and a cable extending between the latch assembly and the latch. The latch may be configured to secure the cover to the base in the closed position, the intermediate position and the open position.
US10059268B2
A drive system for an automatic step including an actuator for moving an automatic step, a crank arm pivotally coupled to the actuator and pivotable about a central shaft, and a first link pivotally coupled to the crank arm, the first link having first and second ends. The linkage comprises one or more force mitigation mechanisms capable of reducing forces eccentric to the actuator. A first force mitigation mechanism engages when the step is deployed or nearly deployed by aligning the central shaft with the first and second ends of the first link along a first axis to generally place eccentric forces originating from the step against the central shaft of the crank arm instead of directly engaging the actuator.
US10059255B1
A method includes: establishing a wireless communication session with a mobile device of a user and a vehicle control unit equipped in a vehicle; receiving a sequence of vehicle light control signals transmitted from the mobile device defining activation periods during which a vehicle light of the vehicle is to be activated alternating with deactivation periods during which the vehicle light is to be deactivated; and controlling the vehicle light in synchronization with the sequence of vehicle light control signals while the sequence of vehicle light control signals is being received. The controlling of the vehicle light includes: continuously transmitting activation signals to the vehicle control unit to activate the vehicle light during each of the activation periods; and refraining from transmitting the activation signals to the vehicle control unit to deactivate the vehicle light during each of the deactivation periods.
US10059254B2
Tools, techniques, strategies, devices, and systems are provided for processing and communicating the status of the operation of a vehicle using the visual effects of lighting devices. A lighting system is provided that uses a wide range of sensors, automated functionality, and communication modules for providing visual indications to others regarding the state of a bicycle and/or its operator.
US10059249B2
An assembly for securing machinery such as a gas turbine on a deck includes a first block unit configured to restrict vertical displacement of the machinery relative to the deck, and a second block unit configured to restrict axial and lateral displacement of the machinery. The first block unit includes a base block securable to the deck and an attachment block secured to the base block. The second block unit is engageable with the machinery base.
US10059248B2
Systems, devices and methods for securing items with respect to a fixed location using an elongate cord-member include a mounting assembly, a first cylindrical coil having a first radius from a central axis, a second cylindrical coil having a second radius from the central axis and oriented coaxially at least partially around the first cylindrical coil, and the first and second cylindrical coils are each coupled to a surface of the mounting assembly.
US10059244B2
A child seat can include a seat bottom and seat back. The seat back can be fixedly, rotatably, and/or removably coupled to the seat bottom. The child seat can further include an adjustable cup holder that can be integrally formed with the seat bottom or positioned adjacent to the seat bottom. For example, the child seat can include one or more arm rests positioned adjacent the seat bottom and the adjustable cup holder can be provided in at least one of the arm rests. The adjustable cup holder can include a static cup holder section and a rotatable cup holder section. The rotatable cup holder section can rotate with respect to the static cup holder section from a stored configuration to a use configuration. The adjustable cup holder can include alignment tabs and corresponding recessed slots and/or bosses and corresponding boss receivers to assist in positioning the adjustable cup holder.
US10059240B2
A vehicle seat includes: a side cover; a first operation lever placed on a lateral side of the side cover; and a second operation lever placed closer to the side cover than the first operation lever is placed. The side cover includes: a first abut boss; and a second abut boss placed closer to a rotation center of the second operation lever than the first abut boss is placed. The second operation lever includes: a first abut rib; a second abut rib placed closer to a rotation center of the second operation lever than the first abut rib is placed; and a third abut rib placed closer to the rotation center of the second operation lever than the first abut rib is placed.
US10059234B2
A seatback includes a lower frame, an upper frame, and a hinge coupling the lower and upper frames. An actuator is fixed relative to the lower frame, and a cable extends from the actuator to the upper frame. In the event of a collision, the actuator pulls the cable, and the upper frame moves from an upright position to a bent position relative to the lower frame.
US10059231B2
A vehicle seat, includes a guide describing a trajectory, said vehicle seat being movable on the guide along the trajectory so that the vehicle seat is moved away from a vehicle center, and a front side of the vehicle seat is rotated about a vertical axis of the vehicle seat toward the vehicle center.
US10059230B2
A seat sliding device that supports a seat so that the seat is slidable is provided. The seat sliding device includes a fixed rail having a first rail-surface and a second rail-surface, a movable rail that is configured to be slidable relative to the fixed rail, a roller that is mounted on the movable rail, a first rolling element that is formed into a sphere, and a first retainer that is mounted on the movable rail. The roller receives a downward load imposed on the movable rail and rolls to contact the first rail-surface. The first rolling element rolls to contact the second rail-surface. The first retainer presses the first rolling element against the second rail-surface while rotatably retaining the first rolling element.
US10059226B2
A vehicle seat includes a pair of side frames and a load sensor. The load sensor is provided at a lower portion of the side frame or below the side frame. The vehicle seat further includes a supporting member which is connected to the side frame and which supports a seated person. The supporting member includes a seat portion which receives a weight of a seated person. The seat portion is provided below the load sensor.
US10059221B2
An energy storage arrangement includes an electrical energy store, a control device which is assigned thereto and which, in the operating state, is designed to determine control information relevant to the operation of the energy store, and a switching device which is assigned to the control device and which, in the non-operating state of the control device, is designed to start up the control device, the switching device including at least one temperature-sensitive switching means which, when a specific threshold temperature is exceeded, at least one material property of the switching means changes in such a way that the control device is started up by way of the switching device.
US10059218B2
A vehicle capable of more efficiently performing reserved charging and a charging control method thereof are disclosed. A charging control method of a vehicle including an electric motor and a battery for driving the electric motor includes setting reserved charging, setting a first charging start time on the assumption that an input voltage of an external charger is a first voltage, and starting charging of the battery when the first charging start time is reached. Upon determination that a second voltage which is an actual input voltage of the external charger is different from the first voltage, a second charging start time is set in consideration of the second voltage and estimated input current. Upon determination that the second charging start time is set, the battery is normally charged when the second charging start time is reached.
US10059212B2
The invention relates to a safety system for an inductive power transfer system for transferring power to a vehicle on a surface of a route, wherein the primary unit comprises at least one primary winding for generating an electromagnetic primary field for the inductive power transfer, wherein a charging surface of the route is assigned to the primary winding. The safety system comprises at least one inductive sensing system, wherein the inductive sensing system comprises multiple detection windings wherein the multiple detection windings are arranged in an array structure, and wherein the array structure covers the charging surface at least partially. Furthermore, the invention relates to a method of operating such a safety system and a method of building such a safety system.
US10059211B2
An electric vehicle supply equipment includes EVSE control electronics, an EV connector and an HMI circuit, the HMI circuit including a proximity input terminal configured to receive a proximity signal from an EV connector indicating a state of a handle button of the EV connector, a ground terminal, a current source input coupled between the proximity input terminal and the ground terminal, a comparator connected between the proximity input terminal and the ground terminal to provide an output representing a state of the handle button when the current source is activated by the control input and an output terminal to which the output of the comparator is connected, the output terminal being connected to the EVSE control electronics, wherein the state of the handle button is utilized as an input to the HMI circuit.
US10059208B2
A braking control apparatus for a vehicle, the vehicle including a drive regeneration imparting device (10) and a hydraulic braking system (20), the drive regeneration imparting device being configured to impart a driving force or a regenerative braking force to the vehicle, the hydraulic braking system being configured to impart a hydraulic braking force to the vehicle by adjusting a hydraulic pressure in a wheel cylinder provided in a wheel, the braking control apparatus includes: an electronic control unit (100) configured to, when the hydraulic braking force is reduced based on a reduction in brake operation amount that is an operation amount of a brake operation member, execute a correction process, the correction process being a process of reducing the regenerative braking force that is being imparted to the vehicle by the drive regeneration imparting device.
US10059204B2
The invention relates to an operating device (1) for a motor vehicle, with at least one operating control (3) which can be actuated by an operator (4), and with a symbol bearer (18), separate from the operating control (3), for the graphical identification of the at least one operating control (3), wherein the symbol bearer (18) for the operating element (3) has a first and at least one further graphical symbol (25) different therefrom and can be moved relative to the at least one operating control (3) between a first position in which the operating control (3) is identified with the first symbol (25a) and at least one further position in which the operating control (3) is identified with the further symbol (25b).
US10059198B2
An improper fuel nozzle insertion-inhibiting assembly may include a cover having a nozzle inlet barrier door pivotally secured to the cover. The cover may include a safety-release groove that is configured to separate the cover into separate pieces upon exertion of sufficient force. A main body is secured to the cover and configured to connect to a fuel fill pipe. The main body may include a nozzle outlet barrier door pivotally secured to the main body. A debris filter may be secured to one or both of the cover and/or the main body. The debris filter is configured to prevent debris from passing into an internal chamber. A pivot-restricting member(s) may be secured within the internal chamber. The pivot-restricting member(s) is configured to prevent one or both of the nozzle inlet barrier door and the nozzle outlet barrier door from over-pivoting. At least one seal member may be configured to sealingly engage at least portions of the fuel fill pipe, the cover, and the main body.
US10059178B2
A tailgate structure is provided that includes: a tailgate that is made of resin and is arranged in an opening of a vehicle body; a wiper that wipes a glass arranged in the tailgate; and a lock device that fixes the tailgate to the vehicle body by being engaged with the opening in a state that the tailgate is closed, wherein the wiper is connected with the lock device by a reinforcing member.
US10059175B2
A vehicle includes at least one autonomous driving sensor and an autonomous mode controller configured to receive signals generated by the autonomous driving sensor. The autonomous mode controller controls at least one vehicle subsystem based at least in part on the signals received. Furthermore, the autonomous mode controller is configured to shade at least one vehicle window when the vehicle is operating in an autonomous mode.
US10059168B2
There is disclosed a vehicle air conditioner device which is capable of continuing an air conditioning operation also in a case where a disconnection failure occurs in a solenoid valve to change a flow of a refrigerant in each operation mode. Respective solenoid valves 17, 20, 21 and 22 to change the respective operation modes of a vehicle air conditioner device 1 are constituted so that the flow of the refrigerant changes to a cooling mode when all the solenoid valves 17, 20, 21 and 22 are non-energized. The vehicle air conditioner device executes a cooling mode during failure in which a controller adjusts all the solenoid valves 17, 20, 21 and 22 to be non-energized and operates a compressor 2, in a case where the disconnection failure occurs in one of the solenoid valves 17, 20, 21 and 22.
US10059167B2
A method and system for controlling a climate characteristic in a vehicle cabin are provided that control the climate characteristic based, in part, on the location of the vehicle. In one embodiment, the method includes comparing a current location for the vehicle to a predetermined location for the vehicle and comparing a current date and current time to a predetermined date and predetermined time. The method further includes transmitting a climate control signal from a control module to a first subsystem of the vehicle if the current location meets a predetermined location condition relative to the predetermined location and the current date and current time meet predetermined date and time conditions relative to the predetermined date and predetermined time. The climate control signal is configured to cause the first subsystem to change a value of the climate characteristic.
US10059161B1
Method and apparatus are disclosed for capacitive monitoring of vehicle hitches. An example vehicle includes a hitch that includes a body, a hitch ball, and a sleeve that electrically insulates the hitch ball from the body. The example vehicle also includes a hitch module including a capacitive switch electrically coupled to the hitch ball. The hitch module is to wirelessly emit an alert that a trailer has decoupled from the hitch responsive to the capacitive switch detecting, via the hitch ball, a predetermined increase in capacitance.
US10059156B2
A hub assembly for a tire inflation system includes a hub configured to hold a wheel assembly. The hub has a hub conduit formed therethrough. The hub conduit has an inlet formed in an inner surface of the hub and an outlet formed adjacent an outboard end of the hub. A vent is formed in the hub. The vent includes one or more vent conduits which extend from the inner surface to an outer surface of the hub.
US10059155B2
A method of inflating and deflating a tire on a vehicle, said vehicle having a rotatable air passage connectable to a tire and a non rotatable air passage through which air is conducted from a pressurized air supply. One of the passages has an associated sealing means for co-operating with a contact component associated with the other passage and wherein prior to inflation and deflation of the tire, one of the passages is pressurized to ensure the integrity of the sealing means with the contact component.
US10059151B2
A heavy-duty pneumatic tire having block land portions in a tread surface can reduce the tire circumferential shearing strain and heat generation in the tread portion to prevent the separation failure between the tread rubber and the belt more effectively. A heavy-duty pneumatic tire has, in a tread surface, blocks defined by a plurality of circumferential main grooves each continuously extending in a tire circumferential direction and a plurality of transverse grooves each communicating between circumferential main grooves adjacent in a tire width direction, wherein in a tire widthwise area that centers on a tire equator and whose width in the tire width direction is 50% of a tread width: at least one of the blocks has a block partitioning groove that is open to each of transverse grooves defining the block and is shallower than the circumferential main grooves, to divide the block into a plurality of small blocks; and at least one of the small blocks has a block auxiliary groove that is open to the block partitioning groove at one end and open to a corresponding circumferential main groove or transverse groove at an other end and is shallower than the circumferential main grooves.
US10059144B2
An articulated tool holder on an extension pole. The device uses an extension pole with a pivoting tool holder on the end of the pole. The tool holder is connected to a sliding hand grip on the extension pole, movement of which causes the tool holder to rotate so the tool can be used in different positions from the extension pole.
US10059143B2
This is a method to alter a two-dimensional work into a three-dimensional version of that work, and then disguise it as a common two-dimensional work. The two-dimensional work must be malleable or made malleable by adhering a malleable backing, such as sheet metal, such that it retains the new shape when bent. Foreground elements of the work's subject matter are then moved physically closer to the viewer than background elements by sculpting techniques like bending, thus making the original work now three-dimensional. The work is then enclosed in a structure like a box with a window allowing the work to be seen. The window obscures the edges of the work such that viewing the art from multiple angles doesn't easily reveal the edge of work.
