US10101695B2
An image heating apparatus including a supporting member having (a) a hole in which a temperature detecting element is disposed so as to contact a second surface of a heat-conductive member, and (b) an opposing surface that (i) opposes the second surface of the heat-conductive member, and (ii) includes a contact region contacting the second surface of the heat-conductive member, the opposing surface of the supporting member being provided adjacent to the hole of the supporting member in a longitudinal direction of the heater. The contact region of the supporting member presses, toward the heater, a part of the heat-conductive member corresponding to the contact region of the supporting member, and the temperature detecting element presses, toward the heater, a part of the heat-conductive member corresponding to the hole of the supporting member.
US10101679B2
Provided is an electrographic photoconductor resistant to surface discharge and having good wear resistance. The electrographic photoconductor has a conductive support and a photosensitive layer disposed on the conductive support, the photosensitive layer containing a charge generation material and a charge transport material. A layer forming the surface of the electrographic photoconductor contains a resin binder forming the layer and a layered carbide dispersed in the resin binder. The layer forming the surface has a light transmittance in the range of 20 to 98% at a wavelength of 350 to 800 nm.
US10101672B2
A device for treating a disc-shaped substrate is disclosed, comprising a support which has a support face for the disc-shaped substrate and a support adapter which can be coupled to the support and can support a mask used for treating the disc-shaped substrate, wherein an interface is provided which detects the coupling of the support adapter to the support and wherein a control system is provided which cooperates with the interface and detects whether the support adapter is coupled to the support, in particular whether the interface is occupied. A support adapter for use in a device of this type is further disclosed.
US10101670B2
Methods and systems for creating a measurement model based on measured training data are presented. The trained measurement model is used to calculate process parameter values, structure parameter values, or both, directly from measured data collected from other wafers. The measurement models receive measurement data directly as input and provide process parameter values, structure parameter values, or both, as output. The measurement model enables the direct measurement of process parameters. Measurement data from multiple targets is collected for model building, training, and measurement. In some examples, the use of measurement data associated with multiple targets eliminates, or significantly reduces, the effect of under layers in the measurement result, and enables more accurate measurements. Measurement data collected for model building, training, and measurement, may be derived from measurements performed by a combination of multiple, different measurement techniques.
US10101661B2
A method for preparing a multi-layer substrate, which includes: forming a first film layer on a substrate, and forming a group of alignment marks in alignment areas of the first film layer; and forming a plurality of subsequent film layers and a top film layer on the first film layer in sequence; in the patterning process for each subsequent film layer, alignment marks in a mask plate for the subsequent film layer are aligned with the alignment marks in the first film layer, and photoresist coated on the subsequent film layer is subjected to exposure; and in a patterning process of the subsequent film layer, photoresist patterns, formed by the alignment marks in the mask plate at pattern positions of the alignment marks of the first film layer when the photoresist coated on the subsequent film layer is subjected to exposure, are removed. The method improves the alignment accuracy between the patterns of the formed subsequent film layer.
US10101655B2
A compound, an acrylic polymer formed by a copolymerization reaction of the compound with an ethylenic unsaturated monomer, photosensitive resin composition including the compound being represented by Chemical Formula 1 and a color filter:
US10101650B2
A mask blank is provided, by which an alignment mark can be formed between a transparent substrate and a laminated structure of a light semitransmissive film, etching stopper film, and light shielding film during manufacture of a transfer mask. The mask blank 100 comprises a structure in which the light semitransmissive film 2, etching stopper film 3, light shielding film 4, and etching mask film 5 are laminated in said order on the transparent substrate 1; the light semitransmissive film 2 and light shielding film 3 are made of a material which can be dry etched with a fluorine-based gas; the etching stopper film and etching mask film are made of a material containing chromium; and when a thickness of the etching stopper film is Ds, an etching rate of the etching stopper film with respect to an oxygen-containing chlorine-based gas is Vs, a thickness of the etching mask film is Dm, and an etching rate of the etching mask film with respect to the oxygen-containing chlorine-based gas is Vm, a relationship: (Dm/Vm)>(Ds/Vs) is satisfied.
US10101649B2
A mask plate is disclosed. The mask plate includes a via hole pattern, the via hole pattern includes a body portion and at least two protruding portions extending outward from the body portion; a dimension of the body portion is greater than a resolution dimension of an exposure machine, and each of the protruding portions includes a first protruding portion having a dimension greater than the resolution dimension of the exposure machine. Upon exposure of the mask plate, the protruding portions themselves and zones between adjacent protruding portions form convex portions and concave portions of a via hole, respectively; in this way, a circumstance and also an edge area of the via hole as formed is increased and an electric resistance of the via hole is reduced effectively.
US10101648B2
A method and system for fracturing or mask data preparation is disclosed in which a desired substrate pattern for a substrate is input. A plurality of charged particle beam shots is then determined which will form a reticle pattern on a reticle, where the reticle pattern will produce a substrate pattern on the substrate using an optical lithography process, wherein the substrate pattern is within a predetermined tolerance of the desired substrate pattern. A similar method and a similar system for forming a pattern on a reticle are also disclosed.
US10101647B2
The color separation/light combining element included in an illuminator has at least one first region and at least one second region. The light ray flux contains a first light ray flux outputted from the first light emission unit and a second light ray flux outputted from the second light emission unit. a wavelength conversion element, a diffusive reflection element, and the color separation/light combining element are so disposed that part of the first light ray flux is incident on the diffusive reflection element via the first region, the other part of the first light ray flux is incident on the wavelength conversion element via the first region, a part of the second light ray flux is incident on the wavelength conversion element via the second region, and the second region combines the converted light with a part of light reflected off the diffusive reflection element to produce illumination light.
US10101640B2
A connection structure connects to an electronic device and a projection component that connects to the electronic device through the connection structure to project a target projection content from the electronic device. The projection component includes a transmission module, an output interface, a direction change mechanism, and a linkage apparatus. The transmission module receives the target projection content. The output interface outputs an initial light ray of the target projection content. The direction change mechanism directs the initial light ray as an output light ray in one of a plurality of output directions. The linkage apparatus is coupled to the connection structure and the direction change mechanism to drive the direction change mechanism to change the output direction of the output light ray from a first output direction to a second output direction in response to a variation in a relative arrangement between the projection component and the electronic device.
US10101637B2
The present invention is a supplemental waterproof housing that completely surrounds a camera device, and it encloses an integrated and removable supplemental external battery and supplemental memory storage inside the external housing, and provides for a mounting point for lenses, filters or adaptors and handles attached to outside to the external housing. The internal compartment of the housing encloses an inner housing that holds the camera, and allows easy connections to the removable memory chips and removable battery packs through coupling adapters, connectors and bridges, which is all integrated into and enclosed by the external housing. The present invention also allows access to the internal compartment with one side of the inner housing providing a seal on one side of the waterproof housing, which is secured through waterproof seals, couplings and latches on the outside of the housing.
US10101630B2
An optical device may include at least two waveguides with different propagation constants. Each waveguide is associated with a grating antenna with a grating period selected to emit light at the same emission angle despite the different propagation constants. Each waveguide may be part of an optical path that includes phase shifters. Additionally, the waveguides may be formed in a waveguide layer that is separate from a perturbation layer in which the grating antennas as formed.
US10101620B2
The present invention provides a manufacture method of a Low Temperature Poly-silicon array substrate. A halftone mask is utilized to realize the pattern process to the polysilicon layer and the N type heavy doping process of the polysilicon section of the NMOS region. In comparison with prior art, one mask is eliminated, and thus, the production cost is reduced, and the manufactured Low Temperature Poly-silicon array substrate possesses fine electronic property.
US10101603B2
A liquid crystal display device comprises a liquid crystal display panel, a back light unit that emits light to the display panel, a middle frame that supports the display panel and is disposed on a side of the back light unit, and a cover bottom that contacts a lower surface of the back light unit. The middle frame includes a contacting portion which makes contact with a portion of an upper surface of the cover bottom, and a protruding portion which adjoins a side surface of the cover bottom and protrudes from the contacting portion toward a bottom surface of the cover bottom.
US10101602B2
An image display device includes a first substrate formed of a resin material; a second substrate located to face the first substrate, the second substrate being formed of a resin material having a different property from that of the first substrate; an electro-optical layer between the first substrate and the second substrate; a plurality of pixel electrodes located between the electro-optical layer and the first substrate; a plurality of switching elements electrically connected with the plurality of pixel electrodes respectively; and a color filter included in a layer between the first substrate and the plurality of switching elements.
US10101597B1
The peripheral view blocking system is an optical device. The peripheral view blocking system blocks the peripheral sight lines of a wearer. The purpose of blocking peripheral sight lines is to prevent distractions caused by actions and light that may be seen peripherally. The blocking of peripheral sight lines is a commonly used strategy in several activities including, but not limited to, target based activities such as plein air painting, bowling or the shooting of firearms. The peripheral view blocking system comprises a front lens, a left blinder, a right blinder, and a nose frame. The left blinder attaches to the front lens. The right blinder attaches to the front lens. The nose frame attaches the left blinder to the right blinder.
US10101592B2
Metrology targets and methods are provided, which provide self-Moiré measurements of unresolved target features, i.e., interaction of electromagnetic fields re-scattered off elements within a single target layer provides signals with Moiré pitches that are measurable, although the actual target pitches are unresolved and possibly device-like. Targets comprise cell(s) with interlaced lines of elements having different device-like pitches which are selected to yield resolved Moiré pitch(es). Different target designs are presented for scatterometry and imaging metrology measurements, as well as for critical dimension, dose and focus, and pitch walk measurements—of device-like targets.
US10101586B2
An HMD includes an image display section worn on the head of a user and configured to output image light and an illuminance sensor configured to detect light. The HMD includes a sub-control section. The sub-control section adjusts, on the basis of a detection value of the illuminance sensor, the image light output by the image display section.
US10101584B2
A head up display unit can be provided in an inner portion of an instrument panel. A column bracket for mounting a steering column is at a lower portion of a vehicle body strength member and extends in a vehicle width direction in a vehicle rear side of a front wall panel of a vehicle interior. The head up display unit is mounted on the column bracket so as to be movable to a vehicle upward direction by an emergency input load from a vehicle front direction.
US10101582B2
A hand-held electronic device including a display device and an optical film is provided. The display device includes a display light source and displays information by a display light emitted by the display light source. The optical film is disposed on the display device. The display light emitted by the display light source for displaying the information is deflected by an angle after passing through the optical film to project the information on a display surface outside the display device. A protective case for protecting the hand-held electronic device is also provided.
US10101580B2
A vehicle headlamp is provided including a road surface pattern-rendering unit and a dust removal device. The road surface pattern-rendering unit is installed to a headlamp unit provided to a front end section of a vehicle, and forms a specific light distribution pattern by causing light shone from a light source to be reflected by a MEMS mirror toward a vehicle front side. The dust removal device is provided to the headlamp unit and removes dust adhering to the MEMS mirror.
US10101578B2
A micro-electro-mechanical device, wherein a platform is formed in a top substrate and is configured to turn through a rotation angle. The platform has a slit and faces a cavity. A plurality of integrated photodetectors is formed in a bottom substrate so as to detect the light through the slit and generate signals correlated to the light through the slit. The area of the slit varies with the rotation angle of the platform and causes diffraction, more or less marked as a function of the angle. The difference between the signals of two photodetectors arranged at different positions with respect to the slit yields the angle.
US10101569B2
A collector mirror for an EUV microlithography system. The collector mirror includes an optical grating having an optically effective mirror surface, which reflects electromagnetic used rays in an EUV spectral range emanating from a first focal point and focuses them onto a second focal point. The first and second focal points lie on a side of the optical grating facing the mirror surface and define an optical axis. The optical grating is configured, in interaction with a stop arranged at the second focal point, to allow the used rays to pass through the stop and to block electromagnetic remaining rays in a remaining spectral range different than the EUV spectral range. The optical grating includes a blazed grating composed of a plurality of mirror facets, each having a facet surface. The facet surfaces form the mirror surface of the blazed grating.
US10101562B2
A photographing 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 positive refractive power has a convex object-side surface. The second lens element with negative refractive power has a convex object-side surface and a concave image-side surface. The third lens element has refractive power. The fourth lens element has refractive power, and an object-side surface and an image-side surface thereof are aspheric. The fifth lens element with negative refractive power has a concave image-side surface, wherein an object-side surface and the image-side surface thereof are aspheric, and at least one of the object-side surface and the image-side surface thereof has at least one inflection point.
US10101553B2
A traceable cable and method of forming the same. The cable includes at least one data transmission element, a jacket at least partially surrounding the at least one data transmission element, and a side-emitting optical fiber incorporated with and extending along at least a portion of the length of the cable. The side-emitting optical fiber can have a core, spaced apart scattering sites having scattering material disposed on an exterior surface of the core along the length of the optical fiber, and a cladding substantially surrounding the core and the scattering material. The scattering sites are capable of scattering light so that the scattered light is emitted from the side-emitting optical fiber at discrete locations proximate to the scattering sites. When light is transmitted through the core, light scattered from the side-emitting optical fiber allows the cable to be traced along at least a portion of the length thereof.
US10101552B2
A fiber optic retractable cord reel assembly is disclosed. The fiber optic cord reel assembly includes a continuous fiber optic cord with a retractable end enclosed in a shroud and a stationary end exposed from the shroud. The retractable cord reel may have a rotatable ferrule configured to adapt to an expandable coil having various trajectories within the cord reel.
US10101549B2
Optical fiber ribbons each comprise a plurality of optical fiber strands bonded in parallel. In the optical fiber ribbons, adjacent optical fiber strands are bonded by bonding sections that are intermittently bonded at prescribed intervals. The positions of the bonding section for all optical fiber ribbons are mutually offset in the longitudinal direction. In other words, the longitudinal-direction positions of the bonding section for the optical fiber ribbons never exactly match.
US10101538B2
A fiber optic connector and cable assembly includes a cable with one or more strength members secured to a connector that is connectable to both a hardened and a non-hardened fiber optic adapter. The cable can include multiple cable types with various shapes and strength member configurations. The connector includes a connector housing having a one-piece main body and a cover piece mounted thereon. The one-piece main body defines a plug portion compatible with the adapters. A ferrule assembly is mounted in the plug portion and biased outwardly by a spring. An insert within the connector housing includes a spring stop for holding the spring and a cable retention portion for securing the strength members of the cable. The spring stop and the cable retention portion can be included on a one-piece insert or they can separately be included on separate inserts. The cable retention portion of the insert and the cover piece can take various forms suited for a particular cable of a given fiber optic connector and cable assembly.
US10101535B2
Waveguide connectors include a ferrule having first alignment features. A waveguide has one or more a topclad portions, each with a waveguide core, second alignment features fastened to the first alignment features, and underclad portion that is thicker than the one or more topclad portions.
US10101533B2
An integrated optical device fabricated in the back end of line process located within the vertical span of the metal stack and having one or more advantages over a corresponding integrated optical device fabricated in the silicon on insulator layer.
US10101528B2
A photonic integrated circuit includes an optical coupling device situated between two successive interconnection metal levels. The optical coupling device includes a first optical portion that receives an optical signal having a transverse electric component in a fundamental mode and a transverse magnetic component. A second optical portion converts the transverse magnetic component of the optical signal into a converted transverse electric component in a higher order mode. A third optical portion separates the transverse electric component from the converted transverse electric component and switches the higher order mode to the fundamental mode. A fourth optical portion transmits the transverse electric component to one waveguide and transmits the converted transverse electric component to another waveguide.
US10101520B2
The present disclosure provides a light conversion film and a preparation method thereof, and a liquid crystal display device. The light conversion film comprises a first substrate, a thin film layer, a quantum dot layer in which quantum dots are distributed, and a second substrate, which are all successively stacked, wherein said thin film layer is a transparent sheet having an electric field on a surface thereof, and said quantum dots are orderly arrayed due to said electric field.
US10101516B2
An optical compensation plate comprises a substrate, a phase difference compensation layer, and an antireflection layer. The substrate is for example a glass substrate. The phase difference compensation layer is formed by oblique vapor deposition of an inorganic material on a surface of the substrate, and has a microstructure where columnar structures stand with inclination in relation to the surface of the substrate. The antireflection layer is provided on the upper side of the phase difference compensation layer, and has an uneven structure equally formed on one surface.
US10101507B2
A mirror device includes at least one electrically conductive shielding element, which forms a mechanism for producing an electric field in a region adjacent to at least one side surface and/or a rear side of a mirror body.
US10101505B2
A vortex beam device includes: a metal reflector, a low refractive index layer, and multiple elliptical dielectric elements. The low refractive index layer located on the metal reflector. The multiple elliptical dielectric elements are embedded in the low refractive index layer and arranged in an array, major axes of the multiple elliptical dielectric elements are parallel or coincident. The multiple elliptical dielectric elements have a same thickness. A thickness of the low refractive index layer is greater than a thickness of the elliptical dielectric element. An outer surface of each elliptical dielectric element is flush with an outer surface of the low refractive index layer. A refractive index of the low refractive index layer is less than a refractive index of the elliptical dielectric element.
US10101504B2
An optical element includes a substrate and a resin and satisfies the following formula, RTmax/RTmin≤9/5, wherein RTmin represents the resin thickness at the thinnest regions of a major patterned component that is made of the resin, and RTmax represents the resin thickness at the thickest regions of the major patterned component which is made of the resin.
US10101499B2
A composition, suitable for use in producing hydrogel polymer films from which biomedical devices such as contact lenses can be made, comprising at least one hydrophilic silicone macromer. In one aspect, a hydrophilic silicone macromer is of the Formula 1: X—Si(R1)(R2)O—(Si(R3)(R4)O)a—Si(R5)(R6)—Y (1) wherein R1, R2, R3 R4, R5 and R6 are independently selected from a monovalent linear, branched, or cyclic radical with 1 to 50 carbon atoms, that can optionally contain a heteroatom or I; I is RL—RP; Y is a free radical polymerization-effective hydrophilic group with the general structure: RL—RP—Z; RL is a linking residue from a non-isomerizable hydrosilylation effective terminal olefin comprising the general structure —CH2—C(RbR7)—(CR8R9)n, the subscript n is selected from integers from 1 to 10; R7, R8, and R9 can be selected from hydrogen and a mono-valent hydrocarbon radical with 1 to 10 carbon atoms that optionally contain a heteroatom; Rb is selected from a monovalent hydrocarbon radical with 1 to 6 carbon atoms; RP is a spacer group comprising a diavelant hydrophilic organic radical with 0 to 100 carbon atoms and optionally contains heteroatoms, and X is a free radical polymerizable group. The said composition can be polymers and films suitable for use in making contact lenses.
US10101498B2
A method can include receiving well path data and geomechanical simulation data; rotating at least a portion of the geomechanical simulation data from geomechanical simulation coordinates to well coordinates associated with the well path data; determining at least one of an axial strain proxy and a shear strain proxy based at least in part on the rotating; and analyzing at least the one of the axial strain proxy and the shear strain proxy.
US10101493B2
A method for correcting natural gamma ray measurements includes processing an acquired gamma ray spectrum in combination with elemental standard spectra and at least one standard mud activation spectrum to compute corrected natural gamma ray measurements. The gamma ray spectrum is acquired using a logging string employing a neutron source and a natural gamma ray sensor.
US10101490B2
Methods and systems for obtaining an electrical impedivity and/or resistivity image of a subterranean formation are provided. The electrical impedivity and/or resistivity image can be obtained by determining first formation impedivity data and second formation impedivity data. The first formation impedivity data can be based on a component of the measured impedance data orthogonal a downhole fluid impedance. The second formation impedivity data can be based on an amplitude of the measured impedance data. A combined formation impedivity data can be obtained by combining a portion of the first formation impedivity data based on a first formation impedivity determination process with a portion of the second formation impedivity data based on a second formation impedivity determination process. The electrical impedivity and/or resistivity image of the subterranean formation can then be obtained by using the combined formation impedivity data.
US10101489B2
The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for analyzing underground geophysical properties using the principle of a ground-penetrating radar. In order to resolve problems of the ground-penetrating radar (GPR) techniques of the related art which mainly acquires an underground image using electric field reflected waves and excludes acquisition of an underground image using magnetic field reflected waves, the present invention provides a system for exploring underground geophysical properties and a method for analyzing underground geophysical properties using the same, the system including: a transmission antenna which is located in a specific spot on the ground and radiates an electromagnetic pulse signal; and a pair of reception antennae which measures an electric field signal and a magnetic field signal which are generated by the radiated signal, in which the system is configured to be able to acquire not only underground images using electric field reflected waves as in technology of the related art but also underground images using magnetic field reflected waves, thereby exploring underground geophysical properties more accurately and effectively than conventional technology.
US10101488B2
A method for detecting foreign objects in an induction charging device, with the aid of at least one control and/or regulating unit of the induction charging device, includes: ascertaining a resonance frequency; determining an actual quality at the resonance frequency; and comparing the actual quality to a setpoint quality which is a function of a resonance frequency.
US10101487B2
A transmitter is part of a cable locating system for use in a region which contains at least first and second in-ground cables such that, when the first cable is driven at a locating signal frequency to emit a locating signal, the locating signal is coupled to the second cable to cause the second cable to generate a false locating signal. A frequency generator produces the locating signal frequency for coupling onto the first cable and a reference signal, which includes the locating signal frequency, such that the reference signal includes a modulation envelope for distinguishing the locating signal from the false locating signal. A switch selectively couples the locating signal frequency to the first cable in a selected coupling configuration such that the locating signal is subject to a coupling phase shift that varies based on the coupling configuration. A phase shifter phase shifts the locating signal frequency responsive to the selected coupling configuration such that the locating signal frequency at least approximately matches the phase of the locating signal to compensate for the coupling phase shift.
US10101484B2
Various implementations described herein are directed to a method for assessing risks of compartmentalization. In one implementation, the method may include receiving seismic data for a formation of interest; identifying areas in the formation having a dip angle greater than about 30 degrees; performing a plurality of downhole fluid analysis (DFA) within a wellbore around the formation having the dip angle greater than about 30 degrees to identify areas experiencing mass density inversion; and determining the areas experiencing mass density inversion by DFA as having one or more risks of compartmentalization.
US10101482B2
A method and apparatus are provided for steering a first acoustic linear antenna belonging to a plurality of acoustic linear antennas towed by a vessel. A plurality of navigation control devices are arranged along the plurality of linear antennas in order to act at least laterally on the position of the linear antennas. At least one of the navigation control devices arranged along the first acoustic linear antenna performs steps of: obtaining a local measurement of a feather angle or of a parameter linked to the feather angle, the local measurement being associated with the at least one of the navigation control devices arranged along the first acoustic linear antenna; computing a lateral force, as a function of the obtained local measurement; and applying the computed lateral force.
US10101478B2
Disclosed are flexible printed circuits incorporated into marine geophysical streamers. An embodiment discloses a streamer for geophysical surveying comprising: a jacket; geophysical sensors; and a flexible printed circuit assembly disposed inside the jacket and coupled to the geophysical sensors, wherein the flexible printed circuit assembly comprises sensor signal conductors that communicatively couple the flexible printed circuit assembly to two or more of the geophysical sensors.
US10101475B2
A system (10) and a method (100) compensate for one or more dead pixels in positron emission tomography (PET) imaging. A pixel compensation processor receives PET data describing a target volume of a subject. The PET data is missing data for one or more dead pixels. The pixel compensation estimates PET data for the dead pixels from the received PET data.
US10101473B2
The present disclosure provides a semiconductor detector. The semiconductor detector comprises: a detector crystal including a crystal body, an anode and a cathode; a field enhance electrode for applying a voltage to the detector crystal; an insulating material disposed between the field enhanced electrode and a surface of the detector crystal. The semiconductor detector further comprises a field enhanced electrode circuit board having a bottom connection layer in contact with the surface of the detector crystal and a top layer opposite to the bottom connection layer, wherein the top layer is connected to a high voltage input terminal of the semiconductor detector, and an insulating material is provided between the bottom connection layer and the detector surface of the detector crystal.
US10101466B2
According to the embodiments provided herein, a trajectory determination device for geo-localization can include one or more relative position sensors, one or more processors, and memory. The one or more processors can execute machine readable instructions to receive the relative position signals from the one or more relative position sensors. The relative position signals can be transformed into a sequence of relative trajectories. Each of the relative trajectories can include a distance and directional information indicative of a change in orientation of the trajectory determination device. A progressive topology can be created based upon the sequence of relative trajectories; this progressive topology can be compared to map data. A geolocation of the trajectory determination device can be determined.
US10101465B2
A radio frequency component receives and digitizes a first plurality of L1 Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) signals and a second plurality of L2C GNSS signals from a plurality of GNSS satellites. A software defined GNSS receiver operating on a processor of a cellular telephone separate from the radio frequency component derives carrier phase measurements from the first plurality of L1 GNSS signals and the second plurality of L2C GNSS signals during an epoch. A wireless message from a communication device located at a base location is received conveying pseudorange and carrier measurements derived from the first plurality of L1 GNSS signals from said plurality of GNSS satellites during the epoch. The cellular telephone determines a distance from the base location to said first location.
US10101463B2
A correlation processing method includes generating a correlation code in which a code value of a chip boundary period is set to a value of a replica code, and a code value of a chip center period other than the chip boundary period is set to a predetermined value, and performing a correlation calculation with respect to the correlation code and a received code signal obtained by demodulating a received signal from a positioning satellite.
US10101462B2
An apparatus and system for measuring electromagnetic radiation emitted by one or more electronic components included on a first substrate, and an associated method of controlling the emitted radiation. The apparatus includes a cap member having an interior surface and an exterior surface, the interior surface defining an interior cavity and arranged to receive at least a portion of the one or more electronic components within the interior cavity. The apparatus further includes at least one sensor device coupled with the cap member and configured to detect electromagnetic radiation emitted by the one or more electronic components. The apparatus further includes at least one conductive pad disposed on the cap member and coupled with the at least one sensor device, wherein the conductive pad is configured to couple with external circuitry to transmit a sensor signal generated by the at least one sensor device responsive to the detected electromagnetic radiation.
US10101458B2
Low-energy consumption techniques for locating a movable object using a global satellite navigation system (GNSS) are provided. A mobile station attached to or included in a movable object can communicate bidirectionally with a fixed base station to determine a location of the movable object. The mobile station may communicate an estimated position to the base station and receive from the base station a set of GNSS satellites that are visible to the mobile station. The mobile station can acquire satellite timing information from GNSS signals from the set of satellites and communicate minimally-processed satellite timing information to the base station. The base station can determine the position of the mobile station and communicate the position back to the mobile station. By offloading much of the processing to the base station, energy consumption of the mobile station is reduced.
US10101457B1
In some embodiments, a depth map acquisition system, includes a housing, a light source for emitting light to illuminate objects in a scene subject to depth mapping, fixedly mounted to the housing, a mirror tilt actuator, fixedly mounted to the housing, for tilting a mirror fixedly mounted to the mirror tilt actuator, a mirror fixedly mounted to the mirror tilt actuator, for reflecting light from the light source to the objects, and a partially transparent photosensitive detector in the direct path of the light from the mirror to the objects.
US10101455B1
An apparatus for combining electro-optical infrared threat warning, and proactive and reactive countermeasures includes a laser which generates a laser beam. A tracking module is included in the apparatus which scans a field of regard with the laser beam and collects threat signals generated from objects of interest. A passive warning module observes the threat signals in the field of regard and generates passive warning operational signals. A proactive module also observes the threat signals in the field of regard with the laser beam and generates proactive operational signals. A reactive module directs the laser beam at the objects of interest in said field of regard, and generates reactive operational signals. The modules exchange the operational signals therebetween and with the laser and the tracking module to at least monitor the objects of interest.
US10101454B2
A pathway measurement system hereof includes a rigid frame and a mobility system attached to the frame. The mobility system includes at least one movable element which is adapted to contact a surface of a pathway via which the frame may be moved relative to the pathway. The pathway measurement system further includes at least one sensor adapted to measure at least one characteristic of a pathway. The pathway measurement system has a first mode of operation in which the mobility system moves the frame along the pathway to move the at least one sensor relative to the pathway. The at least one sensor is connected to the pathway system such that a distance between the at least one sensor and an axis of rotation of one of the moveable elements remains constant in the first mode of operation. In general, the at least one sensor is isolated from any compliance or suspension system.
US10101452B2
In a distance measuring device, a pixel G includes sub pixels Po and Pe in a row direction. Floating diffusion parts Fd1 to Fd4 detect charge quantities relating to reflected modulated light Lb in four terms which are delayed in start by every ¼ of a period of emitted modulated light La in order. A binning group Gv is configured by an array part that the two sub pixels Po and the two sub pixels Pe are adjacent to each other in a row direction.
US10101449B2
The present disclosure relates to a method for generating a synthetic image. In the method, image data is generated using a receiving dynamic beamforming method, image data is generated using a synthetic aperture beamforming method, and the image data generated using the receiving dynamic beamforming method and the image data generated using the synthetic aperture beamforming method are synthesized with being applied with weighting factors according to advancing distances of ultrasonic waves. By using a zone blending method, in which image data according to a receiving dynamic beamforming method is mainly used for an ultrasonic image having a predetermined depth or less, and image data according to a synthetic aperture beamforming method is mainly used for an ultrasonic image having any other depth, a grating lobe and distortion of image brightness are eliminated. In addition, the non-uniformity of the image is compensated, and a uniform energy density is acquired even in an area near a virtual transmission sound source.
US10101447B2
An Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) avionics device for use in an aircraft with a transponder and an antenna comprises a first port, a second port, a transmitter, a switch, and a processing element. The first port may electrically couple to the transponder, and the second port may electrically couple to the antenna. The transmitter generates data to be transmitted over the antenna. The switch includes a first mode in which the transponder is electrically coupled to the antenna and a second mode in which the transmitter is electrically coupled to the antenna. The processing element is programmed to switch the switch from the first mode to the second mode, instruct the transmitter to transmit an ADS-B Out data packet to the second port, and switch the switch from the second mode to the first mode after the packet is transmitted.
US10101443B1
Aerial vehicles may be outfitted with one or more ultrasonic anemometers, each having ultrasonic transducers embedded into external surfaces. The transducers may be aligned and configured to transmit acoustic signals to one another, and receive acoustic signals from one another, along one or more paths or axes. Elapsed times of signals transmitted and received by pairs of transducers may be used to determine air speeds along the paths or axes. Where two or more pairs of transducers are provided, a net vector may be derived based on air speeds determined along the paths or axes between the pairs of the transducers, and used to generate control signals for maintaining the aerial vehicle on a desired course, at a desired speed or altitude, or in a desired orientation. The transducers may be dedicated for use in an anemometer, or may serve multiple purposes, and may be reoriented or reconfigured as necessary.
US10101436B2
A method for optimizing bandwidth selection of a radar transmission in a frequency bandwidth in which the frequency bandwidth is divided into a plurality of sub-bands having a plurality of different bandwidths. The energy level is measured for each sub-band and a range resolution is also determined for each sub-band. Thereafter, a sub-band is selected in the frequency range where the signal to interference plus noise ratio plus the range resolution is maximum. Thereafter, a radar transmission is transmitted in the selected sub-band with a bandwidth corresponding to the bandwidth of the selected sub-band.
US10101429B2
A new acoustic tag and process are disclosed for identifying and tracking underwater hosts in up to three dimensions. The acoustic tag has an operation lifetime up to a year or longer at a pulse rate interval of about 15 seconds. The acoustic tag has a signal detection range up to at least about 500 meters that enhances detection probability.
