US10101333B2
Provided herein is a rational method of affinity maturation to evolve the activity of an antibody or portion thereof based on the structure/affinity or activity relationship of an antibody. The resulting affinity matured antibodies exhibit improved or optimized binding affinity for a target antigen.
US10101328B1
Provided herein are methods and apparatus for the identification of pathogenic and non-pathogenic microorganisms in food and environmental samples. The disclosure solves existing challenges encountered in identifying food borne pathogens, including pathogens of the Salmonella, Campylobacter, Listeria, and Escherichia genera in a timely and efficient manner. The disclosure also provides methods for differentiating a transient versus a resident pathogen, correlating presence of non-pathogenic with pathogenic microorganisms, distinguishing live versus dead microorganisms by sequencing.
US10101319B2
The present invention relates to a method of identifying a subject with a Plasmodium infection. The present invention also relates to a method for monitoring a subject with a Plasmodium infection, for example, following treatment with an anti-malaria compound. Also provided are methods of identifying a compound to treat a Plasmodium infection.
US10101316B2
Apparatus and control methods for determining a distribution volume of at least one uremic substance in a dialysis patient are disclosed. The apparatus may include a dialyzer, an optional flow rate measuring system for detecting the flow rate of a dialysis fluid through the dialyzer, a dialysis fluid measuring system for detecting at least one dialysis fluid parameter that depends on the at least one substance in the dialysis fluid, and a computer for establishing a dialysis dose based on the dialysis fluid parameter and for establishing the distribution volume based on the dialysis dose taking a clearance factor and dialysis duration into account.
US10101308B2
An embodiment of a refractive index detector includes a sample cell, a reference cell, a measurement section, a liquid inlet port, liquid outlet sections, and a switching mechanism. The inlet port leads to a sample cell inlet. A first outlet port and a second outlet port are for discharging a liquid. The switching mechanism includes a reference liquid supply mode for forming a channel for connecting a reference cell outlet to one of the first outlet port and the second outlet port while connecting a sample cell outlet to a reference cell inlet, and an analysis mode for forming a channel for connecting the sample cell outlet to one of the first outlet port and the second outlet port while sealing the reference cell outlet.
US10101302B2
An ultrasonic flaw detector includes: a flaw detection head including a probe that transmits an ultrasonic wave to an inspection object formed by a composite member and receives the ultrasonic wave that has reflected on the inspection object; a moving mechanism, which causes the flaw detection head to perform scanning; and a support mechanism disposed such that the support mechanism comes into contact with a lower surface of the inspection object, the support mechanism supporting the inspection object. The support mechanism is configured to come into contact with the inspection object over a predetermined area such that a waveform of the ultrasonic wave that has reflected on a position where the support mechanism is in contact with the inspection object and that is received by the probe is within a noise level.
US10101298B1
The present invention discloses a photoionization detector (PID) system that can perform calibrations automatically. The PID system comprises a measurement gas chamber and one or more calibration gas chambers. The one or more calibration gas chambers each hold a type of calibration gas. In one embodiment, a volatile organic compounds (VOCs) measurement and a calibration measurement are conducted in the same gas chamber. In another embodiment, VOCs and calibration measurements are conducted in different gas chambers either simultaneously or at different times.
US10101278B2
A portable spectrometer system is disclosed for more reliable and convenient on-site drug testing. More particularly, but not by way of limitation, the presently disclosed and/or claimed inventive concept(s) relates to a portable spectrometer system having a test strip having a fluorescent indicator, a fluorimeter, and a mobile computing device capable of determining the identity of an unknown substance in the sample.
US10101261B2
The object of the present invention is to provide (1) a cell sorter, (2) a flow cytometer capable of detecting sideward scattered light, (3) a method for accurately measuring cell concentration, (4) a method for multicolor staining analysis without a fluorescence correction, and the like, which satisfy requirements that carry-over and cross contamination of samples do not occur.The object can be solved by an apparatus for separating particles comprising: a flow cell wherein a flow path is formed in a flat substrate, an illumination unit configured to illuminate the particles in a sample liquid flowing through the flow path, a detection unit configured to detect particles of interest by detecting scattered light or fluorescence from the particle when the particle is illuminated, and identifying the particle based on its signal intensity, a constant-pressure pump which applies a pressure pulse to the particles in the sample liquid flowing through the flow path in the flow cell, and an electromagnetic valve connected thereto, and a control unit configured to control the movement of the electromagnetic valve based on the signal from the detection unit.
US10101256B2
An ultrasonic particle size measurement device includes: a transducer for (i) receiving an ultrasonic pulse scattered after being emitted to a fine particle and (ii) generating a first scattering amplitude Ψ; and a particle size calculating section for calculating a particle size of the fine particle by calculating an amplitude r and a phase θ in accordance with a real part and an imaginary part, respectively, of a second scattering amplitude Ψ obtained by subjecting the first scattering amplitude Ψ to a Fourier transform.
US10101252B2
A method includes exciting a work piece, measuring a dynamic response of the work piece with an optical imaging system and calculating a damping factor and a Q factor from said dynamic response. The method links two processes: an optical imaging system to output dynamic motion response data, and using the data to obtain a damping factor and a Q factor.
US10101246B2
The present invention discloses a preparation method of plan-view TEM sample used in an integrated circuit analysis. The method comprises the steps of: providing a carrying slice, and fixing a chip containing a targeted structure sample and the carrying slice on a sample holder in a horizontal direction, and putting them in a process chamber of a FIB apparatus; cutting off a piece of chip structure containing a target structure sample by adopting a FIB; and welding the piece of chip structure on the flat and clean side of the carrying slice by using a nano-manipulator; after being taken out from the process chamber of the FIB apparatus, the carrying slice welded with the chip structure is adjusted to vertical direction, and is put in the process chamber of the FIB apparatus again; transferring and welding the chip structure on the TEM copper grid by using the nano-manipulator; and removing one layer or multiple layers above the preset target layer from the surface layer of the chip by using the FIB to obtain the desired plan-view TEM sample.
US10101240B1
In some examples, an optical time-domain reflectometer (OTDR) device may include a laser source to emit a plurality of laser beams. Each laser beam may include a different pulse width. A control unit may analyze, for each laser beam, a backscattered signal from a device under test (DUT). The control unit may generate, for each backscattered signal, a trace along the DUT. Further, the control unit may generate, based on an analysis of each trace along the DUT, a combined trace that identifies optical events detected along the DUT.
US10101223B2
A smart load pin may be configured to measure a load on a hook of a draw-works system. The smart load pin may also include circuitry to convert the measured load to a digital value representative of the measured load, wherein the digital value represents the value of the measured load in engineering units and to transfer the digital value representative of the measured load to a control system located at a derrick. The data from the smart load pin may be used in adjusting, with a control system, operation of the draw-works system based, at least in part, on the received digital value representative of the measured load.
US10101221B2
Apparatus (2) for testing the degree to which meat (3) is cooked, which apparatus (2) comprises: (i) a body (4); (ii) a meat-engaging formation (6) which is fixed with respect to the body (4); (iii) a probe (8) which is movable with respect to the body (4), and which is configured such that in use it does not penetrate the meat (3); (iv) sensor means (10) for sensing the force applied by the meat (3) to the probe (8) when the meat-engaging formation (6) is placed on the meat (3); (v) processor means (12) which operates consequent upon the force sensed by the sensor means (10) to provide an indication of the degree to which the meat is cooked; and (vi) test result means (14) for giving the indication provided by the processor means (12) as a visual and/or audible test result.
US10101219B2
A system, a method of use, and a Carbon Nanotube (CNT) condensation sensor for determining a dew point and/or ice point is provided. For example, a sensing system may include a thermal device configured to generate heating or cooling to change a temperature of a surface, a temperature sensor for measuring the temperature of the surface, a controller configured to control the thermal device, a carbon nanotube (CNT) condensation sensor mounted on the surface having a moisture sensitive resistance and a processor configured to determine one or more parameters based on the moisture sensitive resistance of the CNT condensation sensor and the temperature measured by the temperature sensor. The one or more parameter can be used to determine the dew point and/or ice point. A method for forming a carbon nanotube (CNT) condensation sensor is also provided.
US10101218B2
A thermal/overheat sensor for an aircraft includes an outer electrode, an inner electrode, a support layer disposed between the outer electrode and the inner electrode. The support layer contains a state changing material wherein the state changing material is configured to transition between a non-conductive state to a conductive state at a threshold temperature to electrically connect the outer and inner electrodes.
US10101217B2
Methods for temperature drift compensation of a temperature measurement device using a thermocouple are presented. In one embodiment, the temperature drift may be compensated for through reference junction compensation alone using a thermistor for reference junction compensation without providing a separate temperature measurement element. Thereby, precision of a measured temperature may not change despite change in temperature of the surroundings measured by the temperature measurement device, and the manufacturing cost may be effectively reduced.
US10101214B2
Aspects of the present disclosure relate to phase-change materials. In accordance with an example embodiment, a phase-change material has a crystalline structure that manifests changes that increase as a function of time. For example, such changes may be implemented for monitoring the time that a perishable item has been exposed to an environment having a temperature that is greater than a threshold temperature. Based on the changes, a characterization is provided, indicative of the exposure of the phase-change material to the environment having the temperature that is greater than the threshold temperature.
US10101212B1
A wavelength selective bolometer includes a substrate configured to serve as a foundation for the apparatus and a thermal isolation gap established between the substrate and subsequent solid material layers. A conducting ground plane layer is disposed above the thermal isolation gap, and a first dielectric layer is mated to a top surface of the conducting ground plane. A temperature sensing material layer is mated to a top surface of the first dielectric layer, and a plurality of interconnects is placed in electrical communication with the temperature sensing material layer. A second dielectric layer is mated to a top surface of the temperature sensing material, and at least one conductive element is mated to a top surface of the second dielectric layer. The dimensions of the conductive element and other variables are chosen to achieve resonant absorption of selected wavelengths of radiation incident thereupon.
US10101210B2
A portable analyzer determines composition of a sample and includes excitation means for invoking an optical emission from a surface of the sample, detector means for observing a selectable wavelength in said optical emission and for recording a detection signal that is descriptive of at least one characteristic of said optical emission at a selected wavelength, analysis means for determination of elemental composition of the sample on basis of one or more detection signals; and control means for carrying out a spectral analysis by operating the excitation means to generate the optical emission for recording respective detection signals at predefined wavelengths, operating the detector means to record the respective one or more detection signals at said one or more predefined wavelengths, and operating the analysis means to determine elemental composition of the sample on basis of said recorded detection signals.
US10101209B2
A multi-analyte sensor system based on hollow core photonic bandgap fiber and Raman anti-Stokes spectroscopy. The system includes: i) an inlet to introduce an analyte sample into an analyzer chamber which analyzer includes; ii) a measurement system to derive the anti-Stokes spectral peaks and/or spectra of the sample; iii) a set of reference calibrants corresponding to the analytes of which the sample is primarily comprised; iv) a second inlet to introduce said calibrants into the analyzer chamber; v) a second measurement system to derive the anti-Stokes spectral peaks and/or spectra of the calibrants vi) an outlet through which the sample and calibrants are expelled from the analyzer chamber.
US10101203B2
A device for detecting light includes at least one silicon photomultiplier (SiPM) having an array of a plurality of single-photon avalanche diodes (SPADs), the array being larger in area than an incident light. The device is configured so as to at least one of activate and analyze only the SPADs upon which a specific minimum intensity of light impinges.
US10101199B2
An inspection apparatus includes a light emitting unit, a first lens, an aperture unit, a second lens, a light receiving unit, and an inspection unit. The light emitting unit emits irradiation light to an object to be inspected. The first lens changes a divergence level of the irradiation light which is emitted from the light emitting unit and is transmitted through the first lens. The aperture unit has an opening which narrows the irradiation light transmitted through the first lens. The second lens condenses the irradiation light passing through the opening, toward the object. The light receiving unit is disposed between the aperture unit and the second lens. The light receiving unit includes plural light receiving elements which receives reflected light obtained by the irradiation light being emitted to the object and then being transmitted through the second lens.
US10101195B2
A sterile scale is described suitable for automated use in animal cages. A case is covered by a flexible membrane that provides both sealing against pathogens and mechanical compliance for transfer of weight on an above weighing platform through a single sealed penetration in the membrane to a load cell in the case. The membrane comprises a perimeter that is attached and sealed to the case with a membrane frame, a penetration area, penetrated by a rigid weight-bearing element, and an isolating compliance area. A skirt on the weighing platform surrounds the case, protecting detritus from entering from below onto the membrane, while providing open-air movement. The weighing platform and case are easily separated permitting fluid-based sterilization of both. The weight-bearing element may contain an electrical connection from the case to the platform, through the membrane.
US10101190B2
A field device electronics for a conductive, limit-level switch, with a conductive probe and a measuring circuit including a control/evaluation circuit. The measuring circuit, a measuring bridge circuit is present, with at least one coupling capacitor (C2) being present for the DC voltage separation of the probe from the measuring circuit, and with the at least one coupling capacitor (C2) being integrated into the measuring bridge circuit.
US10101183B2
Provided is a method and apparatus for managing sensor data by determining an appropriate sensor data collection cycle for each service in view of a weighting such as an amount of energy saved by data collection cycles, a data storage space and data processing time, and a probability of an error happening, and collecting and manage sensor data based on the sensor data collection cycle. The apparatus for managing the sensor data includes a profile management unit to manage a sensor profile defining each sensor, a sensor system and a characteristic of a service, a service management unit to manage a preinstalled service and to collect and recommend a service based on the sensor profile from the sensor system, and a data collection cycle determination unit to determine a necessary sensor data collection cycle for the service. Furthermore, the apparatus includes a sensor data management unit to collect sensor data based on the sensor data collection cycle and to manage the sensor data, and an interface to connect the sensor system and an external device.
US10101174B2
An inertial measurement unit (IMU) includes an inertial sensor assembly including a plurality of accelerometers and a plurality of rate gyroscopes, an inertial sensor compensation and correction module, and a Kalman estimator module. The inertial sensor compensation and correction module is configured to apply a set of error compensation values to sensed acceleration and rotational rate to produce a compensated acceleration and a compensated rotational rate of the IMU. The Kalman estimator module is configured to determine a set of error correction values based on a difference between a change in integrated acceleration of the IMU and a change in true airspeed of the IMU. The inertial sensor compensation and correction module is further configured to apply the set of error correction values to each of the compensated acceleration and the compensated rotational rate to output an error-corrected acceleration and an error-corrected rotation rate.
US10101168B2
A route calculation device determines a candidate point for a branch off a first avoidance route to a second avoidance route at a time of calculating the second avoidance route. The candidate point is determined based on a traveling direction and speed of a vehicle at each point on the first avoidance route, a tangential direction of a boundary line of a second avoidance area at a predicted entry point into the second avoidance area, and a certain yaw rate not more than a maximum yaw rate of the vehicle.
US10101163B2
Systems and method are provided for tracking locations of a driver and vehicle. In one example, a location tracking system pairs a vehicle location device and a driver location device by associating a driver identifier and a timestamp with the driver location device and the vehicle location device, obtains vehicle location data including a set of vehicle location data points, obtains driver location data including a set of driver location data points, correlates the vehicle location data and the driver location data, generates vehicle driver data based on the correlated vehicle location data and driver location data, and identifies a driver of the vehicle at a particular time by using the vehicle driver data and the timestamp.
US10101152B1
A machine includes a chassis and an object detection sensor alignment monitoring system. The monitoring system includes a first sensor module coupled to an object detection sensor. The first sensor module measures values of object detection sensor pitch, roll, and yaw. The monitoring system also includes a second sensor module coupled to the chassis. The second sensor module measures values of chassis pitch, roll, and yaw. The monitoring system further includes a control unit. The control unit compares the measured values of the object detection sensor and chassis pitch, roll, and yaw. The control unit determines whether the measured values are within a predefined tolerance. Further, the control unit generates an alert if the measured values of the object detection sensor and chassis pitch, roll, and yaw are beyond the predefined tolerance.
US10101145B2
A sensor system includes a plurality of strain gauges and a passive compensation circuit. The plurality of strain gauges are configured to provide an output voltage indicative of a sensed pressure using an input voltage. The passive compensation circuit that includes a span resistor, first and second compensation resistors, and a zero offset resistor. The span resistor is connected between an input voltage and the pressure sensor and is configured to control a range of an output voltage for a pressure range of the pressure sensor. The first and second compensation resistors are operatively connected in parallel with the pressure sensor and are configured to control current provided to the pressure sensor. The zero offset resistor is operatively connected between the first and second compensation resistors and the pressure sensor and is configured to control a base value of the output voltage for zero pressure.
US10101142B2
The object of the invention is a method in the installation of an elevator, said elevator being provided with an elevator car traveling in a controlled manner along guide rails in an elevator hoistway, for determining the disposal location of the hoistway components to be disposed in the elevator hoistway and/or the landing doors of the elevator. The disposal location of the hoistway components and/or of the landing doors of the elevator is determined in relation to the guide rails of the elevator car by copying the disposal location at different heights in the elevator hoistway mechanically by means of a tool, in which tool the disposal locations according to plan of the hoistway components are arranged to remain fixed for essentially at least the whole period of the aforementioned determination of the disposal locations of the hoistway components of the elevator hoistway and/or of the landing doors of the elevator. The object of the invention is also a tool to be used in the method.
US10101140B2
The present invention provides a polymeric ammunition comprising: a three piece primer insert; a substantially cylindrical polymeric middle body extending about the three piece primer insert, wherein the substantially cylindrical polymeric middle body comprises: a substantially cylindrical polymeric bullet-end coupling element at a first end of the substantially cylindrical polymeric middle body opposite a substantially cylindrical polymeric coupling end connected by a powder chamber, wherein the substantially cylindrical polymeric coupling end extends over the substantially cylindrical coupling element and covers an circumferential surface of the primer flash hole aperture; and a substantially cylindrical polymeric bullet-end upper portion comprising a bullet-end coupling element connected to the substantially cylindrical polymeric bullet-end coupling element opposite a projectile aperture adapted to engage a bullet.
US10101137B2
Techniques and devices are disclosed for a nose insert and a projectile that include a polymer nose element and a metal tip. The polymer nose element includes a tapered head portion and a first shank portion attached to the tapered head portion. The tapered head portion includes a cavity disposed therein. The first shank portion includes a first diameter smaller than a width of the tapered head portion adjacent to the first shank portion. The metal tip disposed in the tapered head portion of the polymer nose element and includes a tapered end and a second shank portion attached to the tapered end. The second shank portion having a second diameter smaller than a width of the tapered end adjacent to the second shank portion. The second shank portion being received in the cavity within the tapered head portion of the polymer nose element.
US10101135B1
Ammunition for a conductive energy weapon. A receptacle includes a cavity accessible through each of a first opening in a first face of the receptacle, a second opening in the first face of the receptacle, a third opening in a second face of the receptacle and a fourth opening in a third face of the receptacle. A propellant unit is included within the cavity proximate the second opening and a projectile is included within the cavity proximate the second opening. A housing is coupled to at least the second face and the third face of the receptacle and is further configured to couple to the conductive energy weapon. The propellant unit releases a propellant into the cavity, in a direction substantially opposite the projectile's direction of flight, in response to a trigger pull of the conductive energy weapon, and the cavity directs the propellant in the projectile's direction of flight.
US10101131B2
A method for manufacturing armor includes coating a first side of a ballistics arresting core with a first shell layer to create a partially coated ballistics arresting core, placing the partially coated ballistics arresting core in a vacuum bag and depressurizing the vacuum bag and curing the partially coated ballistics arresting core in the depressurized vacuum bag to create a partially shelled ballistics arresting core. The method further includes removing the partially shelled ballistics arresting core from the vacuum bag, coating a second side of the partially shelled ballistics arresting core with a second shell layer to create a fully coated ballistics arresting core, placing the fully coated ballistics arresting core in a vacuum bag and depressurizing the vacuum bag, and curing the fully coated ballistics arresting core in the depressurized vacuum bag to create a fully shelled ballistics arresting core.
US10101129B2
A protective device and method of design to protect against multiple blast and impact events for use in any application in which a delicate target has to be protected. The protective device for mitigating the effects of blast or impact employs a first layer having a first acoustic impedance and a second layer having a second acoustic impedance. The second acoustic impedance is different than the first acoustic impedance. The second layer is proximate to the first layer. The first layer and the second layer are chosen collectively to tune the stress waves from the blast or impact events to one or more specific tuned frequencies. A third layer of a visco-elastic material is employed having a critical damping frequency that matches one or more specific tuned frequencies to dissipate the stress waves of the blast and impact event. The third layer is proximate to the second layer.
US10101121B2
A collapsible reflective optical sight for a firearm includes a base configured to mount the optical sight to a firearm; a lens attached to and able to rotate with respect to the base, wherein the lens includes a first optic with a reflective surface, and the lens is movable between a collapsed configuration in which the lens is folded down with respect to the base for storage and a deployed configuration in which the lens is angled with respect to the base for use in aiming the firearm; a light source mounted to the base that reflects light off the reflective surface of the first optic to a user for aiming the firearm; and a hood rotatably mounted to the base and connected to an upper portion of the lens. Additionally, the collapsible reflective optical sight can include a firearm and a mechanical sight.
US10101119B2
Representative implementations of devices and techniques provide a mounting dock to receive and to support an implement (such as a handgun, for example) or an implement holster (such as a handgun holster, for example). The dock includes a substantially planar mount portion having two substantially planar surfaces opposite to each other and a plurality of side edges. The substantially planar mount portion includes an entry edge on a first side edge and a grip portion on a second side edge. The dock includes at least one hard mount base configured to temporarily or permanently couple the hard mount component to a selected surface in a variety of configurations.
US10101111B2
A method and apparatus for firearm training simulator which simulates realistic recoil of conventional firearms. The method and apparatus incorporates a linear motor and controllable mass for generating recoil. One embodiment includes an adjusting system for adjusting the amount of recoil provided. Also provided are means for simulating semi-automatic and/or full automatic operation of firearms. One embodiment can include a laser emitter which simulates the path for a bullet fired from a firearm that the method and apparatus is simulating.
US10101108B2
The present invention is directed toward a firearm takedown assembly. The preferred embodiment of the firearm takedown assembly comprises a docking plate configured to be removably secured to a firearm and a lever pivotably attached to the docking plate. The assembly may further comprise a pivot pin, wherein the lever is connected to the pivot pin. The lever is utilized to remove a takedown pin from the upper and lower receiver of the firearm so that a user may quickly disassembly the firearm. When the user desires to reassembly the user may thumb the lever to reinsert the takedown pin into the upper and lower receiver.
US10101106B2
Various systems and related methods are provided including various carrier and feed systems that feed belts of consumable items to consuming systems. Exemplary systems relate to on-demand high capacity and speed portable part or consumable item carrier and belt feed system that reduces or eliminates jams or mis-feeds to include jams or mis-feeds due to tilting of belt linked consumable items. Some embodiments also permit consumable items to be carried in an exemplary carrier with removable dividers that create cavities to dispose a series of columns of sequentially folded belt sections extended to a top of the removable dividers that further enable a second belt fold configuration of the belt of consumable items to be folded across the columns of folded belt sections and then oriented to be pulled out of the carrier for use with a consuming system coupled with the carrier.
US10101099B2
A radiator, comprising at least one heat conductive layer with pyrolytic graphite material and an in-plane heat conductivity of at least 500 W/m·K. The radiator further comprises at least one heat emission layer that is in contact with the heat conductive layer, wherein the emission layer has an exposed surface with an emissivity of at least 0.7. The radiator is to be used in combination with a space vehicle structure, and due to its flexible character may be conformed to the particular shapes of such structure.
US10101092B2
The present disclosure relates to a power generation system and related methods that use closed supercritical fluid cycles, and in particular, to a power generation system and related methods where multiple cores may be selectively operated to adjust power levels generated by the system.
US10101088B2
The invention relates to a sintering furnace for components consisting of sintering material, especially dental components and in particular components consisting of ceramic, and a method for sintering such components. The sintering furnace 1 comprises a heatable furnace chamber 2 for the component 9 to be sintered, the furnace chamber 2 having a wall section 6 to be opened for inserting the component 9 to be sintered into the furnace chamber 2. Drive means 10 are provided for mechanized opening and closing of the wall section 6, and a control 11 is provided for the drive means 10 that has an actuation element 12 for the drive means 10. Furthermore, a heating device 5 for the furnace chamber 2 is provided, and the control 11 causes the furnace chamber 2 to be heated. Actuating the control element 12 triggers the loading sequence of the control 11, and the drive means 10 are automatically actuated by the control 11 corresponding to the loading sequence. An additional subject is a method for operating the sintering furnace, as well as a computer program therefor.
US10101079B2
The invention is a cooling device (1), particularly a domestic refrigerator, having a storage plate (10) for storing an item disposed in the cooling device (1) and a profile (20) disposed on an edge (15) of the storage plate (10) and that the cooling device (1) comprises a profile (20) configured as being on the same level with or a lower level than an upper face (11) of the storage plate (10) when the profile (20) is disposed on the edge (15) of the storage plate (10).
US10101076B2
The invention relates to a household appliance component having a decorative part which is arranged on a base part of the household appliance component as a component bent at least once and not extending in a plane, wherein the decorative part is embodied as a coextruded part made of metal and plastic.
US10101071B2
Provided is a refrigerator with an ice maker. The ice maker includes an ice tray formed of a metal material, the ice tray providing an ice making space in which water for making an ice is supplied to make the ice and a resin layer formed of a plastic resin, the resin layer defining at least portion of the ice making space to smoothly convey the ice.
US10101059B2
A thermally driven heat pump includes a low temperature evaporator for evaporating cooling fluid to remove heat A first heat exchanger located at an outlet of a converging/diverging chamber of a first ejector receives a flow of primary fluid vapor and cooling fluid vapor ejected from the first ejector for condensing a portion of the cooling fluid vapor An absorber located in the first heat exchanger absorbs cooling fluid vapor into an absorbing fluid to reduce the pressure in the first heat exchanger A second heat exchanger located at an outlet of a converging/diverging chamber of a second ejector receives primary fluid vapor and cooling fluid vapor ejected from the second ejector for condensing the cooling fluid vapor and the primary fluid vapor A separator in communication with the second ejector, the low temperature evaporator and the primary fluid evaporator separates the primary fluid from the cooling fluid.
US10101056B2
A facility for producing a hot liquid comprising a primary exchanger extending into a vessel, said primary exchanger being formed by a substantially cylindrical inner wall and a substantially outer wall, at least one of which having at least two circular ribs.
US10101055B2
A system for heating a pipeline comprises a heater that heats a fluid, a supply line, and a return line. Heated fluid flows through the supply line away from the heater and through the return line back to the heater. The system further comprises a strap having a first end, a second end, and a middle portion between the first end and the second end. The strap forms a first pocket when the first end is folded over and attached to the middle portion of the strap. The strap forms a second pocket when the second end is folded over and attached to the middle portion of the strap. The first pocket holds the supply line in thermal contact with a first portion of the pipeline. The second pocket holds the return line in thermal contact with a second portion of the pipeline.
US10101053B2
A zone control panel that is easy and intuitive to use and to program. In some embodiments, a zone control panel may be configured to have an easy to use, single level menu structure with, for example, a configuration mode and/or a checkout mode. The configuration mode may, if present, include a number of menu screens sometimes without any sub-menu levels. Likewise, the checkout mode may, if present, include a number of menu screens sometimes without any sub-menu levels. A mode selector may be provided to select a particular mode, after which, the menu screens that correspond to the selected mode may be sequentially displayed to the user. Other features and aspects are also disclosed.
US10101047B2
A gas purifier to be applied on a wafer substrate accommodating unit with an inlet hole includes an outer tube and an inner tube. The outer tube is disposed on the wafer substrate accommodating unit and has a plurality of first gas filling apertures. One end of the inner tube is a closed end and the other end is an open end. The inner tube has a plurality of second gas filling apertures, and its open end is interconnected with the inlet hole. The inner tube is movably disposed within the outer tube between a first operating position and second operating position. The second gas filling apertures are correspondingly configured to an inner wall of the outer tube when the inner tube is at a first operating position, and interconnected with the first gas filling apertures when the inner tube is at a second operating position.
US10101044B2
Provided is a humidification and air cleaning apparatus. The humidification and air cleaning apparatus includes a water tank storing water, a visual body forming at least a portion of the water tank and formed of a transparent material, a water tank inlet formed at the water tank and communicating the inner and outer sides of the water tank, a water tank humidification medium covering the water tank inlet, formed of a water absorbing material, and providing humidification on air passing through the water tank inlet, a watering housing disposed inside the water tank, drawing water of the water tank into the inside, pumping the drawn water upwardly when rotating, and spraying the pumped water, a watering motor providing a torque to the watering housing, a lower nozzle disposed at the watering housing and spraying the pumped water to the water tank humidification medium, and a upper nozzle disposed at the watering housing and spraying the pumped water to the visual body.
US10101041B2
The present disclosure is directed to a single compressor HVAC system with hot gas reheat. The system includes a single compressor, a pair of condensers, a reheat heat exchanger, an evaporator, and an expansion device. Within the system, the refrigerant exiting the compressor is separated into two portions. In the cooling mode, the first and second portions of the refrigerant are directed from the compressor through the two condensers in parallel. In the reheat mode, the first portion of the refrigerant is directed through the first condenser, while the second portion of the refrigerant is directed through the reheat heat exchanger. The system also may include a head pressure control device that is designed to maintain the compressor discharge pressure within a desired range by adjusting the condenser fan speed.