US10059136B2
A printer includes a print portion, a connection portion, a storage device, a processor and a memory. The connection portion is configured to be USB-connected with an external device. The storage device has a mass storage area accessible by the external device connected via the connection portion. The memory is configured to store computer-readable instructions that, when executed by the processor, instruct the processor to perform steps of establishing a connection with the external device via the connection portion, using a mass storage class and storing image data in the mass storage area. The image data is data representing an image. The image data is transmitted from the external device via the connection portion. The computer-readable instructions further cause the printer to perform a step of printing the image on the recording medium by controlling the print portion based on the stored image data.
US10059129B2
A printing apparatus includes a printing portion that performs printing on a medium, a cutting portion that is capable of moving in a movement direction and that has cutting blades that cut the medium and a housing unit that holds the cutting blades, and a contact portion provided at a position at which the contact portion comes into contact with the housing unit when the cutting portion moves in the movement direction.
US10059127B2
A printer includes a print head and a platen roller. The platen roller includes multiple bearings provided one at each longitudinal end of the platen roller, a roller positioned between the bearings, and multiple flanges of which one is positioned between the roller and one of the bearings and the other is positioned between the roller and the other of the bearings in the longitudinal direction of the platen roller. The flanges have a diameter greater than the diameter of the bearings and the diameter of the roller.
US10059119B2
Disclosed is a recording apparatus that includes a recording head that ejects a liquid onto a medium, a liquid housing unit that houses the liquid, a supply path of the liquid from the liquid housing unit to the recording head, an assembly body that includes the recording head, a liquid receiving tray that receives the liquid leaking from the assembly body below the assembly body and that has an opening portion which opens at a position higher than a bottom portion.
US10059112B2
The printing apparatus (liquid discharging apparatus) is provided with a support section that supports a medium, a discharge section that discharges ink on the medium supported on the support section, and a transport unit that transports the medium in a transport direction. The support section includes a support structure including a liquid permeable portion that supports the medium and allows ink to pass therethrough, and a liquid holding portion that holds ink that has passed through the liquid permeable portion.
US10059103B2
A liquid jet head includes: a head chip including a channel to be filled with ink; a manifold that supports the head chip and includes an ink flow path communicating with the ejection channel; and a heater and a drive board that are supported on the manifold and heat ink inside the ink flow path. The ink flow path extends in a meandering manner.
US10059095B2
A method for reducing a locally increased viscosity of ink in an ink print head of an ink printer during printing operation includes: a determination of a printing pause with the aid of a pixel preview; an application of a first sequence of pulses for measurement of the activation current of a piezoelement of the ink print head; and an application of a second sequence of pulses for vibration of the ink meniscus at the exit of a nozzle if the ink print head to intermix the ink having locally increased viscosity with ink having the initial viscosity given a threatened failure of the nozzle.
US10059093B2
There is described an inspection system (50) for in-line inspection of sheet or web material on an intaglio printing press, wherein the inspection system comprises an optical quality control apparatus for carrying out inspection of a printed area on a printed side of the sheet or web material, the optical quality control apparatus including a camera system (55) with one or more camera units each comprising at least one line-scan camera (56) for scanning and acquiring an image of the printed area while the sheet or web material is being transported in the intaglio printing press past the camera system (55). A location of the at least one line-scan camera (56) in the intaglio printing press along a delivery path of the sheet or web material is such that cyclical vibrations that spread periodically throughout the intaglio printing press during operation of the intaglio printing press do not occur while the camera system (55) is scanning the printed area of the sheet or web material and acquiring a complete image of the printed area.
US10059092B2
A method of manufacturing an article comprises depositing a metallic powder on a substrate or a worktable; fusing the metallic powder according to a preset pattern; and adjusting a composition of the metallic powder or a condition to fuse the metallic powder or a combination thereof to additively form an article such that the article has a first portion and a second portion, wherein the first portion has one or more of the following properties different than those of the second portion: corrosion rate; tensile strength; compressive strength; modulus; or hardness.
US10059082B2
The present invention relates to a uni-directional cloth, a laid fabric, preparation method thereof and a laid fabric product, wherein the preparation method of the uni-directional cloth includes: sequentially and continuously spreading multiple ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene thin films or strips along a direction and connecting the multiple ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene thin films or strips into a whole to obtain the uni-directional cloth; and the laid fabric is prepared on the basis of the uni-directional cloth and the laid fabric product is prepared on the basis of the laid fabric.
US10059078B2
This specification discloses an article of manufacture. The article of manufacture has at least one structural blank and at least one guide. The structural blank has a plurality of oriented fiber plies in a thermoplastic matrix. The guide has a plurality of random dispersed fibers in a thermoplastic matrix. The guide is affixed to the structural blank by injection molding and over molding the guide onto the structural blank. The article of manufacture can take a number of forms for use in industries such as aircraft, automobiles, motorcycles, bicycles, trains or watercraft.
US10059071B2
Methods for manufacturing an upper for a shoe, in particular a football shoe, are described. A base layer for an upper is provided. At least one profile element, which comprises a rubber material, is connected to the outer face of the base layer. The profile element is connected to the outer face of the base layer without using a seam by means of hot pressing.
US10059062B2
The invention relates to a device for producing three-dimensional models in a continuous process, comprising a build surface which has a first end in the direction of movement and a second end in the direction of movement, at least one dosing device and at least one solidification unit, characterized in that the build surface is designed to transport heavy components, and the components are transportable over the build surface essentially without distortion, and also comprising a method therefor.
US10059057B2
A machine for fabricating a fiber-reinforced component by additive manufacturing is disclosed. The machine may have a surface, a matrix feed configured to deposit a plurality of matrix layers on the surface, and a fiber feed configured to deposit a fiber layer on at least one of the plurality of matrix layers. The deposition of the plurality of matrix layers and the fiber layer may be controlled by a computer.
US10059052B1
A 3D printing process may form a 3D object by alternatingly forming layers from a liquid resin and a solid. For instance, when printing a 3D object, the 3D printer may at least partially cure a layer of liquid resin, and before the curing of the resin is complete, dip the semi-cured resin into a vat containing graphene powder so as to create a super strong 3D object. As another example, each semi-cured resin layer could be pressed into a vat of fiberglass such that the fiberglass is coupled to the semi-cured resin. The resin may then be allowed to finish curing before the next layer of resin is formed. In other embodiments, this process could be used to embed sensors in 3D printed objects.
US10059048B2
A memory assembly (800), comprising: a storage media (802) tangibly embodying executable commands configured to direct a molding-system controller (114) to send a command signal to the first accumulator-control valve (106) and the first actuator control valve (110), the command signal configured to request: (i) the first accumulator-control valve (106) to permit flow of hydraulic fluid from the first accumulator assembly (108) to the first actuator assembly (112), and (ii) the first actuator control valve (110) to permit flow of hydraulic fluid from the first pump assembly (104) to the first actuator assembly (112) for the case where the molding-system controller (114) determines that the first actuator assembly (112) requires the flow from both the first pump assembly (104) and the first accumulator assembly (108) during a portion of a molding cycle.
US10059046B2
A process for making a multi-component hollow housing comprises injecting a first plastic material into a first mold cavity and causing it to solidify to form a first component, whereby the first plastic material shrinks lengthwise; injecting a second plastic material into a second mold cavity having the first component transferred thereto and causing the second plastic component to solidify to form a second component, the second component comprising a tolerance-elimination element that is longitudinally attached to the first component at one of the ends thereof, wherein a length of the shrunk first component is at least ten times greater than a length of the tolerance-elimination element, and wherein an absolute lengthwise shrinkage of the second plastic material forming the tolerance-elimination element is at least ten times smaller than the lengthwise shrinkage of the first plastic material; at least partially overmolding an intermediate part comprising the first and second component with a third plastic material in a third mold cavity, thereby forming the multi-component housing in which the tolerance-elimination element is at least partially overmolded by the third plastic material, and wherein the third plastic material forms at least a portion of an outer surface of the multi-component housing; and removing the multi-component housing from the core.
US10059044B2
A method of preparing pre-impregnated (pre-preg) material is provided. The method comprises treating a first surface of a backing with a corona discharge to enhance surface adhesion and applying the pre-preg material to the treated surface of the backing to form a pre-preg material with backing.
US10059041B2
Within examples, methods and systems for a multi-state bladder or elastomeric apparatus for manufacture of composite material are provided. The elastomeric apparatus includes a housing having a flexible surface state and a rigid surface state, a rod within the housing extending along a length of the housing, and a plurality of components mounted to the rod, such that in an engaged position of the rod the plurality of components cause the housing to have the rigid surface state, and in a disengaged position of the rod the plurality of components enable the housing to have the flexible surface state.
US10059036B2
A tool for impregnating a reinforcing fiber material with plastic comprising a support element supporting face facing and spaced from a cover element covering face. A receiving space, between the supporting and covering faces, is connected to an injection channel for supplying the plastic into the space and comprises an inlet opening for continuously feeding the fiber material into the space, as well as an outlet opening for continuously removing plastic impregnated fiber material. The distance between the supporting and covering faces is constant, perpendicular to a feed direction of the fiber material and parallel to a plane defined by at least one of the supporting and covering faces. The support and cover elements are movable relative to one another such that the distance between the supporting and covering faces in the feed direction is adaptable to a varying thickness of the fiber material fed through the receiving space.
US10059033B2
A cementitious slurry mixing and dispensing system includes a mixer, a discharge conduit, and a pulser assembly. The discharge conduit is in fluid communication with the mixer. The pulser assembly is adapted to periodically compress a portion of the discharge conduit. The pulser assembly can include a compression member adapted to contactingly engage the portion of the discharge conduit and a drive mechanism adapted to selectively move the compression member into compressing engagement with the discharge conduit such that the part of the interior wall surface underlying the compressed portion is flexed.
US10059026B2
The present disclosure describes a treated cellulosic material comprising: a cellulosic material having a porous structure defining a plurality of pores, at least a portion of the pores containing a treating agent comprising: a polymer comprising an olefin-carboxylic acid copolymer; and a modifying agent comprising a hydrophobic amine.
US10059013B2
A hair grooming device includes a body having a lower housing and a removable cover, the lower housing defining a substantially hollow cavity. The lower housing is formed of a first material. A liner is received by the lower housing in the cavity. The liner is formed of a second material, the second material is different than the first material.
US10059006B2
Methods and systems for providing landmarks to facilitate robot localization and visual odometry are provided herein. At least one area of a physical environment in which a robotic device resides may be determined to include surfaces that lack sufficient discernable features to determine a location of the at least one area. Instructions may responsively be provided to the robotic device for the robotic device to provide a material in respective patterns onto one or more surfaces of the at least one area. Instructions can responsively be provided for the robotic device to provide the material in respective textures as well. The respective patterns or textures may include sufficient discernable features to determine a location of the at least one area, and the material may remain on the one or more surfaces for a predetermined period of time.
US10059005B2
A method for teaching a robotic arm to pick or place an object includes the following steps. Firstly, the robot arm is pushed until a target appears within a vision. Then, an appearance position of the target is set as a visual point. Then, a first image is captured. Then, the robot arm is pushed to a target position from the visual point. Then, the target position is set as a pick and place point. Then, an automatic movement control of the robot arm is activated. Then, the robot arm automatically picks and places the object and returns to the visual point from the pick and place point. Then, a second image is captured. Then, a differential image is formed by subtracting the second image from the first image, the target image is set according to the differential image, and image characteristic of the target are automatically learned.
US10059003B1
In one aspect, a method is described. The method may include providing an end effector tool of a robotic device configured to perform a task on a work surface within a worksite coordinate frame. The method may further include providing first location data indicating a first location of the end effector tool with respect to the work surface, providing second location data indicating a second location of the end effector tool within the worksite coordinate frame, and providing third location data indicating a third location of the end effector tool within the worksite coordinate frame. The method may further include tracking the location of the end effector tool based on the first, second, and third location data, and, based on the tracked location of the tool, instructing the robotic device to manipulate the end effector tool to perform a task on the work surface.
US10059002B2
There is provided with an image processing apparatus. A captured image of a target object that is captured by an image capturing apparatus is obtained. Information that indicates a deterioration degree of the captured image is obtained for a position in the captured image. A feature of the target object is extracted from the captured image based on the deterioration degree. The feature of the target object and a feature of the three-dimensional model observed when the three-dimensional model is arranged in accordance with a predetermined position and orientation are associated. A position and orientation of the target object with respect to the image capturing apparatus are derived by correcting the predetermined position and orientation based on a result of association.
US10058998B2
A time-optimal trajectory generation method, for a robotic manipulator haying a transport path with at least one path segment, comprising generating a forward time-optimal trajectory of the manipulator along the at least one path segment from a start point of the at least one path segment towards an end point of the at least one path segment, generating a reverse time-optimal trajectory of the manipulator along the at least one path segment from the end point towards the start point of the at least one path segment, and combining the time-optimal forward and reverse trajectories to obtain a complete time optimal trajectory, where the forward and reverse trajectories of the at least one path segment are blended together with a smoothing bridge joining the time-optimal forward and reverse trajectories in a position-velocity reference frame with substantially no discontinuity between the time-optimal forward and reverse trajectories.
US10058997B1
Methods, apparatus, systems, and computer-readable media are provided for enabling users to approximately identify a space within an environment inhabited by a plurality of objects that user wishes for a robot to manipulate. In various implementations, an approximation of a space within an environment may be identified based on user input. The actual space within the environment may then be extrapolated based at least in part on the approximation and one or more attributes of the environment. A plurality of objects that are co-present within the space and that are to be manipulated by a robot may be identified. The robot may then be operated to manipulate the identified plurality of objects.
US10058994B2
An exoskeleton includes a first link that pivots in a transverse plane about a first vertical axis and a second link that pivots in a transverse plane about a second vertical axis. The second link is coupled to the first link. An arm support assembly is coupled to the second link and pivots about a horizontal axis. The arm support assembly includes a spring that generates an assistive torque that counteracts gravity. The arm support assembly provides the assistive torque to an arm of a wearer to support the arm of the wearer. The arm support assembly further includes a cam profile and a cam follower. Contact between the spring, cam follower and cam profile determines an amount of the assistive force provided by the arm support assembly. A cuff is coupled to the arm support assembly and the arm of the wearer.