US10101421B2
In a method to control a magnetic resonance apparatus, a control device, a magnetic resonance apparatus, and an electronically readable data storage medium, a reduction and/or limitation and/or monitoring of the noise volume of the magnetic resonance apparatus is enabled by a noise volume-reduced operating mode of the magnetic resonance apparatus being activated depending on at least one predeterminable event.
US10101412B2
A sensor module includes a magnetic field sensor that includes a sensor main body including a magnetic field sensing element and a plurality of lead wires led out from the sensor main body, a container case including a container part that includes the sensor main body, and a molded body that includes a mold resin molded so as to include at least a part of the container case without contacting with the sensor main body.
US10101410B2
Methods and apparatus for a sensor having non-ratiometric fault trip level setting. In embodiments, a sensor has a sensing element with a fixed gain. A signal processing module receives the fault trip level setting and maintains the fault trip level setting constant during changes in the supply voltage.
US10101406B2
A method and apparatus for estimating a state of a battery are provided. A battery life estimation apparatus includes a time information accumulator configured to partition sensing data of a battery into sections, and to accumulate time information corresponding to the sections. The battery life estimation apparatus also includes a time information extractor configured to extract time information corresponding to a period from the accumulated time information. The battery life estimation apparatus further includes a life estimator configured to extract expected time information based on the accumulated time information, the time information corresponding to the period, and learning information, and configured to estimate an end of life (EOL) of the battery based on the expected time information.
US10101405B2
Provided is a method that makes it possible to determine more accurately whether or not a spent nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery is reusable. The method for sorting a reusable nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery, which is disclosed herein, includes: a step of preparing a spent nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery having an electrode body in which a positive electrode and a negative electrode are laminated; a step of vibrating the prepared nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery in a direction perpendicular to the lamination direction of the positive electrode and the negative electrode; a step of acquiring a value of an internal resistance of the nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery subjected to vibrations; and a step of determining whether or not the nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery is reusable by comparing the acquired value of the internal resistance with a predetermined threshold of the internal resistance.
US10101398B2
According to one embodiment, a cell monitoring device that performs monitoring of a cell module under control of a battery management device (BMD), includes a communication controller and a control device. The communication controller is capable of being connected to BMD through a communication line. The control device performs an activation processing of the communication controller at a time of initialization, and controls the cell monitoring device. The control device performs a reboot processing of the communication controller in a period shorter than a period of detecting an error condition of the communication controller by BMD when a second voltage drops to be below an operation allowable voltage of the communication controller in a state in which a first voltage is above a certain operation allowable voltage. The first voltage represents a power supply voltage of the control device. The second voltage represents a power supply voltage of the communication controller.
US10101397B2
A system includes a vehicle network integrated in an electric vehicle and a display device disposed in the electric vehicle. The display device is communicatively coupled to the vehicle network. The system also includes a computer processor communicatively coupled to the vehicle network and logic executable by the computer processor. The logic is configured to implement a method. The method includes monitoring, over the vehicle network, components relating to a charging function of the electric vehicle and determining from data resulting from the monitoring factors affecting the charging function. The method also includes processing the data to determine an impact of the factors and displaying results of the processing on the display device.
US10101390B2
A testing system including a plurality of ports, at least one controller, and a programmable memory. The plurality of ports may be adapted to implement an IEEE 1149.x standard interface. The at least one controller may be in electronic communication with at least one of the plurality of ports. The programmable memory may be in electrical communication with the at least one controller and adapted to store at least one clock forming variable. The at least one controller may be adapted to form an IEEE 1149.x clock signal for at least one of the plurality of ports based on the at least one clock forming variable. The at least one controller controls the IEEE 1149.x clock signal for at least one of the plurality of ports independently of the IEEE 1149.x clock signal for any other of the plurality of ports.
US10101381B2
A test system includes a test printed circuit board (PCB), a flip chip package mounted on the PCB, one or more test probes coupled to the flip chip package and a first integrated circuit (IC) coupled to the test probes to enable testing of the first IC using electrical circuitry of the flip chip package.
US10101379B2
Embodiments relate to systems and methods for sensor self-diagnostics using multiple signal paths. In an embodiment, the sensors are magnetic field sensors, and the systems and/or methods are configured to meet or exceed relevant safety or other industry standards, such as SIL standards. For example, a monolithic integrated circuit sensor system implemented on a single semiconductor ship can include a first sensor device having a first signal path for a first sensor signal on a semiconductor chip; and a second sensor device having a second signal path for a second sensor signal on the semiconductor chip, the second signal path distinct from the first signal path, wherein a comparison of the first signal path signal and the second signal path signal provides a sensor system self-test.
US10101374B2
An electrostatic distribution measuring instrument includes a sensing module and a control module. The sensing module includes a plurality of electrostatic sensing elements electrically insulated from each other. The plurality of electrostatic sensing elements is single walled carbon nanotubes or few-walled carbon nanotubes. The control module is coupled to the sensing module and configured to measure a resistance variation ΔR of the sensing module and convert the resistance variation ΔR into a static electricity potential.
US10101368B2
A current sensor includes: a conductor through which a current to be measured flows; magnetoelectric conversion elements disposed near the conductor; and an isolating member for supporting the magnetoelectric conversion elements, and the conductor is disposed so as not to contact with the isolating member and not to support the isolating member.
US10101360B2
A test socket with a link and mount system is used to couple a device under test to a testing apparatus for quick and reliable testing of microchips post-production. The socket includes a pivoting link that connects to the DUT, an elastomer for biasing the link in a first preferred orientation, and a mount that operates as a fulcrum to rotate the link into engagement with the DUT. The mount includes projections that extend below a bottom surface of the socket, such that engagement of the mount with the test device at the projections translates the mount parallel to a diagonal support wall in the socket such that the mount is driven away from the bottom surface of the socket and also toward the elastomer. The socket includes a gap above the mount to allow for movement of the mount within the socket, eliminating the fixed arrangement and the non-compliant loads that accompany the engagement of the mount to the test apparatus. The mount projections carry a small preload that ensures successful contact with the test equipment without the risk of damaging the test equipment with rigid contact surfaces.
US10101358B2
An on-board trimming circuit suitable for trimming an accelerometer provides offset trim and gain trim modules for determining correct trim codes for subsequent programming into the trimming circuit. The correct trim codes may be determined by comparing sensor outputs which have been adjusted by successive trim codes, with a reference voltage in a comparator until the comparator toggles or by using a successive approximation technique. The reference voltage is supplied form a tap of a feedback resistance divider circuit which forms a part of an on-board voltage reference generator which may be used to provide a full scale reference for an analog to digital converter which converts a sensor output voltage into a digital signal. Using these reference voltages significantly lessens the impact of any offsets inherent in the voltage reference generator on the trimming process.
US10101355B2
A velocity calculating device is provided, which can accurately calculate a moving velocity of a movable body without depending on signals obtained externally. A navigation device includes an acceleration acquiring module, an angular velocity acquiring module, a time difference detecting module, and a velocity calculating module. The acceleration acquiring module acquires the vertical acceleration of one of the axle of the front wheels and the axle of the rear wheels. The angular velocity acquiring module acquires a pitch angular velocity of the automobile. The time difference detecting module detects a time difference between the acceleration in the vertical directions and the pitch angular velocity. The velocity calculating module calculates a moving velocity of the automobile based on a rate of a wheelbase with respect to the time difference.
US10101348B2
The sample analyzer includes: a reagent arranging section for arranging a plurality of reagents; an analyzing section for analyzing a measurement sample prepared by mixing a sample and the reagent arranged on the reagent arranging section; a display device; an input device; and a display control section for displaying a reagent arrangement displaying region for displaying a plurality of reagent marks inscribed with a reagent name respectively on the display device, wherein the each reagent mark is displayed in a manner selectable by the input device, wherein arrangement of the each reagent mark on the reagent arrangement displaying region corresponds to arrangement of the each reagent on the reagent arranging section, wherein the display control section displays detailed information related to the reagent corresponding to the reagent mark selected by the input device on the display device.
US10101344B2
Methods, kits and compositions for diagnosing and treating autoimmune diseases such as rheumatiodi arthritis, Crohn's disease, and ulcerative colitis.
US10101340B2
Described is a method of detecting a protein fragment in a urine sample and a serum sample. The protein fragment is a urine precursor alpha-2-HS-glycoprotein, urine alpha-1 antitrypsin, urine alpha-1 acid glycoprotein, urine osteopontin, or serum osteopontin fragment. The urine sample and the serum sample are obtained from the same individual.
US10101337B2
Provided are methods for determining the presence or absence of donor specific antibodies in a biological sample. The methods include mixing a cellular sample from a donor with a biological sample from a recipient under conditions sufficient for recipient immune antibodies, if present, to bind to donor cell surface antigen (Ag) to form an immune antibody-Ag complex, contacting the mixture with beads comprising an antibody that specifically binds the immune antibody-Ag complex (e.g., the Ag or immune antibody) on a surface thereof, adding under lysis conditions a detectably-labeled antibody that specifically binds the immune antibody-Ag complex bound to the beads, and detecting the presence or absence of the detectably-labeled antibody bound to the immune antibody-Ag complex to determine the presence or absence of donor specific antibodies in the biological sample from the recipient. Systems and kits for practicing the subject methods are also provided.
US10101336B2
Microarray compositions suitable for analysis by one or several spectrographic methods are disclosed. In an embodiment, a microarray composition includes a three-dimensional solid support and a plurality of reactive microbeads positioned on the solid support in spatially distinct and addressable locations.
US10101331B2
Methods and kits for the selection, evaluation, and/or treatment of a patient having cancer with an inhibitor of a glutamine-utilizing enzyme or a glutamine-depleting agent, by evaluating E-cadherin or vimentin expression are disclosed.
US10101330B2
Aspects of the present disclosure include methods of producing a circulating analyte profile of a subject. The methods include contacting a blood sample from a subject with a panel of probes for specific binding to analytes, and detecting the presence or absence of binding of the analytes to probes of the panel of probes. Also provided are sensor devices including a panel of capture probes and useful, e.g., for practicing the methods of the present disclosure.
US10101321B2
The invention relates to detection the presence of a target molecule in a sample, wherein the sample is contacted with a substrate, the substrate subsequently being washed in a wash step. In particular, the invention relates to a method of detecting the presence of a target molecule in a sample, the method comprising: (a) contacting the sample (37) with a substrate having immobilized thereon probe molecules that specifically binds to the target molecule; (b) washing the substrate (38) in a wash step by a wash fluid in order to remove or dilute unbound target molecules; (c) detect the presence of resultant binding complexes (39) on the substrate to determine whether the target molecule is present in the sample. The wash fluid being substantially refractive index matched to the substrate.
US10101307B2
Systems, apparatus, methods, and kits are provided for automated mass spectrometric analysis of small volumes of liquid samples, such as biological samples. The systems, apparatus, and kits may be used in facilities where high throughput of samples, as well as reliable and repeatable assay results with little training of staff, are needed. Such facilities include hospital emergency wards.
US10101291B2
A mobile device having a gas-sensing function including a case body, a backlight module and a gas sensor is provided. The case body has at least one through hole. The backlight module is disposed in the case body. The gas sensor is disposed in the case body. The gas sensor includes a gas-sensing material layer for sensing a gas. The gas-sensing material layer receives a visible light emitted from the backlight module and is activated by the visible light.
US10101290B2
The present disclosure relates to a method for determining the conductivity of a medium by means of a conductive conductivity sensor, comprising the steps of determining measured values of the conductivity sensor, determining reference measured values of a reference circuit integrated into the conductivity sensor, deriving at least one adjustment value from the reference measured values of the reference circuit, and correcting the measured values of the conductivity sensor by means of the at least one adjustment value.
US10101283B2
A nuclear material within a container is to be detected. Included are: a neutron source for generating neutrons emitted toward the container; a detection section capable of detecting neutrons including primary neutrons emitted from the neutron source and secondary neutrons generated through a nuclear fission reaction of the nuclear material; and a processing section for performing a reactor noise analysis process based on data obtained through detecting of neutrons by the detection section. The neutron source generates neutrons in a pulsatile manner. The processing section performs the reactor noise analysis process based on data obtained by excluding, from time series data obtained through detecting of neutrons by the detection section, data of a time range including a generation time of the neutrons generated by the neutron source in the pulsatile manner.
US10101282B2
A scattering tomography method includes: radiating waves to an object from a plurality of transmitting antenna elements aligned on a side surface of a case; receiving scattered waves by a plurality of receiving antenna elements aligned on the side surface of the case; and reconstructing an image relating to information on an interior of the object using scattered wave data representing the scattered waves. In the reconstructing, a reconstruction function for reconstructing the image relating to the information on the interior of the object is set in advance for a three-dimensional space having the same shape as the case, a scattering field equation which the reconstruction function satisfies is constructed, a visualization function that is obtained by solving the scattering field equation is derived from the scattered wave data, and the image relating to the information on the interior of the object is reconstructed using the visualization function.
US10101277B2
Colorimetric and/or fluorescent detectors, which include a polydiacetylene (PDA) film deposited on a polymethylmetacrylate (PMMA) substrate. There are also colorimetric and/or fluorescent detectors which have a solid organic matrix comprising one or more PDAs deposited on the PMMA substrate, wherein the PDA includes polymerized units of one or more diacetylene monomers, and wherein the matrix further comprises at least one recognition element of an analyte. There are also methods for detecting analytes using this detector, uses thereof and a methods for its preparation.
US10101276B2
A screening apparatus includes a light permeable measurement chip having a well retaining a liquid including microparticles, a measuring section acquiring optical information of the microparticles obtained by illuminating the microparticles, an analyzing section that extracts optical information of the microparticles, a receiving plate receiving a microparticle selectively picked up from the measurement chip, a moving section moving the measurement chip and the receiving plate against the measuring section, and a collecting section for collecting a microparticle by sucking with the suction-ejection capillary and ejecting on the receiving plate. A distal-end outer dimension of the capillary is greater than a width of the well. The capillary sucks the target microparticle at a position where the distal end of the capillary and the measurement chip are spaced by a predetermined distance and a central axis of the distal end of the capillary and a central axis of the well are mutually displaced.
US10101262B2
A method for evaluating a biological material for unassociated virus-size particles having a particular epitope indicative of an adeno-associated virus viral type or an adenovirus viral type uses a fluorescent antibody stain specific for binding with the epitope and a fluid sample with the virus-size particles and fluorescent antibody stain is subjected to flow cytometry with identification of fluorescent emission detection events indicative of passage through a flow cell of a flow cytometer of unassociated labeled particles of virus size including such a virus-size particle and fluorescent antibody stain.
US10101249B2
An object of the present invention is to provide: a staining agent for tissue staining which has an improved fluorescence signal evaluation accuracy; and a tissue staining kit comprising the staining agent. The staining agent for tissue staining contains, as a staining component, dye-resin particles comprising thermosetting resin particles and a fluorescent dye immobilized on the resin particles, wherein the resin particles contains a substituent having an electric charge opposite to that of the fluorescent dye and forms an ionic bond or a covalent bond with the fluorescent dye, and the dye-resin particles have a particle size variation coefficient of 15% or less.
US10101248B1
This disclosure is directed to a method and an attachment solution for adhering a cytological or histological sample, such as buffy coat, to a substrate, such as a microscope slide. The attachment solution includes an attachment base, an anti-coagulant, and a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug. The attachment base may be an alcohol, an acid, an oxidizer, an organohalogen, a ketone, or any combination thereof. Once a sample is obtained, the sample may be re-suspended in the attachment solution or the attachment solution may be added to the sample. The sample may then be dispensed onto an analysis platform as one or more droplets and cured.
US10101245B2
A subsampling device comprising a flange member in which a through hole to be in communication with a housing space of a sample storing container is formed; a coupling member in which a cavity to be in communication with the through hole of the flange member is formed; a cylindrical casing which has a front end connected to a second end of the coupling member; a sampling pipe; and a sample container which is replaceable with the flange member, and which is connected to the first end of the coupling member, in which the sliding sampling pipe causes the collecting blade to contact a sample in the sample storing container to perform subsampling on the sample so as to be held at the front end of the sampling pipe, and the sample having undergone the subsampling is stored in the attached sample container replaced with the flange member.
US10101237B2
A test leak device for calibrating or testing leak detection apparatuses, said test leak device having a pressurized gas container that has an inlet for filing in a test gas and a leak that has a predefined leak rate. The test leak device has an integrated pressure sensor that monitors the pressure in the pressurized gas container and is designed for the wireless transmission of the measured pressure values to a receiver.
US10101233B2
Systems and methods are disclosed for a switched, multiple range sensor system including multiple transducers. In one embodiment, a method is provided that includes receiving and measuring at a first transducer and a second transducer, a pressure to generate a respective first and second pressure signal; amplifying the first and second pressure signals with corresponding first and second fixed-gain amplifier to generate first and second amplified pressure signals; selecting for monitoring, the first or second amplified pressure signal; converting the selected amplified pressure signal to an intermediate digital pressure signal; measuring, at a thermal sensor associated with the selected amplified pressure signal, a temperature; compensating, based on the measured temperature, the intermediate digital pressure signal to generate a compensated digital pressure output signal; and outputting the compensated digital pressure output signal.
US10101227B2
A piezoelectric pressure sensor includes a sensor housing enclosing a membrane, a piezoelectric sensor, an electrode arrangement and a pre-stressing body. The membrane captures a pressure profile causing polarization charges generated on the piezoelectric sensor. The electrode arrangement receives the polarization charges generated and includes a charge-pick-off and a charge output. The charge pick-off is electrically and mechanically connected to the charge output, which is electrically is mechanically connected to the pre-stressing body via an electrical feedthrough arrangement on a side of the pre-stressing body that faces away from the membrane and seals the third gap in a pressure-tight manner from an environment of the third gap.
US10101215B2
A method for fabricating a sensing assembly, preferably for sensing temperature, comprising: positioning, e.g. inserting, at least one elongated member, e.g. a temperature probe, a cable or a wire, preferably for determining a temperature, and at least one pre-formed fitting, e.g. a ceramic block, into an inner cavity of a sleeve member, e.g., a tube.
US10101204B2
An initial system and a constraint condition are established. All freeform surfaces are obtained by surface fitting the feature data points to form a first freeform surface imaging optical system. The first freeform surface imaging optical system is taken as the initial system for multiple iterations to obtain a second freeform surface imaging optical system. The second freeform surface imaging optical system is taken as a first base system. A first surface freedom of the first base system is selected, the values nearby the first surface freedom is selected, and surface positions and tilts of the first base system are changed to obtain a third freeform surface imaging optical system that satisfies the constraint condition. A second base system is selected and the method above is repeated. The freeform surface imaging optical system is obtained until all freedoms for surface positions and tilts have been used.
US10101197B2
The present disclosure provides a vibration collector. The vibration collector comprises: a vibration collecting component; a first wireless coupler connected to the vibration collecting component; and an attaching component that is made of a flexible material and enables the vibration collector to be fixed onto an outer surface of an object in a detachable manner. When the vibration collector is fixed onto the outer surface of the object, the vibration collecting component collects a vibration from a vibration source and generates an electrical vibration signal based on the vibration. The first wireless coupler transmits the electrical vibration signal to an electronic device for processing. Also provided is an electronic device.
US10101196B2
Apparatuses and methods are described herein for identifying a Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV), including, but not limited to, determining a first maneuver type, determining a first acoustic signature of sound captured by a plurality of audio sensors while the UAV performs the first maneuver type, determining a second acoustic signature of sound captured by the plurality of audio sensors while the UAV performs a second maneuver type different from the first maneuver type, determining an acoustic signature delta based on the first acoustic signature and the second acoustic signature, and determining an identity of the UAV based on the acoustic signature delta.
US10101193B2
A fluid level sensor may include a first sound transducer, a second sound transducer, a reference element, a first deflection element, and a control unit. The reference element may be disposed at a predetermined distance from the second sound transducer and arranged in a fluid space of the fluid container. The first deflection element may be arranged in the fluid space to deflect the second sound signals by a first predetermined angle toward the fluid surface. The control unit may establish a speed of sound within a fluid in the fluid space based at least in part on the second sound signals and establish the level of the fluid surface over a base portion of the fluid container based at least in part on the first sound signals, the second sound signals, and the speed of sound within the fluid.
US10101192B2
Radiometric measuring arrangement for measuring and/or monitoring a measured variable, especially a fill level or a density, of a fill substance located in a container and a method executable therewith for detection of accretion formation in the container. The variable to be measured is measured by means of a measuring system, which during operation sends radioactive radiation along a measuring path through the container, and measures radiation intensity emerging from the container along the measuring path, and by means of a comparison measuring system, which sends radioactive radiation along a comparison path through the container and measures radiation intensity emerging from the container along the comparison path. The comparison path extends in such a manner through the container that in the case of the presence of an accretion layer on the inner walls of the container a ratio of a sum of the two segments of the measuring path extending through the accretion layer to the length of an additional segment of the measuring path (A, A′) extending between these two segments is different from the ratio formed in the same manner for the comparison path, and an accretion formation occurring in ongoing operation is detected based on deviations ascertained in ongoing operation between the measurement results of the measuring system and the measurement results of the comparison measuring system.
US10101185B2
In order to perform a zero-point calibration of a measuring assembly according to the differential pressure principle, which measuring assembly has a measuring transducer having a measuring cell, which measuring transducer is connected to at least one evaluating unit and at least one communication unit with regard to signaling, the digital signals provided to a communication unit are recorded. At least one characteristic value relevant to the zero-point calibration is determined from the digital signals. The at least one relevant characteristic value at a first time is stored as a reference characteristic value. At a second time lying after the first time, at least one relevant characteristic value is determined as a current characteristic value. A comparison of the reference characteristic value and the current characteristic value is performed. A zero-point calibration of the measuring assembly occurs if the result of the comparison lies outside of a specified tolerance.
US10101182B2
An illustrative interferometric system with high-fidelity optical phase demodulation includes a receiver having a fiberoptic coupler that produces optical interferometry signals having mutual phase separations of 120° and balanced photo-detectors that each produce an electrical difference signal based on a respective pair of said optical interferometry signals. The system further includes circuitry that converts the electrical difference signals into measurements of an interferometric phase.
US10101175B2
A sensor interface circuit and sensor output adjusting method are provided. The sensor interface circuit includes a processor and a gain control circuit. The processor obtains information of a linear region of a sensor to set a configuration corresponding to the sensor. The gain control circuit is coupled to the processor, performs a return-to-zero operation for a maximum electronic value and a minimum electronic value corresponding to the linear region and performs a full-scale operation for a slope of the linear region according to the maximum input range of an analog-to-digital converter which is a subsequent-stage circuit of the sensor interface circuit.
US10101167B2
A navigation method includes establishing a communication connection between a first electronic device and a second electronic device. A current position of the first electronic device is obtained. The current position of the first electronic device is sent to the second electronic device. Once a confirmed navigation route is obtained from the second electronic device, navigate according to the confirmed navigation route.
US10101162B2
One embodiment provides a method for improving cartographic data using utility data, the method including: obtaining cartographic information; obtaining geo-location information associated with at least one utility asset; utilizing at least one processor to execute computer code that performs the steps of: generating, based on the geo-location information, a cartographic representation of the at least one utility asset; and modifying, based on the cartographic representation, the cartographic information. Other aspects are described and claimed.
US10101161B2
A system may generate a database of a geographical map of a navigation device. The geographical map covering a geographical area which is divided into several update regions. The system may identify at least one object in the geographical map which covers an object area in the geographical area. The object area can be divided into different parts which are located in different update regions. The system can store in the database, for each of said at least one object, information indicating that the object area overlaps with plural update regions, the information including pointers to update regions in which the respective different parts of the object area are stored.
US10101144B2
A method for detecting a spacing defect between two adjacent strands of a layer of a fiber fabric includes positioning of the fiber fabric on a metal plate, the fiber fabric covered by an air-tight casing, removing air from between the metal plate and the casing, displacing an inductive sensor relative to the fiber fabric and identifying a defect based on a signal generated by the inductive sensor.
US10101143B2
A photo acoustic non-destructive measurement apparatus and method for quantitatively measuring texture of a food snack is disclosed. The apparatus includes a laser generating tool, an acoustic capturing device, and a data processing unit. The laser generating tool directs a laser towards a food snack placed on a surface and creates pressure waves that propagate through the air and produce an acoustic signal. The acoustic capturing device records and forwards the signal to a data processing unit. The data processing unit further comprises a digital signal processing module that processes the received acoustic signal. A statistical processing module further filters the acoustic signal from the data processing unit and generates a quantitative acoustic model for texture attributes such as hardness and fracturability. The quantitative model is correlated with a qualitative texture measurement from a descriptive expert panel. Texture of food snacks are quantitatively measured with the quantitative acoustic model.
US10101134B2
The NON-LETHAL Combat Sport Robot is a tactical tool for people in the combat sports world. The robot can move through terrain and has a movable upper head piece to aim non-lethal guns and a camera to defeat opponents. It is equipped to be able to play within the rules and confines of the Combat sports. It achieves this by introducing a suite of devices including non lethal guns, mercy shot light, death flag and hit switches to comply with traditional combat sport rules.
US10101130B2
The present invention relates to a flexible, breathable, anti-penetration fabric, made of antiballistic yarns, partially o wholly impregnated with one or more polymer resins, having a positive coefficient of expansion and hardness greater than 75 Sh D. The structure obtained by the process according to the present invention provides transpiration qualities which make the protections realized with this structure particularly comfortable.
US10101123B2
A peep sight for an archery bow includes a peep sight body with a sight aperture extending therethrough. The sight aperture has an inner surface to create a sight window with a central axis. A rear sight post is located in the sight aperture for alignment with a sight pin or the like of a front sight mounted to the riser of a bow. The rear sight post has a width sufficiently wide to ensure at least a portion of the rear sight post is viewable when in the aiming position in close proximity to the eye yet on the other hand, yet sufficiently narrow to allow ambient light to illuminate the sides of the sight post.
US10101120B2
An inside waistband holster includes a front panel comprising a waistband connector that holds a top side of the front panel at a waistline of a user's pants. The holster also includes a back panel attached to the front panel, such as along a bottom side of the back panel and the front panel and along lower sides of the back panel and the front panel. The front panel and the back panel define a pouch in which a firearm may in stored, and a top portion of the front panel is unattached to the back panel. The back panel includes a flap configured to extend over the front panel and to releasably connect to the waistband connector in a stored condition. The flap is also configured to be pulled upward such that the top portion of the front panel peels away from the back panel in an exposed position.
US10101117B2
A magazine identifier is provided. The magazine identifier is an endless band having a front surface, a rear surface, a first side surface, a second side surface, an inner surface, an upper rim and a lower rim. The endless band is formed of a material with rubber elasticity. For example, the endless band may be made of natural rubber, synthetic rubber, silicone or any material with a similar elasticity to rubber. The endless band is placed over a magazine of a firearm to identify the type of ammunition carried within the magazine and the owner of the magazine.
US10101105B1
A magazine insertion funnel for facilitating the insertion of a magazine into an aperture of a firearm designed for receiving the magazine. The funnel includes a central well with a narrow opening to be positioned adjacent to the aperture, and a wide opening that is distal from the aperture. The well includes a narrow section that is adjacent to the aperture, a wide section that is distal from the aperture, and a waist dividing the two sections. The narrow section has a first frustorectangular shape at a first insertion angle, and the wide section has a second frustorectangular shape at a second insertion angle. The second insertion angle is larger than the first insertion angle.
US10101100B2
A heat exchange fill apparatus for use with a cooling tower that employs a support frame assembly. The heat exchange fill apparatus has a media fill pack that is comprised of fill pack media modules wherein a stake, prevents the modules from shifting with respect to one another. The modules are installed in a cooling tower of the like via a hanging fill support.
US10101098B2
A thermal insulation system can include a body of heated material at an elevated temperature. A layer of porous insulating material can be placed adjacent to and in fluid communication with the body of heated material. The insulating layer can contain distributed liquid water in an amount sufficient to cool the insulating layer through evaporative vapor flow toward the body of heated material. The amount of water can be sufficient to provide water vapor for inhibiting the diffusion and adsorption of hydrocarbons from the heated material. The insulating layer can include a continuous vapor phase. A heat sink material at a lower temperature can be placed adjacent to the insulating layer and opposite from the body of heated material.
US10101094B2
A heat receiving block formed of carbon material having a through hole; a cooling tube formed of copper alloy fitted in the through hole of the heat receiving block; cylindrical material of interlayer disposed between the heat receiving block and the cooling tube; and brazing material layers inserted between the material of interlayer and the heat receiving block and between the material of interlayer and the cooling tube, also a slit which penetrates the heat receiving block and the material of interlayer over thickness of the heat receiving block and reaches the cooling tube on the back side of the heat receiving surface. It can provide heat receiving tile formed of carbon fiber composite material for high heat flux component such as a first wall of nuclear fusion reactor, which is produced by metallurgically joining carbon material with copper alloy and has higher cooling efficiency than conventional heat receiving tiles.
US10101082B2
A cooling system for a beverage dispensing system includes a cooling jacket for placement around a beverage container, such as a keg. The cooling jacket includes a main body having a top edge, an opposite bottom edge, an inner surface and an opposing outer surface. The main body is configured for placement around a side of the container. The main body has a first interior space for receiving the container, wherein the main body is formed of a first insulation material. The cooling jacket also includes an openable and closeable upper body that is for placement above and over a top of the container. The upper body is coupled to the main body such that is lies thereabove. The upper body is formed of a second insulation material. The upper body has a means for closing the upper body for completely enclosing the container within the cooling jacket.
US10101081B2
A method of temperature control in a cryogenic temperature control apparatus. The method includes operating the cryogenic temperature control apparatus in a first mode, and delivering a first flow rate of cryogen from a storage tank to an evaporator coil in the first mode. The cryogenic temperature control apparatus is operated in a second mode after operating the cryogenic temperature control apparatus in the first mode for a predetermined time duration. A second flow rate of cryogen that is lower than the first flow rate is delivered to the evaporator coil in the second mode.
US10101078B2
The present invention relates to a refrigerator (1) comprising a fresh food compartment (2) wherein foodstuffs to be cooled are placed, a freezing compartment (3) wherein foodstuffs to be frozen are placed, a cabinet (4) disposed into the freezing compartment (3), and a lid (5) that is situated on the front side of the cabinet (4) and that has an open position wherein access into the cabinet (4) is provided and a closed position whereto the lid (5) is brought by being rotated from the open position, wherein the front side of the cabinet (4) is closed and the air inside the cabinet (4) is allowed to be at least partially discharged.
US10101077B2
A refrigeration appliance comprises a fan mounting assembly mountable to a liner of a cabinet. The fan mounting assembly comprises a bracket, a first member of a first snap coupling on the bracket for receiving a corresponding second member of the first snap coupling on an evaporator coil cover, and a mounting flange having a first member of a snap lock extending from the bracket for mounting the fan mounting assembly to the liner of the cabinet. An evaporator coil cover for mounting to the fan mounting assembly comprises a second member of the first snap coupling allowing the evaporator coil cover to be coupled to the fan mounting assembly, and a first slot. An air tower assembly mountable to the fan mounting assembly through the first slot comprises a second member of a second snap coupling and a second member of a third snap coupling.
