US10073561B2
A touch apparatus and a correction method thereof are provided. Whether to divide a correction block is determined by calculating distortion error quantity of the correction block, so as to make the distortion error quantity of each divided correction block is less than or equal to a preset threshold. A correction parameter set of each correction block is obtained. Accordingly, in an operation procedure, correction for a touch behavior of a user is executed based on the correction parameter set.
US10073558B2
Position indicator, position detecting device, and input control method of position detecting device
A position detecting device includes two different types of sensors. A position indicator includes resonant circuits that enable detection of the position indicator by a first sensor both when a first end of a chassis of the position indicator is oriented toward the position detecting device and when a second end of the chassis is oriented toward the position detecting device. The position indicator also includes a conductive cap that is provided at the second end of the chassis and that enables detection of the position indicator by a second sensor when the second end is brought close to the position detecting device. A control circuit included in the position detecting device changes processing according to when the control circuit is receiving only one of an output signal from a detection circuit coupled to the first sensor and an output signal from a detection circuit coupled to the second sensor and when the control circuit is receiving the output signals from both detection circuits.
US10073553B2
Methods and apparatus for an interaction system specifying cross-device interaction are provided. The interaction system provides application program interfaces (APIs) and a scripting environment that allow development of scripts that combine user input and sensing events and distribute output and across devices to create a range of rich cross-device behaviors with minimal development. The interaction system includes an integrated environment for developers to author and test cross-device behaviors. When a script is ready, the script can be deployed on a network of mobile and wearable computing devices using the interaction system's runtime environment. An evaluation of the interaction system with twelve participants revealed that the interaction system significantly reduced developer effort for creating and iterating on cross-device behaviors. The interaction system allowed developers to focus on target interaction behaviors and high-level device capabilities, rather than low-level specifications.
US10073551B2
Provided is a novel display panel which is highly convenient or reliable or a driving method thereof. The display panel includes a first display element, a first conductive film electrically connected to the first display element, a second conductive film having a region overlapping with the first conductive film, an insulating film having a region sandwiched between the second conductive film and the first conductive film, a pixel circuit electrically connected to the second conductive film, and a second display element electrically connected to the pixel circuit. The insulating film has an opening. The second conductive film is electrically connected to the first conductive film in the opening.
US10073547B2
Example embodiments described herein disclose a device configured to generate and cause display of a rotary input interface within a display of the device. The rotary input interface may be displayed as one or more dial types, including at least a continuous rotary dial, a horseshoe dial, or a continuous scroll wheel, configured to include an arrangement of values at positions along the rotary input interface. The rotary input interface also include a central display configured to indicate a selected value (e.g., from among the arrangement of values) based on a location of a value indicator among the arrangement of values.
US10073534B2
An information processing system that controls a display to display an image generated based on a manipulation target image and an image based on a manipulation target region that is set based on a detection of an object included in acquired image data.
US10073533B2
An operation apparatus for a vehicle includes a detector configured to detect a motion of a hand; a display apparatus configured to output an operation screen; and a processing device configured to perform, based on the motion of the hand detected by the detector, selection and determination processes for selecting and determining one of selection target items in the operation screen output on the display apparatus. The processing device is configured to form, in a vehicle stop state, a first operation screen related to a predetermined function, the first operation screen being operable based on the motion of the hand, and form, in a vehicle travel state, a second operation screen related to the predetermined function, the second operation screen being different from the first operation screen and operable based on the motion of the hand easier than that in the vehicle stop state.
US10073513B2
In an embodiment, a processor includes a plurality of cores. Each core includes a core power unit to detect one or more power management events, and in response to the one or more power management events, initiate a protected power management mode in the core. Software interrupts to the core may be disabled during the protected power management mode. The core is to execute power management code during the protected power management mode. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US10073510B2
A method and apparatus for controlling an operation mode in a mobile terminal provides the mobile terminal to determine whether a predetermined time has elapsed, after a lapse of which it enters a first power-saving mode, and drive a camera module if the predetermined time has elapsed. Meanwhile, the mobile terminal determines whether a predetermined subject is recognized by the camera module, and then delays changing to the first power-saving mode if the predetermined subject is recognized, and enters the first power-saving mode if the predetermined subject is not recognized.
US10073508B2
A power supply device includes a housing, a plug assembly, and a sliding assembly. The plug assembly includes a power jack positioned on the housing and a power plug. The sliding assembly is slidably mounted on the housing. When the sliding assembly slides to a first position, the sliding assembly is configured to block the power jack for preventing the power plug being inserted to the power jack. When the sliding assembly slides to a second position, the sliding assembly is configured to move away from the power jack for allowing the power plug being received in the power jack.
US10073494B2
A mechanical attach and retention feature is described. An apparatus may include a cover portion that is configured to cover at least a portion of a display device of a computing device having a mobile form factor that is configured to be held by one or more hands of a user. The apparatus includes, a first mid-spine that is rotationally connected to the cover portion, a second mid-spine that is rotationally connected to the first mid-spine, and a connection portion that is rotationally connection to the second mid-spine. The connection portion is configured to form a removable physical coupling to the computing device using a projection that is configured to be disposed within a channel formed in a housing of the computing device and a protrusion disposed on the projection, the protrusion configured to be received within a cavity formed as part of the channel.
US10073484B2
A Schmitt trigger circuit having an input coupled to a current summing junction. A trickle current source generates a trickle current applied to the current summing junction. A bandgap current source generates a bandgap current applied to the current summing junction (wherein the bandgap current is fixed when a supply voltage exceeds a threshold). A variable current source generates a variable current applied to the current summing junction (wherein the variable current varies dependent on the supply voltage). At the current summing junction, the variable current is offset against the trickle and bandgap currents with respect to generating a voltage that is sensed at the Schmitt trigger circuit input.
US10073476B2
A circuit with Miller compensation effect includes a first stage and a second stage, with a first terminal for receiving a bias current and a second terminal that can be coupled to ground, wherein the first stage includes a differential stage coupled via a coupling line to the second stage. The second stage includes a transistor with a Miller compensation network, which is set between the first terminal of the second stage and the control terminal of the aforesaid transistor. A compensation-control transistor, which is coupled to the second terminal of said differential stage, can be activated for coupling the aforesaid second terminal to ground, the compensation-control transistor having its control terminal coupled to the aforesaid coupling line between the first and second stages.
US10073466B2
A dual-redundancy flight control system, comprises a master control system and a secondary control system. The master control system comprises a master controller, and further comprises a first inertial measurement unit (IMU), a first magnetic compass unit, and a first satellite navigation unit, each of which being connected to the master controller respectively. The secondary control system comprises a secondary controller, and further comprises a second IMU, a second magnetic compass unit, and a second satellite navigation unit, each of which being connected to the secondary controller respectively. The secondary controller is connected to the master controller via a data bus, and the master controller is connected to an electronic speed regulator of an aircraft for controlling the flight actions of the aircraft.
US10073460B2
Auto-guidance of a mobile machine is provided that does not require a graphical user interface display. Human interactions with the auto-guidance system of a mobile machine are performed solely with one or more electromechanical switches of the auto-guidance system while the mobile machine is operating. A first point for auto-guidance of a mobile machine is set by an auto-guidance system in response to a first electromechanical switch input. A second point for auto-guidance of the mobile machine is set by the auto-guidance system in response to a second electromechanical switch input after movement of the mobile machine from the first point. The auto-guidance system activates auto-guidance of the mobile machine along a path defined by the first point and the second point. The setting of the first point, the setting of the second point, and the activating are performed by one or more hardware processors.
US10073458B2
A path determining apparatus for an autonomous driving vehicle includes a path generator periodically generating a plurality of autonomous driving paths, an adaptive likelihood field (ALF) detector detecting an ALF on a road based on road information and obstacle information, a weight setter applying the ALF detected by the ALF detector to each of the autonomous driving paths generated by the path generator to set a weight with respect to each of the autonomous driving paths, and a path determiner determining a final autonomous driving path based on the weight set with respect to each of the autonomous driving paths by the weight setter.
US10073456B2
A control system for an autonomous vehicle includes at least one controller. The controller is programmed to receive first sensor readings from a first group of sensors, provide a first sensor fusion output based on the first sensor readings, the first sensor fusion output including a first detected state of a detected object, receive second sensor readings from a second group of sensors, and provide a second sensor fusion output based on the second sensor readings, the second sensor fusion output including a second detected state of the detected object. The controller is additionally programmed to, in response to the first detected state being outside a predetermined range of the second detected state, generate a diagnostic signal.
US10073454B2
A system and method for controlling a swarm of UAVs that are stored on and released from an airborne platform, fly to and destroy a target, where the UAVs download target information from the airborne platform before being released therefrom, do not communicate with each other or the airborne platform while in flight, and do not depend of the presence of GPS. Each UAV includes a vision sensor that provides image data, a navigation module that receives the image data and causes the UAV to navigate and fly towards the target, and a target destruction module that receives the image data and causes the UAV to destroy the target.
US10073452B2
In a driving assist system, a driving assist device as a control device acquires driving control information to be used for performing a driving control process in which an own vehicle follows a preceding vehicle running on the same lane of the own vehicle in front of the own vehicle. The driving assist device performs the driving control process of the own vehicle based on the acquired driving control information. The driving assist device detects an interruption of a preceding-vehicle following of the own vehicle. In the preceding-vehicle following, the own vehicle follows the preceding vehicle running on the same lane. The driving assist device decelerates a vehicle speed of the own vehicle by using a predetermined braking force when detecting the interruption of the preceding-vehicle following of the own vehicle during the preceding-vehicle following.
US10073449B1
Techniques for using an aerial vehicle to provide a data service are provided. For example, information about a request for the data service is accessed. The request is sent to a provider computing device and identifies a user computing device to receive the data service. The provider computing device is configured to provide the data service. A location associated with providing the data service is determined based on the request. The aerial vehicle is flown to the location. The aerial vehicle includes a computing system configured to provide a portion of the data service. Based on detecting that the aerial vehicle is within a range of the location, the aerial vehicle provides the portion of the data service to the user computing device by using, for example, the computing system.
US10073446B1
An automated modular quality control center assembly for tubulars having an automated inlet module, an automated transfer module, and an automated parameter defined segregation module. The automated inlet module has a pipe conveyor, which receives the tubulars from an initial pipe rack. The tubulars are rolled off the automated inlet module pipe conveyor to an automated transfer module pipe conveyor. The tubulars on the automated transfer module pipe conveyor pass in close proximity to and are scanned by the survey instrument detector. An automated pass fail pipe conveyor receives the tubulars from automated transfer module pipe conveyor. A pass test exit pipe rack or a fail test exit pipe rack receives the tubulars from the automated pass fail pipe conveyor that pass or fail a preset survey instrument limit of the survey instrument detector.
US10073434B1
An automated manufacturing system includes two simultaneous and independently operating toolheads accessing any location within the same work volume, with the exception of locations in proximity to each other. The system includes a bed platform connected with X and Y linear axes. A θ rotational axis rotates the bed and its linear axes as a unit. A first toolhead has a fixed position relative to the θ axis, and a second toolhead is coupled with a linear R axis parallel to the bed. The bed X and Y axes move the bed relative to the first toolhead, enabling the first toolhead to reach any portion of the bed. The R linear axis and θ rotational axis allow the second toolhead to move almost anywhere in a circular area that is always centered near the first toolhead. The system's kinematics ensure that it is impossible for the toolheads to collide.
US10073433B2
A numerical controller controls a position of a control axis in synchronization with a reference value by using tabular data. When the numerical controller sequentially reads a command block from the tabular data and analyzes the command block so as to acquire a reference value and a coordinate value of a control point, the numerical controller outputs a reference value of the control point, which is shifted based on a shift amount specified by a shift command, in command blocks subsequent to the command block which includes the shift command, in a case where the shift command for shifting a reference value is included in the read command block.
US10073412B2
A process cartridge, including a process cartridge housing, a photosensitive drum driving component, a driving force receiver, a flange component and a control mechanism. Opening parts are arranged on the driving force receiver and a retaining component is arranged on the process cartridge. When the control mechanism controls the driving force receiver to retract, the retaining component keeps the driving force receiver at a position non-interferential with a driving head of an image forming device. The driving force receiver and the flange component of the process cartridge are disengaged in a retracting state. In this state, the driving force receiving protrusion do not interfere with the front end column body of a machine driving head, and the process cartridge can be mounted and dismounted more smoothly.
US10073408B2
An image forming apparatus includes a mounting unit configured to mount a development unit including a developing member, a pressing member configured to press the development unit mounted on the mounting unit to separate the developing member from a photosensitive member or bring the developing member into contact with the photosensitive member, and an urging member configured to urge the pressing member, wherein, when mounting the development unit on the mounting unit, the development unit moves in a first direction from the pressing member toward the development unit, parallel to a direction in which the pressing member and the development unit are arranged side by side, wherein the pressing member is movable in the first direction, and wherein the urging member urges the pressing member to move the pressing member in the first direction.
US10073407B2
An image forming apparatus includes a cover and a hinge portion. The hinge portion couples the cover with an apparatus main body in openable/closable manner. The hinge portion includes an inner rail member, an intermediate rail member, and a movable rail member. The inner rail member is provided on an inner side of an opening in the apparatus main body, and is arc-shaped. The intermediate rail member is slidably supported by the inner rail member and displaced between a first position and a second position. The movable rail member includes a coupling portion and a supported portion, is slidably supported by the intermediate rail member, and when the cover is opened, is slid from a third position to a fourth position which is further outward of the opening than the third position and at which the coupling portion is disposed below a lower edge of the opening.
US10073403B2
An image formation apparatus that includes: first to third image formation units provided in this order in a traveling direction of a transfer target medium; a detector configured to detect first to third correction patterns formed on the transfer target medium by the first to third image formation units, respectively; and a control unit programed to control image misregistration correction based on a result of detection by the detector. The control unit causes the first and third image formation units to form the first and third correction patterns on the transfer target medium, respectively. When an amount of image misregistration between the first correction pattern and the third correction pattern is less than a predetermined value, the control unit neither causes the second image formation unit to form the second correction pattern, nor executes the image misregistration correction.
US10073401B2
A post processing apparatus is attachable to an image forming apparatus. In a state in which a concavely curled recording material is placed on a second placement unit, when a plurality of the recording materials which are convexly curled are discharged to the second placement unit, a control unit causes a post processing unit to perform specified post processing on at least one recording material of the plurality of recording materials, causes a discharging unit to discharge the at least one recording material to the second placement unit, and after the discharge, causes the post processing unit to perform the specified post processing on the recording material or the recording materials of the plurality of recording materials other than the at least one recording material.
US10073397B2
An image forming apparatus including an image forming unit that forms an image, an intermediate transfer member for a measuring image, a measurement unit that measures the measuring image, a conversion unit that converts a measurement result of the measuring image on a basis of a conversion condition, a determination unit that determines an image forming condition on a basis of the converted measurement result, and an update unit that updates the conversion condition while forming and measuring first measuring images, converting the measurement results of the first measuring images, determining a measuring image forming condition on a basis of the converted measurement results, forming second measuring images on a basis of the measuring image forming condition, obtaining measuring results of the second measuring images output from another measuring unit, and updating the conversion condition on a basis of the measurement results of the second measuring images.
US10073395B2
An image forming apparatus includes an acquiring unit that acquires rendering information including one or both of a text and an illustration; a first image forming unit that forms an image on a sheet material based on the rendering information that has been acquired; and a second image forming unit that forms an electrostatic attraction toner image on the sheet material, the electrostatic attraction toner image being for imparting an electrostatic attraction function to the sheet material, the electrostatic attraction function allowing the sheet material to be attracted to an object surface by using static electricity.
US10073386B2
An image forming apparatus including an image bearer; a nip forming member, a nip width changing device, a power source; and a controller. The controller switches between a first mode and a second mode according to a predetermined condition. In the first mode, a duty of the transfer bias is a first duty and a width of a transfer nip is a first width. In the second mode, the duty of the transfer bias is a second duty lower than the first duty and the width of the transfer nip is a second width greater than the first width. The duty is (T−Tt)/T×100% where T denotes one cycle of the transfer bias, and Tt denotes a time period, in which the transfer bias is on a transfer-directional side relative to a time-averaged value of the transfer bias, in the one cycle.
US10073385B2
In an image forming apparatus including a pressing member arranged on an inner circumferential surface of an intermediate transfer belt, configured to correct a position of the intermediate transfer belt in the width direction to be fit within a movable region, positions of both ends of the pressing member in the width direction are respectively arranged outside positions of both ends of the movable region.
US10073383B2
An image forming apparatus includes a discharging device for discharging the drum at a discharging portion opposing the surface of the drum; and a control unit for executing, during non-image formation, a cleaning operation for transferring the toner deposited on the transfer member onto the drum by applying a voltage from transfer voltage source to the transfer member. The control unit does not effect discharge by the discharging device for at least a region of the drum where a transfer voltage for transferring a normal-polarity toner of the toner deposited on the transfer member onto the drum is applied to the transfer member in the cleaning operation, and then passes the region of the drum through the charging portion in a state in which a voltage larger than a surface potential of the drum in a normal polarity side is applied to the charging member.
US10073382B2
An image forming apparatus includes: a transfer member that secondarily transfers a developer image primarily transferred to a intermediate transfer medium, to a recording medium; a charging member that charges residual developer remaining on the intermediate transfer medium after the developer image is secondarily transferred from the intermediate transfer medium to the recording medium; and a storage portion that stores information on a image bearing member. A bias applied to the charging member is changed based on the information when the residual developer charged by the charging member is collected by being transferred from the intermediate transfer medium to the image bearing member.
US10073378B2
A developer cartridge includes: a housing including a developer outlet; a conveying member configured to convey a developer to the developer outlet and including a spiral member rotatably installed in the housing; and a developer bag configured to accommodate the developer, be installed in the housing, and rotate in connection with the conveying member, the developer bag including an opening for discharging the developer into the housing.
US10073372B1
An exposure unit comprises a polygon mirror configured to include a plurality of reflection surfaces; first to fourth light sources arranged at different angle positions along a rotation direction of the polygon mirror; two photo detectors configured to selectively detect first laser light and fourth laser light respectively at a scanning start end side of a main scanning direction among first to fourth laser light which are emitted from the respective light sources and reflected by the polygon mirror to be scanned in the main scanning direction; and a control section configured to control light emitting timing of the first to the fourth light sources on the basis of detection results of these photo detectors.
US10073365B2
Provided is an electrophotographic photoreceptor including a conductive support, a photosensitive layer, and a surface protective layer disposed in sequence. The surface protective layer includes a cured product of a composition containing a polymerizable compound, a charge transporting material, and at least two polymerization initiators. The polymerization initiators include an acyl phosphine oxide and an O-acyl oxime.
US10073363B2
A photoconductor is provided. The photoconductor includes a cylindrical conductive support, a water-repellent resin film, a coating film, and a flange. The cylindrical conductive support has an end part having an inner circumferential surface having a surface roughness Rz of from 3 to 10 μm. The water-repellent resin film is on the inner circumferential surface of the end part of the cylindrical conductive support. The coating film is on an outer circumferential surface of the cylindrical conductive support. The flange has a cylindrical fitting part having an outer circumferential surface secured to the inner circumferential surface of the end part of the cylindrical conductive support.
US10073360B2
An edge exposure apparatus for exposure of an outer circumferential portion of a semiconductor substrate to light includes a light source provided to be able to emit light to the outer circumferential portion and a mirror having a reflection surface arranged to extend in a direction intersecting with an optical axis of light emitted from the light source. The mirror is provided between the outer circumferential portion and a center of the semiconductor substrate in a radial direction of the semiconductor substrate in exposure of the outer circumferential portion of the semiconductor substrate to light.
US10073359B2
An exposure apparatus exposes a substrate with illumination light via a projection optical system, and includes a stage disposed below the projection optical system and holds the substrate; an encoder system in which one of a grating section and a head is provided at the stage and the other of the grating section and the head is provided at a frame member to be disposed above the stage, on a lower end side of the projection optical system, and irradiates the grating section with a measurement beam via the head and measures positional information of the stage with a plurality of the heads that face the grating section; and a controller coupled to the encoder system, that controls a drive system based on positional information measured with the encoder system while compensating for measurement error of the encoder system related to measurement direction of the positional information by the heads.
US10073343B2
A compound which is non-ionic compound, the compound has a group represented by formula (Ia): wherein R2 represents a group having a C3 to C18 alicyclic hydrocarbon group where a methylene group may be replaced by an oxygen atom or a carbonyl group, Rf1 and Rf2 each independently represent a C1 to C4 perfluoroalkyl group, and * represents a binding site.
US10073341B2
In nanoimprinting processes, photo-cured products often separate from the substrate and stick to the mold due to insufficient adhesion between the photo-cured product and the substrate. This causes a defect of pattern separation.An adhesion layer composition used for forming an adhesion layer between a substrate and a photocurable composition includes a compound (A) having at least two functional groups, and a solvent (B). The functional groups include at least one functional group capable of being bound to the substrate, selected from the group consisting of hydroxy, carboxy, thiol, amino, epoxy, and (blocked) isocyanate, and at least one hydrogen donating group as a functional group capable of being bound to the photocurable composition.
US10073337B2
A pellicle includes a pellicle membrane, which includes a porous thin film. The porous thin film includes a plurality of nanowires, which are arranged across one another to form a net structure. A photomask assembly includes the pellicle and a photomask, wherein the pellicle is fixed to a surface of the photomask.
US10073335B2
A projection device for projecting at least one image onto a projection surface is provided. According to the present disclosure, a control device of the projection device is designed, on the basis of an evaluation of at least one measured value of a measuring device of the projection device determined during a drive of a discharge lamp of the projection device with a current waveform to be checked, to check the current waveform in respect of its suitability for minimizing an electrode burn-back of a first electrode and a second electrode, and in the case of a positive check result, to retain the checked current waveform, and in the case of a negative check result, depending on a checked commutation vector characterizing the checked current waveform, to create, by means of a specifiable algorithm, a modified commutation vector that characterizes a modified current waveform.
US10073331B2
An illumination device of the disclosure includes a plurality of light sources and a correction unit. The plurality of light sources generate light having respectively different wavelengths. The correction unit corrects, on the basis of a change in relative luminosity, a light quantity of the light to be generated by at least one light source out of the plurality of light sources, to restrain a change in white balance. The change in the relative luminosity is caused by a change in wavelength associated with a change in temperature.
US10073330B2
An illumination apparatus includes an illumination optical system, a first light source unit that includes a first solid-state light source, a second light source unit that includes a second solid-state light source with a characteristic different from that of the first wavelength conversion element, an optical path combining system that includes a first light guide surface, and a second light guide surface. The first light guide surface viewed from an optical axis direction of the illumination optical system does not overlap the second light guide surface and is provided at a position different from that of the second light guide surface. The optical path combining system includes a first condenser optical system, and a second condenser optical system. A predetermined condition is satisfied.
US10073328B2
Chromatic aberration can be reduced and extreme projection angles can be allowed in a projection system by modifying one color channel of light having a wavelength bandwidth with image data to produce imaged light, causing the imaged light to spread angularly when displaying the imaged light through an optical distorting element onto a screen, and reducing angular spread of the imaged light exiting the optical distorting element by adjusting the wavelength bandwidth.
US10073326B2
A gimbal comprises a first support frame, a second support frame, a third support frame, and a support assembly. The first support frame comprises two first-frame pillars, two guiding posts, and two clamping devices. The two guiding posts are movable along a longitudinal direction of the first-frame pillars through the clamping devices. The support assembly comprises two adaptors slidably arranged on the guiding posts. The third support frame comprises a third-frame pillar and a connecting plate. The gimbal further comprises at least one center of gravity adjusting unit which is arranged at least on the first-frame pillar, between the two clamping devices, or in the connecting plate. The at least one center of gravity adjusting unit is configured to at least adjust positions of the guiding posts on the first-frame pillars, positions of the adaptors on the guiding posts, or a position of the third-frame pillar on the connecting plate.
US10073325B2
A camera body comprises a fixing frame having a contact base mounting position and a lens limiting assembly arranged at the contact base mounting position. The lens limiting assembly comprises an elastic element arranged on the contact base mounting position, a lens assembly ring arranged on the elastic element, and a locking ring configured to abut against and press the elastic element when the locking ring rotates in one direction.
US10073324B2
A security camera system includes: a camera module; a support portion arranged at one side of the camera module and connected to a housing bracket or an outside structure; a tilt axis portion connected to one side of the camera module and coupled to the support portion to be rotatable relative to the support portion; and a tilt motor configured to transfer a rotation force to the tilt axis portion and revolve around a rotation axis of the tilt axis portion during rotation of the tilt axis portion.
US10073317B2
A color reflective display includes a substrate, an electrode pattern layer formed on the substrate, a reflective display-material layer formed on the electrode pattern layer, a light-transmissive electrode layer formed on the reflective display-material layer, a transparent layer formed on the transmissive electrode layer, and a color filter layer formed on the transparent layer and including an array of colored pixels. The color reflective display satisfies a following first formula when (0.54×C)−15 μm is zero or a positive value: (0.54×C)−15 μm≤D≤(0.54×C), and the color reflective display satisfies a following second formula when (0.54×C)−15 μm is a negative value: 0
US10073316B2
An achromatic phase modulator that modulates a phase of linearly polarized light and outputs the linearly polarized light having undergone phase modulation, comprises: at least two liquid crystal elements disposed in series on a light path of the linearly polarized light, which are constituted with liquid crystal materials with refractive index wavelength dependence characteristics thereof different from each other; and a control unit for applying specific drive electric signals individually to the liquid crystal elements so as to achieve achromatic phase modulation for the linearly polarized light, wherein a polarization direction of the linearly polarized light entering the phase modulator matches the polarization direction of the linearly polarized light exiting the phase modulator.
US10073310B2
A liquid crystal display (“LCD”) device has a pixel structure which enhances a viewing angle of the LCD device through the use of a sub-pixel in which a gray scale varies during a display period and to which a photoconductive element is applied, the photoconductive element including a photoconductive layer of which a resistance level varies corresponding to an amount of light.
US10073302B2
An alignment film for liquid crystal display device includes a first portion positioned towards to the liquid crystal layer and a second portion positioned away from the liquid crystal layer. The first portion provides improved anchoring force while the second portion exhibits a lower volume resistance than the first portion. Thus, AC image sticking and DC image sticking can be minimized at the same time.
US10073298B2
A liquid crystal display (LCD) includes a first substrate, a gate line and a data line disposed on the first substrate, a pixel electrode connected to the gate line and the data line, a first alignment layer disposed on the pixel electrode, a second substrate opposite to the first substrate, a common electrode disposed on the second substrate, and a second alignment layer disposed on the common electrode, in which a thickness of the first alignment layer is greater than a thickness of the second alignment layer.
US10073294B1
A display device includes a first display unit and a second display unit. The first display unit emits a first output light having a first output spectrum corresponding to a highest gray level of the display device. The second display unit emits a second output light having a second output spectrum corresponding to the highest gray level of the display device. Wherein, a mixed output spectrum is a mixture spectrum of the first output spectrum and the second output spectrum, a maximum peak of the first output spectrum from 507 nm to 555 nm is defined as a first peak corresponding to a first wavelength, a maximum peak of the mixed output spectrum from 507 nm to 555 nm is defined as a mixed peak corresponding to a mixture wavelength, and the first wavelength is different from the mixture wavelength.
US10073292B2
A method for manufacturing a color filter is provided, including: preparing a photomask comprising a plurality of pixel units, the pixel units each comprising red, green, and blue color resist layers; preparing a first substrate coated with a photosensitive polyester layer; exposing the first substrate by a light source irradiating through the photomask, so that color resist elements of different colors are formed on the first substrate from reaction of light passing respectively through the red, green, and the blue color resist layers with the photosensitive polyester layer; and developing the first substrate and washing part of the first substrate that is not exposed. The method for manufacturing the color filter is simple in technique, thereby effectively reducing the production cost of the color filter.
US10073287B2
Provided is a display device including a touch panel, the display device having a function of being suppressed from being charged with electricity. A display device including a touch panel includes a detection electrode of the touch panel, the detection electrode being provided on one surface of a display cell; a protective layer covering the detection electrode; and an optical film bonded to the protective layer, the optical film having an external shape smaller than that of the protective layer. The protective layer may be a single layer substantially formed of a conductive polymer and an insulating material, or may have a stack structure including an insulating layer and a conductive layer.
US10073281B1
Spectacles include a spectacles lens having a carrier lens with a carrier lens front surface and/or a carrier lens rear surface, and having a front surface lens segment arranged on the carrier lens front surface and/or a rear surface lens segment arranged on the carrier lens rear surface, which are moveably guided on the carrier lens front surface and/or the rear surface lens segment, respectively. Further, the spectacles include a front/rear surface lens segment drive for moving the front/rear surface lens segment on the carrier lens front/rear surface, respectively; an eye position detection device for detecting the position of an eye of a wearer wearing the spectacles; and a drive control device for controlling the front and/or rear surface lens segment drive in accordance with the position of the eye detected by the eye position detection device.
US10073269B2
A virtual image display apparatus, adapted for medical surgical applications, with which a surgical device is operated is provided. The virtual image display apparatus includes at least one virtual image display module which is disposed in front of at least one eye of a user. The virtual image display module includes an image display unit and a beam splitting unit. The image display unit provides an image beam, wherein the image beam includes at least one type of surgical information. The beam splitting unit is disposed on the transmission path of the image beam and an object beam from an environment object. The beam splitting unit causes at least part of the object beam to be transmitted to the eye, and causes at least part of the image beam to be transmitted to the eye to display a virtual image.
US10073263B2
A virtual reality (VR) includes a sparse projection system configured to generate a plurality of clusters using one or more diffractive optical elements. Each generated cluster has a unique configuration that corresponds to a unique location in a virtual mapping of a local area. The sparse projection system projects the generated clusters throughout the local area. A VR console receives a series of images of the local area from the imaging device, with at least one image includes at least one cluster. The VR console determines a location of a VR headset within the virtual mapping of the local area based at least in part on a configuration of the at least one cluster included in the series of images. Content is generated based at least in part on the determined location of the VR headset and is provided to the VR headset for presentation.
US10073261B2
A vision system of a vehicle includes a camera configured to be disposed at a vehicle so as to have a field of view exterior of the vehicle. The camera includes an imager and a lens. The imager includes a pixelated imaging array having a plurality of photosensing elements. With the camera disposed at the vehicle, the lens has an outer surface that is exposed to an environment exterior of the vehicle, and the outer surface of the lens includes a central portion and a lower portion, with the lower portion below the central portion when the camera is disposed at the vehicle. A water removal element is disposed at the lower portion of the lens. The water removal element is configured to cause a water droplet that collects at the lower portion of the outer surface of the lens to drain from the outer surface of the lens.
US10073247B2
An image capturing optical lens assembly includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens element, a second lens element, a third lens element, a fourth lens element and a fifth lens element. The first lens element with negative refractive power has a concave image-side surface. The third lens element has a convex image-side surface. The fourth lens element has positive refractive power. The fifth lens element has a concave object-side surface. The image capturing optical lens assembly has a total of five lens elements.
US10073244B2
A four-piece optical lens for capturing image and a five-piece optical module for capturing image are provided. In the order from an object side to an image side, the optical lens along the optical axis includes a first lens with positive refractive power; a second lens with refractive power; a third lens with refractive power; and a fourth lens with refractive power; and at least one of the image-side surface and object-side surface of each of the four lens elements are aspheric. The optical lens can increase aperture value and improve the imagining quality for use in compact cameras.
US10073236B2
A lens driving apparatus includes: a lens holder including an auto-focusing first coil; a lens holder moving section; driving magnets disposed at four corners of the lens holder moving section; a camera-shake correction second coil; a plurality of suspension wires; an elastic member; and at least one damper compound, wherein the elastic member comprises first and second leaf springs mounted to first and second ends of the lens holder moving section, respectively, the second leaf spring is arranged apart from the fixed member compared to the first leaf spring, the fixed member is disposed at a position in the vicinity of the first leaf spring, the plurality of suspension wires extend along the first direction, are fixed to the fixed member and the second leaf spring, and the damper compound is disposed at a position in the vicinity of the second leaf spring.