US10101040B2
A packaged terminal air conditioner unit includes a bulkhead positioned between an interior coil and an exterior coil within a casing. A vent assembly of the packaged terminal air conditioner unit includes a base received within an opening of the bulkhead. The bulkhead is positioned between a plurality of projections and a frame of the vent assembly. A door of the vent assembly is pivotally mounted to the base.
US10101034B2
A gas oven comprises an oven space, having a bottom baking surface, two side walls rising up on opposite sides of the baking surface and at least one top wall facing the baking surface, burner means configured to raise the temperature of the oven space and a control unit associated with the burner means and configured to drive them as a function of a command given by a user to determine a preset temperature inside the oven space. The burner means comprise at least a first radiating element and a second radiating element which are independent of one another and which are configured to vary the temperature at the baking surface and at the top wall, respectively, and the control unit comprises at least a first drive module and a second drive module associated with the first radiating element and with the second radiating element, respectively, in order to control the first radiating element and the second radiating element independently of one another.
US10101032B2
A micromixer system includes a casing having a first side wall and a second side wall. Further, the micromixer system includes a plurality of pipes spaced apart from each other and disposed within the casing. Each pipe includes an inlet and an outlet formed in the first and second side walls respectively. The micromixer system includes a first plenum having a first inlet formed in the casing. The first plenum is disposed around a first portion of the plurality of pipes and fluidically coupled to the plurality of pipes. The micromixer system includes a second plenum having a second inlet formed in the casing and disposed around a second portion of the plurality of pipes. Further, the micromixer system includes a plurality of openings formed in the second side wall, surrounding the outlets of at least some pipes of the plurality of pipes, and fluidically coupled to the second plenum.
US10101025B2
Method and burner for combusting a main fuel with a main oxidizer, whereby flows of the main fuel and the main oxidizer are injected via an injector end, comprising at least one metallic injector, said injector end being positioned in the upstream section of a main passage of a refractory block and whereby multiple jets are injected into the downstream section of the main passage to increase mixing and turbulence of the flows of the main fuel and the main oxidizer.
US10101023B2
Heating devices and methods for mitigating heating device pollution are generally described. In an example embodiment, a heating device includes a primary combustion chamber for combustion of a fuel. A first and a second secondary combustion chamber are in fluid communication with the primary combustion chamber for receiving an exhaust flow of combustion products from the primary combustion chamber and are configured for combustion of one or more combustion products received from the primary combustion chamber. The first and second secondary combustion chambers may provide parallel fluid paths from the primary combustion chamber. A secondary combustion selector is provided for selectively allowing the exhaust flow through the first and second secondary combustion chambers.
US10101020B2
A uniformly luminous fan shield structure includes a light-transparent cover (10) and a light emitting diode (LED) module (30). The light-transparent cover (10) includes a central area (11) and a ring (12) around the central area (11). The ring (12) includes a groove (121). A side surface of the groove (121) includes light guide structures (125). The LED module (30) is accommodated in the groove (121). The LED module (30) includes LEDs (32), and each LED (32) illuminates toward each light guide structure (125) and the central area (11), so as to achieve uniform luminosity of the light-transparent cover (10).
US10101019B2
The present invention relates to a portable device including a flexible display panel and having a new structure in which the flexible display panel is easily accepted and withdrawn to be used. In the portable device including a flexible display panel according to the present invention, when a support (40) is rotated using a rotation driving unit (100), a display panel (30) is withdrawn from a case (10) or the display panel (30) is accepted into the case (10). Therefore, the flexible display panel (30) is easily accepted and withdrawn to be used and since there is a feature that the flexible display panel (30) is wound in the form of rolled paper and maintained in a compact size when not used, there is an advantage capable of minimizing the overall size of the portable device.
US10101018B2
A dome light assembly is provided for a motor vehicle. That dome light assembly includes a housing having a receiver. A removable lamp unit is releasably held in the receiver. The removable lamp unit includes an indicator for signaling an incoming telephone call.
US10101007B1
A light enhancing system is disclosed which extends the available area for capturing light from a source and adjustably increases the light concentration on a subject being lit. Embodiments may be beneficial to applications including grow lighting. One or more reflector panels may be detachably coupled to a lighting unit by a quick-connect fastener on the end of a flexible arm. Examples of quick-connect fasteners include threaded ends, press-fit ends, and magnetic ends. In some embodiments, the reflector panel may be retrofit onto a conventional lighting unit.
US10101000B2
A lighting unit for a headlight, in particular a motor vehicle headlight, having at least two light sources (1a, 1b), at least one reflector (2a, 2b), which delimits two light chambers (3a, 3b), a bezel (4), and a projection lens (5) having an optical axis (A), wherein a light chamber (3a) is arranged on an upper side and a light chamber (3b) is arranged on an underside of the bezel (4), wherein at least one light source (1a, 1b) is arranged within each of the light chambers (3a, 3b) and the bezel (4) extends substantially as far as a focal plane (E) of the projection lens (5) in order to produce a sharp light/dark boundary in a light exposure produced by the lighting unit, wherein the bezel (4) has at least one light window (7a, 7b), wherein at least one light path (8a, 8b, 8c, 8d) extends outwardly from a light chamber (3a, 3b), through the at least one light window (7a, 7b) and through the projection lens (5).
US10100999B2
A lighting assembly that includes an LED source that generates a light cone (solid angle); and a transparent near field lens having a front surface, a collimating surface, and an aspherical groove. The collimating surface collimates the light cone into a beam that reflects off of the front surface toward the aspherical groove, and the aspherical groove directs the beam away from the lens as an exit cone from a virtual focal point, positive virtual focal ring or a negative virtual focal ring. The exit cone may be evenly distributed, substantially forward or substantially rearward from the virtual focal point or virtual focal ring. Parabolic or aparabolic reflectors can be employed with lighting assemblies having a virtual focal point or virtual focal ring, respectively, to reflect the exit cone in a vehicular exterior lighting pattern.
US10100997B2
A semiconductor light source and driving aid system for a motor vehicle comprising a semiconductor light source. The semiconductor light source includes a plurality of electroluminescent rods of submillimetric dimensions. At least certain rods are electrically interconnected in a first assembly dedicated to an emission of a light beam at a first wavelength, and other rods are electrically interconnected in a second assembly dedicated to an emission of a light beam at a second wavelength different from the first wavelength, the first and the second assemblies forming two selectively activable emission areas.
US10100985B2
The present invention relates to an organic light-emitting device for lighting, and more specifically relates to an organic light-emitting device for lighting whereby it is possible to achieve excellent brightness by increasing the light-emitting area per unit area of an organic light-emitting element. For this purpose, the present invention provides an organic light-emitting device comprising: a first substrate and a second substrate disposed facing each other; a frame section which is formed between the first substrate and the second substrate, and is formed on the periphery of the first substrate and the second substrate so as to hermetically close the space between the first substrate and the second substrate; and a flexible organic light-emitting element which is disposed inside of the space, and of which at least one part has a curved surface.
US10100982B2
A light emitting diode (LED) module includes a base that is conductive and is selectively covered with an insulative layer. The base can include a connecting flange and a light emitting region. Traces are provided on the insulative coating and can be used to connect LEDs positioned on the light emitting region to pads on the connecting flange. The connecting flange can be offset in angle and/or position from the base and can be configured to provide a contact shape suitable to mate with a connector in a polarized manner. The base can be shaped so as to provide the desired functionality.
US10100979B2
A method of liquid air energy storage is provided. This method includes liquefying and storing air to form a stored liquid air during a first period of time; during a second period of time, introducing a compressed air stream into a cryogenic system, wherein the cryogenic system comprises at least one cold compressor, and at least one heat exchanger. The method includes producing a first exhaust stream and a second exhaust stream. The method also includes vaporizing at least part of the stored liquid air stream in the heat exchanger, thereby producing a first high pressure compressed air stream, then combining the first high pressure compressed air stream, the first exhaust stream and the second exhaust stream to form a combined exhaust stream, heating the combined exhaust stream, then expanding the heated combined exhaust stream in an expansion turbine to produce power.
US10100974B2
An X-ray stand includes a device that compensates for distortions caused by weight. The stand includes a horizontal bracket. The device for distortion compensation includes an inclination-angle transmitter that generates an inclination signal as a function of an inclination angle of the bracket. The device also includes a control device that receives the inclination signal from the inclination-angle transmitter, a motor drive that is activated by the control device, and an adjustment device that is driven by the motor drive and is configured to adjust the inclination angle of the bracket. The control device activates the motor drive such that any deviation of the inclination angle of the bracket from a predefined inclination angle is reduced.
US10100973B2
A flange adapter can include a plurality of walls, with at least one wall being an overlapping wall. The overlapping wall can include multiple layers formed from overlapping folded sections extending from at least two other walls, or from overlapping extensions of at least two other walls. The overlapping wall can receive a fastener through the multiple layers to secure a support structure to the flange adapter. A main body of the flange adapter, including the plurality of walls, can be integrally formed from a single-piece of material.
US10100967B2
A cover for a pipe including a body, a slit, two flanges extending from the edges of the slit, and protrusions extending outwardly from each flange. The protrusions have three connected central openings extending from an outermost end of the protrusion to an inner surface of the flange. Also a fastener having five portions. The maximum width or diameter of the first portion, the third portion, and the fifth portion is larger than the maximum width or diameter of the second portion and the fourth portion. Also, a system for covering a pipe having such a cover and a plurality of such fasteners, a kit for covering a pipe including such a cover and at least one such fastener, and a method of covering a pipe.
US10100957B2
A pipe coupling has segments attached end to end to define a central space that receives pipe elements inserted between the segments. The segments are supported on split rings received within grooves in each segment. The segments are supported in spaced relation in a preassembled state to permit insertion without disassembly of the coupling. The grooves in the segments have a floor surface with three surface portions. Two of the surface portions on each groove of each segment engage the split rings when the segments are supported in spaced relation.
US10100956B2
Systems, devices and methods for pipe connectors and associated components are disclosed. Features for no hub clamps, for locking mechanisms on no hub clamps, for tools for no hub clamps, and for gaskets are described. The clamp has a band with a locking mechanism for convenient locking together of the ends of the band about two adjacent pipes. The locking mechanism may include a securement feature such as a tab on one end of the band and a complementary engagement area on the other end. The band may have arcuate gripping projections whereby rotation of a tool head causes linear translation of the two ends of the band. The various locking mechanisms may be tightened and secured using various tools having engagement features complementary to the gripping projections. The gaskets may be hourglass-shaped to facilitate assembly onto pipe ends with longitudinal membrane sections that collapse when a clamp is secured over the gasket.
US10100955B2
A ferrule for a metal tube fitting includes a body having a cylindrical interior wall that extends through the ferrule from a front end to a back end, a circumferential recess in the cylindrical interior wall so that the cylindrical interior wall has a first cylindrical portion that is axially forward of the recess and a second cylindrical portion that is axially rearward of the recess. The body includes a nose portion with a tapered outer surface and a flange. The body also includes an outer wall having a first outer wall portion that extends from the tapered outer surface of the nose portion. The first outer wall portion extending rearward to a tapered outer wall portion, the tapered outer wall portion extending from the first outer wall portion to the flange, the diameter of the first cylindrical portion being less than the diameter of the second cylindrical portion.
US10100945B2
Provided is a solenoid valve, including a housing, comprising a valve head and a valve body defining a containing chamber; a stationary iron core, installed in the containing chamber; a moving iron core, disposed in the containing chamber and being movable between a lower proximal position and an upper distal position from the stationary iron core; a coil, fitted over an outer circumference wall of the valve body and configured to produce electromagnetic force for driving the moving iron core to move in the containing chamber; and an elastic spacer, disposed at at least one of the stationary iron core and the moving iron core and configured to enable the moving iron core to be spaced apart from the stationary iron core at a predetermined distance L when the moving iron core is located at the lower proximal position, so as to avoid the moving iron core from colliding with the stationary iron core.
US10100942B2
An inlet support structure for use with a rupture disc, the inlet support structure including an annular member having an inner diameter, an outer diameter, a plurality of spaced apart cut-outs extending from the inner diameter towards the outer diameter, a central non-circular opening extending through the annular member and including the cut-outs, the cut-outs providing additional space for the petals of a rupture disc to be received therein when the rupture disc ruptures so as to provide a greater flow area through the rupture disc.
US10100941B2
A valve positioning structure is provided for pressing down a switch arranged in a valve so that fluid is allowed to flow through an inlet opening of the valve when the switch is pressed down in order to control the fluid to flow into/out of at least one bladder. The valve positioning structure includes a casing that receives the valve therein and the casing is provided with a contact member and a manipulation member respectively and movably on upper and lower surfaces of the casing. The contact member and the manipulation member are coupled to each other so that the contact member is operable to drive the manipulation member to move. The manipulation member includes an operation section, where the operation section is movable toward and is enabled to press down the switch when the manipulation member is driven by the contact member to move toward the switch.
US10100935B2
An air valve includes a valve body having an inner surface and an outer surface, the inner surface and the outer surface defining an inlet and an outlet; a sealing device mounted within the valve body, the sealing device including a first contacting portion and a second contacting portion; and a float moveable within the valve body, the float having a first sealing position and a second sealing position.
US10100932B2
A porous media ventless thrust bearing seal is disclosed. The porous media thrust bearing may include a primary porous media thrust bearing also serving as a seal ring including porous media positioned over a plenum and a port connected to the plenum, and conductive passages for communicating pressurized fluid to the plenums through the ports of the primary ring. The porous media ventless thrust bearing may also include a treated process gas supplied to a port which is closest to the untreated process gas, at a pressure which is higher than the untreated process gas. An inert gas (or fluid in a liquid state) may be supplied to the remaining port, at a pressure which is the same as the untreated process gas. A certain amount of treated process gas may flow into the untreated process gas, and may prevent the untreated gas from entering the porous media seal.
US10100928B2
An actuator is provided. The actuator includes: a housing having an interior elongated hole; a rod dimensioned to fit in the elongated hole; a piston dimensioned to fit in and move along the elongated hole while connected to the rod; mating structure located on at least one of the piston and rod, the mating structure configured to allow the rod to attach to the piston in a manner to create clearance between the rod and the piston to allow the rod and piston to move with respect to each other. A method of attaching a piston to a rod in an actuator may also be provided. The method may include: fitting the piston to the rod; providing a clearance between the piston and the rod; fastening the piston to the rod in a loose manner as to preserve the clearance and allow the piston to move with respect to the rod.
US10100927B2
An electronic controller for a variable ratio transmission and an electronically controllable variable ratio transmission including a variator or other CVT are described herein. The electronic controller can be configured to receive input signals indicative of parameters associated with an engine coupled to the transmission. The electronic controller can also receive one or more control inputs. The electronic controller can determine an active range and an active variator mode based on the input signals and control inputs. The electronic controller can control a final drive ratio of the variable ratio transmission by controlling one or more electronic solenoids that control the ratios of one or more portions of the variable ratio transmission.
US10100917B2
A casing includes an input-side casing part housing an input shaft and an output-side casing part housing an output shaft. In regard to a dimension in an axial direction of the output shaft, the dimension of the input-side casing part is smaller than the dimension of the output-side casing part. The output-side casing part includes an output-side bottom surface that serves as an installation surface when the casing is vertically installed; the output-side bottom surface includes mounting portions for vertical installation near four corners thereof; the input-side casing part includes an input-side back surface that serves as an installation surface when the casing is horizontally installed; the output-side casing part includes an output-side back surface that serves as an installation surface when the casing is horizontally installed; and mounting portions for horizontal installation are provided near four corners of the output-side back surface and on the input-side back surface.
US10100915B2
A transmission unit for a vehicle driven by muscle power. The transmission unit has one through shaft and one output shaft, as well as at least two sub-transmissions and at least one intermediate shaft. In the transmission unit at least one of the intermediate shafts and the output shaft is formed as a hollow shaft which is arranged coaxially to another shaft of the transmission unit.
US10100910B2
A driving system includes a drive source for driving a left drive portion and a right drive portion, a power transmission mechanism having a first and second differential mechanisms each including a first rotating element, a second rotating element and a third rotating element and a switching unit. The first rotating elements of the first and second differential mechanisms are connected to each other so as to rotate in the same direction, the second rotating elements of the first and second differential elements are connected to the left drive portion and the right drive portion, respectively, and the third rotating elements of the first and second differential mechanism are connected to each other so as to rotate in opposite directions.
US10100898B2
A torsional vibration damper has a damper mass carrier at which is received at least one damper mass movable relative to the damper mass carrier and with at least one stop. The at least one damper mass has a stop side with a geometric shaping. At least one stop is associated with the damper mass, and has an axial overlap with the at least one damper mass in extension direction of a central axis and a stop profile at its side facing the stop side of the damper mass. At least one stop receiver is associated with the least one stop for the at least one damper mass. The geometric shaping which is provided at the at least one damper mass has a first contact region operative at least substantially in radial direction and a second contact region operative at least substantially in tangential direction. The first contact region can be brought into operative connection with the stop, and the second contact region can be brought into operative connection with the stop receiver.
US10100891B2
Provided is an electric brake device that can achieve improved control accuracy without involving a cost increase. The electric brake device includes an electric motor, a brake rotor, a friction pad, a transmission mechanism, a braking force command section, a braking force estimation section, a motor rotation angle detector, and a controller. The motor rotation angle detector, which is used in a partial region of a braking force from a minimum braking force to a maximum braking force, has a higher resolution than a motor rotation angle that causes a braking force fluctuation equivalent to a minimum braking force resolution of the braking force estimation section. The controller includes a resolution interpolation section configured to interpolate, by using a motor rotation angle detected by the motor rotation angle detector, a minimum resolution of the braking force obtained by the braking force estimation section.
US10100887B2
A brake pad of a disk brake, includes at least one friction pad attached to a pad carrier and has a locking device, which is arranged on the pad carrier and which has a spring element and a securing element. The spring element and the securing element of the locking device are coupled to each other in a form-closed manner as two separate parts and can be pivoted in relation to each other. A disk brake is equipped with such brake pads.
US10100885B2
A launch control method of a vehicle includes: a clutch hold step of maintaining a clutch torque until an engine torque becomes smaller than the clutch torque, when a driver releases an accelerator pedal during launch control; a time constant determination step in which a time constant for a rate of releasing the clutch torque is determined depending on a difference between the clutch torque and a target creep torque when the engine torque becomes smaller than the clutch torque; a filter processing step of processing the time constant and the target creep torque using a low-pass filter that has the time constant and the target creep torque as an input and has a nominal clutch torque as an output; and a clutch control step of controlling a clutch using the nominal clutch torque.
US10100883B2
A clutch for selectively preventing rotation of a rotating component may include a first and second pawls pivotable between engagement and disengagement with the rotating component to selectively prevent or allow rotation of the rotating component in one or both directions. An armature moveable between a first and second armature positions may have a common member pivotally connected thereto and engaging the first and second pawls, with a torque spring biasing the common member to rotate toward the first pawl and away from the second pawl. In an intermediate armature position, the common member may disengage the first pawl from the rotating component while engaging the second pawl to allow rotation in one direction while preventing rotation in the opposite direction. In embodiments, a clutch may include a cam actuator rotating to selectively control engagement of the pawls with the rotating component and locking in one or both directions.
US10100882B2
A one-way clutch is disclosed, which improves durability while reducing a drag torque and restraining burning of a block bearing. The one-way clutch includes: a torque transfer mechanism disposed between an outer race 2 and an inner race 3 so disposed in the outer race 2 as to be spaced inwardly in a diametrical direction, and hindering the outer race 2 and the inner race 3 from making a relative rotation in a predetermined direction; and block bearings 6 disposed between the outer race 2 and the inner race 3 together with the torque transfer mechanism, and keeping the outer race 2 and the inner race 3 in a concentric state, in which each block bearing has a slide surface 6f contiguous with an axis-directional surface of the outer race 2 or the inner race 3, and at least part of the slide surface 6f is a roughened surface.
US10100880B2
The invention relates to a release bearing (1), in particular for a motor vehicle, having a body (2) delimiting a pressure chamber (22), and a piston (18) mounted slidingly in the chamber (22), the piston (18) being intended to actuate a diaphragm as it slides with respect to the body (2), wherein the body (2) has at least one supply orifice (12) opening at one end into the pressure chamber (22) and at another end into a supply groove (8) configured on an outer surface (3) of the body (2), sealing means (11) being located on either side of said channel (8).
US10100877B2
An inner joint part of a tripod constant velocity joint comprises a hub having an axis of rotation. Three projections extend radially outwardly. There is an adjoining transition region and a bearing region. A spherical circumferential surface of each projection forms a first surface line extending in a first plane. A resulting inner sphere contacts opposite points of the first surface line extending at least in first angle ranges adjacent to a respective point outside the inner sphere. A second surface line in a second plane touches the inner sphere at touch points only at the height of the largest diameter of the projection and extends at least in second angle ranges adjacent to the respective touch point within the inner sphere. A roller element has a convex inner circumferential surface, an extension line forming a radius having a maximum magnitude in a central region, less in an adjacent region.
US10100874B2
There is provided a technique which can realize both of conformability and fatigue resistance.A sliding member and a slide bearing include a base layer and a coating layer provided on the base layer and having a sliding surface on which a counter material slides, and are characterized in that the coating layer is formed of a soft material which is softer than that for the base layer; and that, in the sliding surface, crystal grains of the soft material having an average grain diameter of 0.1 μm or more and 1 μm or less are aggregated into lumps, thereby forming aggregates having an average diameter of 3 μm or more and 30 μm or less.
US10100860B2
A fluid control system may include a fluid conduit defining a fluid passage, and a fluid metering assembly in fluid communication with the fluid passage. The fluid metering assembly may include a metering valve rotatably secured within an internal chamber. An actuator may be coupled to the metering valve. A control unit may be coupled to the actuator. The control unit is configured to operate the actuator to rotate the metering valve between an open position in which fluid flows through the fluid passage and a closed position in which the fluid is prevented from flowing through the fluid passage. The control unit is configured to operate the actuator to rotate the metering valve into a pressure relief position beyond the closed position that is configured to allow a reduced portion of the fluid to flow through the fluid passage.
US10100857B2
A spring clip includes a body having (a) a base, (b) a support post carried on the base, (c) a first cantilever bar carried on the support post, (d) a second cantilever bar carried on the support post and (e) at least one gusset reinforcing the first and second cantilever bars.
US10100855B2
The present invention relates to a pulsation damping system for a paint spray device for spraying paint including a pulsation damper for damping the pulsation of a paint stream, wherein the pulsation damper includes a housing, a chamber, a chamber inlet, a chamber outlet and a damping means. In this connection, an opening of the chamber outlet comprises a cross sectional area which is smaller than a cross sectional area of an opening of the chamber inlet, and as a result forms a throttle.
US10100854B2
Example apparatus for regulator heat transfer are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a housing including an inlet, an outlet, a first valve, and a stem disposed therein. The example apparatus includes a vortex generator disposed in the housing. A fluid is to flow from the inlet through the vortex generator. The example apparatus includes a second valve disposed in the vortex generator. In the example apparatus, the vortex generator is to generate heat prior to the fluid flowing through the second valve to the outlet. The stem is to control the first valve and the second valve to regulate an amount of the heat conveyed to the first valve.
US10100853B2
A failsafe piston retention assembly, and related components, systems, and methods are disclosed. A failsafe piston retention assembly comprises a head comprising a head body having a first surface. The assembly also includes a piston having second surface, the piston slidably coupled with respect to the head. The piston has a retracted configuration and an unretracted configuration. In the retracted configuration, the second surface is fixed with respect to the first surface by a magnetic force. One advantage of this arrangement is that the piston is retained in its retracted configuration in the event of an operational failure of the piston mechanism. For example, for a hydraulically controlled piston, the magnetic force retains the piston in a retracted configuration even in the event of a loss of hydraulic pressure.
US10100849B2
A hydraulic valve includes a valve body having first and second ends, a bore extending therebetween, and first and second drain passages opening to the bore; a spool disposed in the bore and biased in a neutral position, the spool having first and second ends and first and second annuli axially spaced from the first and second ends respectively, whereby when the spool is in the neutral position, the first and second drain passages are connected to first and second bores respectively via the respective annulus, and wherein the spool is axially movable relative to the body by fluid acting on one of the ends to block fluid flow from the first and second bores to the first and second drain passages.
US10100847B2
A shovel includes a main pump, a hydraulic actuator, and an accumulator part. The hydraulic actuator is configured to be driven with hydraulic oil discharged by the main pump. The accumulator part is configured to store the hydraulic oil discharged from the hydraulic actuator and discharge the hydraulic oil to the intake side of the main pump.
US10100846B2
A fan design method and fan structure is described, enabling independent control of the volume of airflow and the amount of noise produced. The noise produced is a close approximation to a pleasing red noise spectrum, and is generated solely by the interaction of the rotating fan blades with a petal assembly or a fan enclosure in several embodiments. A petal assembly may be positioned at varying spacings behind the rotating fan blades to control the level of noise production with minimal effect on the volume of airflow. Various aspects of the fan blade configuration, such as the blade pitch, camber, span, chord, etc., may be manipulated to control the ratio of airflow volume to the amount of noise produced.
US10100845B2
A fan includes a motor, an impeller and a heat-dissipating structure. The motor includes a stator magnet assembly, a frame, a first circuit board, and a cover. The frame supports the stator magnet assembly. The frame and the stator magnet assembly define a first accommodating space, and the first circuit board is disposed in the first accommodating space. The cover covers the first circuit board. The motor drives the impeller and the impeller includes a hub and a plurality of first blades. The hub has at least a heat-dissipating hole. The first blades are disposed around the hub, and the heat-dissipating structure is disposed at the outer side of the hub. The heat-dissipating structure has a baffle and at least a second blade extended from the baffle and located corresponding to the heat-dissipating hole.
US10100840B2
The present invention relates to a fan wheel structure comprising a cover body connected with a plurality of fan blades, a hub, and a plurality of fan blades. The cover body is disposed on a hub. The hub has a top surface and a receiving space defined on the top surface. Each of the fan blades has a joining end protruding into the receiving space. The cover body has a clamping side combined with the top surface of the hub and a plurality of joining grooves spaced around the cover body and individually combined with the corresponding joining ends of the fan blades to fix the fan blades.
US10100839B2
Each of blades of a centrifugal fan includes a primary wing section that has a trailing edge which is parallel to a central axis of rotation, a leading edge end section which is parallel to the central axis of rotation, and a thickness gradually growing thinner toward the trailing edge and the leading edge end section; and an auxiliary wing section that extends from the leading edge end section of the primary wing section toward the interior of the centrifugal fan. The auxiliary wing section has a length from the leading edge end section of the primary wing section to the leading edge of the auxiliary wing section that is greater at a side of a support section than at an intake side when viewed in a direction of the central axis of rotation, and a constant thickness across the entire area of the auxiliary wing section.
US10100838B2
An electric compressor is provided to more securely suppress breakage of an electric component. An inverter cover forms an accommodation space. A bus bar constituting a portion of an electric circuit for driving an electric motor is accommodated in the accommodation space. The inverter cover has a rib projecting into the accommodation space. The bus bar is placed on the rib.
US10100827B2
A fluid device system includes a fluid pump, an electric motor in engagement with the fluid pump, and a controller. The electric motor is adapted for rotation in response to an electric signal. The controller is adapted to communicate the electric signal to the electric motor. The controller includes a lookup table having a plurality of performance data related to the fluid pump and the electric motor. The performance data from the lookup table is used by the controller to set aspects of the electrical signal communicated to the electric motor in order to achieve a desired attribute of the fluid pump.
US10100825B2
Provided is a chemical injection pump that is installed below an electric submersible pump. In general, the chemical injection pump is either driven by an electric motor that draws power from the electric submersible pump motor or from energized fluid leaving the electric submersible pump output port. The electric submersible pump provides electric or hydraulic power to run the chemical injection pump. Therefore, no surface chemical injection pump is required and hence less space is needed.
US10100823B2
An apparatus employing pressure transients for transporting fluids from a first reservoir to a second reservoir, includes at least one partly enclosed space and a body. The body is movable relative to the interior of the space. The apparatus also includes at least one first conduit and at least one second conduit in fluid communication with the opening via a third conduit, and connected to the first and second reservoir, respectively. An opening in the enclosed space allows a fluid to flow alternately in the direction into and out of the space and which opening is connected to a third conduit. At least one solid object is arranged to fall onto and collide with the body so as to generate pressure transients in the space to produce a flow of fluid in the direction from the space towards the second reservoir, and to produce a flow of fluid in the direction from the first reservoir towards the space.
US10100821B2
A cold trap includes a cold panel, a cryocooler which cools the cold panel, a stage temperature control unit which determines a control input to the cryocooler to cool a cooling stage of the cryocooler to a target temperature, an input heat estimation unit which estimates an increase of input heat into the cold panel based on the control input to the cryocooler determined by the stage temperature control unit, and a target temperature adjustment unit which adjusts a target temperature based on the increase of the input heat estimated by the input heat estimation unit.