US10058990B1
The shock-absorbing shovel handle comprises an upper handle, a lower handle, and a shock absorber. A tool element couples to the lower end of the lower handle. The upper handle comprises an upper cavity and the lower handle comprises a lower cavity. The shock absorber resides within the upper cavity and the lower cavity and is coupled to the upper handle at one end of the shock absorber and to the lower handle at the opposing end of the shock absorber. The lower handle extends into and slides within the upper cavity, with the sliding motion limited by the resistance of the shock absorber. If the tool element strikes an obstruction while being held by the upper handle, the shock of the strike is absorbed by the shock absorber as the lower handle slides into the upper handle and then returns to its starting position.
US10058989B2
A handheld power tool includes a housing, a display device mounted on the housing, at least one light source mounted in the housing, and an integral, light transmissive lens member. The lens member includes a cover portion covering the display device to protect the display device from the environment, and a light pipe portion positioned and configured to transmit light emitted from the at least one light source to a location on the handheld power tool visible exteriorly of the housing.
US10058985B2
The invention relates to a hand-held machine tool for setting a nail, having a safety mechanism which can be actuated by a user and a button which can be actuated to trigger a setting of the nail. A mixture of flammable gas and air can be ignited in a combustion chamber. A piston is movably arranged in the combustion chamber in order to be accelerated in the setting direction by the combustion gases. There is a stamp on the piston for driving the nail. A compressor for compressing the air in the combustion chamber is directly connected to the combustion chamber via a channel. A valve which connects the channel or the combustion chamber to the environment is opened between the actuating of the safety mechanism and the actuating of the button.
US10058980B1
A method of securing a face frame to a cabinet box whereby spring clamps clamp the face frame to the cabinet box during the gluing process. The method eliminates the need for nails, staples, pocket screws or the like. The spring clamp of the invention enables the face frame to be secured to the outer ends of the cabinet box.
US10058977B2
An abrasive media blaster assembly includes a container to hold at least one abrasive media, an external air source to provide a compressed air supply, a reservoir to hold water and rust inhibitor solution and a venturi blaster gun. The venturi blaster gun comprises an exterior nozzle, a media blaster block and a trigger with a handle. The fittings in the media blaster block create a venturi effect and draw the water and rust inhibitor solution so as for it to mix with the abrasive media where the dustless blaster sprays the mix to remove surface finishes from a metal surface and simultaneously provides a rust inhibitor to the surface, thereby allowing the device to be capable of performing any one, two or all of dry media blasting, slurry blasting, and water blasting.
US10058975B2
Implementations of the present disclosure generally relate to planarization of surfaces on substrates and on layers formed on substrates, including an apparatus for in-situ temperature control during polishing, and methods of using the same. More specifically, implementations of the present disclosure relate to in-situ temperature control with a condensed gas during a chemical-mechanical polishing (CMP) process. In one implementation, the method comprises polishing one or more substrates against a polishing surface in the presence of a polishing fluid during a polishing process to remove a portion of a material formed on the one or more substrates. A temperature of the polishing surface is monitored during the polishing process. Carbon dioxide snow is delivered to the polishing surface in response to the monitored temperature to maintain the temperature of the polishing surface at a target value during the polishing process.
US10058969B2
A grinding apparatus has a support frame and first and second carriages horizontally displaceable on the frame. Respective first and second workpiece spindles are each capable of holding and rotating a workpiece and are vertically displaceable on the first and second carriages. Respective first and second grinders on the frame carry respective first and second grinding wheels and are oriented to engage and machine workpieces held and rotated by the workpiece spindles. One of the grinders is movable horizontal or vertically on the frame.
US10058967B2
A manufacturing system including a base and multiple work machine modules that are arranged in an arrangement direction on base to be attachable to and detachable from base, in which one wheel of a pair provided on work machine module is engaged with one rail of a pair provided on base in a state in which positional deviation in the arrangement direction is prohibited, and the other wheel of the pair is engaged with the other rail of the pair in a state in which positional deviation is permitted in the arrangement direction, thereby the position of work machine modules on the base in the arrangement direction is specified, and work machine modules are fixed at a setting position on the base to be restricted so as to be drawn toward the base by a module fixing mechanism that is provided on the base.
US10058964B2
A transport device for transporting a work piece along consecutively arranged processing stations of a production installation or a forming press. The transport device includes a first handling installation which transports the work piece which is assigned to the transport device and/or to a transport device which comprises a first transport rail which is longitudinally vertically and/or transversely displaceable. The first handling installation is arranged at the first transport rail or at one of the processing stations and/or at the production installation or at the forming press. A drive is assigned to the transport device. The drive drives the first transport rail and/or the at least one handling installation. The first handling installation is one-dimensionally or multi-dimensionally displaceable so that a multi-axis transport of the work piece is flexibly realized by the first handling installation alone or through an interaction of the first handling installation with the transport rail.
US10058961B2
A process of forming a turbine engine seal includes the steps of: providing a flat strip of material; roll forming the flat strip of material forming an asymmetric profile in the flat strip of material; coiling the formed asymmetric profile into an overlapping ring shape; cutting the circular shape to a predetermined length; and joining ends of the predetermined length forming the seal. The seal includes at least two peaks that are formed on opposing sides of a gap. The at least two peaks contact opposing sides of a U shaped profile at a zero radius. The asymmetric profile includes a circular shape and the ends are joined.
US10058953B2
The present disclosure relates to a device for monitoring and for controlling a laser cutting process on a workpiece, and a method of using the same. The device includes an image capturing apparatus for capturing an image of a region of the workpiece to be monitored, in which the region of the workpiece to be monitored includes a region of interaction of a laser beam with the workpiece, and an evaluation apparatus for detecting material boundaries of the workpiece using the captured image. The evaluation apparatus is configured to determine at least one characteristic value of the laser cutting process based on a geometric relationship between at least two of the detected material boundaries, the region of interaction, or combinations thereof.
US10058948B2
A method and apparatus for providing welding-type power is disclosed and includes a means for communicating and a means for locating a cable. A welding power supply has a controller, a power circuit and a weld cable locator module with a cable locator output connected to the controller, the power circuit, and/or a weld cable connection. The distal end of the cable is located, and the proximal end is connected to the power supply. An identifying signal is provided to the proximal end and transmitted to the distal end where it is detected. A pendant with a cable sensor and a transmitter responsive to the cable sensor can be provided. The cable sensor can include an RFID reader and/or a bar code reader.
US10058919B2
A manufacturing method for a sintered compact includes a first step in which magnetic powder is fabricated by rapid solidification, a second step in which a mass of the magnetic powder is housed in a forming mold, and preliminary heating is performed by placing the mass of the magnetic powder in a preliminary heating part of the forming mold at first temperature that is lower than coarse crystal particle generation temperature, and a third step in which main heating is performed by placing the preliminarily heated mass of the magnetic powder at second temperature that is lower than the coarse crystal particle generation temperature and higher than the first temperature, and press forming is performed while keeping temperature of the magnetic powder at densification temperature or higher.
US10058918B2
A powder treatment method includes loading powder into a fluidized bed vessel. At least some of the powder is fluidized in the fluidized bed vessel using an inert gas. While fluidized, the powder is heated in the fluidized bed vessel. A surface treatment coating is then applied to the powder.
US10058911B2
A die chanter for a die of a joining device, a die dome adapted to the die and a method for removing a die of a joining device and a method for inserting a die into a joining device. The die has a head having upper and bottom sides, and a shaft extending from the bottom side and receivable and lockable in a dome without rotation. The shaft comprises: at least one first web forming an undercut on two sides by which the shaft is lockable in the dome by a linear inserting movement, at least one second web, the length of which is adaptable to a diameter of the dome to ensure a lateral guiding of the shaft in the dome and which is arranged between the head and the first web, and an ejection surface by which the die can be moved out of the dome.
US10058904B2
An impoundment closure system that employs a low permeability membrane on top of a waste materials with ponded water on top of the low permeability membrane.
US10058903B2
A method is disclosed herein for preventing contamination of a fluid in a fluid storage tank with a liquid cooling or heating medium due to breakage of a wall of the fluid storage tank. In an example embodiment, the method includes positioning an enclosed pressure-resistant jacket around an outer wall of the fluid storage tank, controlling a temperature of the fluid in the fluid storage tank by allowing the liquid cooling or heating medium to flow in the enclosed pressure-resistant jacket at a pressure lower than a pressure x (atm) applied within the fluid storage tank, and maintaining the pressure in the pressure-resistant jacket lower than the pressure x.
US10058890B1
The present disclosure includes methods of forming air bearing surfaces having multi-tier structures using nanoimprint technology and/or 3D printing technology. In some embodiments, a single stage of milling can be used to transfer a multi-tier photoresist pattern into a substrate (e.g., an AlTiC substrate).
US10058888B2
A high speed granule delivery system and method is disclosed for dispensing granules in intermittent patterns onto a moving asphalt coated strip in the manufacture of roofing shingles. The system includes a granule hopper and a rotationally indexable pocket wheel in the bottom of the hopper. A series of pockets are formed in the circumference of the wheel and the pockets are separated by raised lands. A seal on the bottom of the hopper seals against the raised lands as the wheel is indexed. In use, the pockets of the pocket wheel drive through and are filled with granules in the bottom of the hopper. As each pocket is indexed beyond the seal, it is exposed to the moving asphalt coated strip below and its granules fall onto the strip to be embedded in the hot tacky asphalt. The speed at which the wheel is indexed is coordinated with the speed of the asphalt coated strip so that granules and strip are moving at about the same forward speed or at a preselected ratio of speeds when the granules fall onto the strip. Well defined patterns of granules are possible at high production rates.
US10058886B2
The present invention relates to a device 10 and a method for curtain-coating of panel-shaped components 60 as well as components which have been manufactured by such a method. The device comprises a device 40 for generating a liquid curtain 42 of coating material, an input transport device 20 and an output transport device 30, wherein the output transport device 30 and/or the input transport device 20 can be height-adjusted.
US10058885B2
A coating device for coating composite cellulose honeycomb support parts (1) each having a multiplicity of channels (5, 6) extending in an axial direction with an impregnation coating to increase fire, water-resistance and/or mechanical stability of the support parts (1). A conveyor (8) transports the support parts (1) in a conveying direction along a filling station (9) configured to pour impregnation agent (12) from above into the channels (5, 6), and damming agents (16) are configured such that the impregnation agent (12) is prevented or at least delayed from draining downwards out of the channels (5, 6) such that the impregnation agent (12) builds up in the channels (5, 6). An emptying station (19) is arranged downstream of the filling station (9) in the conveying direction, at which emptying station excess impregnation agent (12) drains out of the channels (5, 6) in the composite cellulose honeycomb support parts (1). A corresponding process is also disclosed.
US10058883B2
The present invention discloses a special wheel spray support, which is composed of a base body, a bottom plate, struts, adjusting blocks, supporting pins, protective jackets, a stop pin and the like. When in use, the special wheel spray support of the present invention can meet the requirements for online spraying of special wheels and bolt hole protection, and is not only high in universality and simple in structure, but also has a series of prominent advantages, such as good safety and reliability, low manufacturing cost, etc.
US10058881B1
The invention provides pneumatic shuttering of a focused or collimated aerosol particle stream. The aerosol stream can be collimated by an annular sheath of inert or non-inert gas. The apparatus propagates a sheathed aerosol stream through a series of aerodynamic lenses along the axis of a flow cell. The final lens is typically positioned above a substrate, so that direct material deposition is provided. A substantially perpendicularly-flowing gas external to the aerodynamic lens system is used to redirect the particle stream away from the flow axis and through an exhaust port, thereby shuttering the collimated aerosol stream. The pneumatic shutter enables printing of discreet structures, with on/off shuttering times of approximately 1 to 100 milliseconds.
US10058872B2
A vertical ball mill for grinding a solid input material to form a slurry, and includes a grinding tank which defines a mixing chamber, rotatable main auger assembly having mixing blade in a lower portion of the mixing chamber and a materials flow guide. The flow conduit is provided within the grinding tank interior, and includes one or more conduit segments configured to direct input material downwardly in the grinding tank towards the lower mixing chamber and auger mixing blade. An impeller is provided within the flow conduit, with a blade configuration selected to effect the downward flow of input material through the conduit segments and outwardly therefrom adjacent to the mixing blade as the auger assembly is rotated.
US10058869B2
A micro-fluidic device includes a plurality of heating elements on a substrate for heating the substrate. They define a plurality of temperature regions having distinct temperatures on the substrate. A flow feature layer is formed above the substrate to define a channel extending across the substrate through each temperature region. As fluid is repeatedly pumped within the channel, it flows from one temperature region to a next temperature region to undergo thermal cycling. Fluid wells reside in the flow feature layer under a cover and connect to the channel whereby fluid can dwell for diagnostic applications.
US10058868B2
Devices, containers, and methods are provided for performing biological analysis in a closed environment. Illustrative biological analyses include nucleic acid amplification and detection and immuno-PCR.
US10058867B2
In one embodiment, the invention is to a sample metering device, comprising a sample holding chamber oriented between a sample entry port and a sample extraction unit, wherein a portion of said extraction unit defines a metered volume of a sample. A diluent may be transported over and/or through the extraction unit to form a diluted sample for sample analysis. In another embodiment, the invention is to an apparatus and method for rapid determination of analytes in liquid samples by various assays including immunoassays incorporating a sample dilution feature, capable of being used in the point-of-care diagnostic field is provided. The devices and methods of the invention preferably are well-suited for high range sample dilution.
US10058861B2
A technique relates to a fluidic cell configured to hold a nanofluidic chip. A first plate is configured to hold the nanofluidic chip. A second plate is configured to fit on top of the first plate, such that the nanofluidic chip is held in place. The second plate has at least one first port and at least one second port. The second plate has an entrance hole configured to communicate with an inlet hole of the nanofluidic chip. The second port is angled above the first port, such that the first port and second port intersect to form a junction. The second port is formed to have a line-of-sight to the entrance hole, such that the second port is configured to receive input for extracting air trapped at a vicinity of the entrance hole.