US10073225B2
A mounting clip configured to secure a telecommunications connector in an opening of a plate, the telecommunications connector having a top, bottom and two sides, the mounting clip including a planar body having a portion configured to engage one side of the telecommunications connector; and at least one spring arm configured to contact the plate and apply a spring force against the plate to reduce movement of the mounting clip in the opening.
US10073218B2
Double-clad optical fibers with polymer outer coatings are used in fiber amplifiers and fiber lasers to guide and amplify light. As the optical power increases, the optical fibers must dissipate more heat. Unfortunately, it is difficult to dissipate heat through a polymer cladding, especially at high altitude, without introducing phase noise in the optical signal. To overcome this problem, the inventors have realized metallized polymer-clad optical fibers with superior heat dissipation characteristics than conventional polymer-clad optical fibers. An example metallized polymer-clad optical fiber includes a thin chrome layer that is vacuum-deposited onto the polymer cladding at low temperature, then electroplated with a thicker copper layer. In operation, the copper layer dissipates heat from within the fiber's core and claddings via a heatsink, enabling the fiber to guide and amplify high-power optical signals at high altitude.
US10073216B2
An LED panel light comprises a cover, LED light bars, two long and strip-shaped seats which are fixed on the side faces of the cover and are used to fasten the LED light bars, and a light guide plate between the two seats with the LED light beads on the LED light bars toward the light guide plate. On the seat, there is a groove designed in the lengthwise direction. The LED light bars are fixed at the bottom face of the groove. On the lower side face of the groove, there is a flange protruding toward the upper side face. On the upper side face of the groove, there are elastic rubber strips installed in the lengthwise direction. The edges of the light guide plate plunge into the groove and the both side faces of the light guide plate press against the flange and the elastic rubber strips, respectively.
US10073215B2
An illumination device includes: a light source; an optical component provided separately from the light source; a holding member holding the light source and the optical component; and a variable pressing member variably pressing the optical component against the holding member.
US10073207B2
In one embodiment, a display device includes first and second substrates, a liquid crystal layer, a polarizing element, a light source, and a bending member. The first substrate includes first and second surfaces and a side surface. The second substrate includes third and fourth surfaces. The polarizing element is provided on the fourth surface side of the second substrate. The light source irradiates the side surface with polarized parallel light. The bending member bends a path of the light entering the first substrate from the light source such that the light goes to the second substrate. No polarizing element is provided between the first substrate and the light source, and the bending member is provided on the second surface side of the first substrate.
US10073204B2
Optical film stacks are described. More particularly, optical film stacks including a half-wave retardation layer are described. Achromatic half-wave retardation layers, including achromatic half-wave layers formed from a quarter-wave and a three-quarters-wave retardation layer, are described. Film stacks including reflective polarizers tuned to reduce wavelength dispersion of the half-wave retardation layer are also described.
US10073203B2
An illumination optical apparatus illuminates a pattern on a mask with illumination light. The illumination optical apparatus includes an optical integrator arranged in an optical path of the illumination light, and a polarization member made of optical material with optical rotatory power, which is arranged in the optical path on an incidence side of the optical integrator, and which changes a polarization state of the illumination light. The illumination light from the polarization member is irradiated onto the pattern through a pupil plane of the illumination optical apparatus.
US10073199B2
A fluidic lens may have a reservoir at least partially bounded by a first optical surface and a second optical surface. A fluid fills a volume of the reservoir. A piston is configured to contact a portion of the first or second optical surface from outside the reservoir. One or more of the first optical surface or second optical surface is configured to deform as a result of a change in a pressure applied to the fluid or a change in contact between the piston and the first or second optical surface. A rim is configured to contact a portion of the first or second optical surface from outside the reservoir. One or more of the first optical surface or second optical surface is configured to deform as a result of a change in a pressure applied to the fluid or a change in contact between the rim and the first or second optical surface.
US10073190B2
Method and system are described for modeling one or more geophysical properties of a subsurface volume. The method includes computing vector volumes to enhance subsurface modeling and update these vector volumes. The vectors are estimated (106) from the data, for example dip or azimuth, and then the vector volume may be updated by an optimization process (808). Flattening the original data (802) may assist the vector estimation, and associating data traces and samples of traces with labels (108) may assist the flattening. The vector volume may then be used to extract horizons (110) and generate a stratigraphic model (112) to enhance the process of producing hydrocarbons (114).
US10073187B2
Methods, systems, and devices for evaluating an earth formation. Methods may include conveying the carrier into a formation borehole; and using measure electrodes, in one mode of measurement, to make current measurements by applying a voltage to each measure electrode in a first set of sensor arrays while making first current measurements; and applying another high frequency voltage to each measure electrode in a second set of sensor arrays while making second current measurements. Optionally, methods include using the measure electrodes, in another mode of measurement, to make further resistivity measurements by applying a voltage to each measure electrode in both sets of sensor arrays while making third current measurements. Methods include combining first current measurements, second current measurements, and third current measurements to simulate a virtual impedance for each measure electrode. Optionally, any two consecutive sensor arrays around the circumference of the tool body are in different sets.
US10073182B2
A combination model combining a velocity regression method (V-reg) with the modified ANNIE model may be used to predict the stiffness coefficients, Cij, in a transversely isotropic medium without using the Stoneley wave velocity. The stiffness coefficients may be used to characterize the surrounding formation, which may be used in hydraulic fracture modeling, stage/perforation design, and well completion operations (e.g., perforating and fracturing operations).
US10073179B2
A three-dimensional map of an environment with buildings is used to computationally predict locations and times of global navigation satellite system (GNSS) transmission quality. A global navigation satellite system (GNSS) receiver can reconcile received satellite transmissions with these predicted satellite transmissions. By comparing actual transmission quality with predicted transmission quality, a system can determine unmodeled obstructions, temporary obstructions, jamming, spoofing or other origins of interference with predicted transmission quality of a satellite in a GNSS.
US10073176B2
Systems and methods of pulse-echo imaging using stabilized symmetric pulses are described. The systems and methods are based on the development of a class of symmetric, i.e., two sided, functions that can be designed and utilized as stabilized pulses. Stabilized pulses are pulses having stable inverse filters, and have previously only been established for asymmetric functions. The systems and methods described herein can be used for super-resolution pulse-echo imaging, for example super-resolution ultrasound imaging.
US10073161B2
Method and apparatus for tracking pulse trains from one or more emitters. For a valid pulse, PRI parameters are measured. A pulse pattern count is incremented and checked to determine if a track is acquired for the emitter.
US10073158B2
In a magnetic resonance (MR) apparatus and method to evaluate the consistency of a signal model used to generate a quantitative parameter map, the residual of the quantitative parameter map is calculated and a residual map is generated. The residual map is displayed together with the quantitative parameter map, with the residual map serving as an indicator of the quality of fit of the signal model.
US10073150B2
A magnetic sensor is provided with first and second magnetoresistive effect elements that can detect an external magnetic field. The first and second magnetoresistive effect elements are a plurality of layers of multilayer body including free layers where their magnetization directions vary due to the external magnetic field. Shapes of the first and second magnetoresistive effect elements viewed from the upper side in the lamination direction are different from each other. The first magnetoresistive effect element has a shape that can increase a slope of an output of the first magnetoresistive effect element relative to the change of the external magnetic field. The second magnetoresistive effect element has a shape that can decrease a slope of an output of the second magnetoresistive effect element relative to the change of the external magnetic field compared to the slope of the output of the first magnetoresistive effect element.
US10073145B2
Disclosed is a method for estimating a state of charge (SOC) of a secondary battery using a full charge capacity (FCC) of the battery, the method including (S1) measuring voltage and current of the battery, (S2) calculating the FCC using a voltage change and a current integral of the battery during a specific time, (S3) estimating a time remaining until the battery is fully discharged using the calculated FCC and the measured voltage and current to calculate a self-discharge rate, (S4) calculating a capacity deterioration rate of each charge cycle of the battery, and (S5) applying the calculated self-discharge rate and the calculated capacity deterioration rate to estimate the SOC of the battery.
US10073144B2
A state of charge of a battery is estimated in several iterations, each iteration including: acquiring a measurement of intensity of current supplied by the battery, acquiring a measurement of voltage supplied by the battery, estimating a first state of charge of the battery based on a first estimated state of charge obtained upon a previous iteration and on the current intensity measurement, estimating a value of intensity of current supplied by the battery based on the voltage measurement and on a state of charge of the battery obtained upon the previous iteration, and calculating a corrected state of charge by adding to the first estimated state of charge a corrective term obtained by the product of a first correction gain multiplied by a factor representative of a difference between the estimated and measured current intensities.
US10073143B2
The invention relates to a method for detecting anomalies in a battery cell (22), wherein a short-circuit sensor system (20) detects events (44) in a signal of a terminal voltage of the battery cell, which events have successive edges in an interval of time of microseconds, and wherein events detected by the short-circuit sensor system are transmitted to a battery management system (16) which determines anomalies in the battery cells using the detected events. A short-circuit sensor system (20) and a battery system (12) which are set up to carry out the method are also stated.
US10073139B2
Implementations of the present disclosure involve an apparatus and/or method for performing cycle deterministic functional testing of a microprocessor or other computing design with one or more asynchronous clock domains. In general, the method/apparatus involves utilizing an observe bus within the microprocessor design to funnel data from within the chip design to an output bus. In addition, to ensure that the output from the chip is synchronized to a tester clock, the observe bus may feed the information from the observe bus to one or more first-in first-out (FIFO) data buffers. During testing, the data stored in the data buffers may be provided to the output pins of the chip at a rate synchronized to the tester clock such that the output appears to the testing apparatus as being cycle deterministic. Further, one or more mechanisms may be employed within the observe bus or circuit design to control the rate of input of data into the data buffers.
US10073136B2
Methods and apparatus to provide an integrated circuit having a magnetic sensing element having differential first and second outputs and an input, the input to receive current and first and second switches coupled to a respective one of the differential first and second outputs. A first voltage source is coupled between the first and second switches, the first and second switches having a first state in which the first voltage source is coupled across the differential first and second outputs, and an IC output can output a voltage corresponding to the first voltage source when the first and second switches are in the first state for monitoring operation of a signal path from the magnetic sensing element to the IC output.
US10073134B2
A laminate bond strength detection apparatus is provided. The laminate bond strength detection apparatus includes first circuit elements affixable to a printed circuit board (PCB), a housing having a coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) mismatched from that of the PCB, second circuit elements affixable to the housing and configured to be laminated to a surface of the PCB, connectors and circuitry. The connectors respectively connect pairs of the first and second circuit elements and are breakable during CTE mismatch inducing heat processing resulting in the corresponding second circuit element becoming delaminated from the surface. The circuitry is coupled to the first and second circuit elements and configured to determine a number of broken connectors following the heat processing and to calculate a laminate bond strength of the PCB from the number of broken connectors.
US10073130B2
A method of determining a reduction of remaining service lifetime of an electrical device during a specific time period. The method comprising the steps of providing a measurement system comprising a temperature measurement device; a current measurement device and a voltage measurement device; measuring a temperature value, voltage values and current values by using the measurement device; determining a harmonic load based on the current values; determining a reduced maximum operating temperature based on the harmonic load; determining an amount of transient over-voltages based on the voltage values; determining a transient aging factor based on the amount of transient over-voltages; determining a temperature dependent aging factor based on the temperature value and the reduced maximum operating temperature; and determining the reduction of remaining service life based on the specific time period, the transient aging factor and the temperature dependent aging factor.
US10073129B2
Method for detecting an electric arc in a photovoltaic installation, characterized in that it comprises the following steps: Measurement (E6) of voltage values at at least one site of the electrical circuit of the photovoltaic installation; Digitization (E8) of the measured voltage values so as to form a data sampling x; Computation (E10) of a first indicator of presence of an electric arc, on the basis of a statistical computation on the data sampling x, from among the variance, a value analogous to the variance, or the interquartile range of the data sampling; Computation (E10) of a second indicator of presence of an electric arc, on the basis of a statistical computation on the data sampling based on one or more estimations of the mean and/or of the median of the data sampling; Comparison (E12) of the first and second indicators of presence of an electric arc with respective thresholds so as to deduce therefrom the presence or absence of an electric arc within the photovoltaic installation.
US10073126B2
Proposed are a C-V characteristic measurement system and a method of measuring C-V characteristics that allow for less change in resistivity with time in repeated measurement of a single crystal silicon wafer using a mercury electrode, as compared to those in the related arts. Measurement is conducted with use of a C-V characteristic measurement system including: a mercury probe 30 for putting mercury as an electrode to contact with a single crystal silicon wafer; an LCR meter 40 for forming a depletion layer by supplying a high-frequency wave to the single crystal silicon wafer via the mercury probe 30 to apply a reverse bias voltage to the single crystal silicon wafer while measuring a capacitance of the depletion layer; analysis software for calculating C-V characteristics based on the reverse bias voltage and the capacitance of the depletion layer; and a static electricity removing device 20 for removing static electricity of the single crystal silicon wafer.
US10073123B1
Systems and techniques relating to voltage signal peak level detection used in sensor devices, namely in Fly-Height Sensors (FHS) devices include, according to an aspect, an integrated chip device comprising: peak detection circuitry configured to receive a voltage signal and output a peak voltage signal associated with a peak voltage level of the voltage signal, wherein the peak detection circuitry comprises: a linear loop section configured to store the peak voltage level and hold additional voltage levels of the voltage signal at an output terminal of an amplifier to a value greater than zero; and a feedback loop section configured to reduce a leakage current within the peak detection circuitry and generate a guard voltage signal usable to reduce a feedback voltage and prevent the feedback voltage from successively re-entering into the feedback loop section.
US10073119B2
A monitor can be installed in the terminal block having a monitor access opening. The installed monitor allows for current measurement without having to disconnect a wire from the terminal block. Similar monitors can measure voltage, detect ground loops, and provide continuous readings of circuit parameters. Embodiments can positively hold probe tips, transmit data over wires, or transmit data wirelessly. Make-before-break monitors allow parameters to be measured without ever breaking the monitored circuit. Break-before-make monitors allow the monitored circuit to be interrupted and then reconnected with a monitor in place.
US10073110B2
A device for loading an automated analysis system is presented. The device comprises a chassis, a movable loading element movably coupled to the chassis and configured to move between a first and a second position, a holding structure, the holding structure being floatingly coupled to the movable loading element, the holding structure being configured to hold a receptacle for material to be loaded into the automated analysis system, a first alignment element attached to the chassis and a second alignment element attached to the holding structure. The first alignment element is configured to engage with the second alignment element to align the holding structure in a predetermined position relative to the chassis when the movable loading element is in the second position.
US10073104B2
Aqueous calibration or quality control reagents that include urea are disclosed; the reagents may further include at least one amino acid-containing composition to provide pH stability thereto. Methods of production and use thereof are also disclosed.
US10073101B2
A method for the prevention or treatment of scoliosis in a human subject comprising: (a)(i) measuring osteopontin (OPN) protein expression in a biological fluid sample from the subject over time; or (ii) measuring osteopontin (OPN) protein expression in a biological fluid sample from the subject and comparing the OPN protein expression to an OPN protein expression in a control biological fluid sample; (b) identifying the subject as being at risk of developing scoliosis when OPN protein expression increases in the subject sample over time; or when OPN protein expression is higher in the subject sample than that in the control sample; and (c) reducing OPN protein levels in the subject identified as being at risk of developing a scoliosis, thereby aiding in the prevention or treatment of scoliosis.
US10073095B2
The invention provides compositions (e.g., peptide compositions) useful for the detection of antibodies that bind to Borrelia antigens. The peptide compositions comprise polypeptide sequences comprising variants in the IR6 domain of the Borrelia VlsE protein. The invention also provides devices, methods, and kits comprising such peptide compositions and useful for the detection of antibodies that bind to Borrelia antigens and the diagnosis of Lyme disease.
US10073084B2
This present invention provides a method of predicting immunogenicity and hypersensitivity or allergic reactions to chemical compounds, therapeutics, cosmetics and other chemical compositions. The method uses an in vitro assay employing autologous blood derived cells and an autologous cultured skin biopsy and is of particular utility in the identification and prediction of skin sensitizers that cause allergic contact dermatitis.
US10073081B2
The present application discloses a multi-function alcohol tester, including a housing, where the housing is internally provided with an alcohol test module, the alcohol test module includes a PCB mainboard, and the PCB mainboard is provided thereon with an alcohol measurement sensor communicating outside the housing; and the housing is further internally detachably connected with a function module, and the alcohol test module and the function module are powered by a battery disposed in the housing. The present application has advantages as follows: the multi-function alcohol tester has many functions, has a function module that can be detached or replaced, and is easy to carry.
US10073078B2
A blood coagulation analyzer and analyzing method perform following: (a) preparing a measurement specimen by dispensing a blood specimen and a reagent into a reaction container; (b) emitting light of a plurality of wavelengths to the measurement specimen in the reaction container, the wavelengths comprising a first wavelength for use in a measurement by a blood coagulation time method, and at least one of a second wavelength for use in a measurement by a synthetic substrate method and a third wavelength for use in a measurement by an immunoturbidimetric method; (c) detecting light of a plurality of wavelengths corresponding to the light emitted in (b), from the measurement specimen, by a light receiving element, and acquiring data corresponding to each wavelength; and (d) conducting an analysis based on the data corresponding to one of the wavelengths among the acquired data, and acquiring a result of the analysis.
US10073074B1
A soil sensor includes a housing, an antenna disposed within the housing, a measurement circuit disposed within the housing and operatively connected to the antenna, the circuit configured to measure impedance of soil at a plurality of different frequencies using the antenna as a sensor electrode, and a wireless interface disposed within the housing and operatively connected to the antenna and configured for wireless communications over the antenna at its communications frequency.
US10073067B1
Methods are described for determining the quality of dioctyltin bisoctylmaleate and selectively screening its use as a component or modifying agent in a polymer production process. The quality of dioctyltin bisoctylmaleate is determined by measuring the presence and intensity of by products or impurities contained in the dioctyltin bisoctylmaleate. The detected impurities are resolved by comparison to a baseline, such as a solubility limit, to make a decision if the dioctyltin bisoctylmaleate supply is within acceptable limits. Selectively using certain supplies of dioctyltin bisoctylmaleate having suitable limits of impurities, such as the solubility limit of dioctyltin maleate, polymer production efficiency, time and costs can be improved.
US10073065B2
The invention relates to a continuous monitoring system which will monitor the pipes without the need of shutting down of the plants. The major issues in designing such a system using magnetostriction as per prior art is the loss of magnetization of the permanent magnets used to provide the magnetic bias and also the disbonding of interfaced adhesives with which the magnetostrictive ribbons are bonded at high temperatures. The invention identifies a novel sensor which can be taken up to high temperatures without any loss of signal strength, this is achieved by generating guided waves using a special amorphous magnetostrictive ribbons. L(0, 2) mode waves are generated using these ribbons to monitor pipes working at high temperatures as per the invention.
US10073063B2
A hollow structure like a pipeline is inspected using an array of ultrasound transmitters located within the hollow structure distributed over different radial directions from a center of the array. Parameters such as ellipticity, defining a shape and/or orientation of an inner surface of a wall of the hollow structure are first determined based on measured delays between transmission of ultrasound pulses from the transmitters to reception of first reflections of those ultrasound pulses. Parameters may be used that define an elliptically shaped cross-section of the inner wall surface for example. Next an ultrasound wavefront composed of joint transmissions from the transmitters along at least a sector of the array is transmitted, using relative time delays between waves transmitted by the respective ones of the transmitters to compensate for estimated differences between travel times from the transmitters to the shape defined by the parameters. Reflections of the joint transmissions are detected. The reflections may be detected by computing derivatives with respect to frequency of phase values of Fourier transforms of the reflected signals and detecting peaks in the size of the computed derivatives of the phase values.
US10073053B2
A gas concentration measuring apparatus is provided which works to calculate the concentration of a given gas component with enhanced accuracy. The gas concentration measuring apparatus 1 includes, a gas sensor 10 and a calculating portion 11. The gas sensor 10 is equipped with a pump cell 3, a monitor cell 4, and a sensor cell 5. The calculating portion 11 subtracts a monitor cell current Im that is a current flowing through the monitor cell 4 from a sensor cell current Is that is a current flowing through the sensor cell 5 to calculate the concentration of the given gas component in gas g. When calculating the concentration of the given gas component, the calculating portion 11 performs a correction operation to bring a value of the monitor cell current Im close to a value of an oxygen dependent current Iso that is a component of the sensor cell current Is which arises from the concentration of oxygen.
US10073048B2
An apparatus and method for scanning a structure for detecting variations in density of a structure, the apparatus (10) includes: a source of radiation (20); a plurality of detectors (30), arranged for receiving radiation emitted by the source along a plurality of respective paths (26); the apparatus configured such that, a structure (100) to be scanned is positionable between the detectors and the source; collimation elements (40) including a plurality of collimator channels (42), each located between a respective detector and the source; and collimation adjustment element (60). The apparatus, in a first configuration, provides a first resolution (r1) in an axial direction substantially orthogonal to a plane including the source and plurality of paths; and, in a second configuration, the collimation adjustment element is positioned between the collimation elements and the source such that the apparatus provides a second resolution (r2) in the axial direction; wherein r2
US10073046B2
The present invention relates to a device for clearly observing through a microscope, the wafers internal connections of the capsules of the light emitting diodes (LED's), avoiding the dispersion of the light that generates in the transparent dome of the diode capsule and without the need to immerse them in alcohol or any other flammable or hazardous substance classified as dangerous, or to connect the LED's to electrical systems.
US10073044B2
An image from a window of a scanner is taken and analyzed to determine whether the image is relevant to dirt or debris on the window. When the image is relevant to dirt or debris, the size and amount of the dirt or debris is compared to a threshold and when the threshold is exceeded an alert is raised to have the window cleaned of the dirt or debris.
US10073039B2
The present invention relates to methods of enhancing chemiluminescence from a chemiluminescent label comprising contacting a chemiluminescent label with an acid in the presence of a degradable cationic surfactant and hydrogen peroxide followed by the addition of a base. Related kits containing such degradable cationic surfactant are also provided. The degradable cationic surfactant can compress light emission time of the chemiluminescent label to an extent that is comparable to or shorter than conventional surfactants. The degradable cationic surfactant can also increase chemiluminescence of the chemiluminescent label, providing increased light emission output that is comparable to conventional surfactants.
US10073029B2
A sample measurement pool comprises a reflecting cavity and at least one reflecting structure, wherein the reflecting cavity is configured to accommodate a sample to be measured; the reflecting structure is arranged at a boundary of the reflecting cavity; and the reflecting structure comprises a contact surface in contact with the sample to be measured, and a reflecting surface away from the sample to be measured. The sample contact surface has a chemical inertness to the sample, and meanwhile, the surface away from the sample to be measured serve as the reflecting surface, so that the sample to be measured and impurities therein are prevented from damaging the reflecting surface having a reflection function. The sample measurement pool has the advantages of a long optical path and high environmental adaptability.
US10073026B2
A process for optically sorting a plurality of particles includes: providing a particle receiver; producing particles; receiving the particles by the particle receiver; receiving a light by the particle receiver; producing a standing wave optical interference pattern in an optical interference site of the particle receiver from the light; subjecting the particles to an optical gradient force from the standing wave optical interference pattern; deflecting the particles into a plurality of deflected paths to form the sorted particles from the particles; and propagating the sorted particles from the optical interference site through the deflected paths to optically sort the particles.
US10073019B2
A method of element testing is disclosed that includes the steps of weighing a sample, pressing the sample between pads, applying microwave radiation to the sample and pads in the presence of a microwave susceptor material and ashing the pressed sample, adding the pads and the ashed sample to an acid, and forwarding filtrate from the pad-sample-acid mixture to a spectrometer.
US10073017B2
A tissue specimen handling device comprising a tissue processing cassette.
US10073016B2
A freeze fracture machine (100) comprises a vacuum chamber (110); a sample receptacle (160) for receiving a sample to be processed and a knife receptacle (150) for receiving a knife (110) for processing of the sample arranged in the vacuum chamber (155); a transfer lock (130) on the vacuum chamber (110) through which a sample and a knife (155) are introducible into the vacuum chamber (155) and positionable in the vacuum chamber (110) by means of a positioning apparatus (135); the sample and the sample receptacle (160) being positionable with respect to one another such that the sample is mountable on the sample receptacle (160) by means of the positioning apparatus (135); and the knife (155) and the knife receptacle (150) being positionable with respect to one another such that the knife (155) is mountable on the knife receptacle (150) by means of the positioning apparatus (135).
US10073009B2
Methods and systems for improving tire uniformity through identification of uniformity attributes, such as process harmonics are provided. More particularly, uniformity measurements acquired according to a non-uniform sampling pattern can be obtained and analyzed to estimate one or more process harmonics (e.g. the magnitude of the process harmonic). The non-uniform sampling pattern can specify the acquisition of uniformity measurements in a varying or irregular manner about one or more revolutions of the tire. For instance, the non-uniform sampling pattern can specify a random spacing between data points. The uniformity attributes estimated from the uniformity measurements can be used to modify the manufacture of tires to improve tire uniformity.
US10073007B2
A reliability range is determined for a parameter of a component in a machine subjected to life reducing loads during operation, comprising the steps of: acquiring, for each of a plurality of load sessions, at least one parameter value for said component; generating a distribution pattern containing said parameter values for the plurality of load sessions; assigning a reliability range for the distribution pattern, wherein parameter values outside said reliability range are considered as being unrealistic; analyzing the parameter values outside the reliability range to determine which of said parameter values outside the reliability range are confirmed to be unrealistic; and adjusting the reliability range if a ratio between the confirmed unrealistic parameter values and the considered unrealistic parameter values is outside a further range being predetermined for the ratio.
US10073005B2
In some embodiments, a distributed nondestructive inspection method for slickline cable structural defect detection transmits a light pulse along an optical waveguide in the slickline cable. A reflected light signal is 5 received from the optical waveguide in response to the light pulse. Defects can then be determined in the slickline cable based on variations in scattering intensity, phase shift, specific spectral signature, power spectral density, strain amplitude, and/or transmission loss of the reflected light signal as compared to the light pulse.
US10073004B2
An optical apparatus includes a diffractive optical element (DOE), having at least one optical surface, a side surface, which is not parallel to the at least one optical surface of the DOE, and a grating, which is formed on the at least one optical surface so as to receive and diffract first radiation that is incident on the grating. The apparatus further includes at least one secondary radiation source, which is configured to direct second radiation to impinge on the side surface, causing at least part of the second radiation to propagate within the DOE while diffracting internally from the grating and to exit through the side surface. The apparatus also includes at least one radiation detector, which is positioned so as to receive and sense an intensity of the second radiation that has exited through the side surface.
US10072998B2
A pressure sensor able to value touch pressures at oblique angles includes a substrate base, a deformable substrate disposed on the substrate base, and a carbon nanometer layer disposed on the deformable substrate. A cover plate is disposed on the carbon nanometer layer, and two flexible power circuit boards electrically connect the carbon nanometer layer to the substrate base. The device includes a processor. The substrate base includes a substrate and a pad. The pad is located between the substrate and the deformable substrate. The deformable substrate and the cover plate are made of elastic materials. The processor calculates lateral pressures based on the resistance variation value due to the vertical deformation of the carbon nanometer layer and the capacitance variation value between the carbon nanometer layer and the pads when an external physical resistance is experienced as a force applied to the cover plate.
US10072992B2
Systems and a method for measuring at least one mechanical force in a stator of an electrical machine are provided. The stator of the electrical machine includes a multiple stacked metal lamina. At least one fiber Bragg grating (FBG) element is placed between two of the lamina, such as in a rotor-facing tooth of the lamina.
US10072976B2
An optical sensor arrangement (10) comprises a light sensor (11), a current source (41), an analog-to-digital converter (12) and a switch (44) which selectively couples the light sensor (11) or the current source (41) to an input (14) of the analog-to-digital converter (12).
US10072974B2
An image sensor may include one or more pixels having a charge steering structure that may selectively route charge from a photodiode to increase the dynamic range of the pixel. The charge steering structure may be a coupled gate structure that routes overflow charge to a voltage supply and to one or more integrating storage structures during an exposure period. The charge steering structure may be two integrating storage structures directly connected to the photodiode that each integrate charge generated by the photodiode in an alternating fashion during an exposure period. Storage structures and transistors within the charge steering structure may receive control signals, which may be asserted in a mutually exclusive manner. Pixels may also include a dual-gain structure, which may provide additional charge storage capacity.
US10072967B2
Systems and methods are described that may provide audio information about an environment around a wearable device. Such audio information may be correlated with other biometric data to provide physiological information, e.g. regarding a wearer of the wearable device. For example, an illustrative method includes receiving an audio signal via a microphone of a wearable device and rectifying the audio signal with a peak detector. The method further includes amplifying the rectified signal with a logarithmic amplifier and causing an analog to digital converter (ADC) to sample the logarithmic signal. The method also includes causing the ADC to convert the sampled logarithmic signal to a digital output and storing the digital output in a memory of the wearable device. In some embodiments, the method includes transmitting the digital output to a computing device, which may correlate the digital output with other biometric data.
US10072961B2
Described is a method and system for a level measurement. An echo curve is analyzed, and both the level and the moisture content of the stored material is determined therefrom. The level measuring instrument works in such an energy-saving manner that it is sufficient to supply the instrument with power using a 4 . . . 20 mA two-wire conductor loop that is also used to transmit at least some of the measured values.
US10072956B2
Systems and methods are disclosed for detecting when a magnetic anomaly may impact the quality of data being output by a magnetometer. A plurality of detection algorithms may be performed in parallel on the sensor data. Further, indication of a anomaly from one or a combination of the detection algorithms may cause the magnetometer data to have a reduced contribution in any sensor fusion operation or may be omitted from a sensor fusion operation as desired.
US10072955B2
To provide an inexpensive indicator member which can prevent a dark area from being formed at a location above a reflection part, an indicator unit having the indicator member and an indicator instrument having the indicator unit. A hollow reflection part provided to an indicator part of an indicator main body of a light-emitting indicator includes a plurality of partial reflection parts having at least an pointing direction reflection face, a rear end direction reflection face and a corner formed at an intersection of the pointing direction reflection face and the rear end direction reflection face and arranged at a location opposed to the base part. The corners of the respective partial reflection parts adjacent to each other are displaced in a pointing direction or in a rear end direction.
US10072944B2
The invention relates to a device (1) for measurement of an angle of an axis of rotation (10), comprising a magnet (12) with a magnet surface (14), which is pivotally assembled at the axis of rotation (10), and further comprising a sensor (16) for recognition of external magnetic flux lines of the magnet (12). According to the invention, the magnet (12) comprises at least a first magnet section (20) with a magnetic first orientation (22) and the magnet (12) further at least comprises a second magnet section (24) with a second magnetic orientation (26), wherein the first magnetic orientation (22) is displaced from the second magnetic orientation (26), whereby the magnet surface (14) comprises a different concentration of external magnetic flux lines.
US10072939B2
A method in an electronic device includes receiving, with an audio capture device such as a microphone, a request for navigational information. One or more processors of the electronic device then identify a transit mode. The one or more processors also detect, with one or more sensors, one or more contextual cues from an environment about the electronic device. The contextual cues can include a geo-location, transit mode, bearing, or other factors. The one or more processors then provide a navigation information response that is a function of the transit mode and the one or more contextual cues to a user interface of the electronic device.
US10072938B2
The disclosure is directed to improving driving experience by determining and providing a personalized estimated time of arrival (ETA). For example, using at least one computing device, driving data associated with a user may be collected and stored in memory. The at least one computing device may also be used to receive ETA-related data including one or more real time ETA estimations, perform analysis on one or more of the driving data and the ETA-related data so as to determine a set of personalized parameters of a mapping function that correspond to a training set. The at least one computing device may also be used to determine the personalized ETA based at least in part on the determined set of personalized parameters and provided to the user.