US10100813B2
Methods and systems for optimizing operation of a wind farm are disclosed. The method includes providing a farm-level wake model for the wind farm based on historical wake parameters corresponding to reference sets of interacting wind turbines in the wind farm. Another step includes monitoring one or more real-time wake parameters for wind turbines in the wind farm. A further step includes identifying at least two interacting wind turbines from the reference sets based on the wake parameters. Another step includes determining a wake offset angle between the interacting wind turbines as a function of at least one of a wind direction, a geometry between the interacting wind turbines, or a wake meandering component. The method also includes continuously updating the wake model online based at least partially on the wake parameters and the wake offset angle and controlling the interacting wind turbines based on the updated wake model.
US10100810B2
In a disclosed system, yaw rotation is generated by motors, the output torque of which is maintained substantially constant when the motor speed is within a predetermined range, to reduce the variation in the output torque. In another system, yaw rotation is generated by pinion gears each controlled by a motor mounted on the tower of the generator and arranged to rotate a main gear wheel attached to the nacelle. To prevent wear on the motors arising from differences in backlash between the pinion gears and the main gear wheel, each motor is controlled to generate a low output torque until all pinion gears have engaged the main gear wheel, after which the full output torque is applied to all motors. In a further system, braking is arranged to be provided either by mechanical brakes or by generating a counter-torque in the motors, in dependence on the sensed external load.
US10100805B2
The present disclosure is directed to a tip extension assembly for a rotor blade of a wind turbine. The tip extension assembly includes a tip extension having a body with a pressure side surface and a suction side surface. Further, the tip extension is slidable onto a tip of the rotor blade so as to overlap the rotor blade adjacent the tip. In addition, the tip extension defines an extended trailing edge of the rotor blade. Moreover, an edge of the tip extension defines a step profile at a transition region between the tip extension and a trailing edge of the rotor blade. The tip extension assembly also includes at least one chord extension configured for attachment adjacent to the edge of the tip extension so as to minimize the step profile and associated noise caused thereby.
US10100804B2
A wind turbine rotor blade (14) comprising a root portion (15) having a substantially cylindrical shape and a longitudinal axis (22), the root portion having a mounting face (25); a plurality of bores (26) in a wall of the root portion and extending from the mounting face into the root portion, the bores being configured to receive respective connecting means for connecting the wind turbine rotor blade to a wind turbine hub; wherein the plurality of bores are inclined at an angle relative to the longitudinal axis of the root portion to define a cone angle.
US10100800B2
A system for starting a vehicle in cold temperatures includes a temperature sensor and a motor operable to drive at least one electrically operated pump to pump fluid. The motor provides a motor signal indicative of an operating condition of the motor. Responsive to (i) a temperature sensed by the temperature sensor being below a threshold level and (ii) the motor signal being indicative of a stall condition of the motor, the system enters a fluid heating mode. When operating in the fluid heating mode, the system generates heat in the windings of the motor and transfers heat from the motor to the fluid being pumped by the pump.
US10100795B2
The invention relates to a high pressure pump for a fuel injection system, in particular a common rail injection system, comprising a housing part (1) with a bore (2), in which a pump piston (3) is received such that it can be moved with a reciprocating movement, which pump piston (3) is supported via a tappet assembly (4) on a cam (5) or eccentric and delimits a pump working chamber (6) in the axial direction, which pump working chamber (6) can be filled with fuel via an upstroke valve (7) which is integrated into the high pressure pump. According to the invention, a feed bore (8) is configured in the housing part (1) in order to supply the upstroke valve (7) with fuel, which feed bore (8) is connected to a bore (11) of a further housing part (12), which bore (11) connects a pump interior chamber (9) and a tappet chamber (10).
US10100792B2
An object is to provide a fluid machine whereby it is possible to improve performance, for example, expand a flow-rate operation rage with a simplified shape of an intake pipe. A fluid machine includes an impeller mounted to a rotation shaft, a housing which houses the impeller rotatably, and an intake pipe for supplying a fluid to the housing. The intake pipe includes at least a first bend portion disposed on a first plane, and a second bend portion disposed at a downstream side of the first bend portion and on a second plane which is different from the first plane. The second bend portion includes an upstream section having a center axis oriented along a center axis of a downstream section of the first bend portion and a downstream section having a center axis oriented along an axial direction of the impeller at a front of the impeller. The intake pipe has a constant cross-sectional shape from an upstream end of the first bend portion to a downstream end of the second bend portion.
US10100791B2
A method and a system to eliminate the flow of accumulated liquid water from the intake manifold into the cylinders of an internal combustion engine are disclosed. Particularly, the disclosed inventive concept provides a negative draft to the top of a water containment feature in the form of opposed baffles. The baffles increase the minimum angle the water has to reach to overflow out of the intake manifold and into the cylinders. The angle required to overflow is a composition of gravity and the acceleration of the vehicle. If the maximum acceleration (and thus maximum water angle) is less than the designed negative draft overflow protection, there will not be expected overflow. The water containment reservoir includes two opposed side walls, a front wall, a back wall, and a base. Each side wall has an upper end. The baffle extends from the upper end of at least one side wall.
US10100782B2
Methods and systems are provided for conducting a diagnostic routine of the fuel vapor system using pressure generated by raising or lowering a vehicle body element such as a hood or a trunk. In one example, by utilizing lift gate cylinders coupled to the hood or trunk, during raising a hood or trunk, the fuel vapor system may be evacuated and during lowering the hood or trunk, the fuel vapor system may be pressurized. A change in vacuum or higher pressure in the fuel vapor system may be monitored over a time period to detect any undesirable evaporative emissions from the fuel vapor system.
US10100774B2
Methods and systems are provided for pressurizing a step chamber of a direct injection fuel pump. In one example, the step chamber may be pressurized to a pressure higher than an output pressure of a lift pump, the lift pump supplying fuel to the direct injection fuel pump. The pressurization of the step chamber may occur during at least a portion of a pump stroke of the direct injection fuel pump.
US10100773B2
Methods and systems are provided for accurately estimating an engine volumetric efficiency in a multi-fuel engine system operating with different fuels and different injection systems. The volumetric efficiency is revised based on the fraction of each fuel in the total fuel injection amount as well as based on the injection type for each fuel. The volumetric efficiency estimate compensates for the partial pressure effect and charge cooling effect of each fuel as well as each injection type.
US10100766B2
An engine control apparatus includes a temperature sensor configured to detect engine-related temperature information, a first calculator configured to calculate a first limit output value of an engine based on the temperature information inputted from the temperature sensor, an oil pressure sensor configured to detect a pressure of engine oil, a second calculator configured to calculate a second limit output value of the engine based on the oil pressure inputted from the oil pressure sensor, and a determiner configured to determine one of the first and second limit output values inputted from the first and second calculators as an optimal limit output value of the engine.
US10100758B2
A vehicle method for barometric pressure identification, including adjusting engine operation responsive to barometric pressure, the barometric pressure based on a pressure change at a sector of the fuel system when the sector is sealed with the vehicle travelling. The method may utilize a pressure change at the sealed sector of the fuel system, such as a sealed fuel tank, to identify barometric pressure, even with the engine off for extended durations of vehicle travel. As such, in a hybrid-vehicle application, including during hill descents in which the engine is maintained off, barometric pressure can still be updated.
US10100755B2
A method for operating a system having a plurality of internal combustion engines coupled together such that then outputs are drawn off by a common load, a downstream individual exhaust gas aftertreatment device, in which the exhaust gas of a particular engine undergoes an individual exhaust gas aftertreatment, positioned downstream of each engine, or a common exhaust gas aftertreatment device, in which the exhaust gas undergoes a common exhaust gas aftertreatment, positioned downstream of to the engine. To regenerate an exhaust gas aftertreatment device, the drive output of one engine is reduced, the temperature of the exhaust gas is increased, and the drive output of a second engine is increased such that the drive output reduction is at least partially compensated for.
US10100753B2
In a multiple cylinder supercharged engine, when reduced cylinder operation is executed, a throttle, which is located downstream of a compressor driven by a turbine provided in an exhaust passage, through which exhaust gas of a cylinder group flows, is operated to a fully closed state, wherein the reduced cylinder operation is applied to the cylinder group. A fuel injection amount of at least one cylinder included in the cylinder group is made smaller than a fuel injection amount of a cylinder included in another cylinder group, and this at least one cylinder is operated, in order to increase rotational speed of the compressor, so that a value of pressure of an upstream side of the throttle is controlled to a value, which is equal to or larger than a value of pressure of a downstream side of the throttle.
US10100739B2
A gas turbine engine includes a compressor section, a combustor fluidly connected to the compressor section via a primary flowpath and a turbine section fluidly connected to the combustor via the primary flowpath. Also included is a cascading cooling system having a first inlet connected to a first compressor bleed, a second inlet connected to a second compressor bleed downstream of the first compressor bleed, and a third inlet connected to a third compressor bleed downstream of the second compressor bleed. The cascading cooling system includes at least one heat exchanger configured to incrementally generate cooling air for at least one of an aft compressor stage and a foremost turbine stage relative to fluid flow through the turbine section.
US10100734B2
A multi-channel particle separator includes a plurality of vanes. Each vane is spaced apart from at least one other adjacent vane to define a flow channel, and includes a leading edge, a trailing edge, a first side wall, a second sidewall, and a splitter. The first side wall extends between the leading edge and the trailing edge. The second side wall is spaced apart from the first side wall and extends from the leading edge toward the trailing edge. The splitter may be rotationally coupled to the trailing edge and extend toward the leading edge. The splitter is spaced apart from the first side wall to define a scavenge volume and is rotatable between an extended position and a retracted position. The vanes may also or instead be coupled to a ring-shaped structure.
US10100733B2
An anti-ice valve, a turbine engine including an anti-ice valve assembly and a method of operating an anti-ice valve where an anti-ice valve has a housing and a valve element configured to control a flow of hot bleed air through the housing, and a muscle air passage extending through the housing, a cooling air passage extending through the housing, and a heat exchanger located within the housing and having heat transfer surfaces in thermal communication with the muscle air passage and the cooling air passage.
US10100728B2
A method and system are disclosed for operating a gas turbine power plant with flue gas recirculation, in which variable compressor inlet guide vanes are controlled as a function of flue gas recirculation ratio and/or as a function of a process parameter which is indicative for the flue gas recirculation. A controller setpoint position of the variable compressor inlet guide vanes can be controlled as a function of a position of a control element for controlling flue gas recirculation flow.
US10100724B2
A jet propelled watercraft includes a watercraft body, an engine mounted on the watercraft body, an air intake box configured to supply air to the engine, and a mounting portion provided on the air intake box. The air intake box is disposed opposite to the engine. An electrical device is mounted on a front surface and a right surface of the air intake box, which are different from the surfaces of the air intake box that oppose the engine. The electrical device is removably mounted on the mounting portions without using an implement such as a tool.
US10100722B2
A control method of a turbocharged engine includes: a bypass passage bypassing a compressor; and a bypass valve configured to open and close the bypass passage. The method includes: a compressor flow rate predicting step of predicting a flow rate of air flowing through the compressor after a predetermined time; a compressor pressure ratio detecting step of detecting a pressure ratio of the compressor; a surging determining step of determining whether or not surging occurs after the predetermined time, in reference to preliminary prepared surging determination data based on the compressor predicted flow rate and the compressor pressure ratio; and a bypass valve controlling step of opening the bypass valve when it is determined in the surging determining step that the surging occurs and closing the bypass valve when it is determined in the surging determining step that the surging does not occur.
US10100720B2
A turbocharged engine air system is disclosed. The system includes a vacuum consuming device, a turbocharger having a compressor fluidly connected to an intake manifold of an engine, a first check valve located upstream of the compressor, a second check valve located downstream of the compressor and upstream of the intake manifold, and an evacuator. The evacuator includes a converging motive section, a diverging discharge section, at least one suction port, and a Venturi gap located between an outlet end of the converging motive section and an inlet end of the diverging discharge section. The diverging discharge section of the evacuator is fluidly connected to both the first check valve and the second check valve. The suction port is fluidly connected to the vacuum consuming device.
US10100719B2
A GDCI engine control system provides rapid heating of intake air to the combustion chamber when the engine is cold. The engine uses an intake air pathway that includes a compressor having a compressor inlet and a compressor outlet. A loop fluidly connects the compressor outlet to the compressor inlet. First and second valves are arranged in the loop and are arranged near the compressor outlet and the compressor inlet respectively. First and second passages converge at a first junction, and the first passage fluidly connects the first valve and the first junction. The second passage fluidly connects to the loop at a second junction arranged fluidly between the first and second valves. An intake air heat exchanger is arranged in the first passage and fluidly between the first valve and the first junction.
US10100716B2
An engine having an integrated heat exchanger includes a cylinder head defining combustion chambers; an intercooler embedded at an intake side in the cylinder head and cooling intake gas by using a coolant; an EGR cooler embedded in the cylinder head and cooling exhaust gas, which is discharged from an exhaust side of the combustion chambers and recirculates to the intake side of the combustion chambers through an EGR passageway formed in the cylinder head; and an EGR distribution tube formed at an upper side in the cylinder head, supplied with the exhaust gas passing through the EGR cooler, and having distribution holes through which the exhaust gas is distributed into intake ports connected with the combustion chambers.
US10100715B2
An intercooler may include an air-outlet tank, a condensate collector for collecting condensate separated off the intercooler, and a condensate line connected to the condensate collector via an entrance and that opens out into the air-outlet tank via an exit. There may be a pressure difference between the entrance and the exit of the condensate line during operation of the intercooler, and said pressure difference may allow differential-pressure-induced discharge of condensate from the condensate collector via the condensate line.
US10100714B2
A cylinder head comprising a cavity for receiving a pre-chamber gas valve, wherein an opening extending substantially or completely around the pre-chamber gas valve forms an annular passage with a wall of the cavity, that surrounds the pre-chamber gas valve, wherein the annular passage is connected to at least one gas feed passage for supplying the pre-chamber gas valve with combustion gas, wherein the annular passage with at least one inclined gas passage is connected with the lower cavity of the pre-chamber gas valve.
US10100712B2
The present invention relates to a ground milling machine with two cooling ducts, which allow a mutually separated guidance of cooling air. The present invention further relates to such a cooling system and a method for cooling a ground milling machine.
US10100710B2
A detachable water pump reservoir to collect coolant leakage from a housing of an engine water pump to which the reservoir is attached in use is described herein. The reservoir includes a hollow body defining a chamber in which the coolant leakage is collected and having a mouth shaped to complement a surface of the housing, at least one attachment apparatus configured to enable the reservoir to be easily and quickly attached to and removed from the housing of the water pump, and a level indicator to indicate the level of the coolant collected in the reservoir.
US10100705B2
An exhaust mixer includes, a plurality of outwardly oriented vanes having planar surfaces, and a plurality of inwardly oriented vanes alternately positioned perimetrically between the plurality of outwardly oriented vanes, and a core flow area defined inwardly of inner most portions of the plurality of inwardly oriented vanes, the exhaust mixer being configured such that a minority of the total flow through the exhaust mixer travels through the core flow area when the exhaust mixer is employed during a mixing operation.
US10100702B2
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 PM sensor assembly may include a bent tube having a first, upstream end coupled to an exhaust passage, and a second outwardly flared end at a downstream end of the assembly. In this way, the second end of the bent tube may form a venturi that serves to block larger particulates from entering the assembly, and additionally serves to increase exhaust flow into the sensor assembly.
US10100696B2
A method for operating an exhaust gas purification system connected to an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle is disclosed. The purification system includes an SCR catalyst for catalyzed reaction of nitrogen oxides contained in the exhaust gas of the internal combustion engine with ammonia. The method includes adding a reducing agent containing ammonia to the exhaust gas upstream of the SCR catalyst at a predeterminable dosage rate and determining a pressure value correlating with an absolute pressure in the exhaust gas purification system on the input side of the SCR catalyst. The dosage rate is specified at least as a function of the pressure value.
US10100690B2
A twin charged engine is provided comprising a catalytic converter; a first compressor which, when operated, increases engine load; a second compressor which extracts energy from the exhaust gases to increase the overall engine efficiency; and a controller configured to operate one of at least two modes. A first mode is a standard operating mode in which the system is configured to optimise the efficiency of running of the engine. A second mode is for use under special conditions.
US10100683B2
An engine has spherical pressure vessels attached to a continuous vertical conveyor. Each spherical pressure vessel has an operating pressure sufficient to hold gas at a pre-defined pressure. At least one gas compressor is in communication with each spherical pressure vessel, and the gas compressor is capable of compressing a gas in each pressure vessel to the pre-defined pressure. A pressure relief mechanism is in communication with each spherical pressure vessel. The pressure relief mechanism is capable of returning the gas in each vessel to atmospheric pressure. A plurality of reciprocating electrical generators is disposed in each spherical pressure vessel to convert the heat generated during pressurization to electrical power.
US10100676B2
An inner case for a gas turbine engine includes a case body defining a centerline axis. The case body includes a turbine seal support, and an I-rod support downstream of the turbine seal support. A mid-turbine frame for a gas turbine engine includes an inner case having an integral case body. A method for manufacturing an inner case for a turbomachine with an integral high pressure turbine seal support includes fabricating a case body.
US10100673B2
An integrated drive generator includes an input shaft and an input drive gear connected to the input shaft. The integrated drive generator also includes an input driven gear meshed with the input drive gear. The integrated drive generator also includes a hydraulic speed trimming device. The hydraulic speed trimming device includes an input shaft connected to the input driven gear, an output shaft, an accessory drive gear connected to the output shaft, and an output ring gear connected to the output shaft. The input driven gear, the accessory drive gear, and the output ring gear are coaxial and disposed proximate a first end of the hydraulic speed trimming device. The integrated drive generator also includes a pump assembly with a pump drive shaft and a pump gear connected to the pump drive shaft and meshed with the accessory drive gear.
US10100669B2
A turbo machine, such as a gas turbine, includes a rotor, which rotates about a horizontal machine axis, and which is enclosed by a coaxial enclosure. The turbo machine includes a metal casing, whereby an electrical heating system is provided on the lower half of the metal casing. A safe operation is achieved by having the heating system configured as a redundant system.
US10100668B2
A method of fabricating and repairing a gas turbine component having a plurality of cooling holes defined therein is provided. The method includes determining a parameter of a first cooling hole defined in the gas turbine component, and generating a tool path for forming a protective cap around the first cooling hole. The tool path is based at least partially on the parameter of the first cooling hole. The method also includes directing a robotic device to follow the tool path, and discharging successive layers of ceramic slurry towards the gas turbine component as the tool path is followed such that the protective cap is formed around the first cooling hole.
US10100665B2
A method for heating up a steam turbine or for keeping a steam turbine hot, which steam turbine has at least one pressure stage working at an initial pressure or intermediate pressure, at least one final pressure stage which is fluidically connected downstream of the pressure stage and works at a final pressure which is lower than the initial pressure or intermediate pressure, and at least one condenser which is connected downstream of the final pressure stage, wherein steam generated outside the steam turbine is introduced into the pressure stage. After flowing through the pressure stage and bypassing the final pressure stage, the steam is supplied directly to the condenser.
US10100657B2
An assembly includes a monolithic carrier structure and a seal assembly. The monolithic carrier structure includes a carrier base and a support ring. The carrier base extends axially along the centerline. The support ring projects radially inward from the carrier base. The seal assembly is nested radially within the carrier base and axially next to the support ring. The seal assembly includes a seal base, a plurality of spring elements and a plurality of seal shoes arranged about the centerline in an annular array. The seal base circumscribes the annular array of the seal shoes. Each of the spring elements is radially between and connects a respective one of the seal shoes with the seal base.
US10100651B2
A coated high-temperature component including a cobalt coating that has a higher carbon content is provided. A layer composed of a cobalt-based alloy is applied which is known as or is similar to substrate material, to the region of the component which is subject to the wear, wherein the component preferably comprises a nickel-based alloy as substrate material, the carbon content of which is lower than that of the cobalt-based alloy. At the high operating temperatures, carbon diffuses from the coating into the base material; this is normally undesirable, but here leads to a higher carbide proportion in the substrate and therefore to a higher hardness and therefore to an increased wear resistance.
US10100649B2
A gas turbine engine assembly includes a supporting component and a supported component. The supporting component includes features engaged by the supported component. The supported component comprises ceramic-containing materials.
US10100643B2
A gas turbine engine including a rotor and a cooling fluid delivery system is presented. The rotor includes a disc and a plurality of blades extending radially therefrom. Each blade has a suction side and a pressure side and includes a shank, a platform and a main portion, the main portion being radially outward of the shank and separated therefrom by the platform. At least one cavity is defined, each radially inward of the platforms and between a suction side of the shank of one blade and a pressure side of the shank of an adjacent blade. The rotor includes at least one damper, the damper including a main body in contact with at least one blade and a deflector nose. The deflector nose extends from the main body into the cavity.
US10100637B2
A device (118) for automatically calibrating an analyzer (112) used for mud gas or fluid logging, comprising: a cabinet (140) having a plurality of dedicated reception slots (144), each slot (144) being configured for the insertion of a canister (148) containing a known calibration mixture, the cabinet (140) containing: a main line (174) to be connected to the analyzer (112), a connection assembly able to selectively connect each reception slot (144) to the main line (174), a control unit (151) for controlling the connection assembly to successively connect at least two successive slots (144) to the main line (174).
US10100633B2
A system for determining a location of a drill pipe joint deployed in a bore includes at least one magnetometer deployed on the bore. A processor is in electronic communication with the magnetometer and is configured to process magnetic field measurements made by the magnetometer to determine at least one of an axial position and a lateral position of the drill pipe joint.
US10100630B2
Method and apparatus for communicating incremental depth and/or other useful data of a downhole tool
A method and apparatus for communicating incremental depth and/or other useful data of a downhole tool. The incremental depth and/or other useful data of the downhole tool being communicated by measuring at least one change in the downhole system, detecting the change downhole, and subsequently determining the incremental depth and/or other useful data of the downhole tool.
US10100627B2
A system, method and drill string component for directional drilling of a borehole in a formation is presented. The system includes a rotatable drill string, a rotatable drill bit comprising an intermediate space for receiving drilling fluid from the drill string and at least two nozzles for ejecting the drilling fluid. The system also includes a first rotor section, a flow diverter connected to a downhole end of the first rotor section, and a second rotor section being directly drivable by the drilling fluid and being rotatable with respect to the first rotor section in a second direction opposite to the first direction and at a second rotational speed (ω3/2). In addition, the system includes a control unit for controlling the second rotational speed (ω3/2) of the second rotor section with respect to the first rotor section.
US10100624B2
A bottom discharge ESP is disposed within a pod casing. The pod casing is adapted to connect to and support the weight of downstream tailpipe tubing sections so the ESP does not have to support the same. The ESP may be suspended within the pod interior space by a supporting tube disposed above the ESP and extending into the pod interior space. The ESP includes a discharge tube with a seal assembly that engages a seal bore formed in the bottom end of the pod and cooperating with an interior surface of the tailpipe tubing to convey pumped injection fluid downward to the tailpipe tubing. Part of the pod casing may be perforated to allow injection fluid to flow into the pod interior space. Alternatively, perforated tubing joints or sliding sleeves may be provided on an upper tube to permit flow of injection fluid to the interior of the pod.
US10100623B2
A pumpjack is operated continuously over a sequence of two adjacent pump stroke cycles, by energizing an electric motor to operate the pumpjack over a first pump stroke cycle according to a motor speed profile over a plurality of discrete control periods within the cycle, while receiving sensory feedback from one or more sensors. In response to the feedback, and while continuing to operate the pumpjack, one or more speed adjustments are made to specific control periods, so as to alter the motor speed profile while continuing to operate the electric motor to drive the pump jack. The intra-cycle control optimizes flow while reacting to detrimental and changing conditions.
US10100622B2
A flow control device includes a housing; a choke member movably operably positioned at the housing. The member presenting a convex surface positioned to be exposed to a fluid flowing through the flow control device during use. A method for controlling flow through a flow control device.
US10100616B2
A jumper tube is connected to a shunt tube of a well screen assembly by positioning the jumper tube end to end, adjacent with the shunt tube. A spring clip is then flexed over a profile of a coupling and allowed to snap into gripping engagement of the coupling, thereby retaining the jumper tube relative to the first screen assembly.
US10100615B2
Various systems, methods, and devices are disclosed for handling contaminants in a wellbore or riser. A washpipe debris trap (WPDT) traps contaminants traveling up a wellbore from a downhole location, and the WPDT may serve as an indicator for a breached screen in a downhole location. A marine riser reversing tool (MRRT) may reverse the flow of fluid between a workstring conduit and an annulus between the workstring and the wellbore such that fluid rises to the wellhead with greater velocity. A bi-directional chamber trap (BDCT) may be utilized in a wellbore operation to remove contaminants from a fluid.
US10100610B2
A barrier valve is operable to close using pressure on a ball landed on a seat associated with a sleeve whose movement opens a port to allow tubing pressure to move the ball to a closed position. Another sleeve is located on the opposite side of the closure ball in the barrier valve. Actuation of the second sleeve opens another passage to allow tubing pressure above ball to rotate the valve member back to an open position with the production tubing in the production packer so that production can begin. The balls disintegrate or disappear by virtue of exposure to well fluids and/or temperatures.
US10100609B2
A dump valve assembly is disclosed. The dump valve assembly has a seat plug that couples to a southern end of a traveling valve, a standing valve, and a ball. The seat plug has two prongs with angled bottom edges that engage two corresponding slots within the standing valve and that lift the ball off of the standing valve in order to open the standing valve for pump drainage.
US10100604B2
A valve assembly is provided, the assembly comprising a valve housing; an inlet for fluid entering the valve housing; an outlet for fluid leaving the valve housing; a flow control assembly disposed within the valve housing between the inlet and the outlet, whereby fluid entering the valve housing is caused to flow through the flow control assembly, the flow control assembly comprising a cage having apertures therethrough to provide passage for fluid passing from the inlet to the outlet, the cage having an outlet end, in use fluid flowing within the cage in a downstream direction towards the outlet; a closure assembly moveable with respect to the cage to open or close each of the apertures through the cage, to thereby control the flow of fluid through the cage; wherein the apertures in the cage extend through the cage at a first angle to the radial direction of the cage and at a second angle to the radial direction of the cage, such that, in use, fluid entering the cage through each aperture is directed into the cage at the first angle to the radial direction so as to flow around the interior of the cage and at the second angle to the radial direction of the cage so as to flow in the downstream direction towards the outlet end of the cage. A cage assembly is also provided. The valve assembly is of particular use in a wellhead assembly.
US10100599B2
The present invention relates to a downhole system for completing a well with wireless power and communication downhole, comprising: a first well tubular structure, a second well tubular structure arranged partly inside the first well tubular structure, a first electrical unit comprising a first inductive coupler part and being arranged on an outer face of the first well tubular structure and electrically connected with an electrical conductor, an annular barrier for being expanded in an annulus between a first well tubular structure and a wall of a borehole or another well tubular structure downhole for providing zone isolation between a first zone having a first pressure and a second zone, the annular barrier comprising: a tubular metal part for mounting as part of the first well tubular structure, the tubular metal part having a first expansion opening, an axial extension and an outer face, an expandable sleeve surrounding the tubular metal part and having an inner face facing the tubular metal part and an outer face facing the wall of the borehole, a first connection part and a second connection part configured to connect a first end and a second end, respectively, of the expandable sleeve with the tubular metal part, and an annular space between the inner face of the expandable sleeve and the tubular metal part, wherein the annular barrier further comprises the electrical conductor extending on the outside of the tubular metal part and within the expandable sleeve from the first connection part to the second connection part, and a second electrical unit comprising a second inductive coupler part and being arranged inside the first well tubular structure and arranged outside the second well tubular structure and configured to abut an inner face of the well tubular structure, wherein the first electrical unit transfers power and/or communication to the second electrical unit. Finally, the present inventor relates to an annular barrier.
US10100597B2
A blowout preventer including a top including a chamber and an annular groove extending into a surface of the top, a housing including a chamber and an annular groove extending into a surface of the housing, and a connection assembly configured to releasably couple the top to the housing, the connection assembly including an arcuate ring segment having a radial width that is greater in size than an axial height of the ring segment, and a positioner configured to radially displace the ring segment between a locked position restricting relative axial movement between the top and the housing, and an unlocked position allowing for relative axial movement between the top and the housing.
US10100592B2
A device for handling drill string components with respect to a drill rig. A gripper is configured to grip a first drill string component to be threaded on to or off from a second drill string component being part of a drill string which is partly drilled into a rock formation. A handling unit includes the gripper is movable between a drill string position and a loading position wherein a drill string component can be brought into or taken out from the gripper. The handing unit includes auxiliary engagement unit configured to align the gripped first drill string component to essentially in line with an axial direction defined by the second drill string component. The gripper and the auxiliary engagement unit are adjustable for gripping drill string components of different dimensions with maintained alignment of gripped drill string components.
US10100583B2
Cutting elements include polycrystalline diamond which may be attached to a substrate. The polycrystalline diamond may have a ratio of cubic to hexagonal cobalt crystalline structures of greater than about 1.2. The polycrystalline diamond may have a high level surface compressive stress of greater than about 500 MPa.