US10101069B2
A refrigeration cycle apparatus avoids refrigerant conditions causing a disproportionation reaction and exhibit high performance with safety even when a refrigerant causing the disproportionation reaction is used in a zeotropic refrigerant mixture. The refrigeration cycle apparatus uses, as a working refrigerant, the zeotropic refrigerant mixture of a first refrigerant and a second refrigerant having a higher boiling point than that of the first refrigerant under the same pressure, and includes at least a main passage sequentially connecting a compressor, a first heat exchanger, an expansion valve, a gas-liquid separator, and a second heat exchanger. The first refrigerant causes the disproportionation reaction. In an initial state after startup of the compressor, the refrigeration cycle apparatus performs an initial operation decreasing a temperature or a pressure of refrigerant discharged from the compressor to be lower than that in a normal operation based on an amount of liquid refrigerant in the gas-liquid separator.
US10101068B2
An air conditioning service system includes a refrigerant storage vessel, a charging subsystem fluidly connected to the refrigerant storage vessel and configured to connect to a refrigeration circuit to transfer refrigerant from the refrigerant storage vessel to the refrigeration circuit, a first pressure transducer configured to sense a first pressure in the refrigerant storage vessel, a first valve configured to control a flow of ambient air between the refrigerant storage vessel and the atmosphere, and a controller operably connected to the first pressure transducer and the first valve. The controller includes a memory and a processor configured to execute program instructions stored in the memory to operate the first valve to admit air into the refrigerant storage vessel based on the sensed first pressure, and to operate the charging subsystem to fluidly connect the refrigerant storage vessel to the refrigeration circuit.
US10101067B2
A refrigerant service system comprises a compressor having a compressor inlet and a compressor outlet, an inlet conduit, an outlet conduit, and an accumulator including an outer housing shell and an inner housing shell disposed within the outer housing shell. A first chamber is defined in the accumulator between the inner housing shell and the outer housing shell, the first chamber being configured to receive refrigerant from the inlet conduit and discharge the refrigerant to the compressor inlet. A second chamber is defined in the accumulator within the inner housing shell, the second chamber being configured to receive the refrigerant from the compressor outlet and discharge the refrigerant to the outlet conduit. Heat is transferred from the refrigerant in the second chamber through the inner shell to the refrigerant in the first chamber.
US10101063B1
A helmet is provided, comprising: a first shell having a convex top; a second shell having a concave bottom; a base having: a convex top affixed to the concave bottom of the shell; a concave bottom secured to the convex top of; and an air flow channel formed in the convex top of the base for guiding air through to an exit in the concave bottom of the base; a power and electronics module secured within a cavity in the first shell, comprising: a power source, comprising: a solar array secured; a battery pack; and a charging module configured to charge the battery pack from current provided by the solar array; and a 5 volt power output connector electrically coupled to the power source and configured for charging a small electronic device; and a heater electrically coupled to the power source.
US10101062B2
A one-piece part based on a magnetocaloric material not comprising an alloy comprising iron and silicon and a lanthanide is provided. The part comprises a base in a first plane defined by a first and second direction and a set of N unitary blades secured to the base; the blades having a first dimension in the first direction, a second dimension in the second direction and a third dimension in a third direction at right angles to the first and second dimensions; an ith blade being separated from an (i+1)th blade by an ith distance; the ratio between the second dimension and first dimension being at least 10; the ratio between the third dimension and first dimension being at least 6; the first dimension being the same order of magnitude as the distance separating an ith blade from an (i+1)th blade. A thermal generator comprising one-piece parts is provided.
US10101061B2
According to an embodiment, a cryogenic regenerator material contains a silver oxide. A molar ratio of silver atoms to oxygen atoms contained in the cryogenic regenerator material: Ag/O is 1.0 or more and 4.0 or less. The cryogenic regenerator material contains at least one selected from AgO, Ag2O and Ag3O as the silver oxide.
US10101060B2
A cooling system includes a main closed-loop refrigerant circuit having a compressor and a condenser. The cooling system also includes a subcooler closed-loop refrigerant circuit having a compressor and a condenser. A portion of the condenser of the subcooler circuit is in parallel with the condenser of the main circuit with respect to air flow. A single exhaust fan can be in fluid communication with both the condenser of the main circuit and the condenser of the subcooler circuit.
US10101036B2
A heater with a visual flame display is described. The heater may include a top portion and a base, separated by concentric cylinders. The innermost cylinder houses a flame element, which may be spun into a vortex. The cylinders may be constructed from transparent materials such that the flame element is visible to an observer. The base provides heat at or near ground level for efficient heat distribution.
US10101030B2
A combustor for a turbine engine is provided. A first liner has a first surface and a second surface. A second liner forms a combustion chamber with the second side of the first liner, and the combustion chamber configured to receive an air-fuel mixture for combustion therein. The first liner defines a plurality of effusion cooling holes configured to form a film of cooling air on the second surface of the first liner. The plurality of effusion cooling holes includes a first effusion cooling hole extending from the first surface to the second surface and including an inlet portion extending from the first surface, a metering portion fluidly coupled to the inlet portion, and an outlet portion fluidly coupled to the metering portion and extending to the second surface. The inlet portion is larger than the metering portion.
US10101022B2
A method for optimizing a fluid utilization facility. The method includes monitoring an operating state of a fluid utilization device and an operating state of a drain trap in a fluid utilization facility based on detection information obtained by detectors installed in various places in the fluid utilization facility. A running state of the fluid utilization facility is optimized based on a monitoring result.
US10101016B2
A lighting apparatus includes a carrier, a first light-emitting element, and a cover body. The carrier has a top surface. The first light-emitting element is formed on the top surface. The cover body covers the carrier and exposes the first light-emitting element. The lighting apparatus has a luminous flux greater than 350 lumens.
US10101015B2
A fireproof recessed light fixture for receiving a light source comprises a metal housing defining an open end for receiving the light source and a closed end. The housing comprises an annular shoulder at the open end for abutting a wall into which the recessed light fixture is installed. The housing comprises a first wall of generally cylindrical shape extending between the open and closed ends and a second wall defining the closed end of the housing. Both first and second walls have thicknesses between 0.5 and 1 mm and are completely sealed so to prevent air flow between an interior and an exterior of the housing other than through the open end and through an opening for feeding through cables for electrical energy supply. The first and second walls render the recessed light fixture fireproof by preventing high temperatures or fire from propagating quickly through the housing.
US10101014B2
The invention proposes a lighting module for a motor vehicle, including a modulated intensity source of coherent light. The features of the invention make it possible to increase the safety of a device of this kind by employing more robust fault detection than the prior art. A method for controlling a device of this kind is also proposed.
US10101012B2
Interactive artificial lighting devices and systems and related methods of assembly and use are provided herein. The lighting devices and systems of various embodiments are shape-changing, responsive to touch, and configured to provide substantial illumination. The lighting devices and systems include: a elongate body firmed of a flexible, elastic, and translucent material; and a light source positioned at a proximal end of a channel extending through the elongate body. The light source may be configured to emit light circumferentially outward from the elongate body along the length of the elongate body.
US10101010B2
Various embodiments relate to an irradiation device including a pump radiation source for emitting pump radiation, a conversion element for converting the pump radiation into conversion radiation of longer wavelength, and a reflection surface, which is reflective to the conversion radiation and on which backscattered conversion radiation emitted at a backscatter emission surface and thus counter to a useful direction is incident and is reflected therefrom back to the conversion element; said reflection surface is concavely curved relative to the conversion element in such a way that at least the backscattered conversion radiation emitted divergently from a surface centroid of the backscatter emission surface is incident on the reflection surface at an angle of incidence of at most 20° in terms of absolute value.
US10101009B1
A decorative structure includes a contoured base having a top surface; an adhesive layer applied to the top surface; a reflective material secured to the adhesive layer; a resin composed of a phosphorescent pigment material and applied to the reflective material; and a plurality of non-transparent objects bonded to the resin.
US10101005B2
A light shield that may be used to help prevent light contamination between VLC and non-VLC light sources (such as LEDs) in a light fixture. The light fixture houses a first LED segment that emits modulated light invisible to the human eye (i.e., VLC LEDs) and a second LED segment adjacent to the first LED segment and that emits un-modulated light (i.e., non-VLC LEDs). The light shield is positioned within the housing to separate the first and second LED segments so as to reduce the occurrence of the modulated light emitted by the first LED segment from mixing with the un-modulated light emitted by the second LED segment.
US10101004B1
A light cove cap is provided. The cap includes: a first wall; an second wall extending from the first wall; a third wall extending from the first wall below the second wall and substantially parallel to the first wall; the second wall, the third wall, and a bridging portion of the first wall defining a board receiving area; the first wall extending below the third wall, wherein the third wall and portion of the first wall extending below the third wall defines a drywall compound receiving area.
US10100989B1
A dual bicycle headlight and taillight of a compact and lightweight configuration can be mounted on a bicycle handlebars as a headlight to project white light from a white light emitting diode and, alternatively, mounted on a rear of a bicycle as a taillight to project red light from a red light emitting diode. The projected light in both modes of a headlight or a taillight will be parallel to a support surface that the bicycle will traverse. A single flexible mounting strap is rotatably attached to a common light housing to provide a secure mounting of the headlight and taillight modes of operation by the same light housing.
US10100986B2
A clip cover for a C-type light string is an auxiliary accessory exclusively used for a C-type light string, and mainly includes a wire cover constituted by first front, rear covers, a lamp cover constituted by second front, rear covers and a buddle cover. Electric wire segments at the two sides of one C-type lamp of the light string are clipped inside the wire cover by engaging the first front cover with the first rear cover. Thereafter, the electric wire is pulled downward from the wire cover a certain length, allowing the C-type lamp to be hung perpendicularly below the wire cover; the lamp socket of the C-type lamp together with a small section of bent electric wire is further clipped inside the lamp cover through the second front, rear covers of the lamp cover; and the bundle cover is finally put around the lamp cover tightly.
US10100984B2
An system including a housing defining an enclosure and having an aperture in an exterior surface of the housing; a concave reflector, the reflector being disposed on or in the enclosure of the housing to reflect light emissions; a plurality of solid state light sources disposed within the housing to direct light emissions within the enclosure towards the reflector, the plurality of solid state light sources including multiple groups of solid state light sources; and a mixing chamber defined by a space within the enclosure located between the reflector and the aperture, wherein the reflector is configured to reflect light emissions from the plurality of solid state light sources towards the mixing chamber where the reflected light emissions are to combine before exiting the housing through the aperture.
US10100983B2
A light bulb apparatus has a plurality of LED modules, a substrate, a driver circuit board, a plastic piece, a radiator and a lamp cap. The substrate has aluminum material for mounting the plurality of LED modules, a first connection end and a second connection end. The first connection end and the second connection end is electrically connected to the plurality of LED modules. The plastic piece with a guiding groove is used for inserting the driver circuit board. The radiator has a top plate and a side wall. The substrate is fixed on the top plate, and the side wall are connected to the plastic piece.
US10100969B1
The present disclosure relates to a movable sunshade base. The base comprises a base frame, a base cover, a roller component, a rotary assembly, a transmission component, a first drive rod, a second drive rod and a pull rod. Through swinging a pull rod, the second drive rod drives the transmission shaft, thereby driving the first drive rod. Driven by the first drive rod, a wheel bracket achieves power transmission using the leverage theorem, thereby controlling the roller to move to the outside of the base frame. When the movement is completed, the pull rod is swung to the opposite direction so that the roller can shrink into the base frame. The disclosure has the advantages of simple operation, convenient appearance, strong practicability and low cost, and can effectively solve the problem of moving difficulty and can be applied to various types of sunshade base.
US10100963B2
A method and system for dispensing a material through a delivery apparatus is provided. The material initially comprises or is manipulated to comprise a low viscosity. The material either can comprise a curable material or can comprise initiators, which can be activated to raise the viscosity at a later time and position. The low viscosity material is moved through the delivery apparatus for a relatively long distance using low energy. Upon nearing an end use application, the material and/or initiators can be activated by a curing agent, such as a light or heat source, such that the viscosity of the material be raised prior to the end use application thereof. Therefore, the present invention provides a method and system for moving a material normally having a higher viscosity a long distance requiring lower energy and pressure.
US10100959B2
A swivel joint comprises a tubular female member which is rotatably connected to a tubular male member. The female member includes a female race portion having an axially extending inner annular recess, a female inner end portion which is formed at an axially inner end of the recess, and a number of inner annular grooves which are formed in the recess coaxially therewith. The male member includes a male race portion having an annular outer surface which is configured to be received in the recess, a male nose portion which is formed at an end of the male race portion, and a number of outer annular grooves which are formed on the outer surface coaxially therewith. The male race portion is positioned in the female race portion such that the male nose portion is located adjacent the female inner end portion and each outer groove is aligned with a corresponding inner groove to thereby define a number of annular bearing races within which a plurality of balls are received to thereby rotatably connect the male member to the female member. The swivel joint includes a first primary seal which is positioned between the male nose portion and the female inner end portion, and a second primary seal which is positioned between the male nose portion and the female inner end portion radially outwardly of the first primary seal. The male and female members define a flow bore through the swivel joint which is sealed by the first primary seal and, in the event of a failure of the first primary seal, the second primary seal.
US10100953B2
A fire hose coupling includes a substantially annular body having a first end adapted to connect to a fire hose and a second end having male threads. The annular body has a central bore. The coupling includes circumferentially spaced-apart lugs extending radially outwardly from an outer surface of the first end of the body. The coupling further includes a protective shoulder extending radially outwardly from the body between the male threads and the lugs. The protective shoulder has an outer diameter greater than an outer diameter of the male threads to thereby protect the male threads.
US10100950B2
A pipe clamp includes two clamp parts for fastening a pipe to a channel type profile element having a longitudinal slot. Each clamp part has a curved pipe clamping portion, where in a mounted state the pipe clamping portions of the respective clamp parts are positioned opposite each other to accommodate a pipe section. Each clamp part has an anchoring portion formed at one end of each clamp part to anchor the pipe clamp to the profile element. The anchoring portion is essentially formed as a leg with a hammerhead, which is insertable in the longitudinal slot of the profile element and rotatable to engage the slot edges. A flange is formed at another end of each clamp part. The pipe clamp furthermore includes a tightening member associated with the clamp flanges for tightening them together.
US10100947B2
A shutter for a rotary valve, comprising: a main body (2), having a substantially spheroidal conformation or suitable for rotating about an axis and equipped with a through cavity (3); at least one plate (4), provided with a plurality of through holes (5) and arranged inside the through cavity (3). The plate (4) has a curved conformation.
US10100946B2
A stroke detection device for detecting, along a longitudinal direction, a stroke amount of a spool arranged in a valve main body. The stroke detection device includes: a device main body attached to the valve main body; a detection rod extending along the longitudinal direction of the spool, and movably arranged along the longitudinal direction inside the device main body, in a position where a tip end portion faces an end surface of the spool; a stroke detection unit configured to output a detection signal according to the stroke amount of the detection rod with respect to the device main body; and an attracting unit arranged in the tip end portion of the detection rod, the attracting unit being attracted to the end surface of the spool by magnetic force.
US10100944B2
Methods and systems for a butterfly valve including a shape memory alloy (SMA) tube trained for rotation are presently disclosed. The SMA tube has a ground end coupled to a housing and rotating end coupled to a plate. The SMA tube is configured to rotate in a first direction in response to a first temperature change of the SMA tube. When rotating in the first direction, the rotating end of the SMA tube rotates and deflects the plate to rotate in a direction that permits a medium to flow through the valve. The SMA tube is also configured to rotate in a second direction in response to a second temperature change of the SMA tube. When rotating in the second direction, the rotating end of the SMA tube rotates and deflects the plate to rotate in a direction that does not permits a medium to flow through the valve.
US10100936B2
A parallel slide gate valve includes a valve body comprising an interior surface, and an obturator therein. A portion of the interior surface defines a groove having a longitudinal axis oriented substantially perpendicular to a direction of flow through the valve body. The groove has a first width at a first end proximate to the fluid flow path and a second width at a second end distal from the fluid flow path, the second width smaller than the first width. The obturator is at least partially within the at least one groove. The obturator is configured to translate from the first end of the at least one groove toward the second end of the at least one groove as the obturator moves from a closed position to an open position.
US10100934B2
A valve having a valve body mechanically linked to the corresponding valve seat such that the valve seat automatically moves to a position spaced from the valve body as the valve body is moved from a closed position to an open position is disclosed. The resulting spaced-apart configuration of the valve body and valve seat in the open position eliminates impingement of the valve body on the valve seat in the open position.
US10100931B2
An annular seal for a low friction bonded piston seal is provided. The annular seal having a central axis and including an annular seal body symmetrically positioned about the central axis. The annular seal is integrally molded to the body and provides a lower seal lip body, and a top seal lip. The top seal lip including a first radial lip thickness T1 and a second radial lip thickness T2. A ratio between second radial lip thickness T2 to first radial lip thickness T1 is less than 1.00. The annular seal includes a radial lip height H, and a radial lip overall pressure received thickness T3. A ratio of radial lip height H to second radial lip thickness T2 is greater than or equal to 0.65. The radial lip overall pressure received thickness T3 is less than or equal to 0.8 mm. The first radial lip thickness T1 is less than or equal to 0.7 mm.
US10100926B2
A device for shifting an operation element of an automatic transmission of a vehicle in a parking position includes a rotationally mounted locking comb directly coupled with the operation element, with a stop member, a locking pin which is designed in a first position to fix the locking comb and in a second position to release the locking comb for a rotational movement, and a rotationally mounted set collar with a switching cam and a catch, wherein the switching cam is formed at a rotational movement of the set collar to move the locking pin from the first position to the second position, and the catch is formed at the rotational movement of the set collar to entrain the stop member to turn the locking comb so far that the operation element is shifted to the parking position.
US10100922B2
A method of adjusting operating parameters of a transmission of a vehicle may include accessing a stored list of clutch parameters; performing a static condition procedure to revise the clutch parameters; and performing a dynamic condition procedure to further revise the clutch parameters. The method may be performed by a transmission control device for the vehicle, the vehicle having a powertrain including an engine, the transmission with a plurality of solenoid actuated friction elements, and sensors. The static condition procedure and dynamic procedures may be performed incrementally, and the static condition procedure may be performed more than once to fine tune the results.
US10100920B2
A shift-lever assembly of a manual transmission is provided. The assembly includes a lower lever that is rotatable forward and backward with respect to a shift-lever housing and is connected with one of a shift cable and a selection cable. Additionally, an upper lever is coupled to the lower lever to be rotatable left and right and is connected with a remaining one of the cables.
US10100900B2
A balance assembly for an engine is provided. The balance assembly includes a first electric motor coupled to the engine and configured to rotate a first eccentric mass relative to the engine, the first eccentric mass being coupled to a first shaft of the first electric motor, and a second electric motor coupled to the engine and configured to rotate a second eccentric mass relative to the engine, the second eccentric mass being coupled to a second shaft of the second electric motor. The first and second electric motors are configured to rotate the first and second eccentric masses in order to balance a vibration characteristic of the engine.
US10100890B2
A method for forming a vehicular brake rotor involving loading a shaped metal substrate with a mixture of metal alloying components and ceramic particles in a dieheating the contents of the die while applying pressure to melt at least one of the metal components of the alloying mixture whereby to densify the contents of the die and form a ceramic particle-containing metal matrix composite coating on the metallic substrate; and cooling the resulting coated product.
US10100889B2
A brake disc rotor or stator is manufactured with slots in the interior face of the disc. A paste comprised of a fine powder of a carbide-forming metal along with fine carbon powder, suspended in an organic binder, is applied to the force-bearing areas in the rotor slot faces or the stator slot faces. The disc is then placed into a furnace in a nitrogen atmosphere and heated to the ignition temperature. When the furnace reaches the ignition temperature, a combustion reaction begins that creates a molten liquid ceramic material on the slot face. Upon cooling, the resulting brake disc has a tough, hard, abrasion-resistant ceramic surface on the portion of the brake disc slot that bears pressure.
US10100873B2
A bushing is provided for adjusting to differences in diameter between concentric elements of an assembly. The bushing may be provided with a plurality of leaf springs coupled to one another to form parts of a wall. The bushing wall may have a first contact face and a second contact face opposite the first contact face. The bushing wall may also be configured to be positioned in a generally annular shape. Each of the leaf springs forming part of the bushing wall may be radially deflectable relative to each of the other leaf springs in order to self-align the bushing by the resilient response of each leaf spring.
US10100872B1
An apparatus for providing a load on a bearing mounted to a shaft which includes an attaching member releasably connectable to a shaft and a press mechanism coupled to the attaching member. The press mechanism is configured to provide a compressive load to the bearing. The press mechanism includes a wrench engageable with the lock nut on the shaft and the wrench is configured to engage and rotate the nut when the attaching member connects to the shaft. The wrench is moveable axially relative to an axial dimension of the press mechanism between a proximal non-engaged position and a distal engaged position such that the wrench engages the nut in the distal engaged position and the wrench avoids engaging the nut in a proximal non-engaged position. An aligning ring may be located around the attaching member and may be configured to engage a shaft slot.
US10100868B2
A screw, especially a concrete screw, having a shank with a front end that is to be inserted into a hole drilled into a substrate, and a rear end as well as at least one thread arranged on the shank. It is provided that the screw has a squeezing piston that is situated in front of the front end of the shank, whereby a compound reservoir is provided between the squeezing piston and the shank.
US10100865B2
A fastening system comprises in combination a fastening unit (20) and a steel installation channel (1) having a bottom wall (2) and opposite the bottom wall flanges (5) which extend towards each other and which delimit between them a longitudinal slot (6) extending over the length of the installation channel. The bottom wall (2) comprises two side strips (2A) and a central strip (2B) located between the side strips, which central strip is arranged recessed with regard to the plane defined by the side strips, and has oblong openings (7). The fastening unit comprises an oblong anchoring element and tensioning means. In use the anchoring body with its longitudinal axis can be inserted between the longitudinal edges of the oblong opening and between the flanges delimiting the longitudinal slot.
US10100864B2
The instant invention relates to a fastener element of a fastening system, a tool for fastening, disengaging and testing the fastener element and a method for providing a fastening system with a closure seal and/or a torque indication. The fastener element of a fastening system, in particular a bolt or nut includes a tool engagement surface that is engageable by a tool, in particular a standard tool for at least partial form locking contact with the tool for fastening or disengaging the fastening system, wherein the tool engagement surface includes at least one weak spot. The fastener element is operable with standard tools and optionally reusable using special tools. Thus, manipulations by unauthorized persons are easily detectable and it is easily determinable whether a predetermined torque has been applied correctly.
US10100862B2
A simple engaging device comprises a locating base with at least a longitudinal hole, and at least a locating stem with an engaging head and a joining part corresponding to the longitudinal hole. Two flat locating parts are oppositely disposed at two lateral sides of the longitudinal hole; each flat locating part has a slant plane, a first slender retaining projection, a step, and a second slender retaining projection; the slant plane makes the joining part easy to be assembled and is capable of tightly guiding the joining part to reach the first slender retaining projection at which the joining part can be retained firmly without loosening, and the step and the second slender retaining projection are capable of engaging with the joining part in case of the engaging head and the joining part being worn out.
US10100852B2
A pump including a power end (202) and a fluid end (204). A bore (214) extends through the fluid end (204). A rod (212) is disposed in the bore (214) of the fluid end (204) and extends into the power end (202). The rod (212) includes a reduced diameter portion (222) and the rod (212) is configured to connect the power end (202) and the fluid end (204). The pump also includes a retaining apparatus (216) coupled to the reduced diameter portion (222) of the rod (212). A shoulder (218) is formed between a first inner diameter (226) of the bore (214) and a second inner diameter (228) of the bore (214). The first inner diameter (226) is smaller than an outer diameter of the retaining apparatus (216). A first end (260) of the retaining apparatus (216) is configured to contact the shoulder (218) and a second end (262) of the retaining apparatus (216) is configured to contact a contact surface formed on the rod (212) in order to restrict movement of the rod (212) within the bore (214).
US10100848B2
A hydraulic actuator having a body defining a chamber, a piston rod including an annular groove and a piston head slidably housed within the chamber, the piston head having a number of segments each of which has a base portion mounted within the annular groove.
US10100841B2
Centrifugal compressor having flow-control blades in which each of the flow-control blades has a pressure side and an opposite suction side. Each of the flow-control blades includes a main section and an inducer section that project away from an impeller surface. The inducer section is positioned upstream from the main section. The inducer section includes a trailing edge and the main section includes a leading edge that is spaced apart from the trailing edge. The inducer sections are aligned with the respective main sections as the inducer and main sections project from the impeller surface to a designated point above the impeller surface. Each of the trailing edges of the inducer sections and the respective leading edge of the main section form a bleed gap therebetween after the designated point. The bleed gap is configured to permit fluid to flow therethrough from the pressure side to the suction side.
US10100837B2
An integral transmission; comprising a driving gear connected to a driving shaft for co-joint rotation, a large gear engaging with the driving gear, a first driven gear engaging with the large gear, and at least one additional driven gear which engages with the driving gear; wherein an axis of rotation of the driving gear and an axis of rotation of the first driven gear engaging with the large gear are arranged in a plane of alignment, an axis of rotation of the large gear is offset in the vertical direction with respect to the plane of alignment, and an axis of rotation of the at least one additional driven gear engaging with the driving gear is located in the plane of alignment. A geared compressor system; comprising the integral transmission and a drive unit.
US10100824B2
An infusion pump comprises peristaltic pump means with tubing comprising four zones. The first, most upstream, zone provides for an engagement element to engage the tubing during movement along the first zone, and the engagement element remains in engagement with the tubing during movement along the second and third zones. The fourth, most downstream, zone provides for an engagement element to disengage from the tubing during movement along the fourth zone. The length of each of the zones is shorter than the distance between the two neighboring engagement elements, and the sum of the second and third zone lengths is equal to the distance between the two neighboring engagement elements. The second zone cross-section is larger than the third zone cross-section, leading to a volume increase which is at least equal to a volume increase displaced in the fourth zone resulting from disengagement of an engagement element from the tubing.
US10100812B2
A wind turbine system is presented. The wind turbine system includes a wind turbine tower, a plurality of blades, a rotor supported by the wind turbine tower and rotatably coupled to the plurality of blades, a torque control device coupled to the rotor, and a control system programmed to predict an over-speeding time T of an occurrence of an over-speed rotor event based at least in part upon a current rotor acceleration and a current rotor speed, that cannot be compensated by an available counter-torque margin of the torque control device, and, in response, to generate pitch commands for the pitch angles of the plurality of blades to avoid the over-speed rotor event.
US10100809B2
Vertical axis wind turbines are provided having foil design and geometry that facilitates lift, torque and laminar flow along a 360 degree radial. Contemplated foils are non-planar, and have a chord length that is at least three times greater than a distance between a trailing end of a leading foil, and a leading end of a trailing foil. Additionally or alternatively, the foils are located away from a turbine axis at a distance that is about 2.9-3.5 times greater than a chord length of the foils. In some embodiments, the foils are circumferentially distributed via one or more laminar stall vanes.
US10100808B2
The invention relates to a rotor-blade extension body for use with a rotor blade of a rotor of a wind turbine. The rotor-blade extension body is elongate and is realized, for example, as a steel tube segment. There is a lift-generating element mounted on the circumference of the rotor-blade extension body.
US10100796B2
A reciprocating pump comprising a roller tappet and a pump plunger that is operatively connected to the roller tappet, wherein the roller tappet has a roller support, a roller and a pin, wherein a first bearing eye and a second bearing eye are formed in the roller support, wherein the pin is mounted in the first bearing eye and in the second bearing eye, wherein the roller is arranged on the pin in a rotatable manner, and wherein the pin is mounted more flexibly in the first bearing eye than in the second bearing eye.
US10100789B2
In a saddle-ride type vehicle in which an air cleaner is arranged inward in a vehicle width direction of at least a pair of left and right main frames and arranged below a riding seat, a cleaner case for the air cleaner is configured long in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle and has a cleaner case main portion storing therein a cleaner element, and a connecting tube connection portion extending forward from the cleaner case main portion so as to be connected to a connecting tube. A pair of left and right side covers covering the cleaner case from opposite sides in the vehicle width direction are supported by side cover supporting portions that are provided on left and right opposite side walls of the cleaner case main portion and the connecting tube connection portion.
US10100788B2
An engine system for exhausting condensate water includes an intake line into which fresh air flows, an engine including a plurality of cylinders for generating driving torque by burning fuel, an exhaust line in which exhaust gas exhausted from the cylinders flows, a low-pressure exhaust gas recirculation system (LP-EGR) through which the exhaust gas flowing through the exhaust line is resupplied to the cylinder, and a turbocharger including a turbine rotated by the exhaust gas exhausted from the cylinder, a compressor for compressing external air and exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) gas by being rotated together with the turbine, and an exhaust pipe for exhausting condensate water to the outside, wherein the condensate water generated by the external air flows through the intake line and the EGR gas is recirculated by the LP-EGR.
US10100783B2
A filter arrangement of a vehicle includes a filter, preferably an active carbon filter, a sprung suspension for the vibrational mounting of the filter in the vehicle, a sensor unit for determining a variable corresponding to the current weight of the filter from a vibrational movement of the filter, and an analyzing unit for calculating a filling degree of the filter from the filter weight determined, taking the empty weight of the filter into account. The filter is suspended such that the filter can vibrate about a rotational axis fixed to the vehicle.
US10100779B2
A drive link assembly includes a case having a spherically formed inner ring. A clevis is affixed to a surface of the case such that is disposed horizontally between a first end and a second end of the clevis. A spacer having a spherical inset portion is positioned on the surface horizontally between the clevis and the spherically formed inner ring, such that the spherical inset portion is aligned with the spherically formed inner ring. A spherical bearing is seated within the spherically formed inner ring. A rod is affixed to an outer surface of the spherical bearing.
US10100771B2
Methods and systems are provided for performing rationality check of a hydrocarbon sensor in an evaporative emission control system. In one example, a method may include sensing fuel vapors vented from a fuel vapor canister to atmosphere via the sensor, and performing sensor rationality check by flowing desorbed hydrocarbons from the fuel vapor canister to an engine via the sensor during purging of the fuel vapor canister.
US10100769B2
A method actuates a fuel injector having a coil drive with a solenoid and a magnet armature. The magnet armature can be moved along a longitudinal axis by a magnetic field generated by the solenoid. In the method, an amplification voltage is applied to the solenoid at a predefined point in time to move the magnet armature from a closed position into an open position. The amplification voltage is made available by a voltage-regulated direct voltage transformer from a supply voltage. The direct voltage transformer has a storage capacitor for supporting the voltage made available at the output of the direct voltage transformer. The storage capacitor is charged to a pilot control voltage by the amplification voltage before the given point in time, with the result that the voltage present at the solenoid is higher than the amplification voltage at the predefined point in time.
US10100767B2
Methods and systems are provided for improving engine start roughness. In one example, a method for reducing engine start NVH includes operating the engine with a split fuel injection while advancing injection timing as engine coolant temperature increases. The method allows for a smoother engine start while also reducing false misfire incidences.
US10100762B2
There is provided an engine control device including (1) a regulator that regulates a flow rate per unit of time of exhaust gas discharged from an engine, and (2) a controller that, in cases in which an external temperature detection section detects an external temperature below freezing point, and a previous engine operation duration is shorter than a predetermined first duration, controls the regulator such that the flow rate rises to exceed a predetermined normal state, until a predetermined second duration has elapsed since the engine was started up.