US10072930B2
A vibrator of an angular velocity sensor includes detection beam portions extending from a central base portion in a cross shape, and drive beam portions between and connected to two adjacent detection beam portions. Each of the detection beam portions includes a base-end detection beam connected to the central base portion, and a left detection beam and a right detection beam. The left detection beam is connected to one of the drive beam portions that is located on the left of the corresponding one of the detection beam portions, and the right detection beam is connected to one of the drive beam portions that is located on the right of the corresponding one of the detection beam portions. The drive beam portions are driven to vibrate in a direction toward the central base portion and a direction away from the central base portion so that each two facing ones of the drive beam portions are in the same phase and each two adjacent ones of the drive beam portions are in the opposite phases.
US10072918B2
Embodiments described herein include layered mesh containers and methods for using the containers to safely transport and dispose of airbag inflators having ammonium-nitrate-based propellant. For example, a container is provided that can hold multiple airbag inflators and withstand up to 4 moles of matter being deployed from an inflator having ammonium-nitrate-based propellant. The container can contain the inflator and any shrapnel associated with the explosion while also venting gases expelled as a result of the explosion. Various container designs are provided, along with methods for using these containers.
US10072907B2
The invention relates to a long-range optical device, in particular a telescopic sight 1, with at least one objective lens 2 and at least one eyepiece 3 and with an adjustable reticle 6 arranged between the objective lens 2 and the eyepiece, wherein the reticle 6 is coupled to a manually operable fast reticle adjustment, wherein a display device 14 is arranged in the field of view of the long-range optical device 1, through which a distance value set by a setting device 4, 15 of the fast reticle adjustment can be read when using the long-range optical device 1.
US10072905B2
The invention relates to a paintball backpack for storing, transporting and/or delivering projectiles to a device for firing the projectiles, comprising a storage container for the projectiles and at least one delivery connection for transporting the projectiles, wherein the paintball backpack comprises a first and at least one second delivery device, wherein the first and the at least one second delivery device are arranged superposed over each other in or on a storage container and are connected to each other by the at least one delivery connection. Furthermore, the invention relates to a method for delivering projectiles from a storage container by at least two delivery devices for transferring the projectiles to a device for firing the projectiles.
US10072903B2
The present invention is an ammunition magazine, preferably made of a reinforced polymer, utilizing a structurally enhancing ridge, angular guide rails and a follower made to interface with said guide rails to reduce wobble. The preferred embodiment also features a protective cover that distributes forces from the spring to more structurally sound areas of the magazine, thus reducing feed end splay, and an ammunition indication system comprised of at least one window and a noticeable marker on the follower spring. The follower and magazine casing are also designed to interface to prevent the follower from popping out of the feed end and the floor plate of the magazine utilizes a locking plate and sliding relationship between the floor plate, locking plate and magazine to secure the floor plate onto the magazine casing. The cover features built in tools for, among other things, unloading and disassembling the magazine.
US10072895B2
A method and a device for discharging a thermal stratification storage tank are provided, wherein a first thermal stratification storage tank has a first temperature in a first subsection and a second temperature in a second subsection, when the working fluid of an organic Rankine cycle in the liquid aggregate state in a fluid heat transfer medium of the first thermal stratification storage tank is introduced into the first or second subsection and brought into direct material contact with the heat transfer medium, wherein at the second temperature in the second subsection the pressure in the first thermal stratification storage tank is less than or equal to the vapor pressure of the working fluid.
US10072894B2
The present disclosure relates to thermochemical heat storage units. The teachings thereof may be embodied in systems and methods for operating, including charging and discharging, a thermochemical heat storage unit. For example, a method for operating a thermochemical heat storage unit may include: producing a first steam and feeding it to a heat exchanger; partially condensing the steam with release of its thermal energy, in the heat exchanger; subsequently pressurizing water condensed from the steam; feeding the pressurized water to the heat exchanger; evaporating the water into a second steam; and storing at least a portion of the second steam in a steam storage unit.
US10072889B2
The subject matter disclosed herein relates to a liquefaction system. Specifically, the present disclosure relates to systems and methods for condensing a pressurized gaseous working fluid, such as natural gas, using at least one turboexpander in combination with other cooling devices and techniques. In one embodiment, a turboexpander may be used in combination with a heat exchanger using vapor compression refrigeration to condense natural gas.
US10072885B2
An ice-making tray according to the concept of the present invention is capable of making ice at high speed and improving the transparency of ice by providing a second tray having ice cells for storing ice-making water to be coupled, in an overlapping manner, to the upper surface of a first tray which is in contact with a refrigerant pipe. The first tray may be formed of an aluminum material, the second tray may be formed of a plastic material, and the first tray formed of an aluminum material can efficiently function as a heat exchanger of an ice-making space due to having high thermal-conductivity. In the second tray, a fixing part for fixing the ice-making tray inside the ice-making space, a shaft accommodating part for accommodating the rotation shaft of an ejector, a temperature sensor accommodating part for accommodating a temperature sensor, and an air insulating part for insulating the ice-making tray and an ice separating motor may be formed integrally.
US10072872B2
A heater having a burner, a first heat exchanger associated with the burner, a second heat exchanger above the first heat exchanger in fluid cooperation with the first heat exchanger and an ambient air intake blower above the second heat exchanger. The second heat exchanger comprises angularly disposed finned section so condensate within the second heat exchanger flows to a collection point and is collected in a trap. The trap includes a sensor to sense buildup of fluid in the trap with feedback to the heater controls. The heater may include a collection pan below the heat exchangers in fluid communication with the trap. In one aspect the collection pan may include a heating element to vaporize the fluid so that heated, humidified air is expelled through vents adjacent the base of the heater. In another aspect, the pan includes an ultrasonic vaporization element to vaporize fluid in the pan.
US10072870B2
An air inlet hood for use with a ventilation system has an air inlet face to receive a flow of fresh ventilation air, and an air outlet face to deliver the air into the ventilation system. A rainwater collection channel is disposed along edges bounding the air inlet face to collect rainwater falling on the air inlet hood. A rainwater reservoir receives the collected rainwater from the rainwater collection channel, and dispenses the collected rainwater away from the air inlet face in order to prevent rainwater from being entrained into the ventilation air.
US10072866B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide a method and system for dynamically controlling an appliance based on information received from a wearable device, to regulate the user's health. A wearable device is identified and configured to monitor at least one physiological aspect of the user. A controllable appliance with at least one sensor and at least one controllable setting is also identified. Health information of the user is received and utilized in generating, a user profile which comprises parameters related to the health of the user. Data from the wearable device and data from the controllable appliance is analyzed and it is determined whether the data matches the parameters related to the health of the user. If the data does not match the parameters related to the health of the user, then at least one controllable setting of the at least one controllable appliance is adjusted.
US10072865B2
A method of minimizing compressor use in an HVAC system for an IT space includes configuring an HVAC system to cool an IT space, providing a control system to operate the HVAC system, the control system having software configured to calculate economization mode minimum achievable X-Factor for a predetermined period of time, providing at least one parameter to the control system, the at least one parameter including X-Factor history and period weather forecast(s), setting temperature set points for each forecast interval, and analyzing the temperature set points according to maximum and minimum temperature parameters for the IT space, with intervals with set points violating the maximum temperature parameter being designated as intervals for which the compressor will operate while intervals with set points violating the minimum temperature parameter are assigned the minimum temperature set point.
US10072864B2
A comparison unit compares the outside air temperature in outside air temperature information acquired by an outside air temperature acquisition unit with an outside air temperature threshold that has been set by a threshold setting unit. A first information acquisition unit acquires ON operation information. A device control unit performs passive control when the outside air temperature is in a temperature range on a comfortable side with respect to the outside air temperature threshold. Where the outside air temperature is in a temperature range on an uncomfortable side with respect to the outside air temperature threshold, the device control unit performs passive control until an ON operation is performed and performs active control once the ON operation is performed. The passive control involves performing OFF control of the active device and natural environment usage control of a passive device. The active control involves performing ON control of the active device.
US10072861B2
A work area is disposed in a conveyance path for cells and has an inlet and an outlet, with a downflow air curtain provided at least at the inlet and the outlet. A conveyor repeatedly performs an operation that moves a placement surface having a culture vessel thereon from the inlet side into the area, moves the placement surface from the outlet side to the outside of the area, and, subsequently, moves back the placement surface to the inlet side. The cleaning device cleans the placement surface during the period from when the conveyor in the work area moves the placement surface to the outside of the area until the conveyor moves back the placement surface to the inlet side of the area.
US10072857B2
Provided is a humidification and air cleaning apparatus. The humidification and air cleaning apparatus includes: a water tank storing water; a visual body forming at least a portion of the water tank and formed of a transparent material; a top cover assembly disposed over the water tank and including a water supply flow passage disposed therein to supply water into the water tank; a watering housing disposed inside the water tank and rotating inside the water tank; and a watering motor rotating the watering housing. Here, when the watering housing rotates, water supplied to the water supply flow passage drops on the watering housing to be scattered.
US10072852B2
A mat includes a base and a plurality of studs that together may position an electric radiant heating element within a floor or wall, and may protect the electric radiant heating element as the floor or wall are constructed. The base extends in at least two directions that define a plane. Two or more of the plurality of studs has a cylindrical body that includes a surface and a top, the surface extends from a respective portion of the base in a third direction that does not lie within the plane and that is at an angle between and including 84 and 96 degrees relative to the respective base portion, and the top includes a hole to allow air to pass from outside the stud to an interior region. By using the mat one can quickly install a plurality of positioning devices to hold the electric radiant heating element at desired locations in the floor while the floor is constructed. Furthermore, one can install the mat in odd-shaped rooms or in rooms that will use an electric radiant heating element that is a branch of another room's electric radiant heating element, without having to first wait for installation in other portions of the odd-shaped room or the other room to be completed.
US10072846B2
A gas turbine engine and combustor assembly including a combustor liner defining therein a combustion chamber for the downstream flow of a main fluid. At least two axially spaced apart annular trapped vortex cavities are located on the combustor liner and staged axially and radially spaced apart. A cavity opening is located at a radially inner end of each of the at least two annular trapped vortex cavities. A plurality of injectors are configured tangentially relative to circular radially outer wall extending between an aft wall and a forward wall of each cavity to provide for an injection of air and fuel to form an annular rotating trapped vortex of a fuel and air mixture within a respective annular trapped vortex cavity. The annular rotating trapped vortex of the fuel and air mixture at the cavity openings is substantially perpendicular to the downstream flow of the main fluid.
US10072845B2
An aft heat shield for a fuel nozzle tip includes: an annular shield wall; an annular shield flange extending radially outward from an aft end of the shield wall; an annular baffle flange surrounding the conical section, and disposed such that an axial gap is defined between the shield flange and the baffle flange, the baffle flange including a radially outer rim extending axially forward therefrom; and a plurality of impingement cooling holes passing through the baffle flange and oriented to as to direct air flow towards the shield wall.
US10072839B2
Gas fired radiant emitter having a premixing chamber for preparing a premix of gas and air; a perforated ceramic plate acting as burner deck; and a pilot burner having a premix gas supply flow tube and two electrodes. The premix gas supply flow tube of the pilot burner extends from the side of the perforated ceramic plate where the premixing chamber is located, into a through hole in the perforated ceramic plate. The premix gas supply flow tube has a gas exit in the through hole in the perforated ceramic plate or at the combustion side of the perforated ceramic plate. The gas fired radiant emitter has features so that in an area of the perforated ceramic plate around where the premix gas supply flow tube extends into a through hole in the perforated ceramic plate, no premix gas flows through the perforated ceramic plate.
US10072835B2
A luminaire is providing comprising a heat spreader and a heat sink thermally coupled to the heat spreader, an outer optic retained relative to at least one of the heat spreader and the heat sink, a light source in thermal communication with the heat spreader and comprising a plurality of light emitting diodes (LEDs) that are disposed on the heat spreader such that the heat spreader dissipates heat from the plurality of LEDs, and a power conditioner configured to receive AC voltage and deliver DC voltage to the plurality of LEDs, the power conditioner being disposed on a same side of the heat spreader as the plurality of LEDs. A combination defined by the heat spreader, the heat sink and the outer optic is so dimensioned to cover an opening defined by a nominally sized can light fixture and cover an opening defined by a nominally sized electrical junction box.
US10072830B2
A uniform luminance light-emitting diode (LED) circuit board includes a first primary trace and a second primary trace mounted on a substrate along a direction and are spaced apart, multiple LED strings mounted on the substrate along the direction and parallelly connected between the first primary trace and the second primary trace, a first power trace and a second power trace respectively connected to the first primary trace and the second primary trace, and a first auxiliary trace with two ends respectively connected to the second primary trace and the second power trace. By adjusting trace widths of the first primary trace and the second primary trace to limit current passing through each LED string and using the first auxiliary trace to provide an additional current path, identical current flowing through all the LED strings results in uniform luminance of the LED strings.
US10072822B2
Disclosed are examples of optical/electrical devices including a variable TIR lens assembly having a transducer, an optical lens and an electrowetting cell coupled to an exterior wall of the lens. The electrowetting cell contains two immiscible liquids having different optical and electrical properties. One liquid has a high index of refraction, and the other liquid has a low index of refraction. At least one liquid is electrically conductive. A signal causes the high index of refraction and the low index of refraction liquids to assume various positions within the electrowetting cell along the exterior wall. The properties of the optical lens, e.g. its total internal reflectivity, change depending upon the position of the respective liquids along the exterior wall. The light characteristics of the assembly change to produce a light beam over a range of light beam outputs or a field of view over a range of fields of view.
US10072818B1
An light-spreading lens comprises a bottom surface, a light-in surface, a side surface, a light-out surface and a micro structure portion. The light-in surface is defined in a center of the bottom surface and is recessed away from the bottom surface to form a receiving chamber. The side surface is around the bottom surface and is perpendicular to the bottom surface. The light-out surface extends from the side surface along a direction away from the bottom surface. The micro structure portion is formed on the light-out surface and is around a periphery of the light-out surface of near the side surface.
US10072816B2
A light transmissive structure includes a light transmissive substrate having first and second opposing faces and array of microprism elements on the first face, with a respective microprism element including a plurality of concentric microprisms. The light transmissive structure is configured to receive light from a light source facing the first face and distribute the light emerging from the second face in a 2D batwing distribution.
US10072813B2
A vehicular lamp includes a light emitter, a first light guide, and a second light guide. The first light guide has a first incident surface, a first light guiding portion that guides the entering light, a first light emission surface that emits light guided by the first light guiding portion, and a first reflecting surface that reflects the light guided by the first light guiding portion in a direction toward the second light guide. The second light guide has a second light emission surface that emits light that enters the second light guide after being reflected by the first reflecting surface, and a second reflecting surface that reflects the light that enters the second light guide after being reflected by the first reflecting surface toward the second light emission surface.
US10072808B2
Disclosed is a vehicle lamp including a pair of lamp modules configured to form a pair of left and right light distribution patterns by irradiation light therefrom. Each lamp module includes a first lamp unit that uses a light emitting diode as a light source and a second lamp unit that uses a laser diode as a light source, a pair of first light distribution patterns is formed by irradiation light from the first lamp unit, and a pair of second light distribution patterns, which is smaller and brighter than the first light distribution patterns, is formed by irradiation light from the second lamp unit. The first light distribution patterns are formed with a predetermined distance therebetween in a left-and-right direction, the second light distribution patterns are formed to partially overlap each other between the pair of first light distribution patterns and to partially overlap the first light distribution patterns.
US10072805B2
A recessed lighting unit for mounting to a ceiling or a wall is provided. The recessed lighting unit includes a thermally conductive housing, a light source module inside the housing, and an optical plate. The housing maybe engaged to a universal adapter through a simple twist and lock mechanism. The clips enable the universal adapter to be attached to junction boxes and recessed lighting can-type housings of different sizes. The universal adapter can receive different types of clips, without the use of screws, adhesives, or tools to attach the clips to the adapter. Such a recessed lighting unit may have a reduced set of components while ensuring its adaptability and easy installation. Other embodiments are also described and claimed.
US10072800B1
One aspect provides a method including: receiving fluid conveyance infrastructure data at an electronic device; determining variance data for an infrastructure segment by comparing the received fluid conveyance infrastructure data to expected fluid conveyance infrastructure data; and providing at least one distribution based graphical representation based on the variance data. Other aspects are described and claimed.
US10072799B2
A hydrogen filling method for a fuel cell vehicle includes filling a hydrogen tank of the fuel cell vehicle with hydrogen using a hydrogen dispenser by sequentially using a low-pressure storage tank of the fuel cell vehicle, a medium-pressure storage tank of the fuel cell vehicle, and a high-pressure storage tank of the fuel cell vehicle.
US10072796B2
There is described herein methods and system for correcting steady state errors in propeller speed by calculating a leakage flow rate as a function of engine and propeller parameters.
US10072791B2
The present invention generally relates to a utility caddy which provides a stable, portable, and vertically adjustable work-surface and tool/material organization platform for permitting requisite tools and materials to be held in an organized and readily accessible manner, at any height, in any of a myriad of applications such as painting or installing drywall. The utility caddy comprises a base, a longitudinally adjustable support member, and a receptacle which, in the preferred embodiment, contains a plurality of slots for holding variously dimensioned tools and containers for materials.
US10072790B2
This invention provides an extendable multipod for mounting an apparatus, comprising: a) an apparatus mount that allows rapid mounting and dismounting of an apparatus, wherein the apparatus mount is attached to one end of an extendable device; b) an extendable device comprising a plurality of tubular poles which are mounted so as to be telescopically and axially slidable relative to each other between an extended position and a retracted position, and the extendable device is attached to a supporting element; and c) a supporting element comprising a plurality of legs that are connected to a divaricating plate, wherein the extendable device is inserted through the divaricating plate to affix on a leg connector, and the leg connector is connected to the plurality of legs by a plurality of braces. Furthermore, the extendable multipod comprises a built-in power supply.
US10072789B2
A gimbal for controlling an optical device includes a rocker for receiving an action instruction and generating a control instruction. The rocker comprises a keypad for switching between two or more operating modes of the gimbal. The operating modes of the gimbal comprise (1) a follow mode in which a shooting direction of the optical device follows a moving direction of the gimbal and (2) a locked mode in which the shooting direction of the optical device is locked in a specified direction regardless of movement of the gimbal. The gimbal further includes a controlling assembly configured to (1) receive the control instruction from the rocker, and (2) generate, based on the control instruction, a performing instruction for controlling the optical device.
US10072783B2
A connection fitting (10) for a pipe, including a tubular body (12), an O-ring (14) mountable on outer side of tubular body (12), a substantially tubular collet (16) having a first end and a second end and having a memory, a substantially annular and resilient grab ring (20) for gripping the outer side of a pipe inserted into the collet (16), a substantially tubular spacer ring (22) locatable on the free side of the grab ring (20), a collet retainer (18), and a tubular protection ring (24) locatable within the spacer ring (22), wherein when the collet retainer (18) engages with the collet (16) and causes the collet (16) to lock onto the tubular body (12) apertures (66) in the collet retainer (18) permit portions of the protection ring (24) to be seen after connection of a pipe to the connection fitting (10) is completed.
US10072776B2
In accordance with an example embodiment, a fluid connector may include an inner face, outer face, annular groove extending below the inner face and the outer face, and annular seal installed in the groove. The groove may include an inner wall, bottom wall, outer wall, and lip. The annular seal, in an undeformed state, may include a first convex surface, a second concave surface, a third convex surface, and a fourth concave surface. The second surface may be positioned radially inward of the first surface and radially outward of the third surface. The third surface may be between the second surface and a fourth surface, radially inward of the first surface. The fourth surface may be positioned radially outward of the third surface and radially inward of the first surface.
US10072768B1
A servo valve has a heatsink housing with a plurality of external fins. The heatsink housing contains an electromagnet arrangement and a valve arrangement. The electromagnet arrangement has a magnet assembly, a coil assembly, pole pieces, and an armature acted upon by flux generated by the electromagnet. A conductive support member connects the coil assembly to the heatsink housing. The valve arrangement has a valve member driven by the armature to control flow between an inlet port and an outlet port. The valve arrangement is positioned in the heatsink housing on an opposite side of a seal plate from the electromagnet arrangement. The support member holds the coil assembly spaced from the seal plate and in a thermally conductive path to the heatsink housing.
US10072752B2
A method of controlling a transmission of an electric vehicle includes: applying a driving force to an actuator of a synchronizer by a controller such that the synchronizer is disengaged from a current gear stage, when a power-on shifting instruction to shift from the current gear stage to a desired gear stage is given; engaging a servo-clutch by the controller such that torque is transmitted from an input shaft to an output shaft through a servo-gear unit, after the applying of a driving force; and disengaging the synchronizer from the current gear stage using a driving force of the actuator, when torque of the current gear stage is switched to the servo-gear unit, after the engaging of the servo-clutch.
US10072748B2
A differential assembly arrangement with optimized pinion shaft bearing lubrication is provided. The assembly includes a housing, a ring gear, a pinion gear, a pinion shaft supported by two rolling element bearings, a sleeve, and a lubrication deflector. The two rolling element bearings, a pinion head bearing bearing and a pinion tail bearing, are located at each end of the sleeve which fits over the pinion shaft. The sleeve helps facilitate the application of a pre-load to the bearings. The lubrication deflector is located along the length of the sleeve for providing the correct amount of lubricant to the two bearings. The deflector is in the form of a ring located on the sleeve or integrated within the sleeve.
US10072746B2
A stator of a hydrokinetic torque converter comprises a stator hub having an axis, a stator belt coaxial to the axis and a plurality of stator blades extending radially outwardly between the stator hub and the stator belt. Each of the stator blades has radially inner and outer mounting pins. The stator hub has hub slots, and the stator belt has belt slots. The radially inner mounting pin of one of the stator blades is disposed in one of the hub slots of the stator hub and the radially outer mounting pin of one of the stator blades is disposed in one of the belt slots of the stator belt.
US10072732B2
A gear comprises gear teeth. An annular web has the gear teeth on an external surface thereof and rotatable about a rotational axis of the gear. The web comprises a wall having at least a first axial surface and a second axial surface on the opposite side of the wall. The web defined by a first web section in which the first axial surface, in an inward direction, inclines away from a radial plane to which the rotational axis is normal, a second web section radially inward of the first web section, and in which the first axial surface, in the inward direction, inclines toward said radial plane.
US10072726B2
A damper device including an input to which power from an internal combustion engine is transmitted and an output, the damper device including: a first torque transmission path including a first elastic body that transmits torque between the input and the output; and a second torque transmission path disposed in parallel with the first torque transmission path and including an intermediate element, a second elastic body that transmits the torque between the input and the intermediate element, and a third elastic body that transmits the torque between the intermediate element and the output, wherein the second and third elastic bodies are placed outside the first elastic body in a radial direction of the damper device so as to be arranged side by side in a circumferential direction of the damper device.
US10072722B2
Disclosed herein is a single shock body equipped with the gas permeable internal floating piston. The gas permeable internal floating piston was specifically designed for installation in the multiple stage air shock, the gas permeable internal floating piston being disclosed in the parent application. The gas permeable internal floating piston automatically separates the oil from the gas within the shock body thereby significantly reducing the complexity and cost of manufacturing a shock absorber with the gas permeable internal floating piston. Also, separation is maintained during the operation of the shock throughout the shock's lifetime. The gas permeable internal floating piston can operate with oils derived from either petroleum or synthetic base stocks, additives, and various gases including dry air, nitrogen, oxygen, carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, helium, neon, and argon.
US10072721B2
A device for triggering a gas spring comprises an actuating device and an actuating element which is operatively connected to the actuating device and acts on an end-side trigger of the gas spring. The actuating element acts on the trigger and is designed as a lever arrangement which reduces or multiplies the force and/or distance and which comprises an actuating lever, which is connected to the actuating device. The device also comprises at least one trigger lever, which interacts with the actuating lever and which acts on the trigger and a housing. A first housing connecting unit is provided on the housing. The connected actuating device is guided substantially parallel to the longitudinal direction of the gas spring. A second housing connecting unit is provided on the housing. The connected actuating device is guided substantially transverse to the longitudinal direction of the gas spring.
US10072717B2
A driven wheel assembly includes a fixed axle spindle, a rotating drive shaft extending inside the axle spindle, a bearing, a hub, a brake disc, and a wheel rim. An inner ring of the bearing is mounted on the spindle. The hub is mounted on an outer ring of the bearing. The drive shaft, the brake disc and the wheel rim are coupled in rotation with the hub. The brake disc includes a radial friction part and a tubular portion which is fastened to the hub. The brake disc is fastened to the hub by a radial fastener extending along radial directions with respect to a rotation axis of the assembly and mounted through the tubular portion of the brake disc.
US10072716B2
Disclosed is a method for capturing particles ejected by friction braking elements (2) of a braking system (1, 2) with disk brakes (1) of a vehicle. The braking system is equipped with a capture conduit (3) taking a form adapted to accommodate the friction braking elements (2) and to conduct, while the vehicle is moving, an air flow for cooling the friction braking elements, the conduit integrating a shutter (6) with a plate (6a) positioned upstream of the friction braking elements (2), and a unit (5) for capturing particles ejected by the friction braking elements (2). Furthermore, the shutter (6) is controlled so as to move the plate (6a) between a position of closing the conduit (3), set for vehicle travel speeds lower than a predefined threshold speed Vs, and at least one position of at least partially opening the conduit (3), for vehicle travel speeds higher than the threshold speed Vs.
US10072711B2
A method for producing a composite rolling bearing (1) having a bearing flange (3) and at least one rolling bearing (4, 5) held on the bearing flange (3) by an inner ring (6, 7). In order to be able to fix the inner ring (7) on the bearing flange (3) with axial preloading without expansion, the inner ring (7) is acted upon by a holding-down device (23) that radially holds down the inner ring (7) and is preloaded against the inner ring (7) by a regulated axial force (F), and, by way of an advancing cone (21) introduced radially on the inside axially into the bearing flange (3), material (11) present on the bearing flange (3) is displaced radially towards the outside into a recessed formation (15, 16) in the inner ring (7).
US10072704B2
A composite sliding bearing is disclosed. The composite sliding bearing has an inner ring, formed of split rings halved by a center in an axial direction, which has V-section inclined surfaces formed on the outer diameter surfaces of the split rings, bearing pads disposed separately on the inclined surfaces of the split rings along the outer diameter surface of the inner ring, and an outer ring on the inner diameter surface of which is formed a V-section umbrella-shaped inclined surface corresponding to the outer diameter surface of the inner ring. A radial load and axial load applied to the bearing are supported by sliding the inner diameter surface of the outer ring on the sliding surfaces of the bearing pads in a condition in which the bearing pads are fluid lubricated.
US10072702B2
An air foil bearing for supporting a high speed rotating assembly such as in a turbocharger, a high speed centrifugal separator or the like. The foil bearing includes at least one bump foil and at least one top foil. The top foil leading edge is bent radially outwards forming a bevel or step. This feature serves as an air guide to prevent air of the preceding pad flowing into the gap between the pads, and then between the bump foil and the top foil, causing the top foil to bear against the rotor, causing severe wear.
US10072697B2
A dual-prevention lock device for locking a screw and a method for locking a screw. The dual-prevention lock device comprises: a lower lock body (6); an upper lock body (1) mounted on the lower lock body (6), a receiving space for receiving a screw (3) to be locked being formed between the upper lock body (1) and the lower lock body (6); and a lock core (11) mounted on the lower lock body (6). A lower clamping part extending into the receiving space is disposed on the lower lock body (6), and an upper clamping part extending into the receiving space is disposed on the upper lock body (1). Under the action of a key, the lower clamping part is pushed by the lock core (11), so that the screw (3) to be locked is locked in the receiving space by the lower clamping part and the upper clamping part. With the upper and lower clamping parts for locking the screw, the dual-prevention lock device has a reliable performance and a simple structural design.
US10072685B2
A clip holding and release device to hold and secure parts for inspection by holding and releasing a clip feature on a component or assembly. The clip holding and release device may include jaws that have a jaw top portion that may be opened and closed by displacing locking block. A shaft may be displaced directly with a knob, or using a lever, or other method which displaces a locking block to move the jaws in an open and closed position. The jaw top portion may have different configurations depending on the shape or configuration of the part to be inspected. The jaws may also be closed from the front side by displacing the jaws toward each other.
US10072683B1
In an automotive automatic transmission, a force applying piston mounted on a servo pin is supported at both sides of the piston. A first end of the servo pin is conventionally supported in a servo pin bore. A second, extended end is supported in a specially configured support bore formed in the assembly cover. Excentric loading and excessive wear of the servo pin and servo pin bore, which can result in damage to the piston, is reduced or eliminated thereby.
US10072677B2
An actuator device for producing a linear movement, has a hydraulic actuator which includes a first piston element for actuating the actuator and a second piston element for producing the linear movement. The piston elements are assigned respective fluidically coupled working chambers, the volumes of which can be changed by movement of the respective piston element. A piezoelectric actuator is provided for exerting a force on the first piston element.
US10072654B2
An electroproportional pressure control valve of cartridge-type construction is screwed into a housing bore of a hydrostatic pump. The cartridge includes an adjusting pressure port, a pump port, and a tank port. The adjusting pressure port is relieved to the tank port in a normal position of a spring-biased valve plunger of the pressure control valve. A connection from the pump port to the adjusting pressure port is opened counter to the force of the spring by increasing a current of an electromagnet and increasing the pump pressure at the pump port. The spring, the electromagnet, and the resultant force of the pump pressure act along a common axis of movement of the valve plunger. A first nozzle connects the adjusting pressure port to an adjusting pressure chamber. A second nozzle connects the adjusting pressure port to the tank port.
US10072651B2
A system for supplementing the electric power needed by a pump jack electric motor, thereby reducing the electric power purchased from the local utility or power supplier. The system comprises a solar photovoltaic system, or other forms of renewable energy, and regenerated power from the electric motor or drive. The system can be both “on-grid” and “off-grid.” Battery banks and capacitor banks may be used to store energy.
US10072643B2
A diaphragm pump mechanism is powered by steam generated by an internal heater coil heating the pumped water, which moves the diaphragm and an attached piston to pump water through the pump. The heater coil is turned on-and-off using a switch that is timed to the movement of the pump. The water is pumped through a series of one-way rubber valves and reed valves to prevent a back flow of water. The pressure generated by the steam is released when a reed valve located on the diaphragm makes contact with a pin located on the body of the pump, opening the reed valve and allowing the steam to travel through and to condense. The piston and diaphragm are returned to the starting position when the steam pressure is released by a spring attached to the pump shaft. On the return stroke an accumulator refills the diaphragm chamber with water.
US10072642B2
Hydro-carbon nanorings may be used, e.g., in power storage power transmission and transportation. Sufficiently cooled, an externally hydrogen doped carbon nanoring may be used to create a radial dipole containment field for electrons rotating in the nanoring. Such nanorings may transmit DC current with little or no loss. Similarly, an internally hydrogen doped carbon nanoring may be used to create a radial dipole containment field for positrons rotating in the nanoring. Virtually lossless transmission of AC current may be achieved by pairing such streams of electrons and positrons in their respective containment fields. Closed rotation of such streams may also be used to efficiently store large amounts of electrical energy. Finally, selectively accelerating and decelerating pairs of such paired electron and positron streams, which are moving at relativistic speeds, differential momentum may be created to cause physical movement.
US10072630B2
An ocean wave energy absorbing kite system 200 captures an ocean wave's kinetic energy as a force on a submerged, reciprocating panel 202 that drives the panel back and forth in an oscillating motion. The force applied to the panel is transmitted to a power generator 244 through opposed flexible ropes or lines 214, 224 loaded in tension. Potential energy is captured from the wave as a vertical force when a buoyant volume attached to the energy absorbing panel or kite member 202 rises on a passing ocean wave's peak, and transmits the force through flexible ropes or lines in tension to a power generator. Optionally, the shape of the panel is configurable to limit or restrict absorbed wave energy, thereby preventing damage from larger storm-generated waves.