US10100573B2
A separation and containment system is provided. The separation and containment system can contain natural gasses, e.g., compressed natural gas (CNG) and liquefied natural gas (LNG), within a natural gas vehicle (NGV) service area, and separate the NGV service area from a conventional service area. The separation and containment system utilizes one or more barriers, such as industrial fabric/vinyl materials that meet various regulatory safety standards applicable to NGVs. The separation and containment system is easily constructed, dismantled, and resized/adapted in accordance with desired operating conditions.
US10100569B2
An operation input detection device includes: a side-surface proximity sensor that is provided at a lower side surface portion of a vehicle; and an operation input detection portion that detects an operation input based on a sensor output of the side-surface proximity sensor, wherein the operation input detection portion determines that the operation input is performed in a case where when a change in the sensor output indicating proximity of a detection object is detected, after a first peak is detected in an acceleration of the sensor output, a second peak is detected in the same direction as that of the first peak at a first predetermined interval that is set in advance.
US10100566B1
A cabinet structure includes a frame having a plurality of panels; a door pivotally secure to a panel of the plurality of panels; a foot bracket secured to the door, the foot bracket forming a c-shaped structure having an opening configured to receive a foot therein; a door stop secured to an outer surface of the foot bracket and configured to engage with the frame and configured to secure the door in a locked positioned; and a foot grip disposed within the opening of the foot bracket and configured to engage with the foot.
US10100565B2
A hinge assembly for attaching a hood to a body of a vehicle includes a body-side bracket fixedly attached to the body and a hood-side bracket fixedly attached to the hood. A pivot mechanism is configured to place the hinge assembly in: a stowed position, in which the hood is adjacent the body; an access position, in which the hood rotates toward a rear of the vehicle; and an active position, in which the hood rotates toward a front of the vehicle. The hinge assembly also includes an actuator that configured to move the pivot mechanism to, or toward, the active position. A pin is attached to the body-side bracket and an upstop link is attached to the hood-side bracket. The upstop link defines a slot. The pin becomes engaged with the slot when the pivot mechanism is in the active position.
US10100555B2
An arrangement for a lock is provided, comprising a stator, a rotor, which is rotatably arranged in the stator, and a set of elements arranged in the rotor for cooperating with the stator, which elements each have an opening and which elements are arranged successively in the longitudinal direction of the rotor and the openings of which together form a through hole for receiving a key, each of the elements being readjustably arranged, independently of each other, between a state which upon actuation is blocking and a state which upon the same actuation is releasing. The disclosure further concerns a key, which has a body along which a plurality of projections are arranged, the plurality of projections all being arranged in a common plane and the plurality of projections all having the same height and defining together the profile of the key.
US10100554B2
A gravity-actuated latch mechanism is provided. The gravity-actuated latch mechanism may include a strike attached to a lid of a container and a latch body attached to an inside wall of the container. The latch body includes a housing and a catch accessible from outside of the housing, wherein the catch engages and disengages with the strike. The latch body includes a lever having a lever arm moveable between an engaged and disengaged position. The engaged position is engaged with the catch and the disengaged position is disengaged with the catch. The latch body also includes a latch actuation ball housed in an elongated passage within the housing. The lever arm of the lever extends into the elongate passage, allowing the latch actuation ball to apply force to the lever arm to move the lever from the engaged to the disengaged position in response to tipping the container for dumping.
US10100553B1
Pin tumbler locks are provided that include features for detecting tampering. Tampering may be detected in a number of different ways. As an example, abnormal movement of one or more of the driver pins in a pin tumbler lock can be an indication of tampering. In addition, one or more sensors can be included at the end of a keyway that detect picking or bumping beyond the length of normal key insertion. A mechanical actuator can be used for detection.
US10100552B2
An interchangeable core assembly for a lock core assembly capable of being flush mounted in a door including a housing, a lock insert mounted in the housing, a lock core mounted in the housing adjacent to and cooperative with the lock insert, a thumb-turn assembly mounted in the non-cylindrical housing coaxial with the lock core, a first offset cam mounted on the thumb-turn assembly for rotation therewith, and a second offset cam mounted on the lock core for rotation therewith. The barrel of the lock core assembly is unobstructed by locking train components such that the lock core assembly extends completely through the latch assembly when installed therein. The lock core assembly is secured to the latch assembly without threads and a means to remove/replace the thumb-turn component is provided.
US10100550B2
Foldable tubular construct/element with one rigid degree of freedom is of a tubular construction formed by a number of single layered annular units which are connected in sequence; each single layered annular unit is of a prism having N ridge lines; two adjacent prisms each having N sides are connected to each other by sharing a polygon with N sides formed on an intersection plane; each prism with N ridge lines is composed of N rigid planar quadrilateral facets; two adjacent single layered annular units comprise N spherical mechanisms formed by the intersections of only four planar quadrilateral facets at each apex, where N is a number greater than 3.
US10100541B1
A precast lightweight wall panel installation machine is capable for erection and installation of precast lightweight concrete wall panels. The machine includes a frame base holding the panel installation machine, a lifting frame for lifting the precast lightweight concrete wall panel for erection and installation and at least a side hydraulic jack for lifting and flipping the concrete wall panel from packing position onto cart. Safety catch fittings hold the concrete wall panel from slipping off. An electrically operated hydraulic power unit with operating switches provides automated hydraulic lift to the machine. Rear mounted wheels and front mounted casters ease movement of the panel installation machine from one location to another. A power source supplies energy to operate the machine. The machine further includes the lifting frame mounted with adjustable slots to slot in brackets for erection and installation of the concrete wall panel at higher level platform.
US10100539B2
A concrete depression form system and method having a rail that is readily removable from sacrificial support towers after the concrete has sufficiently cured, leaving a slab having an elevated interior slab surface and a depressed or lower exterior slab surface, the support towers being structured such that concrete flow is only minimally impeded and such that no portion of the support towers extends outwardly from the slab surfaces.
US10100536B2
A modular wall panel system includes a pair of specially formed receiver strips, base and crown moldings, and a panel. The receiver strips are respectively mounted at selective upper and lower wall locations. Each receiver strip has an elongated base for mounting to the wall, and first and second flanges protruding therefrom, with each flange having a pair of apices particularly formed and located thereon. The crown and base moldings have bottom and rear surfaces, an inward facing ornate/sculpted surface, and a mating flange configured to cantilever away from the rear surface. The mating flange includes a pair of apices that are configured to be mated between the first and second flanges of the receiver strip, and be retained by its flange apices. The receiver strip also spaces the rear surface of the moldings away from the wall/studs, for the panel to be inserted behind the rear surface of each.
US10100531B2
A panel includes a horizontally and vertically active locking system allowing two floor panels to be connected to each other at the sides thereof by providing one of these floor panels via a downward movement toward the other panel. The vertically active locking system comprises a locking element in the form of an insert, and the locking element comprises at least a blocking body. The blocking body is substantially or entirely made of acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS).
US10100529B2
A cladding system for a wall includes a plurality of panels (3), each with first and second longitudinal edges blocked to each other and to the wall by a respective plurality of fastenings (5, 7). Removable fastening means (5) include a releasable clamping member (23) movable with respect to corresponding locking means (21) and movably joinable thereto so as to fix to the wall a concave housing means (15) of the first longitudinal edge (11) of a panel (3) that contains a first rib means (17) of the second longitudinal edge (13) of the other panel (3), the first rib being inserted in the concave housing means. The release of the releasable clamping members (23) from the respective locking means (21) of the plurality of removable fastening means (5) of the edges (11, 13) of the two adjacent panels (3) allows to release said edges (11, 13).
US10100523B1
A vent assisted system for reroofing a built up roof surface or a single ply membrane roof covering including an augmented design incorporating mechanical fasteners and an adhesive for attaching strips of single ply membrane or fleece backed single ply membrane in the turbulent vortex areas along the perimeter of a deck. Coupled with roof vents for equalizing the pressure under loose laid sheets of single ply membrane or fleece backed single ply membrane in the field-of-roof area bordering the turbulent wind vortex areas to reduce membrane stress and resist wind uplift pressures during high wind events.
US10100518B2
Described herein is a truss/rafter roof erection device, kit and system. A removable universal bracing bracket assembly attaches to a construction member such as a truss on one end and includes at least one vertical bracket member attachable to a proximal end of a wood beam member that extends down to the ground to support the truss in an upright position during roof construction. Another pivoting bracket on the bracket assembly allows another wood beam member to be attached and extend down to the ground to further support the truss in an upright position.
US10100517B2
A membrane for decoupling heated flooring from a subfloor includes a flexible base and a plurality of projections formed into the base and extending outward from the base. Each projection of the plurality of projections has a perimeter wall defining a height of the projection and a top surface integral with the perimeter wall for supporting a flooring adhesive and/or for bearing a load when the heated flooring is installed. The projections have one flange portion extending from the perimeter wall and effective for retaining a heater cable within a channel formed between each pair of adjacent projections. Each channel may have exactly one flange portion extending over it and forming an overhang for retaining heater cables of different diameters. The corresponding flange portions of adjacent projections do not face in the same direction or the opposite direction, providing for a minimum number of flange portions to be used.
US10100513B2
The present invention relates to composite elements comprising a profile and an insulating core enclosed at least to some extent by the profile, where the insulating core is composed of an organic porous material which has a thermal conductivity in the range from 13 to 30 mW/m*K, determined in accordance with DIN 12667, and a compressive strength of more than 0.20 N/mm2, determined in accordance with DIN 53421, processes for producing composite elements of this type, and the use of a composite element of this type for producing windows, doors, refrigerators, and chest freezers, or elements for facade construction.
US10100509B2
A crane-free system for moving a pre-fabricated enclosure includes a beam system and a system of coordinated self-contained hydraulic jack units, which in conjunction allow a pre-fabricated enclosure to be lifted off a semi-trailer, positioned by rolling on the system of beams above a pre-laid foundation, and lowered to the foundation. Optionally, the sliding beam system may be rotated using rotatable rollers to allow the pre-fabricated enclosure to move in a rotated direction. Optionally, a centering device and hydraulic ram may be used to center the pre-fabricated enclosure on the foundation.
US10100499B2
A tool for installation or removal of a retaining pin to or from aligned bores in first and second components. The tool includes a drive rod adapted to be positioned adjacent a first end of the aligned bores.An actuator is operable to move the drive rod, to thereby push the retaining pin into or from the aligned bores.
US10100498B2
A lip for an excavation bucket, the lip comprising: an upper and a lower surface that extend to a digging edge; and a plurality of mounting sections for mounting shrouds to the lip to protect the digging edge against wear, at least one of the mounting sections comprising first and second bearing surfaces on one of the upper or lower surfaces of the lip and configured to have a shroud bear against when mounted to the mounting section, wherein the first and second bearing surfaces are inclined with respect to one another.
US10100488B2
A support for and/or a front loader includes a first main frame fixed to one of a left and right side of a vehicle body and a second main frame fixed to the other of the left and right sides of the vehicle body. A rear end of the second main frame is positioned further forward than a rear end of the first main frame.
US10100483B2
A portable cofferdam system for isolating a working area from water such as a culvert. The portable cofferdam system generally includes a first sidewall and a second sidewall each having an interior side, an exterior side, an upper edge, a lower edge and a rear edge. A middle wall is connected to the sidewalls opposite of the rear edges of the sidewalls forming a substantially U-shaped structure. An opening formed between the rear edges of the first sidewall and the second sidewall to allow for positioning about or near the inlet of an object or area to be kept dry such as the inlet of a culvert.
US10100481B2
The invention relates to a ground-working machine and a method for producing wall panels, with the ground-working machine having at least two elongate drilling and mixing tools arranged parallel to each other, which comprise a rod-form base body, on which a first screw conveyor and at least one second screw conveyor are arranged, the second screw conveyor being axially spaced apart from the first screw conveyor. According to the invention it is provided that at least on one drilling and mixing tool at a lower end the first screw conveyor is formed with an outer diameter that is greater than an outer diameter of the second screw conveyor which is arranged above the first screw conveyor.
US10100470B2
In an automotive milling machine, comprising a machine frame, comprising a controller for the travelling and milling operation, comprising a working drum, comprising a transport conveyor for discharging the milled material milled off by the working drum onto a loading surface of a transport vehicle comprising a rear wall, where the transport conveyor is slewable, relative to the machine frame, about a first axis extending essentially horizontally under an elevation angle, and sideways about a second axis extending orthogonally to the first axis under a slewing angle, it is provided for the following features to be achieved: a detection device is arranged on the bottom side of the transport conveyor, where said detection device is used to initiate an activation signal in case of the transport conveyor approaching an object, in particular, the rear wall of the loading surface.
US10100464B2
A method for preparing an aqueous suspension may include providing a fibrous substrate comprising cellulose having a Canadian Standard freeness equal to or less than 700 cm3, and microfibrillating the fibrous substrate in an aqueous environment by grinding in the presence of a grinding medium which is to be removed after completion of grinding. The grinding may be carried out in the absence of grindable inorganic particulate material, wherein the grinding medium is present in an amount of at least about 10% by volume of the aqueous environment, and wherein the microfibrillated cellulose has a fiber steepness of from about 20 to about 50.
US10100463B2
Methods for non-destructive testing of synthetic ropes is described, where the rope in use is subjected to X-ray, terahertz, permanent magnetic field or electromagnetic analysis to determine a pattern, the results of the analysis are compared with a standard pattern determined by the analysis, and the results of the comparison are used in determining whether the rope is fit for use; where the rope comprises at least two types of fibers, the first fiber type has a density which differs from the density of the second fiber type and the second fiber type is of the same polymer material as the first fiber type, but provided with a high-density or low-density material. Ropes suitable for use in this method are also described.
US10100460B2
A method is provided for operating a heat pump laundry dryer or a heat pump washing machine having drying function. The laundry dryer or washing machine includes: a control unit controlling the operation of the laundry dryer or washing machine, a laundry treatment chamber for treating laundry using process air, a process air circuit for circulating the process air, a heat pump system having a refrigerant loop, in which the refrigerant fluid is circulated through a first and a second heat exchanger, a compressor for circulating the refrigerant fluid through the refrigerant loop, and a cooling fan unit (24) for cooling the compressor. The method includes: modifying or changing an operation parameter set of the cooling fan unit (24) in dependency of at least one of the following input variables: a user selectable input variable, a working parameter of the laundry drum, a working parameter of a process air fan, a working parameter set meter of an electric driving motor, a working parameter of the compressor, a drying progress status parameter or a status parameter of the laundry to be dried, and an environment parameter of the treatment apparatus environment.
US10100459B2
An external accessory attachment for a drying appliance includes a housing defining a drying space. A suction attachment extends from the housing and is adapted to fit within a filter slot of the drying appliance. The suction attachment is capable of accepting airflow. A blocking flange is adapted to redirect an airflow path of the drying appliance through the housing and the suction attachment.
US10100457B2
A washing machine includes a cabinet that defines a first introduction port. The washing machine further includes a tub that is located in the cabinet and that defines a second introduction port that is concentrically positioned relative to the first introduction port. The washing machine further includes a cabinet door that is connected to the cabinet and that is configured to open and close the first introduction port. The washing machine further includes a tub door that is hingedly coupled to the tub, that is configured to open and close the second introduction port, and that includes an upper portion that is inclined toward the tub.
US10100453B2
An apparatus and method for reducing displacement of a washing machine having a drum rotatable about an axis of rotation is disclosed. The washing machine comprises a chassis and a motor for rotation a drum. The drum is suspended from the chassis by a suspension. The suspension can comprise springs having six natural frequencies that can resonate at a rotational speed of the drum driven by the motor. The suspension system can be tuned such that resonant frequencies can be varied based upon rotational speed of the drum.
US10100446B2
A module element for driving and retaining braiding bobbin carriers on a predetermined bobbin path has at least one base element that can rotate about an axis of rotation, and at least one retaining element that is formed integrally with the base element. The retaining element is configured to releasably hold at least one braiding bobbin carrier offset from the rotary axis.
US10100443B2
A device including: (a) a plurality of pegs, each including a rotational axis along a length; (b) a plurality of weft guides and each individual weft guide is in communication with an individual peg, and the plurality of weft guides are in an alternating relationship so that some of the plurality of weft guides extend in a first direction and some of the plurality of weft guides extend in a second direction; and (c) a translation mechanism in communication with the plurality of pegs so that movement of the translation mechanism results in rotation of the plurality of pegs around the rotational axis moving some of the plurality of weft guides from extending in the first direction to extending in the second direction and some of the plurality of weft guides from extending in the second direction to extending in the first direction.
US10100437B2
Disclosed is a method for manufacturing N-type semiconductor element for cooling or heating device, the N-type semiconductor element is made of tellurium, bismuth and selenium material, firstly, smashing and grinding the tellurium, bismuth and selenium material to be 2000 meshes or more; and then, according to the proportion of each material in parts by weight, proportioning the materials to obtain a mixture, the proportion thereof is: 40 to 44 parts of tellurium, 53 to 57 parts of bismuth and 28 to 32 parts of selenium. During operation, the temperature difference between the two ends thereof is larger, and through a test, the temperature difference between the cold end and the hot end reaches about 73° C. to 78° C. Therefore, the N-type semiconductor element has the advantages of high operation efficiency and lower energy consumption. The N-type semiconductor element is particularly suitable for manufacturing a semiconductor cooling or heating device.
US10100436B2
The disclosure relates to a method for making gallium nitride (GaN) epitaxial layer by silicon substrate is related. The method includes: providing a silicon substrate; providing a carbon nanotube structure comprising a plurality of carbon nanotubes and defining a plurality of holes; forming the carbon nanotube structure on a surface of the silicon substrate so that portions of the silicon substrate are exposed; dry etching the silicon substrate using the carbon nanotube structure as mask to obtain a patterned silicon substrate having a pattern surface comprising a plurality of bulges; and growing the GaN epitaxial layer using the patterned silicon substrate as an epitaxial substrate.
US10100432B2
An apparatus (10) for producing an SiC single crystal is used in the solution growth includes a seed shaft (28) and a crucible (14). The seed shaft (28) has a lower end surface (28S) to which an SiC seed crystal (32) is to be attached. The crucible (14) holds an Si—C solution (15). The seed shaft (28) includes a cylinder part (28A), a bottom part (28B), and a low heat conductive member (28C). The bottom part (28B) is located at the lower end of the cylinder part (28A) and has the lower end surface (28S). The low heat conductive member (28C) is arranged on the upper surface of the bottom part (28B) and has a thermal conductivity lower than that of the bottom part (28B). This production apparatus can make the temperature within the crystal growth surface of the SiC seed crystal less liable to vary.
US10100429B2
A method for producing a single crystal includes: bringing a seed crystal into contact with a dopant-added melt, in which a red phosphorus is added to a silicon melt, such that a resistivity of the single crystal is 0.9 mΩ·cm or less and subsequently pulling up the seed crystal, to form a straight body of the single crystal; and withdrawing the single crystal from the dopant-added melt in a state that a temperature of an upper end of the straight body is 590 degrees C. or more.
US10100426B2
A method for producing a gallium nitride crystal includes growing a gallium nitride crystal 5 by dissolving nitrogen in a mixed melt including gallium and sodium, and collecting the gallium 55 separated from an alloy 51 including the gallium and the sodium by reacting the alloy 51 and a liquid 52 that ionizes the sodium and separating sodium ions and the gallium 55 from the alloy.
US10100420B2
The presently claimed invention provides a plating additive for electrodeposition, and the corresponding fabrication method thereof. The plating additive of the present invention enables to electroplate holes on a substrate with good height uniformity within a feature and among features at different diameters.
US10100418B2
According to one embodiment, an oxidation electrode includes: a collector; an oxidation catalyst formed on the collector; and a modified organic molecule which is bonded to the surface of the oxidation catalyst, and comprises a cationic functional group.
US10100415B2
A multi-junction artificial photosynthetic unit includes an active element with a plurality of semiconducting layers, with metal layers deposited between the semiconductor layers appropriately forming Schottky barrier junctions or ohmic junctions with a surface of an adjacent semiconductor layer. The active element is formed within a protective structure formed of porous aluminum oxide. Successive layers of the active element can be formed within the protective structure, and additional layers and junctions can be added until desired photovoltages are achieved. A photoreactor for the production of fuels and chemicals driven by solar-powered redox reactions includes a bag reactor filled with a feedstock solution. A plurality of multi-junction photosynthetic units are placed in the feedstock solution to drive the redox reactions and produce the desired fuels and chemicals.
US10100403B2
A surface-coated cutting tool includes a base material and a coating formed on a surface of the base material. The coating includes a first hard coating layer including crystal grains having a sodium chloride-type crystal structure. The crystal grain has a layered structure in which a first layer composed of nitride or carbonitride of AlxTi1−x and a second layer composed of nitride or carbonitride of AlyTi1−y are stacked alternately into one or more layers. The first layer each has an atomic ratio x of Al varying in a range of 0.76 or more to less than 1. The second layer each has an atomic ratio y of Al varying in a range of 0.45 or more to less than 0.76. The largest value of difference between the atomic ratio x and the atomic ratio y is 0.05≤x−y≤0.5.
US10100391B2
A size hardening heat treatment process for steel parts of a plate, cylindrical or spherical shape and using low or specified hardenability steel compositions which are through surface heated and very rapidly quenched to produce case hardening of the part. A set of graphs are provided which depict the relationship between the depth of hardening and the dimension of the part for each of a series of critical, i.e., ideal diameter values which allow producing a depth of hardening of a particular part by a proper selection of the DI value of the part. The DI values are calculated by a formula which allows a range of DI values to be created by varying the components of the steel as set out in the formula. The formula also insures a fine grain size to be created by the process to prevent cracking by the very rapid quenching required. A list of elements allowed in the steel but limited by a % mass set out for each component. A particular depth of hardening desired can be produced for a given part of a shape and dimension appearing in the graphs by composing the steel so that the DI is that critical which will produce the desired depth of hardening when the part is heated by through the surface heating and then very rapidly quenched.
US10100390B2
A heat-resistant member comprising a molybdenum alloy that comprises a first phase containing Mo as a main component and a second phase comprising a Mo—Si—B-based intermetallic compound particle phase, wherein the balance is an inevitable impurity and wherein the Si content is 0.05 mass % or more and 0.80 mass % or less and the B content is 0.04 mass % or more and 0.60 mass % or less. The member may be coated.
US10100386B2
A method for preparing an article of a base metal alloyed with an alloying element includes the steps of preparing a compound mixture by the steps of providing a chemically reducible nonmetallic base-metal precursor compound of a base metal, providing a chemically reducible nonmetallic alloying-element precursor compound of an alloying element, and thereafter mixing the base-metal precursor compound and the alloying-element precursor compound to form a compound mixture. The compound mixture is thereafter reduced to a metallic alloy, without melting the metallic alloy. The step of preparing or the step of chemically reducing includes the step of adding an other additive constituent. The metallic alloy is thereafter consolidated to produce a consolidated metallic article, without melting the metallic alloy and without melting the consolidated metallic article.
US10100383B2
Provided is martensitic steel which is used in structures such as buildings and bridges, and automotive underbody, and mechanical parts such as gears and is more suitably used for steel products such as thick steel sheets, shape steel, a deformed steel bar, steel bars, or steel wires. The martensitic steel has a microstructure of a martensite structure containing a chemical composition, by mass %, of Si: 1.0 to 3.5%, Mn: 4.5 to 5.5%, Al: 0.001 to 0.080%, Nb: 0.045% or less, and C having an amount in which the following regression equation (1) is satisfied and the maximum stress (TS) becomes 1800 to 2160 MPa, a balance being Fe and inevitable impurities of: P: 0.030% or less, S: 0.020% or less, and N: 0.010% or less, the martensitic steel having total elongation of 13 to 15%. TS(maximum stress) [MPa]=4000×C[mass %]+1050 (1).
US10100382B2
A rolled foil formed of the Fe—Cu alloy according to an embodiment of the present invention is manufactured to consist of 3 to 30 wt % iron and 70 to 97 wt % copper having a thickness of 100 μm to 10 μm, by casting a molten metal of a Fe—Cu parent alloy and a metal copper into a slab, heat-treating the slab, and roll-milling the heat-treated slab by using a multi-pass rolling mill with the total reduction ratio of 90% or higher. In this regard, the Fe—Cu alloy rolled foil according to the present invention provides an effect of shielding electromagnetic waves of 80 dB or more within high frequencies ranging between 1 GHz to 1.5 GHz.
US10100377B2
The present invention provides aqueous composition comprising a multi-stage acrylic emulsion polymer having a first stage polymer of from 0.5 to 4 wt. %, based on the total weight of monomers used to make the first stage polymer, of a copolymerized carboxylic acid or salt group containing monomer, and having 10 to 30 wt. %, on total solids of the multi-stage acrylic emulsion polymer, of a second stage polymer of from 3 to 15 wt. % of a copolymerized hydroxyl group containing monomer, the first stage polymer having a glass transition temperature (Tg) by dynamic mechanical analysis (DMA) of less than −10° C. and the second stage polymer having a Tg (DMA) of greater than 80° C.; and (ii) from 25 to 75 wt. %, based on the total solids weight of the multi-stage acrylic polymer, of a polyurethane.
US10100375B2
Method, systems and apparatus to determine the suitability of parts or protocols to perform unit operations in the context of a biological process, comprising recording of a user score associated with an instance of use of a protocol or part, wherein the context of the use is recorded along with the rating, and wherein the context is defined as the value of factors that may affect the performance of the unit operation in which the part or protocol was used. The method may be implemented as a web service.
US10100372B2
An RSV reporter strain that can be used for high-throughput drug discovery is disclosed. Also disclosed is a recombinant RSV vector that contains an RSV genome encoding the disclosed RSV reporter strain operably linked to an expression control sequence. Also disclosed is an infectious RSV virion produce by expression of the disclosed recombinant RSV vector in a host cell. Also disclosed is a recombinant nucleic acid that comprises an RSV F protein having an escape mutation operably linked to a heterologous expression control sequence. Also disclosed are methods of screening for antiviral agents using the disclosed RSV reporter strains.
US10100368B2
The present invention provides multiplex assays, methods and kits that may be used to detect and confirm the presence of MRSA in a sample. The methods include real-time PCR assays, and the kits and compositions include oligonucleotides used as primers and probes. The present invention further comprises assays useful to identify and differentiate MRSA, MSSA, MRSE, MSSE, MRCNS and MSCNS in a sample.
US10100367B2
The use of specific microRNAs (miRNAs) present in CSF as biomarkers for particular brain malignancies and disease activity.
US10100348B2
The present invention provides a simple and rapid method for preparing purified transposase complexes that are highly suited for fragmenting DNA. The method includes forming transposase complexes with oligonucleotide adapters in cell lysate, then purifying the complexes from the other substance in the cell lysate. Purification is accomplished using a specific binding pair, in which one member of the pair is bound to an oligonucleotide adapter of the complex and the other member of the pair is bound to a solid substrate. The bound complexes can be immediately used in DNA fragmentation reactions to produce solid substrate-bound DNA fragments, which can be used for any number of purposes, including as templates for amplification and sequencing.
US10100347B2
The invention provides materials and methods to identify and analyze in a genome-wide manner the structural determinants of this organization. Next generation sequencing methods, combined with a novel assay and integrated data analysis, are used to map the long-range interactions in chromatin that are involved in the regulation of transcription.
US10100338B2
A process is provided for fermentation of syngas that is effective for reducing conductivity and providing an alcohol STY of about 10 g ethanol/(L·day). The process includes introducing the syngas into a reactor vessel and providing a nitrogen feed rate to the reactor vessel of about 100 mg or more nitrogen/gram of cells produced. Fermentation of the syngas is effective for providing a fermentation medium having an average conductivity of about 16 mS/cm or less and an STY of 10 g ethanol/(L·day) or more.
US10100331B2
The present invention relates to a composition for transfecting a cell with a genetic material comprising a first agent capable of directing the genetic material away from the acidic compartments in the cell and a second agent capable of stabilizing the microtubule or a network thereof. The invention also relates to the use of the composition in the manufacture of a medicament for treating a disease, a method for delivering a genetic material into a cell and a kit.
US10100330B2
A pesticidal protein class exhibiting toxic activity against Coleopteran, Lepidopteran, and Hemipteran pest species is disclosed, and includes, but is not limited to, TIC5290. DNA constructs are provided which contain a recombinant nucleic acid sequence encoding the TIC5290 pesticidal protein. Transgenic plants, plant cells, seed, and plant parts resistant to Lepidopteran, Coleopteran and Hemipteran infestation are provided which contain recombinant nucleic acid sequences encoding the TIC5290 pesticidal protein of the present invention. Methods for detecting the presence of the recombinant nucleic acid sequences or the protein of the present invention in a biological sample, and methods of controlling Coleopteran, Lepidopteran, and Hemipteran species pests using the TIC5290 pesticidal protein are also provided.
US10100328B2
The present invention provides a transgenic corn event MON87460, and cells, seeds, and plants comprising DNA diagnostic for the corn event. The invention also provides compositions comprising nucleotide sequences that are diagnostic for MON87460 in a sample, methods for detecting the presence of MON87460 event polynucleotides in a sample, and probes and primers for use in detecting nucleotide sequences that are diagnostic for the presence of MON87460 in a sample. The present invention also provides methods of breeding with MON87460 to produce water deficit tolerance corn plants.