US10058849B2
The present invention discloses a metal complex catalyst, its preparing method and its application in preparing D,L-menthol, the metal complex catalyst includes weight percent elements as follows: 70-85% of Ni, 8-10% of Al, 5-10% of V, and 2-10% of Co. When this metal complex catalyst is applied in preparing D,L-menthol through thymol hydrogenation, it has the characteristics of high reaction activity and quick racemization of chiral compound. Meanwhile, a certain kind of alkali added in isomerization is the key to reducing light constituent byproduct. The whole process comes in good reaction selectivity, simple preparing technology, low production cost, and environment-friendly synthetic route.
US10058846B2
An catalyst for purifying exhaust gas comprising an OCS material that has sufficient heat resistance and achieves a favorable balance between the oxygen storage volume and the oxygen absorption/release rate includes an catalyst for purifying exhaust, which has a substrate and a catalyst coating layer formed on the substrate, wherein the catalyst coating layer comprises a ceria-zirconia-based composite oxide having a pyrochlore structure in an amount of 5 to 100 g/L based on the volume of the substrate, the ceria-zirconia-based composite oxide has a secondary particle size (D50) of 3 μm to 7 μm, and the ceria-zirconia-based composite oxide optionally contains praseodymium.
US10058845B2
The embodiments described herein pertain generally to a porous carbon particle and a producing method of the porous carbon particle, the producing method includes a step of polymerizing an aromatic monomer to form a polymer particle; a step of cross-linking the polymer particle; a step of coating a silica on a surface of the cross-linked polymer particle; a step of carbonizing the polymer particle coated with the silica.
US10058844B2
Methods of sorbing carbon dioxide on porous divinylbenzene/maleic anhydride polymeric sorbents are provided. Additionally, compositions resulting from sorbing carbon dioxide on porous divinylbenzene/maleic anhydride polymeric sorbents are provided. The porous polymeric sorbents typically have micropores, mesopores, or a combination thereof and can selectively remove carbon dioxide from other gases such as methane.
US10058836B2
The present invention relates to a process for producing aerogels, comprising the following successive steps: a) formation or casting of a sol in a reactor, optionally in the presence of a reinforcing material and/or an additive, b) complete gelling of the sol into a lyogel; c) optionally hydrophobization of the lyogel resulting in a hydrophobized lyogel; d) drying of the optionally hydrophobized lyogel so as to obtain an aerogel; said process being characterized in that the complete gelling step b) comprises dielectric heating by microwave or high-frequency electromagnetic irradiation, inducing an increase in temperature so as to reach a set temperature for complete gelling Tb in a range of from 100° C. to 200° C., preferably from 100° C. to 150° C., the temperature Tb being maintained in this range for a period of time U sufficient to attain complete gelling of the lyogel, and more particularly the end of syneresis of the lyogel.
US10058835B2
Described are a gradient system and method, wherein at least two fluids are mixed in accordance with a noise level threshold. An inlet receives the fluids. A pump head body has a mixing chamber therein in communication with the inlet. The mixing chamber has a first delay volume configured to mix the fluids having a noise level. A pump head extension has a mixing chamber extension therein extending from the mixing chamber. The mixing chamber extension increases the volume of the mixing chamber by a second delay volume to a third delay volume. The fluids are mixed in the third delay volume at a compositional noise level that is less than the noise level.
US10058825B2
Foam dispensing systems and methods are disclosed. Such systems and methods may include a foamed material dispenser, a dynamic mixer having a gas input, a process material input, and a foamed material output. The foamed material output may be in fluid communication with the foamed material dispenser. A pump having an output may be in fluid communication with the process material input of the dynamic mixer, and a gas injection valve may be in fluid communication with the gas input of the dynamic mixer. A gas pressure regulator may be coupled between the pressurized gas supply and the gas injection valve, and a gas injection cycle timer may be operatively connected to the gas injection valve, the gas injection cycle timer causing the gas injection valve to pulse open and closed to send pulses of pressurized gas into the dynamic mixer through the gas input.
US10058815B2
A method for separating ozone from a mixture of oxygen and ozone by feeding the mixture to at least one adsorbent bed containing an adsorbent material for adsorbing ozone. The adsorbent bed can be one of four adsorbent beds in a continuous adsorption cycle for producing ozone recycling the non-adsorbed oxygen together with make-up oxygen to the ozone generator or using it as a purge gas. An external purge gas is used to desorb the ozone to the customer process. With four beds present, for most of the time, two beds are in adsorption mode while the other two beds are in regeneration/production mode.
US10058812B2
Pleated filtration media, media packs, filter elements, and methods for filtering fluid are provided which contain three dimensional tapered flutes in the media surface, the flutes configured to improve filter performance. In certain embodiments the flutes have defined peaks that reduce masking between adjacent pleats, the flutes have ridges along their length to modify flute cross sectional geometry, and/or the flutes provide for volume asymmetry across the media.
US10058810B2
A filter device comprises an inner filter element and an outer filter element, which can be inserted into each other, wherein the outer filter element comprises a supporting frame that is the carrier of a filter medium of the filter element, and the inner filter element is supported on the supporting frame of the outer filter element.
US10058809B2
An air filter has a mechanism for preventing blow-by around a perimeter of the filter. The air filter has two rigid frames surrounding a filter and at least one of the rigid frames comprises a brush seal track with a brush seal therein. The brush seal may be contained within a hinge element attached to the two rigid frames.
US10058805B2
A connection includes a first component, a second component, a cord member, a detent, and a catch assembly. The first component has an opening with an inner surface and a first annular groove disposed about the inner surface. The second component has a top end configured to fit in the opening. The top end has an outer surface with a second annular groove disposed about the outer surface. The first annular groove and the second annular groove are configured to form a channel in response to being disposed in cooperative alignment. The cord member is configured to be removably inserted into the channel to secure the first component to the second component. The detent is disposed on the cord member. The catch assembly is configured to engage the detent and provide resistance to movement of the cord member relative to the catch assembly.
US10058786B1
One aspect of the disclosure relates to a system configured to provide a virtual space, in accordance with one or more implementations. Users of virtual spaces may encounter barriers in a game. During these barriers, users may receive and/or provide assistance to other affiliation members. One aspect of the disclosure relates to allowing affiliations or other groups to utilize in-game items to assist other players in game progress in an online game. This may incent positive player actions towards affiliation members, may enhance engagement between affiliation members, may provide an incentive for users to join an affiliation, and/or have other results. These results may ultimately contribute to enhanced retention, enhanced monetization, enhanced user satisfaction, and/or other enhancements.
US10058785B2
A fantasy sports mock draft online game portal includes a database coupled to a global computer network and configured to store data associated with game participants, sports teams of at least one sports league, and draft prospects for the sports teams; a webserver accessible via the Internet and in communication with the database, the webserver storing a plurality of web pages, including one depicting a mock draft bracket web page listing the sports teams and corresponding needs of each sports team, the webserver configured to receive game participant draft pick entries specifying draft prospects for the plurality of sports teams and a certain draft order, and storing the drafts pick entries and draft order in the at least one database; and the webserver being further configured to compute a score for each of the game participants based on the draft pick entries in response to a novel scoring methodology.
US10058784B2
A system that integrates at least two levels of quiz or puzzle solving. Some embodiments use a Graphical User Interface (GUI) aspect only. According to the GUI aspect, a gameplay sequence is provided, whereby an indication of a solution associated with a level-two quiz is displayed. A clue to a different, level-one quiz is subsequently presented. An attempt is input at the level-one quiz. A level-two quiz clue is displayed. The level-two quiz can be solved with one or more clues so provided. According to the data aspect, different quizzes or puzzles are data related through a persistent data structure. Embodiments that use a data aspect may omit displaying a solution indication.
US10058781B2
Technologies are generally described for rendering a character for games. In some examples, a method performed under control of a game server may include calculating a level of detail (LOD) for a first character positioned in a same virtual game space as a second character, based at least in part on a calculated degree of closeness between the first character and the second character; and controlling a display definition of the first character based at least in part on the calculated LOD.
US10058777B2
A method is performed at a server system comprising one or more processors and memory. The server system executes a task being performed on a first mobile client according to instructions from the first mobile client. The server system receives a handover request from the first mobile client, which indicates that the first mobile client has suspended performance of the task and includes information identifying one or more second mobile clients who are candidates to assume performance of the task. The server system sends, to at least a subset of the second mobile clients, a request to assume performance of the task and receives, from a respective second mobile client of the subset of the second mobile clients, an indication that the respective second mobile client intends to assume performance of the task. The server system executes the task according to instructions received from the respective second mobile client.
US10058765B2
A self-balancing board is provided, comprising a primary wheel assembly, a platform, at least one sensor, a controller, a first auxiliary wheel assembly, and a first brake element. The primary wheel assembly comprises a primary wheel and a motor driving the primary wheel. The platform is secured to the primary wheel assembly and has a foot deck. The at least one sensor senses the orientation of the platform. The controller receives data from the at least one sensor and controls the motor in response to the received data. The first auxiliary wheel assembly is secured to the platform distal the primary wheel assembly, and is elevated from contacting a flat surface upon which the primary wheel rests when the foot deck is parallel to the flat surface. The first brake element is manually movable relative to the first auxiliary wheel assembly to engage the first auxiliary wheel assembly to provide resistance to rotation of the first auxiliary wheel assembly.
US10058761B2
The invention provides a system for playing a non-collision sport. The system comprises one or more hand devices, a jersey, shoulder pads optionally, and data collection and transfer devices. A server is part of the system and has at least one algorithm that manipulates and interprets the collected data. A data management system is connected in real-time to monitor play of the game and record and analyze player progress during game play.
US10058759B1
A golf training aid apparatus having a sensor mat for being placed under a golf mat, the sensor mat having one or more first sensors disposed in a first region; one or more second sensors disposed in a second region; and one or more third sensors disposed in a third region. The apparatus having a timer circuit coupling each of the first, second, and third sensors to a respective first indicator, second indicator, and third indicator, the timer circuit triggering, over a predetermined amount of time, the first indicator upon an ideal impact detected by the one or more first sensors, the second indicator upon a thin impact detected by the one or more second sensors, or the third indicator upon a fat impact detected by the one or more third sensors.
US10058751B2
An accessory attachment system referred to herein as the Accessorail System™ that provides for the attachment of one or more accessory bags, pouches, or cases to sports equipment bags and more particularly to that provides for the customization of a sports equipment bag only with the accessories desired and necessary.
US10058746B1
A manufacturing method of golf strike pad includes the following steps of shaping an embryonic form of the golf strike pad, solidifying the embryonic form of the golf strike pad, heating the solidified embryonic form of the golf strike pad, positioning the heated embryonic form of the golf strike pad in a mold, casting the melted aluminum-magnesium alloy into the mold, taking the blank of the golf strike pad from the mold and grinding the blank of the golf strike pad for finishing the manufacturing method.
US10058737B2
An apparatus for putting on flippers retaining means of a user's foot inside a shoe of a flipper, and in which apparatus the retaining means are mechanically connected and pivoted to removable mounting means of the shoe of the flipper, the removable mounting means being removably associable to a portion of the base of the shoe.
US10058736B2
A system for use in rehabilitation of a target patient is provided. The system includes at least two bicycle devices for use by the target patient and a second operator other than the target patient. The at least two bicycle devices each include pedals. At least one of the pedals may have at least one sensor mounted thereon for monitoring operation of the first bicycle device and the target's condition. A servomotor is coupled to the pedals for providing gear-like resistance or pedal assistance for the at least two bicycle devices. A controller is programmed to electrically couple the at least two bicycle devices to each other.
US10058734B2
An apparatus including a sensor carried by a racquet and an indicator in communication with the sensor. The sensor outputs a notification based on (a) the number of hits by the racquet based on signals from the sensor and (b) at least one of an elapsed time since a last stringing of the racquet and an input skill level of a person using the racquet. Additionally, an apparatus including a racquet, a sensor carried by the racquet, and an indicator in communication with the sensor. The sensor can be a strain gauge, a load cell, an acoustic sensor and a vibro-acoustic sensor. The sensor outputs a notification based on the number of hits by the racquet based on signals from the sensor.
US10058733B2
A sports simulator calculates spin of a sports object using image analysis. A velocity vector is also calculated. These are combined to produce a predicted future trajectory of the sports object. In one embodiment, the sports object is a golf ball and the sports simulator simulates golf.
US10058732B2
A device, for performing certain ancient yogic breathing practices of Pranayam without involving the use of hands, is controlled by a programmable controlling unit. The device is integrated onto the frame of a supporting base, worn on the nose, and uses battery-operated artificial fingers to block or unblock nostrils in programmable patterns, cycles and durations. This facilitates a precise and hands-free routine of alternate nostril breathing or single nostril breathing, in the most precise style, following techniques of ancient yogic Pranayam. The sensors of the device sense/measure the force and flow of the breath into and out of each nostril, and can automate and synchronize the artificial fingers to the normal breathing pattern of the user.
US10058730B2
A cordless treadmill including a frame, a belt system, and a drop-in cartridge is disclosed. The cartridge includes a plurality of staggered rollers configured to provide tactile feedback to the user. The frame is adapted to receive the belt system and the cartridge as they are lowered into the frame, and the frame is adapted to place the belt of the belt system into tension as the belt system is lowered into the frame. An integrated flywheel generator system provides smooth operation of the treadmill and generates electricity to power additional systems.
US10058724B2
The invention provides an apparatus for playing a game, the apparatus comprising; a moveable portion configured to emit a moving beam of radiation; a detector and a device arranged to be worn by a player, wherein the device is configured to send a signal to the detector in response to interaction with the beam.
US10058723B2
A foldable parallel bar apparatus includes generally U-shaped first and second end frames and a set of handrails connected to and extending between the first and second end frames, wherein the handrails are foldable so as to move the first and second end frames closer to one another thereby compacting the apparatus. When multiple modules of the end frames are connected, they provide an uninterrupted path between the handrails. An alternative embodiment provides base platforms that are foldable relative to each other and handrails that are vertically and horizontally adjustable.