US10072627B2
A starting system for a vehicle including an internal combustion engine having a crankshaft includes a pinion gear driven by a starter motor. A drive plate includes a set of teeth in constant meshed engagement with the pinion gear. A one-way clutch assembly is adapted to drivingly interconnect the drive plate and the crankshaft. The clutch assembly includes an inner race adapted to be fixed for rotation with the crankshaft, an outer race fixed for rotation with the drive plate, and a plurality of rollers positioned radially therebetween. One of the inner and outer races includes circumferentially spaced apart cam surfaces. The clutch assembly also includes a cage for positioning the rollers in a circumferentially spaced apart alignment with the cam surfaces and a roller bearing assembly positioned axially offset from the one-way clutch rollers to rotatably support the outer race on the inner race.
US10072625B2
A vehicle start-stop system includes an engine and a controller. The controller is programmed to operate the system in a first mode when a first input is selected, and in a second mode when a second input is selected. The controller is further programmed to inhibit engine stop in response to being in the first mode and an evaporator temperature having a first value, and stop the engine in response to being in the second mode and the evaporator temperature having the first value.
US10072623B2
A decoupling element, for decoupling a fuel injection valve from a cylinder head, includes a body that, in the mounted state, surrounds a housing of the fuel injection valve. The body is fashioned to include a cylinder-side support region to be supported on the cylinder head, and a valve-side support region for supporting the fuel injection valve. When the fuel injection valve is supported at the valve-side support region, the body is loaded with pressure. Only the cylinder-side support region of the body is fashioned in the shape of a closed ring, which connects segments of the body distributed around a circumference. The decoupling element enables the reduction of the transmission of noise from the fuel injection valve to the cylinder head.
US10072619B2
In an apparatus for heating an intake system for an engine of a vehicle by hot water, the vehicle having an engine compartment placed in a front part, in which a radiator is placed on a front side, and the engine and the intake system are placed behind the radiator. The intake system includes an intake passage and a throttle device. A hot water passage is provided to circulate hot water around the throttle device to heat the throttle device, the hot water having been warmed by cooling the engine. In the hot water passage, a hot water control valve is provided. In the hot water control valve, an expanding-contracting member made of shape-memory alloy is provided to control opening and closing of the hot water control valve in response to the internal temperature of the engine compartment.
US10072606B2
The invention relates to an internal combustion engine comprising a cylinder head (1) with a fire deck (7) on the combustion chamber side, at least one injector sleeve (2) detachably connected to the cylinder head (1) for mounting an injection unit, wherein the injector sleeve (2) is screwed to the fire deck (7) on a fire-deck-side first end (5) via a first screw connection (4), and wherein the injector sleeve (2) comprises in the region of the first end (5) at least one radially protruding first bearing area (9) with a first contact face (10) facing the fire deck (10), which contact face rests on a first counter surface (11) formed by the cylinder head (1). In order to increase the rigidity of the cylinder head (1) at low material cost, it is provided that the injector sleeve (2)—preferably in the region of a second end (6) facing away from the first end (5)—comprises at least one radially protruding second bearing area (12) with a second contact face (13) facing the fire deck (7), which contact face rests on a second counter surface (14) formed by the cylinder head (1).
US10072605B2
A low-temperature cooling water channel formed in the internal combustion engine includes a water jacket that covers at least one portion of a wall surface of an intake port. The intake port has a cooled wall surface that is covered by the water jacket, and a non-cooled wall surface that is not covered by the water jacket. An airflow control valve is provided on an intake-air upstream side of the cooled wall surface. The airflow control valve is configured to be capable of changing a ratio between a flow rate of intake air that flows along the side of the cooled wall surface and a flow rate of intake air that flows along the side of the non-cooled wall surface. The airflow control valve is preferably configured as a tumble control valve (TCV).
US10072593B2
A control device of an internal combustion engine according to the present invention executes air-fuel ratio control based on an output of an air-fuel ratio sensor provided at an upstream side of a catalyst, with correction based on an output of an oxygen sensor at a downstream side of the catalyst. When it is determined that a degree of an output tendency in a predetermined lean region is not less than a predetermined lean degree, and that a degree of an output tendency in a predetermined rich region is less than a predetermined rich degree based on lean tendency and rich tendency values representing output tendencies of the oxygen sensor, a limit is set to the correction in a direction to more suppress enriching of an air-fuel ratio as a degree is larger in which the output of the oxygen sensor is shifted to a lean side.
US10072589B2
Function of a compression release brake system of a compression ignited engine with a plurality of cylinders in a motor vehicle is checked by driving a crank shaft of the engine to rotate at a constant speed without injection of fuel into the cylinders while for each cylinder, for the compression release brake system in an inactive state and then in an active state, measuring the torque to be applied for maintaining said speed in a position of said crank shaft where the torque would be influenced by the behavior of that cylinder by a correctly functioning action of said compression release brake system in an active state. The torque values obtained for each cylinder for the compression release brake system in inactive and active state are compared, and the function of the compression release brake system for each individual cylinder of the engine is determined based on the comparison.
US10072586B2
An environmental control power generation system is provided. The system may include a turbine and a generator. The system may be configured to provide air form a high pressure bleed port and/or a low pressure bleed port to the turbine. The turbine may be configured to reduce the pressure of the supplied air and generate power through the generator. The power may be supplied to an aircraft power distribution system.
US10072585B2
A cooling system for a gas turbine engine turbine section includes a rotor supporting a blade having a cooling passage. A disc is secured relative to the rotor and it forms a cavity between the rotor and the disc. A bleed air source is in fluid communication with the cavity. An impeller is arranged in the cavity. The impeller is configured to increase a fluid pressure within the cavity to drive bleed air from the bleed air source and thereby provide a pressurized cooling fluid to the cooling passage.
US10072576B2
A gas turbine cooling system efficiently cools a first-stage turbine wheel and attachment portions of first-stage turbine blades. The gas turbine cooling system includes a group of impingement cooling holes provided in a partition wall as a stationary component that separates an exit space of a compressor and a wheel space located upstream of a turbine wheel for ejecting compressed air in the exit space toward the turbine wheel and attachment portions of the turbine blades.
US10072574B2
A dual cycle system for generating shaft power using a supercritical fluid and a fossil fuel. The first cycle is an open, air breathing Brayton cycle. The second cycle is a closed, supercritical fluid Brayton cycle. After compression of air in the first cycle, the compressed air flows through a first cross cycle heat exchanger through which the supercritical fluid from the second cycle flows after it has been compressed and then expanded in a turbine. In the first cross cycle heat exchanger, the compressed air is heated and the expanded supercritical fluid is cooled. Prior to expansion in a turbine, the compressed supercritical fluid flows through a second cross cycle heat exchanger through which also flows combustion gas, produced by burning a fossil fuel in the compressed air in the first cycle. In the second cross cycle heat exchanger, the combustion gas is cooled and the compressed supercritical fluid is heated.
US10072573B2
A power plant includes a turbine disposed downstream from a combustor. The turbine includes an extraction port that is in fluid communication with a hot gas path of the turbine and which provides a flow path for a stream of combustion gas to flow out of the turbine. An exhaust duct is disposed downstream from the turbine and receives exhaust gas from the turbine. An ejector coupled to the extraction port and to an air supply cools the stream of combustion gas upstream from the exhaust duct. The cooled combustion gas flows into the exhaust duct at a higher temperature than the exhaust gas. The cooled combustion gas mixes with the exhaust gas within the exhaust duct to provide a heated exhaust gas mixture to a heat exchanger disposed downstream from the exhaust duct. The heat exchanger may extract thermal energy from the exhaust gas mixture to produce steam.
US10072565B2
A vehicle powertrain includes an engine having an air intake system and an exhaust system. A turbocharger includes a turbine section connected to the exhaust system and a compressor section connected to the air intake system. A wastegate is disposed in the exhaust system and movable between an open and a closed position by an actuator system. The actuator system includes an engagement device and detent mechanism for assisting with holding the wastegate in the closed position.
US10072564B2
To provide a waste-gate valve device with a good flow-rate controllability. A waste-gate valve device 1 includes: a turbine housing 3 provide with a waste-gate channel 2 through which exhaust gas bypasses a turbine; and a waste-gate valve 4 to open and close an outlet of the waste-gate channel 2. The waste-gate valve 4 includes a valve body 7 to open and close the outlet of the waste-gate channel 2, and a protrusion 8 to be housed in the waste-gate channel 2 when the valve body 7 closes the outlet of the waste-gate channel 2. The waste-gate channel 2 ensures a maximum flow rate of exhaust gas at a time when the waste-gate valve is fully open. An area ratio of a flow-path cross-sectional area A1 of the waste-gate channel 2 to a flow-path cross-sectional area A2 of a merging portion is not more than 0.2, the merging portion being a part at which exhaust gas having passed through the turbine merges. A widened portion 2A at which the flow-path cross-sectional area increases is disposed on the outlet of the waste-gate channel.
US10072563B2
An exhaust-gas turbocharger (1) having a turbine (2) which is provided with an adjustable turbine geometry and/or with a wastegate; and having an actuator (11) which is connected by means of a coupling rod (14; 14′; 14″) to the adjustable turbine geometry and/or to the wastegate. The coupling rod (14; 14′; 14″) is connected at its end regions at one side to the actuator (11) and at the other side to an adjusting shaft arrangement of the variable turbine geometry and/or of the wastegate. The coupling rod (14; 14′; 14″) is formed as an MIM component.
US10072561B2
A piston for an engine is provided. The piston includes a body having a crown disposed about a central axis. The crown includes an inner circumference and an outer circumference. The piston includes a central chamber transversely disposed within the body and recessed with respect to the crown. The piston includes a central mound disposed within the central chamber about the central axis. The piston also includes a bowl extending from the central mound towards the crown. The piston further includes a passageway provided on the inner circumference of the crown. The passageway includes a slot defined by a first surface inclined at a first angle with respect to the central axis. The slot is adapted to allow flow of a fuel from the central chamber towards the outer circumference of the crown.
US10072558B2
A compression-ignition low octane gasoline engine. The engine uses low octane gasoline and a compression-ignition method, does not require a spark plug, and compared with ordinary gasoline engines, increases thermal efficiency by approximately 40% and reduces green-house effects caused by emissions by approximately 45%. The “compression-ignition” of the low octane gasoline engine is a diffusion charge compression-ignition, differing from a homogeneous charge compression-ignition. The compression ratio in a cylinder can be 14 to 22, while an ordinary gasoline engine has a compression ratio of 7 to 11. The low octane gasoline engine has a simple structure, easy combustion control, a low noise level, and a low failure rate. As the low octane gasoline can be free of aromatic hydrocarbons, and not require the addition of antiknock agents such as MTBE and MMT, the present novel gasoline engine is a highly efficient, clean, and environmentally friendly internal combustion engine.
US10072556B2
A refrigerant control valve apparatus includes a valve body provided with a main control valve controlling the refrigerant sent to a discharge port and a temperature sensing control valve controlling supply and discharge of the refrigerant to a temperature sensing chamber. A fail-safe mechanism is provided which supplies the refrigerant to the discharge port in a case where the temperature of the refrigerant exceeds a set value. The temperature sensing control valve is set in an open posture in a case where the main control valve is in a closed posture that closes the discharge port and the temperature sensing control valve is set in a closed posture in a case where the main control valve is in an open posture that opens the discharge port.
US10072553B2
In a deterioration diagnosis apparatus for a selective catalytic reduction (SCR) catalyst in which when an air fuel ratio of a mixture to be combusted in an internal combustion engine is a lean air fuel ratio, inducement processing is executed which is to induce a water gas shift reaction in a pre-stage catalyst, by changing the air fuel ratio of the mixture from the lean air fuel ratio to a predetermined rich air fuel ratio, and diagnosis processing is executed which is to diagnose deterioration of the SCR catalyst based on an output difference between two air fuel ratio sensors at the time of the execution of the inducement processing, when the SCR catalyst is in a state of being subjected to sulfur poisoning resulting from the execution of the S purge processing of the pre-stage catalyst, diagnosis processing is not executed.
US10072549B2
A metal substrate for catalytic converter is characterized by: a flat foil and a corrugated metal foil arranged on a gas inlet side end section being joined to each other; the flat foil and the corrugated metal foil arranged in an outer circumferential joining section being joined to each other, said outer circumferential joining section being connected to an end section of the gas inlet side end section in the axial direction; an outer jacket and the honeycomb core being joined by interposing a bonding layer in the gas outlet side end section area P fulfilling formula (A), when P is the length of the bonding layer in the axial direction; a corrugated metal foil having an impact mitigating section; the impact mitigating section being formed in an area corresponding to at least the gas inlet side end section and the outer circumferential joining section. 2 mm≤P≤50 mm (A):
US10072544B2
Deterioration of a selective catalytic reduction (SCR) catalyst can be diagnosed with sufficient accuracy, by making use of a sensor for measuring an air fuel ratio of exhaust gas flowing into an exhaust gas purification apparatus, which is equipped with the SCR catalyst, and a sensor for measuring an air fuel ratio of exhaust gas flowing out from the exhaust gas purification apparatus.
US10072538B2
A cam shaft phase setter for adjusting the rotational angular position of a cam shaft relative to a crankshaft of an internal combustion engine by a hydraulic fluid, the cam shaft phase setter including: a stator connected to the crankshaft; a pressure chamber; a rotor connected to the cam shaft, the rotor being adjustable relative to the stator by introducing the fluid into the pressure chamber; a control valve including a valve housing and a valve piston; and an actuating unit for axially adjusting the valve piston; wherein the cam shaft phase setter is configured such that fluid flowing through the control valve flows back into an engine housing which rotatably mounts the cam shaft.
US10072534B2
A lash adjuster includes a body which is cylindrical in shape and a plunger. The plunger is reciprocably inserted into the body and has an interior in which a low-pressure chamber is defined. The plunger has a bottom wall defining a high-pressure chamber in conjunction with the body between them and a peripheral wall formed with a plunger oil hole through which an operating oil is fed into the low-pressure chamber. The bottom wall is formed with a valve hole through which the operating oil stored in the low-pressure chamber is allowed to flow into the high-pressure chamber. The plunger has a pocket provided on the peripheral wall so as to be deformed toward the low-pressure chamber and inclined in an upward direction, defining the plunger oil hole.
US10072524B2
A turbine retention device is made by forming a bullet having a cylindrical geometry, forming a wing, coupling the wing to the bullet with a proximal portion of the wing along an axial length of the bullet, and coupling a mounting bracket to a distal end of the wing.
US10072520B2
A cooling manifold has a plurality of pieces. The pieces extend in a circumferential direction to abutting flanges. The flanges are secured together at circumferential ends of each piece. Cooling channels are formed in between inner and outer walls. Air inlets are formed in the pieces with the air inlets delivering air in the interior. There are fingers on an outer periphery. The fingers are aligned within an air outlet. The air can be delivered into the inlet, cool the interior, and leave through the outlet extending to a main conduit. The main conduit is secured directly to an outer periphery of the cooling manifold.
US10072516B2
A vane arc segment includes a radially inner and outer platforms and an airfoil mechanically clamped between the platforms. The airfoil has an airfoil section that extends radially between radially inner and outer fairing platforms. At least one of the fairing platforms includes forward and aft sides, circumferential sides, and a gas path side and an opposed radial side. The radial side includes a plurality of protrusions that have faces that are oriented substantially normal to, respectively, radial, tangential, and axial load transmission directions of the airfoil such that the faces, respectively, primarily bear radial, tangential, and axial load transmissions of the airfoil.
US10072514B2
An apparatus for attaching a transition duct to a turbine section of a gas turbine engine includes an annular shaped vane carrier that engages with a transition aft frame. The transition aft frame includes an outwardly extending clamp that is at least partially inserted into a radial recess of the vane carrier structure. A spacer is inserted into the recess. A first pair of mating surfaces is formed by a first end face of the spacer and an end face of the clamp and a second pair of mating surfaces is formed by a second end face of the spacer and a wall of the recess. At least one of the pairs of mating surfaces is inclined at an angle with respect to a radial plane of the vane carrier structure. A retention device secures the spacer to the vane carrier structure.
US10072506B2
A gas turbine engine component may include a coating adapted to protect the component during use. The coating may be applied by sintering metallic particles to form a metallic matrix fused to the component.
US10072495B1
A system for wirelessly monitoring well conditions includes a set of wireless transceivers placed along a drill string inside a well, each transceiver placed within at least half the maximum distance that each transceiver can transmit data, and a power generator attached to each transceiver that powers the respective transceiver, the power generator including a first material that is of one polarity and a second material that is fixed in position and is of opposite polarity of the first material, wherein the first material is propelled toward the second material based on the motion of the power generator so that the two materials have a maximized point of contact to generate maximum power. The wireless transceivers may communicate using any wireless communication technology, including but not limited to Wi-Fi, Wi-Fi Direct, and BLE.
US10072477B2
A tool for deploying a wellbore plug in a well using flowable eutectic material is disclosed. A tool having a mandrel, an obstruction, and a flowable quantity of eutectic material in a solid state is positioned in the wellbore. The obstruction is actuated and the flowable material is heated to melt. The obstruction supports the flowed material as it cools to form a plug in the wellbore.
US10072470B2
A flow sensor assembly including a housing configured to couple to a fluid line, wherein the housing includes an inlet for receiving a flow of a first fluid, and a sensor coupled to the housing and configured to measure a flow level of a second fluid passing through the fluid line.
US10072466B2
The present invention relates to a riser section (4) equipped with an inner locking ring (11). According to the invention, auxiliary line elements (7) are secured to one end of main tube (6) and they are mobile with respect to the other end of main tube (6) through the agency of a sliding pivot connection, whose relative translational motion is limited by a clearance adjustment means (15). The invention also relates to a riser consisting of several sections (4) and to the use of the riser for carrying out an offshore drilling operation.
US10072463B2
The disclosure relates to polycrystalline diamond compact (PDC) drill bits utilized for drilling wellbores.
US10072456B2
Certain example embodiments of this invention relate to articles including anticondensation and/or low-E coatings that are exposed to an external environment, and/or methods of making the same. In certain example embodiments, the anticondensation and/or low-E coatings may be survivable in an outside environment. The coatings also may have a sufficiently low sheet resistance and hemispherical emissivity such that the glass surface is more likely to retain heat from the interior area, thereby reducing (and sometimes completely eliminating) the presence condensation thereon. The articles of certain example embodiments may be, for example, skylights, vehicle windows or windshields, IG units, VIG units, refrigerator/freezer doors, and/or the like.
US10072454B1
A system and method for securing personal articles, including a lockable enclosure, an image acquisition device disposed to capture an image of an interior of the lockable enclosure, a storage element configured to store the image, a data transmission element configured to transfer the image to a network, and a controller configured to grant access to the image only upon fulfillment of a predetermined condition, where the image acquisition device, the storage element, the data transmission element, and the controller are disposed in communication with one another and with the network.
US10072451B2
An operator for a window comprising a base and a cover, the base being attached to a window sash with an aperture extending through the base, an arm having first and second ends with a first end secured to the base, the first end of the arm having an aperture therein overlying the aperture in the base and an upper securement member extending at least partially through the aperture in the first end of the arm, the upper securement member having a threaded recess therein, a lower securement member screwthreadedly engaged with the upper securement member and extending through the base in an abutting relationship thereto, the cover engaging with the upper securement member to prevent rotation thereof when the lower securement member is screwthreadedly engaged with the upper securement member.
US10072432B2
The invention relates to an adjustable swimming pool floor system (40). In addition, the invention relates to a swimming pool (5) comprising such an adjustable pool floor system. Furthermore, the invention relates to a method for installing the hydraulic system (1) in a swimming pool. The invention also relates to a hydraulic system for use in an adjustable swimming pool floor system.
US10072430B2
A waterside leisure facility is disclosed which comprises an enclosure, covering and surrounding an area of land mass, an enclosed portion of a larger body of water, the land mass having a shore front adjoined to the portion of the body of water, the enclosure further comprising a dividing wall separating the enclosed portion of water from the remaining body of water a transparent roof, joined to the dividing wall and surrounding the area of land mass, to substantially separate air in the enclosure from ambient air outside the enclosure, while letting light through the roof, water treatment means arranged to maintain the water in the enclosure at a controlled temperature, while circulating water from outside the enclosure through the enclosure; and air conditioning means arranged to maintain the ambient air inside the enclosure at a controlled temperature and/or humidity.
US10072426B2
A fiber enforced sheet for use as a wall or floor covering which comprises of adhered thin bricks bonded to a fiber-reinforced, backing layer. Thin brick is adhered to the fiber enforced sheet. The fiber enforced backing increases strength and rigidity to the thin brick during handling, and installation permits the thin bricks to be adhered to proper specification and spacing to be cut using ordinary tile or thin brick tools.
US10072425B1
An improved handrail splice for use in coupling cylindrical handrail components comprises a generally cylindrical splice having a scalloped outer surface defining a plurality of first and second grooves, with the first grooves being characterized as large grooves circumferentially spaced along the outer surface and a plurality of smaller second grooves disposed between the first grooves. The large grooves are sized to receive and maintain a quantity of adhesive therein to ensure a secure adhesive connection between exterior of the tubular splice and the interior handrail surface. The smaller second grooves receive a smaller quantity of adhesive and further function to anchor the splice relative to the hand rail sections by press-fit engagement. A longitudinal slit bounded by a pair of projecting tabs allows for the temporary reduction of the splice to facilitate inserted installation of the splice within a tubular hand rail component.
US10072422B2
Structure heating systems and methods of making and use. One embodiment has a unitary or integral roof edge heating element with a single heating cable mounted in a heating cable channel running laterally through the heating element and a roof edge heating panel extending from the portion of the heating element bearing the heating cable. Another embodiment includes a single heating cable mounted in a heating element surrounded by a heating element cover. Some embodiments can reduce the amount of heat transfer contact with supporting roof or adjacent structure, reducing heat transfer to the supporting roof or other adjacent structure.
US10072416B2
A tubular joist structure. The joist structure includes a tubular top chord; a tubular bottom chord; and, a plurality of diagonals extending between the tubular top chord and the tubular bottom chord. The diagonals may also be tubular. The diagonals are arranged in a zig-zag formation between the tubular top chord and the tubular bottom chord. A doubler plate may be affixed to the bottom surface of the top chord and/or the top surface of the bottom chord such that at least one of the diagonals is affixed to the doubler plate. The joist structure may include at least two joist segments spliced together. A method of constructing a joist assembly includes assembling at least two joist segments each including a top chord, a bottom chord, and a plurality of diagonals extending between the top chord and bottom chord and splicing the joist segments together to form a joist structure.
US10072413B2
A water resistant expansion joint system for installation into a building joint in vertical and horizontal configurations is designed such that it can be used for either an inside or outside corner. According to an aspect, the system comprises open celled foam having a water-based acrylic chemistry infused therein. A layer of an elastomer is disposed on the open celled foam and is tooled to define a profile to facilitate the compression of the expansion joint system when installed between coplanar substrates. The system is delivered to a job site in a pre-compressed state ready for installation into the building joint.
US10072412B2
A hanger for connecting a structural member to a structural support including a base sized and shaped for receiving the structural member thereon. First and second side panels extend upward from the base. First and second back panels each extend from a respective one of the side panels. First and second top flanges each extend from a respective one of the back panels. An opening in one of said first and second side panels and said first and second back panels is configured to receive a fastener to attach the hanger to one of the structural member and the structural support. A slot is adjacent the opening. An area between the opening and the slot defines a yieldable portion selected to deform at a load that is less than the shear load capacity of the fastener when received through the opening for connecting the hanger to one of the structural member and the structural support.
US10072410B2
Device in the form of a combined non-return valve and rat killer for internal fitting in a sewer pipe comprising a valve (2), which can swing between an open and a closed position, the valve (2) being able to serve as a seal against possible back-flow (B) and also as a rat killer. The valve (2) is fitted with a projection (2a) on its inner side near its lower end and when swinging down, the blow-impact of the valve with the rat (12) can kill it. The valve (2) is operated by an actuator (7), preferably in the form of a voice-coil linear motor, which is controlled by sensors in the sewer pipe. Due to a continuous flow (A) through the sewer pipe, the device will remain clean and thus functional.
US10072404B2
A solid food waste material collection device is provided. The solid food waste material collection device includes a multi-port valve, an outer vessel in fluid communication with the multi-port valve and an inner vessel contained within the outer vessel and in fluid communication with the outer vessel. The inner vessel is configured to separate solid food waste materials from liquid wastes. The multi-port valve is configured to selectively direct food waste materials to the outer vessel or direct food waste materials to a drain system.
US10072403B2
A human body sensor has a light emitting portion to emit light to an object, a light reception portion to receive the light reflected from the object, a light reception amount determiner, a distance measurement determiner, a moving object determiner, and a detection determiner. When an amount of the reflected light is a threshold or more under the detection state, the detection determiner determines to switch the determination from the detection state to the non-detection state under a condition that the distance measurement determiner determines that the detection target does not exist, and when an amount of the reflected light is less than the predetermined threshold under the detection state, the detection determiner determines to switch the determination from the detection state to the non-detection state under a condition that the moving object determiner determines that the object does not exist.
US10072388B2
Systems, methods, apparatus, and computer program products are provided for dispensing a travel path applicant. For example, a computing entity can monitor the location of a maintenance vehicle and/or its travel path to dispense travel path applicants accordingly.
US10072387B2
A side snowplow including a land leveler, comprising: a rear mounted seat, a hydraulic cylinder I, a pull rod, a snow-pushing board, an oscillating rod, a hydraulic cylinder II, and a front mounted seat. The rear mounted seat is fixed on a rear portion of a rear rack of the land leveler and connected to the pull rod; the hydraulic cylinder I is hingedly connected to the rear mounted seat, and the pull rod; and the snow-pushing board is positioned at a left side or a right side of the land leveler and inclines toward a direction that the land leveler moves, a rear end of the snow-pushing board being connected to the hinge plate II, a front end of the snow-pushing board being connected to the hinge plate III.
US10072368B2
A yarn feed system, for control of the feeding of one or more yarns to the needles of a tufting machine, which can be manufactured as a substantially standardized unit or attachment removably mounted to a tufting machine includes a series of yarn feed devices each having a drive motor with a replaceable yarn feed roll drive system mounted thereto. Each yarn feed roll drive system can include a set or series of yarn feed rolls mounted within a housing and having a series of gear teeth formed thereabout, with the gear teeth of the yarn feed rolls engaged in an intermeshing arrangement so that as one of the yarn feed rolls is driven by the drive motor, the other yarn feed rolls likewise are actively driven thereby. Each of the yarn feed rolls further will include a textured roll surface that can provide for enhanced grip and control of the feeding of the yarns which are extended thereabout to the needles of the tufting machine in accordance with a tufted pattern being formed.
US10072367B2
A sewing machine includes a needle bar, a needle bar release mechanism, a drive portion, a contact member, and a switching mechanism. The needle bar is configured to move up and down. The needle bar release mechanism is configured to connect and disconnect the transmission of the driving force between the drive shaft and the needle bar. The drive portion is configured to drive the needle bar release mechanism. The contact member is configured to come into contact with the needle bar in a case where the needle bar is positioned at a top dead point of the range within which the needle bar is able to move up and down. The switching mechanism is configured to switch the position of the contact member between a first position and a second position.
US10072363B2
The invention relates to a cooling drum for cooling a thread plug in texturing process. The cooling drum comprises a drivable cooling jacket, on the circumference of which at least one air-permeable guide track is designed for guiding the thread plug. A suction chamber is provided in the interior of the cooling jacket, which chamber is connected via a suction connection to a vacuum source. In this way, a stationary shielding means is provided, which is arranged between the cooling jacket and the suction chamber. In order to produce a suction flow which is as targeted as possible and affected by little loss, according to the invention, the shielding means is formed by a closed sealing jacket which is placed substantially coaxially spaced apart with the cooling jacket and has an air slot in the region of the guide track.
US10072355B2
A method of forming graphene single crystal domains on a carbon substrate is described.
US10072344B2
A reactor is provided which comprises: a plurality of reaction units located within a reaction zone, each of the reaction units being adapted to enable carrying out a chemical reaction of one or more raw gases (e.g. at least one of CO2 and H20); ingress means to allow introduction of the one or more raw gases into the reaction zone and to allow distributing the incoming gas to the plurality of reaction units; egress means to allow exit of reaction products from the reaction zone; and a heating system. The reaction units extend essentially along a longitudinal axis of the reaction zone and are arranged in a spaced-apart relationship along a lateral axis of the reaction zone. The heating system comprises a plurality of heating sources extending along the reaction zone, thereby providing at least a part of the energy to carry out the reaction process within the reaction units.
US10072341B2
The present invention provides a liquid electrolytic device and comprises an electrolytic tank, a separator, a cover, and an electrode plate. The electrolytic tank comprises an upper opening, an under opening, and a hollow portion connected there between for containing liquid water. The separator covers the surface of the electrolytic tank corresponding to the upper opening of the electrolytic tank and comprises a first opening while the cover having a fixed portion and a cover hole disposed on the other surface of the separator. An upper portion of the electrode plate is embedded in the fixed portion of the cover while the under portion thereof is disposed in the hollow portion via the first opening and the upper opening. In practice, the electrolytic tank and the electrode plate are separately connected to a power respectively to electrolyze the liquid water in the electrolytic tank for generating a hydrogen-oxygen gas.
US10072339B2
The invention relates to compositions, methods and preparation of such compositions to protect metals from corrosion, especially acid corrosion. The compositions of this invention may be added to acids to protect metals from their corrosive influence, particularly at elevated temperatures. These compositions are of particular utility in the oil and gas (petroleum) industry. Also disclosed are “corrosion inhibition intensifiers” to enhance the corrosion inhibition properties of other corrosion inhibitors. Formulations which control ferric ions in acidic solutions are also disclosed. These may be combined with inhibited acids and some compositions provide both corrosion inhibition and ferric ion control.
US10072331B2
A formation method of a silicon film which contributes to improvements in cycle characteristics and an increase in charge/discharge capacity and can be used as an active material layer is provided. In addition, a manufacturing method of a power storage device including the silicon film is provided. The formation method is as follows. A crystalline silicon film is formed over a conductive layer by an LPCVD method. The supply of a source gas is stopped and heat treatment is performed on the silicon film while the source gas is exhausted. The silicon film is grown to have whisker-like portions by an LPCVD method while the source gas is supplied into the reaction space. A power storage device is manufactured using, as an active material layer included in a negative electrode, the silicon film grown to have whisker-like portions.
US10072330B2
A shield mask mounting fitting includes a shied mask to be mounted on a chamber wall of a sputtering apparatus, the shield mask including a fixing hole, a fixing bolt connecting the shield mask to the chamber wall through the fixing hole, a cap hook surrounding a top of the fixing bolt, a bushing extending between a surface of the shield mask and the cap hook, and a shield cap engaged with the cap hook and covering the top of the fixing bolt, the shield cap extending beyond the cap hook to omnidirectionally cover a periphery of the fixing hole, wherein one of the cap hook and the shield cap has an asymmetric structure with respect to an axis extending through a center of the fixing bolt.
US10072329B2
A method to transfer a layer of harder thin film substrate onto a softer, flexible substrate. In particular, the present invention provides a method to deposit a layer of sapphire thin film on to a softer and flexible substrate e.g. PET, polymers, plastics, paper and fabrics. This combination provides the hardness of sapphire thin film to softer flexible substrates.
US10072322B2
An aluminum alloy having excellent formability and elasticity includes Ti, B, Mg, and the Al, wherein a composition ratio of Ti: B: Mg is 1:3.5˜4.5:1, and AlB2 and TiB2 are present as reinforcing phases.
US10072319B2
There are provided methods and systems for creating multi-phase covetics. For example, there is provided a process for making a composite material. The process includes forming a multi-phase covetic. The forming includes heating a melt including a metal in a molten state and a carbon source to a first temperature threshold to form metal-carbon bonds. The forming further includes subsequently heating the melt to a second temperature threshold, the second temperature threshold being greater than the first temperature threshold. The second temperature threshold is a temperature at or above which ordered multi-phase covetics form in the melt.