US10100756B2
A method for determining atmospheric pressure AMP during operation in a partial load state of a turbocharged engine (1) including an air intake line (2) incorporating a butterfly valve (16), and an exhaust line (3) including a bypass duct (20) incorporating an exhaust gas discharge valve (21), the method includes measuring the air pressure PUT upstream of the butterfly valve (16), and for a given speed of N rpm of the engine (1), when the boost pressure PUT corresponds substantially to the natural boost pressure, determining the atmospheric pressure AMP=AMP(0)+PUT−PUT(0), wherein AMP(0) is the atmospheric pressure previously measured, and PUT(0) is boost pressure naturally obtained for the speed N rpm of the engine (1) for the atmospheric pressure AMP(0).
US10100737B2
A cooling arrangement (100), including: a substrate having a pocket (24) defined by a rib side surface (28) and a bottom surface (26); a feature (112) formed in the rib side surface; and an impingement plate (102). In an installed configuration (116) a resilience of the impingement plate enables an interference between the impingement plate and the feature that locks the impingement plate in an installed position (118). An elastic compression of the impingement plate from the installed configuration eliminates the interference.
US10100735B2
An oil accumulator assembly may comprise a scavenge tube including an aperture defined by a break in the scavenge tube and/or an annular cylindrical structure concentrically situated about the scavenge tube. The aperture may be configured to receive oil flowing through the scavenge tube, and the annular cylindrical structure may be configured to accumulate oil flowing through the aperture. The oil accumulator assembly may further comprise a drainage outlet disposed in the annular cylindrical structure. Oil accumulated within the annular cylindrical structure may drain through the drainage outlet in response to an engine being shut down. The oil accumulated within the annular cylindrical structure may fill a portion of the scavenge tube situated within an engine fan case to prevent coking within the scavenge tube.
US10100726B2
A four-stroke internal combustion engine with variable compression ratio, comprises a crankcase, a crankshaft, a connecting rod having a big end and a small end. A piston is rotatably connected to the small end. A crank member rotatably mounted on the crankpin has a bearing portion which is eccentrically disposed with respect to the crankpin, wherein the bearing portion has an outer circumferential wall including a location of maximum eccentricity (P) which bears the big end of the connecting rod such that the connecting rod is rotatably mounted on the bearing portion of the crank member via the big end. Under operating conditions at or close to top dead center of the piston the angle between the connecting rod plane and the piston plane changes from a pre-angle before top dead center to a post-angle after top dead center.
US10100713B2
Methods and systems are providing for improving engine coolant level estimation to reduce engine overheating. The level of fluid in a coolant overflow reservoir is inferred based on the fluid level in a hollow vertical standpipe fluidically coupled to the reservoir at top and bottom locations, while the fluid level in the standpipe is estimated based on echo times of an ultrasonic signal transmitted by a sensor positioned in a recess at the bottom of the vertical standpipe. Engine power is limited differently based on distinct coolant level states determined based on a change in level of coolant in the reservoir over a duration.
US10100711B2
An electric vehicle includes a driving device including an electric motor and a mechanism transmitting a driving force from the electric motor to a rear wheel axle, which are accommodated in a case, a first oil cooler configured to cool oil in the case, the first oil cooler being disposed behind the rear wheel axle, and a second oil cooler configured to cool the oil in the case, the second oil cooler being disposed behind the rear wheel axle. The driving device is disposed in a rear portion of the vehicle such that the driving device crosses the rear wheel axle. The second oil cooler is disposed at a position misaligned in a vehicle front-rear direction with respect to the first oil cooler.
US10100707B2
An active grille shutter for regulating airflow towards a vehicle heat exchanger. A frame adjacent the heat exchanger has a first mount with bores, a second mount, and an opening between the mounts to allow air to pass through. An end cap secures to the second mount and has bores. Vanes extend across the opening between opposing ends with a receiver at each end. Bearings are provided with couplers extending into and attached to the receivers, and a shafts extending into the bores. A linkage interconnects the bearings at one of the ends such that the vanes rotate concurrently. An actuator attached to the frame adjacent the first mount is coupled to one of the end cap bearings and rotation imparts rotation to the vanes by the linkage to concurrently rotate the vanes within the opening to regulate airflow through the opening towards the heat exchanger.
US10100703B2
Methods and systems are provided for a particulate matter (PM) sensor assembly positioned downstream of a diesel particulate filter in an exhaust system. In one example, a method may include rotating the PM sensor assembly inside an exhaust passage to generate an output, the rotation based on exhaust flow conditions within the exhaust passage. By rotating the PM sensor assembly via a bearing, a rate of soot particulate accumulation on a sensor element of the assembly may be maintained at a desired level, and independent of a direction of exhaust flow inside the exhaust passage.
US10100700B2
An exhaust aftertreatment system may include a housing, an aftertreatment device, and a cantilevered flow distributing element. The housing receives exhaust gas output from an engine and has a main body and an exhaust gas inlet that is angled relative to the main body. The flow distributing element is disposed within the housing upstream of the exhaust aftertreatment device and includes a baffle plate and a collar. The baffle plate is attached to an inner wall of the main body. The collar may include a plurality of first apertures, a downstream axial edge and an upstream axial edge. A portion of the downstream axial edge may abut an upstream-facing surface of the baffle plate. The baffle plate may have a plurality of second apertures extending through the upstream-facing surface. The collar may extend across and partially block at least some of the second apertures.
US10100698B2
An exhaust purification system that includes a selective catalytic reduction to purify NOx contained in an exhaust gas by using ammonia produced from urea water and an NOx sensor to acquire a value of the NOx contained in the exhaust gas, and the exhaust purification system includes: a reach time measurement unit that measures a reach time of the NOx value acquired by the NOx sensor, the reach time being a required time for the NOx value to reach, from a first predetermined determinative NOx value, a second predetermined determinative NOx value, which is higher than the first determinative NOx value; and a determination unit that determines that malfunction occurs in the NOx sensor when the reach time measured by the reach time measurement unit is equal to or shorter than a first predetermined determinative time.
US10100694B2
A reducing agent injection device includes a first honeycomb structure and a urea spraying device spraying a urea water solution in mist form. A pair of electrode members is formed in the first honeycomb structure. The ratio L/D of length L in the cell extending direction of the honeycomb structure body to diameter D of the cross section perpendicular to the cell extending direction is 0.5 to 1.2. Also, it is preferable that a urea hydrolysis catalyzer is provided in the second end face side of the honeycomb structure body, with a gap from the second end face.
US10100687B2
A valve arrangement for the measured supply of gaseous fuel in internal combustion engines with a plurality of electromagnetically operable control valves of an individual cross-section, with the control valves being embodied as seat valves, allowing the allocation of the valve arrangement to an internal combustion engine, and the valve arrangement comprising a nominal cross-section for providing a predetermined volume flow, with the seat valves being designed such that a sum of the individual cross-sections is at least equivalent to the nominal cross-section, an effective cross-section due to a valve stroke of all seat valves is equivalent to the nominal cross-section, and the effective cross-section is smaller or equivalent to the sum of individual cross-sections.
US10100686B2
A hydraulic camshaft adjuster, including a two-part rotor connected at least to a camshaft in a rotationally fixed manner. The at least two-part rotor can be rotated about an axis and comprises a first rotor element and a second rotor element. The first rotor element and the second rotor element are axially preloaded against the camshaft in a frictionally locked manner exclusively by means of a threaded connection.
US10100681B2
A system and method for increasing the responsiveness of a duct fired, combined cycle power generation plant (12) via operating one or more gas turbine engines (14) at a part load condition less than 100 percent load, one or more steam turbine engines (16), and one or more supplemental burners (18) providing additional heat to a heat recovery steam generator (20) upstream from the steam turbine engine (16) is disclosed. The combination of the steam turbine engines (16) and supplemental burners (18) operating together with gas turbine engines (14) at a part load condition enables the system to quickly change output to accommodate changes in output demand of the duct fired, combined cycle power generation plant (12). By operating the one or more gas turbine engines (14) at a part load condition, the gas turbine engines (14) are able to be used to increase net output of the combined cycle power generation plant (12) faster than relying on increasing output via duct firing.
US10100672B2
A component for a gas turbine engine includes a compartment housing that redirects oil from at least one passage in a rotational component onto a backside of a seal land.
US10100671B2
An oil drain (8) in a turbocharger bearing housing (1) is provided in which the oil flows out along the outer edge of the oil drain (8) leaving the center of the drain (8) open. Air can flow between the bearing housing (1) and the oil sump allowing for an equalization of air pressure therebetween.
US10100670B2
A heat shield assembly for a gas turbine engine includes a first heat shield segment defined about an axis and a second heat shield segment defined about the axis. A double circumferential lap joint is defined between the first heat shield segment and the second heat shield segment.
US10100664B2
A ceramic centerbody (120) for an aircraft gas turbine engine. The ceramic centerbody (120) comprises an interlaced fiber structure having fibers oriented in a substantially transverse directions and a ceramic matrix surrounding the ceramic fiber structure. The ceramic fiber and matrix are formed into a conical shape having a fore end (128) and an aft end (126). The centerbody includes a means for mechanical attachment (130) circumferentially oriented around the fore end of the centerbody. The fore end further includes additional plies oriented in a third preselected direction, thereby providing additional strength to for mechanical attachment.
US10100660B2
A turbine shroud for use in a gas turbine engine that includes a metallic carrier, a blade track, and a seal is disclosed. The seal is engaged with surfaces of the metallic carrier and the blade track to block ingress of hot gasses at the interface of the blade track and the metallic carrier.
US10100655B2
The invention relates to a brush seal, in particular for the sealing of gaps occurring in turbomachines, including a plurality of individual fibers, individual wires or bundles of individual fibers or wires, wherein, in each case, at least two individual fibers or wires, and/or at least two fiber bundles or wire bundles are braided or twisted into a fiber or wire package. In addition, the invention relates to a method for producing a brush seal.
US10100653B2
A variable pitch fan for a gas turbine engine includes a fan blade defining a pitch axis and attached at a radially inner end to a trunnion mechanism. The variable pitch fan also includes a disk having a disk segment with the trunnion mechanism extending at least partially through the disk segment. A key is positioned at least partially in a key slot defined in a base of the trunnion mechanism, and further positioned adjacent to a support member of the disk segment. The key defines a first contact line between the key and the key slot and a second contact line between the key and the support member. The first and second contact lines respectively define a first contact reference line in a second contact reference line. The first and second contact reference lines define an angle with the pitch axis of the fan blade greater than zero degrees and less than ninety degrees.
US10100652B2
A cover plate according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a body, a first tab near a bore of the body, and a second tab circumferentially spaced from the first tab. A slot is defined between the first tab and the second tab, the first tab, the second tab and the slot extending at an angle relative to a slot axis that extends through the bore. In another embodiment, the cover plate includes a bumper that limits deflection of the body.
US10100640B2
An electric compressor to be mounted on an engine in an engine compartment of a vehicle includes a compression mechanism, an electric motor, a motor driving circuit, a housing, a first mounting leg and a second mounting leg. The housing accommodates therein the compression mechanism, the electric motor and the motor driving circuit. The first mounting leg projects from the housing at a position adjacent to the compression mechanism. The second mounting leg projects from the housing at a position adjacent to the motor driving circuit. Each of the first mounting leg and the second mounting leg includes a fastening portion to be fastened to a portion of the engine and a connecting portion that connects the fastening portion with the housing. The connecting portion of the first mounting leg is made to be broken more easily than connecting portion of the second mounting leg.
US10100634B2
Systems and methods for communicating information relating to at least one wellbore condition across a surface cement plug in a plugged off wellbore. Induction telemetry or galvanic telemetry are used to transmit electromagnetic signals across the axial length of a surface cement plug.
US10100632B2
A petroleum well formation pressure meter system includes a petroleum fluid conducting tubing in a borehole through a reservoir rock formation. The tubing includes a blank pipe section forming a blank-pipe-isolated first annulus section isolated by a first and a second packer and an adjacent non-blank pipe section beyond said first packer forming a tubing-communicating petroleum producing second annulus section. The first packer includes a tracer-conducting channel allowing through passage of tracer material from an inlet from a bellows including a fluid tracer in pressure communication with said blank-pipe-isolated annulus section, to an outlet to said tubing-communicating annulus section.
US10100618B2
A technique for engaging a bore connector with a receptacle on subsea equipment. The technique may include providing an operator with a visual indication of acceptable alignment between the connector and the receptacle in advance of attaining engagement. In this way, a proper and reliably sealed engagement may be achieved. Further, the bore connector and techniques for use thereof include added indication of completed sealed engagement sufficient for testing and/or operational use of the connector in supporting a fluid application directed at the equipment through the receptacle.
US10100605B2
A valve for limiting differential pressure applied to a downhole tool includes a housing and a movable piston/mandrel assembly therein. In a closed position, drilling mud or other fluid may be communicated through a central bore of the valve to the tool. When the differential pressure between the central bore and the wellbore exceeds a first predetermined value, the piston/mandrel assembly moves from a first position obstructing one or more relief ports to a second position not obstructing them, thereby providing a fluid path from the central bore of the valve to the wellbore bypassing the tool and relieving the differential pressure thereacross. When the differential pressure decreases to less than another preselected value, the piston/mandrel assembly returns to its original position again obstructing the relief ports. A trigger mechanism is provided to allow more precise control and separation of the preselected differential pressure values.
US10100586B2
An electrical connector assembly positionable in a wellbore includes a flexible conductor, a first hanger ring connected to a first end of the flexible conductor, a first hanger ring landing shelf in an outer housing, a second hanger ring positioned on a second end of the flexible conductor, and a second hanger ring landing shelf in the housing.
US10100581B1
A rotary dill bit with a drill bit head and a connecting portion, wherein the rotary bit is positioned and oriented for shearing a surface of a subterranean formation. The drill bit head is comprised of one or more cutting discs, wherein each cutting disc is rotatably mounted to at least one shaft between a pair of support structures with each cutting disc having a cutting disc edge extending outwardly beyond the support structures. The cutting discs have cutting inserts in an overlapping pattern, wherein each cutting insert comprises a projection extending from the cutting disc edge and angled from the cutting disc edge at a side rake and a front rake angle.
US10100579B2
A system for cooling an exhaust system of a construction machine. The system has a compartment within which the exhaust system is contained. A first compartment wall forms an external boundary of the compartment and has a plurality of air inlets proximate the exhaust system. A fan assembly is also within the compartment and separated from the exhaust system by a barrier. A conduit crosses the barrier and has an inlet near the exhaust system and an outlet positioned between the barrier and the fan assembly. Air flows within the compartment along an air flow path that extends from the air inlets, around the exhaust system, through the conduit and into the fan assembly. The air flow path extends from the fan assembly through a plurality of air outlets formed in an external compartment wall.
US10100572B2
The invention relates to triple glazing comprising at least one glass sheet that has a system of layers on one side which are produced using sputtering and include at least one metal layer that reflects infrared radiation. The at least one glass sheet has a set of low-emission layers on the other side, said set of layers comprising one or more oxide layers that are deposited using gas phase pyrolysis. The disclosed glazing has a minimum light transmittance of 60 percent (standard EN 410, illuminant D65 at 2°) with 4 mm thick glass sheets.
US10100571B2
A hinge for a pivoting window or door with a frame and a leaf that can tilt with respect to the frame, whereby the hinge includes a frame part fastened to the frame and a leaf part fastened to the leaf, with a scissor mechanism between the frame part and the leaf part on which the leaf part is hingeably affixed around an axis of rotation, whereby the scissor mechanism comes into operation in a first phase of the tilting movement of the leaf, so that the axis of rotation moves in a direction essentially transverse to the plane of the frame into a locking position whereby the axis of rotation is at a distance from the frame such that the axis of rotation is a fixed axis around which the leaf can tilt further in a second phase of the tilting movement of the leaf.
US10100570B1
The present invention is a threshold gasket assembly to be used in conjunction with end and/or back dams to form a sill pan. The threshold gasket assembly is fixed to a lower region of a rough opening in a wall and comprises a base with a plurality of fins projecting away from base to form a corresponding plurality of channels with a length generally the same as a base. Base has a generally “L” shaped cross section. At least two fins are sufficiently spaced from another to prevent contact with each other thereby simultaneously ensuring that moisture is dammed by at least one fin and directed by at least a portion of an adjacent channel.
US10100563B2
An automotive hinge assembly adapted to facilitate motion of a closure panel relative to a fixed body structure comprises a door component constructed from two press formed angle brackets structurally connected via a pivot pin and adapted to be mounted to a vehicle closure panel, a body component constructed from two press formed angle brackets structurally connected via a simple formed feature and the pivot pin and adapted to be mounted to a vehicle body structure, such that the pivot pin structurally assembles the two hinge components, facilitates relative rotary motion between them and structurally connects the multiple press formed angle brackets so that the resulting assembly achieves a much higher material efficiency than the prior art with an associated significant cost reduction.
US10100556B2
A door security system and method may increase the home security for elderly people without limiting the privacy of or convenience for residents. The method comprises detecting closing of a door; keeping a first locking mechanism of said door in an open position for a first predetermined period of time after said closing; after said predetermined period of time, changing said first locking mechanism into a locked position. The re-entry time frame permits a user to re-enter without a key, immediately after realizing they forgot it. The method may further comprise recognizing motion of a person on a door of a house through a camera provided in or near the door; producing streaming footage; sending the streaming footage to a central processing server; processing the streaming footage for face recognition purpose and checking against several; and storing all data on the server.
US10100551B2
A fence post cap is fabricated of thin-walled material with a cap portion above a plurality of depending walls. A first wall has an inwardly and upwardly extending thin-walled first protrusion with a first upper edge providing a mouth between the first wall adjacent the first upper edge and the first upper edge. Likewise, a second side wall, opposite the first side wall, has an inwardly and upwardly extending thin-walled second protrusion with a second upper edge providing a mouth between the second side wall adjacent the second upper edge and the second upper edge. The protrusions can be positioned so that they are opposite one another such that a shortest distance between the first wall adjacent the first protrusion and the second wall adjacent the second protrusion is greater than a shortest distance between the first wall inwardly extending portion and the second wall inwardly extending portion. Each protrusion can be a wall of a dimple that inclines inwardly and upwardly to an upper edge where the upper edge is separated from the side wall from which the dimple extends. The dimple wall can have a notch extending from this upper edge. The cap can be a unitary structure fabricated of sheet metal.
US10100546B2
In a boiler support structure in which certain seismic isolators are provided with a pullout countermeasure, the seismic isolators to be provided with the pullout countermeasure are individually identified according to whether the seismic isolator satisfies Formula (1): NDn+NEQn>Ntn . . . Formula (1), where NDn (NDn<0) is a compressive load occurring on each of the seismic isolators and calculated on the basis of a permanent load imposed on the boiler support structure; NEQn (NEQn>0) is a pullout force occurring on each of the seismic isolators and calculated on the assumption that an earthquake has occurred; and Ntn (Ntn>0) is an allowable pullout force of each of the seismic isolators and calculated using an allowable pullout stress of each of the seismic isolators.
US10100542B2
The disclosed technology is a system and a method for strengthening one or more joints of a structure having a plurality of structural members forming a vacuous area at each joint. The method includes computing limit load bearing capacity for the structure, at a joint, securing a filler module to the joint, at the vacuous area, the filler module having a plurality of surfaces so that when secured within the vacuous area, some of the surfaces are tangential to the members of the structure at its joint, and one or more of the surfaces are non-tangential to the members of the structure, and applying at least one layer of continuous fiber reinforced polymer wrap about the filler module and the members at the joint. The filler module of the disclosed technology is designed and configured to dissipate energy from a load applied to the structure, and at least doubling the load bearing capacity for the structure, at the joint.
US10100538B2
The invention concerns a deck (1) for forming an accessible area in a shoring tower (26), which can be used for fabrication or reconstruction of buildings, with a lifting lock (2) for avoiding take off of the deck (1) from an intended insertion position, preferably with two insertion hooks (2) each on both front sides, characterized in that the lifting lock (2) can also at a resting deck (1) switch from a detached position into a locked position only by force of gravity and/or the lifting lock (2) can switch from the locked position into the detached position by lifting the deck (1) through engaging at the lifting lock (2). Furthermore, a further developed system comprising a separate lifting and holding tool and a deck as well as a further developed shoring tower are disclosed. A very easy and safe assembly and disassembly can thereby be achieved.
US10100528B2
A corner trim material that is made of a material that will bond with current industry mastics such as all purpose joint compounds, resists impact, resists abrasion, and readily accepts common coatings such as drywall mud, texture and paints. The surface of this material generally does not need to be covered by any secondary fiber based material such as paper to improve bonding or coating on the inside or outside. The material generally consists of a polymer mixed with a fibrous material like pulp or glass fiber. A corner trim piece can be directly extruded from the mix. The corner trim piece can have a center hinge, can be bullnose, and the flanges can optionally have holes or optionally be coated with adhesive.
US10100527B1
Hollow baluster installation system that utilizes either the mounting holes that remain from the removal of a previous wooden baluster or newly drilled holes and components including a bottom plug, baluster insert and top cap which allow for installation of the hollow baluster in a staircase or railing.
US10100522B2
A low-profile screen which allows water to pass through apertures formed therein to allow water to drain through the screen. A plurality of ridges are formed on the surface of the screen to allow water to drain at a number of different elevations, to increase the structural rigidity of the screen, to improve snow-melting, and to improve the screens reliance when compressive forces are exerted on the screen. Under compression the screen snaps into place. The ridges further promote debris being blown off of the surface of the screen.
US10100519B2
A ceiling system having a perimeter frame; a grid configured to support a plurality of substrates; and a plurality of bracket assemblies coupling the grid to the perimeter frame, the plurality of bracket assemblies adjustable between a plurality of states in which the grid is supported at a different height relative to the perimeter frame in each of the plurality of states.
US10100515B2
An insert for lifting and leveling a precast concrete slab is provided. The insert includes a sleeve that extends through the concrete slab and has two distinct threaded portions on an inner surface of the sleeve. This configuration allows a lifting bolt to be positioned into an upper end of the sleeve to lift the concrete slab, and a different-sized leveling bolt to be positioned in the sleeve to selectively elevate or raise part of the concrete slab relative to a ground surface.
US10100514B2
The present invention relates to a joint-sealing tape with an elongated carrier and at least two separate sealing elements of predetermined width, which are disposed on one side of the carrier, spaced apart, side-by-side and running in the longitudinal direction of the carrier, and which each have two oppositely disposed broad sides as well as two narrow sides running transversely relative to the broad sides and connecting them, wherein the sealing elements are disposed with one broad side on the carrier, wherein the sealing elements are each joined firmly to the carrier only via part of their broad side.Furthermore, the invention relates to a sealing arrangement for sealing of building structure joints, especially for sealing against sound and/or smoke and if applicable against fire, with such a sealing tape.
US10100512B2
A system and method for detecting, marking and/or sealing building envelope leaks in buildings or any enclosed structure. Fogs of aerosolized sealant particles that have a surface tackiness that diminishes over time are introduced into the interior of prepared rooms. The surface properties of the aerosol particles can be controlled with the selection of sealant composition, including the presence and concentration of solvents, the range of produced particle sizes, and the relative humidity and temperature within the enclosure. A pressure differential is created and the micron scale particles adhere to the leak edges and to other particles as they are brought to the leaks and then leave the gas streamlines. Control of particle size, drying rate and particle residence time in the building interior allows control over the treatment area so that leaks are sealed without leaving a tacky residue.
US10100496B2
Hydraulic section (1) for use in a hydraulic distributor (10), comprising: a valve body (2); a main spool (3); pressure compensator (5) housed in a first hole in the valve body (2); a piston (11) housed in the first hole; an intermediate chamber (16) in fluid communication with the feed line (Pal), the intermediate chamber (16) extending at least partially in the first hole and being delimited by the rod (12) of the piston (11); two limiters (6, 7) and a drainage channel (18) pertaining to the intermediate chamber (16) for altering the pressure thereof and close the compensator (5).
US10100494B2
A system and method for controlling the swing of a machine is disclosed. The system may comprise a hydrostatic circuit that includes an electronic displacement control pump and a first swing motor fluidly connected in a closed loop circuit. The electronic displacement control pump configured to control the supply of fluid to the swing motor based on a final pump displacement command. The first swing motor configured to rotate the upper carriage of the machine. The hydrostatic circuit configured to control (a) an actual speed of the first swing motor when the final pump displacement command results from a requested swing motor speed and (b) a torque of the first swing motor when the final pump displacement command results from a requested swing motor torque.
US10100491B1
Apparatus and method contemplating plowing with a plow blade having a subsurface cutting edge and an opposing trailing edge. A tow link is supported by the plow blade at the trailing edge. A source of pressurized fluid is connected to a discharge conduit supported by the plow blade. The discharge conduit is supplied with pressurized fluid by the source and the discharge conduit has a discharge opening positioned to discharge the pressurized fluid adjacent the link.
US10100484B2
A foundation for a tower, the foundation including a main pedestal support structured to engage to a base of the tower. A floor structure surrounds and is secured to the main pedestal support. A wall structure surrounds the floor structure proximate a perimeter thereof, secured to the perimeter of the floor structure and extending upwardly from the floor structure. The main pedestal support is located generally centrally in the floor structure.
US10100480B2
A subsea blooming system and method of deploying a subsea blooming system includes a first buoyant module, a first line extending downwardly from the first buoyant module, a first ballast module affixed adjacent an end of the first line, at least one boom translatably connected to the first line, and a variable buoyant module cooperative with the boom. The first buoyant module is positively and non-variably buoyant. The first ballast module is negatively and non-variably buoyant. The boom includes a plurality of booms that are connected in end-to-end relationship in a desired array.
US10100468B2
A tamper tool is provided for use in adjusting railroad ballast and constructed and arranged for use with a tamper tool holder attached to a railroad tamping machine. Included on the tool is a shaft with a first portion, a second portion, and a central portion disposed between the first and second portions, and a front surface, a rear surface, and two side surfaces. The first portion has through bores extending from the front surface to the rear surface, and the central portion has a first cross-section at an upper end, a second cross-section at a lower end. An area of the first cross-section is greater than an area of the second cross-section, and the shaft tapers between the first cross-section and the second cross-section. A paddle for tamping is attached at a free end of the second portion.
US10100455B2
A method of determining the number of doses and the types of a treating chemistry available in the bulk dispensing system, and providing an indication of the determination on a user interface.
US10100454B2
Disclosed is a laundry treatment apparatus including a cabinet defining an external appearance of the laundry treatment apparatus, a drum rotatably provided inside the cabinet, the drum being configured to accommodate laundry therein, a drive unit configured to generate torque required to rotate the drum, a power transmission unit provided on one surface of the drum, the power transmission unit being configured to transmit the torque generated by the drive unit to the drum so as to rotate along with the drum, and at least one balancer provided on an inner circumferential surface of the drum. Water is selectively supplied into the balancer so as to eliminate unbalance occurring in the drum, and the balancer has a shorter length than a longitudinal length of the drum.
US10100452B2
An impeller with vanes extending above the upper surface of the impeller base plate along with a sweeper which extends beyond an outer periphery of the base plate. The sweeper pulls clothes from the basket that may have become stuck or lodged in a wet state back in toward the center of the impeller and in turn pushes them up by the impeller vane design.
US10100447B2
An installation for consolidating a batt of fibers, for example a nonwoven web, includes a mechanical consolidation workstation using needlepunching from which the fiber batt emerges in a machine or MD direction. A device is provided downstream of the consolidation workstation for stretching in the cross or CD direction which is transverse, in particular perpendicular, to the machine direction, and parallel to the plane of the batt, particularly before it is wound onto a reel. A consolidated nonwoven that can be obtained by the installation is also provided.
US10100444B2
A yarn in which slipping of filler materials from a tubular member can be reduced while suppressing the manufacturing cost is provided. The yarn has a tubular member, and a plurality of filler materials that are formed into a strip-like shape, and is configured by loading the filler materials into the tubular member in a state where the longitudinal directions of the filler materials are made extending along the axial direction of the tubular member. In the yarn, the tubular member is configured by using wire material that is knitted so as to produce stitches. The wire material has arcuate loop portions that define parts of external shapes of the stitches. In a state where the tubular member is developed, the loop portions are expanded in a direction that is inclined with respect to a straight line that extends in the axial direction of the tubular member.
US10100441B2
This invention provides a thermal bonding conjugate fiber having excellent compression resistance and nonwoven fabric using the same. Particularly, the nonwoven fabric retains bulkiness obtained under a light load even under a heavy load and reduces a decrease in bulkiness from under a light load to under a heavy load. The thermal bonding conjugate fiber has an eccentric core-sheath structure in which a first component including a polyester resin constitutes a core and a second component including a polyolefin resin having a melting point at least 15° C. lower than that of the polyester resin constitutes a sheath, and a shrinkage ratio of the conjugate fiber after a heat treatment of 120° C. is at least 20%. The nonwoven fabric is obtained by blending the thermal bonding conjugate fiber at a blend ratio of 10 to 60 wt % with one or more types of different thermal bonding fibers.
US10100440B2
A polyester is copolymerized with diacid monomer, esterified diacid monomer or a combination thereof with a polyol monomer. The diacid monomer, the esterified diacid monomer or the combination thereof includes (1) furan dicarboxylic acid, dialkyl furandicarboxylate, or a combination thereof or (2) furan dicarboxylic acid, dialkyl furandicarboxylate, or a combination thereof and spiro-diacid. The polyol monomer includes (3) C2-C14 polyol or (4) C2-C14 polyol and spiro-diol of Formula (I): and the spiro-diacid of Formula (II): The diacid monomer, esterified diacid monomer or combination thereof and polyol monomer meet: (a) The diacid monomer, the esterified diacid monomer or combination thereof includes (2) furan dicarboxylic acid, dialkyl furandicarboxylate, or the combination thereof and spiro-diacid or (b) The polyol monomer includes (4) C2-C14 polyol and spiro-diol, and an amount of spiro-diol or spriro-diacid is 500 ppm to 2000 ppm based on a weight of furan dicarboxylic acid, dialkyl furandicarboxylate, or combination thereof.
US10100433B2
A substrate holder having a base plate where a plurality of protruding poles is arranged, said poles spaced apart from one another by intermediate spaces. Alternatively or in addition, a plasma reactor for depositing diamond from the gas phase may be provided, the plasma reactor comprising such a substrate holder. A method for depositing diamond from the gas phase may be provided.
US10100431B2
This invention provides a method for growing monocrystalline silicon by applying Czochralski method comprising forming a melt of silicon-containing materials in a crucible and pulling the melt for monocrystalline silicon growth, which is characterized by, introducing a gas containing argon during formation of the melt, and, applying a magnetic field during the pulling step. This invention also provides a method for producing a wafer based on the above monocrystalline silicon.
US10100428B2
Production of silicon ingots in a crystal puller that involve reduction of the erosion rate at the crucible contact point are disclosed.
US10100424B2
There is provided a method of adjusting a plating apparatus and a measuring apparatus that can obtain position adjustment amounts/a position adjustment amount of a substrate holder, an anode holder, a regulation plate, and/or a paddle without carrying out plating treatment. There is provided the method of adjusting the plating apparatus that has a plating bath configured to be able to hold the substrate holder, the anode holder, and an electric field adjusting plate. The method of adjusting the plating apparatus has the steps of: installing a first jig at a position in the plating bath where the substrate holder is installed; installing a second jig at a position in the plating bath where the anode holder or the electric field adjusting plate is installed; measuring a positional relation between the first jig and the second jig installed in the plating bath using a sensor included in either of the first jig and the second jig; and adjusting an installation position of the substrate holder, the anode holder, or the electric field adjusting plate based on the measured positional relation.