US10058718B2
A probe including a shaft on which an ultrasound element is mounted, an outer sheath and an acoustic membrane surrounding the shaft and the ultrasound element such that the shaft and ultrasound element are rotatable therein. Passages may supply a cooling and acoustic coupling fluid to an inlet and outlet adjacent the acoustic element to cool the acoustic element and fill a volume between the acoustic element and the acoustic sheath with the fluid. A balloon may be mounted on the probe to be selectively inflated to fix a position of the probe. A drain for urine and other bodily fluids may be provided through the probe.
US10058678B2
Catheters and methods of making catheters are provided which include a connector with a guide wire channel and an inflation channel, a shaft extending from a proximal end to a distal end and having a guide wire lumen and an inflation lumen, the shaft being connected, at its proximal end, to the connector so that said guidewire lumen and inflation lumen are mechanically and fluidly connected with said guide wire channel and inflation channel respectively. The connection is realized in correspondence to a kink portion. Such catheters may include a protective sheath placed around an external wall of the shaft extending from a first sheath end, axially placed at a first distance from the proximal end of the shaft so as to allow direct contact and fixation between the external wall of the shaft and the internal wall of the kink portion, to a second sheath end.
US10058675B2
A system for moving particles suspended in a first fluid, and for infusing them into the stream of a second fluid, includes a catheter with a multi-lumen distal separator. The separator is formed with a plurality of parallel lumens, wherein each lumen has a predetermined diameter to reduce particle flocculation. An inflatable balloon, affixed to the outside of the catheter, can be provided to regulate flow of the second fluid and thereby facilitate entry of the particles into the stream of the second fluid. A reinforcing member is employed to strengthen the catheter wall under the inflatable balloon. With this arrangement, the catheter does not kink or collapse due to the pressure exerted on the catheter wall when the balloon is inflated. In one embodiment, the reinforcing member includes an annular shaped ring. In another embodiment, the separator is positioned under the balloon and acts as the reinforcing member.
US10058673B1
A respiratory assistance apparatus includes a flow generator and a humidifier. The humidifier includes a humidification chamber. The humidification chamber comprises a water tub that is configured to receive a volume of water. A lid is hingedly coupled to the water tub for enclosing a volume contained within the water tub.
US10058666B2
A CPAP system includes a flow generator, a patient interface, an air delivery conduit that interconnects the flow generator and the patient interface, and a packaging arrangement including at least one storage facilitating member to allow storage of the air delivery conduit. The at least one storage facilitating member may be provided to the flow generator, a cradle, and/or the air delivery conduit.
US10058664B2
A device for providing a high frequency ventilation to a patient that includes a pressure generating system that delivers a flow of breathing gas to the patient, where the flow has a first and second positive pressure levels that alternate with one another in a plurality of cycles in the flow so as to have a frequency and an amplitude. The flow generates a mean airway pressure. A controller, coupled to the pressure generating system, is configured to make a determination, as to a spontaneous breathing, or an attempt, by the patient, or a change in a user settings by a user, and in response adjusts the mean airway pressure, modulates the frequency and a duty cycle of the flow, or modulates a level of the flow and the amplitude of the flow, or two or more flows.
US10058661B2
An inhalation monitoring system includes an inhaler having a medicament delivery apparatus configured to deliver medicament to a user during an inhalation of the user; inhalation monitoring apparatus, configured to, during the inhalation, gather data for determining a measure of the user's lung function and/or lung health; and a processor configured to receive the data from the inhalation monitoring apparatus and, using the data, determine a measure of the user's lung function and/or lung health.
US10058660B2
A safety device for a medical injector supporting a needle projecting forwardly from the front of the injector has a tubular sleeve slidable rearwardly to expose at least the tip of a supported needle. The sleeve has a forward end for contacting an injection site and a removable cover for the needle is attached to the forward end of the sleeve. The sleeve has an external end face lying in a radial plane and having an orifice through which a needle projects when the sleeve slides rearwardly. The removable cover effects a seal to the forward end of the sleeve. Alternatively, the cover may frictionally engage the forward end of the sleeve or the cover may have a bore into which an enlargement member may be pressed so as to expand the cover within the sleeve and connect the cover to the sleeve.
US10058654B2
A medicament delivery device is provided having a power body having opposite proximal and distal ends, a plunger rod driver coaxial and movably arranged in relation to said power body, a plunger rod coaxial and movably arranged in relation to said plunger rod driver, a force spring element operably connected between the plunger rod and the power body The plunger rod driver has a first holding elements arranged to interact with second holding elements on the plunger rod and with the power body for releasably holding the plunger rod with the force spring element in an injection tensioned state.
US10058646B2
The present invention relates to a blood bag system, a method for its manufacture, and a process for reducing pathogens and leucocytes in biological fluids in particular in therapeutic quantities of platelet concentrates (PC) contained in the blood bag system, using UV-light and agitation, wherein part of the plasma of the PC is optionally exchanged against a platelet additive solution.
US10058639B2
The invention discloses an absorbable iron-based alloy stent, comprising an iron-based alloy substrate and a degradable polyester in contact with the surface of the substrate, in which the degradable polyester has a weight average molecular weight of between 20,000 and 1,000,000 and a polydispersity index of between 1.2 and 30. With the degradable polyester, the iron-based alloy is capable of corroding rapidly and controllably within a predetermined period. Following implantation into the human body, the degradable stent serves as a mechanical support at early stage, then gradually degrading and being metabolized and absorbed by the human body. During the process of degradation, minimal or no solid product is produced. Ultimately, the configuration of the lumen with an implanted stent as well as the systolic and diastolic functions thereof return to their natural states.
US10058638B2
The present invention relates to a medical tube article comprising a polymer mixture of a thermoplastic or thermo-curing polymer base material and an amphiphilic block copolymer.
US10058628B1
The trash can with fragrant oil dispensary is a waste container that is configured for use with solid domestic waste. The trash can with fragrant oil dispensary is configured to temporarily store solid domestic waste until the solid domestic waste can be permanently disposed of. The trash can with fragrant oil dispensary further comprises a reservoir, a mesh, and a channel. The reservoir, mesh and channel combine to form fragrance dispensing apparatus. The fragrance dispensing apparatus releases essential oils and other volatile materials to repel insects and to mask objectionable odors. The mesh and the channel attach to the reservoir. The reservoir is attached to an interior surface of the waste container.
US10058627B2
The present invention is directed to a digital aroma system that provides a scented air on demand to various devices in various forms and user held devices including: remote controls, video game controllers and mobile computing devices. Dry fragrance infused substrates are contained in fragrance cartridges that are removably mounted in a cassette that is connected to a manifold that has airway passages that are connected to fans or pumps that are controlled by a computer processor. In response to a fragrance control signal or a fragrance trigger, the processor can selectively direct scented air having a specified fragrance to a system user.
US10058618B2
The present invention relates to a PAK1 blocking compound having a much higher bioavailability and cell permeability than traditional herbal PAK1 blockers or synthetic PAK1 blockers, and the uses thereof for treating cancer or other PAK1 dependent diseases or disorders. This PAK1 blocking compound comprises an ester of an acidic PAK1 blocker, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. This PAK1-blocking ester may be prepared by esterifying a PAK1 blocker starting material with an alcohol; and treating the esterified PAK1 blocker with an aromatic azide to generate a 1,2,3-triazolyl derivative.
US10058617B2
Provided is a composition for forming a film, the composition not having completely dissolved hydroxypropyl methyl cellulose (HPMC), and enabling formation of the film having a uniform thickness by suppressing the viscosity increase of the composition around an immersion temperature of 50° C. More specifically provided is a composition for forming a film, the composition comprising hypromellose having methoxy group content of 28.0 to 30.0% by weight and hydroxypropoxy group content of 7.6 to 8.5% by weight, wherein a 2% by weight aqueous solution of the hypromellose provides a viscosity at 20° C. of 4.0 to 6.5 mPa·s, a 20% by weight dispersion of the hypromellose provides a viscosity at 50° C. of 2,000 to 11,000 mPa·s, and a 20% by weight aqueous solution of the hypromellose provides a gelation temperature of 54 to 57° C.; and a solvent.
US10058609B2
There is disclosed compositions and methods relating to or derived from anti-PD-L1 antibodies. More specifically, there is disclosed fully human antibodies that bind PD-L1, PD-L1-binding fragments and derivatives of such antibodies, and PD-L1-binding polypeptides comprising such fragments. Further still, there is disclosed nucleic acids encoding such antibodies, antibody fragments and derivatives and polypeptides, cells comprising such polynucleotides, methods of making such antibodies, antibody fragments and derivatives and polypeptides, and methods of using such antibodies, antibody fragments and derivatives and polypeptides, including methods of treating or diagnosing subjects having PD-L1 related disorders or conditions, including various inflammatory disorders and various cancers.
US10058606B2
A fusion protein for use as a hepatitis B therapeutic vaccine is disclosed. The fusion protein comprises: (a) an antigen-presenting cell (APC)-binding domain or a CD91 receptor-binding domain; (b) a protein transduction domain; and (c) an antigen comprising a hepatitis B virus X protein deletion mutant that lacks amino acids (aa) at least from as 21 to as 50. The protein transduction domain is a fusion polypeptide comprising a T cell sensitizing signal-transducing peptide, a linker, and a translocation peptide. The APC-binding domain or the CD91 receptor-binding domain is located at the N-terminus of the fusion protein, and the antigen is located at the C-terminus of the protein transduction domain.
US10058601B2
The present invention provides attenuated M. haemolitica strains that elicit an immune response in animal against M. haemolitica, compositions comprising said strains, methods of vaccination against M. haemolitica, and kits for use with such methods and compositions. The invention further provides multi-valent vaccines, which provide protective immunity when administered in an effective amount to animals susceptible to “shipping fever” or bovine respiratory disease.
US10058599B2
This invention provides methods and compositions for using a live attenuated Listeria for inhibiting cell-mediated suppression of anti-disease infiltrating T lymphocytes in a subject having the disease.
US10058597B2
This document provides methods and materials related to treating glaucoma, ocular hypertension, cardiovascular diseases, and renal diseases. For example, this document provides isolated nucleic acid molecules and viral vectors (e.g., lentiviral vectors) containing isolated nucleic acid molecules. Methods for reducing intraocular pressure as well as symptoms and progression of cardiovascular and renal diseases also are provided.
US10058596B2
Methods and compositions for the enzymatic debridement of wounds are provided. Methods for preparing enzymatic debridement compositions are also provided. In one embodiment, an enzymatic debridement composition prepared by dissolving crude bromelain in a composition comprising a weak acid, and filtering and/or dialyzing the dissolved crude bromelain to obtain the enzymatic debridement composition is provided.
US10058593B2
This invention provides compositions that include a protein and at least two protease inhibitors, method for treating diabetes mellitus, and methods for administering same, and methods for oral administration of a protein with an enzymatic activity, including orally administering same.
US10058589B2
The present invention relates to the stable pharmaceutical compositions comprising tumor necrosis factor receptor Fc fusion protein (TNFR:Fc). More particularly, it relates to the stable pharmaceutical compositions comprising tumor necrosis factor receptor Fc fusion protein (TNFR:Fc), phosphate-citrate buffer. It also relates to the methods of manufacturing the composition, method of administration and kits containing the same.
US10058581B2
The present invention includes a method of using PHY906 for treating a bowel disorder including inflammatory bowel disease and irritable bowel syndrome. Particularly, the present invention provides a multiple symptoms treatment for the bowel disorder.
US10058578B2
Species of human-derived bacteria belonging to the Clostridia class have been shown to induce accumulation of regulatory T cells (Treg cells) in the colon and suppress immune functions. Pharmaceutical compositions containing these bacteria can be used to prevent and treat immune-mediated diseases such as autoimmune diseases.
US10058576B2
The invention features the use of a defined microbial consortia for the replacement of a gut microbiome associated with disease. In particular, the invention provides for the treatment of hyperammonemia, Clostridium difficile colitis, hepatic encephalopathy associated with cirrhosis, and inflammatory bowel disease.
US10058574B2
The invention provides compositions comprising bacterial strains for treating and preventing inflammatory and autoimmune diseases.
US10058568B2
In some embodiments, a composition and/or method may include a toxin binding system formulated for safe and effective mixture into various feed rations which are fed to monogastric and ruminant animals such as poultry, swine, cows, cattle, and fish, among others. The toxin binding system includes novel combinations of one or more of an organoclay, an activated hydrated sodium calcium aluminosilicate clay, and a synthetic hectorite clay. In some embodiments, the binding composition may include organoclay, bentonite, hectorite, Leonardite, and/or any combination thereof. The toxin binding complex may effectively bind mycotoxins, endotoxins and some pesticides in the animal's digestive system, preventing their absorption and the consequent damages to the animal. This binding action includes the T-2 toxin, which can start their damaging action in the animal's mouth, hence, offering protection from oral lesions.
US10058567B2
The present invention provides methods and compositions for the treatment of ion imbalances using core-shell composites and compositions comprising such core-shell composites. In particular, the invention provides core-shell particles and compositions comprising potassium binding polymers, and core-shell particles and compositions comprising sodium binding polymers, and in each case, pharmaceutical compositions thereof. Methods of use of the polymeric and pharmaceutical compositions for therapeutic and/or prophylactic benefits are also disclosed. The compositions and methods of the invention offer improved approaches for treatment of hyperkalemia and other indications related to potassium ion homeostasis, and for treatment of hypertension and other indicates related to sodium ion homeostasis.
US10058556B2
The invention comprises a method of treatment of aggression and similar behavioral syndromes, such as impulsivity and irritability, by a pharmaceutical agent exhibiting combined D2 and D5 antagonistic activity.