US10072308B2
Provided herein are methods for determining the presence or absence of an enteroviruses and parechoviruses in a biological sample. The methods involve identifying the presence or absence of a target nucleic acids from the viruses using direct amplification from a biological sample without a step of extraction of the nucleic acids, but retaining substantially the same specificity and sensitivity of methods assaying extracted nucleic acids. Also provided are methods of diagnosis using the methods provided and compositions and kits for the practice of the methods.
US10072306B2
Provided herein are compositions and methods useful for the detection of MTB. In particular, provided herein are kits, reagents, reaction mixtures, and methods involving such for nucleic acid amplification and detection procedures, which specifically and sensitively detect MTB in samples.
US10072303B2
This document provides methods and materials for treating endometrial cancer. For example, methods and materials for identifying a female mammal as having endometrial cancer and surgically removing at least the uterus of the female are provided.
US10072300B2
A kit for the prognosis of colorectal cancer, which includes reagents related in detecting the expression level of any one or more genes of the following five genes: BST1, as shown in SEQ ID NO:1; MGST1, as shown in SEQ ID NO:2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 or 10; HP, as shown in SEQ ID NO:11 or 12; RCAN3, as shown in SEQ ID NO:13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21 or 22; and SRA1, as shown in SEQ ID NO:23 or 24. The reagents are used to detect the expression level of any one or more of the above five genes in the preparation of a kit for the prognosis of colorectal cancer. The kit can be used to perform precise prognosis for a patient suffering from colorectal cancer, and has good clinical application prospects.
US10072299B2
Anti-EGFR antibodies, therapeutic compositions comprising combinations of anti-EGFR antibodies, as well as methods for using such antibodies and compositions to treat EGFR-related disorders (e.g., cancers), are disclosed.
US10072295B2
The present methods are exemplified by a process in which maternal blood containing fetal DNA is diluted to a nominal value of approximately 0.5 genome equivalent of DNA per reaction sample. Digital analysis is then be used to detect aneuploidy, such as the trisomy that causes Down Syndrome. Since aneuploidies do not present a mutational change in sequence, and are merely a change in the number of chromosomes, it has not been possible to detect them in a fetus without resorting to invasive techniques such as amniocentesis or chorionic villi sampling. Digital amplification allows the detection of aneuploidy using massively parallel amplification and detection methods, examining, e.g., 10,000 genome equivalents.
US10072294B2
The present invention provides a method for detecting transplantation failure of a transplanted organ or cells which comprises detecting a donor-positive but recipient-negative DNA marker in the recipient's plasma using pyrophosphorolysis activated polymerization. Because of the high sensitivity, specificity and selectivity of pyrophosphorolysis activated polymerization, transplantation failure can be detected at early stages and treatment can be initiate earlier.
US10072287B2
The present invention provides methods for targeted sequencing of polynucleotide. In one aspect, the present invention provides a method of sequencing a target polynucleotide with fewer probes. In another aspect, the present invention provides a method of sequencing a target polynucleotide with longer reads. Locus-specific, ligation-assisted sequencing/genotyping method and ligation-captured sequencing method are also provided in the present invention. The methods of the present invention allow low-cost, high-throughput and accurate sequencing of nucleic acids.
US10072280B2
The present invention relates to enzyme compositions for high temperature saccharification of cellulosic material and to uses thereof.
US10072274B2
The invention relates to vectors comprising two or more homologous nucleotide sequences and methods for generating them. The invention concerns substituting bases in the homologous nucleotide sequences with different bases that do not alter the encoded amino acid sequence. The invention allows for the reduction of intramolecular recombination between homologous nucleotide sequences, in particular in mammalian cells. The invention further relates to nucleotide sequences containing substituted bases.
US10072267B2
Provided are cells having an increased protein production characterized in that said cell comprises modified SUMOylation, a process for producing such a cell or expression system and the use of such a cell in producing a protein of interest.
US10072263B2
This invention relates to compounds, compositions, and methods useful for reducing β-catenin target RNA and protein levels via use of dsRNAs, e.g., Dicer substrate siRNA (DsiRNA) agents.
US10072259B2
Compositions and techniques for the extraction, enrichment and isolation of nucleic acids from yeast in a whole blood sample using amine monomers are disclosed herein.
US10072244B2
Disclosed is a method for preparing a heterogenous corneal material, wherein during the whole preparation process, different concentrations of glycerol are used to achieve that the heterogenous corneal graft has the transparent, properties of no viruses and cells; resistance to degradation and immunogenicity of collagen can be further reduced by collagen cross-linking; and under the whole eye saving, cross-linkers 1-(3-dimethylaminopropyl)-3-ethylcarbodiimide (EDC) and N-hydroxy sulfosuccinimide (NHS) are used for cross-linking, thus enabling the form thereof to be closer to that of a fresh cornea and improving biomechanical properties thereof. The method can prepare a heterogenous corneal material with a high transparency, a low immunogenicity and a good bioactivity and biocompatibility, and can maintain that the three-dimensional structure of collagen is close to that of a fresh cornea. The corneal material prepared by the method is improved in both saving of fibre structure of corneal collagen and transparent performance after transplantation and can be widely used in the medical field.
US10072242B2
The invention provides a method of removing or reducing undifferentiated cells from a differentiated cell population contaminated or having a risk of contamination with undifferentiated cells by contacting a pigment epithelium-derived factor with the differentiated cell population to induce apoptosis of the undifferentiated cells. The invention also provides an agent for cell transplantation therapy, containing a differentiated cell population substantially free of an undifferentiated cell, which is obtained by the method, as well as an agent for inducing apoptosis of an undifferentiated cell, containing a pigment epithelium-derived factor, and combined use of the aforementioned agent for cell transplantation therapy and the aforementioned agent for inducing apoptosis.
US10072225B2
The present invention relates to a process and apparatus for conversion of organic material into hydrocarbon based fuel such as an oil and relates in particular to a process and apparatus for recovering alkali salts and/or water soluble organics from water effluents from hydrothermal conversion processes of organics such as biomass and/or organic waste and/or other organic materials such as bitumen or lignite coal into oil in hot pressurized water. Another aspect of the invention relates to an integrated process for effective production of oil by conversion of slurries of biomass and/or organic waste and/or other organic materials such as bitumen or coal in hot pressurized water, wherein alkali salts and/or water soluble organics are recovered from the water effluent and is at least partly recycled to the feeding step thereby resulting in both a cleaned water effluent from the process as well as a more effective and economic process.
US10072223B2
A system for processing material for a gasifier. The system comprises an auger feeder adapted to receive material to be gasified. The auger feeder is adapted to feed the material. In an exemplary embodiment, a tube is connected to the auger feeder such that the tube is adapted to receive the material from the auger feeder. In such an embodiment, the tube is also connected to a gasifier, which is adapted to receive the material from the tube.
US10072220B2
The invention of the current application is a process for eliminating arsenic from a hydrocarbon feed which is at least partially liquid, including steps a and b.Step a includes bringing the hydrocarbon feed and hydrogen into contact with a first capture mass including a support and at least one metal M1 from group VIB and at least two metals M2 and M3 from group VIII.Step b includes bringing the hydrocarbon feed and hydrogen into contact with a second capture mass in the sulphide form including a support and nickel, the quantity of nickel being at least 5% by weight of NiO with respect to the total weight of the second capture mass.Step a) is either carried out before step b) or carried out simultaneously with step b).
US10072218B2
A process is provided for determining the suitability of pyrolysis tar, such as steam cracker tar, for upgrading using hydroprocessing without long term fouling of the hydroprocessing reactor. The process includes heating a sample of the tar, quenching the sample, and measuring the total free radical content of the quenched sample. A pyrolysis tar can be blended with one having a lesser total free radical content to produce a blend that can be hydroprocessed with decreased fouling.
US10072215B2
Disclosed is a hybrid catalyst system for the production of hydrogen/carbon monoxide syngas. The hybrid catalyst system includes a dye, a rhenium (Re) catalyst, and a cobalt (Co) catalyst grafted on a semiconductor metal oxide. The hybrid catalyst system can produce syngas without the aid of external energy and enables control over the ratio of hydrogen/carbon monoxide formed. Therefore, the hybrid catalyst system can find application in various industrial fields, including chemical fuel production.
US10072213B2
A fireproof material incorporating aerogel with an organic foam material and a method for making the same are provided. The method is carried out as follows: A. a mixed solution of a precursor and an organic solvent is added with an acid catalyst and becomes an anhydrous aerogel solution through hydrolysis; B. the anhydrous aerogel solution is added with an aqueous alkali catalyst solution and forms an aerogel solution through condensation; C. an organic foam material is impregnated with the aerogel solution such that aerogel is generated by gelation and is incorporated with the organic foam material, forming a three-dimensional reticular structure; and D. the organic foam material incorporated with the aerogel is dried and then shaped to produce a fireproof material. The fireproof material is highly proof against fire and can pass the limiting oxygen index test.
US10072208B2
The invention is directed to stabilizing functionalized polymers and compositions containing polysaccharides and polysaccharide derivatives functionalized with amine, alkyl and/or alkyl/amine moieties, and methods for reducing swelling of soils and especially clay-containing soils with stabilization functionalized polymers and compositions of the invention.
US10072206B2
Processes for preparing color stable red-emitting phosphors include contacting a complex fluoride phosphor of formula I with a first fluorine-containing oxidizing agent in gaseous form at a first temperature ranging from 200° C. to 700° C. to form a first product phosphor, contacting the first product phosphor in particulate form with a solution of a compound of formula II in aqueous hydrofluoric acid to form a treated phosphor, and contacting the treated phosphor with a second fluorine-containing oxidizing agent in gaseous form at a second temperature <225° C., AxMFy:MN4+ I AxMFy II wherein A is independently at each occurrence Li, Na, K, Rb, Cs or a combination thereof, M is independently at each occurrence Si, Ge, Sn, Ti, Zr, Al, Ga, In, Sc, Hf, Y, La, Nb, Ta, Bi, Gd, or a combination thereof, x is absolute value of the charge of the MFy ion; and y is 5, 6 or 7.
US10072203B2
A method for increasing the retention of a scale inhibitor within a hydrocarbon producing system by (i) pre-flushing the system with a liquid; (ii) treating the system with a scale inhibitor; and (iii) over-flushing the system with a composition comprising an ionic polymer and a liquid carrier. The concentration of the ionic polymer in the composition is 5 to 50% wt.
US10072202B2
The invention relates to compositions for inhibiting the formation of deposits in underground formations such as oil wells, comprising, in a solvent medium, polymers P resulting from the radical copolymerization, preferably controlled and in solution, of a mixture including: monomers having an ethylenically unsaturated structure, selected from monomers that form, by polymerization, a polymer that has an effect of inhibiting the formation of organic and/or inorganic deposits; and polyethylenically unsaturated, cross-linking monomers carrying at least one group that can be cleaved between two ethylene unsaturations, said polymers P being present in the solvent in the form of dispersed nanogels.
US10072199B2
Methods and compositions for the use of treatment fluids comprising metalate-based additives to treat subterranean formations are provided. In one embodiment, the methods comprise providing a treatment fluid comprising a non-aqueous base fluid and at least one metalate-based additive comprising: an anion selected from the group consisting of: a tungstate, a molybdate, a vanadate, a manganate, and any combination thereof, and an organic cation; and introducing the treatment fluid into a wellbore penetrating at least a portion of a subterranean formation.
US10072192B2
The present invention relates to formulated refrigerant systems of 1-chloro-3,3,3-trifluoropropene (R-1233zd) that are sufficiently thermally and chemically stable such that they can be effectively used sans additional stabilizers. The formulations of the present invention are particularly useful compositions for refrigeration, heat transfer and foam blowing.
US10072159B2
The instant invention provides an aqueous dispersion, a coating composition, coating layers and coated article made therefrom. The coating composition according to the present invention comprises: (1) the inventive aqueous dispersion comprising the melt blending product of: (a) from 50 to 99 percent by weight of one or more first polyesters, based on the total solid content of the dispersion, wherein said one or more first polyesters have an acid number in the range of from less than 15, for example less than 10, or in the alternative less than 5, based on the total solid content of the one or more first polyesters; (b) from 1 to 50 percent by weight of one or more stabilizing agents comprising at least one second polyester, based on the total solid content of the dispersion, wherein said second polyester has a carboxylic acid group and an acid number equal to or greater than 15, for example greater than 20, based on the solid content of the second polyester; (c) one or more neutralizing agents; and (d) from 15 to 90 percent by weight of water, based on the total weight of the dispersion; wherein said dispersion has a solid content of 10 to 85 percent, based on the total weight of the dispersion; and (2) one or more cross-linking agents.
US10072157B2
Methods and apparatuses are disclosed relating to the delivery of primer compounds in liquid form to substrates from a hand-held device. Apparatuses are disclosed that, in a single barrel device, store primer components, mix primer components to achieve an activated primer, and deliver the activated primer to a substrate surface.
US10072154B2
A carbon black product comprises aggregates of carbon black characterized as having an OAN of between 139 and 149 ml/100 g, a COAN of between 95 and 105 ml/100 g, an iodine adsorption number I2 No of between 52 and 62 mg/g, and a multipoint nitrogen adsorption N2SA of between 54 and 64 m2/g. Tires manufactured with the carbon black product exhibit low rolling resistance and low heat build-up under service conditions.
US10072149B2
Disclosed is a poly(arylene ether) resin composition, and more specifically, a modified poly(arylene ether) resin composition including a poly(arylene ether) resin, a poly(arylene ether) resin modified with unsaturated carboxylic acid or an anhydride thereof, a polyamide resin, a polyolefin resin, and an encapsulating agent, wherein the polyolefin resin is encapsulated by the encapsulating agent with the poly(arylene ether) resin and the poly(arylene ether) resin modified with unsaturated carboxylic acid or an anhydride thereof, and a molded article produced therefrom. The disclosed composition has an effect of providing a modified poly(arylene ether) resin composition which has less change in physical properties caused by moisture, and has low specific gravity and superior impact strength, weatherability and balance in physical properties.
US10072138B2
A rubber composition comprises a diene rubber including not less than 30% by weight of a modified conjugated diene polymer rubber and, per 100 parts by weight of the diene rubber, from 1 to 25 parts by weight of a tackifying resin, and from 25 to 80 parts by weight of a filler comprising not less than 50% by weight of silica. The modified conjugated diene polymer rubber has a terminal modified group comprising a functional group that interacts with silica. In the modified conjugated diene polymer rubber, aromatic vinyl unit content is from 38% to 48% by weight, vinyl unit content is from 20% to 35%, weight-average molecular weight is from 600,000 to 1,000,000, and glass transition temperature is from −22 to −32° C. A glass transition temperature of the tackifying resin is from 50 to 110° C. higher than the glass transition temperature of the modified conjugated diene polymer rubber.
US10072136B2
The invention relates to a composition comprising an organic material susceptible to oxidative, thermal or light-induced degradation and a compound of formula I-P, I-O or I-M. Further embodiments are a compound of formula I-P, I-O or I-M, a process for protection of the organic material by the compound, the use of the compound against degradation of the organic material, an additive composition comprising the compound, a process for manufacturing the compound and an intermediate involved therein.
US10072129B2
A polymer composite is provided that includes a plurality of heat-absorbing nanomaterials, a plurality of thermally-expanding microspheres, and an elastomeric matrix. In the polymer composite, the heat-absorbing nanomaterials and the thermally-expanding microspheres are dispersed within the elastomeric matrix such that the thermally-expanding microspheres expand and stretch the matrix upon exposure to a thermal stimulus. Methods of forming a thermally-expanding polymer composite are also provided and include the steps of dispersing a plurality of heat-absorbing nanomaterials in an evaporative solvent; combining the dispersion with an amount of an elastomeric material to create a mixture; adding an amount of thermally-expanding microspheres to the mixture; and polymerizing the mixture. Circuits including resistors comprised of the polymer composites are further provided.
US10072122B2
Apparatus relates to a carbonate polymer containing a functional group of disulfide five-membered ring in the side chain and application thereof. The polymer can be prepared from cyclic carbonate monomer containing a disulfide five-membered ring functional group through the activity controllable ring-opening polymerization. For polymer, molecular weight is controlled, molecular weight distribution is narrowed and does not require the protection and deprotection procedures. Polymer prepared from the carbonate monomer through the ring-opening polymerization has biodegradability, can be used for controlling drugs release system, and can be used to prepare tumor-targeted nano-drug carrier which is sensitive to reduction and is reversible cross-linking, can support long circulation in the body, in high concentration of cancers cells can rapidly release cross-linking in the cancer cells, to release drugs, to kill cancer cells with high efficiency and specificity. Biodegradable polymer has a good application value in the tissue engineering and bio-chip coating.
US10072120B2
A process of forming a functionalized polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) material includes performing an oxide elimination reaction (e.g., a selenoxide elimination reaction or a sulfoxide elimination reaction) on a saturated PHA material to form an unsaturated PHA material having a carbon-carbon double bond in a polymer backbone. The process also includes utilizing the unsaturated PHA material to form a functionalized PHA material. The functionalized PHA material has one or more cross-linkable functional groups (e.g., one or more thiol groups) bonded to a polymer backbone of the functionalized PHA material.
US10072100B2
Compositions comprising oxidized poly alpha-1,3-glucan compounds are disclosed herein. Oxidized poly alpha-1,3-glucan compounds are produced by contacting poly alpha-1,3-glucan under aqueous conditions with at least one N-oxoammonium salt.
US10072098B2
Polypeptides are provided that are capable of significantly inhibiting and/or neutralizing P aeruginosa. The polypeptides comprise two or more immunoglobulin single variable domains that are directed against the PcrV protein of P. aeruginosa, wherein the “first” immunoglobulin single variable domain and the “second” immunoglobulin single variable domain have different paratopes.
US10072097B2
The present invention discloses a novel isolated antibody that specifically binds to an N-phenyl-acetamide group. Also disclosed are related compositions, kits, methods for detecting protein S-nitrosylation or oxidation vivo or in vitro, and drug screening methods.
US10072088B2
Provided herein are antibodies that immunospecifically bind to BCMA. Also described are related polynucleotides capable of encoding the provided BCMA-specific antibodies or antigen-binding fragments, cells expressing the provided antibodies or antigen-binding fragments, as well as associated vectors and detectably labeled antibodies or antigen-binding fragments. In addition, methods of using the provided antibodies are described. For example, the provided antibodies may be used to diagnose, treat, or monitor BCMA-expressing cancer progression, regression, or stability; to determine whether or not a patient should be treated for cancer; or to determine whether or not a subject is afflicted with BCMA-expressing cancer and thus may be amenable to treatment with a BCMA-specific anti-cancer therapeutic, such as the multispecific antibodies against BCMA and CD3 described herein.
US10072084B2
We tested the in vitro and in vivo efficacy of a recombinant bispecific immunotoxin that recognizes both EGFRwt and tumor-specific EGFRvIII receptors. A single chain antibody was cloned from a hybridoma and fused to toxin, carrying a C-terminal peptide which increases retention within cells. The binding affinity and specificity of the recombinant bispecific immunotoxin for the EGFRwt and the EGFRvIII proteins was measured. In vitro cytotoxicity was measured. In vivo activity of the recombinant bispecific immunotoxin was evaluated in subcutaneous models and compared to that of an established monospecific immunotoxin. In our preclinical studies, the bispecific recombinant immunotoxin, exhibited significant potential for treating brain tumors.
US10072082B2
The disclosure provides a method for immunotherapy of a subject afflicted with cancer, comprises administering to the subject a composition comprising a therapeutically effective amount of an antibody that inhibits signaling from the PD-1/PD-L1 signaling pathway. This disclosure also provides a method for immunotherapy of a subject afflicted with cancer comprising selecting a subject that is a suitable candidate for immunotherapy based on an assessment that the proportion of cells in a test tissue sample from the subject that express PD-L1 on the cell surface exceeds a predetermined threshold level, and administering a therapeutically effective amount of an anti-PD-1 antibody to the selected subject. The invention additionally provides rabbit mAbs that bind specifically to a cell surface-expressed PD-L1 antigen in a FFPE tissue sample, and an automated IHC method for assessing cell surface expression in FFPE tissues using the provided anti-PD-L1 Abs.
US10072081B2
The disclosure relates to a protein composed of a first polypeptide or polypeptide domain having a first specific binding activity for Cytotoxic T-lymphocyte Antigen 4 (CTLA-4) expressed on a T-cell cell surface and a second specific binding activity for Glucose Transporter 2 (GLUT2) or an extracellular ectodomain thereof expressed on a pancreatic β-cell surface, wherein binding of the first polypeptide or polypeptide domain to CTLA-4 induces a CTLA-4 specific agonist response in the T-cell, and binding of the second polypeptide or polypeptide domain to GLUT2 or an ectodomain thereof does not inhibit GLUT2 glucose transporter function, wherein said agonist response in the T-cell induces a response that reduces immunoreactivity against pancreatic β-cells.
US10072077B2
The present invention relates to an anti-NMDA antibody or fragment or derivative thereof which is effective in inhibiting the deleterious effects of tissue-type plasminogen activator (t-PA) mediated by N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptors and to medical uses, in particular for the treatment of neurological or neurodegenerative disorders, e.g. multiple sclerosis.
US10072064B2
The invention provides fusion proteins comprising antigens of infectious disease agents and cancer cells linked to multiple-trimer forms of TNF SuperFamily (TNFSF) ligands. The TNFSFs serve as vaccine adjuvants for increasing the immune response to the antigens. In particular, a fusion polypeptide strand that self-assembles inside cells into a multiple-trimer form of CD40 ligand (CD40L, TNFSF5) is provided. Other similar fusion proteins are also disclosed. The fusion proteins can be delivered to a host as isolated proteins, as nucleic acids used directly in DNA vaccination or carried and expressed by a viral vector such as adenovirus. In addition to use as a vaccine to prevent or ameliorate disease caused by an infectious agent, compositions of the invention may be used for the treatment of ongoing infection or for cancer immunotherapy.
US10072062B2
Disclosed herein are methods and compositions for modulating the expression of a HLA locus or for selectively deleting or manipulating a HLA locus or HLA regulator.
US10072059B2
The present invention relates to a fusion protein, comprising a cytokine antagonist and a targeting moiety, preferably an antibody or anti-body like molecule. In a preferred embodiment, the cytokine antagonist is a modified cytokine which binds to the receptor, but doesn't induce the receptor signalling. The invention relates further to a fusion protein according to the invention for use in treatment of cancer and immune- or inflammation-related disorders.
US10072055B2
Polypeptides having homology to regions of the N-terminal 50 residues of human Annexin 1 are provided for medical use as anti-inflammatory agents. Some of the polypeptides have homology to the N-terminal 48 residues of human Annexin 1, especially to residues 2-48 and 11-48 thereof. In some embodiments, properties of these compounds are improved by at least one modification at residues corresponding to residues 11, 22, 25 and/or 36 of human Annexin 1, and/or by C-terminal amidation of the polypeptide. Analogs of amino acids 2-26 of human Annexin 1, especially acetylated at the N-terminus and/or amidated at the C-terminus and having modifications at 11 and/or 22 are also disclosed for medical use as anti-inflammatory agents.
US10072048B2
Provided are astexin-1, astexin-2 and astexin-3 lasso peptides, which are based on sequences identified in Asticaccaulis excentricus, and methods of making and using same. Astexin-1 is highly polar, in contrast to many lasso peptides that are primarily hydrophobic, and has modest antimicrobial activity against Caulobacter crescentus, a bacterium related to Asticaccaulis excentricus. The solution structure of astexin-1 was determined, revealing a unique topology that is stabilized by hydrogen bonding between segments of the peptide. Astexins-2 and -3 are intracellular lasso peptides.
US10072045B1
Novel antibacterial lipopeptides, pharmaceutical compositions, and methods for their preparation and use are described.
US10072044B2
The present application provides synthetic modified peptides of five to seven natural or non-natural amino acids as well as pharmaceutical compositions comprising them, for use in the treatment a disease or disorder presenting behavioral abnormalities associated with impairment of sensory gating function, depression or cognitive impairment, particularly schizophrenia and Alzheimer's disease.
US10072042B2
Methods for conducting controlled grafting-from radical polymerizations from biomolecules under conditions that are biologically compatible are described. The methods provide biomolecule-polymer conjugates with highly controlled structures and narrow polydispersities under aqueous reaction conditions and biological temperatures. Biomolecules, such as proteins and nucleotides can be conjugated to polymers with high levels of control.
US10072041B2
Method for preparing a peptide assembly of n fragments and n−1 amino acids bearing a thiol function, represented by the formula: A1-C1-A2-C2-A3- . . . -Ci−1-Ai- . . . -Cn−1-An (I) in which A1, A2, A3, . . . Ai . . . , An are peptide fragments, C1, C2, C3 . . . Ci−1 . . . Cn−1 are amino acid residues bearing a thiol function, n is comprised between 3 and 50, and i is 2 to n, in which a peptide-thioester is prepared of formula: A1-SR (II) in which A1 is a peptide fragment and SR is an alkyl thioester residue, R being alkyl optionally substituted, starting from a bis(2-sulphanylethyl)amino peptide.
US10072038B2
According to the present invention, a crystal of ammonium N-acetylneuraminate anhydrate, and a process for producing a crystal of ammonium N-acetylneuraminate anhydrate, comprising adding or adding dropwise a solvent selected from the group consisting of alcohols and ketones to an aqueous N-acetylneuraminic acid solution containing an ammonium-containing compound and having a pH of 3.0 to 9.0 to precipitate a crystal of ammonium N-acetylneuraminate anhydrate, and collecting the crystal of ammonium N-acetylneuraminate anhydrate from the aqueous solution, can be provided.
US10072030B2
The present invention is directed to a mild, efficient, and general direct C(sp)-H bond silylation. Various embodiments includes methods, each method comprising or consisting essentially of contacting at least one organic substrate comprising a terminal alkynyl C—H bond, with a mixture of at least one organosilane and an alkali metal hydroxide, alkali metal alkoxide, or alkali metal hydride under conditions sufficient to form a silylated terminal alkynyl moiety. The methods are operable in the presence or substantially absence of transition-metal compounds. The systems associated with these methods are also disclosed.
US10072028B2
Provided are methods for site- and stereo-retentive cross-couplings with unactivated secondary boronic acids, which methods are particularly useful in building block-based approach for small molecule synthesis. Also provided is a method of forming an air-stable chiral secondary boronic acid.
US10072025B2
The instant invention provides compounds of Formula (I) which are JAK inhibitors, and as such are useful for the treatment of JAK-mediated diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis, asthma, COPD and cancer. The present invention provides novel compounds which are inhibitors of JAKs. The invention also provides a method for the treatment and prevention of JAK-mediated diseases and disorders using the novel compounds, as well as pharmaceutical compositions containing the compounds.
US10072010B2
The invention relates to substituted pyrido[3′,4′:4,5]pyrrolo[1,2,3-de]-quinoxaline compounds, represented by Formula 1, defined herein, free base or pharmaceutically acceptable salt forms of the compounds, pharmaceutical compositions thereof, and methods of treating conditions of the central nervous system therewith:
US10072008B2
The present invention relates to compounds having pharmacological activity towards the sigma (σ) receptor, and more particularly to spiro-isoquinoline-3,4′-piperidine compounds having this pharmacological activity, to processes of preparation of such compounds, to pharmaceutical compositions comprising them, and to their use in therapy, in particular for the treatment of pain.
US10072006B2
The present invention relates to heterocyclic compounds, their process of preparation, pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds and use thereof, optionally in combination with other antibacterial agents and/or beta-lactam compounds, for the prevention or treatment of bacterial infections. The present invention also relates to the use of these compounds as β-lactamase inhibitors and/or as antibacterial agents.
US10071989B2
The present invention relates to substituted cinnamamide derivatives, the method for preparing thereof and the use thereof. Each of said derivatives has a structure of formula (I). The method for preparing the substituted cinnamamides and their derivatives of the present invention is also disclosed. Substituted piperonal derivatives are selected as starting materials to prepare the substituted cinnamamide derivatives of the present invention by Wittig reaction and acid-amine condensation reaction. Further, a use of the present compounds in preventing and treating depressive-type mental diseases is disclosed.
US10071988B2
Substituted 1,2,3-triazoles as NR2B receptor ligands. Such compounds may be used in NR2B receptor modulation and in pharmaceutical compositions and methods for the treatment of disease states, disorders, and conditions mediated by NR2B receptor activity.
US10071985B2
The present disclosure relates to a compound of formula (Ia), (Ib), (IIa), and (IIb): which are useful in the treatment of a Retroviridae viral infection including an infection caused by the HIV virus.
US10071980B2
A method of enhancing binding of cells to an integrin-binding ligand comprises treating integrin-expressing cells in vitro with an agonist of integrin, wherein the integrin is selected from the group consisting of α4β1, α5β1, α4β7, αvβ3 and αLβ2, and contacting the treated cells with an integrin-binding ligand; integrin agonist compounds having the general formula I; methods of treating integrin-expressing cells with such agonists to enhance binding; and therapeutic methods comprising administering agonist-treated cells or agonist compounds to a mammal.
US10071971B2
The present invention relates to compounds of the formula I wherein the variables are defined in the description and claims, their preparation and uses thereof.
US10071958B2
According to the present invention, it becomes possible to perform a process for converting into an α-substituted cysteine represented by general formula (1) or a salt thereof at low cost and on an industrial scale by employing a process that is routed through a compound represented by general formula (3) to a compound represented by general formula (6). Particularly, by employing a process that is routed through a compound represented by general formula (7-2), it becomes possible to detach a tert-butyl protection group in a simple manner and to produce the compound represented by general formula (1) with high purity. Furthermore, by employing a process that is routed through tert-butylthiomethanol or a process that is routed through a compound represented by general formula (9), it becomes possible to produce a compound represented by general formula (2) without generating bischloromethylether that is an oncogenic substance. In the production of an α-substituted-D-cysteine or a salt thereof, it becomes possible to perform a process for converting the compound represented by general formula (2) into a compound represented by general formula (3S) in one step by allowing an enzyme or the like to act on the compound represented by general formula (2).
US10071957B2
The invention provides novel compounds having the general formula (I) and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein the variables RA, subscript n, ring A, X2, L, subscript m, X1, ring D, R1, and RN have the meaning as described herein, and compositions containing such compounds and methods for using such compounds and compositions.
US10071935B2
A photoelectric converter includes a photoelectric conversion element, which includes a first electrode and a second electrode disposed discretely and a photoelectric conversion material layer disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode and in which a current generated in the photoelectric conversion material layer changes with the lapse of an application time, where a constant amount of light is applied to the photoelectric conversion material layer while a voltage is applied between the first electrode and the second electrode, and a current detection circuit to detect the change in the current.
US10071925B2
An induced sludge bed anaerobic reactor includes a vessel in which a septum is positioned to maintain solids in wastewater being treated toward a lower portion of the reactor. The septum is configured to prevent or minimize rising bacteria from exiting the vessel and to minimize clogging of the vessel. A first example septum is disclosed that is based on a linear vane design. A second example septum is disclosed that is based on a concentric vane design. A third example septum is disclosed that is based on a radial vane design that may include one or more sections. Further, septums may be layered one atop another to further minimize rising bacteria from exiting the vessel and to further minimize clogging of the vessel. Finally, a septum is attached to the inside of the vessel so as to allow it to move allowing any clogging waste floating under the septum to exit the vessel.
US10071920B2
An electrolyzed water-manufacturing apparatus comprises: a flow-through-type electrolysis tank, having a pair of electrodes disposed parallel to each other, obtained by forming an anode chamber and a cathode chamber with a diaphragm stretched between the electrodes parallel therewith, and through which water flows through the anode chamber and the cathode chamber sequentially; a electrolysis starting water supply tube connected to the inlet of the anode chamber for supplying electrolysis starting water only to the anode chamber; an electrolyzed water extraction tube connected to the outlet of the cathode chamber for extracting the electrolyzed water; a circulation tube connecting the anode chamber outlet to the cathode chamber inlet; a free chlorine-removing filter disposed in the circulation tube; and a circulation tube formed downstream of the free chlorine-removing filter.