US10100410B2
A film thickness monitoring system is provided. The film thickness monitoring system includes a source, a valve, and a chamber. The source is configured to provide a deposition material. The valve is connected to the source. The chamber includes a manifold, a quartz crystal microbalance, and a pressure sensor. The manifold is connected to the valve and has at least one first nozzle and at least one second nozzle. The quartz crystal microbalance is disposed opposite to the at least one second nozzle. The deposition material is adapted to be deposited on the quartz crystal microbalance through the at least one second nozzle, and the quartz crystal microbalance includes a shutter facing the at least one second nozzle. The pressure sensor is disposed in the manifold. A method for monitoring a film thickness deposition process is also provided.
US10100401B2
A method for manufacturing a cutting insert includes preparing a base body provided with a through hole and including one of cermet and ceramic, mounting the base body on a holding member by passing the through hole of the base body over a projection including metal and formed on the holding member, and abutting the base body against the projection, forming a coated body by forming a coating layer on the surface of the base body, and cooling the coated body and removing the coated body from the projection.
US10100399B2
A cathode assembly is provided in which, while preventing the occurrence of abnormal electric discharging between a projected portion of a backing plate and a side surface of a target, particles can be prevented from being generated. The cathode assembly for a sputtering apparatus of this invention has: a target made of an insulating material; a backing plate bonded to one surface of the target; and, where such a side of the backing plate as is on the side of the target is defined as a lower side, an annular shield plate disposed to lie opposite to the lower side of that projected portion of the backing plate which is projected outward beyond an outer peripheral end of the target. The cathode assembly has a bonding portion arranged to be protruded relative to the projected portion. An inner peripheral edge portion of the shield plate is positioned in a clearance between that extended portion of the target which is extended outward beyond the bonding portion in a state in which the target is kept bonded to the bonding portion, and the projected portion of the backing plate.
US10100395B2
A high-strength plated steel plate for a welded structural member having a steel composition containing from 0.050 to 0.150% of C, from 0.001 to 1.00% of Si, from 1.00 to 2.50% of Mn, from 0.005 to 0.050% of P, from 0.001 to 0.020% of S, and from 0.005 to 0.100% of Al, having a steel base material having a metal structure containing a ferrite phase and a second phase containing mainly martensite having an average crystal grain diameter of 8 mm or less, and having a chemical composition and a thickness t (mm) of the steel base material regulated to obtain a value, C/0.2+Si/5.0+Mn/1.3+Cr/1.0+Mo/1.2+0.4t−0.7(Cr+Mo)1/2, of 2.9 or less. The high-strength plated steel plate is excellent in corrosion resistance of the welded portion, resistance to liquid metal embrittlement cracking, and bending workability.
US10100389B2
An aluminum alloy connector which is excellent in extrusion property and sacrificial anode property, the connector being extruded in a hollow shape from an aluminum alloy extrusion material consisting of 0.2 to 0.8% (hereinafter, “%” means “mass %”) of Si, 0.45 to 0.9% of Mg, 1.0 to 3.5% of Zn, 0.001 to 0.2% of Ti and the balance of Al plus unavoidable impurities. An electric potential of said aluminum alloy extrusion connector is lower than an electric potential of a pipe member made of an Al—Mg—Si series alloy or an Al—Mn series alloy which is to be swaged to the connector, by 100 mV or more.
US10100384B2
A method for producing a tempered, seamlessly hot-rolled steel pipe includes heating a hollow block to forming temperature and rolling the heated block in a rolling mill to form a pipe with a finished diameter after rolling. Subsequently, the pipe is tempered with appropriate tempering parameters after rolling whereby the diameter of the pipe increases during tempering. The finished diameter of the pipe to be tempered after rolling in the rolling mill is adjusted as a function of a value of the growth in diameter of the pipe during tempering.
US10100380B2
A rail cooling device configured to forcibly cool a rail by jetting a coolant includes a porous plate nozzle including a plurality of nozzle holes configured to jet the coolant to an underside of the base of the rail to cool the underside of the base of the rail. Ends in a width direction of the porous plate nozzle correspond to ends of the underside of the base of the rail. Nozzle holes of the porous plate nozzle at the ends of the width direction are smaller than nozzle holes of the porous plate nozzle at a central part in the width direction, and a maximum value of a distance between centers of the nozzle holes at both ends in the width direction is 30% or more of a width of the underside of the base.
US10100370B2
The present invention features compositions and methods for detecting Huanglongbing (HLB) in citrus trees and insects. In one aspect, the invention provides a method of detecting a Huanglongbing (HLB) infection in a citrus grove involving obtaining an extract from a biological sample derived from a citrus grove, contacting the extract with forward and reverse primers that specifically bind a Candidutus nucleic acid molecule in the presence of a nicking enzyme, dNTPs, and a polymerase under conditions permissive for the isothermal amplification of the nucleic acid molecule; and detecting a Candidutus amplicon in the extract.
US10100360B2
Biomarkers for diabetes and usages thereof are provided. And the biomarkers are nucleotides having polynucleotide sequences defined in SEQ ID NOs: 1-50.
US10100354B2
The present invention provides methods, compositions, kits, systems and apparatus that are useful for determining copy number variation of one or more nucleic acids present in a sample. In some aspects, the method includes various target-specific primers that allow for the selective amplification of one or more target nucleic acids in the sample. In yet another aspect, the invention relates to determining copy number variation with respect to gene or chromosome representation of a nucleic acid in the sample. In some aspects, the method for determining copy number variation of different target nucleic acids in a sample using the disclosed methods, kits, systems and apparatuses can be used in various downstream processes including diagnosis, predictive therapeutic regimes or other therapeutic purposes.
US10100352B2
Provided is a DNA chip with micro-channel for DNA analysis, which has a structure in which a silicon layer (chip A) and a plastic layer (chip B) are laminated, wherein the chip A includes at least two PCR reactors connected in series in a micro-channel, and a filter between the PCR reactors, the chip B includes a reagent, a liquid delivery mechanism and a sensor in a micro-channel, and the reagent, liquid delivery mechanism and sensor can be changed according to a kind of an analyte and an object to be detected.
US10100351B2
A high-throughput sequencing method for detecting methylated CpG islands includes: processing a DNA sample by using a modifier, and converting cytosine in the DNA sample into uracil, and keeping 5′methylcytosine unchanged; amplifying the obtained segment by using a primer A and DNA polymerase, to obtain a segment having one end being capable of anchoring a junction primer C; amplifying the obtained segment by using a primer B and DNA polymerase, to obtain a segment gathering methylated CpG islands and having two ends being capable of separately anchoring junction primers C and D; amplifying the obtained segment at a PCR exponent by using the junction primers C and D and the DNA polymerase, to obtain the amplified product; and separating and purifying the amplified product, to form a high-throughput sequencing library and perform computer sequencing, and data analysis.
US10100346B2
The present invention relates to molecular approaches to the production of nucleic acid sequences, which comprises the genome of infectious hepatitis C virus. In particular, the invention provides nucleic acid sequences which comprise the genomes of infectious hepatitis C viruses of either genotype 3a (strain S52) or genotype 4a (strain ED43). The invention therefore relates to the use of the nucleic acid sequences and polypeptides encoded by all or part of the sequences in the development of vaccines and diagnostic assays for HCV and in the development of screening assays for the identification of antiviral agents for HCV. The invention therefore also relates to the use of viral particles derived from laboratory animals infected with S52 and ED43 viruses.
US10100344B2
The present invention relates to a mutant microbial host cell which is deficient in the production of the AgsE protein or in the production of an homologous thereof if compared with a parent microbial host cell which has not been modified and measured under the same conditions. It has been surprisingly found that when the mutant microbial host cell according to the invention is used in a method to produce a compound of interest, for example an enzyme, an improved yield of said compound is obtained if compared to a method in which a parent host cell which has not been modified is used when measured under the same conditions.
US10100342B2
This invention relates to metabolically engineered microorganism strains, such as bacterial strains, in which there is an increased utilization of malonyl-CoA for production of a chemical product, which includes 3-hydroxypropionic acid.
US10100341B2
Methods and compositions for the production of oil, fuels, oleochemicals, and other compounds in recombinant microorganisms are provided, including oil-bearing microorganisms and methods of low cost cultivation of such microorganisms. Microalgal cells containing exogenous genes encoding, for example, a lipase, a sucrose transporter, a sucrose invertase, a fructokinase, a polysaccharide-degrading enzyme, a keto acyl-ACP synthase enzyme, a fatty acyl-ACP thioesterase, a fatty acyl-CoA/aldehyde reductase, a fatty acyl-CoA reductase, a fatty aldehyde reductase, a fatty acid hydroxylase, a desaturase enzyme, a fatty aldehyde decarbonylase, and/or an acyl carrier protein are useful in manufacturing transportation fuels such as renewable diesel, biodiesel, and renewable jet fuel, as well as oleochemicals such as functional fluids, surfactants, soaps and lubricants.
US10100340B2
A method for culturing a protist of the Aurantiochytrium mangrovei genus. The genus is characterized genetically and by virtue of the lipid profile thereof. The method makes it possible to obtain a high biomass yield and a lipid, and more particularly docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), enrichment of the protists thus cultured. The development of a culture medium allows the production, at high cell density, of a DHA-rich protest of the Aurantiochytrium mangrovei genus. The medium is chemically defined at low sodium ion (Na+) and chloride ion (Cl−) content.
US10100337B2
A process provides high ethanol productivity levels during fermentation of a CO-containing substrate. The process controls CO-substrate feed rates and cell density to avoid culture upset and CO inhibition. The process includes fermenting a CO-containing gaseous substrate to obtain a target cell density and a target CO feed rate, and then periodically reducing and increasing the CO feed rate.
US10100336B2
A process for fermenting syngas and a fermentation medium provides high ethanol productivity while removing medium components that were previously thought to be essential. The process is effective for providing a specific STY of at least about 1 g ethanol/(L·day·gram cells). In this aspect, the fermentation medium has less than about 1.04 ppm boron, less than about 0.16 ppm manganese, less than about 0.26 ppm molybdenum, or less than about 0.16 ppm copper.
US10100334B2
Provided herein compositions and methods for producing isoprenoids, including squalene. In certain aspects and embodiments provided are genetically altered yeast and uses therefore. In some aspects and embodiments, the genetically altered yeast produce isoprenoids, preferably squalene. The genetically altered yeast may have alterations in the expression or activity of enzymes involved in squalene production, for example, acetyl-CoA carboxylase (or “ACCase”), HMG-CoA reductase, squalene epoxidase, and squalene synthase. One or more genes of a genetically altered yeast may be modified by gene repair oligonucleobases. Also are provided methods of producing squalene using a genetically altered yeast. The invention also provides squalene produced by genetically altered yeast.
US10100329B2
The present invention refers to a method for controlling undesired vegetation at a plant cultivation site, the method comprising the steps of providing, at said site, a plant that comprises at least one nucleic acid comprising a nucleotide sequence encoding a mutated protoporphyrinogen oxidase (PPO) which is resistant or tolerant to a PPO-inhibiting herbicide by applying to said site an effective amount of said herbicide. The invention further refers to plants comprising mutated PPO enzymes having a substitution at a position corresponding to position Leu397 of SEQ ID NO:2 and an amino acid substitution at a position corresponding to position Phe420 of SEQ ID NO:2, and methods of obtaining such plants.
US10100314B2
In one embodiment, a single modality cancer immunotherapy regimen that includes a therapeutic composition is provided. Such a therapeutic composition may include a Salmonella strain comprising a plasmid that expresses an shRNA molecule that suppresses the expression of an immunosuppressive target and suppresses tumor growth. In some aspects, the Salmonella strain is an attenuated Salmonella typhimurium strain. In other aspects, the immunosuppressive target is STAT3, IDO1, IDO2, Arginase 1, iNOS, CTLA-4, TGF-β, IL-10, pGE2 or VEGF. In one embodiment, the immunosuppressive target is IDO1 or Arg1 and the shRNA molecule is any one of SEQ ID NO:5-14.
US10100299B2
In one aspect, the invention is directed to polypeptides having an amylase and/or glucoamylase activity, polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides, and methods for making and using these polynucleotides and polypeptides. In one aspect, the polypeptides of the invention can be used as amylases, for example, alpha amylases, to catalyze the hydrolysis of polysaccharide, oligosaccharide or starch into sugars. In one aspect, the invention provides delayed release compositions comprising an desired ingredient coated by a latex polymer coating. In alternative embodiments, enzymes are used to make biofuels, e.g., ethanol, butanol, propanol, or a gasoline-ethanol mix, including a bioethanol, biopropanol, biobutanol, or a biodiesel, or for any form of fuel or biomass processing.
US10100298B1
The present invention relates to the field of genetic engineering and enzyme engineering, and more particularly relates to a maltooligosyl trehalose synthase mutant and its application. The present invention provides a series of maltooligosyl trehalose synthase mutants with improved enzyme activity.
US10100297B2
The disclosure provides a nitrilase from Arabis alpina, which belongs to genus Arabis, family brassicaceae. The disclosure further provides the encoding gene, vector, recombinant bacterial strain, and the application in the manufacturing of (S)-3-cyano-5-methylhexanoic acid. The wet resting cells containing nitrilase Aa-Nit can kinetically resolve racemic IBSN at 1.2 M with a 42% conversion rate in 15 hr and >99% ee value. The disclosure provides a regio- and stereoselective method for the preparation of (S)-3-cyano-5-methylhexanoic acid. This method provides an atom economical, mild, environmental friendly industrial method to manufacture (S)-3-cyano-5-methylhexanoic acid.
US10100296B2
The present invention provides compositions for use in the prophylaxis or treatment of a condition arising from gluten intolerance, the compositions including at least partially purified caricain (or a biologically active fragment, analog or variant thereof) alone or in combination with other suitable enzymes including bromelain, and/or an intestinal extract, as herein described. The present invention also provides methods of using such compositions for the prophylaxis or treatment of a condition arising from gluten intolerance.
US10100295B2
Provided is a modified xylanase. The polypeptide has xylanase activity and has an amino acid sequence with deletion of at least 12 consecutive amino acid residues at the C-terminus of the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1 or an amino acid sequence having at least 90% identity with the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1.
US10100291B2
Methods of making deletion mutants of Cas9 proteins and making chimeric Cas9 proteins are described. The Cas9 N- and C-terminal domains may play critical roles in crRNAitracrRNA binding and/or PAM selectivity. To analyze activity, a series of domain exchange mutants between NM and STI (Streptococcus thermophilus Cas9) were made, replacing the N and/or C terminus of NM (Neisseria meningitides Cas9) with the homologous region from STI. The chimeric proteins were then tested using the transcriptional reporter assay described herein altering the guideRNA and/or Cas9 specific PAM within the reporter to determine the influence of the domain exchanges on protein specificity. None of the N-terminal domain swaps between NM and STI endowed NM with novel properties. The C-terminal exchange generated a NM-STI hybrid that was capable of interacting with the STI crRNAitracrRNA complex and was further able to suppress a reporter with a STI specific PAM.
US10100289B2
The present invention provides improved P450-BM3 variants with improved activity. In some embodiments, the P450-BM3 variants exhibit improved activity over a wide range of substrates.
US10100284B2
A synthetic peptide having a stem cell differentiation-inducing activity to induce differentiation of pluripotent stem cells into endodermal cells, a stem cell differentiation inducer having this peptide as an active ingredient, and a method for inducing differentiation of pluripotent stem cells using these. The synthetic peptide provided by the present invention contains a stem cell differentiation-inducing peptide sequence, and this stem cell differentiation-inducing peptide sequence is selected from (1) an amino acid sequence constituting a signal peptide in any of amyloid precursor proteins (APP), amyloid precursor-like protein (APLP) 1 and APLP2, which are known as proteins belonging to the APP family, (2) a partial amino acid sequence constituting the signal peptide, or (3) a modified amino acid sequence formed by substitution, deletion and/or addition of 1, 2 or 3 amino acid residues in these amino acid sequences.
US10100279B2
Methods and systems for generating MGE precursor cells in vitro as well as compositions of enriched MGE precursor cells are provided. The methods and systems provide efficient production of MGE precursors. The methods and systems disclosed herein provide functional MGE precursors which differentiate into functional GABAergic interneurons.
US10100277B2
Provided herein are novel methods for expansion and passaging of cell aggregates comprising stem cells and/or differentiated cells and comprising the use of closed systems in stirred tank bioreactors. The methods of the invention permit closed system serial passage expansion of pluripotent stem cells and/or progeny thereof with associated pluripotency markers and differentiation potential.
US10100276B2
The invention relates to a method for cell defrosting, comprising a step of defrosting a cell suspension consisting of a freezing medium and of cells, followed by a step of removing said freezing medium by filtration, said step of removing the freezing medium being carried out without the previous or simultaneous supply of medium. In particular, the filter is hydrophobic or, before addition of the cell suspension to be frozen, has been covered with a hydrophobic liquid forming a temporary barrier between the filter and the cell suspension. During defrosting, said hydrophobic liquid is removed by the application of a driving force which makes the liquid pass through the filter.
US10100270B1
A method of making an organic cleaning agent, which includes the steps of picking a specific edible mushroom with a specific size, soaking the specific edible mushroom in water without squishing for a specific amount of time so as to form a soaked and unsquished mushroom, squishing the soaked and unsquished mushroom a specific amount so as to form a squished mushroom, and soaking the squished mushroom in boiling water for a specific amount of time so as to form a treated liquid, so that the treated liquid formed thereby is the organic cleaning agent.
US10100269B2
Microfibrillated cellulose, derived from vegetables or wood, can be used to provide a liquid composition which is compatible with a broad range of ingredients suitable for consumer applications, including enzymes, while still providing good structuring of the liquid composition, without affecting ease of pour.
US10100264B2
The present disclosure provides an experimental loop system for fluidization exploitation of solid-state marine gas hydrate, comprising: four modules, namely a gas hydrate sample large-amount and rapid preparation module, a gas hydrate multi-scale smashing and slurry fidelity transfer module, a gas hydrate slurry pipeline conveying characteristic experiment module, and a data collection and monitoring and safety control module. The gas hydrate experimental loop device provided by the present disclosure may be used for researching the synthesis, decomposition, gas storage rate and phase equilibrium of gas hydrate, and researching the pipeline conveying flow resistance and heat transfer characteristics, and is significant for solving the blockage problem in the gas pipeline conveying process, storage and conveying of the gas hydrate, solid-state fluidization exploitation of the marine gas hydrate and pipeline conveying experimental simulation thereof.
US10100257B2
A solid bitumen pellet, including a mixture of bitumen and an additive, where the additive operates to increase the viscosity of the mixture. Optionally, the pellet includes a protective shell.
US10100256B2
The present application provides a ligand-modified quantum dot material, a method of fabricating a liquid crystal display panel, and a liquid crystal display panel. The ligand-modified quantum dot material of the present application can occur a polymerization with the ligand-modified quantum dot material under ultraviolet irradiation to form a polymer, while the polymer deposits on a substrate to form a polymer film, which can replace the PI alignment film, so that an alignment process of liquid crystal is simplified, and a cost is economized; simultaneously, display quality of a liquid crystal display panel can be improved by the quantum dots anchored in the polymer film. The method of fabricating the liquid crystal display panel of the present application eliminates the fabricating process of the PI alignment film, the method has simple process and low cost, and a liquid crystal display panel obtained thereby has better display quality. The liquid crystal display panel of the present application utilizes the polymer film, which is obtained by polymerizing the ligand-modified quantum dot material and a polymerizable monomer, to replace the PI alignment film, so as to greatly enhance quality of the panel, and to have a low fabricating cost.
US10100252B2
Shown is a liquid crystal composition satisfying at least one or having suitable balance regarding at least two of characteristics such as high maximum or low minimum temperature of a nematic phase, large optical anisotropy, large positive dielectric anisotropy and high stability to ultraviolet light, a liquid crystal display device including such a composition, particularly including an encapsulated composition, and a liquid crystal display device including the composition serving as a constituent of 3D lens. The liquid crystal composition contains a specific compound having large optical anisotropy as a first component, and a specific compound having large optical anisotropy and positive dielectric anisotropy as a second component; a specific compound having large positive dielectric anisotropy as a third component; and a specific compound having large optical anisotropy and further having high maximum or low minimum temperature as a fourth component, and the liquid crystal display device includes the composition.
US10100247B2
Polymer-coated proppants for hydraulic fracturing of oil and gas wells have an outer layer portion that comprises an organofunctional coupling agent, preferably an organofunctional silane coupling agent. The use of an organofunctional silane coupling agent in the outer layer portion of the proppant coating is preferably chosen to expose functionalities that will be reactive towards similar functionalities of adjacent and similarly coated proppants so that, when introduced downhole, these proppants form interparticle bonds at the temperatures and crack closure pressures found downhole in fractured strata. Such enhanced interparticle bonding helps keep the proppant in the fracture and maintains conductivity with reduced flowback. The invention also helps proppants designed for low temperature well to bond more firmly and allows proppants designed for high temperature wells to bond well even at lower downhole temperatures, thereby extending their useful range.
US10100244B2
A method of swelling an oil-swellable elastomer in a well comprising the step of: contacting the oil-swellable elastomer in the well with a treatment fluid, wherein the treatment fluid comprises: (A) an oil selected from the group consisting of alkanes and naphtha, wherein the oil comprises hydrocarbons having anywhere in the range of 5 to 21 carbons; (B) an α-olefin having anywhere in the range of 18 to 26 carbons; and (C) an activator for oil-swelling, the activator selected from the group consisting of: ketones, dodecane, terpenes, terpenoids, haloalkanes having from 9 to 20 carbons, and any combination thereof. An oil-swelled elastomer as produced by the method is also contemplated.
US10100242B2
The present invention relates to a method for enhanced hydrocarbon recovery in an underground reservoir rock comprising injecting an aqueous conditioning solution containing an alkaline agent, wherein the in-situ effects of the injection are determined by means of a flow simulation on a reservoir model discretized in cells, by taking into account the transport of the alkaline agent and without taking into account the transport of species referred to as intermediate species that result from the injection of the principal agent in aqueous solution, the intermediate species concentrations being determined analytically in each cell.
US10100240B2
Compositions of the present disclosure comprise electrostatic dissipative compositions comprising a first polymer, a second polymer, and a naphthyl sulfonic acid. Methods of the present disclosure comprise heating a vehicle component by applying a voltage to a surface of a composition disposed on a vehicle component. The composition comprises a first polymer and a second polymer.
US10100239B2
Provided are: an antistatic agent which is capable of imparting excellent antistatic effect in a small amount and has sufficient persistence and wiping resistance; an antistatic agent composition; an antistatic resin composition; and a molded article. The antistatic agent comprises a polymer compound (E) having a structure in which a block polymer (C) and an epoxy compound (D) are bound via an ester bond formed by a carboxyl group of the block polymer (C) and an epoxy group of the epoxy compound (D), the block polymer (C) having a structure comprising carboxyl groups at both ends, in which structure a block constituted by a polyester (A) having carboxyl groups at both ends and a block constituted by a compound (B) having hydroxyl groups at both ends are repeatedly and alternately bound via ester bonds formed by the carboxyl groups and the hydroxyl groups, and the epoxy compound (D) comprising two or more epoxy groups.
US10100236B2
The present application relates to a resin composition and in particular to a light-curable resin composition.It is known to achieve a thixotropic behavior of an adhesive composition by adding an inorganic additive like fumed silica. Adding inorganic additives results in significant particle problems as fumed silica is a solid particle and affects the optical performance of the adhesive composition.In accordance with the invention a particle free resin composition with a thixotropic behavior is provided. The inventive composition comprisesa) 30 to 90 wt % of a urethane acrylate oligomer with a molecular weight greater than 15000,b) 2 to 40 wt % of a (meth)acrylate monomer having a benzene ring, andc) 0.2 to 10 wt % of a photo initiator.
US10100226B2
The present invention relates to anaerobically curable compositions demonstrating resistance to elevated temperature conditions.
US10100225B2
A CMP slurry composition for polishing a metal wire and a polishing method, the CMP slurry composition including polishing particles; an oxidant; a complexing agent; a corrosion inhibitor; and deionized water, wherein the corrosion inhibitor includes an inorganic nitrite or ammonium nitrate.
US10100224B2
The invention relates to an aqueous solution containing at least one modification agent, whey, water glass and a solvent, in particular an aqueous solvent, and to the uses thereof, particularly as a fire-retardant impregnation, coating or sealant material.
US10100220B2
Disclosed is a water-based coating composition having as a base resin, a core/shell type emulsion resin comprising an acrylic resin as the core portion and a polyurethane resin as the shell portion, wherein the mass ratio of the core portion and the shell portion in the aforementioned core/shell type emulsion resin is between 20/80 and 80/20, the aforementioned acrylic resin has a hydroxyl group value of 40 to 140 mg KOH/g and an acid value of 0 to 10 mg KOH/g, the aforementioned polyurethane resin has a hydroxyl group value of 20 to 80 mg KOH/g and an acid value of 10 to 60 mg KOH/g, and the total mass ratio of constituent units derived from dibasic acids and/or dihydric alcohols having 10 to 60 carbon atoms in the aforementioned polyurethane resin is 10 to 50 mass % relative to the solid resin content of the aforementioned polyurethane resin.
US10100217B2
The present invention provides aqueous compositions which have low or zero volatile organic content (VOC) comprising (i) an open time additive composition of one or more phosphorus acid salts, preferably a phosphoric acid salt, and one or more polyalkoxylates having from 2 to 15 polyalkoxylate chains and an ethylene oxide (EO) content ranging from 20 to 70 wt. %, based on the total weight of polyalkoxylate solids in the composition. The (i) additive compositions may have a solids content as high as 95 wt. %. Further, the compositions may comprise (ii) one or more aqueous polymer, such as for use in coatings or non-cementitious mortars.
US10100210B2
An ink includes a radiation-curable compound, a liquid matter which is incompatible with the radiation-curable compound and is dispersed in a state of droplets, and a surfactant.
US10100208B2
A transparent conductive film including metal nanowires and a colored compound adsorbed by the metal nanowires is provided. The metal nanowires are a material which absorbs light in the visible light region, and also each has a functional group which is bound to a metal constituting the metal nanowire.
US10100206B1
A composition for pretreating surfaces of equipment for use with an uncured cementitious material, such as uncured concrete, and/or for cleaning cured cementitious material from the surfaces of such equipment includes an aqueous solution with colloidal silica. Pretreatment of a surface with such an aqueous solution may reduce or eliminate adhesion of uncured cementitious material to the surface. Cured cementitious material may be removed from equipment surfaces by wetting the cured cementitious material with the aqueous solution to chemically soften the cured cementitious material, along with abrading the cured cementitious material to mechanically remove the same from the equipment surfaces. Systems for removing cured cementitious material from the surfaces of equipment configured to use with uncured cementitious material include an abrasive element and an aqueous solution with colloidal silica.
US10100202B2
A coated article is provided with a low-emissivity (low-E) coating on a glass substrate. The low-E coating includes an infrared (IR) reflecting layer between at least a pair of dielectric layers. The IR reflecting layer may be of silver or the like. The coating is designed so as to provide a highly transparent coated article that is thermally stable upon optional heat treatment and which can be made to have a low emissivity in a consistent manner. The coating is designed to have improved IR reflecting layer quality, and thus reduced tolerances with respect to manufacturability of desired emissivity values. The coated article may be used in monolithic window applications, IG window applications, or the like.
US10100200B2
A method of making carbon black. A method of making carbon black is described including combusting feedstock with plasma in an apparatus having a series of unit operations with individual capacities. The individual capacities of the unit operations are substantially balanced by replacing at least part of the feedstock with a feedstock having a molecular weight heavier than methane. This results, among other things, in increased utilization of the individual capacities of the unit operations and increased overall throughput.
US10100199B2
Methylsilyl derivatized silica particles are disclosed. The methylsilyl derivatized silica particles have a methylsilyl content in a range of between 1-6 μmol m−2 on a surface of the silica particles. Colloidal silica comprising the methylsilyl derivatized silica particles is also disclosed. Methods for the manufacture of the methylsilyl derivatized silica particles are disclosed. Kits for coatings comprising the methylsilyl derivatized silica particles are also disclosed.
US10100198B2
The present invention provides novel compounds and methods for hydrocyanines derived from near-infrared cyanine dyes, as reactive oxygen species probes in imaging. In certain embodiments, the present invention provides reduced dyes as substrates for ELISA and Western blots.
US10100182B2
The present invention relates to a cutting member, especially to a cutting filament, for a plant-cutting device such as a scrub cutter or edge trimmer wherein at least one portion of the cutting member is a mixture of at least a polyamide, at least one thermoplastic polyolefin and at least one prodegradant agent.Another object of the invention relates to a composition for use in the manufacture of a cutting member by extrusion/drawing or by injection, made from a mixture of at least a polyamide, at least one thermoplastic polyolefin and at least one prodegradant agent.
US10100179B2
Provided is a latex composition for dip forming which includes 100 parts by weight of a nitrile-based hybrid latex including a first latex and a second latex which have different glass transition temperatures, and 2 parts by weight to 8 parts by weight of an ion-conductive polymer having a weight-average molecular weight of 400 to 1,000. The latex composition for dip forming has excellent low-temperature stability and a dip-formed article prepared using the composition has excellent tensile strength and elongation. Since wearing comfort is improved due to a decrease in modulus, the dip-formed article may be suitable for industries requiring such properties.
US10100177B2
Provided is a foamed product having excellent cold insulting effect as a heat insulating material or the like for cold insulation of a cold insulation container. The foamed product 1 includes a paper pellet of 50.0 to 70.0% by mass, a polypropylene resin group of 22.0 to 34.0% by mass, a low density polyethylene resin of 3.0 to 20.0% by mass, and a compatibilizing agent of 0.6 to 2.0% by mass of the polypropylene resin and the polyethylene resin. The paper pellet is formed by mixing fine paper powder of 30.0 to 50.0% by mass having a particle diameter of 30 to 200 μm and hydrophilic macromolecule of 50.0 to 70.0% by mass. The polypropylene resin group is composed of foamable polypropylene resin of 5.0 to 11.0% by mass and other polypropylene resin of 17 to 23% by mass.
US10100176B2
A resin particle composition includes resin particles, inorganic particles surface-treated with oil, and silica particles having a compression aggregation degree of 60% to 95% and a particle compression ratio of 0.20 to 0.40.
US10100173B2
Provided is an additive masterbatch comprising a low-melting-point resin additive at a high concentration, which additive masterbatch can be continuously produced without strand breakage, shows excellent clumping resistance to inhibit bleeding from a pellet thereof and thus has few use restrictions for potential application.The resin additive masterbatch is characterized by comprising, with respect to 100 parts by mass of (A) a polyolefin resin: 50 to 200 parts by mass of (B) a resin additive having a melting point of not higher than 65° C.; and 10 to 20 parts by mass of (C) an inorganic layered compound.
US10100171B2
A resin composition comprising 100 parts by mass of a polymer (A) and 0.5 parts to 60 parts by mass of a high dielectric material (B), the high dielectric material (B) having a relative dielectric constant at 20° C. of 10 or more, a melting point of 45° C. or lower, and a boiling point of 150° C. or higher.