US10100323B2
Plant metabolism and alkaloid levels can be regulated by transcription factors that regulate the nicotinic alkaloid biosynthetic pathway. In one embodiment, the disclosure provides a transcription factor that negatively regulates alkaloid biosynthesis, such as nicotine biosynthesis.
US10100322B2
The present invention relates to genetically modified plants by key genes involved in the biosynthesis of steroidal alkaloids. These plants have altered content of steroidal (glyco)alkaloids. Solanaceous crop plants with reduced content of antinutritional steroidal glycoalkaloids are provided.
US10100321B2
The present invention relates to the field of plant molecular biology, more particularly cotton WRINKLED 1-like (WREL) genes. More specifically, the present invention relates to cotton WRIL genes whose products act as transcription factors of genes involved in fatty acid biosynthesis. The present invention also relates to methods of increasing cotton fiber length in cotton. In one embodiment, the methods involve modulating the level of activity of an enzyme involved in a fatty acid biosynthesis in the host cotton cell and/or culturing the host cotton cell. In another embodiment, the methods involve the manipulation of transcription factors which can regulate an enzyme involved in fatty acid biosynthesis.
US10100312B2
The invention relates to double-stranded ribonucleic acid (dsRNA) compositions targeting the TMPRSS6 gene, and methods of using such dsRNA compositions to inhibit expression of TMPRSS6.
US10100311B2
The present invention relates to a method for the treatment of fibrosis, in particular cardiac fibrosis, comprising the administration of an inhibitor of insulin-regulated aminopeptidase (IRAP). Preferable the IRAP inhibitor is chosen from the group including HFI-419, HA-08, AL-40, HFI-437, Val-Tyr-Ile-His-Pro-Phe (otherwise known as angiotensin IV or ANG IV), c[Cys-Tyr-Cys]-His-Pro-Phe, and c[Hcy-Tyr-Hcy]-His-Pro-Phe.
US10100302B2
Methods for processing polynucleotide-containing biological samples, and materials for capturing polynucleotide molecules such as RNA and/or DNA from such samples. The RNA and/or DNA is captured by polyamindoamine (PAMAM (Generation 0)) bound to a surface, such as the surface of magnetic particles. The methods and materials have high efficiency of binding RNA and of DNA, and of release, and thereby permit quantitative determinations.
US10100293B2
In one aspect, the invention is directed to polypeptides having an amylase activity, polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides, and methods for making and using these polynucleotides and polypeptides. The polypeptides of the invention can be used as amylases to catalyze the hydrolysis of starch into sugars.
US10100290B2
An isolated glycosyltransferase (GT) polypeptide capable of: (I): conjugating glucose to flavokermesic acid (FK); and/or (II): conjugating glucose to kermesic acid (KA) and use of this GT to e.g. make Carminic acid.
US10100288B2
The present disclosure provides engineered ketoreductase enzymes having improved properties as compared to a naturally occurring wild-type ketoreductase enzyme. Also provided are polynucleotides encoding the engineered ketoreductase enzymes, host cells capable of expressing the engineered ketoreductase enzymes, and methods of using the engineered ketoreductase enzymes to synthesize a variety of chiral compounds.
US10100280B2
Disclosure of a mammalian cytoplasmic donor cell line. Disclosure of a patient specific cell line. Methods to obtain a mammalian cytoplasmic donor cell line by fusing a differentiated mammalian cell and a functionally enucleated mammalian embryonic cell line. Methods to obtain a mammalian cytoplasmic donor cell line by fusing a differentiated mammalian cell and a functionally enucleated human cancer cell. Methods to obtain a patient specific cell line of a cell type similar to a mammalian cytoplasmic donor cell line by functionally enucleating the mammalian cytoplasmic donor cell line and fusing the functionally enucleated mammalian cytoplasmic donor cell line with a differentiated cell obtained from the patient. A method of treatment of a human patient by administering the patient-specific cell line to the patient.
US10100271B2
The invention relates to compositions, methods of use, and methods of manufacture for an intercalated bleach compound and compositions thereof. The intercalated bleach compound has the formula Mx(OCl)y(O)m(OH)n where M is an alkaline earth metal such as magnesium, calcium or mixture thereof. The values of x and y independently equal any number greater than or equal to 1 (e.g., 1, 2, 3, 4, etc.), and m and n independently equal any number greater than or equal to 0 (e.g., 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, etc.), but m and n are not both 0. In addition, the molar ratio of the alkaline earth metal (e.g., magnesium or calcium) to hypochlorite is at least 3:1. In other words, x is ≥3y. The compounds exhibit excellent stability, little or no chlorine bleach odor, exhibit excellent pH buffering characteristics, and less reactivity with organic materials as compared to alternative chlorine bleach products.
US10100268B2
Acidic viscoelastic cleaning compositions are disclosed which use non polymer thickening agents. According to the invention, cleaning compositions have been developed using viscoelastic surfactants in acidic cleaning formulations. These provide the dual benefit of thickening as well as an additional cleaning, thereby improving performance. Applicants have also identified several pseudo linking agents which when, used with viscoelastic surfactants provide enhanced viscoelasticity and cleaning.
US10100266B2
A dielectric nanolubricant composition is provided. The dielectric nanolubricant composition includes a nano-engineered lubricant additive dispersed in a base. The nano-engineered lubricant additive may include a plurality of solid lubricant nanostructures having an open-ended architecture and an organic, inorganic, and/or polymeric medium intercalated in the nanostructures and/or encapsulate nanostructures. The base may include a grease or oil such as silicone grease or oil, lithium complex grease, lithium grease, calcium sulfonate grease, silica thickened perfluoropolyether (PFPE) grease or PFPE oil, for example. This dielectric nanolubricant composition provides better corrosion and water resistance, high dielectric strength, longer material life, more inert chemistries, better surface protection and asperity penetration, no curing, no staining, and environmentally friendly, compared to current products in the market.
US10100262B2
A method for bonding a fluid to a substance includes filling a first pressure vessel with the fluid and pressurizing the first pressure vessel to a first pressure. The fluid is the circulated through an electric arc formed within the first pressure vessel, thereby creating a treated fluid. Within a second pressure vessel, the substance is exposed to a magnetic field, thereby forming a polarized substance. The treated fluid and polarized substance are combined under a second pressure within a third pressure vessel, thereby exposing the treated fluid to the polarized substance at a pressure sufficient to achieve a bond.
US10100255B2
A liquid crystal alignment agent contains a polymer composition, a polysiloxane, and a solvent. The polymer composition is obtained by subjecting a mixture including a tetracarboxylic dianhydride component and a diamine component to a reaction. The diamine component includes first and second diamine compounds. The polysiloxane contains an epoxy-based group. A liquid crystal display element made from the aforesaid liquid crystal alignment agent has reduced ion density.
US10100251B2
The invention provides a liquid crystal compound satisfying at least one of physical properties such as a high stability to heat or light, a high clearing point (or a high maximum temperature), a low minimum temperature of a liquid crystal phase, a small viscosity, a suitable optical anisotropy, a small dielectric anisotropy, a suitable elastic constant and a good compatibility with other liquid crystal compounds, a liquid crystal composition including this compound, and a liquid crystal display device containing this composition. The invention provides a compound represented by formula (1): where R1 and R2 is alkyl having 1 to 20 carbons or the like; one of L1 and L2 is both hydrogens, and the other is both fluorines; Z1 and Z2 are independently a single bond, —COO—, —OCO—, —OCH2—, —CH2O—, —CF2O—, —OCF2—, —CH2CH2—, —CH═CH—, —C≡C— or the like.
US10100241B2
Compositions and methods of using of such compositions to, for example, inhibit of the formation of gas hydrate agglomerates are provided. In one embodiment, the methods comprise: introducing a hydrate inhibitor composition comprising a compound into a fluid, wherein the compound comprises two hydrophobic cation moieties, a lipophilic tail, and two linking moieties.
US10100233B2
A pressure sensitive adhesive formed from a blend of an acrylate polymer having at least one crosslinkable functional group, and a liquid oligomer having at least one crosslinkable functional group, wherein at least one of the acrylate polymer and the oligomer is crosslinked in the presence of the other.
US10100231B2
An adhesive composition that provides improved structural integrity and insulative properties when applied to a substrate is provided. The adhesive composition includes an emulsion-based polymer, a plurality of microspheres; and optionally, water and plasticizer.
US10100227B2
The invention relates to the use of an adhesive tape to adhesively bond printing plates, during which the impairment of the adhesive bonds by air bubble inclusions between the adhesive tape and a substrate should be reduced. This is achieved by using an adhesive tape comprising at least one adhesive layer, wherein the adhesive layer has at least one groove that does not extend to one of the edges of the adhesive layer, and the portion of the entire groove volume of the adhesive layer that is associated with such grooves is more than 50%.
US10100219B2
The invention is related to azetidinium-containing copolymers and vinylic monomers and their uses in formation of non-silicone hydrogel coatings on silicone hydrogel contact lenses.
US10100215B2
The invention relates to a method for producing a coated packaging material, in which at least the steps of a) providing a substrate having a base material of cellulose, an outer side to be faced away from the packaging item as well as an inner side to be faced towards the packaging item, b) coating at least the inner side of the substrate with at least one layer of an aqueous composition, which includes at least polyvinyl alcohol and/or at least one polyvinyl alcohol copolymer as well as a cross-linking agent.
US10100214B2
The ink composition for an ink jet according to the invention includes a pigment or a disperse dye as a coloring material and an ionic liquid; and the content of the ionic liquid therein is 0.05% by mass to 5% by mass.
US10100209B2
Disclosed is a method of manufacturing a work function-controlled carbon nanomaterial and metal nanowire hybrid transparent conductive film, including: a first step of modifying the surface of a carbon nanomaterial to introduce a functional group to a conductive carbon nanomaterial; a second step of forming a work function-reduced carbon nanomaterial dispersed solution by mixing and reacting the carbon nanomaterial, which is functionalized in the first step, with an isocyanate-based compound and a pyrimidine-based compound; a third step of forming a single-component coating solution by hybridizing the work function-reduced carbon nanomaterial dispersed solution obtained in the second step with a metal nanowire; and a fourth step of forming a film by applying the coating solution, which is formed in the third step, on a substrate.
US10100205B2
A powder coating material includes powder particles that include a binder resin, have an average circularity of 0.97 or greater, and have a coloring pigment provided on a surface of the powder particles.
US10100203B2
A curable coating composition comprising: (a) a silicate, such as sodium silicate, potassium silicate or lithium silicate; (b) a phosphate, such calcium phosphate, magnesium phosphate or sodium phosphate; and (c) a metal oxide, such as magnesium oxide, aluminum (III) oxide, scandium (III) oxide, yttrium (III) oxide, or zirconium oxide. Such curable coating compositions may be used as non-thermochromic (tailored based on expected operating environment) thermal control coating compositions for application to spacecraft and components thereof. As an alternative metal oxide component, for use in lower temperature applications, or in applications for which thermochromism at elevated temperatures is not a concern, the metal oxide may comprise zinc oxide. Also provided is a curable coating composition comprising: (a) a silicate (e.g. as above); (b) a phosphate (e.g. as above); and (c) a metal sulphate, such as a barium sulphate. Cured coatings are also provided, as are thermal control coatings, thermal control paints, and processes for making coated substrates.
US10100196B2
Disclosed are a polycarbonate resin composition including 15 to 93% by weight of a polycarbonate-polyorganosiloxane copolymer; 0 to 70% by weight of a bisphenol-derived polycarbonate resin; 5 to 30% by weight of glass fiber surface-treated with epoxysilane; d) 1 to 5% by weight of a core-shell impact modifier; and e) 0.05 to 3% by weight of an epoxysilane additive and a polycarbonate resin composition, and a molded article manufactured therefrom.In accordance with the present disclosure, a polycarbonate resin composition and a molded article manufactured therefrom, and more particularly to a polycarbonate resin composition suitable for satisfying demand for larger area and slimmer electronic products, etc. while providing superior rigidity, chemical resistance, and impact resistance and aesthetic appearance, and a molded article manufactured therefrom are provided.
US10100195B2
The present invention relates to a curable resin composition comprising a polyol (A) having an average hydroxyl value of 200 to 1500 mg KOH/g, a polyisocyanate (B), and polymer fine particles (C), and a curable resin composition comprising a polyol (A), a polyisocyanate (B), and polymer fine particles (C), wherein the polyol (A) comprises a polyester polyol (a2) as an essential component, and the amount of the polyester polyol (a2) is not less than 20 parts by mass per 100 parts by mass of the polyol (A).
US10100192B2
A completely non-halogenated flame retardant polycarbonate compound includes polycarbonate, non-halogenated termini-functional chemical such as vinyl-terminated siloxane and non-halogenated hydride-functional polysiloxane as non-halogenated drip suppressant ingredients which react in the presence of heat to form a drip suppressant adduct, and potassium 3-(phenylsulfonyl)benzenesulfonate as a non-halogenated char former. The compound can achieve a UL 94 rating of V-0 at a thickness of at least 3.2 mm and otherwise achieves no dripping/igniting of the cotton indicator during that test.
US10100191B2
A polylactic acid resin composition containing (A) a polylactic acid resin, (B) a plasticizer, (C) an organic crystal nucleating agent, and (D) an acrylic/styrene copolymer having an epoxy group, wherein the above (B) plasticizer is an ester compound having two or more ester groups in the molecule, wherein the ester compound contains one or more members selected from the group consisting of an ester compound in which at least one kind of the alcohol component constituting the ester compound is an alcohol reacted with an alkylene oxide having from 2 to 3 carbon atoms in an amount of from 0.5 to 5 mol on average, per one hydroxyl group, and an ester compound represented by formula (I), and wherein the above (D) acrylic/styrene copolymer having an epoxy group is from 0.1 to 0.9 parts by mass, based on 100 parts by mass of (A) the polylactic acid resin. The polylactic acid resin composition of the present invention can be suitably used in various applications such as wrapping materials for food containers, daily sundries, and household electric appliances, trays for industrial parts, and the like.
US10100181B2
Silane-crosslinkable polymeric compositions comprising a polyolefin having hydrolyzable silane groups, an acidic silanol condensation catalyst, and a phenolic antioxidant having at least one ester-containing moiety. Such crosslinkable polymeric compositions can be employed in various articles of manufacture, such as in the wire and cable industry.
US10100172B2
Plasticizers comprising a succinate ester and an epoxidized natural oil and plasticized polymeric compositions comprising such plasticizers. Such plasticized polymeric compositions can be employed in forming various articles of manufacture, such as coated conductors.
US10100169B2
Aniline monomers are subjected to a chemical oxidative polymerization in the presence of a templating compound and a primary dopant to obtain polyaniline nanostructures with a first morphology. The obtained polyaniline nanostructures are doped with a secondary dopant to obtain polyaniline nanostructures with a second morphology.
US10100164B2
A manufacturing method that forms a multilayer thin film on the inner surface of a housing forming a transparent appearance of an electronic product to provide a deep metal texture and an electronic product having a metal texture provided at the inner surface of the housing. The multilayer thin film manufacturing method includes reforming an inner surface of a housing having an outer surface and the inner surface through plasma processing, depositing at least one hardness reinforcement layer on the inner surface, and depositing a color layer on the hardness reinforcement layer.
US10100162B2
Provided is a windable thin single layer film comprising a xylylenediamine-based polyamide resin.A polyamide resin film comprising a polyamide resin (C) obtained by polycondensing a diamine structural unit of which 70 mol % or more is derived from xylylenediamine (A) with a dicarboxylic acid (B), wherein the film has a thickness of 10 to 50 μm and is textured on the surface.
US10100158B2
The present invention deals with a process for producing pellets from olefin copolymers. The process comprises: (i) melting the olefin copolymer in an extruder; (ii) extruding the molten olefin copolymer through a die plate into a pellet water bath in a pelletizer thereby producing strands of the olefin copolymer; (iii) cutting the strands of the olefin copolymer in the pelletizer into pellets; and (iv) drying the pellets. The pellet water in the pelletizer contains from 0.1 to 5% by weight of a colloidal silica based on the weight of the water.
US10100145B1
Polymers, including polyesters and polycarbonates comprising residue of bis-furan diol, which is produced from renewable furfural feedstock, and methods of making and using those polyesters and polycarbonates are described. The method includes reacting a bis-furan diol with a dicarboxylic acid in the presence of a carbodiimide to produce the bis-furan containing polymers. In certain embodiments, the dicarboxylic acid is succinic acid, the bis-furan diol is the 5,5′-(propane-2,2-diyl)bis(furan-2,5-diyl) dimethanol, and the carbodiimide is of N,N-diisopropylcarbodiimide.
US10100141B2
Tertiary amine catalysts having isocyanate reactive groups that are capable of forming thermally stable covalent bonds able to withstand temperatures up to 120° C. are disclosed. These catalyst can be used to produce polyurethane foam having the following desirable characteristics: a) very low chemical emissions over a wide range of environmental conditions and isocyanate indexes (e.g. indexes as low as 65 but higher than 60) while meeting all physical property requirements; b) sufficient hydrolytic stability to maintain the catalyst covalently bound to foam without leaching of tertiary amine catalyst when foam is exposed to water or aqueous solutions even at temperatures higher than ambient (temperature range 25° C. to 90° C.); and c) stable contact interface between the polyurethane polymer and other polymers (for example polycarbonate) with minimal migration of tertiary amine catalyst from polyurethane polymer to other polymers yielding no noticeable polymer deterioration at the point of contact even under conditions of heat and humidity.
US10100131B2
Methods of separating chitin from a chitinous biomass that contains chitin and non-chitin material by a chemical pulping process that uses a protic ionic liquid or a composition comprising acid and base precursor molecules are described. Also described are methods for purifying chemically pulped chitin resulting in a pure chitin material with a high molecular weight and a higher degree of acetylation in comparison to traditional pulping and ionic liquid extraction based methods.
US10100117B2
The blood-brain barrier (BBB) prevents transport of molecules larger than 500 Dal tons from blood to brain. Receptor-mediated transcytosis (RMT) facilitates transport across the BBB of specific molecules that bind receptors on brain endothelial cells that form the BBB. An insulin-like growth factor 1 receptor (IGF 1R)-binding antibody or fragment thereof is identified that transmigrates the BBB by RMT. The antibody or fragment is used to deliver a cargo molecule across the BBB, wherein the cargo molecule may be a therapeutic or detectable agent. The antibody is a camelid VHH, prepared by immunizing a llama with a 933-amino acid IGF 1R polypeptide. Humanized forms of the camelid VHH are also generated.
US10100105B2
The invention provides anti-polyubiquitin antibodies and methods of using the same.
US10100103B2
The present invention in the fields of immunology and infectious diseases relates to opsonic and protective antibodies that are specific for Gram-positive bacteria, particularly to carbohydrate structures exposed on the surface of the bacteria. The invention includes monoclonal and chimeric antibodies, as well as fragments, regions and derivatives thereof. This invention also relates to the epitope to which the antibodies of the invention bind as well as the sequences, fragments, and regions of the epitopes. Both the antibodies and peptides that encompass the epitope, and regions and fragments thereof, may be used for diagnostic, prophylactic and therapeutic applications.
US10100076B2
The disclosed invention is a composition for and a method of seating a Flaviviridae (including BVDV and HCV), Orthomyxoviridae (including Influenza A and B) or Paramyxoviridae (including RSV) infection, or conditions related to abnormal cellular proliferation, in a host, including animals, and especially humans, using a nucleoside of general formula (I)-(XXIII) or its pharmaceutically acceptable salt or prodrug. This invention also provides an effective process to quantify the viral load, and in particular BVDV, HCV or West Nile Virus load, in a host, using real-time polymerase chain reaction (“RT-PCR”). Additionally, the invention discloses probe molecules that can fluoresce proportionally to the amount of virus present in a sample.
US10100071B2
Novel heterocyclic selenamonophosphites protected on the hydroxyl group, processes for preparation thereof and the use thereof as ligand.
US10100057B2
Imidazopyrimidine and imidazotriazine derivative, and pharmaceutical composition comprising the same
The present disclosure provides a compound of Chemical Formula (1) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and a pharmaceutical composition comprising the same: wherein X, Z, R1 and R2 are as defined in the specification. The compound of Chemical Formula (1) or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof acts as a positive allosteric modulator of metabotropic glutamate receptor subtype 5 (mGluR5), thereby being useful in the prevention or treatment of disorder mediated by glutamate dysfunction and mGluR5.
US10100055B2
There is provided a production method for the purpose of improving the solubility of an arginine-residue imidazopyrroloquinoline in water and making the purity thereof high. There is provided a compound represented by general formula (1): wherein n is 1, 2, 3 or 4; and M is an alkali metal or ammonium.
US10100049B2
The invention provides compounds of formula (I): wherein X is and the variables are defined in the specification, or a pharmaceutically-acceptable salt thereof, that are useful as JAK kinase inhibitors. The invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds, methods of using such compounds to treat respiratory diseases, and processes and intermediates useful for preparing such compounds.
US10100048B2
The present invention relates to novel heterocyclic compounds which are useful for inhibiting glycogen synthase kinase 3 (GSK-3), methods of making the compounds, compositions containing the compounds, and methods of treatment using the compounds.
US10100046B2
The present invention relates generally to compositions and methods for treating cancer and neoplastic disease. Provided herein are substituted heterocyclic derivative compounds and pharmaceutical compositions comprising said compounds. The subject compounds and compositions are useful for inhibition of lysine specific demethylase-1. Furthermore, the subject compounds and compositions are useful for the treatment of cancer, such as prostate cancer, breast cancer, bladder cancer, lung cancer and/or melanoma and the like.
US10100042B2
Novel compounds of the structural formula (I), and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, are agonists of G-protein coupled receptor 40 (GPR40) and may be useful in the treatment, prevention and suppression of diseases mediated by the G-protein-coupled receptor 40. The compounds of the present invention may be useful in the treatment of Type 2 diabetes mellitus, and of conditions that are often associated with this disease, including obesity and lipid disorders, such as mixed or diabetic dyslipidemia, hyperlipidemia, hypercholesterolemia, and hypertriglyceridemia.
US10100040B2
Provide herein are compounds and pharmaceutical compositions suitable as modulators of hemoglobin, methods and intermediates for their preparation, and methods for their use in treating disorders mediated by hemoglobin and disorders that would benefit from tissue and/or cellular oxygenation.
US10100033B2
This application relates to efficient and economical synthetic chemical processes for the preparation of pesticidal thioethers and pesticidal sulfoxides. Further, the present application relates to certain novel compounds necessary for their synthesis. It would be advantageous to produce pesticidal thioethers and pesticidal sulfoxides efficiently and in high yield from commercially available starting materials.
US10100022B2
Sphingosine kinases are enzymes that catalyze the biosynthesis of sphingosine-1-phosphate. The invention provides compounds that are effective for inhibition of sphingosine kinase type 1, sphingosine kinase type 2, or both. Certain compounds are selective for sphingosine kinase type 2 relative to sphingosine kinase type 1. Compounds of the invention can be used in treatment of a range of diseases wherein increasing the level of sphingosine-1-phosphate in blood is medically indicated. Diseases that can be treated by administration of an effective dose of a compound of the invention include a neoplastic disease that involves excess vascular growth; macular degeneration or diabetic retinopathy; an allergic disease such as asthma, an inflammatory disease of the eye such as uveitis, scleritis, or vitritis; an inflammatory disease of the kidney; a fibrotic disease; atherosclerosis; or pulmonary arterial hypertension. A compound of the invention can be used to improve the integrity of a vascular barrier in a disease where the vascular barrier is disrupted, such as cancer or Alzheimer's disease.
US10100020B2
The present invention relates to a compound of formula (I), or a tautomer and/or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein: R1 is alkyl, Cl, F or Br; R2 is H or F; R3 is selected from H and alkyl; R4 is selected from H and C(O)R6; R5 is H; or R4 and R5 are linked to form a heterocyclic group which is optionally substituted with one or more R10 groups; R6 is selected from R7, OR7 and NR8R9; R7, R8 and R9 are each independently selected from alkyl, cycloalkyl, aralkyl, cycloalkenyl, heterocyclyl and aryl, each of which is optionally substituted with one or more R10 groups; each R10 is independently selected from halogen, OH, CN, NO2, COO-alkyl, aralkyl, SO2-alkyl, SO2-aryl, COOH, CO-alkyl, CO-aryl, NH2, NH-alkyl, N(alkyl)2, CF3, alkyl and alkoxy; X and Z are each independently CR11, and Y is selected from CR11 and N; and R11 is H or F; for use in treating a disorder associated with protein misfolding stress and in particular associated with accumulation of misfolded proteins.
US10100017B2
Provided herein are novel processes and methods for making 4-[(3-[(4-cyclopropylcarbonyl)piperazin-1-yl]carbonyl)-4-fluorophenyl]methyl(2H)phthalazin-1-one (Olaparib) and intermediates thereof. Olaparib is a poly ADP ribose polymerase (PARP) inhibitor useful in the treatment of cancers. Benefits of the present disclosure include the use of less toxic compounds and improved yields.
US10100014B2
Metallotriangle-based nanomolecules are formed by a one-step self-assembly of specifically chosen shaped poly-ligand monomers, the poly-ligand monomers coordinating with metal ions through coordinating ligands. The poly-ligand monomers are defined by vertex groups having arms extending therefrom and ending in coordinating ligands. Based on the desired metallotriangle-based nanomolecule structure to be assembled, specifically shaped poly-ligand monomers and metal ions are chosen and mixed in appropriate ratios so that coordinating ligands bind to metal ions and the poly-ligand monomers thus spontaneously self-assemble into the desired metallotriangle-based nanomolecule structure.
US10100012B2
The present invention relates to novel compounds of formula (1): The present invention also discloses compounds of formula (1) along with other pharmaceutical acceptable excipients and use of the compounds as anti-tubercular agents.
US10100008B2
Compounds represented by formula (I): wherein each symbol is as defined herein, have an immunostimulatory effect and are useful as immunostimulating agents, particularly as adjuvants, and for compositions containing such a compound, and for vaccines containing such a compound and an antigen.
US10100003B2
Disclosed are salts, such as nitrates, of acetyl-L-carnitine and propionyl-L-carnitine and methods of making the compounds.
US10099998B2
The invention relates to new compounds as well as a separation method, a synthetic method and use thereof. It is demonstrated by an assay on activity that the compound has an activity of inhibiting an HMG-CoA reductase. In addition, the invention also relates to a derivative of the compound.
US10099989B2
Provided are integrated processes for the conversion of beta propiolactone to acrylic acid. Systems for the production of acrylic acid are also provided.
US10099983B2
The present invention relates generally to narrow range alcohol alkoxylates and derivatives thereof, such as alkyl ether sulfates.
US10099978B2
Catalyst for hydrogenation of 1,3-cyclobutanediketone compound is provided, which includes a support and VIIIB group transition metal loaded thereon. The support includes a first oxide powder with a surface wrapped by a second oxide. The first oxide includes silicon oxide, aluminum oxide, zirconium oxide, titanium oxide, zinc oxide, or a combination thereof. The second oxide has a composition of MxAl(1-x)O(3-x)/2, M is alkaline earth metal, and x is from 0.3 to 0.7.
US10099976B2
Disclosed is a process for the preparation of cis-1,1,1,4,4,4-hexafluoro-2-butene comprising contacting 1,1,1-trifluorotrichloroethane with hydrogen in the presence of a catalyst comprising ruthenium to produce a product mixture comprising 1316mxx, recovering said 1316mxx as a mixture of Z- and E-isomers, contacting said 1316mxx with hydrogen, in the presence of a catalyst selected from the group consisting of copper on carbon, nickel on carbon, copper and nickel on carbon and copper and palladium on carbon, to produce a second product mixture, comprising E- or Z-CFC-1326mxz, and subjecting said second product mixture to a separation step to provide E- or Z-1326mxz. The E- or Z-1326mxz can be dehydrochlorinated in an aqueous basic solution with an alkali metal hydroxide in the presence of a phase transfer catalyst to produce hexafluoro-2-butyne, which can then be selectively hydrogenated to produce Z-1, 1,1,4,4,4-hexafluoro-2-butene using using either Lindlar's catalyst, or a palladium catalyst further comprising a lantanide element or silver.
US10099973B2
A method for preparing p-xylene and co-producing propylene with a high selectivity, comprising: a) bringing a raw material containing toluene and methanol and/or dimethyl ether into contact with a catalyst in a reaction system for reaction; returning an ethylene-enriched C2− component discharged from the reaction system to the reaction system, and continuing the reaction with the raw material on the catalyst to produce propylene; b) separating a C6+ component discharged from the reaction system to obtain a product p-xylene; and c) separating a C3 component discharged from the reaction system to obtain a product propylene.
US10099954B2
Methods of fabricating a glass laminate is provided. According to one embodiment, a glass laminate comprised of a microwave absorbing layer and a microwave transparent layer is formed. The microwave absorbing layer is characterized by a microwave loss tangent δH that is at least a half order of magnitude larger than a loss tangent δL of the microwave transparent layer. An area of the glass laminate is exposed to microwave radiation. The exposed area comprises a cross-laminate hot zone having a cross-laminate hot zone temperature profile. Substantially all microwave absorbing layer portions of the hot zone temperature profile and substantially all microwave transparent layer portions of the hot zone temperature profile reside above the glass transition temperature TG of the various layers of the glass laminate prior to impingement by the microwave radiation. In accordance with another embodiment, a method of fabricating a glass laminate is provided where the exposed area of the glass laminate is characterized by a viscosity below approximately 1×104 poise.