US10071914B2
The present invention concerns Y-type FAU zeolites with hierarchical porosity having an Si/Al atomic ratio strictly greater than 1.4 and less than or equal to 6, having controlled and optimised crystallinity, and having mesoporosity such that the mesoporous outer surface area is between 40 m2·g−1 and 400 m2·g−1. The present invention also concerns the method for preparing said Y-type FAU zeolites with hierarchical porosity.
US10071910B2
Methods described herein generally relate to producing carbon aerogel. The method may include providing a carbon-containing polymeric material, and contacting the carbon-containing polymeric material with light, heat or both to produce the carbon aerogel. Systems and kits for producing carbon aerogel are also disclosed.
US10071906B2
Systems and methods that protect CMOS layers from exposure to a release chemical are provided. The release chemical is utilized to release a micro-electro-mechanical (MEMS) device integrated with the CMOS wafer. Sidewalls of passivation openings created in a complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) wafer expose a dielectric layer of the CMOS wafer that can be damaged on contact with the release chemical. In one aspect, to protect the CMOS wafer and prevent exposure of the dielectric layer, the sidewalls of the passivation openings can be covered with a metal barrier layer that is resistant to the release chemical. Additionally or optionally, an insulating barrier layer can be deposited on the surface of the CMOS wafer to protect a passivation layer from exposure to the release chemical.
US10071898B2
A beverage dispenser and methods of beverage dispensing include a dispenser with a beverage valve and a purge valve. The beverage valve is connected the dispenser body and is actively operable to control a flow of a base beverage into a flow path of the dispenser. The purge valve is selectively operable to control a flow of a purge substance into the flow path. A nozzle is configured to mix a flavoring from a flavoring nozzle with a base beverage from the beverage valve prior to dispensing a mixture of the flavoring and the base beverage from the nozzle.
US10071897B2
A apparatus for discharging liquids from deformable containers includes a first holding device for holding a first portion of the container, and a second holding device for holding a second portion of the container, wherein the second portion of the container is spaced from the first portion of the container and wherein the holding devices are arranged such that the container can be arranged at least in sections between the holding devices, and is deformable by a relative movement of one holding device with respect to the other holding device.
US10071891B2
Systems, apparatuses and methods for providing passenger transport are provided. A system for providing passenger transport includes a plurality of passenger carriers, a plurality of motorized transport units each configured to mechanically couple at least one of the plurality of passenger carriers, and a central computer system communicatively coupled to the plurality of motorized transport units. The central computer system being configured to receive a ride request from a customer, instruct a motorized transport unit to travel to a passenger carrier and couple to the passenger carrier, and instruct the motorized transport unit coupled to the passenger carrier to travel to the customer to provide transportation to the customer.
US10071889B1
A piñata hanging or holder device offers the user stability and flexibility in controlling a piñata at party events. The hanging device is collapsible for shipping and storage. The hanging device is easily assembled and utilizes the user's weight to further stabilize the device from falling or tilting. For assembly, guiding marks are providing in poles to assist the user for ease of assembly. One benefit of this device is that the device does not require anchoring or include a ballast to keep the handing device erect, which reduces shipping and manufacturing cost.
US10071872B2
A web roll handling and loading system and methods employ hubs positioned on opposing sides of a roll of web material wound on a hollow tubular core. Hub faces have an annular shape configured to be seated in respective ends of the hollow tubular core. The hubs are pivotably supported for pivoting between an operational position and a deflected position. The roll of web material is loaded on the hubs by lifting it from beneath the hubs to deflect the hub faces arcuately upward, then lowering the roll to allow the hub faces to pivot downward and become seated in the ends of the hollow tubular core. Alternatively, the roll is loaded into a pick-up tool by lowering the pick-up tool downward to the roll so the hubs deflect arcuately upward, then raising the tool so the hubs pivot downward and become seated in the hollow tubular core.
US10071868B2
A method for reorienting products includes providing one or more products in a first orientation on a surface; advancing the one or more products in the machine direction at a nominal advance rate; and retracting an end of the surface in a reverse machine direction at a nominal retract rate, such that the one or more products are advanced beyond said end into a landing region. Said end is disposed at a first elevation. The method further comprises deflecting a leading end of at least one product, such that the at least one product lands in a second orientation on a landing surface disposed in the landing region at a second elevation. The first orientation is different than the second orientation, and the first elevation is higher than the second elevation.
US10071867B2
A holding nozzle sucking and holding a work by a negative pressure, comprising: a sucking member; a supporting member; and a biasing member, wherein the supporting member includes a first stop portion and a second stop portion for respectively defining a forward limit and a backward limit of the forward-and-backward movement of the sucking member.
US10071850B2
Provided is a multilayer-structured discharge container having a simple structure, capable of facilitating the loading of a substance to be contained and a pressurizing agent, and capable of facilitating the ejection of the pressurizing agent after use. A discharge container in which a valve mechanism is provided with a stem having two independent in-stem paths, one in-stem path communicates with an in-holder discharge path, the other in-stem path communicates with an in-holder gas path, a contained substance is discharged by closing the other in-stem path, and the pressurizing agent is ejected by opening the other in-stem path. The discharge container is capable of causing a pressurization chamber and the atmosphere to communicate by removing a push-button from a valve assembly and pressing down a stem of a valve mechanism (switching operation).
US10071844B2
The present disclosure provides multi-component food products having a wet food component and a dry food component. The multi-component food product is shelf-stable and does not include any artificial preservatives. Methods for providing a shelf-stable multi-component food product having a wet food component and a dry food component without artificial preservatives to a consumer are also provided, as are methods for marketing such a shelf-stable multi-component food product.
US10071842B2
A collapsible bulk material container apparatus, kit and method of assembly employ a forming member having a plurality of interconnected sidewalls, a locking mechanism that fixedly orients the sidewalls continuously about an internal bulk material receiving cavity, and a tubular open-ended woven fabric sleeve that supportively overlies the sidewalls. A connector system rapidly engageable during container assembly, fixedly secures the support sleeve of an unloaded container against subsequent upward movement along the sidewalls. Strategically located friction reducing surfaces of the forming member facilitates sliding assembly of the sleeve over the forming member sidewalls.
US10071838B2
A beverage container closure or lid that is adapted for closing an open end of a beverage container. The lid is selectively couplable to the beverage container and includes a selectively openable stopper that when closed, creates a fluid-tight seal between the beverage container and the environment. The stopper may be selectively opened by a user by the user pressing a button disposed on a side of the beverage container closure. The stopper is subsequently automatically closed when the user releases the button. Thus, a user may open and close the beverage container closure using a single hand without the need to remove the beverage container closure from the beverage container.
US10071836B2
The dose dispense closure for a squeezable container. The closure has a body cap 20 with inlet orifices 37 and a transit orifice 34 which allows composition into the body cap. A piston 80 is provided within the body cap 20. When the container is squeezed, the piston 80 is forced down, thereby expelling liquid from a control cap 40 until the piston 80 lands on the end of a duct 60 in the control cap 40 to prevent further dispensing. When the squeezing force is removed, the piston 80 returns to its start position. The piston 80 is biased towards the end wall 33 of the body cap 20 by a compression element 87. The body cap 20 is attached directly to the container such that rotation of the body cap allows adjustment of the dosage without having to remove the body cap.
US10071834B2
The present invention relates to a paper sack for bulk material such as cement, gypsum, granulate, animal feed or similar, having a base, preferably a cross bottom or block bottom, and having an upper part which is disposed opposite the base and in which a valve hose is optionally arranged for filling the paper sack, wherein the paper sack has a coated paper layer, having a gas-tight coating facing the sack interior, wherein the coating forms the surface of the inner wall of the paper sack contacting the filling material, and wherein the coated paper layer has an overlap which is sealingly adhesively bonded toward the sack interior, and wherein the layer of the coated paper layer facing the sack interior has perforations in the region of the overlap which are covered by the layer of the coated paper layer facing the sack exterior.
US10071833B2
Tear-open pouches having a first panel and a second panel sealed to one another at a non-peelable or peelable perimeter seal defining a compartment having a first compartment area of the first panel and a second compartment area of the second panel with a score disposed on the first panel extending from a first position in the perimeter seal along a first direction that extends across the first panel and into the first compartment area. An optional second score can be disposed on the first or second panel and extend from a second position in the perimeter seal along a second direction that extends across the first or second panel and into the first or second compartment area and the second position can be adjacent to the first position, and the first and second directions can be divergent to one another.
US10071831B1
An ice cream sandwich cartoner. The cartoner is configured to continue operation while clearing a jam.
US10071821B2
An underground hangar for storing helicopters includes an underground room (1), made by a structure of reinforced concrete (2) inside which a plurality of columns (11) are situated near the walls and anchored to the floor of reinforced concrete. The columns (11) support a platform (10) which moves between the ground level and the underground level. The helicopter can land on the platform (10) and be automatically brought to the underground level, after which the underground room is automatically closed by the doors (8) and the pilot can go out through an adjacent underground room (1a) provided with its access trap door (4).
US10071816B2
A tank wall connector system for use with a composite tank, the connector comprises a connector having a body extending from an interior of the tank to an exterior of the tank when installed through a hole in the composite tank. The connector has a first electrical conductivity property. An interface is positioned between the connector and a wall of the composite tank when installed to the tank thereby preventing physical contact between the connector and the tank wall in the interior of the tank, the interface having a second electrical conductivity property, different from the first electrical conductivity property.
US10071797B2
An aircraft comprising a fuselage which has a central part with a cross section of constant geometry which comprises a floor. The floor comprises two lateral portions which are fixed respectively to two opposite lateral edges of the fuselage and which enclose a central portion to which they are fixed. One of the lateral floor portions is fixed to the central portion so as to allow a relative lateral movement between the two portions in the event of a modification in pressure inside the fuselage. The cross section thus deforms homogeneously when the fuselage is pressurized and the floor is not involved in maintaining the shape of the fuselage.
US10071789B2
This invention relates to a generally molded fiberglass apparatus that serves a multipurpose function for inflatable boats. The apparatus attaches to the bow of the boat and includes a forward passenger seat with a backrest and optionally servers to provide a step for embarking or disembarking the boat at the bow, and location for affixing one or more marine navigational or safety devices or accessories. The invention is affixed to the inner bow section of the passenger area to an inflatable tubular member craft by a permanent or semi-permanent means including, but not limited to clamps, adhesives, bolts, clips, snaps, ties, ratchets, or a combination thereof. The apparatus is shaped to conform to the topside bow curvature of the inflatable boat and to the adjacent concave curvature on the substantially vertical section within the passenger area at the bow of the inflatable boat, utilizing the craft's structure as the seated area.
US10071786B2
The invention relates to a two-wheeled vehicle with rear-wheel suspension, comprising a frame (602) with at least one frame tube (603, 604, 605), a swingarm assembly (620) mounted on the frame (602) for the purpose of suspending a rear wheel (613), a linear spring/damper element, and a transmission mechanism (630) that is functionally connected to both the spring/damper element and to the swingarm assembly (620). The spring/damper element is received in a receiving chamber inside the frame tube (603). The transmission mechanism (630) is designed and mounted on the frame (602) such that it transmits a force between the spring/damper element and the swingarm assembly (620) by means of a rotational axis that extends through an axial opening in the frame tube (603). Arranging the spring/damper element inside the frame (602) avoids soiling. The rotational axis of the transmission mechanism (630) can also be designed to have relatively small dimensions in order to achieve a high degree of frame stability. In addition, the rotational axis can be arranged at different points in the frame and the spring/damper element can be housed in different regions of the frame in order for the transmission mechanism to be combinable with conventional rear-wheel suspension systems.
US10071771B2
A crash beam receiver for coupling to a crash beam for reducing the effects of a vehicle collision. The crash beam receiver includes a plurality of surfaces that are coupled together to form a hollow opening for receiving the crash beam. The crash beam receiver also includes a gate structure for providing a stopping point for the crash beam when the crash beam is inserted into the crash beam receiver. The gate structure includes a left gate, a right gate, and a protrusion structure that help to linearize the self-collapsing process of the crash beam in the longitudinal direction. The protrusion structure has a certain thickness such that the crash beam is caused to collapse inward toward its center in the event of a vehicle collision.
US10071769B2
A front vehicle body reinforcing structure may include a dash panel, a front side member extending along a length direction of a vehicle for coupling to a lower part of the dash panel, a fender apron member extending along the length direction of the vehicle and coupled to an upper part of the dash panel, a front shock absorber housing having a lower part coupled to the front side member and an upper part coupled to the fender apron member, a cowl cross member extending along a width direction of the vehicle for coupling to the upper part of the dash panel and having both ends overlapping and coupled to the front shock absorber housing along the width direction, and a front shock absorber housing side member adhered to an inner surface of the front shock absorber housing, and having an upper part coupled to the cowl cross member.
US10071768B2
Since a front side frame, whose rear end is fixed to a front face of a dashboard lower panel of a vehicle body formed into a bathtub shape, includes a fixed portion, an inclined portion, a bent portion and a horizontal portion, when the collision load of a frontal collision is input into the front end of the front side frame, the fixed portion and the bent portion buckle so as to bend back, and the upper face of the inclined part abuts against the front face of the dashboard lower panel, thus making it possible to absorb the collision energy by deformation of the front side frame itself, and to increase the area over which the load is transmitted from the front side frame to the dashboard lower panel to thus disperse the load, thereby reducing the reaction force required for the dashboard lower panel.
US10071767B2
A floor structure (1) of a motor vehicle has a vehicle floor (2). A central tunnel (3) extends in a longitudinal direction of the motor vehicle and is connected to the vehicle floor (2). Two seat crossmembers (4a, 4b) are spaced apart from one another in a transverse direction of the motor vehicle and the central tunnel (3) extends between the seat crossmembers (4a, 4b) in sections. The floor structure (1) has regions of attachment to the central tunnel (3) on both sides of the central tunnel (3) and cast bridges (5a, 5b) are inserted into the floor structure (1) in the regions of attachment to the central tunnel (3).
US10071759B2
A shopping cart in one embodiment comprises a uniframe, a mat basket, and a slim-fit cart frame and basket combination, as well as in multiple embodiments, providing individual structural differences and advantages over pre-existing forms of shopping carts.
US10071752B2
A movable footboard for a door of a rail vehicle comprises a footboard extendable below a tread strip at least substantially transversely to the direction of travel. To minimize the level difference between the footboard and the tread strip a pivot shaft extends at least substantially parallel to the direction of travel on at least one longitudinal bar of the footboard at the end region of the footboard away from the vehicle, about which pivot shaft at least two pivoting bars are pivotably supported, which pivoting bars each bear a transverse profile element, each of the pivoting bars being rigidly connected to the transverse profile element associated with the pivot bar, while the other transverse profile elements lie freely on said pivot bar, and a lifting mechanism is fastened to the vehicle and lifts the transverse profile element located directly in front of the tread strip.
US10071747B2
Embodiments are disclosed for systems for a vehicle. An example system for a vehicle includes a head-up display and a circuit, which is connected to the head-up display, wherein the head-up display is configured to project an image onto a front windshield of the vehicle or onto a separate combiner, wherein the circuit is configured to output image data to the head-up display, whereby the image data have a set of objects which include messages for the user, to determine a user's workload level, based on a set of driving conditions, to switch between at least one first workload mode and a second workload mode based on the level, whereby the second workload mode is assigned a higher level than the first workload mode, and in the second workload mode to reduce at least one object, which is output in the first workload mode.
US10071738B2
A vehicle system includes a driving condition sensor mounted in a subject vehicle, the driving condition sensor detecting a driving condition related to the subject vehicle, a human-machine interface mounted in the subject vehicle, the human-machine interface configured to receive, from a user, a user preference input indicating a lane change parameter corresponding to the driving condition, and a processor coupled to the driving condition sensor and the human-machine interface. The processor is programmed to receive the user preference input from the human-machine interface, determine the driving condition from the driving condition sensor, and determine whether the assisted lane change should be performed based on the driving condition and the lane change parameter.
US10071728B2
A method is provided to control a hybrid powertrain, comprising a combustion engine; a gearbox with input and output shafts, which combustion engine is connected to the input shaft; a first planetary gear connected to the input shaft; a second planetary gear connected to the first planetary gear; first and second electrical machines respectfully connected to the first and second planetary gears; first gear pair connected with the first planetary gear and output shaft; and second gear pair connected with the second planetary gear and output shaft. The method comprises: a) engaging gears in the first and second gear pairs; and b) connecting two rotatable components in the second planetary gear with a second coupling device.
US10071727B2
A control system for a vehicle includes an electronic control unit. The electronic control unit is configured to i) calculate a target supercharging pressure of an intake air such that, when an internal combustion engine is operated through the homogeneous charge compression ignition, the internal combustion engine achieves a required output while satisfying a predetermined requirement, ii) control an output of the internal combustion engine such that the output approaches the required output in accordance with an actual supercharging pressure in process of changing the actual supercharging pressure to the target supercharging pressure that is achieved by a supercharger, and iii) control a rotary machine such that an output of the rotary machine compensates for part or all of a differential output between the required output and the output in process of changing the actual supercharging pressure to the target supercharging pressure.
US10071716B2
A hydrodynamic machine for producing a braking torque, the hydrodynamic machine comprising: a toroidal working chamber including a first bladed wheel and a second bladed wheel arranged concentrically with the first bladed wheel; and a hydraulic system including an open loop and closed loop control unit, a working medium accumulator, a line system, a pump operable to produce a volume flow circulation of a working medium through the line system and the toroidal working chamber, a heat exchanger, and a pressure control valve operable to control or adjust the baking performance or the braking torque.
US10071711B2
A coating agent for a wiper blade rubber having superior friction performance and wiping performance, both initially and during use for an extended period, and having superior durability by inhibiting wear and the like, and a wiper blade rubber using the same. The coating agent for the wiper blade rubber includes a solid lubricant and a binder containing a polycarbonate-based polyurethane resin. The wiper blade rubber has the coating agent on both lateral surfaces of a lip portion of the wiper blade rubber.
US10071708B2
A system for a vehicle wiper is disclosed. The system comprises a first rain sensor disposed on a fore portion of a vehicle and a second rain sensor disposed on an aft portion of the vehicle. The system further comprises a controller configured to suspend a rain sensing activation identified during a monitoring cycle in response to a control event. The control even comprises detecting moisture with the first rain sensor for a delay time without detecting the moisture with the second rain sensor.
US10071697B2
A wiring harness which is wired between a car body and a sliding door which slides between a closing position and an opening position so as to open and close a doorway in the car body, the wiring harness includes an external member in which one end is supported rotatably about a perpendicular axis relative to the car body and in which the other end is supported rotatably about a perpendicular axis relative to the sliding door. The external member includes bending portions at a sliding door side and at a car body side respectively in a closing state that the sliding door is disposed in the closing position. The bending portions are bent in opposite directions to each other, and a curvature radius of one of the bending portions is smaller than a curvature radius of the other of the bending portions.
US10071696B2
An embodiment of a camera module comprises: a lens part; a housing for coupling the lens part; a plurality of substrates which are disposed at an interval from each other inside the housing; and an electromagnetic field shielding part, disposed inside the housing, for preventing the occurrence of external leakage of electromagnetic field from each of the substrates, wherein the electromagnetic field shielding part may comprise a coupling means for coupling the plurality of substrates at an interval from each other in the optical axial direction of the lens part.
US10071695B2
A ratchet mechanism with a pawl slidably mounted on a ratchet bar. Two fingers in the pawl on opposite sides of ratchet bar pinch the bar between them when the pawl is pivoted to a pinch angle relative to the bar. A lever on the pawl pivots the pawl to release the fingers from the ratchet bar. An over-rotation stop on the pawl contacts the ratchet bar in the release position, and prevents the pawl from pivoting past the release position to a position that drags a finger against the ratchet bar. The over-rotation stop may extend from the pawl lever, contact and slide along the ratchet bar in the release position, and maintain an ideal release position of the pawl relative to the ratchet bar during sliding of the pawl on the ratchet bar. The ratchet bar may be toothless, providing smooth selection of stopping points on the bar.
US10071692B2
The present disclosure relates to an article carrier system particularly adapted for use with a pickup truck. The system employs a first pair of support tracks secured to a roof surface of a pickup truck, and a rear spoiler portion coupled to each of the first support tracks and extending therebetween adjacent a rear area of the roof surface. A second pair of support tracks is secured to a pair of truck bed sidewalls. A combination spoiler/support subsystem is supported from the second pair of support tracks and is adjustably positionable to provide a variable spacing between the rear spoiler portion and the spoiler/support subsystem, to thus tailor the system to support articles of various lengths thereon. The rear spoiler portion and the spoiler/support subsystem provide an appearance of a single, integrated spoiler when positioned closely adjacent one another.
US10071690B2
A vehicle center console includes an expandable top disposed on a storage bin. The center console is slidably connected to a floor pan and is movable towards the second-row seats. The expandable top includes a central component having an upper side and an underside, and a telescoping mechanism attached to first and second movable side components. The telescoping mechanism includes a body connected to the underside and a pair of telescoping arms extending from opposing sides of the body and movable between at least an extended position and a collapsed position. Each of the side components are attached to one of the arms such that undersides of the side components overlap the upper side of the central component when the arms are in the collapsed position, and the upper side of the central component is substantially flush with upper sides of the side components when the arms are in the extended position.
US10071683B2
An attachment structure for a lighting device, with which it is possible to reduce the time that attachment requires and stably attach a lighting device to a curved surface on which the lighting device is to be attached without using a screw member. This attachment structure for a lighting device is equipped with: a base provided on a curved surface of a door lining and having a plate-shaped base section; and an attachment part provided on the base and used for affixing the lighting device to the base section.
US10071672B2
A method and a circuit arrangement for feeding n LED units (LED1 to LED5) of a lighting unit of a motor vehicle by way of a controlled power source (5) from a voltage source (2) having a fluctuating operating voltage (UB), in which the LED units (LED1 to LED5) are interconnected, and in particular k LED units (LED1 to LED5) of a series connection are short-circuited, when the operating voltage (UB) drops, taking a stored weighting with respect to the priority assigned to individual LED units into consideration, wherein current continues to flow simultaneously through (n−k) LED units. A memory unit (7) for storing information about weightings on the priority of certain LED units is assigned to the control unit (3) for activating the power source, a switching matrix (4′, S1 to S4), and in particular a circuit arrangement composed of n controlled switches (S1 to S4) that each bypass the LED units (LED1 to LED4, LED5) is provided, and the control unit (3) is configured to compared the operating voltage and/or the current (IS) of the power source to predefinable threshold values and to interconnect the LED units as a function of this comparison and the weighting.
US10071662B2
Disclosed herein is a hinge unit of a console armrest for a vehicle, which includes an upper bracket including an armrest installation part coupled to an armrest, and upper hinge parts formed at both sides of the armrest installation part, each having a first upper hinge hole, a lower bracket including a console installation part coupled to a console, and lower hinge parts formed at both sides of the console installation part, each having a first lower hinge hole, an upper bracket cover configured to surround at least a portion of each of the upper hinge parts and to have a second upper hinge hole formed at a position corresponding to the first upper hinge hole, and a lower bracket cover configured to surround at least a portion of each of the lower hinge parts and to have a second lower hinge hole.
US10071653B2
A hybrid powertrain includes an engine having a crankshaft, and an electric motor having a rotor selectively coupled to the crankshaft via a disconnect clutch and configured to operate in torque control and in speed control. The powertrain further includes a transmission having a torque converter with an impeller fixed to the rotor, a turbine disposed on an input shaft of the transmission, and a bypass clutch configured to selectively transmit torque from the impeller to the turbine. A controller is configured to, in response to the motor switching from torque control to speed control, generate a torque command for the motor that defines a magnitude derived from an error between measured and estimated speeds of the impeller obtained during torque control to prevent a spike in motor speed when the motor switches from torque control to speed control.
US10071651B2
A torque control method for a drive motor includes detecting, by a controller, an amount an accelerator pedal is pressed. The method also includes calculating a rate of change of the accelerator pedal based on the detected amount the accelerator pedal is pressed. Further, the method also includes determining a time constant of a drive motor corresponding to the calculated rate of change.
US10071646B2
The disclosure relates to an electrical system for a vehicle, comprising a low-voltage sub-network for at least one low-voltage load and comprising a high-voltage sub-network for at least one high-voltage load and an electric generator. The high-voltage sub-network has a battery which is designed to generate a high-voltage and output same to the high-voltage sub-network and which has at least two battery units with individual voltage taps. The high-voltage sub-network is connected to the low-voltage sub-network via a coupling unit which is designed to draw energy from the high-voltage sub-network and supply said energy to the low-voltage sub-network. The coupling unit is designed to selectively connect the battery units to the low-voltage sub-network. The disclosure further relates to a method for operating an electrical system, to a motor vehicle, and to a battery management system and a computer program which are designed to carry out the method.
US10071637B2
A pulse width modulation resonance converter is provided that includes a transformer and a switching unit including first to fourth switches electrically connected to a primary coil of the transformer and configured to convert a DC voltage into an AC voltage by a switching operation of the first to fourth switches in which each switch is switched from an off state to an on state when a voltage difference between both ends is about 0. Additionally, a rectifying unit includes an output capacitor, first to fourth diodes electrically connected to a secondary coil of the transformer, and a resonance tank having a resonance capacitor and a resonance inductor which are electrically connected to the secondary coil of the transformer. The plurality of switches connected to the primary side of the transformer perform the zero-voltage switching using the magnetized inductance of the primary side to minimize the switching loss.
US10071632B2
An electrical system for a vehicle having an internal combustion engine provided with a start/stop system includes a primary battery connectible to an engine starter motor, an alternator and an electrical load in parallel with one another and selectively connectible in parallel with the primary battery via a first switch, and a third source of electrical energy selectively connectible in parallel with the alternator via a second switch. A DC/DC converter may be arranged in parallel with the alternator for selectively charging the third source of electrical energy via the second switch. A secondary battery may be arranged in parallel with the alternator.
US10071630B2
The display device is loaded on a vehicle, and connects the communication with the information processing terminal via the connection unit. Specifically, the display device obtains and displays an application image outputted by the information processing terminal. Also, the display device obtains, from the information processing terminal, a property of the application generating the application image. The property of the application may include information whether or not the application is controllable by an external device, the reliability of the application, the genre of the application and the display appropriateness. Then, the display device regulates the display of the application image based on the obtained property of the application and the running state of the vehicle.
US10071629B2
A prime mover control device of a work vehicle equipped with a torque converter includes: a speed ratio calculation unit that calculates a speed ratio of the torque converter; and a rotational speed limit unit that, when a speed ratio falls within a preset speed ratio range, limits a maximum rotational speed of the prime mover to be lower as compared with a maximum rotational speed set when a speed ratio falls without the preset speed ratio range. When a state in which the speed ratio calculated by the speed ratio calculation unit falls within the preset speed ratio range is maintained for a predetermined time period, the rotational speed limit unit changes a maximum rotational speed of the prime mover to a higher maximum rotational speed than the limited maximum rotational speed limited to be lower by the rotational speed limit unit.
US10071623B2
A structure of a powertrain for a vehicle according to the present invention includes: a first clutch connecting or disconnecting power from an engine; a driving motor disposed between the first clutch and a transmission, including a stator and a rotor, and having a recess, such that a center of a side of the rotor that faces the first clutch concaves toward the transmission; and an actuator at least partially inserted in the recess to operate the first clutch.
US10071617B1
A vehicle includes a first roller having a first roller magnet and a second roller having a second roller magnet. A shade includes a first shade magnet and a second shade magnet. At least one of the first and second shade magnets are coupled to at least one of the first and second roller magnets.
US10071610B2
A method for providing improved ride control for a work vehicle when transporting a drawn implement may include monitoring a load applied through a drawbar-related component(s) of the work vehicle while the drawn implement is being transported, wherein the drawn implement is located at a transport position relative to a driving surface of the work vehicle such that a ground engaging tool of the drawn implement is located above the driving surface. The method may also include detecting a variation in the monitored load over time, comparing the detected load variation in the monitored load to a predetermined load variance threshold and controlling an operation of at least one of an implement suspension system of the drawn implement or a vehicle suspension system of the work vehicle so as to reduce the detected load variation in the monitored load when the load variation exceeds the predetermined load variance threshold.
US10071609B2
The invention relates to a vehicle which includes at least four wheels and a base. Said wheels are attached in pairs at the base via connections and form a bogie consisting of a pair of wheels. Said bogies are rotatably hinged onto the base such that the pivot point of the path of the wheels is not physically present and said pivot point is located under the rotational axis of the wheels when the bogie is horizontal. The rotation of a bogie is transmitted by a transmission means to the other bogie such that the slant of each bogie in relation to the base forms an angle of identical but opposite value.
US10071607B2
An apparatus for mounting and removing a tyre on and from a respective rim comprises: an element for moving a bead of the tyre in order to insert/remove the bead into/from a respective groove in the rim, the element comprising a tool connected to a respective supporting arm for moving the bead; a rotatable support for the rim, in such manner as to turn the rim and the tyre about a corresponding longitudinal axis of the rim; at least one sensor associated with the supporting arm for measuring the mechanical strain applied to the bead of the tyre when the latter is mounted on, and removed from, the rim.
US10071605B1
A specific multi-band antenna impedance matching circuit and a tire-pressure monitoring device using same are disclosed. The antenna impedance matching circuit includes at least one first, one second and one third inductance unit and at least one first, one second and one third capacitance unit. The first capacitance unit is connected at a first end to first ends of the first and the second inductance unit and at a second end to a ground; the second inductance unit and the second capacitance unit are connected in series; the third inductance unit and the third capacitance unit are connected in parallel; and the third inductance unit is connected at a first end to a first end of the second capacitance unit and at a second end to the ground.
US10071598B2
A studless winter tire that has enhanced performance on ice and snow both initially and after degradation while maintaining good abrasion resistance is provided. The studless winter tire includes: a cap tread formed from a rubber composition A; and a base tread formed from a rubber composition B. The studless winter tire satisfies the following formulas (1) and (2): (1) a×c/100
US10071597B2
[Object] A pneumatic tire 2 that allows achievement of reduction of rolling resistance without taking influence on a mass into consideration, is provided.[Solution] A profile OL of the tire 2 includes a ground-contact surface 46 and a pair of side surfaces 48. In the profile OL, a zone from a point PB to a point PW is formed by three arcs. The arcs are a first arc, a second arc that extends almost outward from the first arc in the radial direction, and a third arc that extends almost outward from the second arc further in the radial direction. A ratio of a radius R2 of curvature of the second arc to a radius R1of curvature of the first arc is greater than or equal to 1.45 and not greater than 3.26. A ratio of a radius R3 of curvature of the third arc to the radius R1 of curvature of the first arc is greater than or equal to 0.45 and not greater than 0.56. Each sidewall 8 of the tire 2 has a first recess 50a and a second recess 50b that are recessed inward from the side surface 48.
US10071595B2
A vehicle airflow control device includes: a wheel shutter that is provided to a vehicle wheel, and is movable by a driving mechanism between an open position at which an opening between spokes of the vehicle wheel is brought into an open state and a closed position at which the opening is brought into a closed state; a shutter device that is provided to an introduction path of an air into an engine compartment, and is switchable between an open state in which an air is permitted to be introduced and a closed state in which an introduction of an air is blocked; and a control mechanism that actuates the driving mechanism to move the wheel shutter to either one of the open position and the closed position in accordance with the open and closed states of the shutter device.