US10100168B2
The inventions is directed to a method for recovering support materials used in an additive manufacturing process. The method comprises exposing a precursor additive manufactured article comprised of a water soluble support polymer and an insoluble material to water. The water soluble support polymer is dissolved in the water. The remaining article is then removed from the water. The dissolved water soluble polymer is precipitated from the water. The precipitated polymer is separated from the water and any remaining water removed to recover the water soluble support polymer. The recovered water soluble support polymer may then be re-used to make further additive manufactured articles.
US10100157B2
The invention relates to a method for making a lignin component from lignin material by an acid treatment, the method comprising: subjecting the lignin material to at least one acid treatment stage by mixing the lignin material with an acid composition to produce an acid treatment mixture, wherein at least one acid treatment stage has a retention time over 6 hours and wherein the acid treatment mixture is held at a temperature of over 60° C. and a pH of 0.5-4 for the retention time of the acid treatment in order to increase dry solids content of the lignin component and decrease ash and carbohydrates of the lignin component. Further, the invention relates to corresponding lignin components, a use of the lignin component and a product.
US10100153B2
A poly(imide-amide) copolymer includes: an imide structural unit which is a reaction product of a first diamine and a dianhydride, and an amide structural unit which is a reaction product of a second diamine and a diacyl halide, wherein each of the first diamine and the second diamine includes 2,2′-bis-trifluoromethyl-4,4′-biphenyldiamine, and at least one of the first diamine and the second diamine further includes a compound represented by Chemical Formula 1, wherein the dianhydride includes 3,3′,4,4′-biphenyltetracarboxylic dianhydride and 4,4′-hexafluoroisopropylidene diphthalic anhydride, wherein the diacyl halide includes terephthaloyl chloride (TPCl), and wherein an amount of the compound represented by Chemical Formula 1 is less than or equal to about 10 mole percent based on the total amount of the first diamine and the second diamine: NH2-A-NH2 Chemical Formula 1 wherein in Chemical Formula 1, A is the same as described in the detailed description.
US10100150B2
Disclosed herein are monomer embodiments that can be used to make polymers, such as homopolymers, heteropolymers, and that can be used in particular embodiments to make sequence-defined polymers. Also disclosed herein are methods of making polymers using such monomer embodiments. Methods of using the polymers disclosed herein also are described.
US10100147B2
An organic zinc catalyst having more uniform and fine particle size and showing more improved activity in a polymerization process for the preparation of a poly(alkylene carbonate) resin and a preparation method thereof, and a method of preparing a poly(alkylene carbonate) resin using the organic zinc catalyst, are provided. The preparation method of the organic zinc catalyst includes the steps of surface-treating a zinc precursor with a dispersant, and reacting the surface-treated zinc precursor with dicarboxylic acid to form a zinc dicarboxylate-based catalyst.
US10100137B2
Alkoxylated fatty acids are disclosed herein, as well as methods of making and using such compounds. In some embodiments, the alkoxylated fatty acids are formed from monomers derived from natural oils. In some embodiments, the alkoxylated fatty acids are used as surfactants for making synthetic latex by emulsion polymerization. In some other embodiments, the alkoxylated fatty acids are used as surfactants for making synthetic rubber, such as styrene-butadiene rubber. In some other embodiments, the alkoxylated fatty acids are used as surfactants in a composition for treatment of gas or oil wells, for cleaning applications, for use in various laundry-related applications, for use in personal care compositions, or for use as solvents for coating applications, such as reactive and non-reactive waterborne coating applications.
US10100136B2
The present invention provides a solid organomagnesium precursor having formula {Mg(OR′)X}.a{MgX2}.b{Mg(OR′)2}.c{R′OH}, wherein R′ is selected from a hydrocarbon group, X is selected from a halide group, and a:b:c is in range of 0.01-0.5:0.01-0.5:0.01-5 and process for preparing the same, said process comprising contacting a magnesium source with a solvating agent, an organohalide and an alcohol to obtain the solid organomagnesium precursor. The present invention also provides a process for preparing a catalyst system using the organomagnesium precursor and its use thereof for polymerization of olefins.
US10100132B2
The present invention is related to a process for the preparation of polymers containing amino groups by hydrogenation of nitrile groups containing polymers by heterogeneous catalysis.
US10100130B2
The present invention provides dual specificity antibody fusion proteins comprising an antibody Fab or Fab′ fragment with specificity for an antigen of interest, said fragment being fused to at least one single domain antibody which has specificity for a second antigen of interest.
US10100125B2
The present invention provides antibody polypeptides with binding specificity for human kallikrein-2 (hK2), wherein the antibody polypeptide comprises (a) a heavy chain variable region comprising the amino acid sequences of SEQ ID NO: 1 and SEQ ID NO: 2 and SEQ ID NO: 3 and/or (b) a light chain variable region comprising the amino acid sequences of SEQ ID NO: 4 and SEQ ID NO: 5 and SEQ ID NO: 6, and wherein the heavy chain variable region and light chain variable region comprise framework amino acid sequences from one or more human antibodies. The invention further provides use of said antibody polypeptides in the diagnosis and treatment of prostate cancer.
US10100111B2
The present invention relates to particularly stable and soluble scFv antibodies and Fab fragments specific for TNF, which comprise specific light chain and heavy chain sequences that are optimized for stability, solubility, in vitro and in vivo binding of TNF, and low immunogenicity. Said antibodies are designed for the diagnosis and/or treatment of TNF-mediated disorders. The nucleic acids, vectors and host cells for expression of the recombinant antibodies of the invention, methods for isolating them and the use of said antibodies in medicine are also disclosed.
US10100099B2
Among other aspects, the present invention relates to cell culture conditions for producing high molecular weight vWF, in particular, highly multimericWF with a high specific activity and ADAMTS13 with a high specific activity. The cell culture conditions of the present invention can include, for example, a cell culture medium with an increased copper concentration and/or cell culture supernatant with a low ammonium (NH4+) concentration. The present invention also provides methods for cultivating cells in the cell culture conditions to express high molecular weight vWF and rA13 having high specific activities.
US10100096B2
The present invention is directed to novel tissue protective peptides. The tissue protective peptides of the invention may bind to a tissue protective receptor complex. In particular, the present invention is drawn to tissue protective peptides derived from or sharing consensus sequences with portions of cytokine receptor ligands, including Erythropoietin (EPO), that are not involved in the binding of the ligand to the receptor complex, e.g., to the EPO receptor homodimer. Accordingly, the tissue protective peptides of the invention are derived from the amino acid sequences of regions of cytokine receptor ligands that are generally located on or within the region of the ligand protein that is opposite of the receptor complex, i.e., are generally derived from amino acid sequences of regions of the ligand protein that face away from the receptor complex while the ligand is bound to the receptor. The invention is further directed to the consensus sequences for use in engineering a synthetic tissue protective peptide. These tissue protective peptides also include fragments, chimeras, as well as peptides designed to mimic the spatial localization of key amino acid residues within the tissue protective receptor ligands, e.g., EPO. The invention further encompasses methods for treating or preventing a disease or disorder using tissue protective peptides of the current invention. The invention also encompasses methods for enhancing excitable tissue function using tissue protective peptides of the current invention.
US10100095B2
An object to be solved by the present invention is to identify patients resistant to known HSP90 inhibitors, and to provide a novel therapeutic agent for treating the patients who have become resistant to known HSP90 inhibitors.As a means for solving the above problems, the present invention provides identification of the patients based on a protein, which is an HSP90 family protein having a mutation in the site corresponding to F138 of HSP90α class A consisting of the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1, and use of a substance that inhibits the protein as an active ingredient of a therapeutic agent.
US10100094B2
Compositions for characterization of Botulinum toxin (BoNT) are described that include a genetically modified cell that is transfected with an artificial construct comprising a nucleic acid sequence that encodes for a hybrid protein having (a) a reporter-containing portion chemically coupled to (b) a cleavage site and (c) a control fluorophore. The cleavage site interacts with a BoNT in a manner that cleaves the reporter-containing portion from remainder of the construct. The cleaved portion is destroyed or otherwise degraded by the local environment, and presence of BoNT is evidenced by reduction in signal from the reporter. The cleavage sequence is all or part of a SNARE protein, the cleavable reporter-containing portion is preferably Yellow Fluorescent Protein (YFP), Citrine, Venus, or a YPet protein and the control fluorophore is preferably CFP, mStrawberry, or a mCherry protein.
US10100087B2
This invention provides peptides, immunogenic compositions and vaccines, and methods of treating, reducing the incidence of, and inducing immune responses to a WT-1-expressing cancer, comprising peptides derived from the WT-1 protein.
US10100086B2
This present invention provides a novel peptide for inhibiting growth of microorganisms, a pharmaceutical composition, an antimicrobial composition comprising such novel peptide, and a method for inhibiting growth of microorganisms. The novel peptide for inhibiting growth of microorganisms has amino acid sequence: KX1LRX2X3X4RRWX5, wherein X1, X2, and X5 are selected from the group of W and R, respectively; X3 is selected from the group of V and P; and X4 is selected from the group of R and methylated W. The method for inhibiting growth of microorganisms disclosed in this present invention comprises administering the novel peptide, the pharmaceutical composition, or the antimicrobial composition.
US10100084B2
Template-fixed β-hairpin peptidomimetics of the general formulae wherein Z is a chain of 11 α-amino acid residues which, depending on their positions in the chain (counted starting from the N-terminal amino acid) are Gly, or Pro, or Pro(4NHCOPhe), or of certain types which, as the remaining symbols in the above formula, are defined in the description and the claims, and salts thereof, have the property to inhibit proteases, in particular serine proteases, especially Cathepsin G or Elastase or Tryptase. These β-hairpin peptidomimetics can be manufactured by processes which are based on a mixed solid- and solution phase synthetic strategy.
US10100077B2
6-aryl-9-glycosidpurines of general formula I and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof with alkali metals, ammonia, amines, or addition salts with acids, wherein Gly represents β-D-arabinofuranosyl or β-D-2′-deoxyribofuranosyl, Ar represents benzyl or furfuryl, each of which can be unsubstituted or substituted by one or more, preferably one to three, substituents selected from the group comprising hydroxyl, alkyl, halogen, alkoxy, amino, mercapto, carboxyl, cyano, amido, sulfo, sulfamido, acyl, acylamino, acyloxy, alkylamino, dialkylamino, alkylmercapto, trifluoromethyl, trifluoromethoxy, for use as antisenescent and UV protective compounds in animals.
US10100070B2
A compound capable of providing a composition having high storage stability without reacting with a base-reactive compound, even when stored in a mixed state with the base-reactive compound, as well as capable of generating a strong base by irradiation of light (active energy rays) or heating. A base generator comprises the compound and a base-reactive composition comprises the base generator and the base-reactive compound. The compound is represented by the general formula (A).
US10100066B2
The present invention provides compounds, compositions thereof, and methods of using the same.
US10100064B2
The instant invention provides compounds of formula (I) which are PI3K-delta inhibitors, and as such are useful for the treatment of PI3K-delta-mediated diseases such as inflammation, asthma, COPD and cancer.
US10100061B2
An oxazepine compound, or salt thereof, has General Formula (I): wherein R1, R2, R3 and R4 may be identical or different, representing a hydrogen atom, halogen atom, alkyl group, etc.; R5 and R6 may be identical or different, representing a hydrogen atom, alkyl group, or phenyl group, pyridyl group, etc., that may be substituted together with a carbon atom to which R5 or R6 is bonded; R7 represents a hydrogen atom, alkyl group, alkynyl group, cyano alkyl group, alkoxy alkyl group, etc.; Y represents an oxygen atom, S, NH, etc.; Y1 represents a C═O, C═S, CH2 group, etc.; A represents a CH group, etc.; and m represents 0 or 1], as well as an agricultural/horticultural insecticide using such oxazepine compound or salt thereof as its active ingredient, and method for using the same.
US10100054B1
The pyrido[2,3-d]pyrimidine derivatives as anticancer agents include 5-(substituted-phenyl)-2-(3-methyl-5-oxo-2H-pyrazol-1(5H)-yl)-7-(pyridin-3-yl)pyrido[2,3-d]pyrimidin-4(3H)-one derivatives having the formula: where R is hydrogen; 2-halo, 3-halo, or 4-halo (Cl, Br, or F); 2-methoxy, 3-methoxy, or 4-methoxy (OCH3); 2-nitro, 3-nitro, or 4-nitro (NO2); 4-isopropyl, 4-methyl, or 4-cyano (CN); 2-hydroxy or 3-hydroxy (OH), 3-chloro and 5-chloro; 2-methoxy and 5-methoxy, 3-methoxy and 5-methoxy, or 3-methoxy and 4-methoxy; 3,4,5-trimethoxy; or 2-hydroxy and 4-hydroxy; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. The derivatives may be useful in treating various cancers, including hepatic, colon, prostate, breast, and lung cancer.
US10100052B2
The present disclosure generally relates to compounds and pharmaceutical compositions which may be used in methods of treating a hepatitis B virus infection.
US10100047B2
The present invention discloses a series of piperidine derivatives as orexin receptor antagonists and compositions thereof, and relates to the application thereof in preparing medications for the treatment of insomnia, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, obstructive sleep apnea, hypersomnia, anxiety, obsessive-compulsive disorder, panic attack, nicotine addiction, or binge eating disorder.
US10100045B2
Provided herein are compounds of Formula (I), and pharmaceutically acceptable salts, N-oxides, or solvates thereof, Also provided herein are pharmaceutical compositions comprising compounds of Formula (I) and methods of using compounds of Formula (I).
US10100043B2
Provided are cycloalkyl- and cycloalkenyl-substituted benzaldehydes and heteroaldehydes of formula (I) that act as allosteric modulators of hemoglobin, methods and intermediates for their preparation, pharmaceutical compositions containing the modulators, and methods for their use in treating disorders mediated by hemoglobin and disorders that would benefit from increased tissue oxygenation.
US10100031B2
The invention relates to a method of manufacturing triazine, pyrimidine and pyridine derivatives of formula (I), wherein U, V, W and Z are nitrogen or carbon atoms, whereby at least one of U, V and W is nitrogen, and the other substituents are defined as in the specification, by condensing a corresponding halo-triazine, pyrimidine or pyridine in a type of Suzuki coupling with a pyridyl- or pyrimidinyl-borane, wherein the amino function is protected as a formamidine. The invention further relates to suitable intermediates and methods of manufacturing of such intermediates. Furthermore the invention relates to pure 5-(4,6-dimorpholino-1,3,5-triazin-2-yl)-4-(trifluoromethyl)pyridin-2-amine in solid form.
US10100028B2
Methods of synthesizing prostaglandins, prostaglandin analogs and their synthetic intermediates are described. The methods can comprise metal-catalyzed metathesis reactions. Also provided are synthetic intermediates that can be used in the synthesis of the prostaglandins and prostaglandin analogs.
US10100025B2
The invention relates to obtaining furans from biomass. In particular, the invention relates to obtaining furans from polyols, such as tetrahydroxybutane. In accordance with the invention tetrahydroxybutane is converted to furan in the presence of a catalyst. The tetrahydroxybutane may be dissolved in a solvent such as water.
US10100024B2
In a process for the epoxidation of an olefin, where a mixture comprising olefin, hydrogen peroxide, water and methanol with a weight ratio of water to methanol of less than 1 is passed through a catalyst fixed bed comprising a shaped titanium silicalite catalyst, catalyst breakage is reduced by conditioning the dry catalyst with at least one conditioning liquid comprising water and from 25 to 45% by weight methanol.
US10100021B2
In one aspect, the invention relates to a crystalline form of the structure: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, having neprilysin inhibition activity. In another aspect, the invention relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising this crystalline form; methods of using this crystalline form and its soluble form (I); and processes for preparing soluble (I) and crystalline (I′) forms.
US10100019B2
The present invention relates to a N2-(2-methoxyphenyl)pyrimidine derivative, a preparation method thereof, and a pharmaceutical composition for the prevention or treatment of cancer comprising the same as an active ingredient. The N2-(2-methoxyphenyl)pyrimidine derivative, the optical isomer thereof, or the pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof of the present invention is very effective in suppressing anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK) activity and as a result it can improve the effectiveness of treatment on cancer cells having anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK) fusion proteins such as EML4-ALK and NPM-ALK, so that it can be effectively used as a pharmaceutical composition for preventing or treating cancer.
US10100018B2
The present invention provides compounds of formula (I) and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein R1, X, m, R2, Y, R3, Z, n, R4, A and B are as defined in the specification, processes for their preparation, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use in therapy.
US10100009B2
A process for forming a concentrated solution, including distilling in a distillation zone comprised of 10 or more theoretical distillation stages, at a pressure of no greater than 300 mm Hg and a reflux ratio (D/L) of at least 1:1, an amount of an initial solution comprised of tert-butyl hydroperoxide (TBHP) in tert-butyl alcohol (TBA) having a TBHP concentration of up to 60 wt. % and a total impurity content greater than 0.01 wt. %, for a time and under distillation conditions to form a concentrated solution comprised of TBHP in TBA; and separating an overhead distillate from the distillation zone so that the concentrated solution thereafter has a TBHP concentration greater than 60 wt. %, a TBA concentration less than 40 wt. %, a water impurity content no greater than 0.1 wt. % and a total impurity content of no greater than 1 wt. %. Related epoxidation catalyst formation and epoxidation processes are also described.
US10100004B2
Here described are compounds consisting of the structure (targeting molecule)m-linker-(targeting molecule)n, wherein the targeting molecule is a retinoid or a fat soluble vitamin having a specific receptor on the target cell; wherein m and n are independently 0, 1, 2 or 3; and wherein the linker comprises a polyethylene glycol (PEG) or PEG-like molecule, as well as compositions and pharmaceutical formulations including these compounds which are useful for the targeting and delivery of therapeutic agents; and methods of using these compositions and pharmaceutical formulations.
US10100000B2
In a method for synthesizing 1,1-diamino-2,2-dinitroethylene (FOX-7) or an N-substituted diamino derivative thereof or a salt of 1,1-diamino-2,2-dinitroethylene or of the N-substituted diamino derivative, a carbodiimide is reacted with a dinitromethane anion. The reaction of the carbodiimide with the dinitromethane anion takes place in a solution.
US10099991B2
This invention relates to a process for the separation of dicarboxylic acids from aqueous mixtures of CV8C24 mono- and dicarboxylic acids. In particular this invention relates to a process for the separation and purification of the said mixtures which uses an ultrafiltration stage.
US10099990B2
A process for producing acetic acid is disclosed in which the methyl iodide concentration is maintained in the vapor product stream formed in a flashing step. The methyl iodide concentration in the vapor product stream ranges from 24 to less than 36 wt. % methyl iodide, based on the weight of the vapor product stream. In addition, the acetaldehyde concentration is maintained within the range from 0.005 to 1 wt. % in the vapor product stream. The vapor product stream is distilled in a first column to obtain an acetic acid product stream comprising acetic acid and up to 300 wppm hydrogen iodide and/or from 0.1 to 6 wt. % methyl iodide and an overhead stream comprising methyl iodide, water and methyl acetate.
US10099985B2
This invention provides producing having an objective ketone and/or alcohol by decomposing of a hydrocarbon compound rapidly and selectively having a same number of carbon atoms as a hydrocarbon compound by decomposing a hydroperoxide in a reaction solution obtained from oxidizing the hydrocarbon compound using molecular oxygen of this invention involves, a hydroperoxide decomposition step for decomposing the hydroperoxide into the ketone and/or alcohol by contacting the reaction solution with an aqueous solution containing a carbonate of an alkaline earth metal or a carbonate of an alkali metal and a transition metal compound, a separation step for separating into an oil phase comprising the ketone and/or alcohol, and a water phase comprising the carbonate of an alkaline earth metal or carbonate of an alkali metal and the transition metal compound, a recovery step for recovering the carbonate of an alkali metal or carbonate of an alkaline earth metal and the transition metal compound by combusting the water phase, and a recycling step for recycling to the hydroperoxide decomposition step by dissolving at least the carbonate of the alkali metal or the carbonate of the alkaline earth metal among the recovered substances obtained from the recovery step in water.
US10099982B2
Described herein is method of making a halogenated partially fluorinated compound, comprising: (a) providing a compound having the following structure of formula (I): Rf—CF═CXY wherein X and Y are independently selected from F and Cl; wherein Rf is a fluorinated monovalent group comprising 1 to 10 carbon atoms; (b) contacting the compound with at least one of (i) an iodine or bromine containing salt in the presence of an acid; and (ii) aqueous solution of HZ wherein Z is selected from I and Br to form the halogenated partially fluorinated compound of the formula (II): R′f—CFH—CXYZ wherein X and Y are independently selected from F and Cl; Z is selected from I and Br; and R′f is a fluorinated monovalent group comprising 1 to 10 carbon atoms.
US10099977B2
Disclosed is a composition comprised of at least one compound selected from 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene, 1,3,3,3-tetrafluoro-1-propene and 1-chloro-3,3,3-trifluoropropene and halogenated impurity selected from the group consisting of HFO-1141 (CH2═CHF), HCFO-1140 (CH2═CHCl), and HCFO-1131 (CH2═CFCl and/or trans/cis-CHF═CHCl) and combination thereof, said halogenated impurity being present in said composition in an amount of 50 ppm or less.
US10099972B2
Systems and a method are provided for producing an aromatic hydrocarbon and generating electricity from a tail gas stream. The method includes feeding a first stream including a raw natural gas into a reactor. The method includes converting the first stream, at least in part, to a second stream including an aromatic hydrocarbon within the reactor. The method includes separating the second stream into a tail gas stream and a liquid aromatic hydrocarbon stream and combusting at least a portion of the tail gas stream to generate electricity.
US10099969B2
Isomerizing dehydration of feedstock containing a primary alcohol substituted in position 2 by an alkyl group in which the feedstock is heated to the reaction temperature by indirect heat exchange then vaporization by mixing with a diluent effluent, the diluted and vaporized feedstock being dehydrated in at least one dehydration reactor operating in gas phase at an inlet temperature comprised between 250 and 375° C., at a pressure comprised between 0.2 MPa and 1 MPa and at a WHSV comprised between 1 and 18 h−1, in the presence of a catalyst comprising a zeolite having at least one series of channels the opening of which is defined by a ring with 8 oxygen atoms (8MR) and a binder, the catalyst being coked beforehand in-situ or ex-situ, so as to produce a dehydration effluent, the latter being treated and separated into a diluent effluent, an alkenes effluent and a heavy hydrocarbons effluent.
US10099965B2
Carbon opals, a form of colloidal crystal, are composed of ordered two-dimensional or three-dimensional arrays of Monodispersed Starburst Carbon Spheres (MSCS). Methods for producing such carbon opals include oxidizing as-synthesized MSCS, for example by heating in air, to increase surface charge. Such oxidation is believed to decrease settling rates of a colloidal suspension, enabling formation of an ordered colloidal crystal. Inverse opals, composed of any of a wide variety of materials, and based on a carbon opal template, have a reciprocal structure to a carbon opal. Inverse opals are formed by methods including: forming a carbon opal as described, impregnating a desired material into pores in the carbon opal to produce a hybrid structure, and removing the carbon portion from the hybrid structure.
US10099960B2
A contamination control mat 10 comprising a support layer 16 which is coated on a top surface with a polymeric contamination control layer 17, wherein the support layer 16 comprises a glass fiber reinforced polymer that is printed on a top surface, the polymeric contamination control layer 17 is transparent or translucent, and the printed surface is visible through the polymeric contamination control layer. This provides a thin yet rigid and stable mat 10 that can also display printed information that is protected from damage. The mat 10 is primarily used to meet contamination control needs.
US10099958B2
A process for obtaining a material including a transparent substrate coated with a stack of thin layers which are deposited by cathode sputtering, optionally assisted by a magnetic field, including at least one silver-based functional metal layer and at least two antireflective coatings, each antireflective coating including at least one dielectric layer, so that each functional metal layer is positioned between two antireflective coatings, the process includes the sequence of following stages: (a) an antireflective coating including at least one thin layer based on crystalline nickel oxide is deposited, then (b) at least one silver-based functional metal layer is deposited above and in contact with the thin layer based on crystalline nickel oxide.
US10099955B2
Prior to fabrication of an optical fiber with desired optical properties, a preform geometry is determined dependent upon a fiber geometry that possesses the desired optical properties. The desired geometry may contain a large number of channels. The processor determines the preform geometry by tracking backwards in time the parameters of a set of conformal mappings that describe the cross section of the fiber. Some of the drawing process parameters may be specified, while other parameters may be determined along with the preform geometry. The determined preform geometry may be used to fabricate the required preform. Using this preform, the determined drawing process parameters may be used to draw the desired fiber.
US10099952B2
A method for treating organic wastewater includes: proceeding with anaerobic fermentation on organic wastewater to obtain a fermentation liquid; nitrifying a portion of the fermentation liquid to obtain a first fermentation liquid containing nitrate nitrogen, and separating the remaining portion of the fermentation liquid to obtain a second fermentation liquid containing propionic acid; mixing the first and second fermentation liquids to obtain a mixture; and removing nitrogen and phosphorus from the mixture and then proceeding with sedimentation to obtain a sediment and a supernatant discharged as purified water. An organic wastewater treating system includes an anaerobic fermentation reactor, an aeration tank, a fermentation liquid separating equipment, a biological removal reactor for removing nitrogen and phosphorus, and a sedimentation tank. The mixing ratio of two fermentation liquids is controlled to achieve balance between carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus during the nitrogen and phosphorus removal process, achieving highly efficient and simultaneous removal of carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus without additional carbon source.
US10099944B2
A solution for disinfecting a fluid, colloid, mixture, and/or the like using ultraviolet radiation is provided. An ultraviolet transparent enclosure can include an inlet and an outlet for a flow of media to be disinfected. The ultraviolet transparent enclosure includes a material that is configured to prevent biofouling within the ultraviolet transparent enclosure. A set of ultraviolet radiation sources are located adjacent to the ultraviolet transparent enclosure and are configured to generate ultraviolet radiation towards the ultraviolet transparent enclosure.
US10099942B2
Systems and methods of eliminate filter air locks by maintaining a constant water table at the water head layer of the filter. The constant water table eliminates air locks in the filter as the filter drains. Water flows from the water head layer through a filtration medium in a filter cartridge, and the filtered water is output from a water outlet at the top of the cartridge. For a water table retention filter, where the water (or other liquid) being filtered, is re-directed to the top of the filter to the water head layer to avoid drawing air into the filter. Unfiltered water drains down the center of the filter to the water head layer and then flows up through the filter and is directed out near or at the top of the filter.
US10099940B2
A method for producing electrolytic manganese dioxide with high compact density where electrolytic manganese dioxide pieces are milled in a classifying mill to produce first milled manganese dioxide particles where 30% of the particles are larger than 200 mesh and up to 95% of the particles are smaller than 325 mesh. The first milled manganese dioxide particles are milled a second time to produce manganese dioxide particles having a second particle size distribution. Also, an electrolytic manganese dioxide particle composition, wherein when the particle size distribution of the composition is plotted as a function of base-10 logarithm of the particle size, a first peak is centered at a particle size from 40-100 μm and contributes a minimum of 20% of the area under the curve of the overall particle size distribution and a maximum of 45% of the area under the curve of the overall particle size distribution.
US10099939B2
The present invention provides a system and method for producing high-purity vanadium pentoxide powder. Industrial grade vanadium pentoxide is converted to vanadium oxytrichloride by low temperature fluidizing chlorination, wherein chlorinating gas is preheated via heat exchange between fluidizing gas and chlorination flue gas, and an appropriate amount of air is added to enable a part of carbon powder to combust so as to achieve a balanced heat supply during the chlorination, thereby increasing the efficiency of chlorination and ensuring good selectivity in low temperature chlorination. The vanadium oxytrichloride is purified by rectification, and then subjected to fluidized gas phase hydrolyzation and fluidized calcination, thereby producing a high-purity vanadium pentoxide product and a by-product of hydrochloric acid solution. The system and method have advantages of favorable adaptability to raw material, no discharge of contaminated wastewater, low energy consumption in production, low operation cost, stable product quality, etc.
US10099938B2
According to example embodiments, a transparent electrically conductive film including a compound that has a two-dimensional electron gas layer, and has a product of an absorption coefficient (α) for light having a wavelength of about 550 nm at 25° C. and a resistivity value (ρ) thereof of less than or equal to about 30 Ω/sq is provided. The electrically conductive film may be a layered crystal structure of the compound.
US10099912B2
The present invention provides a liquid supplying device and a photoresist coating equipment. The liquid supplying device i A liquid supplying device, comprising: a tank for storing liquid; and a liquid transfer pipe inserted into the tank, and an elastic retractable structure is provided on at least one portion of the liquid transfer pipe, and a pipe end portion of the liquid transfer pipe in the tank is always contacted with and pressed against an inner wall of the tank. In the present invention, the liquid is able to be output continuously, and a problem of the prior art in which the liquid stored in the tank cannot be used sufficiently can be avoided.
US10099907B1
Monitoring the temperature of the brush of the motor on an electric winch during operation and restricting the operation of the motor within a cooling range in order to minimize downtime and maximize runtime.
US10099905B2
A crane includes: a boom; a jib; a front post that is swingably attached to a tip end side of the boom; a rear post that is swingably attached to the tip end side of the boom; a post-side pendant member, with one end of the post-side pendant member being attached to a tip end of the rear post; a boom-side pendant member, with one end of the boom-side pendant member being attached to another end of the post-side pendant member, and another end of the boom-side pendant member being attached to the boom; and a post driving device having a link mechanism that rotates the rear post in a range including a position at which the rear post is swung down to the front post side and a position at which the rear post is swung down to the boom side, while the boom is held down in a horizontal position.
US10099885B2
A conveying apparatus, including: a main body unit including a conveyor mechanism, a first tray to receive a medium conveyed through a first conveyance path, and a switcher to switch a destination of the medium; an intermediate unit removably mountable on the upper surface of the main body unit and including a first introduction opening formed in its lower surface and at least one conveyance roller for conveying the medium through a second conveyance path and discharging the medium from a second discharge opening formed in its upper surface; and a tray unit removably mountable on the upper surface of the intermediate unit and including a second introduction opening formed in its lower surface and at least one second tray to receive the medium conveyed through a third conveyance path, the intermediate unit having a length in a height direction smaller than that of the tray unit in the direction.
US10099882B2
A trailing end (14′) of a web in a web roll (14, 14.1) is secured to a surface of the web roll in a slitter-winder (10) by attachment articles (30) which extend over a trailing end of the web on the roll surface. Each attachment article has an adhesive surface positioned on a path of movement of the web roll, facing toward the roll, and, while the roll is moved, it is attached on the surface of the web roll. An arrangement (11) for securing a trailing end of a web to the roll in a slitter-winder (10) has a roll handling system (24) to move the rolls (14) via a path, and an adhesive article distribution system (28) positioned to attachment the article, in which the two systems co-operate so that, as the rolls are moved, the attachment article is attached on the surface of the web roll.
US10099879B1
A paper feeding device includes a first transmission module mounted in a transaction device, a pickup shaft, at least one pickup roller and at least one separation roller. The pickup shaft is rotatably and pivotally connected to the transaction device. The pickup shaft is connected with the first transmission module, and the first transmission module is capable of driving the pickup shaft to rotate towards a clockwise direction or an anticlockwise direction. The at least one pickup roller is fastened around the pickup shaft. The at least one separation roller is rotatably and pivotally connected to the transaction device. An outer surface of the at least one separation roller oppositely abuts against an outer surface of the at least one pickup roller.