US10058555B2
The invention relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising: (a) at least one angiotensin receptor blocker or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and (b) at least one chemokine receptor pathway inhibitor or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. The invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising: (a) at least one angiotensin receptor blocker or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof; and (b) at least one chemokine receptor pathway inhibitor or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof which inhibits a component of the chemokine receptor pathway other than the chemokine receptor. Oral sustained release pharmaceutical compositions comprising the pharmaceutical composition, as well as injectable sustained release pharmaceutical compositions comprising the pharmaceutical composition are described. The invention further relates to tablets, capsules, injectable suspensions, and compositions for pulmonary or nasal delivery comprising the pharmaceutical composition. Also described are: methods for assessing the efficacy of the pharmaceutical composition; methods for assessing the inhibition or partial inhibition activity of the pharmaceutical composition; methods for the treatment, amelioration or prevention of a condition or disease comprising administering to a subject a therapeutically effective amount of the pharmaceutical composition; and the use of the pharmaceutical composition for the manufacture of a dosage form for the treatment of a disease.
US10058549B2
rmidazo[1,2-α]pyridine derivatives of Formula (Ia) and pharmaceutical compositions thereof that modulate the activity of the 5-HT2A serotonin receptor. Compounds and pharmaceutical compositions thereof are directed to methods useful in the treatment of insomnia, dyssomnia, parasomnia and related sleep disorders, platelet aggregation, coronary artery disease, myocardial infarction, transient ischemic attack, angina, stroke, atrial fibrillation, thrombosis, asthma or symptoms thereof, agitation or symptoms thereof, behavioral disorders, drug induced psychosis, excitative psychosis, Gilles de Ia Tourette's syndrome, manic disorder, organic or NOS psychosis, psychotic disorders, psychosis, acute schizophrenia, chronic schizophrenia, NOS schizophrenia and related disorders, diabetic- related disorders, progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy and the like. The present invention also relates to methods for the treatment of 5-HT2A serotonin receptor mediated disorders in combination with other pharmaceutical agents administered separately or together.
US10058545B2
Disclosed herein are compositions and methods for the treatment of pulmonary hypertension, including pulmonary arterial hypertension. The methods include administering to a patient in need thereof an effective amount of cinitapride or derivative thereof. The compositions include an effective amount of cinitapride or derivative thereof, in some instances combined with one or more additional agents for the treatment of pulmonary hypertension.
US10058540B2
The present invention is directed to compounds of Formula (I) which are inhibitors of the BACE1 enzyme. Separate aspects of the invention are directed to pharmaceutical compositions comprising said compounds and uses of the compounds to treat disorders for which the reduction of Aβ deposits is beneficial such as Alzheimer's disease.
US10058538B2
The present invention relates to compositions for facilitating absorption and distribution of α2-adrenergic agonists, where said composition comprises a substituted benzofuroquinolizine and a α2-adrenoceptor agonist selected from substituted imidazoles and substituted thiazines and the composition is administered using parenteral extravascular administration to a subject in need of sedation.
US10058533B2
A pharmaceutical composition containing ginkgolide B and an Xa factor inhibitor xaban, a preparation method and use of the pharmaceutical composition, wherein the xaban is selected from Rivaroxaban, Apixaban, Edoxaban, Razaxaban and Otamixaban.
US10058532B2
The present invention provides compositions and methods for delaying or preventing progression to type 2 diabetes mellitus in individuals with prediabetes and metabolic syndrome.
US10058522B2
Some aspects of the invention provide for a method of treating Wet and/or Dry Age-related Macular Degeneration, Retinitis Pigmentosa, Diabetic Retinopathy, cataracts, and/or Stargardt Disease using polyunsaturated fatty acids which are modified in certain positions to attenuate oxidative damage by Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS) and/or suppress the rate of formation of reactive products and toxic compounds.
US10058518B2
Dosage forms, drug delivery systems, and methods related to sustained release of dextromethorphan or improved therapeutic effects are disclosed. Typically, bupropion or a related compound is orally administered to a human being to be treated with, or being treated with, dextromethorphan.
US10058517B1
Described herein are methods of treating an Acanthamoeba infection in a subject in need thereof by administering an amount of apocynin.
US10058515B2
The invention provides methods for preventing, ameliorating and treating the acute and chronic forms of graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) by using Cannabidiol compositions.
US10058503B2
This invention is a natural face cream/lotion that exploits the benefits of Dead Sea salt for helping moisturize the skin of a human face. The lotion consists of natural ingredients such as organic aloe vera juice, shea butter, preferably unrefined, emulsified wax, Dead Sea salt, hydrolyzed wheat protein, essential oils (particularly lavender, rosehip seed oil and carrot seed oil), apple cider vinegar, and xanthan gum. They are included with a preservative made from leuconostoc/radish root ferment filtrate and phenoxyethanol.
US10058501B2
Cationically-charged particulates and compositions containing the cationically-charged particulates for application to keratinous materials are provided. Methods of preparing the cationically-charged particulates are also disclosed.
US10058487B2
The invention relates to a dental material, which contains: at least one monomer, containing at least one radically polymerizable ehtylenically unsaturated group and at least one acid group; at least one monomer, which contains no acid groups and at least one radically polymerizable ethylenically unsaturated group; at least one photoinitiator; and at least one tertiary aromatic amine as a coinitiator, which amine has a benzene ring, to which at least one dialkylamine group and at least one further group are directly bonded. According to the invention, the further group is selected from carboxylic acid ester groups containing at least one polyoxyalkylene group having at least 2 oxyethylene and/or oxypropylene units; and amide groups.
US10058483B2
A medicament transport system includes a syringe adapter assembly; and a vial adapter assembly including a base defining an opening having a seal member disposed therewithin, a stem extending from the base and defining a lumen therethrough and an opening through a wall thereof, a needle shuttle valve slidably disposed within the lumen of the stem and supporting a transfer needle and a vacuum needle; and a vacuum cup slidably supported on the stem, wherein a vacuum chamber is defined in the space between the base, the stem and the vacuum cup. The medicament transport system includes a condition where the transfer needle and the vacuum needles penetrate the seal member of the vial adapter assembly, and the vacuum cup is moved to draw a vacuum through the vacuum needle. An automation system is provided that utilizes a medicament transport system for forming a medicament solution from a liquid/non-liquid solution.
US10058478B2
The invention relates to an electrical stimulation device (1) having a stimulator (2), containing a generator (3) for generating electrical stimulation pulses having specific stimulation parameters, a voltage supply (4) for supplying the generator (3) with electrical energy and a stimulator housing (13), and having at least two needle electrodes (5) for piercing the surface of the skin of an area to be stimulated, which needle electrodes (5) are connected to the stimulator (2) via a line (7), wherein the stimulator (2) can be releasably connected to a fastening element (14) for fastening the stimulator (2) to the surface of the skin. In order to fasten the stimulator (2) to the surface of the skin of a patient in an easier and better manner, the fastening element (14) has a clip (15) for releasably receiving the stimulator housing (13) and a support element (16) for supporting and fastening the stimulator (2) to the surface of the skin.
US10058474B1
An adjustable height foldable arm comprises a lower vertical tube, an inner guide slideably inserted into the lower vertical tube fitting into the lower vertical slot, an inner guide slot, an inner guide hole, a lower vertical tube hole through the lower vertical tube, a first rod inserted through the lower vertical tube hole and the inner guide hole to secure the inner guide in the lower vertical slot, an upper vertical tube with an upper vertical slot in which the inner guide is slideably inserted, an outer tube providing vertical height adjustment and rotational movement, an outer vertical slot on both sides of the outer tube allowing vertical movement with respect to the rod, and two outer horizontal slots on the outer tube allowing for positioned rotational movement of the outer tube when the upper vertical tube is at its lowest vertical displacement.
US10058463B2
A male undergarment that holds an absorbent pad has a waistband and first and second pant portions and a centered hole. A trapezoidal flap is placed over a front panel where the first and second sides of the trapezoidal flap are sewn into the garment, such that the sewn portion of the trapezoidal flap covers the hole. The unattached first and second sides of the trapezoidal flap are releasably secured to the garment via complimentary snaps and snap holders, such that when the snaps are engaged to the snap holders a pouch is formed by the trapezoidal flap and the garment.
US10058462B2
A packing wrapper for an absorbent article, the wrapper having a protective layer. The wrapper also has a first functional layer attached to the protective layer giving the wrapper a multiple functionality.
US10058455B2
The present disclosure relates to a dermal drug delivery platform comprising: a primary wound dressing comprising three-dimensional polymer protuberances that extend upward from the dressing surface to engage the wound. The protuberances comprise at least one biocompatible and/or biodegradable polymer and medicinal nanoparticles. In one embodiment, the medicinal nanoparticles may be metallic and provide surface-area-enhanced galvanic action to drive medicinal ions into the wound bed. Various methods of making the disclosed dermal drug delivery platform, as well as three-dimensional methods of treating a wound using the platform are also disclosed.
US10058454B2
An apparatus, system or method for aiding the vision of visually impaired individuals having a retina with reduced functionality, which overcomes the drawbacks of the background art by overcoming such reduced and/or uneven retinal function.
US10058451B2
A lacrimal duct tube including: a pair of tubular members each of which has an terminal end opening at one end; and a central member that connects other ends of the tubular members, at least one of the tubular members includes: a cylindrical part extended from the terminal end opening to the central member side and has an opening for bar-like operative instrument at an end portion at the central member side; and an arc-shaped part that is extended from the end portion of the cylindrical part at the central member side further to the central member side and has an almost arc-shaped wall portion on a cross section orthogonal to a longitudinal side of the tubular member, and the almost arc-shaped wall portion is formed at the arc-shaped part continuously over a length of ⅓ or more and 9/10 or less of an entire length of the tubular member.
US10058446B2
A knee brace for use by athletes or others requiring protection and support of the knee. The knee brace includes a base and a spider member. The base is comprised of elastic material and configured to closely fit around portions of the knee and adjacent leg portions. A spider member having upper and lower pairs of tensioning straps is fastened to the interior surface of the base, with the tensioning straps extending through upper and lower apertures in the base for detachable attachment to the exterior surface of the base.
US10058441B2
A delivery system for delivering an endovascular prosthesis is disclosed. A handle assembly is disposed at the distal end of the delivery system. The handle assembly includes a main handle and a second handle disposed at least partially on the main handle and longitudinally moveable relative to the main handle. A trigger wire release mechanism is disposed in the interior or the main handle. A sheath is operatively connected to the second handle, such that longitudinal movement of the second handle relative to the main handle retracts the sheath in a distal direction. Movement of the trigger wire release mechanism from a first position to a second deployed position is prevented when the sheath is in the first position. Methods for accessing the iliac arteries and deploying an endovascular prosthesis therein using the delivery system and handle assembly are also disclosed.
US10058435B2
An intervertebral prosthesis includes a body having first and second spaced apart major surfaces defining a longitudinal axis; a first aperture opening at one of the first and second major surfaces; a first anchoring element including a shaft having proximal and distal ends; a translator element coupled to the proximal end of the first anchoring element and having an engagement element that is releasibly engageable with a distal end of an external shaft element that enters the body through an aperture. The shaft element applies forces to the translator to: (i) move along a longitudinal axis within the body, (ii) translate the proximal end of the first anchoring element parallel to the longitudinal axis, and (iii) push the first anchoring element out through the first aperture.
US10058420B2
Prosthetic devices and frames for implantation at a cardiac valve annulus are provided that include an annular frame (having an inflow end and an outflow end) and a plurality of axial frame members that bridge two circumferentially extending rows of angled struts. The axial frame members can include a plurality of axially extending leaflet attachment members and a plurality of axial struts in a 1:1 ratio. Along each of the two rows, the frame can have at least three angled struts between adjacent axial frame members.
US10058413B2
A suction stent for introduction into a hollow organ of the human or animal body, preferably into the gastrointestinal tract, in particular the intestine, includes a tubular hollow body which is open in the longitudinal direction and made of biocompatible material. The tubular hollow body has a fixed diameter at least in its central portion. A porous shapeable material, preferably a sponge material, which is biocompatible and shapeable in the radial direction, radially sheaths the tubular hollow body at least in a section of the tubular hollow body. A method for sealing a leakage, especially an anastomosis, of the hollow organ utilizes the stent.
US10058412B2
An implant includes first thermoplastic material portions, and second thermoplastic material portions liquefiable by mechanical vibrations and being in contact with the first thermoplastic material portions, wherein the second thermoplastic material portions preferably constitute at least a part of a surface of the implant, and wherein the first thermoplastic material portions have a glass transition temperature above an implantation temperature (about 20° C. to 40° C.), and wherein the second thermoplastic material portions either have a glass transition temperature below the implantation temperature or are able to transform non-mechanical energy into heat.
US10058405B2
A dental restoration model including a positive model (15) of a dental restoration piece. The positive model (15) defines at least the outer contour (36) of a dental restoration piece to be made using lost wax technology and is provided with a locating pin region which is defined especially according to a given optimization process. The locating pin region is provided with a guiding element (30) which accommodates and/or guides a material feeder (22, 24, 26 and 28).
US10058398B2
A turbine dental drill mechanism, which includes a turbine and a turbine shaft. A balancing chamber is provided on the mechanism and includes an automatic balancing component provided therein. The automatic balancing component is a metal ball, sand grains or a flexible body. The metal ball in the balancing chamber can enhance the balance. The sand grains in the balancing chamber can reduce noise while also enhancing balance. The flexible body in the balancing chamber can eliminate noise and provide weight adjustment, thereby achieving automatic balancing.
US10058397B2
Devices for containing exposed internal body parts during insertion into the body of a human or veterinary patient are provided. The devices include a surgical pouch for containing the exposed internal body parts. The devices also include one or more sealing elements disposed on the surgical pouch between the proximal end and the distal end of the surgical pouch such that a section of the pouch is closed off when each sealing element is sealed. Also provided are methods for containing exposed internal body parts of a human or veterinary patient during insertion into the body of the patient.