US10071587B2
The present invention relates to an image forming method which includes: curing an active ray curable ink containing a gelling agent; and additionally applying and curing another active ray curable ink and by which affinity of the additionally-applied ink is further improved. The method of the present invention is an image forming method including: a first step of applying a first ink, which contains a colorant, a gelling agent, a photopolymerizable compound, and a photoinitiator, to a recording medium; a second step of irradiating the first ink with an active ray to cure and fix the first ink; a third step of additionally applying a second ink which contains a photopolymerizable compound and a photoinitiator; and a fourth step of irradiating the second ink with an active ray, in this order, wherein the first ink contains 0.5 to 5.0% by mass of the gelling agent with respect to the entire mass of the ink, the second ink contains less than 5.0% by mass of the gelling agent with respect to the entire mass of the ink, and the fourth step is performed in a state where the cured and fixed first ink is heated.
US10071578B2
Examples of a mounting device and method are disclosed herein. An example of the mounting device includes a carriage to hold a printhead assembly and an interconnect assembly to supply printing composition to the printhead assembly. The mounting device also includes a first latching assembly having an engaged condition to lock the interconnect assembly to a manifold of the printhead assembly and a disengaged condition to unlock the interconnect assembly from the manifold of the printhead assembly. The mounting device additionally includes a second latching assembly having an engaged condition to lock the printhead assembly to the carriage and a disengaged condition to unlock the printhead assembly from the carriage. In this example of the mounting device, the second latching assembly cannot be moved from the engaged condition to the disengaged condition unless the fast latching assembly is in the disengaged condition.
US10071576B2
A roll to roll printing method in which a web of a recording medium is withdrawn from a first roll, a number of images are printed on the web and the printed web is wound on a second roll, wherein a representation of the printed images is printed on a part of the web which is to form a trailing end of the web on the second roll.
US10071573B2
A sheet processing apparatus includes a sheet conveying unit configured to unwind a portion of a rolled sheet and convey the unwound sheet, a ribbon conveying unit configured to convey a ribbon having thereon a coloring layer that is not visible up to a predetermined temperature and becomes visible above the predetermined temperature, a thermal head configured to transfer the coloring layer on the ribbon to a portion of the unwound sheet, and a cutter configured to cut off a portion of the unwound sheet.
US10071568B2
An inkjet printer includes an inkjet head configured to perform printing using ink along a main scanning direction onto a print medium by moving in the main scanning direction; a platen configured to support, from an opposite side of the inkjet head, a portion of the print medium being printed by the inkjet head by a printing portion supporting region extending in the main scanning direction; a print heater configured to heat the print medium via the printing portion supporting region; and a fan device extending in the main scanning direction, and configured to blow air out from a blower outlet for blowing the air toward a surface of the portion of the print medium supported by the printing portion supporting region.
US10071559B2
A filter module (38) for a continuous inkjet printer (10) comprising a filter housing (40) and a filter medium (42) fixed within the housing (40). The filter housing (40) further includes an inlet portal (44) through which ink flows into the housing under pressure and a first self-sealing valve assembly (54) disposed within the inlet portal. In addition, housing includes an outlet portal (46) through which ink flows out of the housing (40) under pressure and a second self-sealing valve assembly (56) disposed within the outlet portal (46). The first and second valve assemblies (54, 56) open when mechanically connected to an ink flow path (34) from an ink tank (18) to a print head (14), and the first and second valve assemblies (54, 56) seal closed when mechanically disconnected from the ink flow path (34).
US10071558B2
A system comprises: an obtaining unit that obtains predetermined information relating to amount of printing materials for a tank attached to a printing apparatus; and a determining unit that determines an interchangeable tank to be provided from a plurality of types of interchangeable tanks based on the predetermined information, wherein the plurality of types of interchangeable tanks include a first tank and a second tank, the first tank contains printing materials of at least two colors, with a ratio of amounts of the printing materials of the at least two colors being a first constituent ratio, and the second tank contains printing materials of at least the same two colors as those in the first tank, with a ratio of amounts of the printing materials of at least the two colors being a second constituent ratio different from the first constituent ratio.
US10071549B2
Systems and methods for printhead position control. The system comprises a controller that identifies a target distance for moving a printhead in a lateral direction to compensate for lateral shifts in a web of print media as the web travels in a continuous-forms printer in a conveyance direction. The controller also identifies a maximum distance for moving the printhead in the lateral direction based on an allowable print error in a color plane of the printer and one or more previous positions of the printhead. The control further moves the printhead for a distance that is a lesser of the maximum distance and the target distance.
US10071548B2
Printing module comprising an assembly arranged on the front side for mounting a printing head in an inkjet printer, wherein the printing module is arranged at a distance in relation to a depositing device and the assembly has a carrier frame having an opening which extends through the carrier frame and is provided for receiving/releasing the printing head, wherein the assembly has means for mounting the printing head which make it possible to receive the same on the front side in a repair position of the printing module in relation to the depositing device.
US10071525B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure are drawn to additive manufacturing apparatus and methods. An exemplary apparatus for fabricating components via additive manufacturing may include a programmable CNC machine. The CNC machine may comprise a first worktable extending in a first plane and a second worktable extending in a second plane, wherein the second plane is oriented at an angle relative to the first plane. At least one conveyor belt may be operably coupled to the first worktable. A printing gantry may be displaceable along a first axis of the CNC machine. The CNC machine may also comprise an applicator having a nozzle configured to deposit material on the second worktable.
US10071523B2
Apparatus and methods of forming sheets of material are disclosed. Profile plates may be placed atop the sheets. Tabs attached to clamp frames may apply uniform pressure on the perimeters of the profile plates during the formation process.
US10071517B2
A polymer filter assembly through which flowable material from a supply is directed for processing before passing to a die assembly through which the flowable material is delivered to form a sheet layer. The polymer filter assembly has a polymer filter frame that supports processing components for the flowable material and a support assembly for the polymer filter frame. The support assembly includes components cooperating between the polymer filter frame and a base upon which the polymer filter frame is supported to allow controlled relative vertical movement between the polymer filter frame and base to thereby permit controlled alignment between the polymer filter frame and at least one of: a) an upstream component that delivers flowable material from the supply; and b) the die assembly.
US10071514B2
A release member molding method for mounting a metallic plate in a main body of a release member by insert-molding. The release member is to be provided to be integrally rotatable with a reel accommodated in a case, and to move a locking member from a locking position that locks rotation of the reel to an allowing position that allows rotation of the reel. The metallic plate touches a sliding protrusion portion of the locking member at a touching surface of the release member. The release member molding method includes an arranging step of arranging the metallic plate in a die and a molding step of charging a resin material into the die and molding the main body in which the metallic plate is mounted. The die contacts a portion of the metallic plate that excludes the touching surface, and the die does not contact the touching surface.
US10071498B2
A cutting guide includes a first guide structure and a second guide structure. The first guide structure includes (i) a first base, (ii) a first saw support attached to the first base and defining a first saw contact surface, and (iii) a second saw support attached to the first base and defining a second saw contact surface that is spaced apart from the first saw contact surface so as to define a first elongated cutting slot therebetween. The second guide structure includes (i) a second base, (ii) a third saw support attached to the second base and defining a third saw contact surface, and (iii) a fourth saw support attached to the second base and defining a fourth saw contact surface that is spaced apart from the third saw contact surface so as to define a second elongated cutting slot therebetween.
US10071496B2
A blade mount for a cutting machine, in particular for a food slicing machine, includes a contact surface for a blade, a mount section for the blade projecting axially from the contact surface and at least one torque transmission element which projects axially from the contact surface, which is radially spaced apart from the mount section, which engages into the blade and in which a mount is formed for fastening the blade to the blade mount. Additionally, a blade is matched thereto, to a handling apparatus for assembling the blade at the blade mount, and to a system of blade mount, blade and handling apparatus.
US10071491B2
A cutter head for an electric hair trimmer generally includes a cutting assembly having a stationary blade, a movable blade, and a follower connected to the movable blade. The electric hair trimmer has a handle with a drive system and an ejection mechanism. The follower is configured for operative connection with the drive system of the handle for oscillating the movable blade relative to the stationary blade. The cutter head also includes a housing having a tongue configured to provide clearance for the follower when the cutter head is ejected from the handle via the ejection mechanism.
US10071489B2
A folding knife includes a lockbar for automatically locking a knife blade in an opened position relative to a handle. A puck attached to the lockbar is configured to engage a tang of the blade to lock the blade in an open position relative to the handle.
US10071488B2
A patient side cart for a teleoperated surgical system may include a base, a column connected to the base, a boom connected to the column, a manipulator arm connected to the boom, and a vibration reduction member. The manipulator arm may be configured to support a surgical instrument. The vibration reduction member may be configured to be moved between deployed and retracted positions relative to the base. The vibration reduction member may engage a ground surface in the deployed position and not be in contact with the ground surface in the retracted position. Various exemplary embodiments also relate to carts including a vibration reduction member and methods of controlling a vibration reduction member.
US10071483B2
A robot includes an arm that has a plurality of arm members, a drive unit driving the plurality of arm members, and a grasp unit; and a force detector. The robot sequentially performs a contact operation in which a fitting member grasped by the grasp unit is moved in a predetermined contact direction and is brought into contact with a to-be-fitted member, a posture change operation in which a posture of the fitting member is changed to a fitting posture, and a fitting operation in which the fitting member in the fitting posture is moved in a searching direction and the fitting member is fitted into the to-be-fitted member in a fitting direction. The contact direction, the searching direction, and the fitting direction are directions different from one another.
US10071478B2
A bracketing system provides a structural support for a parallel robot and the moving components thereof. The bracketing system also serves to increase the functionality of the parallel robot. The bracketing system includes a plurality of aluminum brackets fabricated through extrusion, and serving as heat sinks The brackets comprise a substantially triangular shaped bracket disposed to integrally join with the vertices of a plurality of horizontal members and a plurality of vertical members on the parallel robot. The horizontal members and the vertical members form a triangle shape with three vertices and three sides. This allows for six brackets to position between an inner surface of each vertex. Mounting holes on the brackets enable a fastener to pass through for attaching the brackets to the vertical members and the horizontal members. The brackets slide along the vertical member to enable tightening of a tension belt and adding accessories.
US10071464B2
A flowable composite particle that includes a plurality of bound hard particles and a binder alloy. The bound hard particles are unfractured bound hard particles and fractured bound hard particles. Each of the bound hard particles is bonded to the binder alloy. The bound hard particles have a particle size of −325 Mesh. The flowable composite particle have a particle size distribution is: (a) between more than about zero weight percent and about 5 weight percent flowable composite particles of a +80 Mesh particle size, (b) between about 60 weight percent and about 95 weight percent flowable composite particles of a −80+325 Mesh particle size, and (c) between more than about zero weight percent and about 35 weight percent flowable composite particles of a −325 Mesh particle size.
US10071463B2
The centrifugal projector (1) of the present invention has: a side plate (11), a plurality of blades (3) attached to the side plate (11), a control cage (41-45) disposed on a radial inner side of the side plate for releasing the projection material between blades from an opening portion (41a-45e), a distributor (22), disposed on a radial inner side of the control cage, for mixing and supplying the projection material to the control cage, and a rotary shaft (14) for rotating the side plate, blades and distributor; wherein the blades are formed to be pitched so that a radial outer side (3c) thereof is positioned to a rear in the rotational direction (R1) compared to a radial inner side (3b) thereof; the control cage (41-45) has a plurality of opening windows (41a-45e), or a single opening window in which a portion or all of a plurality of opening windows are respectively overlapped and integrated into a single piece.
US10071458B2
An object of the invention is to provide a calibration apparatus which enables the pressing force of the polishing pad to be adjusted by a simple method without the need of removing a stage on which a substrate can be placed. One embodiment of the invention provides a calibration apparatus for a bevel polishing system for polishing a bevel portion of a substrate, comprising: a load measuring device capable of measuring a pressing load from a polishing pad of the bevel polishing system; and a base plate capable of having the load measuring device placed thereon, wherein the base plate is capable of being fixed on a vacuum suction table which is capable of having a substrate placed thereon.
US10071445B2
A wire (10) for use in a brazing or soldering operation has an elongated body (12) of a metallic material. The elongated body (12) has an outer surface (18). A channel (14) is formed along a length of the body. The channel (14) has an opening (A1). A flux solution (22) is deposited within the channel (14) and along the length of the body. The flux solution (22) covers a portion of the outer surface (18). A portion of the flux solution (22) is exposed through the opening (A1) in the channel (14).
US10071442B2
A focusing unit of a laser processing apparatus includes: a focusing lens that focuses a laser beam oscillated from a laser beam oscillating unit; and a spherical aberration extending lens that extends the spherical aberration of the focusing lens. A pulsed laser beam is applied from the focusing unit to a workpiece held on a chuck table, to form shield tunnels each composed of a fine hole and an amorphous region shielding the fine hole, the shield tunnels extending from an upper surface toward a lower surface of the workpiece.
US10071440B2
A metal member producing device includes a spindle, a base portion, and a driving portion which drives at least one of the spindle and the base portion in an axial direction of the spindle. Of the spindle and the base portion, one includes a first holding portion for holding a first member. The other has disposed thereon a mold for holding a second member to oppose the first holding portion. The mold includes a bottom wall and a sidewall that extends from the bottom wall in a direction intersecting the bottom wall. The sidewall has a resistive wall formed thereon, the resistive wall being a wall surface inclined with respect to a plane parallel to the axial direction of the spindle so as to face the bottom wall side.
US10071436B2
Methods and systems for resistance spot welding using direct current micro pulses are described. One described method comprises comprising forming a weld joint by applying a plurality of direct current micro pulses to at least two pieces of materials through a first electrode and a second electrode.
US10071431B2
A one piece four-sided hardened steel boot tip is mounted to a distal end upper jaw tang of a heavy duty demolition. The boot tip has a front wall seated on the tang front edge and a right side wall seated on the shear side tang face and radiused or curved rear seat. A top wall has a radiused inside top wall that sits on the radiused tang top seat. A bottom wall of the boot tip has a radiused inside top wall that is seated on the tang radiused bottom seat forming a shear punching edge between the front wall and the bottom wall. The boot tip has a shear side shearing edge that is between the sidewall and the bottom wall of the boot tip. An access or side plate is seated on the guide side tang face, a portion of the radiused boot bottom wall and the radiused rear seat. The side plate is flush with the bottom and front walls. The boot tip right side and access plate have matching apertures therethrough and alignable with the tang apertures to secure the boot and access plate to the tang for encapsulating protection thereof from the lower jaw shear side, the guide side and the tie plate as the upper jaw moves into and out of the recess therebetween. One or more shims may be provided that are insertable inside the boot against the tang faces and clampable thereto after the faces have become worn or otherwise requires adjustment for maximum clamping force.
US10071430B2
A cutting head is formed for insertion into a support in a modular rotary tool, in particular a drill. The coupling head has a coupling having torque surfaces and clamping surfaces on its outer periphery. The coupling pin is divided into a front pin part and a rear pin part. The front pin part is defined by a circumferential groove. Stop surfaces for an axial pullout safety are formed in the transition area between the two the front pin part and the rear pin part. The torque surfaces and the clamping surfaces are arranged in different pin parts. For example, the clamping surfaces are preferably formed on the front pin part and the torque surfaces are preferably formed in the rear pin part.
US10071427B2
In accordance with one aspect, a vertical machine tool is provided having an upper headstock with an upper spindle and a lower tailstock with a lower spindle. A workpiece is secured to the lower tailstock and the headstock drives the upper spindle and a milling tool connected thereto at high speeds for milling the workpiece. The vertical machine tool is also operable to perform turning operations on the workpiece using a turning tool connected to the headstock spindle. The headstock has a mechanical spindle lock that may be configured to rigidly fix the headstock spindle to the headstock housing so that, during the turning operation, the headstock spindle is secured against rotation from loading applied to the turning tool held in the headstock spindle. The lower tailstock drives the lower spindle to rotate the workpiece at speeds up to 2,500 RPM while the non-rotating turning tool held in the upper headstock machines the workpiece.
US10071424B2
A computer program product is configured for forming at least one three-dimensional article through successive fusion of parts of a powder bed, which parts correspond to successive cross sections of the three-dimensional article, by: providing a model of the at least one three-dimensional article; applying a first powder layer on a work table; directing a first energy beam from a first energy beam source over the work table causing the first powder layer to fuse in first selected locations according to corresponding models to form a first cross section of the three-dimensional article, where the first energy beam is fusing at least a first region of a first cross section with parallel scan lines in a first direction; varying a distance between two adjacent scan lines, which are used for fusing the powder layer, as a function of a mean length of the two adjacent scan lines.
US10071401B2
Various feed control devices for plumbing tools such as drain cleaning machines are disclosed. The feed control devices include a collection of angled rollers that contact a cable or snake of the drain cleaning machine. Another collection of a single or dual angled roller(s) are mounted or otherwise engaged with a handle, and can be selectively positioned and contacted with the cable. By changing the position of the handle, rotation of the cable is translated to axial movement thereby advancing or retracting the cable. Also described are drain cleaning devices utilizing the feed control devices.
US10071398B2
A method for forming a multi-layer coating includes the step of sequentially applying a layer of a primer coating composition, a layer of a base coating composition, and a layer of a clear coating composition on a substrate. The clear coating composition includes a film forming binder and an organic liquid carrier. The film forming binder includes at least one monomer unit including the condensation product of an ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid group and glycidyl ester of a mixture of tertiary acids having 9 to 11 carbon atoms having at least one methyl group on the α-carbon. The method further includes the step of simultaneously curing the applied three layers by baking.
US10071376B2
The technology described herein generally relates to systems for extracting polynucleotides from multiple samples, particularly from biological samples, and additionally to systems that subsequently amplify and detect the extracted polynucleotides. The technology more particularly relates to microfluidic systems that carry out PCR on multiple samples of nucleotides of interest within microfluidic channels, and detect those nucleotides.
US10071373B2
A lateral-flow assay device includes a substrate having a sample addition zone and a wash addition zone downstream thereof along a fluid flow path through which a sample flows. The fluid flow path is configured to receive a wash fluid in the wash addition zone. A hydrophilic surface is arranged in the wash addition zone. Flow constriction(s) are spaced apart from the fluid flow path and arranged to define, with the hydrophilic surface, a reservoir configured to retain the wash fluid by formation of a meniscus between the hydrophilic surface and the flow constriction(s). The fluid flow path draws the wash fluid from the reservoir by capillary pressure. Apparatus for analyzing a fluidic sample and methods of displacing a fluidic sample in a fluid flow path of an assay device are also described.
US10071371B2
Provided are ozone decomposing compositions comprising a solvent and a polymer. The polymer comprises a structural repeat unit comprising an unsubstituted or substituted carbohydrate moiety. Also provided are methods of decomposing ozone using the compositions, and spray coatings, items of clothing, fabrics, carpets, paints, sealants, finishes, air-filters, face-masks, cosmetics, creams, lotions and coatings incorporating the polymer.
US10071370B2
Provided is a method of reactivating a used titania catalyst for hydrogenation treatment, capable of improving the catalytic activity of the used titania catalyst for hydrogenation treatment that is obtained by supporting a catalyst component on a titania support and exhibits reduced catalytic activity after having been used for hydrogenation treatment of a hydrocarbon oil, to a level comparable to that of a newly prepared fresh titania catalyst before use. The method of reactivating a used titania catalyst for hydrogenation treatment, the used titania catalyst for hydrogenation treatment being obtained by supporting a catalyst component on a titania support and exhibiting reduced catalytic activity after having been used for hydrogenation treatment of a hydrocarbon oil, includes: a coke removal step of removing a carbonaceous component on a surface of the used catalyst by heating the catalyst in an oxygen-containing gas atmosphere; an impregnation step of impregnating the carbonaceous component-removed catalyst obtained by the coke removal step with a saccharide-containing solution; and a drying step of drying the saccharide-impregnated catalyst obtained by the impregnation step, to obtain a catalyst in which a saccharide is supported.
US10071357B1
A process and apparatus for combusting coke from catalyst two stages is disclosed. Catalyst and flue gas from a lower chamber ascends to an upper chamber to be roughly separated by swirl ducts extending from a combustion conduit. The swirl ducts may discharge into a container in the upper chamber.
US10071354B2
A method of making a body of polycrystalline superhard material comprising placing an aggregated mass of grains of superhard material into a canister, placing a ceramic layer either in direct contact with the aggregated mass of grains of superhard material or in indirect contact therewith, the ceramic layer being spaced from the grains by an interlayer of material when present, the ceramic layer having a surface with surface topology, the surface topology imprinting a pattern in the aggregated mass of grains of superhard material complementary to the surface topology, the ceramic material and the material of the interlayer being such that they do not react chemically with the superhard material and/or a sinter catalyst material for the grains of superhard material. The aggregated mass of grains of superhard material and ceramic layer are subjected to a pressure of greater than 5.5 GPa and sintered to form a body of polycrystalline superhard material having a surface topology complementary to the surface topology of the ceramic layer. The ceramic layer and interlayer if present are then removed from the body of polycrystalline material. There is also disclosed a body of polycrystalline superhard material having a surface topology on a first surface, the first surface being substantially free of material from a canister used in formation of the body of polycrystalline superhard material.
US10071351B2
An inner 11 for lining a mixing vessel 1 comprising a feed opening 4 on the upper side and a flange 5 projecting outward in the radial direction and on the lower side a discharge duct 8 with a discharge flap valve 23 that can be adjusted from an open position into a closed position and vice versa, which mixing vessel 1 with bulk material introduced into it for the process of blending can be connected onto a mixing head 18 of an industrial blender 19, said mixing supporting one or multiple mixing tool(s), which inner liner 11 bears a supporting flange joint 17 on the upper side projects outward in the radial direction, and, when inserted into the mixing vessel 1, comes to bear against the flange 5 of the mixing vessel 1 and on its bottom side comprises a discharge duct extension 14, projecting into the discharge duct 8 of the mixing vessel 1, which projects into the discharge duct 8 of the mixing vessel 1 with a length that is at least sufficient to reach the discharge flap valve 23 when it is the closed positon.
US10071339B2
A process is disclosed for purifying a gaseous mixture containing acidic gases, such as a natural gas, including contacting the gaseous mixture with an absorbent solution including: from 35% to 45% by weight of at least one tertiary amine relative to the total weight of the absorbent solution; from 4% to 12% by weight of at least one activator relative to the total weight of the absorbent solution selected from the primary amines and the secondary amines, the total content of tertiary amine and activator being from 38% to 50% by weight relative to the total weight of the absorbent solution, and the total concentration of tertiary amine and activator being between 3.8 and 4.2 mol/L; from 17% to 25% by weight of at least one C2 to C4 thioalkanol relative to the total weight of the absorbent solution; and the remainder being water to reach 100% by weight.
US10071331B2
The present invention relates to a backing net for a media pack. The backing net comprises a plurality of longitudinal beams and at least one vane and the longitudinal beam has first and second ends and is arranged to be mounted to the media pack in the longitudinal direction. The vane is attached to longitudinal beams and arranged to extend in the lateral direction of the media pack and adapted to direct an air flow passing through the backing net in a preferred direction. The invention further relates to a media pack with a backing net and a V-type filter having a plurality of media packs.
US10071327B2
A filter medium for cleaning fluids includes a filter layer (9) formed from a filter material in a pleated web with a longitudinal direction (X) and a transverse direction (Y). A plastic grid (10) forms a support layer, bears against the filter layer (9) and has linear elements (12, 14) delimiting through openings (16) between them. Two groups of linear elements (12, 14) extend approximately at right angles to one another and delimit rectangular through openings (16). The linear elements (14) having a smaller diameter (d2) are in direct contact with the filter layer (9). The linear elements (12) having a larger diameter (d1) and having a greater spacing from one another relative to the filter layer (9) rest on the smaller diameter linear elements (14).
US10071325B2
The present invention relates to water filters utilizing disc filter elements and in particular, to such a filtering apparatus having self-cleaning capabilities by utilizing automated back-flushing to clean the filtering elements where the self-cleaning process is enhanced by introducing a secondary flowing fluid, preferably atmospheric air, into the back-flushing stream. The filter apparatus is further enhanced with a disc filter spine having a plurality of spray nozzles arranged on the spine channels that may be adapted to produce a cleaning flowing fluid jet stream at a variety of angles facilitating cleaning, separation and spinning of the disc filtering elements. The filter apparatus may further enhance the cleaning process by introducing a flushing apparatus adapted to facilitate removal of effluent from the filter.
US10071318B1
A slide system has a base inflatable structure capable of sustaining an air pressure, and a slide surface supported by the base inflatable structure. A lower slide flap forms a bottom end of the slide surface, and a lower slide support of the base inflatable structure supports the lower slide flap. A bumper body receives air pressure from the base inflatable structure to inflate to form a protrusion that extends upwardly from the lower slide support when inflated. A restraint structure restrains the bumper body to a flattened configuration, but when the restraint structure is released, the bumper body inflates to form the protrusion that forms a bumper at the bottom of the slide.
US10071316B2
Systems and methods for creating a playable video game, or playable video game levels, from a three-dimensional model comprising a plurality of various-colored blocks disposed on a grid. A set of software modules processes a digital image of the static model to translate its component elements into video game elements in a level file, which may then be played using a game driver.
US10071315B2
Disclosed herein is a content providing method for a content providing server to provide contents to client terminals via a network. The method includes: obtaining play data indicating progress conditions of a computer game progressing according to user operation on the client terminals; evaluating game plays by each predetermined evaluation item on a basis of the play data; obtaining data of a moving image of a game play extracted according to an evaluation result; and distributing the data of the moving image to the client terminals via the network.
US10071299B2
Generally, described are methods, apparatuses and systems for a recommendation engine which determines a recommendation based upon a terrestrial parameter and an overall factor unrelated to the terrestrial parameter. The recommendation engine may receive as inputs: (1) some data relating to the terrestrial parameter and (2) some data relating to user operation of a mechanical device. An overall factor may be calculated or obtained, at least in part, from the data relating to user operation of the mechanical device. And based upon the data relating to the terrestrial parameter and the overall factor, a recommendation may be determined and transmitted. In one embodiment, as part of the transmission process, the recommendation may be displayed to a user requesting the recommendation.
US10071295B1
An outdoor game comprises a pair of game assemblies each having a pair of hinged legs, a plurality of scoring devices and a plurality of cuboid cubby holes disposed upon a first face. There is at least one (1) open cubby hole. Each cubby hole has a point value denoted above a back wall of each cubby hole. The open cubby hole is assigned a point value. A score is generated when at least one (1) scoring device is pitched into or through one (1) cubby hole. Along the front edge on both the top and bottom is a hasp enabling the assemblies to be joined to another board.
US10071293B2
According to various aspects, exemplary embodiments are disclosed of golf putter heads having customizable centers of gravity that are adjustable in three dimensions. Also disclosed are exemplary embodiments of methods of adjusting a center of gravity of a golf putter head.
US10071292B2
A co-forged iron type golf club is disclosed. More specifically, the present invention discloses a co-forged iron type golf club with the body portion made out of a first material and at least one weight adjustment portion monolithically encased within the body portion of the co-forged iron type golf club head without the need for secondary attachment or machining operations. The present invention creates of an iron type golf club head from a pre-form billet that already contains two or more materials before the actual forging process resulting in a multi-material golf club head that doesn't require any post manufacturing operations such as machining, welding, swaging, gluing, and the like.
US10071282B2
Systems and methods track a first object when continuous tracking information for the first object is not available. The systems and methods detect when the tracking information for the first object is not available. A last time of a last determined location of the first object is determined and a second object closest to the last determined location at the last time is determined. The location of the first object is associated with a location of the second object if tracking information for the first object is not available.
US10071280B2
An arm rehabilitation system for exercising a user's arm. The system provides an arm support device moveable upon a support surface by a user's first arm. The arm support device has a main body configured to movably engage the support surface on one side and has a hand support portion on an opposing side at or toward one end of the body for supporting a user's hand of the first arm. A primary hand support formation protrudes from the hand support portion and a secondary hand support handle extends from the main body at or toward the periphery of the hand support portion. An adjustable switch support boom assembly is also mounted to the main body and has at least one operable user input component for generating an actuation signal in response to operation by the user. An onboard motion tracking system mounted to or within the main body is configured to sense motion of the main body to enable user interaction with an interactive computer system running an application program.
US10071274B2
An adjustable-length jump rope device that provides the benefits of a speed rope and weighted rope in one device by, among other things, allowing the rotational resistance of the jump rope to be varied without affecting the circumference of the rope and by distributing the weight of the rope evenly, thus, enabling smooth and natural jumping.
US10071273B2
The invention provides an aqueous foaming Newtonian concentrate, an expanded foam composition and a process of forming a foam composition concentrate. The aqueous foaming concentrate includes a carbonized saccharide mixture, a surfactant, water and optionally further agents including cross-linking agents, thickeners, solvents, stabilizers, buffers, corrosion inhibitors and preservatives. Foaming concentrates of the present invention are free of fluorine and persistent organic pollutants and particularly suited for use in fire prevention, suppression and extinguishment, vapor suppression and wetting of surfaces at concentrations less than 1.3% by weight.
US10071272B2
A firefighting installation includes a network of vacuum sprinklers. The installation incorporates a trip device that triggers the application of water to the network of sprinklers. The trip device includes: a master actuator sensitive to the pressure present in the sprinkler network and capable of moving a yoke from a first to a second position; a lock for locking a member of the actuator in position; and a transmission member transmitting between the yoke and the locking means. The actuator includes a piston able to move in a cavity of the body, and has an external portion extending outside of the cavity and being provided with a ring whereon the lock means is intended to act.
US10071260B2
Aspects for treating spinal cord injuries are disclosed. In a particular aspect, a method includes identifying a neurological level of a spinal cord injury, and activating neurons via laser therapy in which a laser beam is applied to an area proximate to the neurological level. In another aspect, a computer-readable storage medium includes computer-readable instructions for performing various acts. Such acts comprise ascertaining a neurological level of a spinal cord injury, and receiving data corresponding to a severity of the spinal cord injury. The acts further comprise outputting a laser calibration according to the neurological level and the severity. A medical device apparatus is also provided, which includes various computer executable components. The computer executable components include an assessment component configured to receive parameters corresponding to a spinal cord injury, and a calibration component configured to ascertain a laser calibration according to the at least one parameter.
US10071258B2
Disclosed are a DNA oxidative damage repairing device and an application method thereof. The device is composed of an electrons emitting assembly, an electrons emitting electrode, a control system, a power source, a support and the like. The device emits electrons to a space in a certain range, negatively charged nano particles with certain density are formed in the space, the space is sterilized, and various hazardous substances in suspension space are eliminated. The negatively charged nano particles entering a body through a respiratory system release electrons carried by the particles, electrons lost due to oxidative damage are replenished to all parts of the body, and dormant state genes can also be repaired and activated. The two-way regulations function can play a role in broad spectrum medical treatment, so that diseases that cannot be cured through drugs easily are present are cured. The device has an obvious curative effect on diseases caused by immune function deficiencies, diseases of a respiratory system, various wounds, diseases caused by drug addiction treatment and the like. The method is combined with correct and effective using of suppressing drugs and accurate using of traditional Chinese medicine, and accordingly a novel hopeful therapeutic scheme of treating AIDS, cancers and various genetic diseases before histone codes are deciphered can be provided.
US10071253B2
An implantable active medical device includes a hermetic housing defining an exterior surface and a hermetic cavity of an implantable active medical device. An elongate lead connector extends into the hermetic cavity. The elongate lead connector includes a closed end, an open end extending through and hermetically joined to the hermetic housing, an outer surface at least partially defining the hermetic cavity, and an inner surface defining a lead aperture.
US10071252B2
An exemplary subcutaneous medical device implanted within a patient uses a coil-less magnetic field sensor included within the subcutaneous medical device to detect a toggling sequence between a presence and an absence of an externally-generated static magnetic field. The toggling sequence is representative of a digital data stream according to a digital wireless communication protocol. The subcutaneous medical device identifies, based on the detected toggling sequence and in accordance with the digital wireless communication protocol, a multi-bit command encoded within the digital data stream represented by the toggling sequence. The subcutaneous medical device further performs, in response to the identifying of the multi-bit command, an action associated with the multi-bit command. Corresponding methods and a corresponding external controller are also disclosed.