US10099878B1
Baseline values for metal detection readings associated with an item inserted into an infeed mouth of a depository are obtained before the item is pinched on a pathway of the depository. The baseline values are adjusted by additional readings obtained when the item is pinched on the pathway for transport. The adjusted baseline values are processed with calculated values from ongoing and fluctuating current readings to determine at least one final value. A determination is made as to whether the item includes at least some metal based on comparison of the at least one final value and a predefined value.
US10099876B2
A sheet material thickness detection device includes a guide member, a non-rotating pressing member, a sensor, and a calculator. The guide member guides one side of a sheet material being conveyed. The pressing member presses the sheet material against the guide member in a manner displaceable in accordance with the thickness of the sheet material. The sensor is configured to magnetically or electrically detect a displaced amount of the pressing member that is displaced in accordance with the thickness of the sheet material. The calculator is configured to calculate the thickness of the sheet material based on an output signal of the sensor.
US10099864B1
Technology for optimizing carton induction in an order fulfillment picking system is described. In an example embodiment, a method, implemented using one or more computing devices, may include receiving scan data reflecting status of cartons being conveyed by a conveying system, receiving confirmatory input reflecting pick completion for a subset of the cartons being conveyed by the conveying system, and generating an estimated time of arrival for one or more cartons not yet inducted into the conveying system based on the scan data and the confirmatory input. The method may further include generating a load forecast based on the estimated time of arrival and inducting one or more of the one or more cartons into the conveying system based on the load forecast.
US10099855B1
A trash bag cinch device and method of use are provided for securing a trash bag to a trash can. According to one embodiment, the cinch device includes a collar, and the collar includes a base with teeth and a cuff with teeth. The cuff is moveable between an open position and a closed position and, when the cuff is closed, the base and the cuff describe an opening. And, when closed the base teeth and cuff teeth generally point toward the opening. The cinch device further includes a clamp adapted to secure the cinch device to a trash can rim. When thus positioned, a portion of the trash bag may be threaded through the opening and held by the teeth, thus securing the trash bag to the trash can.
US10099851B2
A self-retracting dry ice container enclosing solid carbon dioxide and retracting as the solid carbon dioxide sublimates is provided
US10099850B2
The present description includes containers having an improved puncture design that can be punctured without substantial deformation of the container. Such containers are particularly suitable for use in preparing beverages using automatic machines, particularly those used for preparation of single serve beverages. Also provided are thermoplastic materials having improved punctureability for use in containers, containers for preparation of a beverage, and methods for preparing a beverage using such containers.
US10099840B2
A cup made of a paper material having a fillable interior, which cup is formed by a conical sleeve and a bottom. The bottom is attached to the sleeve at the lower end of the interior with a bottom skirt in an essentially liquid-tight way. The sleeve and/or the bottom in the area of the bottom skirt and/or the bottom skirt itself comprises, at least in one area along the periphery, an outwardly projecting widening. A lower edge of the widening forms a standing surface for the cup. The widening can serve to hold another cup of the same type, and can act together with a similar cup during stacking. The cup can include a heat insulating outer sleeve.
US10099836B2
A method for making an insulating dunnage product (10) includes the steps of (a) permanently deforming at least one non-planar interior layer (12) that includes a paper sheet to form a plurality of air pockets (14), (b) surrounding the at least one interior layer (12) on all four sides and over the top and bottom sides of the at least one interior layer (12) with at least one outer layer (16) of sheet material and (c) peripherally sealing the at least one outer layer (16) to capture the at least one interior layer (12) therein such that the interior layer (12) has major portions that are free to shift relative to adjacent portions of the at least one outer layer (16).
US10099824B2
A dual swing lid mechanism includes a base section and a lid openable and closable with respect to the base section. The lid includes a lid main body section, an arm section, a first supporting shaft, and a second supporting shaft. The lid main body section has a lock mechanism including a first rod engageable with the arm section and a second rod engageable with the base section. The lid changes among a closed state; a first opened state of opening a containing section with the first supporting shaft as a center; and a second opened state of opening the containing section with the second supporting shaft as the center. The first rod engages with the arm section in the closed state and the first opened state and disengages from the arm section in the second opened state. The second rod engages with the base section in the closed state and the second opened state and disengages from the base section in the first opened state.
US10099822B2
A closure assembly includes a cap having a top panel joined to a circumferential skirt by a plurality of bridges and an opening in the top panel. A plurality of complementary projections are provided on the inner surface of the skirt. An intermediate member has a top portion. An annular sealing surface joins and rises from the top portion. A neck is formed on the top portion located to protrude through the opening. A closure base with a complementary annular sealing surface is adapted to telescopically receive the annular sealing surface. A plurality of projections extend from the closure base. A sealing member is applicable between the annular sealing surface and complementary annular sealing surface to provide a seal between the intermediate member and the closure base.
US10099818B2
A reclosable child-resistant plastic zipper assembly of indefinite length is disclosed. The assembly has a first zipper strip and a second zipper strip, the zipper strips having complementary reclosure profiles. The zipper assembly lacks upper flanges, but instead terminates at a pair of closure tabs that meet at an opening point when the strips have been mated to provide the closure. The zipper strips each further include a texturized gripping region on the exterior surfaces to enable a user to open the zipper assembly. The assembly may be affixed to the upper end of a bag or other flexible container to provide child-resistant access to the contents therein.
US10099813B2
A pallet includes an upper portion having an upper surface for supporting containers thereon. A first plurality of recesses in the upper surface have a first lower support surface spaced from the upper surface. A plurality of legs extend downwardly from the upper portion. The upper portion includes an overhang extending outward from one of the plurality of legs extending along each side of the pallet. In a disclosed method, containers are nested in a predetermined location on an upper surface of the pallet.
US10099810B2
The invention relates to a device for extracting pills from a blister pack provided with a push-through foil, comprising: an at least partially curved extracting surface for stationary placing of the blister pack, wherein the push-through foil lies against the extracting surface and wherein the extracting surface is provided on the underside with drop openings corresponding to positions of the pills in the blister pack, one or more rotatable pressure rollers, wherein each pressure roller is rollable with predetermined rolling pressure over at least a part of the surface of the blister pack during operation for the purpose of pressing the pills out of the blister pack through the push-through foil and through the drop openings, and a collecting means placed under the extracting surface for collecting pills which have dropped through the drop openings.
US10099805B2
A habitation module that provides an artificial gravity environment. In one embodiment, the habitation module includes a core structure having cylindrical sections spaced apart from one another, and a hub that slides over one of the cylindrical sections of the core structure to span a distance between the cylindrical sections. The hub includes a plurality of portals spaced radially around a circumference of the hub, and gravity chambers attach to portals of the hub. A drive mechanism rotates the hub about an axis in relation to the core structure to simulate a gravitational force within the gravity chambers. Rotary seals form an air-tight seal between the hub and the cylindrical sections of the core structure so that the interior of the hub and the gravity chambers may be pressurized.
US10099801B2
An improved aircraft management system for consolidating and prioritizing alerts through the use of an alert consolidator is described herein. According to an embodiment, a method for providing a list of tasks for responding to alerts provided by an aircraft sensing system includes receiving a plurality of alerts provided by an aircraft sensing system prioritizing at least two alerts, generating a prioritized sequential list of tasks for responding to the prioritized alerts, and providing, in a single format, the prioritized sequential list of tasks.
US10099797B2
A method of controlling cooling in an aircraft system includes endothermically cracking a fuel to increase its cooling capacity using a catalyst that includes at least one transition metal compound of at least one of carbides, nitrides, oxynitrides, oxycarbonitrides, oxycarbides, phosphides, and combinations, and the transition metal includes at least one of zirconium, hafnium, tantalum, niobium, molybdenum, tungsten, platinum, palladium, rhodium, iridium, ruthenium, osmium, rhenium, and combinations thereof. The cracked fuel is used to cool a heat source that includes an aircraft component.
US10099793B2
The Distributed Electric Ducted Fan Wing concept incorporates multiple electric ducted fans on lifting surfaces configured to provide integrated aerodynamics and propulsion resulting in enhanced aerodynamic characteristics and thus aircraft performance. The concept uses a plurality of electric ducted fans (EDFs) to not only provide thrust, but to also blow air across the upper surface of a substantial portion of the lifting surface area increasing lift at little loss in efficiency. Not only can the total lift on the surfaces be enhanced, but the lift distribution managed: to aid in aircraft control; ameliorate the effects of turbulence: reduce shed vortices; mitigate the effects of system failures; eliminate stalls; and compensate for crosswinds. This concept offers the potential for increasing electric airplane efficiency and performance, enhancing Short Takeoff and Landing (STOL) capabilities, improving passenger comfort, and reducing the structural stress and cost of aircraft.
US10099778B2
To provide an unmanned aerial vehicle that can allow its airframe to approach a structure surface safely and is able to move on a surface of the structure, while keeping a constant clearance between the structure surface and the airframe. This is solved by an manned aerial vehicle including one or a plurality of rotors and a plurality of rotating bodies having one or more driving sources, wherein at least a part of each of the rotating bodies in their rotational radius direction extends forth on an air intake side of the rotors relative to a position of rotational planes of the rotors, and negative pressure produced on the air intake side of the rotors causes the airframe to adhere by suction to a structure surface, and in this state, by driving the plurality of rotating bodies, the vehicle is enabled to travel on the surface.
US10099766B2
A pressurized aircraft fuselage includes a pressure bulkhead installed on a fuselage structure, which forms a barrier between an internal pressurized cabin area and an outside area, wherein the edge of the pressure bulkhead is circumferentially attached to the fuselage structure by fastening means, wherein the fastening means include a pair of ring-shaped attachment frames made of an open or hollow profile, which are disposed at each side of the pressure bulkhead respectively, in order to form a clamping connection for the pressure bulkhead towards the fuselage structure.
US10099756B2
A marker and recovery device comprising: an enclosure secured to a torso of a wearer; a bladder configured to fit within the enclosure in an uninflated state, the bladder including an elongate tube being physically connected at a first end to the enclosure; a first upper tube fluidly connected to the elongate tube at a distal end of the elongate tube; and a second upper tube fluidly connected to the elongate tube at the distal end of the elongate tube; and an inflation mechanism to inflate the bladder to extend the bladder from the uninflated state to a deployed state in which said elongate tube extends from said enclosure and where the first upper tube and second upper tube form a handle portion at the end of the elongate tube.
US10099754B2
A motorized hydrofoil apparatus may include a sailboard having a top surface and a bottom surface; a first hydrofoil assembly having a first hydrofoil and a first support unit; a second hydrofoil assembly having a second hydrofoil and a second support unit; and a propulsion system. The hydrofoil apparatus may also include one or more sensing units disposed on predetermined locations on the first support unit to operatively communicate to a plurality of actuating units on the first hydrofoil assembly and second hydrofoil assembly to automatically generate corrective responses to various destabilizing hydrodynamic effects to stabilize the hydrofoil apparatus.
US10099731B2
An automobile comprising first and second flaps provided on either side of a centerline on the underside of the automobile is provided. Each flap is deployable from first positions that extend minimally into the flow to respective second positions where each flap extends maximally into the flow of air when the automobile is in motion to reduce the downforce generated by the automobile. A control unit adapted to receive inputs that indicate the dynamic state of the automobile is further provided. The control unit select positions of the first and second flaps depending on the dynamic state to control the downforce generated by the automobile. If the inputs indicate that the automobile is cornering, the positions of the first and second flaps are selected so as to counter roll of the automobile.
US10099725B2
A vehicle body side structure includes: a side sill extending in a longitudinal direction of a vehicle at a side bottom of the vehicle and having a recess sagging inward in a width direction of the vehicle; a door being hollow, having a door bottom portion disposed so as to overlap the side sill when seen from a side, and being arranged at an outer side of the side sill in the width direction; and a force transferring member having a projection protruding inward in the width direction, being disposed in a hollow interior of the door bottom portion, and being configured to transfer force acting inward in the width direction to the side sill.
US10099707B2
A bogie (6) comprises a bogie frame (7). The bogie frame (7) is mounted on bearings (7b) via a first spring device (7a). A wheelset shaft (8) is mounted in the bearings (7b). A wheelset drive (9) concentrically surrounds the wheelset shaft (8) and acts thereupon. The wheelset drive (9) is spring-mounted on the bearings (7b) by means of a second spring device (16) exclusively associated with the wheelset drive (9). A two-level clutch (15) is arranged between the wheelset drive (9) and the wheelset shaft (8).
US10099695B2
A hybrid vehicle control device is provided that is capable of controlling a drive source according to a travel plan. The hybrid vehicle control device is configured to be mounted in a hybrid vehicle including a drive source having an engine and a motor/generator, and a navigation system that acquires travel environment information of a planned travel route. The control device is configured such that, upon selection of a “travel plan mode”, which controls the drive source according to a travel plan set for low fuel travel based on travel environment information acquired from the navigation system in the absence of the selection of an “eco-mode”, which controls the drive source to prioritize fuel efficiency over power performance, the selection of the “travel plan mode” is linked with a setting operation for the “eco-mode”.
US10099694B2
A motor vehicle is controlled: during a prescribed transition from an accelerator ON state to an accelerator OFF and brake OFF state, the control unit makes a rear wheel distribution ratio that is a ratio of a torque of the rear wheel to a sum of a torque of the front wheel and the torque of the rear wheel, change to a first prescribed distribution ratio after changing from a value during the accelerator ON state to a second prescribed distribution ratio that is larger than the first prescribed distribution ratio.
US10099686B2
A limp-home driving method at the time of a breakdown of a parking switch for a vehicle includes a first step of diagnosing a breakdown of a plurality of air parking switches provided in a hybrid vehicle by connecting the air parking switches to a hybrid control unit (HCU) and a transmission control unit (TCU), respectively, through parking wires, and connecting the HCU and the TCU with each other by controller area network (CAN) communication, a second step of informing a driver of a breakdown state at the time of confirming the breakdown of the air parking switches in the first step, and a third step of limiting an output of the vehicle and performing a limp-home function in a state in which an ISG (Idle Stop and Go) control is stopped, after the second step.
US10099681B2
A user interface apparatus for controlling a vehicle comprising a non-uniform displacement engine comprising at least two sizes of cylinders having different displacements, a motor connected to a driving shaft of the engine, and a motor controller for controlling the motor, the user interface apparatus includes an input for selecting a control mode of the non-uniform displacement engine and the motor, an interface controller communicating with the motor controller such that the motor is controlled in the selected control mode, and a display device for displaying information about the selected control mode, wherein the user interface apparatus has a control mode for controlling the motor to compensate for a difference in torque due to different displacements of the cylinders such that a sum of engine torque and motor torque in explosion stroke of each cylinder is uniform.
US10099676B2
A drive system for a vehicle comprises two electrical machines arranged between a combustion engine and an input shaft to a gearbox. The first machine's rotor and the input shaft of the gearbox are each connected to a separate component of a planetary gear. The second electrical machine's rotor is connected with the output shaft of the combustion engine, which is connected with another component of the planetary gear. A first locking means may be moved between a locked position, in which the planetary gear's three components rotate at the same rotational speed, and a release position, allowing for different rotational speeds. A second locking means is moveable between a locked position, in which the output shaft of the combustion engine is locked together with the second machine's rotor and a release position, in which the combustion engine's output shaft is disconnected from the second machine's rotor.
US10099675B2
A system according to the principles of the present disclosure includes a fuel control module, a transmission control module, and a starter control module. The fuel control module selectively stops fuel delivery to cylinders of an engine while the engine is coupled to a transmission of a vehicle when an accelerator pedal is not depressed. The transmission control module selectively decouples the engine from the transmission while fuel delivery to the cylinders is stopped. The fuel control module selectively allows the engine to stop while the vehicle is moving by not resuming fuel delivery to the cylinders when the engine is decoupled from the engine. The starter control module controls a starter to automatically restart the engine when the accelerator pedal is depressed after fuel delivery to the cylinders is stopped and the engine is decoupled from the engine.
US10099664B2
Adjustable brake apparatus for use with vehicles are disclosed herein. An example apparatus includes a brake lever to control braking of a vehicle and a handle coupled to the brake lever. The handle rotates relative to the brake lever between a first position and a second position. The handle locks in the first position and the second position to enable actuation of the brake lever by a force applied to the handle in either the first position or the second position.
US10099659B1
A vacuum module for installation in a console located in a passenger compartment of a vehicle includes a housing defining a receptacle, a debris container received within the receptacle and removably connected to the housing by a latch, and a motor connected to the housing and operable to generate air flow through the debris container from an inlet of the vacuum module to an outlet of the vacuum module. The housing includes a mounting flange that engages a mounting surface of the console to secure the vacuum module within a storage cavity of the console. The debris container includes a filter assembly removably connected to a base of the debris container. The vacuum module defines a single unit that is removable from the console.
US10099657B2
A wiper blade includes blade rubber, a holder body, and a clip. The clip is pivotally connected to the holder body. The clip has an elastic piece and an engagement protrusion. The engagement protrusion engages with an engagement hole provided in a wiper arm. The elastic piece section has a long piece section, a turned-back section, a first bending axis, and a second bending axis. The long piece section extends through a position to a side of the engagement protrusion. The turned-back section extends so as to change the direction of the long piece section in order to connect the front end of the long piece section to the engagement protrusion. The first bending axis and the second bending axis extend so that the engagement protrusion is located between the first bending axis and the second bending axis.
US10099652B2
An energy absorbing device, a seat belt retractor, and a seat belt device, that can change an energy absorption characteristic continuously, and improve durability. A base plate that is connected to a spool and has a corrugated groove annularly formed, a cover plate that is opposingly connected to the base plate and has a corrugated groove synchronized with the corrugated groove of the base plate, a plurality of driving pins with a first end inserted into the corrugated groove of the base plate and a second end inserted into the corrugated groove of the cover plate, a plurality of mass bodies that are arranged in respective intermediate portions of the driving pins, and intermediate plates that are inserted with the driving pins, arranged on both sides of the mass bodies, and connected to a locking base.
US10099651B2
A restraint harness for securing an occupant within a vehicle includes shoulder belts, a lap belt, and a sheath for providing comfort to the occupant.
US10099645B2
A center airbag device may include: an inflator positioned between first and second seats, and generating an operating gas; a chamber part receiving the operating gas generated by the inflator, and expanding between the first and second seats; an internal tether part positioned in the chamber part, and connected to one or more of the top and side surfaces of the chamber part so as to control the deployment shape of the chamber part; and a locking release part connected to the internal tether part, and removing a restriction of the internal tether part according to a control signal.
US10099633B2
A license plate mounting bracket for vehicles having horizontal grilles A license plate mounting bracket for vehicles having mesh or horizontal grilles includes a license plate holder, a first L-shaped backing having a forward-facing horizontal portion and a vertical portion, the vertical portion including a plurality of vertically-aligned threaded holes, and a first male-to-female standoff including an axial threaded hole at a female end thereof, a shoulder, and a male threaded portion extending from the shoulder, the male threaded portion of the first male-to-female standoff engaging one of the vertically-aligned threaded holes in the first L-shaped backing. The shoulders of the first male-to-female standoff are coupled to the license plate holder.
US10099631B2
A component group is provided for joining together vehicle parts which have to be aligned, adjusted and fastened relative to one another during assembly. The component group includes at least two components which are fastened to the vehicle parts to be connected together and which are able to be displaced relative to one another and which are able to be fixed to one another after adjustment. A simple, rapid and reliable alignment of vehicle parts relative to one another is permitted.
US10099622B2
A stair assembly for a vehicle includes a frame, a first stair 80, a second stair 70, and an actuator. The frame includes a plate extending between a first side member and a second side member. The first stair 80 is rotatably coupled to the frame and includes a first step body positioned on a first side of the plate. The second stair 70 is rotatably coupled to the frame and includes a second step body positioned on the first side of the plate. The actuator is configured to move the first stair 80 and the second stair 70 between a deployed position and a storage position, and the actuator is separated from the first step body and the second step body by the plate.
US10099620B1
A step accessory for a receiver hitch for climbing into a truck bed. A step plate connected to the bottom of the receiver tube does not enter into or block the interior space of the receiver tube. The step plate is directly attached to the receiver tube, but not the bumper, the truck, the ball unit, or the tongue of a towed vehicle/trailer. The step plate extends horizontally and transversely to the longitudinal axis of the truck, centered relative to the right and left sides of the truck. Preferably, the step plate does not extend rearward of the opening of the receiver, or above the bottom surface of the receiver tube. The step plate extends under the bumper, distanced from the bottom of the bumper, to provide a toe space, resulting in a safe and stable position for the user's foot to prevent slips and falls.
US10099616B2
A vehicle includes an image obtaining unit for obtaining an image of surroundings of the vehicle, a communication unit for receiving an image from at least one of a closed-circuit television (CCTV) and another vehicle in the surroundings of the vehicle, and a display unit for displaying the image obtained by the image obtaining unit and the CCTV image received from the communication unit or the image from the other vehicle received from the communication unit.
US10099600B2
A steering switch device, which is mounted on a steering wheel, includes a linear switch that includes a hollow insulator having restorability and two electrode wires arranged spirally along an inner surface of a hollow part in the hollow insulator while being kept not in contact with each other, wherein a winding pitch coiling spirally the electrode wires is at least not more than 10 mm, and a detecting device that detects a press of the linear switch by sensing a contact of the electrode wires. The linear switch is arranged so as to be along at least part of a surface of the steering wheel.
US10099591B2
A dual configuration headrest system includes a seat having a top side and a back edge. A backrest is attached to the seat and extends upwardly from the top side. A housing is attached the backrest and is positioned over an upper edge of the backrest. The housing has a top wall, a bottom wall, first lateral wall and a second lateral wall. A front side of the housing is open. A head support is mounted within the housing and has a first side and a second side positioned opposite of each other. The head support further has a top side, a bottom side, a first lateral side and a second lateral side. The head support is rotationally mounted within the housing such that the first side or the second side is positioned in an opening in the front side when the head support is rotated relative to the housing.
US10099589B2
A headrest guide includes: a tubular portion that extends in a first direction and into which a stay is inserted; a tongue piece protruding partially to the inside of the tubular portion, the tongue piece being configured to bend in a radial direction of the tubular portion and being configured to be brought into contact with the stay; and a plate spring pressing the tongue piece inwardly in the radial direction of the tubular portion. Protruding portions are disposed on opposite sides of the tubular portion, respectively, with the tongue piece interposed therebetween to hold the plate spring at opposite end sides thereof.
US10099581B2
The present disclosure relates to a support arrangement for a child seat. The support arrangement comprises a support column having an axial direction. The support column is adapted to transfer a collision load in the axial direction. The support column comprises, or is constituted by, at least one inflatable body. The support column is adapted to in an inflated state of the inflatable body extend in the axial direction between the child seat and a support surface. The disclosure further relates to a kit comprising the support arrangement and a child seat. The disclosure also relates to a method to control extension in an axial direction of a support arrangement.
US10099578B2
The present disclosure provides a pumping device of a vehicle seat and its operation mechanism. The pumping device includes: a housing encasing a pumping mechanism; a spring guide which has a ring shape formed with a cavity and is seated on a top surface of the housing, a coil spring being inserted in the spring guide; and a lever bracket which has a protruding portion formed on a central portion, an operating lever being coupled to a flange, and a locking protrusion protruding from the flange and locked to the coil spring through the guide slit of the spring guide. In particular, the protruding portion is connected to a cam of the pumping mechanism in a state of being inserted into the cavity of the spring guide.
US10099577B2
A power adjuster for adjusting an upper track relative to a lower track of a seat track assembly. An elongated lead screw extends axially between opposite fore and aft ends and is fixedly secured to the lower track. A driven assembly is selectively coupled to the lead screw for axial travel along the lead screw between the fore and aft ends. A drive assembly is fixedly coupled to the upper track and operatively coupled to the driven assembly for selectively rotating the driven assembly in opposite first and second directions for axial travel along the lead screw in a power operation mode. A release mechanism is coupled to the upper track and operable between a locked condition.
US10099575B2
A method according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, controlling a torque output of an electric machine of an electrified vehicle during a vehicle creep condition, the torque output calculated based at least on a road grade estimate and a vehicle mass estimate.
US10099572B2
Each battery block is formed by a plurality of unit cells arranged. Coupling a plurality of battery blocks with each other forms a battery module. Guiding members, through which a rail is made to pass, is provided on an external surface of the battery block, where the rail is used to couple the battery block with another battery block. The guiding members are provided on at least two adjacent lateral faces of four lateral faces excluding electrode faces of the battery block.
US10099563B2
Provided are a power supply device for a vehicle provided with a battery, a converter, and a controller, and a method for controlling the same. The controller controls the converter in a continuous boost mode in which the converter is continuously operated and an intermittent boost mode in which the converter is intermittently operated. The controller does not control the converter in the intermittent boost mode when a control that adjusts a reference point of a resolver of a motor generator is underway.
US10099561B1
This disclosure describes a power unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) that may generate a current from a conductor of an overhead power line carrying an AC power signal. The power UAV has a receptor that includes a secondary coil. Current is generated by the secondary coil of the receptor from magnetic fields emanating from the overhead power lines while the power UAV is flying. The generated current may be used to fly the power UAV, recharge an energy storage device of the power UAV, or be provided to another UAV. In various implementations, while the power UAV is flying, the power UAV may receive another UAV, recharge the other UAV, and then release the UAV to resume flying. In various implementations, the power UAV may also monitor characteristics of the power delivery system.
US10099533B2
A vehicle temperature-control system includes a refrigerant circuit (22). The refrigerant circuit includes a compressor (24), at least one condenser heat-exchanger assembly (28) around which air (L1) to be heated can flow, and at least one evaporator heat-exchanger assembly (40), around which air (L2) to be cooled can flow. For each of the two heat-exchanger assemblies (28, 40), there are two inflow regions (48, 50, 78, 80) and two outflow regions (62, 64, 84, 86), which can be switched by means of flap assemblies (44, 56, 88, 92). Both a heating operating mode and a cooling operating mode are selected with the flap assemblies. A heat pump operation in the vehicle, e.g., a bus, is enabled.
US10099532B2
An environmental control system for a battery in a vehicle includes an air intake for receiving ambient air from outside the vehicle. A duct system provides communication between the air intake and the battery. The duct system includes a movable door which can facilitate or inhibit movement of air between the air intake and the battery. An air outlet facilitates air flow from the duct system to the ambient environment outside the vehicle. A fan cooperates with the duct system for moving the air through a heat exchanger in the duct system and across the battery. A control system controls operation of the fan and the movable door, and is configured to determine whether the battery environment requires fresh air or recirculated air.
US10099528B2
The present disclosure is directed to a wheel height adjustment assembly. The wheel height adjustment assembly includes a mounting bracket, a tapered insert, a drawbar and a wheel connected together. The mounting bracket has a first end, a second end and a sidewall. A tapered opening is formed in the sidewall of the mounting bracket for receiving the tapered insert. The tapered insert has a first end, a second end a body portion positioned between the first end and the second end. The first end and the second end are provided with threaded openings. The openings are offset from one another.
US10099524B1
Method and apparatus for an adjustable trailer hitch which allows each of three differently sized user selected balls to be adjusted laterally and longitudinally so that the tongue of the trailer can be more easily attached to the towing vehicle. The trailer hitch has a body portion mounted on a slide-tube for insertion in a receiver-tube wherein the body portion has an interior space which allows the draw bar to move laterally from side to side inside the space along with a plurality of apertures so that the draw bar can be laterally adjusted using the apertures and a locking pin. When the draw bar is moved all the way to the left or right the user selected ball is automatically aligned with the receiver tube due to the effective sizing of the draw bar which is assured by the right and left stops of the body portion contacting the right and left outer edges of the draw bar.
US10099522B2
A tire removal assembly includes a press that has a base and an actuator. The base may be positioned on a support surface and the actuator is spaced from the base. The actuator may be fluidly coupled to an air source thereby facilitating the actuator to move downwardly with respect to the base. The actuator is biased to move upwardly with respect to the base. The press may have a tire positioned between the base and the actuator thereby facilitating the actuator to engage the tire such that the actuator breaks a bead on the tire.
US10099513B2
A tire with a radial carcass reinforcement, having a crown reinforcement, itself capped radially by a tread connected to two beads by two sidewalls, having at least two radially superposed layers of elastomeric compounds; a first layer, forming the radially outer part of the tread, has a first elastomeric compound having a modulus G* greater than 1.8 MPa, a second layer of elastomeric compounds radially on the inside of and in contact with the said first layer of elastomeric compound has at least three parts, the axially outer parts having a second elastomeric compound having a maximum value of tan (δ), denoted tan (δ) max, strictly less than 0.060, and at least a part of the second layer, axially in contact with at least an axially outer part having a third compound with modulus G* greater than 1.2 MPa and at least 5% less than the first elastomeric compound and a maximum value of tan (δ), tan (δ)max, between 0.060 and 0.120.
US10099507B2
A paint roller removal tool has two semi-cylindrical portions and a hinge connecting them to form a cylinder in the closed position. By squeezing the cylinder, over top of a paint roller cover, first and second inner rings engage the roller cover to remove paint as the paint roller removal tool is moved from one end to another. One, two, three or more passes can be made to remove paint from the roller cover. Squeezing the cylinder further allows firm gripping of the roller cover to enable it to be removed from the paint roller frame and/or attached to the paint roller frame without a hand ever touching the roller cover.
US10099503B2
A forgery prevention structure, in one configuration, includes a relief forming layer, a first reflection layer, a functional thin film layer, a second reflection layer and a protection layer in this order. In this configuration, the relief forming layer has a relief structure comprising a first relief and a second relief; each of the reliefs has an uneven surface, a surface area of the uneven surface of the first relief being smaller than a surface area of the uneven surface of the second relief; the first reflection layer and the functional thin film layer each are provided along a whole of the uneven surfaces of the reliefs and each has uneven surfaces corresponding respectively to the uneven surfaces of the reliefs; and the second reflection layer and the protection layer each has an uneven surface corresponding to the uneven surface of the first relief.
US10099497B2
An inkjet printer includes: an optical reading device that optically reads at least one of an unprinted area on a printing paper sheet, a test chart printed area on a first printing in which a test chart is printed, and an image printed area on a second printing in which an image other than a test chart is printed, and acquires image data on the read area; an abnormal noise detecting device that analyzes the acquired image data and detects abnormal noise on a surface of a printing paper sheet; and a control device that changes at least a setting related to detection of an ejection state of an inkjet head or a printing state, or a setting related to printing correction, based on a state of the detected abnormal noise.
US10099483B2
A fluid ejection cartridge may include a substrate including substrate ribs that define fluid feed slots extending from a first side to a second side of the substrate, fluid chambers having nozzle openings on a first side of the substrate, an ejection element within each of the fluid chambers and a substrate carrier on a second side of the substrate. The substrate carrier may include carrier ribs that define fluid passageways having oblique centerlines and internal widths that gradually increase from a first width proximate the substrate to a second width, greater than the first width, distant the substrate. Concavely tapered adhesive bonds directly contact faces of the substrate ribs and the carrier ribs to adhere the substrate ribs to the carrier ribs.
US10099480B2
A septum device usable with a fluid interconnect unit of a fluid supply device is disclosed. An example septum for use with a fluid supply device, the septum includes a body defining an interior aperture, the body, including: an exterior surface defining a groove to receive a locking member of the fluid supply device when the septum is inserted into the fluid supply device; and a protrusion extending into the interior aperture, the protrusion to rotate at least a portion of the exterior surface toward the locking member in response to an extraction member entering the aperture.