US10099937B2
A process for preparing metal chloride Mx+Clx−, in which metal carbonate in solid form is reacted with a chlorinating agent selected from chlorine and oxalyl chloride to give metal chloride Mx+Clx−, where the metal M is selected from the group of the alkali metals, alkaline earth metals, Al and Zn, Li and Mg, or Li, and x corresponds to the valency of the metal cation, and wherein metal M is additionally added as a reactant to the metal carbonate/chlorinating agent reaction.
US10099930B2
The present invention relates to a method for the production of carbon nanotube structures.
US10099917B2
After forming a microelectromechanical-system (MEMS) resonator within a silicon-on-insulator (SOI) wafer, a complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) cover wafer is bonded to the SOI wafer via one or more eutectic solder bonds that implement respective paths of electrical conductivity between the two wafers and hermetically seal the MEMS resonator within a chamber.
US10099911B2
A filling line for filling a number of containers. The filing line may include a continuous conveyor, one or more micro-ingredient dosers positioned about the continuous conveyor, and one or more macro-ingredient stations positioned along the continuous conveyor.
US10099903B2
A method for controlling the fill volume of a grapple, such as a bulk-material crane grapple which includes at least one hoist-and-closure unit, may include adjusting the fill volume of the grapple is during the grapple closure process by adjusting/controlling the grapple hoist height. The grapple hoist speed and/or grapple hoist height may be the controlling parameter for the adjustment of the fill volume of the grapple.
US10099899B2
A shake-proof hook is provided, which includes a hook end that defines a receptacle. The hook end includes a lead-in portion and a channel spaced apart from the lead-in portion. The shake-proof hook includes a coupling end coupled to the hook end. The coupling end includes a retaining portion and at least one coupling ring. The retaining portion extends along a first axis transverse to a longitudinal axis of the shake-proof hook and the at least one coupling ring extends along a second axis. The second axis is transverse to the longitudinal axis and the second axis is different than the first axis.
US10099896B2
A rope terminal assembly of a hoisting apparatus includes a first compression member having a first contact face and a second compression member having a second contact face. The compression members are placed such that their contact faces face each other and delimit between them a gap. A belt-shaped rope having a thermoplastic polymer coating forming the outer surface of the rope is placed in the gap, the contact faces of the compression members compressing against opposite wide sides of the belt-shaped rope. One or both of the compression members includes on the contact face thereof, and/or in proximity of the contact face thereof, one or more indentations, each indentation forming a cavity in the compression member which is in open connection with the gap and arranged to be empty when the thermoplastic polymer coating of the rope compressed by the contact face is solid, and to receive via said open connection thermoplastic polymer coating of the rope flowing from the gap pushed by the compression when the thermoplastic polymer coating melts. An elevator is provided with the rope terminal assembly.
US10099895B2
An elevator cable management system is described to provide constraints on cable movements at a point between the top and bottom of an elevator track. The system may include a moving retainer bar with a cradle on top of an elevator car, and a fixed retainer bar that retains cables when the elevator car is above the fixed retainer bar.
US10099889B1
A string serving jig preferably includes a frame, a quick change spool, a first spindle, a second spindle and a third spindle. The frame preferably includes a first half frame and a second half frame. The quick change spool preferably includes a spool reel, a spool spindle, a spool drive, a drag cup, a plurality of friction washers, a drag cover, a spool lock plate and a spool knob. The spool drive preferably includes a tubular shaft, a flange plate and a pair of drive pins. An even number of drive holes are formed in one of the two opposing flanges to receive the pair of drive pins. The drag cup includes a washer bore to receive the plurality of friction washers. The drag cover preferably includes a cup counter bore, which is sized to receive an outer perimeter of the drag cup.
US10099881B2
Splicing method and unit for a packaging machine, whereby a first film is spliced to a second film which is a spare film. The splicing is performed by means of an adhesive element with two opposing adhesive surfaces, one for each film, and a longitudinal adhering element. First an adhesive surface is adhered to the adhering element and said adhering element moves so that the other adhesive surface comes into contact with the second film and adheres to it. Then the adhering element is separated from said second film, the adhesive element being adhered to said second film, and the first film is caused to come into contact with said adhesive element already adhered to the second film.
US10099880B2
An apparatus for winding straps comprises a motor having a shaft extending therefrom to a distal end, the shaft being rotatable thereby along a shaft axis and having a slot extending longitudinally therealong from the distal end. The apparatus further comprises a spool guide located proximate to the distal end of the shaft adapted to retain a strap on the shaft and a strap guide extending parallel to and spaced apart from the shaft axis.
US10099877B2
A sheet feed conveyance device includes a warning section, a pickup roller that feeds a sheet, a separation section, a speed sensor that detects a conveyance speed of the sheet, and a controller. The separation section includes a feed roller that feeds downstream the sheet fed by the pickup roller and a retard roller that returns a sheet involved in multiple sheet feeding toward the pickup roller. The controller recognizes the conveyance speed based on output of the speed sensor, integrate conveyance speeds detected in a measurement time period from rotation start of the pickup roller to elapse of a specific time period, and determines necessity for maintenance of the pickup roller according to a measurement distance as a result of integration.
US10099875B2
A feed appliance for feeding products to a further processing appliance includes a standby circulatory apparatus with a takeover station and with several transport units that are circulatorily movable independently of one another for each receiving a product at the takeover station, a provision conveyor for feeding the products to the takeover station, and a control device for controlling the feed of the products and of the transport units into a takeover section of the takeover station and for controlling the takeover of the fed products by the transport units. The standby circulatory apparatus for creating a gapless product stream includes a release device for the cyclically controlled release of individual transport units into the takeover section. For this, the control device is designed to release a transport unit only given a feed of a cyclically correct product into the takeover section.
US10099871B2
A loose component supply device provided with component supply apparatus that stores multiple components, frame to which the component supply apparatus is detachably attached, claw member for locking the component supply apparatus to the frame, and a component support member that supports multiple component in a scattered state, the components having been ejected from an entrance of the component supply apparatus that is attached to the frame; the locking of the component supply apparatus to the frame is released by an operator grasping grip of the component supply apparatus. The component supply apparatus is swung, and with the swinging linking mechanism is operated such that shutter rotates downwards. That is, with the releasing of the locking of the component supply apparatus, the entrance of the component supply apparatus is covered by the shutter.
US10099870B2
Embodiments of the present invention relate to a handling device for handling a metal component part between a furnace device and a further processing device. The handling device comprises a temperature-control chamber, in which the metal component part can be inserted, and a conveying device. The temperature-control chamber comprises a temperature-control unit that adjusts a temperature in the temperature-control chamber. The temperature-control chamber can be conveyed between a receiving position, in which the metal component part can be conveyed from the furnace device into the temperature-control chamber, and a dispensing position, in which the metal component part can be conveyed from the temperature control chamber to the further processing device. The conveying device is configured in such a manner that the metal component part can be conveyed in the receiving position by means of the conveying device between the furnace device and the temperature-control chamber and that the metal component part can be conveyed in the dispensing position by means of the conveying device between the temperature-control chamber and the further processing device.
US10099866B2
A transport apparatus transports sample holder racks. The apparatus employs a first transport unit that moves the rack in a path between two ends of the transport apparatus, a rack sender unit that extends in a first direction that intersects the path, a second transport unit dimensioned parallel to the first transport unit and with the rack sender unit interposed therebetween, which locates the sample container held in the rack at a sample loading position of a measurement device, and a first movable member capable of moving in the first direction between the first and the second transport units. The apparatus has movable portions that alternately stop the rack movement, and push the rack such that optimal movement is achieved whereby the rack moves beyond the rack sender unit to the second transport unit as the first movable member moves in the first direction.
US10099862B2
A container conveyor apparatus that conveys containers along a container path includes a front rail of an adjustable railing apparatus that is arcuately shaped along a container path and forms part of a surface facing radially inwardly; and a rear rail of the adjustable railing apparatus that is arcuately shaped along the container path and forms another part of the surface facing radially inwardly; the front rail and the rear rail of the adjustable railing apparatus move with respect to one another to change the width of the container path and accommodate containers of different sizes.
US10099858B2
A tray feeding system having a buffer conveyor for trays including a belt with spaced apart free running rollers having a rotation axis perpendicular to the conveying direction. These rollers extend upward from the belt such that the trays partly rest on the rollers. A tray conveyor receiving end is adjacent to an outputting end of the buffer conveyor where items are placed into the trays by a tray filler. A roller interactor is positioned below and adjacent to the surface of the buffer conveyor belt at an outputting end to engage with the rollers at the outputting end area when the buffer conveyor belts move forward rotating the rollers positioned within the outputting end area accelerating the trays on the buffer conveyor within the outputting end area of the buffer conveyor towards the receiving end of the tray conveyor.
US10099857B2
A calender stack including at least two rollers between which a nip can be formed. The ends of the rollers are supported in rotary fashion in bearings and one of the rollers is stationary and at least one other roller is embodied as an advancing roller and has a first adjusting system by which it is possible to move the bearings of the advancing roller, thus changing the nip. The advancing roller has a respective adjusting system on each of its two bearings and associated with each first adjusting system, a second adjusting system is provided, by which it is possible to adjust an axial offset of the advancing roller relative to the stationary roller.
US10099853B2
A recyclable container includes a hollow body having an outer surface and an inner surface. The hollow body includes a top end, a bottom end, and at least one side panel. The at least one side panel defines a fitted cutout, and the hollow body defines a cavity interior to the hollow body and about continuous from the top end to the bottom end. The fitted cutout defines an opening from the outer surface to the cavity. A top panel contacts the top end of the hollow body, and a bottom panel contacts the bottom end of the hollow body.
US10099848B2
A food or beverage capsule (200), comprises: •a capsule body (201) comprising a cavity (202) and an open end (204) in communication with the cavity (202); •an injection wall (205) disposed upon the open end (204) so as to enclose the cavity (202), the injection wall (205) thereby comprising an interior side (206) facing the cavity (202); and •a quantity of a food or beverage ingredient disposed within the cavity (202). The capsule (200) further comprises a sealing membrane (207) fabricated from a flexible material and disposed upon the interior side (206) of the injection wall (205), the sealing membrane (207) being attached to the interior side (206) of the injection wall (205) over at least one fixed region (208) of the sealing membrane (207), at least one free region (209) of the sealing membrane (207) extending freely from an edge of said at least one fixed region (208).
US10099826B2
The present invention relates to a pourer comprising a tubular body which is able to be attached to a container and a pouring spout accommodated within the tubular body and reversibly movable relative to the tubular body between a retracted position and an extracted position. The pouring spout has a pouring lip conformed to define a pouring orientation and the tubular body and the pouring spout are coupled together by coupling means that are able to guide the movement of the pouring spout relative to the tubular body between the retracted and extracted positions and prevent rotation of the pouring spout relative to the tubular body to hold the relative angular position of the pouring lip with respect to the tubular body.
US10099817B2
A process for producing a flexible container is provided. The process includes: A. providing a rear panel web, a front panel web, a first folded gusset panel web, and a second folded gusset panel web, each panel web having peripheral edges and a bottom face, each bottom face having two opposing tapered edges meeting at a bottom end; B. placing the folded gusset panel webs between the rear panel web and the front panel web, the gusset panel webs opposing each other, the panel webs configured to form a common periphery and the bottom seal area including the bottom end of each panel; C. first sealing the peripheral edges, the tapered edges, and the bottom seal area under a set of heat seal conditions; D. second sealing a portion of the bottom seal area under a second heat seal condition; and E. forming a flexible container.
US10099806B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide a drug cassette having a compact configuration which allows for drugs to be fed out one at a time using a first rotating body and a second rotating body, and also provide a drug packaging device. The following are arranged within a cassette main body of said drug cassette: a cylindrical body that accommodates the drugs; a first rotating body that is disposed on a bottom surface side of the cylindrical body, the first rotating body being rotatable around a first rotating shaft; and a second rotating body that is disposed on an outer periphery of an opening in the cylindrical body, the second rotating body being rotatable around a second rotating shaft. At least one drive unit, disposed in a remaining space within the cassette main body, to rotate and drive the first rotating body and the second rotating body.
US10099804B2
Systems and methods for assessing and quantifying the environmental impact on a mechanical component are provided. In one embodiment, a method can include receiving one or more first set(s) of data from one or more first data acquisition system(s) configured to communicate with an onboard system of an aircraft. The method can further include receiving one or more second sets of data from one or more second data acquisition systems that are remote from the aircraft. The method can include determining an aggregate amount of the environmental condition experienced by a mechanical component of the aircraft based at least in part on the first sets of data and the second sets of data. The method can include predicting a level of distress associated with the mechanical component based at least in part on the aggregate amount of the environmental condition experienced by the mechanical component.
US10099799B2
A boom nozzle assembly for use with an aerial refueling boom on an aerial refueling aircraft where a shielded wiring cable from the aerial refueling boom is connected to an articulated boom nozzle through an electrical connection on the wear ring of the articulated boom nozzle and then routed to a solenoid and other devices of the articulated boom nozzle without passing through the universal joint area of the articulated boom nozzle. The boom nozzle assembly may include a torsion cable reel that keeps the shielded wiring cable in tension as the articulated boom nozzle changes its position relative to the boom nozzle assembly. The torsion cable reel may be positioned within a cable reel housing attached at the aft end of the aerial refueling boom.
US10099796B2
In one aspect, a method for dynamically controlling the operation of an aircraft having a first gas turbine engine and a second gas turbine engine may generally include receiving, by a first engine controller and a second engine controller, one or more operator commands deriving from an operator manipulated input device. The method may also include controlling the operation of the first gas turbine engine via the first engine controller, and the second gas turbine engine via the second engine controller. In addition, the method may include detecting a fault condition associated with the first engine controller, and subsequently switching control of the first gas turbine engine from the first engine controller to the second engine controller. The method may further include dynamically controlling the operation of the first gas turbine engine with the second engine controller.
US10099785B1
Disclosed is an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) with a pre-defined shape to deploy one or more items. The unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) includes an upper housing, a lower housing, and a power unit. The upper housing includes plurality of rotors to lift and propel the unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). Further the unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) includes various electronic components such as plurality of electronic cards, a processing unit, a Global Positioning System (GPS), a communication unit, an electronic gyroscope, a barometer, engines and flight control system, video camera, a forward looking infrared (FLIR) device, a microphone, and a laser telemeter/designator/range finder. The power unit powers the aforementioned electronic components. The lower housing includes plurality of storage units to stores one or more items. The lower housing is removably attached with the upper housing in a way to deploy the items at a predetermined location through plurality of openings.
US10099783B1
An improved accessory mounting is disclosed for a rotary wing aircraft comprising a frame supporting a plurality of driven propellers. A transceiver is connected to a electronic flight control for directing the flight of the rotary wing aircraft. An accessory frame receives an accessory load to be carried by the rotary wing aircraft. A battery is disposed on the frame for powering the transceiver. A quick change mounting removably mounts the accessory frame to the frame. Preferably, the battery is movable relative to the frame for compensating for different weights of the accessory load secured to the accessory frame to adjust the center of mass for proper flight of the rotary wing aircraft. An integral balance included for adjusting the center of mass assisting of the rotary wing aircraft.
US10099781B2
A helicopter includes a rotor system having a rotor with an adjustable pitch that is controlled at least in part by a pilot using a collective control and which helicopter generates a Low RPM signal that is indicative of a threshold low rotational speed of the rotor. An actuator arrangement can move the collective control by exerting a force on the collective control such that the pilot is able to overcome the actuator force but which otherwise can move the collective control from a current operational position toward a minimum pitch position. A clutch can co-rotate with a motor to serve in transferring the actuation force to reduce the adjustable pitch and can slip relative to the actuator shaft assembly responsive to an application of a counterforce applied by the pilot to the collective control such that the counterforce overcomes the actuation force.
US10099774B2
A system which includes a first light beam locating sensor associated with a first position to be located on a wing of an aircraft. The first light beam locating sensor senses a first light beam at an identifiable position on the first light beam locating sensor. A processor is configured to receive a first signal from the first light beam locating sensor wherein the first signal includes a first identifiable position on the first light beam locating sensor. The processor is configured to determine a location of the first position on the wing and perform a first comparison of the location of the first position on the wing to a predetermined analyzed location of the first position on the wing.
US10099771B2
An aircraft, an aircraft wing structure and a method are provided in order to address lift and drag, such as by increasing lift and reducing drag. In the context of an aircraft wing structure, the aircraft wing structure includes a wing extending outboard from a fuselage of an aircraft. The wing also extends from a leading edge to a trailing edge. The aircraft wing structure also includes one or more actuators carried by the wing and causing fluid to be directed through one or more respective orifices defined by the wing so as to alter flow over a lower surface of the wing. The one or more orifices that are defined by the wing are closer to the leading edge than to the trailing edge. Thus, the fluid introduced through the one or more orifices may increase lift and reduce drag of the associated aircraft.
US10099770B2
A manual wing-fold mechanism provides a means by which to reconfigure the wing of an aircraft between a flight configuration and one that can be easily stowed and transported. The folding mechanism includes an extension tube that enables the outboard portion of the wing to be extended away from the inboard section of the wing, rotated about the lateral axis of the aircraft and then pivoted rearward so that the wing is aligned with the longitudinal axis of the aircraft along side the fuselage. The wing-fold mechanism is independent of the structural components of the wing used to convey aerodynamic loads during flight and provides a means for the user to bring the outboard wing section into a near alignment position while the wing-fold mechanism thereafter assists to refine the alignment into its final flight configuration.
US10099762B2
A method is provided for manufacturing a rotor body of a Magnus-type rotor. The method includes providing a plurality of arcuate panels, wherein each of the panels has an arc-length less than a predetermined circumference of the rotor body. The method further includes positioning at least three such arcuate panels in mutual edge-wise abutment to form circumferentially a hollow cylindrical loop, wherein longitudinal edges of adjacent panels are mutually attached to each other. The method further optionally includes co-axially stacking one above another at least two loops of substantially similar diameter. The method further includes connecting edges of adjacent loops to define the rotor body of a predetermined height.
US10099753B2
A system for automatically returning a flotation device to a user when the user becomes separated from it and is greater than some predetermined distance away. The user may have a tracking device that is operable to determine its location and transmit this information to an automatic recovery unit coupled to the flotation device. The recovery unit may be configured to activate when it is greater than the predetermined distance from the tracking device, and may be operable to propel the flotation device steering it toward the tracking device to close the distance between them.
US10099747B2
A bicycle shift operating device is basically provided with a base member, a shift unit, an operating lever and a connecting member. The shift unit is disposed in the base member between first and second ends of the base member. The operating lever is pivotally mounted relative to the base member about first and second pivot axes. The connecting member operatively connects the shift unit to the first operating lever. The connecting member includes a lever contact portion that contacts the operating lever to transmit movement of the operating lever to the connecting member in response to pivotal movement of the operating lever about the second pivot axis. The connecting member is arranged such that the contact portion passes through a space provided between the first pivot axis and the first operating lever from the top surface side with respect to the first pivot axis.
US10099744B2
A front fender is prevented from being enlarging while still covering the brake caliper in the front fender structure of the straddle type vehicle. A front fender has a covered portion covering a brake caliper by avoiding a front two-wheeled suspension device. The covered portion has a drooping portion covering a brake caliper from a side direction, a lower extending portion covers the brake caliper from the lower direction. The brake caliper and the covered portion are disposed in front of a shaft of the front wheel.
US10099743B2
A suspension control system and a method for controlling a damper device of a bicycle include a damper device and a spring device for sprung damping of a relative motion between a first and a second component of the bicycle. The suspension device has a spring unit exhibiting a spring characteristic, and the damper device exhibits a damping characteristic. The spring characteristic of the spring unit is changed under the control of an electrically operated actuator, which in turn is controlled via an electric control device.
US10099732B2
A motorized wheelbarrow assembly for includes a wheelbarrow that has a pair of handles and a wheel rotatably coupled between the pair of handles. The wheel may roll along a support surface. A drive unit is coupled to the wheelbarrow. The drive unit is in mechanical communication with the wheel. The drive unit selectively rotates the wheel to urge the wheelbarrow along the support surface.
US10099727B2
A vehicle pillar structure comprising a pillar portion extending in parallel with an outer end portion of a windshield and the pillar portion having a hollow structure, the pillar portion comprising an outer side wall at a vehicle exterior side of the pillar portion; an inner side wall at a vehicle cabin side of the pillar portion; and a pair of side walls linking the outer side wall and the inner side wall. At least a portion of the outer side wall is an outer side transparent portion, at least a portion of the inner side wall is an inner side transparent portion and, as viewed from a driver position, overlaps with the outer side transparent portion, and a tensile strength of the outer side wall is lower than that of the inner side wall.
US10099726B2
A body for a vehicle includes an A-pillar defining a C-channel along a first surface of the A-pillar. The body further includes a support disposed within the C-channel and defining a shape matching the C-channel to mate the support along an entirety of the first surface via pre-formed spot welds aligned with the first surface. The welds are defined along a single plane being parallel to the first surface, wherein the welds are spaced to secure the support within the C-channel to form flush contact between the support and the first surface.
US10099724B2
A safety system for a vehicle providing a road departure protection feature comprises a camera, mounted to the vehicle to provide a view of a driving direction of the vehicle, and an electronic control unit connected to the camera. The electronic control unit includes instructions for analyzing the image and comparing the roadway path to the predicted vehicle path. The electronic control unit determines a vehicle roadway departure is occurring when the predicted vehicle path differs from the roadway path by a predetermined threshold, and then determines at least one corrective action to return the vehicle path to the roadway path. The safety system sends instructions to apply at least one corrective action with at least an electronic stability control system.
US10099720B2
Technical features are described for a steering system to compute a state flag value that is indicative of a vehicle motion state, such as an understeer or an oversteer condition. The steering system further generates a reference torque signal based on the state flag value, and generates a motor-assist torque signal based on the reference torque signal. The state flag value indicates the vehicle motion state in both a dynamic-state or a steady-state. Further, the steering system generates the reference torque signal based on the state flag value by blending a first rack force generated based on a vehicle-speed signal and motor angle, and a second rack force generated based on a motor torque and an input torque provided to a handwheel of the steering system.
US10099714B2
A riding lawn care vehicle may include: (a) a frame to which a pair of front wheels and a rear wheel assembly of the riding lawn care vehicle are attachable; (b) an engine mounted to the frame substantially between the front wheels; (c) a steering assembly having steering levers operably coupled to respective ones of the front wheels of the riding lawn care vehicle via respective hydrostatic drive pumps driven by the engine; (d) a support platform coupled to the frame rearward of the engine to support a standing rider; and (e) a front mount assembly configured to detachably couple the riding lawn care vehicle to an attachment that enables performance of a yard maintenance activity, where (f) a majority of the support platform is disposed rearward of an axis of rotation of the front wheels and forward of an axis of rotation of the rear wheel assembly.
US10099702B2
A vehicle is described, and includes a drivetrain system including an internal combustion engine and a geartrain, an accessory device, and a route monitoring system. A controller includes an instruction set to monitor operation of the accessory device, and a request to operate the accessory device. When the request to operate the accessory device includes a request to activate the accessory device based upon not exceeding a limit for an operating parameter of the accessory device, the instruction set executes to determine a horizon for the vehicle based upon the projected path for the vehicle, determine a projected road load and a speed constraint based upon the horizon for the vehicle, and determine a projected axle torque command based upon the projected road load. A first routine determines a first command for operating the accessory device that minimizes fuel consumption and meets the projected axle torque command.
US10099691B2
In an apparatus, a first obtainer obtains a first travelling-condition parameter of a target vehicle. The first travelling-condition parameter shows one or more conditions under which the target vehicle is travelling on the road. A second obtainer obtains a second travelling-condition parameter of a preceding vehicle travelling on the road immediately ahead of the target vehicle. The second travelling-condition parameter shows one or more conditions under which the preceding vehicle is travelling on the road. A deviation calculator calculates a deviation between the first and second travelling-condition parameters. A behavior deter miner determines a recommended behavior of the target vehicle in response to the calculated deviation. A controller controls a device, which is associated with a behavior of the target vehicle, according to the recommended behavior.
US10099684B2
A method is provided for operating a drive unit for a hybrid vehicle. Through a planetary transmission, an electric motor is coupled to an input shaft of a first sub-transmission and an input shaft of a second sub-transmission shifted in parallel to the first sub-transmission. Through a frictional-locking separating clutch, an internal combustion engine is able to be coupled to the input shaft of the first sub-transmission and, if the separating clutch is locked, is coupled to the same element of the planetary transmission together with the input shaft of the first sub-transmission. For coupling the internal combustion engine at the output coming out of all-electric driving, the torque provided by the internal combustion engine is transferred through the slip-controlled separating clutch in order to unload the previously locked shift element and disengage it in the unloaded state.
US10099672B2
The present invention provides a system for monitoring brake balance of a motor vehicle by measuring temperatures of each wheel having a temperature sensor constructed and arranged for measuring temperature of a motor vehicle brake and recording each temperature measurement as a temperature reading, a communications link between said sensors and a data compiler, wherein the communication link receives transmitted information from each of said sensors relating to temperature readings, a temperature groups sorter configured to receive information on temperature readings from said data compiler and sorts each reading into one of at least two groups based on a selected temperature group range, and an output configured for output of information relating to said temperature readings from said temperature groups sorter.
US10099670B2
A vehicle braking system includes a brake pedal, a master cylinder, and an electronically-controlled booster having an input member and an output member adapted to provide an input force to the master cylinder that combines a driver-supplied input force and a boost force provided by the electronically-controlled booster. A wheel cylinder is fluidly coupled to an outlet of the master cylinder and operable to provide a wheel braking force proportional to the input force to the master cylinder. A pump is operable to pump fluid toward the wheel cylinder to provide an assisting wheel braking force. A controller is programmed to trigger a hydraulic braking assist routine in which the pump is activated to provide the assisting wheel braking force. The controller is programmed to reduce the boost force provided by the electronically-controlled booster during the hydraulic braking assist routine.
US10099660B2
This disclosure relates to a truck-mounted concrete pump comprising a concrete-distributing boom which is constituted by a plurality of folding boom arms and rotationally mounted on a slewing gear on a chassis, and a tilt sensor for detecting a tilt of the truck-mounted concrete pump. According to this disclosure, the truck-mounted concrete pump is provided with a safety device which restricts the operating range of the concrete-distributing boom subject to a tilt of the pump, said safety device being coupled to the tilt sensor. The safety device is designed to limit the slewing motion on the slewing gear and/or the swiveling motion of at least one boom arm.
US10099654B2
The invention relates to an antitheft device for a motor vehicle steering column, comprising: —a locking means mounted in a movable manner between an unlocked position in which it is intended to be disposed away from the steering column and a locked position in which it is intended to prevent said steering column from moving, and—a cam (12) intended to rotate as one with a lock plug (5) in order to actuate the locking means depending on the position of the lock plug (5), characterized in that the cam (12) comprises: —a nonreturn profile (13) intended to engage with a complementary assembly member (15) that is configured to prevent the cam (12) from rotating in the opposite direction once it has reached a predetermined angular position, and —a push-locking recess (14) intended to receive a stop (20, 21) that is intended to engage with a complementary assembly member (15) that is configured to prevent the cam (12) from rotating in a predetermined direction of rotation from a predefined angular position and to allow rotation of the cam (12) by the lock plug (5) being pushed in beforehand.
US10099649B2
A pedestrian protection airbag device has an airbag case that is provided on a bottom surface side of a rear end portion of a vehicle hood, an airbag that includes a hood underside bag portion that is housed inside the airbag case and is inflated and deployed towards the vehicle rear side by pressure from gas which is generated by an inflator, and that is laid out on a bottom surface side of the hood, and that also includes a bag main body portion that is connected to the hood underside bag portion and that is inflated and deployed towards the vehicle top surface side from between a rear end portion of the hood and a glass windshield, and vertical joining portions that join the airbag vertically and reduce the thickness in the vehicle up-down direction of the hood underside bag portion in the inflated and deployed state.
US10099648B2
A filter for a pyrotechnical gas generator includes a filtering material and a protection screen. The protection screen forms at least one sealed loop arranged so as to surround at least a part of a charge of propergol of the pyrotechnical gas generator in such a manner as to protect this at least one part of the filtering material from a pressure wave from the ignition of the propergol charge.
US10099643B2
A vehicle occupant protecting device including: an airbag that is accommodated at an upper portion of a vehicle seat, that receives a supply of gas from an inflator and is inflated and expanded toward a seat front side, and that includes a front inflating portion, which is inflated at a seat front side with respect to a head portion of a vehicle occupant, and a pair of left and right lateral inflating portions, which are connected to the front inflating portion and are inflated at sides of the seat with respect to the head portion, the airbag being structured as an integral bag body that covers the head portion; and reinforcing portions that extend in a seat vertical direction at an interior of a seatback, and that connect an upper portion and a lower portion of a seatback frame that structures a frame of the seatback.