US10058396B1
Methods and systems for insertion of an instrument into a body cavity of an animal for performing a surgical procedure using a processor circuit controlled robotic surgery system are disclosed. In some embodiments, a method involves receiving body cavity image data representing an interior view of the body cavity captured by a camera inserted into the body cavity, determining, by the processor circuit, instrument parameters associated with physical extents of the instrument to be inserted, determining, by the processor circuit, an instrument envelope identifying a region through which the instrument is capable of moving in the body cavity, and generating, by the processor circuit, display signals operable to display a composite view of the interior of the body cavity on a display, the composite view being based on the body cavity image data and including an envelope overlay image generated to represent the instrument envelope.
US10058394B2
A robot arm and method for using the robot arm. Embodiments may be directed to an apparatus comprising: a robot arm; an end effector coupled at a distal end of the robot arm and configured to hold a surgical tool; a plurality of motors operable to move the robot arm; and an activation assembly operable to send a move signal allowing an operator to move the robot arm.
US10058387B2
A device for directing energy to a target volume of tissue includes a monopole antenna assembly that includes a monopole antenna radiating section having a monopole antenna element surrounded by a dielectric material. The monopole antenna assembly also includes a ground plane disposed at a proximal end of the monopole antenna radiating section, wherein the ground plane is configured to direct energy into the target volume of tissue.
US10058386B2
A microwave providing device is provided, which is capable of effectively extending the coagulation range of a treatment target tissue by setting the conditions for intermittently providing microwaves. An output controller controls a microwave generator based on a first efficiency of dielectric heating by microwaves with respect to a cumulative radiation period of microwaves radiated intermittently to a treatment target tissue S and a second efficiency of dielectric heating by microwaves with respect to a cumulative radiation period of microwaves radiated continuously to the treatment target tissue so that microwaves are intermittently radiated at least after a reference cumulative radiation period that is set in advance as a cumulative radiation period at which the first efficiency becomes larger than the second efficiency.
US10058381B2
A device and method that provides a minimally-invasive approach to performing treatments on soft tissue, such as that found in the bladder. The device is useful for manipulating tissue such that treatment tools can be inserted into the tissue at a controlled depth. In some implementations, the device and method described herein are suited to provide therapy to non-mucosal target tissue (or a target volume of tissue) to modulate bladder function. In an example, energy can be delivered to denervate selected portions of the bladder, such as afferent nerves.
US10058376B2
An end effector assembly for use with an electrosurgical instrument is provided. The end effector assembly has a pair of opposing jaw members. Each of the jaw members has a support base, an electrical jaw lead, and a sealing plate coupled to the electrical jaw lead. The sealing plate has a stainless steel layer and an electrically insulative layer.
US10058372B1
Tissue ablation devices and methods including needle injectors that deliver flowable thermal treatment media into an interface with tissue and that can provide a single dose of ablative energy.
US10058371B2
A cryotreatment catheter for treating tissue. The catheter may include an outer elongate body, a balloon treatment element coupled to the distal portion of the elongate body with a plurality of balloon lobes radially arranged around the outer elongate body, an inner elongate body rotatably movable within the lumen of the outer elongate body, and a fluid delivery lumen located within the lumen of the outer elongate body and at least partially within the lumen of the inner elongate body. The fluid delivery lumen may be branched at a distal portion into a plurality of linear segments, each linear segment being in fluid communication with one of the plurality of balloon lobes. Each of the balloon lobes may be inflated independently of each other by the linear segments of the fluid delivery lumen.
US10058366B2
A surgical implant for fixing a soft tissue to a bone comprising a staple and a plate. The staple and the plate are positionable on an instrument in such a way that the plate may be manipulated with the instrument to hold the soft tissue against the bone and in such a way that the staple is fixable to the bone with the plate positioned between a bridge of the staple and the soft tissue when legs of the staple are driven through the plate and into the bone.
US10058357B2
A connector for a spinal implant system, the connector comprising a body portion and an extension portion, the body portion being adapted to couple thereto at least a first bone screw for installation in a vertebra, the body portion further being adapted for coupling at least a first elongate member thereto, the extension portion extending from the body portion, the extension portion being adapted for coupling thereto at least a first intervertebral device for installation in a spinal disc space. Preferably at least part of the extension portion is bendable.
US10058356B2
Systems for securely connecting a spinal implant to a bone anchor by using an offset connection assembly. The variable angle connection assembly is able to securely connect the spinal implant to the anchors even when there is a variance in the angle and position of the anchors with respect to the spinal implant. The connection assembly will not inadvertently lock the components of the connection assembly preventing the relative movement of the components.
US10058355B2
An orthopedic implant kit comprising a lockable poly-axial screw, a tissue dilatation sleeve, a screw driver, a screw extender, a rod, rod-reduction device, a set screw driver, a torque limiting device and a screw releasing device.
US10058347B2
A handle unit for a surgical device that operates an end effector to give various kinds of treatments, includes: a handle main body having a fixed member; a support section that is supported by the same hand of the user and is movable along a turning plane defined by moving closer to or away from the fixed member; a first coupling section that is coupled with the handle main body by moving the support section along the turning plane; a second coupling section that has an extended axis defined by the first coupling section and the support section and is configured to turn the support section in a periaxial direction orthogonal to the extended axis; and a third coupling section that is configured to turn the support section in the periaxial direction of the extended axis.
US10058346B2
An ultrasonic instrument comprises a handle assembly or other kind of body configured to receive an ultrasonic transducer, a shaft assembly having an acoustic waveguide and an ultrasonic blade, and a removable clamp arm. The ultrasonic blade is in acoustic communication with the acoustic waveguide such that the ultrasonic transducer is operable to drive the ultrasonic blade to vibrate ultrasonically via the acoustic waveguide. The clamp arm is configured to selectively couple with and decouple from the shaft assembly and/or handle assembly of the ultrasonic instrument. The clamp arm may include a coupler or other coupling feature configured to selectively couple the clamp arm with the shaft assembly and/or the handle assembly. The ultrasonic instrument may further comprise a guidance system configured to position and/or orient the clamp arm relative to the ultrasonic instrument.
US10058344B2
A medical device may include a housing. The housing may include an outer wall, an inner wall spaced from the outer wall, and a cavity between the outer wall and the inner wall. The cavity may be in fluid communication with a lumen configured to adjust pressure within the cavity. The medical device may also include a cutting tool configured to move from extending around an outer surface of the housing to entering the cavity of the housing.
US10058337B2
Various embodiments of a targeting device for use with systems, methods, and apparatuses for fusion, stabilization, and/or fixation of bones are disclosed. In one embodiment, a targeting device is provided, the targeting device comprising: a targeting arm including a targeting portion, a radial portion, and at least one aperture oriented in the targeting portion; a target lock; and a rotation arrestor including an arresting engagement portion, an elongated shaft, and a button operatively connected to the arresting engagement portion.
US10058336B2
Methods and devices that displace bone or other hard tissue to create a cavity in the tissue. Where such methods and devices rely on a driving mechanism for providing moving of the device to form a profile that improves displacement of the tissue. These methods and devices also allow for creating a path or cavity in bone for insertion of bone cement or other filler to treat a fracture or other condition in the bone. The features relating to the methods and devices described herein can be applied in any region of bone or hard tissue where the tissue or bone is displaced to define a bore or cavity instead of being extracted from the body such as during a drilling or ablation procedure.
US10058335B2
The present invention relates to a modularized patient-specific registration guide and a system using the same and, more specifically, to a modularized patient-specific registration guide capable of rapidly carrying out an initial registration step for a bone, which is a surgical site, and inducing a registration step to be easily performed even during an operation, and a system using the same. The modularized patient-specific registration guide, according to one embodiment of the present invention, is a registration guide manufactured according to a three-dimensional shape of a bone obtained in an imaging device, the registration guide comprising: a first member having one or more markers and one or more extending parts that come in contact with the bone, and having a groove on one side thereof; and a second member accommodated in or separable from the groove of the first member and having one or more markers.
US10058334B1
A method to stop bleeding at a puncture site of an artery on a patient's arm includes wrapping a flexible band of a hemostatic device around at least a portion of the patient's arm, wherein the hemostatic device also comprises a more rigid member that is more rigid than the flexible band, a balloon, and a visually identifiable marker. The method also involves wrapping the flexible band around at least the portion of the patient's arm while the balloon is in an uninflated state and while an introducer sheath is in place at the puncture site. The visually identifiable marker is used to position the balloon in overlying relation to the puncture site while viewing the puncture site through the balloon and through the more rigid member. Fluid is introduced into the balloon to inflate the balloon to apply a compression force against the puncture site.
US10058322B2
Systems and methods for soft tissue to bone repairs, without knot tying. The soft tissue repair systems include self-cinching constructs with splices and loops having attached flexible materials that are pre-loaded onto modified knotless anchors (for example, swivel and/or screw-in suture anchors and/or push-in suture anchors with a distal eyelet) to position the self-locking, adjustable construct at the repair site. The systems allow for knotless tensioning of the tissue after the knotless anchors have been implanted.
US10058316B2
A surgical traction apparatus according to the present invention includes a moving body portion including a magnetic body and configured to be inserted into a body, a hook portion configured to be connected to the moving body portion inside the body and pull an object inside the body, an operating portion configured to operate the moving body portion to move inside the body while moving outside the body, and a magnet portion configured to be mounted on the operating portion and be with adjustable magnetic strength.
US10058312B2
A cryogenic medical system and method of use thereof for transseptal puncturing is disclosed, including a medical device having an elongate body with a fluid flow path therein, a thermally-transmissive region coupled to the elongate body in thermal communication with the fluid flow path, and a puncturing element movably coupled to the elongate body; and a cryogenic coolant source in fluid communication with the fluid flow path. The medical device may alternatively include an elongate body, a thermally-transmissive region coupled to the elongate body, a thermo-electric cooler in thermal communication with the thermally-transmissive region, and a puncturing element movably coupled to the elongate body.
US10058311B1
A multi-functional handle manipulates a medical instrument and includes a body capable of being gripped by a hand of a user and further capable of being in communication with the medical instrument. In non-limiting exemplary embodiments, the handle may include one or more of a first trigger assembly, a second trigger assembly and a third trigger assembly. Non-limiting exemplary embodiments also include one or more of a primary digit-receiving member, a secondary digit-receiving member, and a tertiary digit-supporting member for facilitating ergonomic operation of the handle. The actuation arm actuates the medical instrument independently from movement of the primary digit-receiving member wherein the primary digit-receiving member can be selectively displaced between alternate orientations relative to a position of the body and relative to a position of the actuation arm, respectively, without affecting manipulation of the medical instrument.
US10058304B2
A biological signal detection device including a first FFT transformer that performs fast Fourier transformation on a signal of a first sensor, and that outputs a complex data row formed by a first real part data row and a first imaginary part data row; a second FFT transformer that performs fast Fourier transformation on a signal of a second sensor, and that outputs a complex data row formed by a second real part data row and a second imaginary part data row; a frequency component subtractor that subtracts the first real part data row from the second real part data row to output a noise-removed first real part data row; and a FFT inverse transformer that performs fast Fourier inverse transformation on the noise-removed first real part data row and the second imaginary part data row.
US10058303B2
In order to provide a mobile X-ray imaging apparatus having less possibility that a cable comes into contact with an object, the apparatus has a carriage and an X-ray imaging unit mounted on the carriage, and the X-ray imaging unit is provided with an X-ray generator, an arm holding one end of the X-ray generator, a supporting post supporting the other end of the arm in a vertically movable manner, and a main body supplying electric power. Conductor filaments are arranged at intervals along an axial direction on the supporting post, conductor brushes coming into contact with the filaments respectively are arranged on the other end of the arm, the brushes move vertically along the filaments in a state of coming into contact with the filaments with the vertical movement of the arm, and the main body supplies electric power to the X-ray generator through the filaments and the brushes.
US10058302B2
A method of reducing radiation dose for a selected organ on a patient in a computed tomography (CT) scan that uses an X-ray source to scan the patient. The method comprises a computer determining a tube start angle for the X-ray source of the CT scan based on a location of the selected organ, a starting location of the X-ray source, a beam width of the CT scan, and a pitch of the CT scan. The starting angle of the X-ray source of the CT scan can then be set based on the determined tube start angle. In some embodiments, the organ location, X-ray starting location, beam width, and pitch are used to determine the number of tube rotations from the X-ray starting location to the organ location. This tube rotation number can be used to determine the tube start angle.
US10058300B2
Embodiments of methods and apparatus are disclosed for obtaining a phase-contrast digital imaging system and methods for same that can include an x-ray source for radiographic imaging; a beam shaping assembly, an x-ray grating interferometer including a phase grating and an analyzer grating; and an x-ray detector; where the source grating, the phase grating, and the analyzer grating are detuned and a plurality of uncorrelated reference images are obtained for use in imaging processing with the detuned system.
US10058299B2
In a radiation imaging system, which obtains a radiation image of an object based on a plurality of image signals, includes a radiation imaging apparatus, which includes a plurality of pixels arranged in a two-dimensional matrix, configured to convert an irradiated radiation transmitted through an object into an image signal serving as a partial image of the object. In the radiation imaging system, a holding unit for holding the radiation imaging apparatus holds the radiation imaging apparatus to be movable in a direction intersecting a direction in which positions to obtain a plurality of partial images are arranged.
US10058294B2
A radiation imaging system includes a housing containing a plurality of radiation imaging devices each including a radiation detecting panel having a two-dimensional matrix of pixels and arranged to convert applied radiation to an image signal, a plurality of retainers configured to position and retain the plurality of radiation imaging devices so that parts of the respective radiation imaging devices spatially overlap as viewed from an irradiation side, and a unit configured to acquire a radiographic image on the basis of image signals from the respective radiation imaging devices. The plurality of retainers are configured to retain the plurality of radiation imaging devices in areas other than effective pixel areas of the respective radiation imaging devices.
US10058287B2
In a method and apparatus for acquiring a magnetic resonance imaging dataset of an area to be examined of a patient by magnetic resonance data are acquired over a prespecified acquisition period which has been fixed for the acquisition process. This acquisition period is divided into a number of sub-periods. For each sub-dataset of the magnetic resonance data acquired by undersampling in a sub-period, at least one motion value describing the motion status of the area to be examined is determined, and the data subsets to be used for the reconstruction of the magnetic resonance imaging dataset are selected in dependence on the motion values in order to minimize motion artifacts.