US10071250B2
Methods and devices for reducing ventricle filling volume are disclosed. In some embodiments, an electrical stimulator may be used to stimulate a patient's heart to reduce ventricle filling volume or even blood pressure. When the heart is stimulated in a consistent way to reduce blood pressure, the cardiovascular system may over time adapt to the stimulation and revert back to the higher blood pressure. In some embodiments, the stimulation pattern may be configured to be inconsistent such that the adaptation response of the heart is reduced or even prevented. In some embodiments, an electrical stimulator may be used to stimulate a patient's heart to cause at least a portion of an atrial contraction to occur while the atrioventricular valve is closed. Such an atrial contraction may deposit less blood into the corresponding ventricle than when the atrioventricular valve is opened throughout an atrial contraction.
US10071244B2
A thoracoscopic electroporation device for carrying out electroporation on tissue includes a suction head and a plurality of needle electrodes. The needle electrodes include a central needle providing a first electrode and a plurality of second needles which are spaced-apart around the periphery of the suction head. The electrodes are movable from a retracted configuration to a deployed configuration and in the deployed configuration the needles extend from the suction head. The suction head has a retracted delivery configuration and an expanded deployed configuration. The suction head includes a suitable flexible material for biasing the suction head into the expanded deployed configuration. The suction head has channels for the needles and the needles are movable through the channels from the retracted to the deployed configuration. In the deployed configuration, the central first needle extends beyond the peripheral needles.
US10071243B2
A tine portion of an implantable medical device includes a hook segment and a distal segment terminated by a tissue-piercing tip, wherein the distal segment extends from a distal end of the hook segment to the tip. The hook segment, which is elastically deformable from a pre-set curvature, for example, defined by a single radius, preferably tapers from a first width thereof, in proximity to a proximal end thereof, to a smaller, second width thereof, in proximity to the distal end thereof, wherein the tip has a width that is greater than the second width of the hook segment. Alternately, the tine portion may include a hook segment that is defined by two radii and a straight section extending therebetween.
US10071242B2
A lead anchor includes an anchor body having a band section, guide members and a support section. The guide members and the support section are spaced apart from each other and define a band channel. Further, the lead anchor includes a flexible band that is coupleable to the guide members with at least a portion of the flexible band positionable within the band channel. The flexible band and the support section define a first lead channel having a spaced-apart distance between the flexible band and the support section. The first lead channel includes an open side for allowing a lateral ingress or egress of a portion of a lead. The lead anchor further includes a fastener movable relative to the anchor body to reduce or increase the spaced-apart distance of the first lead channel to hold or release, respectively, the portion of the lead within the first lead channel.
US10071239B2
Architectures for implantable stimulators having N electrodes are disclosed. The architectures contains X current sources, or DACs. In a single anode/multiple cathode design, one of the electrodes is designated as the anode, and up to X of the electrodes can be designated as cathodes and independently controlled by one of the X DACs, allowing complex patient therapy and current steering between electrodes. The design uses at least X decoupling capacitors: X capacitors in the X cathode paths, or one in the anode path and X−1 in the X cathode paths. In a multiple anode/multiple cathode design having X DACs, a total of X−1 decoupling capacitors are needed. Because the number of DACs X can typically be much less than the total number of electrodes (N), these architectures minimize the number of decoupling capacitors which saves space, and ensures no DC current injection even during current steering.
US10071237B2
In various embodiments, the invention disclosed herein provides systems, devices and methods for providing electrical stimulation to a patient. An electrical mechanical interconnection is provided to facilitate user friendly systems and devices. Exemplary therapeutic electrical stimulation devices include a shoe connected mechanically and electrically to a conductor that provides signals for electrical stimulation.
US10071233B2
An applicator for treating skin conditions includes at least one treatment composition component and a discontinuity identification component. The at least one treatment composition component is configured to selectively deposit a treatment composition at a deposit location on the portion of skin. The discontinuity identification component is operably coupled to an electromagnetic energy detector. The discontinuity identification component includes circuitry configured to monitor a level of the one or more parameters as the applicator traverses the portion of skin and to control the at least one treatment composition component to selectively deposit the treatment composition to the deposit location on the portion of skin based on one or more inputs indicative of a decrease in reflection of an electromagnetic energy interrogation stimulus from the portion of skin at the deposit location.
US10071227B2
Disclosed are devices, systems, and methods for providing access to a patient. The patient access device comprises a proximal end, a distal end and a lumen therethrough. The patient access device further comprises a hollow shaft, an input port and a liquid supply port. At least a portion of the lumen passes through the shaft. The input port is coupled to the lumen, and the lumen and the input port are constructed and arranged to receive an elongate probe. The liquid supply port is in fluid communication with the lumen. The patient access is constructed and arranged to reduce gas from exiting the distal end while a portion of the elongate probe is positioned in the patient access device.
US10071224B2
A deflectable catheter including an outer member having a proximal portion and a distal portion, an elongated column member extending distally from the outer member and an inner member positioned coaxial with the outer member and attached to the column member. The inner member extends distally of the outer member and has a distal tip portion. A reinforcement member is positioned over the column member to restrict axial movement of the column member such that when one of the inner member or outer member is moved with respect to the other, axial compression of the column member is restricted by the reinforcement member causing the distal tip portion of the inner member to deflect laterally.
US10071222B2
Catheters, sheaths, or other tubular devices are provided that include a proximal end, a distal end sized for introduction into a patient's body, and a steerable distal portion carrying a plurality of electrodes. The tubular device includes a primary lumen extending between the proximal and distal ends; a steering element lumen adjacent the primary lumen; a plurality of wires extending proximally from the electrodes, and reinforcement members including windings extending helically along at least the distal portion, at least some of the windings passing between the primary and steering element lumens and wires, and at least some of the windings surrounding the primary lumen and one or both of the steering element lumen and the wires. In one embodiment, a steering element is slidably disposed within the auxiliary lumen. Apparatus and methods for making such tubular devices are also provided.
US10071212B1
An endotracheal tube apparatus and method includes a tube with a first end and a second end and an inside and an outside. Dual inflatable balloons are connected in spiral relation with the outside of the second end and a suction tube with more than one suction port is connected with the tube such that the more than one suction port captures secretions from the outside of the tube.
US10071209B2
The present invention provides an infusion-patch comprising; a cannula; a base; at least one adhesive region in said base suitable for skin attachment; at least one skin-access area within said base; and at least one conduit in fluid connection with said at least one skin access area, wherein said at least one conduit in fluid connection with said at least one skin access area facilitates the transfer of an anesthetic substance within at least a first anesthetic-reservoir which may be removably attached and in fluid connection with said at least one contact area, promoting delivery of said anesthetic substance to said at least one skin-access areas, and wherein said anesthetic substance delivered to said skin-access areas may be at least partially replenished without removing said infusion-patch.
US10071207B2
A safety support device for a syringe comprises a support sheath for the body of the syringe and an inner sheath suitable for sliding relative to the support sheath between a waiting, retracted position and the extended position for protecting the needle of the syringe. The device has means for holding the syringe body relative to the support sheath and retaining means suitable for being activated to retain g the inner sheath in the waiting, retracted position inside the support sheath and for being deactivated by the piston of the syringe to allow the inner sheath to extend into its protective, extended position.
US10071203B2
An apparatus includes a movable member and a valve coupled to the movable member. The movable member is configured to be disposed within a housing of a medical device and has a first end portion and second end portion. A portion of the first end portion is configured to define a portion of a boundary of a gas chamber. The first end portion defines an opening configured to be in fluid communication between the gas chamber and an area outside the gas chamber. The second end portion is configured to be coupled to a needle configured to deliver a medicament into a body. The valve is configured to selectively allow fluid communication between the gas chamber and the area outside the gas chamber through the opening defined by the first end portion of the movable member.
US10071202B2
Methods, systems, and apparatuses integrating medical device data are disclosed. In an example embodiment, a vital sign monitor apparatus includes a renal failure therapy interface configured to receive a renal failure therapy parameter from a renal failure therapy machine performing a renal therapy treatment on a patient and an infusion pump interface configured to receive an infusion parameter from an infusion pump performing an infusion treatment for the same patient. The apparatus also includes a vital sign monitor engine configured to display, within a combination user interface of a vital sign monitor, the renal failure therapy parameter within a renal failure therapy timeline, and the infusion parameter within an infusion timeline that is aligned with the renal failure therapy timeline.
US10071190B2
An apparatus and method for collecting fluid are disclosed. The apparatus includes a body portion comprising a fluid inlet and an outlet, an expandable container secured to the body portion, at least one wicking element extending from within the body portion into the container, and at least one super absorber element arranged inside the container.
US10071183B2
The present invention provides an amphiphilic linear peptide and/or peptoid as well as a hy-drogel that includes the amphiphilic linear peptide/peptoid. The amphiphilic linear pep-tide/peptoid is capable of forming, a hydrogel. These peptides/peptoids include short amphi-philic sequences with a hydrophobic portion of aliphatic amino acids and at least one acidic, neutral, or basic polar amino acid. The amphiphilic linear peptide/peptoid is build up of non repetitive aliphatic amino acids, which may be in the L- or D-form. A plurality of such pep-tides/peptoids assembles to supramolecular helical fibers and forms peptide hydrogels after assembly: A corresponding hydrogel is formed in aqueous solutions at physiological pH and is thus useful for inter alia cell culture, tissue engineering, and drug release. Such hydrogels which are rigid, biocompatible and entrapping up to 99.9% of water are also well suited for applications utilizing electronic devices.
US10071176B2
The present invention relates to a disinfection composition, particularly for lasting disinfection of synthetic fibres, synthetic surfaces, metallic surfaces and composite surfaces, and similar surfaces, said disinfection composition comprising at least one disinfectant, at least one fat- and residue-removing component, at least one additional protection component and additional components which are compatible with the above components and have low or no toxicity. The invention further relates to a disinfection method, to a specific tooth brush disinfection protocol and finally, to a corresponding disinfection product.
US10071172B2
Methods are disclosed for producing pancreatic beta cells in a subject. The methods include administering to the subject a vector encoding heterologous Pancreas duodenal homeobox protein (Pdx) 1 and MafA, wherein the vector does not encode Neurogenin 3 (Ngn3) and wherein the subject is not administered any other nucleic acid encoding Ngn3. The vector is administered intraductally into a pancreatic duct of the subject. Compositions are disclosed that include a) a viral vector comprising a promoter operably linked to a nucleic acids encoding Pdx1 and a nucleic acid encoding MafA, wherein the vector does not encode Ngn3; b) a buffer; and c) a contrast dye for endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography. These compositions are of use in any of the methods disclosed herein.
US10071168B2
In the present disclosure, polymer conjugates, including polymer-antibody-drug conjugates (polymer ADCs) are described, as well as the use of such conjugates to treat human disease. The polymer conjugates can contain a large number of polymer-bound agents, thus effectively increasing the drug antibody ration (DAR) of the antibody significantly beyond the currently available technology. This may be of particular importance when antibodies to low density antigens are used as target antibodies. The described polymer-ADCs have improved pharmacokinetics and solubility relative to traditional ADCs. The linker between agent and the polymer can be tailored to provide release of toxin at the desired site and under the desired conditions within the tumor. An additional feature of the polymer-ADCs of the current disclosure is that a purification moiety can be attached to the polymer backbone to provide ease of purification of the polymer-ADCs.
US10071163B2
The invention provides a conjugate comprising (i) a nucleic acid which is complementary to a target nucleic acid sequence and which expression prevents or reduces expression of the target nucleic acid and (ii) a selectivity agent which is capable of binding with high affinity to a neurotransmitter transporter. The conjugates of the present invention are useful for the delivery of the nucleic acid to a cell of interests and thus, for the treatment of diseases which require a down-regulation of the protein encoded by the target nucleic acid as well as for the delivery of imaging agents to the cells for diagnostic purposes.
US10071162B2
The present invention is directed to a preserved liquid aqueous pharmaceutical composition comprising one or more etherified cyclodextrin derivatives; one or more water-soluble preservatives; preferably selected from the group consisting of sorbic acid or salts thereof, preferably sodium sorbate, potassium sorbate, calcium sorbate; benzoic acid or salts thereof, preferably sodium benzoate; benzalkonium chloride; benzethonium chloride; cetylpyridinium chloride; sodium metabisulfite; sodium acetate; parabenes and salts thereof, preferably methylparabene, ethylparabene, propylparabene, butylparabene, butylparabene sodium; or combinations thereof; and at least one pharmaceutically active compound which is poorly water-soluble, very poorly water-soluble or water-insoluble. The liquid aqueous pharmaceutical composition provides an acceptable solubility of the pharmaceutically active compound, such as pimobendan, in aqueous solution whereby the water-soluble preservatives retain their effectiveness in the presence of the etherified cyclodextrin derivatives allowing the use in an oral administration form.
US10071150B2
An immunity enhancing therapeutic vaccine includes a gene vector based on recombinant adenovirus and three elements: 1) an HPV antigen including the E6 and E7 multivalent fusion proteins of HPV types 16 and 18, 2) an immunologic adjuvant protein fused with said antigen, which protein may be a heat shock protein (HSP) of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, and 3) an immunostimulant, which may be granulocyte-macrophage colony stimulating factor (GM-CSF). The vaccine is used for the treatment of human papilloma virus infections and related diseases.
US10071149B2
The present invention is related to various vaccine compositions against Bordetella avium and methods for preparing and administering the various vaccine compositions. The present invention is related to multivalent vaccines compositions such as bivalent or trivalent vaccines for inoculating turkeys against from Bordetella avium rhinotracheitis or coryza due to Bordetella avium infection as well as methods of preparing and administering the multivalent vaccine compositions.
US10071148B2
The present invention relates to peptides, nucleic acids and cells for use in immunotherapeutic methods. In particular, the present invention relates to the immunotherapy of cancer. The present invention furthermore relates to tumor-associated cytotoxic T cell (CTL) peptide epitopes, alone or in combination with other tumor-associated peptides that serve as active pharmaceutical ingredients of vaccine compositions that stimulate anti-tumor immune responses. The present invention relates to more than 70 novel peptide sequences and their variants derived from HLA class I and HLA class II molecules of human tumor cells that can be used in vaccine compositions for eliciting anti-tumor immune responses.
US10071138B2
There are provided compositions and methods for modulating stem cell division decisions, in particular, division symmetry. It has been demonstrated that wnt7a acts through frizzled-7 receptor expressed on the surface of adult stem cells, e.g. satellite stem cells, to activate the planar cell polarity (PCP) pathway, thereby promoting symmetrical expansion of stem cells. The compositions and methods of the invention are useful, for example, in modulating stem cell division symmetry in vitro and in vivo, in replenishing and expanding the stem cell pool, and in promoting the formation, maintenance, repair and regeneration of tissue.
US10071137B2
The proposed invention involves the use of new drugs with the recombinant soluble tumor necrosis α receptor (HusTNFR) and belongs to the gene engineering technology and gene function application field. This invention uses type I or type II long-acting HusTNFR (LHusTNFR) to perform an intervention for severe liver injury in rats with chronic liver disease using 5 types of animal models. The results showed that LHusTNFR, which has a half-life of 12-140 hours, shows excellent efficacy for preventing the development of severe liver injury on chronic liver disease and for treating early-stage severe liver injury on chronic liver disease. It also significantly reduced the mortality of the model animals. Its efficacy for the prevention and treatment of early-stage severe liver injury on chronic liver disease was significantly better than that of non-LHusTNFR.
US10071126B2
An object of the present invention is to provide a conditionally replicating adenovirus having a strong anticancer effect. A conditionally replicating adenovirus to replicate specifically in a cancer cell and express REIC protein or REIC C domain protein, wherein the conditionally replicating adenovirus is obtained by inserting full-length REIC DNA or REIC C domain DNA into a conditionally replicating adenovirus comprising an ITR (inverted terminal repeat) sequence of an adenovirus type 5 genome and insertion of an HRE sequence, an hTERT promoter, a decorin-encoding DNA, and a DNA encoding a peptide comprising an RGD sequence.
US10071124B2
The present invention relates to treatment or prevention of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). In particular, the present invention relates to an isolated Mycobacterium, for use in the prevention of PTSD and the symptoms associated with such a disorder. Also provided are methods of improving resilience in a subject by administering a therapeutically effective amount of isolated Mycobacterium.
US10071118B2
The present disclosure provides compositions and methods for treating a peritoneal cancer in a subject. The methods include administering a T cell which is genetically modified to express a chimeric T cell receptor protein. The chimeric T cell receptor protein may include a T cell receptor signaling domain fused to the tumor associated antigen-binding fragment of an antibody or a T cell receptor signaling domain fused to a naturally occurring ligand which specifically binds to a tumor cell surface protein. The compositions and methods disclosed herein are therapeutically effective to reduce, for example, tumor burden, abdominal ascites, peritoneal mucin, or serum tumor marker levels.
US10071116B2
The present invention relatives to a method for manufacturing hydrogen-saturated deuterium-depleted water, comprising (a) providing a distilled or mineral water; (b) providing a hydrogen storage apparatus for providing a high purity hydrogen; (c) controlling a pressure of hydrogen gas between 3˜8 bar at a working environment temperature of 10˜28° C.; (d) controlling a flow velocity of hydrogen gas between 3˜5 L/min and inletting hydrogen into the distilled or mineral water to produce a pressure difference to replace deuterium from the distilled water; and (e) controlling a working time between 30˜90 mins to produce a hydrogen-saturated deuterium-depleted water. Therefore, a method for manufacturing hydrogen-saturated deuterium-depleted water with low consuming energy and low production cost is provided.
US10071115B2
Disclosed is a method of promoting wound healing or wound closure. The method comprises administration of a miR-198 inhibitor and/or a follistatin-like-1 (FSTL1) polypeptide. Also disclosed are method of treating chronic cutaneous wounds, method of identifying a non-healing wound, use and a pharmaceutical composition comprising a miR-198 inhibitor and/or a follistatin-like-1 (FSTL1) polypeptide.
US10071113B2
Regarding Diquafosol ophthalmic solution comprising a chelating agent at a concentration of 0.0001 to 1% (w/v), formation of insoluble precipitates found in Diquafosol ophthalmic solution during storage of the solution, as well as deterioration of the filtration performance in the course of production (course of filtration sterilization), have been inhibited. Further, in Diquafosol ophthalmic solution comprising a chelating agent, reduction of eye irritation and enhancement of the preservative effectiveness have been confirmed, in comparison to Diquafosol ophthalmic solution comprising no chelating agent. Accordingly, the present invention has been confirmed to provide physicochemical properties that are stable during the courses of production and distribution as well as the course of storage by a patient, and also reduce eye irritation and enhance preservative effectiveness.
US10071105B2
The present application is directed to an aqueous pharmaceutical formulation comprising less than about 5% w/v sodium deoxycholate maintained at a pH sufficient to substantially inhibit precipitation of the sodium deoxycholate. Also disclosed herein, are methods for inhibiting precipitation of sodium deoxycholate in an aqueous solution comprising less than about 5% w/v of sodium deoxycholate, said method comprising maintaining pH of the solution of from at least about 8.0 to about 8.5.
US10071098B2
The present invention relates generally to compositions and methods for treating diseases and disorders caused by herpes simplex virus type 1, including herpes simplex labialis or herpes esophagitis, in a subject. In certain embodiments, the compositions of the invention comprise an ATM inhibitor and an anti-herpetic agent. In other embodiments, the compositions comprise a Chk2 inhibitor and an anti-herpetic agent. In yet other embodiments, the compositions comprise a Chk2 inhibitor and an ATM inhibitor, and optionally an anti-herpetic agent.
US10071097B2
The present invention relates to a therapeutic compound comprising: an agent that inhibits the activity of at least one gene selected from the group consisting of MAF, MEOX2, SIX2 and homologs thereof having at least 50% identity with said genes and/or an agent that enhances the activity of at least one gene selected from the group consisting of CREB5, E2F1, EGR2, HIC1, IRF7, JUN, MYC, SRF, STAT4, TCF4, FOXS1, GLI1, SOX9 and homologs thereof having at least 50% identity with said gene for use in the treatment of wounds, preferably chronic wounds.
US10071095B2
The present invention relates to methods of treating various central nervous system disorders using novel triazolo[4,3-a]pyridine derivatives of Formula (I) wherein all radicals are as defined in the claims. The compounds according to the invention are positive allosteric modulators of the metabotropic glutamate receptor subtype 2 (“mGluR2”), which are useful for the treatment or prevention of neurological and psychiatric disorders associated with glutamate dysfunction and diseases in which the mGluR2 subtype of metabotropic receptors is involved. The invention is also directed to pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds, to processes to prepare such compounds and compositions, and to the use of such compounds for the prevention or treatment of neurological and psychiatric disorders and diseases in which mGluR2 is involved.
US10071087B2
The present disclosure provides compositions and methods for selectively killing senescent cells, wherein the composition comprises piperlongumine (PL) or derivative thereof. The selective killing of senescent cells may delay aging and/or treat age-related disorders.
US10071085B2
The present disclosure relates to compositions and pharmaceutical formulations comprising at least one active pharmaceutical ingredient chosen from nitrocatechol derivatives of formula I as defined herein and salts, esters, hydrates, solvates and derivatives thereof and methods of making said compositions and pharmaceutical formulations.
US10071080B2
The present invention relates to the use of compounds of general Formula I and pharmaceutically acceptable enantiomers, salts or solvates thereof, for treating pulmonary hypertension in a subject.
US10071072B2
The invention relates to a composition comprising:i) one or more of uridine and cytidine, or salts, phosphates, acyl derivatives or esters thereof;ii) a lipid fraction comprising at least one of docosahexaenoic acid (22:6; DHA), eicosapentaenoic acid (20:5; EPA) and docosapentaenoic acid (22:5; DPA), or esters thereof, in which the lipid fraction comprises less than 2 weight % of α-linolenic acid (ALA), calculated on the weight of all fatty acids; iii) choline, or salts or esters thereof; for use in the prevention or treatment of neurotrauma, traumatic brain injury, cerebral palsy and spinal cord injury.
US10071071B2
A method for influencing behavior in young, adult or aged pet animals which comprises systemically administering a behavior influencing quantity of an omega-3 fatty acid or mixture of omega-3 fatty acids.
US10071070B2
A method of treating patients in need of treatment for a cardiac disorder has been found which comprises administering to the patient a seven carbon fatty acid compound or derivative thereof, wherein the compound or derivative thereof is able to readily enter the mitochondrion without special transport enzymes. A dietary formulation suitable for treatment of heart tissue in cardiac or surgical patients has been found which comprises a seven-carbon fatty acid chain, wherein the seven-carbon fatty acid chain is characterized by the ability to transverse the inner mitochondrial membrane by a transport mechanism which does not require carnitine palmitoyltransferase I, carnitine palmitoyltransferase II, or carnitine/acylcarnitine translocase and the ability to undergo mitochondrial β-oxidation, and wherein the compound is selected from the group consisting of n-heptanoic acid or a derivative thereof, a triglyceride comprising n-heptanoic acid or a derivative thereof, and triheptanoin or a derivative thereof.
US10071059B2
The invention pertains to a co-processed excipient composition suitable for tableting, said composition comprising at least one filler-binder, at least one disintegrant, and at least one lubricant which have been subjected to granulation together, and said composition partially or completely coated with lactose, preferably in crystalline form. The inventors have overcome the prejudice against the use of lubricants in tableting excipient compositions early in the tableting process. It was found that the alleged detrimental affects of the lubricant in terms of binding and disintegration could readily be controlled in a excipient composition wherein the lubricant is co-processed in the matrix, and the composition is provided with a lactose coat.
US10071050B2
A cosmetic composition for skin whitening, wrinkle improvement or skin regeneration includes, as an active ingredient, exosomes derived from stem cells comprising proliferating stem cells.
US10071049B2
Compositions for reducing skin aging are disclosed herein. The compositions can be topically applied to a skin region to reduce or prevent skin wrinkles, fine lines, thinning skin, sagging skin, skin dryness, and skin itchiness.
US10071047B2
A method is provided which provides shine to hair comprising spraying a leave-on composition to hair with a particle size in the range of from about 0.01 μm to about 10 μm, wherein the resulting film at the dried hair is in the range of from about 100 nm to about 500 nm and more than 25% of the hair fibers are covered. The oil-in water polysiloxane emulsion shows a viscosity of less than 7 Pa*s and a pH value from about 4 to about 8. The emulsion comprises about 0.1% to about 10% by weight of a non-volatile polysiloxane fluid and from about 0.003% to about 0.6% by weight of a rheology modifier, wherein less than 0.015 g of the non-volatile polysiloxane fluid are applied per gram hair.
US10071039B2
Provided is a cleansing composition for skin or hair which can provide a good durability of foam and rinse feel and can enhance the combing property of hair after rinsing and the manageability after drying in application to the hair and can impart a sufficient moist feeling to skin in application to the skin. A cleansing composition for skin or hair, comprising the following (A) and (B): (A) an internal olefin sulfonate having 12 or more and 24 or less carbon atoms; and (B) an oil solution having a solubility of from 0 to 1 g in 100 g of water at 20° C.
US10071032B2
Compositions and methods of treating and/or preventing conditions of the oral cavity, e.g. gingivitis, comprise applying a toothpaste composition comprising at least 5% sodium chloride in a toothpaste base comprising a zinc salt, non-silica calcium carbonate abrasive and humectant, to the oral surfaces, e.g., the teeth and gums, of a patient in need thereof.
US10071031B2
Oral compositions and methods of use thereof are provided herein. The oral compositions comprise a first component comprising at least one Eh-raising compound and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, and a second component comprising at least one zinc compound, an anti-microbial agent and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.
US10071027B2
Disclosed herein are methacrylate compounds that can be used as components of dental composites. Also disclosed are dental composites comprising the compositions and thiourethane oligomers.
US10071024B1
A wearable pillbox and a method are described. The pillbox includes a first compartment hingedly connected with a first cover and configured to store medicine to be consumed at a first dose time, a second compartment hingedly connected with a second cover and configured to store medicine to be consumed at a second dose time, the second compartment located adjacent to the first compartment and the second cover configured to open or close independently of the first cover of the first compartment, a display attached to the first cover and the second cover allowing the first cover to open or close independently of the second cover, and processing circuitry configured to transmit an alert signal to the display when the first dose time is reached.
US10071021B2
Capsule filling systems and methods of using a capsule filling system to fill one or more capsules are described herein. An example embodiment of a capsule filling system comprises a first housing, a first rotatable member, a second housing, a second rotatable member, a hinge, and a base. The first housing defines a first housing cavity and the second housing defines a second housing cavity. The first rotatable member is disposed within the first housing cavity. The second rotatable member is disposed within the second housing cavity. Movement of the first rotatable member between its first and second positions provides a mechanism for releasably attaching a first member of a capsule to the capsule filling system. Movement of the second rotatable member between its first and second positions provides a mechanism for releasably attaching a second member of a capsule to the capsule filling system.
US10071020B2
In certain embodiments, a vial adaptor for removing liquid contents from a vial comprises a piercing member and a bag. The bag can be contained within the piercing member such that the bag is introduced to the vial when the vial adaptor is coupled with the vial. In some embodiments, the bag expands within the vial as liquid is removed from the vial via the adaptor, thereby regulating pressure within the vial. In other embodiments, a vial comprises a bag for regulating pressure within the vial as liquid is removed therefrom. In some embodiments, a vial adaptor is coupled with the vial in order to remove the liquid. In some embodiments, as the liquid is removed from the vial via the adaptor, the bag expands within the vial, and in other embodiments, the bag contracts within the vial.
US10071019B2
The invention relates to a portable apparatus for regulating the temperature of medicaments in solid or liquid form. A temperature-regulating apparatus according to the invention comprises a housing with at least one accommodating chamber, with at least one temperature-regulating device for regulating the temperature of the accommodating chamber, in particular a thermoelectric temperature-regulating device, with at least one inputting means capable of registering an insertion of a medicament container into the accommodating chamber or an immediately imminent insertion, and of controlling the temperature-regulation of the accommodating chamber depending thereon.
US10071009B2
An examination table including an integrated scale with automatic taring, weight capture in the presence of patient motion, and automatic table height adjustment. The examination table includes a controller that periodically tares the integrated scale when a patient is not on the table so that the scale is ready to measure the weight of a patient without manual taring by the table operator. When a patient is on the table, the controller detects the presence of patient motion based on signals from load sensors, and captures weights for patients experiencing uncontrolled motion or tremors by averaging and comparing sampled weight values over predetermined periods of time. To insure that the patient is fully supported by the examination table before weighing the patient, the controller automatically adjusts the height of the examination table support surface so that the patient's feet are not touching the floor prior to weighing the patient.
US10071005B2
A height adjustable patient support has a frame, a pair of motor powered leg assemblies operable to vertically raise and lower the frame between a lowermost position and an uppermost position, a guide structure for longitudinally guiding an end of at least one of the pair of leg assemblies along the frame as the at least one of the pair of leg assemblies operates to vertically raise and lower the frame, and a non-motorized structure operable to longitudinally bias the end of the at least one of the pair of leg assemblies when the frame is in the lowermost position, the non-motorized structure mounted on the patient support by a mounting structure non-rigidly secured to the patient support. The non-motorized structure may assist with raising the frame from the lowermost position until motors operating the motor powered legs are able to continue with raising the frame.
US10071002B2
An absorbent article for personal hygiene comprising a liquid permeable topsheet, a liquid impermeable backsheet, an absorbent core and a fibrous layer. The absorbent core comprises a core wrap and an absorbent material with superabsorbent polymers. The core wrap comprises a top side and a bottom side bonded to one other through one or more areas substantially free of absorbent material. The fibrous layer is at least partially bonded to one of the sides of the core wrap in the area substantially free of absorbent material. When the absorbent material swells, the core wrap forms one or more channels along the area substantially free of absorbent material. The formation of the channel in the absorbent core causes the formation of one or more corresponding ditches in the fibrous layer.
US10070998B2
A unique garment designed to aid healing of minor skin ailments such as diaper rash. A urine absorbent, air flow permeable undergarment (1) may contain a barrier (4) to absorb urine and even an open back (5) such as for example a cutout in the back portion (3) a garment that may maximize airflow to the buttocks and groin. In some embodiments, a garment may not be a diaper and may not be designed to contain multiple urinations. In some embodiments, such as in a reusable form, the garment may be designed with a disposable pad capable of containing one or more urinations, then the disposable pad may be replaced. In yet another embodiment, a disposable garment may be provided so that after urination, the entire garment may be thrown away.
US10070988B2
Devices, systems, and methods for visualizing moving tissue with strobed light are provided. A surgical system includes a surgical device configured to operate on anatomy at a first frequency such that the anatomy moves at the first frequency when the surgical device is in contact therewith; and a light source configured to provide pulses of light at a second frequency to illuminate the moving anatomy; wherein the second frequency is different than the first frequency. A method of treating an ophthalmic condition includes operating a surgical device at a first frequency such that anatomy moves at the first frequency when the surgical device is contacted therewith; and controlling a light source to provide pulses of light at a second frequency to illuminate the moving anatomy; wherein the second frequency is different than the first frequency. An ophthalmic surgical system includes a cutting probe, a strobed light source, and a computing device.
US10070982B2
A frame configured of a plurality of links pivotally connected to one another is flexibly bent, and pins that connect the plurality of links that constitute the frame are inserted into and slide in a curve-shaped slot and a slot in a vertical direction so that, even though the frame is bent, the entire length of the frame is increased and ends of the frame can be moved along a straight line that is horizontal with respect to the ground.
US10070981B2
The present invention relates to a device for intermittently obstructing a bodily opening, such as a gastric opening, and includes a proximal member connected to a distal member by a tether. The proximal member is formable from an elongated and narrower configuration to a contracted or expanded but wider configuration. When employed in the stomach, the device may be arranged transluminally with the distal member disposed in the duodenum and the proximal member disposed against the pyloric valve, intermittently occluding the pyloric valve and preventing or delaying, the flow of gastric contents through the pyloric valve.