US10099641B2
The present invention provides a horn circuit (15) for activating a horn of a vehicle which is adapted to be integrated in an airbag module (3) of a vehicle or in ah attachment member (5) for connecting the airbag module (3) to the steering wheel, comprising at least two contact elements (17, 19), wherein a horn signal is produced when the at least two contact elements (17, 19) electrically contact with each other. The horn circuit (15) according to the present invention is characterized in that the at least two contact elements (17, 19) are adapted to electrically connect with each other by means of at least one conductive spring element (9) for fixing an airbag module (3) to a steering wheel.
US10099636B2
A system includes a vehicle, the vehicle comprising a vehicle network. The system further includes a wireless earpiece worn by a user in operative communication with the vehicle network. The vehicle is configured to determine a role of the user and user settings for the vehicle from data received from the wireless earpiece and implement the user settings for the vehicle. A method for adjusting user settings associated with a vehicle based on data from a wireless earpiece includes acquiring user data from a wireless earpiece worn by a user at a vehicle, based on the user data, determining by the vehicle one or more user settings and a role of the user, and automatically adjusting by the vehicle of one or more vehicle features based on the one or more user settings in accordance with the role of the user.
US10099635B2
The disclosure relates to systems, devices, and methods for wirelessly actuating a component of a vehicle such that it is selectively transitionable between an on condition and an off condition. The systems and devices may include a receiver and a remote transmitter. The receiver may be electrically coupled to the vehicle component within a first compartment of the vehicle and the remote transmitter may be mounted within another compartment of the vehicle that is physically isolated from the first compartment while still being wirelessly paired to one another.
US10099626B1
A garment hanging device for use in a vehicle includes a coupler that is configured to couple to a garment hook of the vehicle. A plate is hingedly coupled to the coupler. The plate is selectively positionable in a stowed configuration, wherein a first edge of the plate is positioned adjacent to the coupler, and a deployed configuration, wherein the first edge is positioned substantially perpendicular to the coupler. A plurality of first slots is positioned in the first edge of the plate. The first slots are configured to insert hook portions of hangers to couple the hangers to the plate. Garments that are positioned on the hangers are suspended from the plate.
US10099621B1
A bracket adapted to attach a running board to a rocker of a vehicle includes a body having a plurality of running board deflection-inducing portions. The body may include a torsional buckling-inducing portion comprising a rocker mounting portion defining an included angle to a vehicle y-axis and to a vehicle x-axis when mounted to the rocker. The body may further include a rotational moment-inducing portion comprising a stepped segment interposed between the rocker mounting portion and a running board-carrying portion. The rotational moment-inducing portion may further include a rocker mounting tab disposed adjacent to the stepped segment and a flange disposed at an interface of the stepped segment and the running board-carrying portion.
US10099612B2
The present disclosure illustrates a wireless warning light for vehicle door, including light assembly and magnet, and the light assembly includes shell member, transparent cover and baseboard. The shell member includes chamber and bottom surface, and the transparent cover is configured to cover and enclose the chamber of the shell member, the baseboard is accommodated in the chamber and includes a circuit block and a battery, the circuit block includes a magnetic field sensing switch and a LED. The wireless warning light is installed on a side of the vehicle door. When the magnetic field sensing switch senses magnetic field of the magnet, the LED is turned off, and when the magnetic field sensing switch senses absence of magnetic field, the LED emits light. Therefore, the wireless warning light having self-owned power source without external power line may be provided to remind the vehicle from behind.
US10099610B2
A driver assistance system for a vehicle includes a vision system, a sensing system and a control. The vision system includes a camera and the sensing system includes a radar sensor. Image data captured by the camera is provided to the control and is processed by an image processor of the control. Responsive to image processing of captured image data, lane markers on the road being traveled along by the equipped vehicle are detected and the control determines a lane being traveled by the equipped vehicle. Radar data generated by the radar sensor is provided to the control, which receives vehicle data relating to the equipped vehicle via a vehicle bus of the equipped vehicle. Responsive at least in part to processing of generated radar data and captured image data, the control detects another vehicle present on the road being traveled along by the equipped vehicle.
US10099608B2
A vehicle includes a controller that communicates with a wearable device having a haptic mechanism. In response to an alert event detected by the vehicle, the controller outputs a signal to activate the haptic mechanism. The wearable device may detect a physiological or biometric characteristic such as pulse rate. The controller may output a signal to activate the haptic mechanism further in response to the pulse rate being less than a threshold. Also, the controller may output a signal to activate the haptic mechanism while the vehicle is operating autonomously.
US10099607B1
A vehicle utility light assembly is disclosed in which an elongated body portion functions to be stowable in a first position within a vehicle body panel. The elongated body portion further functions to be vertically-releasable from the first position to a second position, and being operable to selectively illuminate the vehicle body panel from above by a light source of the elongated body portion.
US10099606B2
A dome light assembly that includes a reflective surface facing an interior; a light-diffusing element over the reflective surface having a plurality of corresponding opposed edges and LED sources; and a controller for directing the sources to transmit a plurality of light patterns from the element into the interior based at least in part on a plurality of inputs. Further, each source is configured to direct incident light into the corresponding edge. These light patterns include natural light and other light patterns. The inputs include manual inputs, weather inputs, exterior light sensor inputs, temporal inputs and global positioning system inputs.
US10099601B2
Provided is a vehicle lamp including an operation unit configured to operate an optical axis adjustment bevel gear provided in a lamp to be axially rotated. An axial rotation force transfer body of the operation unit includes an operation rod operated to be axially rotated, a driving rod engaged with the gear, and a wire interconnecting the operation rod and the driving rod in an axial rotation direction, and the driving rod is formed of a metal which is hard to rust. The driving rod is formed by a metal/injection/molding (MIM) technique. A support member extends between the driving rod and the lamp.
US10099595B2
According to the present disclosure, a child restraint includes a juvenile seat and a child-restraint harness coupled to the juvenile seat. The juvenile seat includes a seat bottom and a seat back extending upwardly from the seat bottom. The juvenile seat further includes a cupholder coupled to the seat bottom.
US10099586B2
Provided is an inexpensive fixing structure for a surface skin, an operation by which is simple. A fixing structure for a surface skin, the fixing structure being used for fixing to a core 17 a surface skin 14 having an opening 22, wherein the surface skin 14 in at least the portion in which the opening 22 is formed is formed of a soft material, the opening 22 is formed by an edge part 14c of the surface skin 14, a groove 20 is formed in the core 17, and the surface skin 14 is fixed to the core 17 by the edge part 14c of the surface skin 14 being inserted into the groove 20. Since the surface skin 14 is fixed to the core 17 merely by inserting the edge part 14c of the surface skin 14 into the groove 20 in the core 17, a simple operation is realized. Since there is no need to provide the edge part 14c of the surface skin 14 with an attachment device, the fixing structure for the surface skin 14 is inexpensive.
US10099585B2
A vehicle seat including: a seat frame forming a framework of the vehicle seat; and a wire connected to the seat frame and to which an axial force in an axial direction thereof is configured to be applied, wherein a bent portion or a diameter-enlarged portion is provided to at least one end portion of the wire, wherein a flat part of the seat frame is provided with a locking portion into which the bent portion or the diameter-enlarged portion is inserted and which is configured to receive the axial force in an in-plane direction, and wherein a separation preventing member is attached to the flat part and prevents the wire from being separated from the flat part in a state where the bent portion or the diameter-enlarged portion is inserted into the locking portion.
US10099580B2
A child restraint includes a base adapted to set on a passenger eat and to support a juvenile seat. The juvenile seat is either an infant carrier or a seat suitable for older children.
US10099570B2
A method, apparatus, and system are disclosed for analyzing a vehicle battery system of a hybrid or electric vehicle that includes a battery pack and a battery controller. More specifically, a battery controller is disclosed for determining battery identification information of the battery pack based on a configuration of active and non-active pins in a connection module between the battery pack and the battery controller. It follows that the battery controller may identify the battery pack type in an efficient manner that does not require any additional components. The battery controller may further reference the battery identification to implement a battery operational strategy that may better realize an efficiency or durability of the identified battery.
US10099566B2
A vehicle charging system may include a drive system mounted to a chassis, a positionable electrical connector assembly, a position sensor, a proximity sensor, and a control module. The control module may be programmed to operate the drive system to place the chassis proximate a vehicle electrical connector and operate the positionable electrical connector assembly to releasably engage the vehicle electrical connector.
US10099565B2
A charging apparatus (22) for a motor vehicle (10) has a plurality of plug connection members (12, 14, 16) to connect the charging apparatus (22) to at least one external electrical energy source (18, 20), a plurality of temperature measuring elements (26, 28, 30) are associated respectively with the plug connection members (12, 14, 16) to detect a temperature of the plug connection members (12, 14, 16), and an evaluation unit (32) electrically connected to the temperature measuring elements (26, 28, 30) to evaluate the detected temperature of the temperature measuring elements (26, 28, 30). The temperature measuring elements (26, 28, 30) are connected to the evaluation unit (32) by a common first connecting line (42), and connectable electrically to the control unit (32) individually by a second connecting line (36, 38, 40) in each case.
US10099558B2
A motor driving apparatus includes a driving unit configured to drive a motor according to a torque inputted by a rotation input from a human being; and a controller configured to control driving of the driving unit according to a relationship between an accumulated value of first amounts that correspond to the rotation input from the human being and an accumulated value of second amounts that correspond to rotation of a rotating object driven by the motor. The controller may be further configured to cause the driving unit to suppress driving of the motor when an accumulated difference that is calculated by subtracting the accumulated value of the second amounts from the accumulated value of the first amounts is equal to or less than a predetermined threshold.
US10099556B2
A module support bracket for a vehicle instrument panel includes a first module receiving surface defining an internal aperture, the first module receiving surface configured to receive a first module, and a second module receiving surface arranged within the internal aperture on a different plane than the first module receiving surface. The second module receiving surface is configured to receive a second module in a stacked relationship to the first module. The second module is configured to be inserted through an opening in the instrument panel in an installation direction to couple the second module to the second module receiving surface. The first module is subsequently inserted through the opening in the instrument panel in the installation direction to couple the first module adjacent the second module in a compact arrangement.
US10099554B2
A system for non-invasively measuring an analyte in a vehicle driver and controlling a vehicle based on a measurement of the analyte. At least one solid-state light source is configured to emit different wavelengths of light. A sample device is configured to introduce the light emitted by the at least one solid-state light source into tissue of the vehicle driver. One or more optical detectors are configured to detect a portion of the light that is not absorbed by the tissue of the vehicle driver. A controller is configured to calculate a measurement of the analyte in the tissue of the vehicle driver based on the light detected by the one or more optical detectors, determine whether the measurement of the analyte in the tissue of the vehicle driver exceeds a pre-determined value, and provide a signal to a device configured to control the vehicle.
US10099549B2
The present invention discloses an operating fluid container (10) made of thermoplastic material for a motor vehicle and a method for equipping an operating fluid container with a stiffening element (20). The operating fluid container (10) here has the following features: the operating fluid container (10) has a container opening (12) which is arranged in a container upper shell (11) and is edged by a surround (13); the operating fluid container (10) comprises a tubular stiffening element (20) arranged in the operating fluid container (10); on the end, the stiffening element (20) has a circumferential connecting edge (21) in contact with the container upper shell (11); in a plan view onto the container upper shell (11), the container opening (12) is surrounded by the connecting edge (21); the stiffening element (20) is integrally connected to a container lower shell (14) and by means of the connecting edge (21) to the container upper shell (11); and the stiffening element (20) counteracts deformation caused by the internal pressure of the operating fluid container (10).
US10099543B2
Sunscreen assembly for an open roof construction in a vehicle of the type includes a flexible sunscreen having a center part and two opposed longitudinal edges connected to the center part and folding lines along which the longitudinal edges fold inwardly and whereby the center part of the flexible sunscreen comprises at least one layer of cloth. The sunscreen assembly further comprises a rotatable winding shaft configured to wind and unwind the sunscreen at a first one of its transversal edges, two opposed longitudinal guides configured to receive therein and guide corresponding ones of the inwardly folded longitudinal edges of the sunscreen, and wherein the folding lines are formed substantially by at least one respective incision made in the center part of the sunscreen along which the longitudinal edges are folded inwardly.
US10099539B2
A moon roof module includes a first transparent panel, a second transparent panel and a third transparent panel packaged in a compartment between the first transparent panel and the second transparent panel. The moon roof module also includes an actuator configured to displace the third transparent panel between a first position and a second position. A related method of switching a moon roof module between a transparent state and an opaque state is also disclosed.
US10099538B2
A visor assembly for a vehicle includes a visor body comprising adjacent hingedly connected panels each fabricated of a polarizing material. A closure is provided to hold the adjacent panels in a closed configuration. The assembly may further include an articulating mirror assembly whose movement is independent of any movement of the visor assembly.
US10099537B2
A roller blind arrangement for shading a transparent vehicle section having a roller blind web, which can be wound to form a roller blind winding and is guided at its lateral edges in relation to a vertical longitudinal center plane of the roller blind in each case in one guide rail, as well as a drive device having a drive pinion which drives two driving means which are each guided in one of the guide rails. The driving means are in each case designed as a toothed belt. The toothed belt can have at least one flat surface for coupling to the roller blind web, and the driving means are joined within the guide rails to the roller blind web in each case solely via their respective flat surfaces and are detached from the roller blind web in a section arranged between the guide rails and the roller blind winding.
US10099536B2
An air vent for a vehicle includes a housing extending between an inlet and outlet end. The housing includes a first wall and a second wall that cooperate to define an interior volume therebetween. The inlet end defines an inlet opening and air enters the interior volume through the inlet opening. The outlet end has a length and a width that cooperate to define an outlet opening having a low aspect ratio. Air exits the interior volume through the outlet opening. The first wall includes a directional wall section that extends non-linearly from a transition location to the outlet end. Air travelling through the interior volume is directed by the directional wall section to create a flow direction of air exiting the outlet opening. Vanes may be disposed in the interior volume to allow directability of air exiting the outlet opening, while providing a low pressure drop therethrough.
US10099535B2
An air conditioning case includes a first partition wall that receives a condensed water generated by an evaporator, and the first partition wall is disposed above an overlapped portion of a heater core and between the evaporator and the heater core. Therefore, the first partition wall can prevent the condensed water dropped from the evaporator from being applied directly to the heater core. As a result, in a structure in which at least a portion of the heater core overlaps with the evaporator from below, the condensed water of the evaporator is less likely to be applied to the heater core.
US10099531B2
The invention relates to an air conditioning device comprising a refrigerant circuit and a coolant circuit. The refrigerant circuit comprises at least a compressor, an internal heat exchanger, an external heat exchanger and an evaporator The coolant circuit comprises at least a first heat exchanger associated with a first component, a second heat exchanger associated with a second component and a radiator. A fluid/fluid heat exchanger is installed in the refrigerant circuit and in the coolant circuit, with the coolant circuit comprising a first loop and a second loop which are interconnected by an interconnection device. The first loop comprises the fluid/fluid heat exchanger, the first heat exchanger associated with the first component and a means for heating the coolant with the means interposed between the interconnection device and the fluid/fluid heat exchanger, the second loop comprising the second heat exchanger associated with the second component and the radiator.
US10099529B2
The present invention provides various devices and systems comprising a controller in connection with a first deployment mechanism to raise and lower a first lift axle on a wheeled vehicle, and in some cases a second deployment mechanism in connection with the controller for raising and lowering a second lift axle. A fail-safe mechanism is provided that automatically lowers the lift axle(s) if the controller is not receiving any electrical power.
US10099526B2
A trailer hitch spring bar cover system for providing clean and safe storage of a trailer weight distribution system including spring bars and towing balls. The cover for a trailer weight distribution spring bar generally includes a first body and a second body movably connected to the first body. Each of the bodies have a first end, a second end, a perimeter edge, a cavity, and a cutout near an end of the body. The cover has an opened state adapted to receive or remove a greased portion of the spring bar. The cover also has a closed state to substantially enclose a greased portion of the spring bar.
US10099520B2
An antenna matching device for a dual-frequency tire pressure detector includes: a microcontroller having a control pin; a dual-frequency signal unit controlled by the microcontroller to which one of two different frequency signals to generate; and a matching unit having an input end, two external pins, and an output end, the input end being electrically connected to the dual-frequency signal unit to receive the frequency signals from the dual-frequency signal unit, the external pins being electrically connected to two ends of a diode, respectively, with the control pin electrically connected to one of the external pins, and the output end being electrically connected to an antenna, wherein the matching unit provides two impedances between the input end and the output end so that the microcontroller controls an operating state of the diode according to whether the control pin is grounded, thereby switching between the impedances of the matching unit.
US10099519B2
A tire pressure monitor sensor is disclosed. The sensor includes a wireless transmitter and a processing unit. The processing unit provides a time trigger signal within a measurement period and triggers a wireless transmission of a reference signal indicating an occurrence of the time trigger signal to a remote unit. The tire pressure monitor sensor is configured to derive, based on a plurality of acceleration measurement samples within the measurement period, information indicting at least one rotation property of a tire. The tire pressure monitor sensor is further configured to wirelessly transmit the derived information to a remote unit separate from the reference signal.
US10099517B2
Provided is a side-reinforced run-flat tire including a tread portion, a pair of sidewall portions extending on both sides of the tread portion, and reinforcing rubber provided in the sidewall portions, the side-reinforced run-flat tire further including: short fibers bonded, via an adhesive layer, to at least a portion of a region of a tire inner surface that is located in each of side portions, wherein the adhesive layer has a heatproof temperature of from 50 to 100° C.
US10099516B2
A pneumatic radial tire includes a bead filler, a carcass ply, a steel protection layer, and an organic fiber protection layer. A reinforcing rubber sandwiches a wind-up end of the steel protection layer. A relationship of 1≤A/B≤2 is satisfied between a width A from the wind-up end of the steel protection layer to a tire inner surface, and a width B from the wind-up end of the steel protection layer to a tire outer surface. The wind-up end of the carcass ply is covered with a ply cover member. A relationship of 0.8≤D/C≤1.2 is satisfied between a thickness C of a second bead filler positioning between the ply cover member and a first bead filler, and a thickness D of the reinforcing rubber positioning between the ply cover member and the steel protection layer.
US10099515B2
The invention provides a pneumatic radial tire which improves durability by lowering breakdowns in both of a ply end and a wind-up portion without an increase of weight and manufacturing cost. The pneumatic radial tire has a carcass layer which is provided between a pair of bead portions and is locked in a state in which end portions are wound up to the bead cores. The carcass layer is constituted by a first ply, a second ply and a third ply which are laminated one by one from an inner side to an outer side in a tire radial direction in a tire equator. The first ply and the third ply are wound up to the bead cores. The second ply terminates in a state in which the second ply is interposed between the first ply and the third ply, without reaching the bead cores.
US10099508B2
A non-inflatable vehicle tire comprising a rubber carcass molded to fit and be secured to a wheel rim with a series of equally spaced passages extending transversely through the carcass to provide resilient supporting ribs between the passages and having a road engaging tread molded to the carcass over a band of flexible steel cord reinforcing in which the band comprises a plurality of superimposed plies of coated hard steel cord and in which minor passages are provided through the ribs.
US10099505B2
An assembly structure of a writing instrument, in which a sealing module assembly having a pre-assembled module for sealing is detachably attached to a body of the writing instrument, such that a production process may be smoothly performed due to an assembly process of the sealing parts with a difficulty in assembling being previously performed, and defective parts may be separately processed when defects occur in each part due to the separation structure of the body and the sealing module assembly, thereby reducing a defective rate. The assembly structure of a writing instrument, including: a body including a knock part installed therein to be operated by pushing, and a cartridge inserted into a hollow inside thereof; and a sealing module assembly which is detachably attached to a front end of the body, and has modules for sealing and operating installed inside thereof.
US10099502B2
Method for binding a bundle (5) of sheets (1), whereby an edge (2) of the bundle (5) of sheets (1) is bound, whereby use is made of sheets (1) in which a strip (4) of each of the sheets (1) is double folded separately beforehand along the same line to form a fold line (3) parallel to and at a distance (A) from the aforementioned edge (2). If paper with a density of less than 120 grams per square meter is used for the sheet (1), after having been double folded the strip (4) is folded at least once more along the aforementioned fold line (3).
US10099485B1
A thermal print head and printer including the same are provided. The thermal print head comprises a housing comprising a wall having an opening therein and a transparent glass-ceramic panel mounted in the opening. The wall is configured to abut a print zone in a printer. The housing houses an optical sensor and a heating element. The transparent glass-ceramic panel is substantially aligned with the optical sensor. The heating element contacts a portion of the transparent glass-ceramic panel. The printer comprises a platen roller and the thermal print head that define the print zone therebetween.
US10099481B2
A joint section of a fill device is coupled to a supply opening of an ink cartridge, and a pressing force section presses an inside plug of the ink cartridge into the supply opening, to press down the inside plug against a biasing unit and release an opening to connect an ink fill section with an ink container. A first pump is operated and fills ink to the inside of the ink container. After the filling, the joint section separates from the supply opening, and the inside plug seals the supply opening by the biasing unit. Ink is filled with no spilling, into the ink container having an ink supply section with valve, and the ink cartridge can be manufactured with good efficiency.
US10099476B2
A piezoelectric thin film is manufactured by sequentially executing: a step of coating a substrate by applying a coating solution containing an organic solvent and a piezoelectric thin film precursor to form a coating layer; a step of evaporating the organic solvent from the coating layer in a windless environment to obtain a dried coating layer containing the piezoelectric thin film precursor; and a step of heating the dried coating layer to form a piezoelectric thin film from the dried coating layer containing the piezoelectric thin film precursor.
US10099462B2
A carrier film of thermoplastic polyester has releasable metal adhesive properties suitable for a metal transfer in which the polyester film is metalized and the metal layer is subsequently transferred to a permanent adhesive-coated substrate. The metal layer is in direct contact with the polyester carrier film and no intermediate release layer is present. Desired metal adhesion is provided by dispersing an suitable surfactant, and optionally, a hydrocarbon wax, uniformly into the polyester film. Surfactant on the outer surface of the carrier film modifies metal adhesion to the polyester such that the metal can be removed in a metal transfer operation.
US10099454B2
The object of the present invention is to provide a cover tape for packaging an electronic part which enables the reduction of the production time, and decreases the defective fraction due to the temperature variation of the sealing trowel, the present invention provides a cover tape for packaging an electronic part which includes a base layer and a sealant layer, and is closely adhered to a carrier tape, wherein the sealant layer is made of a resin composition; a main component in the resin composition has a melting point of 100° C. or less; a peeling strength A under fixed measurement conditions after heat-sealing to a polycarbonate sheet through the sealant layer at 220° C. for 0.015 seconds and a peeling strength C under the fixed measurement conditions after heat-sealing to a polycarbonate sheet through the sealant layer at 180° C. for 0.015 seconds satisfy conditional expressions 1 and 2 below; and after peeling, a part of the sealant layer remains on a surface of the carrier tape to which the sealant layer is closely adhered; Conditional expression 1: 20 (g)≤A≤70 (g) and Conditional expression 2: 0.43≤C/A≤1.0.
US10099445B2
A composite membrane assembly may include a plurality of stacked composite plies. Each composite ply may include a main body of reinforced fibers connected together with a resin. The main body may include a base connected to an opposed boundary surface through opposed ends and opposed sides. At least one non-orthogonal cut is formed through a thickness of the main body from the base to the boundary surface. The non-orthogonal cut(s) is staggered with respect to at least one other non-orthogonal cut of an adjacent composite ply so that the non-orthogonal cut(s) does not form a contiguous linear cut with the other non-orthogonal cut(s) of the adjacent composite ply.
US10099443B1
A press is used to extract juice from food matter contained within a cartridge. The cartridge is compressible by the press and juice can be expelled through a cartridge outlet extendible through the press region.
US10099440B2
The present invention is directed to a method of cleaning an innermost surface of a pneumatic tire, the surface having a residue deposited thereon, comprising the steps of: activating a laser to generate laser radiation; directing a pulse of laser radiation to impinge on an area of the innermost surface, the pulse of radiation having a pulse width and a fluence sufficient to remove at least part of the residue in the area to form a cleaned area; repeating the step of directing the pulse of radiation sequentially over the innermost surface to form a sequence of cleaned areas, the sequence of cleaned areas defining a stripe, the stripe following a continuous nonlinear path extending at least one circumference about the inner surface, the stripe having a stripe width W2. The invention is further directed to a tire made by the method.
US10099437B2
Directionally oriented block copolymer films and zone annealing processes for producing directionally oriented block films are provided. The zone annealing processes include methods of inducing horizontally oriented block copolymers through a soft sheer process and methods of inducing vertically oriented block copolymers via sharp dynamic zone annealing. The zone annealing processes are capable of both small and large scale production of directionally oriented block films. The cold zone annealing processes are also capable of being combined with graphoepitaxy methods.
US10099436B2
Provided are a process and an apparatus for producing a fiber-reinforced thermoplastic resin tape, the process and the apparatus being capable of preventing fiber cut from occurring at the start of production of the fiber-reinforced thermoplastic resin tape. The provided process includes a resin impregnation step of opening a fiber bundle and impregnating the fiber bundle with molten thermoplastic resin and a through-nozzle passing step of passing the fiber bundle having undergone the resin impregnation step through a slit formed in a nozzle. The through-nozzle passing step includes setting, at the start of production, a gap dimension of the slit to a dimension larger than a normal dimension and changing the gap dimension of the slit to the normal dimension when a predetermined condition is satisfied, after the production start.
US10099435B2
A fiber tow and methods for separating a fiber tow are disclosed. The fiber tow may include adjacent filaments and a polymer coating covering at least a portion of the adjacent filaments. The polymer coating may include a polymer that is configured to contract in a direction generally parallel to the adjacent filaments and expand in a direction generally perpendicular to the adjacent filaments. The polymer coating may contract/expand in response to an energy source, such as heat or a UV light source. The methods may include coating at least a portion of a plurality of filaments with a polymer, bundling the filaments into a fiber tow, and exposing the fiber tow to an energy source to contract the polymer in a direction generally parallel to the filaments and to expand the polymer in a direction generally perpendicular to the filaments. The filaments may be carbon fiber filaments.
US10099429B2
Systems, media, and methods for modeling electronic products for 3D printing including providing a library of modules and module interfaces; receiving at least one ruleset; receiving preliminary substrate structure data, the preliminary substrate structure data comprising shape and volume data defining a substrate; providing an interface allowing the user to place one or more modules on the substrate; providing an interface allowing the user to place one or more module interfaces, the module interfaces coupling one or more modules together through the substrate; warning the user where placement of a module or module interface violates the at least one ruleset; generating routing of electrically conductive interconnects between placed module interfaces; and generating a finalized substrate structure model by combining the preliminary substrate structure data with module placement data and interconnect routing data.
US10099425B2
A papermaking belt including zones of material laid down successively using a 3D printing process. The zones include at least a pocket zone configured to form three dimensional structures in a paper web by applying vacuum to pull the paper web against the pocket zone. In at least one exemplary embodiment, the zone also include at least one vacuum breaking zone configured to limit an amount of paper fibers pulled through the pocket zone by the applied vacuum.
US10099424B2
An air adsorbing and sound absorbing structure with a first portion comprising a first material comprising an open-celled foam with an air-adsorbing material coupled to the foam, where the first portion has a first air adsorption capacity and a first density. There is a second portion fixed to or integral with the first portion, wherein the second portion comprises one or more of: a different material than the first material, a second air adsorption capacity that is different than the first air adsorption capacity, and a second density that is different than the first density.
US10099423B2
The present technology discloses methods for joining a first workpiece and a second workpiece through a heat stake, and products formed thereby. The first workpiece has an aperture configured to receive a stud positioned on a second workpiece. The system is formed by applying energy to the first workpiece using electrodes, which indirectly heats the stud, at least partially softening material of the stud. Pressure is then applied to the softened material of the stud, and causing the material to form according to a predetermined geometry. After pressure is released, the stud forms a stake forming an interlocked joint connecting the workpieces.
US10099417B2
A sheath flow system having a channel with at least one fluid transporting structure located in the top and bottom surfaces situated so as to transport the sheath fluid laterally across the channel to provide sheath fluid fully surrounding the core solution. At the point of introduction into the channel, the sheath fluid and core solutions flow side by side within the channel or the core solution may be bounded on either side by the sheath fluid. The system is functional over a broad channel size range and with liquids of high or low viscosity. The design can be readily incorporated into microfluidic chips without the need for special manufacturing protocols. Uses include extruding materials and/or fabricating structures.
US10099411B2
A mold injection tool includes a first mold plate having first and second columns of mold cavities, each of the cavities and a first cull block arranged between the first and second columns. A plurality of first channel sections is formed between an adjacent pair of mold cavities. Each of the first channel sections are configured to guide liquefied molding material from the first cull block into the adjacent pair of mold cavities in the first and second columns. The mold injection tool further includes a second mold plate having similarly configured mold cavities, cull block, and channel section. Adjacent ones of the first and second channel sections form a contained chamber when the first and second mold plates are pressed together. The mold plates are configured to inject liquefied molding material through an entrance that is in open communication with each contained chamber.
US10099401B2
A debarking chain having passing links; the passing links being substantially rounded in order to permit the passing links to pass through adjacent links such that the orientation of the passing link relative to its adjacent links can change at random in order to randomly distribute the wear and stress from any impact of adjacent or next to adjacent links on the passing links so that the overall wear life of the present debarking chain is extended over similar chain with elongated, oblong links of the prior art. The invention also includes a debarking drum having a plurality of debarking chains having at least one, preferably a plurality of passing links, as well as a debarking device having such a debarking drum. The debarking device preferably includes a chipping device and a method of using the same.