US10058286B2
A biological information monitoring apparatus includes: a measurer which is configured to measure biological information of a subject; a display on which a measurement value of the biological information measured by the measurer is displayed; a calibration controller which, when a predetermined condition is satisfied, is configured to perform a calibration process on the measurer; a time measurer which is configured to acquire a remaining time before the calibration process is ended; and a display controller which is configured to cause an index indicating the remaining time to be displayed on the display.
US10058276B2
Techniques for monitoring a target analyte in a sample using a polymer capable of binding to the target analyte are disclosed. An implantable monitor useful for the disclosed techniques includes a microdevice coupled with a wireless interface. The wireless interface can comprise a capacitance digital converter coupled with the microdevice and can be adapted to produce a digital signal representing a measurement of the target analyte. A microcontroller can be coupled with the capacitance digital converter and a transponder can be coupled with the microcontroller to transmit the digital signal received from the capacitance digital converter to an external reader.
US10058275B2
A sensor port is adapted to connect to either a sensor or a data source. A reader is configured to identify which of the sensor and the data source is connected to the sensor port. A data path is configured to communicate an analog signal associated with the sensor and digital data associated with the data source to a signal processor according to the identification made by the reader.
US10058264B2
A universal sensor pod provides a native sensing function during a first mode of operation and a secondary sensing function during a second mode of operation. The universal sensor pod may transition from the native sensing function to the secondary sensing function upon detecting that a sensor capable of the secondary sensing function is connected to the universal sensor pod via a smart connector. The universal sensor pod may continue one or more native sensing functions along with the secondary sensing function upon detecting that a sensor capable of the secondary sensing function is connected to the universal sensor pod via a smart connector. A code embedded within the smart connector is transmitted to a processor contained within the universal sensor pod and in response, the processor executes a firmware application that is tailored to the secondary sensing function code in response to receiving the code.
US10058256B2
Some embodiments of the present inventive concept provide a system that uses two wavelengths of differential transmittance through a sample to apply laser speckle or laser Doppler imaging. A first of the two wavelengths is within the visible range that has zero or very shallow penetration. This wavelength captures the anatomical structure of tissue/organ surface and serves as a position marker of the sample but not the subsurface movement of blood flow and perfusion. A second wavelength is in the near Infra-Red (NIR) range, which has much deeper penetration. This wavelength reveals the underlying blood flow physiology and correlates both to the motion of the sample and also the movement of blood flow and perfusion. Thus, true motion of blood flow and perfusion can be derived from the NIR imaging measurement without being affected by the motion artifact of the target.
US10058253B2
What is provided is a system, method, and article of manufacture for detecting, monitoring, and tracking whether a user is in a more relaxed or stressed state by measuring the user's heart rate variability. The system has a heart rate monitoring device with at least one sensor that is configured to measure user heart rate. The system also has a mobile computing device, which may be configured to interact with the heart rate monitoring device for monitoring, tracking, and displaying a user's heart rate and mental stress level information. The method measures the user's heart rate information to calculate a measure of heart rate variability and to analyze whether peaks corresponding to activation levels of the user's parasympathetic nervous system (PNS) and sympathetic nervous system (SNS) exceed a predetermined threshold level within a predetermined time period.
US10058252B1
A monitoring device with a pedometer function preferably comprises an article, an optical sensor, an accelerometer and processor. The optical sensor preferably comprises a photodetector and a plurality of light emitting diodes. A sensor signal from the optical sensor is processed with a filtered accelerometer output signal from the accelerometer to generate a pedometer function.
US10058251B2
The present disclosure concerns a method for determining a heart-lung interaction factor of a subject, comprising: measuring a heart activity-related signal comprising heart activity-related information; from the heart activity-related signal, calculating a frequency of cardiac cycle and a frequency of respiratory cycle; from the heart activity-related signal, determining a cardiac cycle energy at the frequency of cardiac cycle, determining a respiratory cycle energy at the frequency of respiratory cycle, and determining a heart-lung interaction energy at an intermodulation frequency corresponding to the difference between the frequency of respiratory cycle and the frequency of cardiac cycle, or the sum of the frequency of respiratory cycle and the frequency of cardiac cycle; and determining a heart-lung interaction factor from the ratio of the heart-lung interaction energy and one of the cardiac cycle energy and the respiratory cycle energy. The heart-lung interaction factor can be determined non-invasively.
US10058232B2
A transmission mechanism includes a mobile member, and an adjustment unit which is coupled to the mobile member and which changes in an adjustment amount in a longitudinal axis C direction. The transmission mechanism further includes a pulling and pressing member which is coupled to the raising stand and the adjustment unit. The transmission mechanism further includes a regulation portion which regulates the adjustment amount of the adjustment unit when a raising operation portion is operated and when a tension is applied to the adjustment unit.
US10058229B2
A dishwasher includes a tub at least partially defining a treating chamber and a sprayer for spraying liquid to the treating chamber. The sprayer may include a liquid passage and at least one outlet extending from an interior to an exterior of the sprayer and in fluid communication with the liquid passage. A membrane may have at least one opening and may be in fluid communication with the liquid passage to control the flow of liquid through the at least one outlet.
US10058227B2
A dishwasher with a tub at least partially defining a treating chamber, a liquid spraying system, a liquid recirculation system defining a recirculation flow path, and a liquid filtering system. The liquid filtering system includes a rotatable filter disposed in the recirculation flow path to filter the liquid and a diverter overlying and spaced from at least a portion of the upstream surface to form a gap there between.
US10058226B2
A dishwasher with a dishwasher spray arm is provided. The dishwasher spray arm may include a washing liquid intake, an inner volume, and at least one opening arranged to dispense washing liquid from the inner volume to a washing chamber. The dishwasher spray arm may also include one or more guide vanes in a vicinity of the at least one opening. The one or more guide vanes may at least partly prevent a rotating movement of washing liquid dispensed via the at least one opening.
US10058221B2
A dispenser for dispensing at least one web from a stack of web material is disclosed. The dispenser includes a housing arranged to hold a stack of web material. A web path extends in an interior of the housing in a first direction in a first portion of the housing and in a second direction in a second portion of the housing. The housing includes an access opening providing access to the interior of the housing. The web path is accessible along a third direction, in both the first and second portions of the housing, via the access opening.
US10058219B2
The embodied invention is a toothbrush holder that provides a sanitary method of stabilizing a toothbrush for application of toothpaste. The design comprises a horizontal stabilizer for the brush end of the toothbrush, with a recessed space for the brush end. The stabilizer includes an underside with a flat surface that will rest against the sink counter and provide stability in use. The toothbrush holder can be easily rinsed off or placed in a dishwasher for sanitation. A vertical stand feature is added for storage and to allow the toothbrush to air dry. Finally, the horizontal toothbrush stabilizer design allows the incorporation of art that is applied via embossing or by shaping.
US10058211B2
A convection barbecue grill for grilling food with convection style circulated air includes a grill housing defining a grilling assembly sized as conventional barbecue grills, a heating and circulation assembly defining a heating element, a high temperature fan and a pair of duck and vent implements, and a filtration system which includes an air outlet and a filter. When in use, the fan is operative to blow air in a heating direction, which causes ambient air outside of the heating element to pass through the heating element and fan into the grill housing as well as air in the grill housing to be recirculated therethrough by way of the duck and vent implements. The filtration system is operative to filter air being outlet from the grill housing that is not being recirculated.
US10058209B2
A simple integrated assemblage of components built around a modular solid state heater, and incorporating an intuitive consumer user interface (CUI), enables self-heating functionality to be applied in standard beverage cans. The CUI includes an actuation mechanism for user initiation of heating, as well as a novel means of breaching the can to access the heated beverage.
US10058206B2
An apparatus and method for control of temperature-precise culinary processes with real-time verification of food safety and pathogen destruction. The apparatus and method utilizes software process control for monitoring and recording input temperature sensors, controlling active relays for adjusting temperature according to set programmable recipes. A connector kit (local or in the cloud) or gateway module receives real time data from the sensors and relays, and enables communication of real time data with client applications. An automatic process interface (“API”) and a communication channel (“websocket”) enable the connector kit (local or in the cloud), mobile applications, a website and cloud to share data and instructions. The API also stores data for authentication of client applications communicating that information via the connector kit (local or in the cloud) or gateway module enabling execution of client applications; the viewing of live and historical data from sensors; thereby generating live and historically validated food safety data with means to verify pathogen destruction and safety.
US10058188B2
An adjustable mattress foundation includes a frame having at least one movable frame portion, a panel coupled for movement with the movable frame portion, an actuator supported upon the frame and operable to selectively incline the at least one movable frame portion, and a vibration motor assembly coupled to the panel. The vibration motor assembly includes a vibration motor and a cover at least partially enclosing the vibration motor. The cover includes an outer shell and a liner at least partially positioned within the outer shell.
US10058184B1
A chair back support cushioning system includes a cushioned body forming an inner cavity configured to rest on a back of a chair and secure thereto via a strap; an upper horizontal head support having a cylindrical body and composed of a semi-rigid material; a lateral support having a cylindrical body and forming a U-shape around an inner area; a first horizontal support having a cylindrical body and positioned within the inner area of the lateral support; a second horizontal support having a cylindrical body and positioned within the inner area of the lateral support, the second horizontal support being spaced apart from the first horizontal support; a first lateral outward notch configured to peripherally surround the lateral support and adapted to secure the lateral support to the head support; a second lateral outward notch configured to peripherally surround the first horizontal support; and a third lateral outward notch configured to peripherally surround the second horizontal support.
US10058183B2
A headrest lifting mechanism is revealed. The headrest lifting mechanism is disposed on a seat back and including a lifting base, a bottom-side vertical support and an elastic positioning rod. A headrest is connected to an upper end of the bottom-side vertical support. A positioning end of the elastic positioning rod fixed on the bottom-side vertical support is moved downward into one of the slots of the lifting base owing to material elasticity when the bottom-side vertical support is assembled with the lifting base. Thus the bottom-side vertical support and the positioning end are slid and positioned together in the slots of the lifting base. The number of the parts is reduced and the assembly is simplified. This enables cost reduction and mass production.
US10058169B2
A device for sanitizing and disinfecting hair styling tools such as hair brushes via ultraviolet radiation is described. The device is preferably equipped with a chamber disposed in a body equipped with a housing and a base. At least one UV bulb is disposed within the base, and is configured to cast UV light to a tool disposed within the chamber. Reflectors orient the emitted UV light such that the maximal surface area of the brush head is sanitized via the at least one UV bulb. The device is conventionally powered, and is configured to preferable deactivate automatically at the end of the sanitizing process.
US10058163B2
A bag, such as a backpack, includes a back panel having an edge portion, a spacing panel having a fixed edge attached to the back panel and a free edge, an adjustment device, and a lace connecting the adjustment device and the spacing panel. The adjustment device can be configured to retract the lace, thereby translating the spacing panel toward the edge portion of the back panel, thereby increasing a space between the spacing panel and the back panel. The space between the spacing panel and the back panel can be smaller in a first configuration than in a second configuration and the back panel of the bag can be curved in the second configuration.
US10058161B2
A double eyelid formation tape is formed by applying an adhesive, which is used for attaching a tape-shaped member to an eyelid, to the tape-shaped member, which has a long length and which has elastic contractility when the tape-shaped member is stretched to a predetermined length in a longitudinal direction, and that is used for forming a double eyelid by utilizing the elastic contractility of the tape-shaped member. The tape-shaped member is formed of a multilayer body that includes a first base material layer made of a polyethylene and a second base material layer made of polyurethane. When the tape-shaped member is stretched to the predetermined length, the first base material layer is caused to transition to the plastic zone and is configured to have elastic contractility even in the plastic zone.
US10058156B2
A hair carrier clutch bag for storing and transporting hair products such as wigs or hair extensions comprising an elongated body having a top, a bottom, a first side, a second side, an inner surface and an outer surface wherein the elongated body includes a plurality of fold sections and a top overlap section. At least one clip for securing a hair product coupled to the inner surface of the elongated body and offset from the top of the elongated body. A protective cover for covering the hair product including at least one cover sheet having a top, a bottom, a first side, a second side, an inner surface, and an outer surface wherein the first side of the cover sheet is coupled to the second side of the elongated body. The cover sheet is foldable about the joint formed between the cover sheet and the body. The body of the hair carrier clutch bag can be folded upon itself such that the folded body resembles a woman's clutch bag.
US10058153B1
Provided among other things is a cover for a portable electronic device comprising: an exterior cover having at least one flexible connector and configured to enclose the electronic device, the cover having an open configuration and a closed configuration; wherein the cover comprises material having an exterior metalized surface and a foamed or bubbled interior layer, wherein the material is located to protect the electronic device from solar heat.
US10058151B2
In a storage device, in particular a piece of baggage or a wallet, having at least one outer surface, it is provided that an additional outer layer is provided on the outer surface, said layer having at least one three-dimensional protrusion formed therein by a thermoforming process and protruding from the outer surface.
US10058150B2
Devices and systems are provided that comprise a reaching apparatus removably coupled with a mobility device such that an individual can couple, uncouple, and/or use the reaching apparatus while concurrently using the mobility device for stability and/or mobility assistance. Related devices, systems, and kits further comprise a sheath for coupling with a mobility device using one or more attachment means, the sheath configured to slidably receive at least part of the reaching apparatus therein. Furthermore, methods for using such devices and systems are provided, providing both retrofit options and otherwise.
US10058148B1
A watch band can provide both a physical connection and an electrical connection with a watch body of a watch. The watch band is fixed relative to the watch body and an electrical connection is either performed either simultaneously or shortly thereafter. The electrical connection enables data and power transfer between the watch body and the watch band. The electrical connection may also be performed by a secondary user interaction. Secondary user inactions may involve the user sliding, pulling, pushing, or rotating a portion of the watch band or watch body.