US10099478B2
A liquid discharge apparatus is provided including a liquid discharge head, a cap, and a wiper. The liquid discharge head includes a nozzle plate having thereon a nozzle for discharging a liquid. The cap caps a surface of the nozzle plate. The wiper moves relative to the nozzle plate to wipe the surface of the nozzle plate. The surface of the nozzle plate has a cap contact region that is contactable with the cap. The wiper starts wiping from a wiping start position that is disposed between both end parts of the cap contact region in a direction of wiping. The wiper comes into contact with the surface of the nozzle plate at the wiping start position and moves in a first direction to wipe the surface of the nozzle plate, and thereafter moves in a second direction opposite the first direction to wipe the surface of the nozzle plate.
US10099473B2
Systems and methods for evaluating the condition of a print nozzle are described. In one example, impedances across the print nozzle are measured. Subsequently, first test result and second test result are determined and registered at a first predetermined time instant and at a second predetermined time instant, respectively. The first test result and the second test result are obtained based on the measured impedances. Based on the first test result and the second test result, the condition of the print nozzle, is determined.
US10099470B2
A mandrel for use in a printing apparatus includes a substantially cylindrical mandrel shaft and plastic expansion rings that are slidably and coaxially mounted on the mandrel shaft. The mandrel also includes a locking assembly including a fixed stop ring and a single locking ring that is axially movably mounted on the mandrel shaft. The expansion rings are positioned between the stop ring and the locking ring. In the unlocked position of the locking ring the expansion rings are in a released state in which the axial compression and the radial expansion of the expansion rings are smaller than in a locked position of the locking ring. A printing cylinder sleeve can be fixedly connected to the mandrel by bringing the expansion rings in the radially expanded state. When the printing cylinder sleeve has to be exchanged, this is feasible when the expansion rings are in the released state.
US10099469B2
A method for producing labels from a base support according to predefined card standard ISO CR80 ISO 7810 is disclosed. In the method, a base support is provided according to the predefined standard, the base support comprising at least one non-removable region and at least one removable region having dimensions substantially corresponding to the size of the label to be printed. The base support is inserted into a printer for performing printing on base supports according to the standard. Alphanumeric and/or graphical labelling information is selectively printed on at least one removable region of the base support. The printed base support from is then extracted from the printer. Accordingly, selective printing of identification labels for electrical components by means of thermal printers is achieve without the need for special base plates.
US10099457B2
An adhesive tape, especially for jacketing elongate material such as cable looms in a motor vehicle, having a carrier material which is provided at least on one side with an adhesive coating, characterized in that the carrier material consists of a laminate, the laminate being formed from a textile carrier in the form of a staple fiber web or a spunbonded web and from a film which is located on the underside of the textile carrier and is made preferably of polyolefins, TPU or PVC such as plasticized PVC, more preferably of polyolefins, the film having a thickness of 15 to 80 μm.
US10099444B2
The invention concerns an elongated protective corner for the transport and/or packaging of products. The corner has at least two non-corrugated paperboard plies combined together to create two perpendicular wings and an apex The plies form multiple ply sections, and at least one of the ply sections of a given ply overlaps another ply section of the same ply. This overlapping arrangement gives the apex a resistance force of about 100 to about 500 lbs. The thickness of the corner can vary, with each wing being in the range of about 100 to about 250 points, and each ply is made from paperboard having a grammage of about 120 to about 380 g/m2. The resistance force can be determined by mounting the corner upon two blocks, and applying a force to the apex at a middle of the corner until a fracture is detected.
US10099432B2
Provided is a manufacturing method for a fiber-reinforced resin sheet, the method being able to favorably impregnate a reinforcing-fiber base material with a thermoplastic resin. A fiber-reinforced resin sheet S is manufactured by introducing a reinforcing-fiber base material F in sheet form and a thermoplastic resin P into the gap between a pair of impregnating rolls 10A, 10B and impregnating the reinforcing-fiber base material F with the thermoplastic resin P while rotating the pair of impregnating rolls 10A, 10B. The surface of each of the pair of impregnating rolls 10A, 10B has formed thereon a resin holding layer 12 that elastically deforms along the thickness direction thereof when the impregnating rolls are pressed against each other and holds the molten thermoplastic resin P therein so as to be able to discharge the thermoplastic resin P upon pressing of the impregnating rolls against each other. Upon pressing of the impregnating rolls against each other, the reinforcing-fiber base material F is impregnated with the thermoplastic resin P while the resin holding layer 12 is elastically deformed.
US10099431B2
Methods of fabricating a polymer scaffold with increased radial strength including steps of elongation or strain of a biaxially oriented tube and annealing or thermal processing of the strained tube at a constant strain are disclosed. The steps of elongation and thermal processing increase axial direction chain orientation and lamellar crystal growth, increase radial strength, and decrease the thickness of the tube. The method allows fabrication of a scaffold with thinner struts which provide sufficient radial strength.
US10099427B2
Various embodiments related to three dimensional printers, and reinforced filaments, and their methods of use are described. In one embodiment, a void free reinforced filament is fed into an conduit nozzle. The reinforced filament includes a core, which may be continuous or semi-continuous, and a matrix material surrounding the core. The reinforced filament is heated to a temperature greater than a melting temperature of the matrix material and less than a melting temperature of the core prior to drag the filament from the conduit nozzle.
US10099426B2
The present invention relates to apparatus, devices and methods for conveying particulate material during the manufacture of patterns in layers, wherein powder is conveyed out of a reservoir into a spreader unit having an ejection system.
US10099422B2
A method of solid free form fabrication (SFF) is disclosed. The method comprises: receiving SFF data collectively pertaining to a three-dimensional shape of the object and comprising a plurality of slice data each defining a layer of the object. The method also comprises, for each of at least a few of the layers, dispensing a building material on a receiving medium, straightening the building material, and selectively ablating the building material according to respective slice data.
US10099418B2
Filament winding or another technique can be used to create composite parts having various layers of pigmented fibers. The composite parts can then be milled to form one or more flat surfaces on the composite part. Due to the layering of pigmented fibers, the flat surfaces can have a pattern that resembles wood grain or another pattern. These milled composite parts can then be used as components for furniture or other items.
US10099413B2
A resin-molded component includes a first molding part, and a second molding part. A portion of the first molding part and a portion of the second molding part are laminated in a direction of connecting an outer surface and an inner surface of the resin-molded component to provide a laminated portion. A portion of the second molding part is provided as an exposed portion. Each of portions of the laminated portion is located at least on opposite sides across the exposed portion. A one-side surface of the exposed portion in the laminating direction of the laminated portion is configured as a portion of the outer surface and the other-side surface thereof is configured as a portion of the inner surface.
US10099412B2
A method for manufacturing a dispenser part, such as a dispenser or a part of a dispenser, having at least two component parts joined by a seam extending from a first side edge to a second side edge of the dispenser part. The method involves using a single mold and producing the dispenser part using a two component injection molding process. A dispenser or a dispenser part including at least two component parts joined by a seam achieved by the method, and a component part used in such a dispenser or dispenser part are also described.
US10099407B2
It is sometimes advantageous to coat or seal the mandrel before laying on, coating, or wrapping the mandrel with composite plastic material. This invention provides improved coating with improved function that is easily removable from the cured product. The effective coating materials are applied directly to the mandrel as a coat or as a film or tape. Thermally expandable coat or film also reduces manufacturing costs for composite plastic products.
US10099405B2
The present invention provides a sheet conveying roller, which effectively reduces the amount of paper dust accumulated on its outer peripheral surface to thereby suppress sheet transportation failure. The sheet conveying roller includes a nonporous tubular elastic member (1). The elastic member (1) has a plurality of recesses (6) or a plurality of through-holes (8) equidistantly arranged in a center axis (L1) direction thereof and equidistantly arranged in a circumferential direction thereof, and each having an opening having a round plan shape in an outer peripheral surface (2) thereof, wherein the recesses (6) each have a constant depth as measured thicknesswise of the elastic member (1), wherein the through-holes (8) each extend thicknesswise through the elastic member (1). A production method includes forming the elastic member by vulcanizing a rubber composition in a vulcanization mold having projections corresponding to the recesses or the through-holes.
US10099398B2
Embodiments of a multi-purpose utility clamp may include a component engagement member having a clamp head and a handle. A guide arm is operatively connected to the component engagement member at a first end of the guide arm. A first post is operatively connected to a second end of the guide arm to move linearly relative to the guide arm. A second post at an end of the support post is disposed generally perpendicular to the first post and has a first end connected to the first post and a second end, distal the first end, and the second end is disposed opposite the clamping head. The second post has a generally trapezoidal cross-sectional shape along a length thereof between the first end and the second end, and the second post is configured to be inserted into a channel having a corresponding trapezoidal shape and formed in an auxiliary component to be clamped to another component.
US10099397B2
A catcher for a fluid stream and a method of capturing a fluid stream from a nozzle and dissipating the energy therein includes receiving the fluid stream into a housing through an aperture; and deflecting the fluid stream obliquely within the housing in one or more preselected directions.
US10099394B2
A monofilament line cutting tool is formed by sandwiching a cutting blade between first and second plastic sheets which are thermally bonded to one another. A monofilament line receiving slot in the plastic sheets extends to the blade whereby monofilament line bent into a U-shape may be placed in contact with the blade cutting edge. The plastic sheets are part of spool forming plastic sheet portions which are thermally bonded to one another and shaped into a spool. The plastic sheets forming the tool are selectively pivotable about a live hinge relative to the spool. The plastic sheets can be separated from one another for forming: a sphere generally around the cutting edge; a pair of elongate barrels extending parallel along each side of the monofilament line receiving slot and adjacent the cutting edge; or, a monofilament line receiving cavity extending to the blade cutting edge.
US10099390B2
A robot includes: a first arm that has a first light guide path, a second arm that has a second light guide path, a joint portion that has a rotation axis and connects the first arm and the second arm to each other so as to be rotatable about the rotation axis and a light rotary joint that is provided between the first light guide path and the second light guide path inside the joint portion and that optically connects the first light guide path and the second light guide path to each other. In addition, the light rotary joint has a first light guide portion which is fixed to the first light guide path and has a tubular shape about the rotation axis and an end portion of the second light guide path on the light rotary joint side faces the first light guide portion.
US10099389B2
An industrial robot provided with a drive shaft in which a power transmission unit is arranged between a servomotor and a power output unit includes: a first brake unit integrally incorporated in the servomotor; and a second brake unit which is connected to the power transmission unit to branch to a power transmission path of the power transmission unit. The drive shaft is braked by using both the first brake unit and the second brake unit.
US10099388B1
A robotic compliant jaw gripper includes one or more fingers, wherein each finger comprises a plurality of phalanges configured to grasp an object, wherein an internal compliant element is compressed, or wherein a proximal phalange contacts a compliant element as the finger applies pressure against the object; and a preload unit is configured to change the durometer of the compressible element.
US10099381B1
Described are techniques for storing and retrieving items using a robotic device for moving items. Any combinations of image data depicting a manipulator interacting with an item, sensor data from sensors instrumenting the manipulator or item, item data regarding characteristics of the item, and constraint data relating to characteristics of the robotic device may be used to generate one or more configurations for the robotic device. The configurations may include points of contact and force vectors for contacting the item using the robotic device.
US10099380B2
A robot includes: a local coordinate system deriving portion which derives a local coordinate system having two shafts which are parallel to a work plane and orthogonal to each other, based on an image in which markers illustrating three or more points on the work plane which is not horizontal are captured; and a control parameter obtaining portion which obtains control parameters via the local coordinate system.
US10099375B2
A method of assembling a component includes gripping a first subcomponent with a first end-of-arm tool and grasping a second subcomponent with a second end-of-arm tool. The first tool is attached to a first robot arm and the first subcomponent defines a first plurality of locating holes. The second tool is attached to a second robot arm and the second subcomponent defines a second plurality of locating holes. After grasping, the method includes aligning at least one of the first locating holes adjacent to at least one of the second locating holes to set an initial position of the second subcomponent with respect to the first subcomponent without releasing the first and second subcomponents. After aligning, the method includes forming a joint between the first and second subcomponents with a joining tool attached to a joining robot arm to thereby assemble the component. A component assembly system is also disclosed.
US10099373B2
A multi-axis robot includes robot drives, a tool head, a drag chain for guiding flexible lines along at least a part of the robot up to the tool head, and an auxiliary system for moving a tool head-side end of the drag chain. The auxiliary system includes at least one auxiliary system drive for moving the tool head-side end. The auxiliary system drive is different than the robot drives. The multi-axis robot advantageously allows collisions between the tool-side end of the drag chain and the object to be treated or other objects in the vicinity of the robot to be avoided, ensuring that the surface of the object may be treated, in particular printed on by an inkjet print head, without disruption.
US10099369B2
A method of generating a configuration of a robotic hand for automatically grasping a first object, the robotic hand comprising a plurality of parts, is provided. The method comprises: receiving data representing the first object; receiving a plurality of first models generated based upon an example grasp of a second object, the example grasp being based upon a configuration of the robotic hand for grasping the second object in which a plurality of parts of said hand contact said second object, each of said plurality of first models representing a relationship between a respective part of the robotic hand and a property of the second object associated with said part of the robotic hand; and processing the data representing the first object based upon the plurality of first models to determine said configuration of the robotic hand for automatically grasping the first object.
US10099361B2
A combination gripping and cutting tool for cutting pipe and gripping can lids includes a pair of handles that are rigid. Each handle comprises a grasp that is arcuate. The handles are pivotally coupled, such that the grasps are opposing. A support, which is arcuate, extends transversely from a respective grasp. A channel is positioned in the support. A blade that extends transversely from a respective grasp is complementary to and positioned through the channel. Each of a pair of cutouts is positioned in a respective grasp. The cutouts are arcuate and opposing. Each of a pair of grips is coupled to a respective cutout. The grips are configured to engage a lid of a can when the grasps are pivoted inwardly. The handles are positionable with the support separated from the blade, such that a pipe is positionable between the blade and the support for cutting.
US10099360B2
A tool socket 2 for a hand-held power tool has a tubular main body 17 and a dust cap 27. The main body 17 has an end face 19 that is adjoined by a cylindrical or prismatic outer surface 36. As seen in the insertion direction 20, the dust cap 27 consecutively has a sealing ring 28, a middle section 29 and a seat 30. As seen in the insertion direction 20, the sealing ring 28 is arranged in front of the end face 19 of the main body 17. The seat 30 has a cylindrical or prismatic inner surface 35 that is in contact with the outer surface 36 of the main body 17. The middle section 29 has a conical inner surface 39 whose inner diameter 40 decreases in the insertion direction 20 down to the inner diameter 37 of the seat 30.
US10099356B2
An adjusting assembly of a brake cylinder installation device is provided, including: a fixing member; a guiding member, connected to the fixing member along an axis thereof, the guiding member having a plurality of sliding grooves therethrough and around the axis; a rotatable body, rotatably arranged between the fixing member and the guiding member, the rotatable body having a plurality of guiding grooves which correspond to the sliding grooves; a plurality of positioning pillars, respectively arranged between the sliding grooves and the guiding grooves, when the rotatable body rotates, the positioning pillars move linearly within the sliding grooves; wherein each said positioning pillar further includes a barrel portion and a rod portion which are retractably connected with each other.
US10099354B2
A latch and catch arrangement is disclosed, whereby a sleeve supporting a flexible hinge with an extended finger is oriented over a fluid connection to a socket guide. An alignment via a latch and catch between the sleeve and tool collar orients a flexible hinge, which may be of reduced thickness, over a bearing in a guide. The finger moves upward when a tool is inserted into a tool socket, and the flexible hinge, properly oriented by the alignment catch/latch, keeps the finger in the tool socket while allowing necessary movement to insert and remove a tool.
US10099343B2
An abrasive disc for use with a sanding tool having a plurality of dust collection holes includes a hole pattern consisting of six openings arranged for substantial alignment with the dust collection holes provided in the sanding tool.
US10099329B1
A machining tool assembly is provided for machining a blank to form a firearm lower receiver. The assembly includes a pair of side plates positionable on opposed sides of the blank to capture the blank therebetween. A template plate having a template aperture is adapted to be removeably attachable to the side plates. The template aperture is aligned with a top surface of the blank and is adapted for machining a cavity within the blank having a peripheral contour complimentary to a peripheral contour of the template aperture. A centering mechanism is adapted to be removeably attachable to the template plate, with the centering mechanism including an opening aligned with a corresponding void formed on the blank to align the blank with the template plate.
US10099328B2
An air bearing slide (20) arranged on a rotational table (11) includes a movable table (40) that has a workpiece placement surface (42a) and that floats due to pressure of compression air to be movable horizontally in any direction. A workpiece auto-centering apparatus includes: a plurality of stopper apparatuses (30) that include an abutment portion (31a) against which a workpiece W can abut to center the workpiece W, and a pressing apparatus that presses the workpiece (W) such that the workpiece (W) abuts against the abutment portion (31a) of the stopper apparatuses (30). Thus, the workpiece auto-centering apparatus and auto-centering method have a simple configuration and can perform a workpiece centering operation in short cycle time.
US10099327B2
A device for press-fitting an oil seal S that includes a fixing section F in which a hard ring S is embedded and a lip section L into a structure A. The device includes an air hammer AH that includes a hammer head 1. The hammer head 1 includes a pressing section 6 configured to abut the fixing section F and a holding section 7 configured to abut the lip section L, and a negative pressure space 8 is formed between the hammer head AH and the oil seal S between the pressing section 6 and the holding section 7. The hammer head 1 is provided with an air suction path 11 that is open to the negative pressure space 8 at one end and is connected to an air suctioning means 10 at the other end. Accordingly, the device holds by suction the oil seal S having a complicated shape without deforming it, and adequately press-fits it into a structure A.
US10099323B2
According to one aspect, a rotating structure comprises a hub having a mounting slot defined by a cavity surface and a body having an anchor structure disposed in the mounting slot. A wear member is disposed between the anchor structure and the cavity surface and the wear member has at least first and second portions of first and second material characteristics, respectively.
US10099318B2
A method for connecting a component to a support via soldering between a first contact surface of the component and a second contact surface of the support. The method is distinguished by features including that at least one spacer is embodied in such a manner and arranged between the first contact surface and the second contact surface that the first contact surface and the second contact surface are spaced from one another, and that the soldering is executed in such a manner that the component and the support are connected with one another via the first contact surface and the second contact surface. Also claimed is a component connectable with a support via soldering is intended.
US10099307B2
A solder and methods of forming an electrical interconnection are shown. Examples of solders include gallium based solders. A solder including gallium is shown that includes particles of other solders mixed with a gallium based matrix. Methods of applying a solder are shown that include swiping a solder material over a surface that includes a resist pattern. Methods of applying a solder are also shown that include applying a solder that is immersed in an acid solution that provides a fluxing function to aid in solder adhesion.
US10099306B2
Methods of bonding first structures to second structures are disclosed wherein the first and second structures are fabricated materials having different physical characteristics. For example, the first structure may be a composite fan blade and the second structure may be a composite or metallic rotor, both for use in gas turbine engines. The method includes providing the first and second structures and plating or otherwise coating a portion of the first structure with a metal to provide a metal-coated portion. The method includes applying at least one intermediate material onto the metal-coated portion of the first structure. The method further includes bonding the metal-coated portion of the first structure and the intermediate material to the second structure. The bonding is carried out using a relatively low-temperature process, such as liquid phase bonding, including TLP and PTLP bonding. Brazing is also a suitable technique, depending on the materials chosen for the first and second structures.
US10099305B2
An electric discharge machine is provided with a rotary table disposed in a working tank and fitted with an object to be machined. The rotary table is provided with a working fluid penetration detection unit configured to detect penetration of a working fluid into the rotary table body.
US10099304B2
A milling tool includes a tool body having a peripheral surface and a central rotation axis. A number of cutting teeth protrude from the peripheral surface, a front end set of the cutting teeth arranged along a front end portion of an imaginary helix concentric with the central rotation axis, and a back end set along a back end portion of the helix. The cutting teeth engage the workpiece successively, starting with the foremost cutting tooth of the front end set. The back end set includes at least three along the helix adjacent cutting teeth arranged at a constant first radial distance from the central rotation axis. The front end set has at least two adjacent cutting teeth arranged at an along the helix non-constant second radial distance from the central rotation axis. The second radial distance is smaller than the first radial distance and increases successively along the helix.
US10099297B2
A tool for machining fiber-reinforced materials, said tool having a tool body having a particular cutting edge that has at least a main function surface and has a diamond coating applied at least to said main function surface. In order to provide a tool and a method which are especially suitable for machining fiber-reinforced materials, the surface of the diamond coating has a reduced peak height Spk of less than 0.25 μm.
US10099292B2
A pipe machining apparatus includes a frame, a tool support, an advancement device, and an advancement member. The tool support is coupled to and movable relative to the frame. The tool support is adapted to support a tool and move the tool in a direction toward a pipe at an increment. The advancement device includes an advancement projection fixedly attached to the frame. The advancement projection includes a contact-surface. The advancement member is coupled to the tool support. Upon the advancement member contacting the contact-surface of the advancement projection the advancement member is adapted to advance the tool towards the pipe at the increment. The contact-surface of the advancement projection is shaped to always be in a non-perpendicular contact position with the advancement member.
US10099286B2
A preparation method of an electrical contact material includes steps of: adopting chemical plating to cover nickel coating on aquadag or metallic oxide, then covering with silver coating, and forming Ag—Ni—C or Ag—Ni—MeO core-shell structure, which improves interface wettability of aquadag, metallic oxide and silver matrix, and removes the adverse effect on the electrical contact material mechanical property due to bad interface wettability in conventional powder metallurgy method. What is important is that the silver in intermediate composite particles is replaced by nickel coating, thus reduce the silver use level. The main function of silver coating is to improve inoxidizability of composite particles, sintering granulation property and the deformability during the manufacturing process of intermediate composite particles, thus improve the technological property.
US10099284B2
A method of forming a component having an internal passage defined therein includes positioning a jacketed core with respect to a mold. The jacketed core includes a hollow structure formed from at least a first material and a first catalyst, and an inner core disposed within the hollow structure. The method also includes introducing a component material in a molten state into a cavity of the mold, and cooling the component material in the cavity to form the component. The inner core defines the internal passage within the component.
US10099282B2
A low-pressure casting apparatus includes a core that together with a mold forms a cavity and a reduced-pressure dryer configured to dry the core under reduced pressure. The core is disposed in the mold, the molded is closed, the core is dried under reduced pressure, and thereafter the cavity is filled with molten metal.
US10099281B2
The present invention relates to a casting die device and a casting method used to obtain a cast product in which an inner bore, at least one end of which is open, is formed. The casting die device has a core pin for forming the inner bore in the cast product, and a vibration-transmitting member for transmitting vibrations from a vibrator of a micro-vibration machine to the core pin. When casting is being performed, vibrations from the vibrator are imparted to the core pin by way of the vibration-transmitting member. The vibrations also propagate to sites surrounding the core pin, in molten metal that has been poured into a cavity.
US10099279B2
A method of making floor plate includes assembling a pair of casting rolls laterally disposed to form a nip, assembling a hot rolling mill downstream of the nip having work rolls with a surface pattern forming the negative of a raised slip-resistant pattern desired in a floor plate, introducing molten metal through at least one metal delivery nozzle to form a casting pool supported on the casting rolls above the nip; counter rotating the casting rolls to form shells on the casting surfaces of the casting rolls to cast metal strip of less than 2.2 mm thickness downwardly from the nip, and delivering the cast metal strip to and through the hot rolling mill to form by the negative of the slip-resistant pattern on the work rolls a raised slip-resistant pattern of between 0.3 and 0.7 mm in height in a floor plate of less than 1.7 mm thickness.
US10099264B2
A method of cleaning equipment such as heat exchangers, evaporators, tanks and other industrial equipment using clean-in-place procedures comprising applying a pre-treatment solution prior to the application of an override use solution. A gas generating use solution is present in either the pretreatment or the override use solution. The gas generating use solution is capable of releasing gas on and in a soil, resulting in a soil disruption effect and enhanced cleaning.
US10099259B2
The present invention discloses a multi-channeled grading machine with trajectory tracking sensor network for grading objects into multiple grades in a single pass based on external characteristics viz. size, shape, color, texture, surface properties or any other possible external characteristics by continuously tracking the trajectory of objects. The grading machine comprises of hopper; at least one feeding unit; multiple optics units multiple conduits; multiple sensor networks in multiple conduits; at least one master controller; at least one ejector unit comprising of arrays of single-angled or multiple angle ejectors in each conduit; multiple vacuum creators placed respectively opposite to each ejector; multiple collecting chutes; and multiple collecting locations. The grading machine is extremely simple, accurate, and automated, power-efficient and cost-effective.
US10099254B2
A particulate water absorbent resin is obtained by polymerizing an unsaturated monomer so as to form a cross-linked polymer hydrogel and drying and pulverizing the cross-linked polymer hydrogel, and plural classification steps different from each other are carried out so as to remove fine powder. In this manner, the present invention provides the method for classification of particulate water absorbent resin which method allows particulate water absorbent resin having a desired particle diameter range to be efficiently obtained at low cost while securing the high productivity even in case where a larger production equipment is used.
US10099250B2
Described herein is an apparatus for applying and curing a light-curable material on a work surface. The apparatus includes a nozzle from which the light-curable material is applied to the work surface to form a layer of light-curable material on the work surface. The layer of light-curable material has a leading edge and a trailing edge defined according to a direction of movement of the nozzle relative to the work surface. The apparatus also includes a light source fixed relative to the nozzle. The light source is operable to direct a light beam to the trailing edge of the layer of light-curable material.
US10099248B2
Systems and methods for treating metal pipe couplings, including a frame and insulated panels attached to the frame forming an oven. A pre-heat zone and a bake zone inside the oven, the pre-heat zone separated from the bake zone by a shared oven wall. A combustion burner and recirculation blower are positioned in opposite ends of the oven in a pre-heat zone combustion/recirculation chamber. Another burner and recirculation blower pair are positioned in opposite ends of the oven in a bake zone combustion/recirculation chamber. Heated air supply plenums are fluidly connected to respective recirculation blowers, and include direction-adjustable nozzles to direct heated air generally downward onto pipe couplings moving through the preheat and bake zones. Return air plenums positioned in each of the pre-heat and bake zones each have an air inlet, and an outlet fluidly connected to respective combustion/recirculation chambers. Coating-cured metal pipe couplings made by the methods.
US10099246B2
Disclosed herein is an improved marking material, consisting essentially of food quality colorant (such as food coloring), and a carrier (such as water, or vegetable oil or canola oil). A method for using this material for the marking of environmental locations is also disclosed. In one form the material also comprises a propellant, all contained within a pressurized aerosol canister. The aerosol canister embodiment having a valve assembly connected to an actuator and aperture for selectively releasing the marking material. In another form, a pump-style spray bottle is utilized, and in another form a larger fluid container, pump and spray-wand type dispersal unit such as the devices commonly used in lawn and garden care, or equivalent apparatus may be utilized. In these forms, the material may consist of water-based food coloring and/or oil-based food coloring and vegetable oil depending on whether the application is dry surface or snow.
US10099241B2
A manufacturing system for applying a material to a workpiece comprising a blade unit having a blade element for selectively moving along first and second axes for applying the material to the workpiece. A reciprocating motor is coupled to the blade unit for reciprocating the blade element along the first axis concurrent with movement of the blade element along the second axis, and a vibration detector is coupled to the blade unit for detecting the vibrational movement of the blade element. The vibration detector generates an output signal corresponding to the vibrational movement of the blade element. A control unit is coupled to the vibration detector for generating an output signal in response to the vibration detector signal, and a regulating device adjusts a parameter of the reciprocating motor in response to the output signal of the control unit.
US10099235B2
A handheld pressure washer device is provided that is electrically driven and does not require an external pump. The device comprises a handle section, a barrel section, and a water intake that is configured to secure to a standard water hose. The device includes a battery pack or connection to an external electrical power source, which delivers electrical power to an electric motor within the barrel section. The electric motor drives a driveshaft, which imparts rotary motion on an impeller within the barrel section. The impeller pressurizes and accelerates water within a conduit, causing the water to rapidly pass through a stator and through the outlet of the device. The speed of the electric motor is controlled by a user trigger, while the intake and outlet include coupling to affix attachments and water hoses thereto, respectively. The device provides a compact, handheld unit for pressurizing water from a hose.
US10099228B2
An apparatus and method for performing counter flow centrifugation. The apparatus includes at least one vessel, a gear fixedly attached to at least a portion of the vessel such that rotation of the gear rotates the vessel, a handle assembly and a plurality of tubes extending through the handle assembly and to the vessel. The gear is configured to be rotated by a drive system. The handle assembly is rotatably attached to the gear and includes an opening therein. At least a portion of the gear engages at least a portion of the drive system through the opening. The handle assembly is configured to be rotated by the drive system. The vessel can be rotated at twice a speed of the handle assembly when the apparatus is inserted into a bowl of the counter flow centrifuge.
US10099224B2
A material reducing machine includes a rotor assembly having a plurality of short cutting tools and a plurality of long cutting tools. The short cutting tools are arranged in rows which extend across the length of the rotor assembly, which rows are spaced around the periphery of the rotor assembly. Each of the short cutting tools has a cutting bit with a leading edge that is spaced outwardly from the periphery of the rotor assembly by a short cutter distance. The long cutting tools are also arranged in rows which extend across the length of the rotor assembly, which rows are spaced around the periphery of the rotor assembly. Each of the long cutting tools has a cutting bit with a leading edge that is spaced outwardly from the periphery of the rotor assembly by a long cutter distance that is greater than the short cutter distance of each of the short cutting tools. A breaker assembly includes a plurality of shear blocks, each of which is spaced so as to be aligned with a short cutting tool.
US10099218B2
In one aspect, disclosed herein are methods for packaging biochips, including microfluidic chips. The method can comprise bonding a substrate and a cover slide, packaging the bonded chip, creating a vacuum in the package, and applying a pressure on the packaged chip. The method is particularly useful for minimizing bubble formation during low-cost and mass production of microfluidic chips.
US10099217B2
An apparatus for processing a biological sample is provided. The apparatus includes a body having a processing chamber, a first reservoir, a second reservoir, a filter, a first one-way valve, a second one-way valve, a first fluid pathway, and a second fluid pathway. The first fluid pathway and the second fluid pathway pass through the filter. A method of processing a sample using the apparatus is also provided. The method includes placing a sample comprising a liquid into the processing chamber; urging at least a portion of the liquid through the filter; after urging the at least a portion of the liquid through the filter, urging a portion of a back-flush liquid through the filter into the process chamber to form a first processed sample; and analyzing at least a portion of the first processed sample to detect an indication of a microorganism.
US10099215B2
Systems and methods for managing effluent from recharging zirconium phosphate and/or zirconium oxide are provided. The systems and methods control the pH of the zirconium phosphate and zirconium oxide effluent to allow for safe disposal. The systems and methods provide for management of the recharger effluent pH while recharging zirconium phosphate and zirconium oxide either independently or concurrently.
US10099205B2
Disclosed are a catalyst, its preparation and use in selective hydrogenation, which catalyst has a porous support grain on which are deposited palladium and silver, and at least one alkali and/or alkaline earth metal; the porous support contains a refractory silica, alumina and/or silica-alumina oxide, where at least 80 wt. % of the palladium is distributed in a crust at the periphery of the support, and at least 80 wt. % of the silver is distributed in a crust at the periphery of the support, the local content of palladium at each point along the diameter of the grain follows the same course as the local content of silver.