US10099400B2
A method and system for detecting and controlling the quality of debarking at the surface of a wooden log provide information on main parameters related to the debarking quality of the log surface, including fiber loss and residual bark. The debarking quality detecting method and system involve measurement of three-dimensional profile of at least a portion of the log surface to generate corresponding profile image data, which is processed to generate data indicative of the texture of the log surface. The texture data is then analyzed to generate resulting data on the debarking quality parameters. That quality indicative information can be generated on a continuous basis to provide an objective assessment of the quality performance in real-time in view of target productivity, and may then be used to perform optimal adjustments of the debarker operating parameters, either manually by the operator or automatically through feedback control.
US10099393B2
A razor having a handle with a power source. A cartridge has a skin contacting surface mounted to the handle. A metallic heat dissipating strip has an upper skin contact surface adjacent to the skin contacting surface of the cartridge. A heating element is positioned below the heat dissipating strip. The heating element has a resistive member with a pair of electrical contacts and a resistance of about 0.5 Ohms to about 20 Ohms. A ceramic insulating member is positioned between the metal heat dissipating strip and the resistive member. An electrical circuit is in electrical communication with the power source and is configured to deliver energy to the resistive member to heat the resistive member of the heating element. The resistive member of the heating element delivers heat to the heat dissipating strip.
US10099391B2
An example method is carried out in a warehouse environment having a plurality of inventory items located therein, each having a corresponding on-item identifier. The method involves determining a target inventory item having a target on-item identifier. The method also involves determining that a first inventory item having a first on-item identifier is loaded onto a first robotic device. The method further involves transmitting a request to verify the first on-item identifier. The method still further involves receiving data captured by a sensor of the second robotic device. The method yet further involves (i) analyzing the received data to determine the first on-item identifier, (ii) comparing the first on-item identifier and the target on-item identifier, and (iii) responsive to comparing the first on-item identifier and the target on-item identifier, performing an action.
US10099387B2
An apparatus, system and method for providing a vacuum ejector for an end effector. Embodiments may include at least an end effector and a vacuum chamber for gripping an element during semiconductor processing. The end effector may include at least two clamp arms for placing a gripped element; a vacuum cup having a mouth capable of sealing to the gripped element to provide a vacuum chamber to the gripped element; a vacuum ejector pin extending into the vacuum chamber and including a plurality of ports substantially at a tip thereof proximate to the gripped element, wherein the vacuum is applied by the plurality of ports; and an ejector pin actuator that is capable of moving the vacuum ejector pin toward the gripped element through the vacuum chamber in the y-axis until the sealing of the mouth is broken and the gripped element is ejected.
US10099385B2
Systems and methods are provided for carrying plies of material. One embodiment is an apparatus that includes an end effector of a robot. The apparatus includes a frame, and a fixed cup assembly that is attached to the frame. The fixed cup assembly includes a suction cup for holding a ply, a pneumatic line, and a shaft that is coupled with the suction cup and that houses the pneumatic line, the shaft enabling the suction cup to translate vertically. The apparatus also includes floating cup assemblies. Each floating cup assembly includes a Bernoulli cup, a pneumatic line applying positively pressurized gas to the Bernoulli cup, a shaft that is coupled with the Bernoulli cup and that houses the pneumatic line, the shaft enabling the Bernoulli cup to translate vertically, and a bearing that enables the Bernoulli cup to pivot about an end of the shaft to conform with a surface.
US10099383B2
A handheld robot operation unit includes a housing having a handle-like grip section, a basic safety control device arranged in the housing, and at least one holder connected to the housing and configured for manually detachably coupling the housing to a device that is different from the handheld robot operation unit and which electronically communicates with the basic safety device. The holder includes a first holding arm for mechanically connecting the handheld robot operation unit to a first edge section of the device, with an opposite edge section of the device being free. A second holding arm is configured to mechanically connect the handheld robot operation unit to a second edge section of the device, adjacent the first edge section and forming a corner section of the device, with an edge section of the device opposite the second edge section being free. A corresponding method is disclosed.
US10099382B2
Concepts and technologies are described herein for providing a mixed environment display of robotic actions. In some configurations, techniques disclosed herein can execute a set of instructions or run a simulation of the set of instructions to generate model data defining actions of a robot based on a set of instructions. Using the model data, one or more computing devices may generate graphical data comprising a graphical representation of the robot performing tasks or actions based on an execution of the instructions. The graphical data can be in form of an animation showing a robots actions, which may include movement of the robot and the robot's interaction with other objects. Graphical elements showing the status of the robot or graphical representations of the instructions may be included in the graphical data. The graphical data may be displayed on an interface or communicated to one or more computers for further processing.
US10099379B2
Systems, devices, and methods are described for providing, among other things, a wheelchair-assist robot for assisting a wheelchair user with everyday tasks or activities at work, at home, and the like. In an embodiment, the mobile wheelchair-assist robot includes a wheelchair interface component configured to exchange control information with a wheelchair controller. In an embodiment, a wheelchair-assist robot mount assembly is provided for, among other things, electrically and physically coupling a wheelchair-assist robot to an associated wheelchair.
US10099370B2
A driving method used in a driver device for driving an electric gripper is disclosed to include the step of providing a state signal that is generated according to the operation state of the electric gripper, the step of receiving an action instruction and detecting a feedback signal indicative of the action of the electric gripper when the state signal is an idle state, and the step of outputting the action instruction if the action of the electric gripper indicative of the action instruction is not in consistency with the action of the electric gripper indicative of the feedback signal. Thus, the driving method of the present invention needs not to provide a trigger signal for commanding the electric gripper to execute the action instruction.
US10099368B2
A system adapted for supporting workflow in a three-dimensional space which provides, among other things, hands-free control and adjustment of lighting within the three-dimensional space. The system of the present invention is also adapted for delivering, tracking, and retrieving tools in the three-dimensional space. The system of the present invention includes various subsystems, which are referred to herein as modules, that both act independently and co-dependently, as will be described in greater detail below, in conjunction with a central control computer module. The modules consist, in an exemplary embodiment, of the cable robot module, the central computer module, the imaging module, the illumination module, and the object manipulator module.
US10099364B2
A robot includes: a base; a first arm provided on the base rotatably about a first rotation axis; and a second arm provided on the first arm rotatably about a second rotation axis that is a different axial direction from an axial direction of the first rotation axis. The first arm and the second arm can overlap with each other, as viewed from the axial direction of the second rotation axis. The first arm is bent.
US10099353B2
An operation switch sends an ON signal to a control processor indicating the operation switch is triggered by a user. A magnetic sensor sends a sensor signal to the control processor based on a displacement of a chip rod in a rearward direction. In the case where the sensor signal has not yet been sent, the control processor performs a control in a first mode where a brushless DC motor is not driven. In the case where sensor signal is sent, control processor performs a control in a second mode wherein the brushless DC motor is driven. An output in the first mode is lower than in the second mode. Because of this manner of construction, even if an ON input is triggered and held by the user, electric power is conserved while the operation switch is switched on and a hexagonal nut is not fastened, improving power consumption efficiency.
US10099346B1
Embodiments relate to PDCs, methods of fabricating PDCs, and applications for such PDCs. In an embodiment, a PDC includes a substrate and a pre-sintered PCD table including an interfacial surface that is bonded to the substrate. The pre-sintered PCD table may be substantially free of leaching by-products in a region at least proximate to the interfacial surface. In an embodiment, a method of fabricating a PDC includes providing an at least partially leached PCD including an interfacial surface. The method includes removing at least some leaching by-products from the at least partially leached PCD table. After removing the at least some leaching by-products, the method includes bonding the interfacial surface of the at least partially leached PCD table to a substrate to form a PDC.
US10099345B2
According to one implementation, a blast treatment method includes: setting a blast treatment condition for a composite material to make a degree of activation on the surface of the composite material within an appropriate range, based on reference information; and manufacturing a blast treated product by the blast treatment of the composite material under the blast treatment condition set to make the degree of the activation within the appropriate range. The reference information shows a relation between a strain amount of a test piece caused by blast treatment under a predetermined blast treatment condition and a degree of activation on a surface of a sample of a composite material by blast treatment, for activating the surface of the sample before painting or bonding, under the predetermined blast treatment condition.
US10099344B2
A sublimating and abrasive media blasting system including an air compressor, a sublimating blasting unit operably connected to the air compressor and configured to supply a sublimating material, and an abrasive media container operably connected to the air compressor and configured to supply an abrasive media. The blasting system also includes a blasting applicator assembly operably connected to the abrasive media container and to the sublimating blasting unit such that the blasting applicator receives the sublimating material and the abrasive media. The blasting applicator assembly includes an applicator operably connected to the sublimating blasting unit, a first trigger configured to control a flow of the sublimating material and a second trigger configured to control a flow of the abrasive media, an injector, and a nozzle.
US10099335B2
A holder system for mounting and aligning a machining device to a rotary transfer machine. The holder system includes a holder with a first part being mountable on a machine or being part of a machine as well as a second part which is releasably coupled to the first part in a defined first position. The second part is coupled to a third part, the third part coupled with the machining device. Positioning features are located between the second part and the third part to allow moving the third part relative to the second part in at least one spatial direction. Further, the holder system includes at least one alignment station that can releasably couple the second part of the holder to the alignment station in the first defined position and a measuring device configured to measure the position of the third part or of the machining device.
US10099333B2
A working machine comprising a working head (1) having a spindle (10) and which is movable in a xyz working space and further comprising a clamping device (2,3) for clamping pieces (100) to be worked by said machine. The clamping device (2,3) comprises first (21, 31) and second (22,32) clamping means which are movable along a z direction between a first operative position, in which they are in clamping contact with pieces (100) to be worked, and a second non-operative position, in which they are at a distance from said pieces (100), said first (21, 31) and second (22, 32) clamping means being fixed with respect to an xy working plane when in said first operative position and being movable together with said working head (1) in said xy working plane when in said second non-operative position, said first (21, 31) and second (22, 32) clamping means being alternatively moved between said first and second position during a working cycle of said working machine.
US10099326B2
The present disclosure relates to an automatic forming machine for plant growth supports, comprising a ring rolling system with a ring rolling unit, a mold system with a mold unit, and a welding system, which are all disposed on a machine frame, wherein the ring rolling unit can roll a metal wire and make the metal wire be formed into a ring with an opening in the mold unit; the mold system is for carrying the ring and making two free ends of the ring with an opening aligned or alternately overlap with each other; the welding system welds can weld the opening of the ring carried by the mold unit, causing the ring to become a closed ring. The present disclosure has a high automatic degree and can reduce the production time and labor cost.
US10099320B2
An aluminum alloy brazing sheet having high corrosion resistance is provided, which develops the sacrificial anticorrosion effect in both surfaces of the sheet, which has the brazing function in one of both the surfaces, and which prevents the occurrence of preferential corrosion. A channel forming component for a vehicular heat exchanger is also provided by utilizing the aluminum alloy brazing sheet. An aluminum alloy brazing sheet having high corrosion resistance includes an aluminum alloy core, a filler material clad on one surface of the core, and a sacrificial anode material clad on the other surface of the core, wherein the filler material, the sacrificial anode material, and the core have respective predetermined alloy compositions. A channel forming component for a vehicular heat exchanger is manufactured using the aluminum alloy brazing sheet having high corrosion resistance.
US10099314B2
A tool holder of a machine tool, in which the machine tool includes a spindle head and a spindle supported by the spindle head, includes: a shank portion attached to the spindle; a rotary portion integrally provided to the shank portion and to which a welding tool (processing tool) used for friction stir welding is attachable; a bearing mechanism (bearing) supporting the rotary portion so that the rotary portion is rotatable; and a bearing holder holding the bearing mechanism, in which the bearing holder is disposed facing the spindle head and is capable of transmitting a load applied to the bearing mechanism to the spindle head.
US10099312B2
A welding device for joining components by resistance welding includes a pair of electrodes which can introduce an electrode force and an electrical welding current IS1 into the components, at least one further pair of electrodes which can introduce an electrode force and a further electrical welding current IS2 into the components, a power source which can generate the electrode forces, a coupling link which is mechanically connected between the power source and the pairs of electrodes and which can divide a total electrode force that can be generated by the power source into the electrode force and the further electrode force.
US10099285B2
A metal transfer device including a cast trough body that includes a vessel for receiving liquid metal, a heater for heating the trough body, and a reinforcing layer provided on an outer surface of the cast trough body between the trough body and the heater. The reinforcing layer includes a composite ceramic material having a high thermal conductivity.
US10099278B2
A mold-making device may include a stirring device including a stirring tank and at least one stirring blade. The stirring device may further include a packing port that is configured to open and close on a bottom of the stirring tank. The stirring device may stir a particulate aggregate and at least one additive by rotating the at least one stirring blade within the stirring tank to yield an admixture. A forming mold may communicate with the packing port and mold the admixture into a predetermined shape. A packing device may compress a surface of the admixture within the stirring tank and pack the admixture into the forming mold via the packing port.
US10099271B2
A pin fin forming method is a method of forming a plurality of pin fins on a surface of a metal plate by subjecting the metal plate to extrusion using a die having a plurality of through-holes and a roll. The pin fin forming method includes placing the metal plate between the die and the roll, and pressing the metal plate from a first end of the metal plate to a second end of the metal plate, by moving the roll relative to the die. The metal plate is pressed from the first end of the metal plate to the second end of the metal plate, in a state where a side surface of the second end of the metal plate and an upper surface of the second end of the metal plate are fixed.
US10099267B2
In various embodiments, three-dimensional layered metallic parts are substantially free of gaps between successive layers, are substantially free of cracks, and have densities no less than 97% of the theoretical density of the metallic material.
US10099253B2
An ultrasonic transducer having a container, a base an actuator and a membrane system. The membrane system can include a membrane, a mesa and a standoff. The mesa can be shaped to achieve one or more target frequencies and other target vibrational properties, such as amplitudes. The actuator may be a flexure having one or more electroactive materials, such as piezoelectric and/or electrostrictive materials. The flexure may be fixed at one end to a wall of the container be in communication with the membrane system at or around its other end. The actuator may be in contact with the membrane system through the mesa and/or the standoff. The standoff may include an adhesive filled with beads to achieve a specific thickness.
US10099247B2
A coated substrate includes a sapphire substrate and an anti-reflective coating comprising a silicon-based material, wherein the anti-reflective coating has refractive index of 1.23 to 1.45 and a Mohs hardness of at least 4. A method of coating a sapphire substrate with an anti-reflective coating includes applying a liquid formulation to a sapphire substrate to form a coated substrate, and curing the coated substrate at a temperature of at least 500° C. to form an anti-reflective layer on the sapphire substrate.
US10099223B2
A method and apparatus for a hammer mill's worn discs. The disc can be refurbished by removing a peripheral portion of the disc and placing a ring on the peripheral rim left on the disc. The ring preferably has a tapered, radially inwardly facing surface that abuts the peripheral rim of the disc to form annular gaps on both sides of the disc/ring junction. Molten metal, such as during a welding process, is placed in the annular gaps to form annular beads that mount the ring to the disc effectively as if the ring, beads and disc were one integral piece. The disc/ring combination is preferably heat-treated to metallurgically improve the disc in order to prepare the disc's peripheral edge, which is made up of the ring, for impacts during use.
US10099222B2
To produce flour and/or semolina, raw material is fed into a feed opening of a roller press. The milling gap of the roller press is fixed, or damping of at least one of the rollers with respect to the lateral deflection is set, such that a first subset of the fill containing finer milling material forms a packed particle fill in the milling gap. In addition, the setting is carried out in such a way that individual particles of a second subset of the fill containing coarser milling material are in contact with the first roller and the second roller of the roller press. Subsequently, the bulk material is milled into milled product in the roller press (9) and the milled product is discharged through a discharge opening.
US10099221B2
A ferrule 10 is pressed by a pressing plate 35, and the ferrule 10 is thereby sandwiched and fixed between a ferrule receiving part 20 and ferrule pressing part 30. The pressing plate 35 is displaced by a displacing mechanism 350, whereby the pressing plate 35 is switched between a contacting state in which the pressing plate 35 is in contact with the ferrule 10 and a non-contacting state in which the pressing plate 35 is not in contact with the ferrule 10 and the ferrule 10 can pass thorough the inside of the ferrule pressing part 30. By displacement of the pressing plate 35 to the non-contacting state, the ferrule pressing part 30 can be extracted from the ferrule 10 side, and the ferrule pressing part 30 can therefore be removed from a column 2 in a state in which the ferrule 10 is attached in a swaged fashion.
US10099220B2
The invention relates to a method for isolating at least one fluid sample well laid out in a test card for analyses, said test card including a plate (3) having at least one first main face from which is laid out at least one channel communicating with at least said well, this first face being coated with a membrane (17) provided with an adhesive (18) and which will cover said channel with a covering area (171), the method for isolation including a phase for introducing a fluid sample into at least said well and a phase for isolating said well consisting of exerting a force on at least one portion of the covering area (171) of the adhesive membrane (17) for ensuring displacement of the adhesive into an obturation area for the sample well.
US10099219B2
A system, including method and apparatus, for generating droplets suitable for droplet-based assays. The disclosed systems may include either one-piece or multi-piece droplet generation components configured to form sample-containing droplets by merging aqueous, sample-containing fluid with a background emulsion fluid such as oil, to form an emulsion of sample-containing droplets suspended in the background fluid. In some cases, the disclosed systems may include channels or other suitable mechanisms configured to transport the sample-containing droplets to an outlet region, so that subsequent assay steps may be performed.
US10099211B2
The invention relates to a process for producing preparations including one or more mononuclear platinum complex compounds of formula (X), one or more compounds comprising carbon atoms, hydrogen atoms and at least two oxygen atoms as compound(s) from compound class II, and one or more olefinically unsaturated compound(s) selected from olefin1 and olefin2 as compound(s) from compound class III, by contacting at least one compound from each of compound classes II and III with one or more dinuclear platinum (II) compound(s) as compound(s) from compound class I. The process includes performing a first step of preparing a mixture by adding together at least two compounds selected from two different compound classes and a subsequent step of admixing the mixture obtained in the first step with one or more compounds of the still absent compound class.
US10099206B2
A catalytically active material is provided. The material includes a mixed oxide having a first metal selected from group 4 of the periodic table of elements and/or a second metal, and at least one further metal selected from group 11 of the periodic table of elements, wherein the macroscopic composition of the material given by the chemical formula corresponds to the composition of the material at a molecular level. A coating made of such a material is also provide, as is an article having such a coating, and a method for producing such a material.
US10099196B2
Provided is a method of synthesis comprising: (I) providing separate reaction sequences to TABs; (II) utilizing reaction vessels configured to react a separate combinatorial building block with a moiety on a surface of a TAB; and (III) operating one or more TAB sorters comprising a TAB reader, a sorting tree comprising valves or switches and sorting nodes, and a monitor configured to detect TAB location, wherein the operating comprises serially conducting: (a) reacting distinct combinatorial building blocks in the reaction chambers with surfaces of TABs distributed in the reaction chambers; (b) operating a controller to operate the TAB sorters to segregate the TABs to allocations appropriate for the next assigned reaction, the operating including recycling TABs with ambiguous identity back through the sorter; and (c) repeating steps (a) and (b) as needed to complete 30% or more of the assigned sequences.
US10099194B2
The present invention features microcapsule particles with an oil or aqueous liquid core, and shell composed of a blend of metal or semi-metal oxide polymers. Methods for preparing and using the microcapsule particles in personal care, therapeutic, cosmetic and cosmeceutic products are also provided.
US10099193B2
The invention relates to a method of making hybrid organic-inorganic core-shell nano-particles, comprising the steps of a) providing colloidal organic particles comprising a synthetic polyampholyte as a template; b) adding at least one inorganic oxide precursor; and c) forming a shell layer from the precursor on the template to result in core-shell nano-particles. With this method it is possible to make colloidal organic template particles having an average particle size in the range of 10 to 300 nm; which size can be controlled by the comonomer composition of the polyampholyte, and/or by selecting dispersion conditions. The invention also relates to organic-inorganic or hollow-inorganic core-shell nano-particles obtained with this method, to compositions comprising such nano-particles, to different uses of said nano-particles and compositions, and to products comprising or made from said nano-particles and compositions, including anti-reflective coatings and composite materials.
US10099170B1
Ammonia-adding apparatus and methods for ammonia-based desulfurization use multi-stage control, calculate a theoretical amount of ammonia based on gas amounts provided by an inlet continuous emission monitoring system (CEMS) and an outlet CEMS of the ammonia-based desulfurization device or associated gas amounts, a SO2 concentration provided by the inlet CEMS, and a predetermined SO2 concentration of the outlet CEMS. The apparatus and methods calculate a corrected theoretical amount of ammonia using half of the ratio of the actual amount of added ammonia to the actual amount of removed sulfur dioxide as a correction coefficient for the theoretical amount of ammonia; add an ammonia absorbent equivalent to the corrected theoretical amount of ammonia to the ammonia-based desulfurization device through an ammonia metering means and an ammonia control valve, and automatically control the actual ammonia flow rate based on the actual SO2 concentration and a change trend provided by the outlet CEMS.
US10099166B2
A porous body constituting a porous partition wall 44 of a honeycomb filter 30 has a porosity P of 20% to 60%, a permeability k of 1 μm2 or more and satisfies k≥0.2823 P−10.404. The porous body is obtained by a method for producing, for example, includes (a) a step of acquiring porous body data representing a temporary porous body having porosity higher than target porosity, (b) a step of deriving information about a flow rate for each space voxel during passage of a fluid through inside of the porous body, (c) a step of preferentially replacing the voxel having a low flow rate among the space voxels with the object voxel, and adjusting the porosity of the porous body data to the target porosity, and (d) a step of forming a porous body based on the porous body data after replacement.
US10099165B2
A filtration device including a contoured support having 1) an interior surface, 2) an outside peripheral surface spaced farther from a center of the contoured support than the interior surface, and 3) a rim enclosed and sealed to a perimeter of the contoured support. The filtration device includes macroscopic openings in the contoured support extending from the interior surface to the outside peripheral surface, and a plurality of nanofibers having diameters less than 1 micron. The nanofibers are disposed on the outside peripheral surface of the contoured support, and cover the macroscopic openings to form a filtration medium on the contoured support.
US10099161B2
An example embodiment of a filter for a butterfly valve includes an inlet side having an axial inlet port and the first diameter Din, a closed outer side having a second diameter D2, and a filter body disposed between the inlet side and the outer side. The filter body has a filter diameter Dfilter larger than both Din and D2, and includes a cylindrical wall retaining a pleated filter media. A plurality of perforations is formed through a main bore wall to serve as at least one exit for the filter.
US10099155B2
A screen for an extractor system can have a top surface that a solid material contacts during operation of the extractor, a bottom surface opposite the top surface, and a plurality of apertures extending from the top surface through the bottom surface. In one example, the bottom surface of the screen is coated with a non-stick coating while the top surface of the screen is devoid of the non-stick coating.
US10099152B1
A tie puppet assembly that removably attaches to a standard tie. The tie puppet is located on the reverse side of the outer tie panel. The puppet features including tubular fabric member, a face panel member and a working V shaped mouth, are designed to lay flat on the back of the tie panel until the user flips the tie panel around and puts his or her hand into the tubular member and fingers into the V shaped mouth assembly, thereby causing the surprise and delight of turning an ordinary neck tie into a moving, talking puppet.
US10099150B2
The invention relates to a water ride (10) having a variable water level and a route (20) on which at least one vehicle (12), provided for accommodating at least one rider, can be moved, the route (20) having at least one fixedly arranged route segment (22) in which the at least one vehicle (12) is guided through water (30). In the region of the route segment (22), means are provided for raising or lowering the water level (32) of the water (30) in such a way that the at least one vehicle (12) can pass through the route segment (22) both at a raised water level (32a) and at a lowered water level (32b).
US10099149B2
A ride system includes a tunnel, a vehicle ride path in the tunnel, an entrance disposed at a first end of the tunnel, a second end of the tunnel, one or more walls of the tunnel, and a projection system to project images onto the one or more walls of the tunnel. The tunnel is curved such that the second end of the tunnel is not visible at an intermediate position between the first end of the tunnel and the second end of the tunnel.
US10099143B2
Methods of implementing geocaching games are provided in which information is provided regarding a location of a waypoint. Thereafter, it is confirmed that a player of the game physically arrived at the waypoint. After such confirmation has been obtained, the player may be awarded a virtual prize. Related geocaching games and computer program products are also disclosed.
US10099129B2
One or more hardware components identify a bottleneck stage within a processor pipeline that processes frames of a video stream. The bottleneck stage has a first clock. An upstream stage receives a feedback signal from the bottleneck stage. The upstream stage has a second clock and the feedback signal includes information as to time required by the bottleneck stage to operate on data and information as to time the data spent queued. The upstream stage adjusts the speed at which the upstream stage operates and queues data to approximate the speed at which the bottleneck stage is operating and queuing data.
US10099128B1
Recommendations for in-game content are provided to players of an online game. An instance of a virtual space is executed in which an online game is conducted and implemented to facilitate presentation of a view of the virtual space to users through client computing platforms associated with the users. Device specification sets of the client computing devices are determined and recommendations for in-game content are presented to the users based on the obtained device specification sets of the client computing devices associated with the users.
US10099124B2
An object control section according to one embodiment moves a player object in a virtual space according to an operation performed by a user. When the player object has reached a predetermined position in the virtual space by the operation performed by the user, the object control section issues a read instruction to a communication control section. The communication control section transmits radio wave to a storage medium when receiving the read instruction. When the radio wave is received, electromotive force is generated in the storage medium, and information stored in the storage medium is read by an information processing apparatus.
US10099122B2
A virtual reality (VR) head-mounted display (HMD), a computer-implemented method, and a VR tracking system are described. Generally, a VR HMD includes an inertial measurement unit (IMU) and an optical sensor. When a second VR HMD is located in a same physical environment, the VR HMD can be operated to track a motion of the second VR HMD in the physical environment. For example, image data captured by the VR HMD in addition to inertial data of both VR HMDs are used to determine a three dimensional (3D) physical position of the second VR HMD and to track the 3D physical position over time. Three degrees of freedom (DOF) or six DOF for the motion are derived from the tracking.
US10099121B2
A controller for interfacing wirelessly with a computing device is provided, including the following: a housing defined by a main body, a first extension extending from a first end of the main body, and a second extension extending from a second end of the main body, the first extension and the second extension for holding by a first hand and a second hand of a user, respectively; a touchscreen defined along the top surface of the main body between the first extension and the second extension; a first set of buttons disposed on the top surface of the main body proximate to the first extension and on a first side of the touchscreen; and a second set of buttons disposed on the top surface of the main body proximate to the second extension and on a second side of the touchscreen.
US10099118B2
A terminal includes a display, a touch panel, and a processor. The processor is configured to detect an initial touch position corresponding to a first touch input. The processor is configured to generate instructions for displaying a timing indicator that moves from the initial touch position to a predetermined position, and then moves from the predetermined position to the initial touch position. The processor is configured to detect whether a next touch input is received when the timing indicator is displayed as overlapping the initial touch position. The processor is configured to generate instructions for displaying an elastic object having an initial shape at the initial touch position. The processor is configured to generate instructions for displaying the elastic object deformed from the initial shape so as to form a leading edge portion extending toward the predetermined position. The timing indicator superimposed over the leading edge portion.
US10099110B2
A skateboard has one or two standing surface extensions. The extension or extensions are mounted on the skateboard and dismounted therefrom by means of a tongue-groove principle to equip a skateboard having a pintail with a kicktail at the front and at the rear or optionally only at the front/rear or at the front and the rear.
US10099101B1
A golf club grip for a golf club includes an elongated member having a first end, a second end, an inner surface and an outer surface. The first end is configured to receive a golf club shaft. The second end includes a recessed opening. The recessed opening extends away from the second end longitudinally toward the first end. A sensor housing comprising a first portion and a second portion. The first portion is received within the recessed opening. The first portion couples the sensor housing to the elongated member. The second portion receives a removable housing therein.
US10099097B2
Provided is a grip for a golf club having a body with an axial passage extending substantially the length of the body and an air passage extending through a side wall of the body into the axial passage to allow air to escape from the axial passage as the shaft of the golf club is advanced into the axial passage.
US10099094B2
A golf club head, comprising a body having a center of gravity, wherein the body comprises a coordinate system with an x-axis located horizontal to the face, a y-axis located vertical to the face, and a z-axis located through the face; and a weight system configured to adjust the location of the center of gravity of the body, wherein the weight system comprises a plurality of weight channels formed in the body, an elongate adjustable weight configured to selectively reside in each of the plurality of weight channels, wherein the elongate adjustable weight comprises an aperture at a first end of the elongate adjustable weight, and a fastener configured to reside in the aperture and engage the body, wherein the fastener is configured to affix the elongate adjustable weight to the body.
US10099092B2
A golf club head including a face having a flat ball-striking surface and a body that form a flexure. The golf club head has a feature formed in a sole of the golf club head that provides a flexure.
US10099088B2
A swim cap for persons having long hair includes a shell preferably having at least two interconnected compartments for receiving and encapsulating the hair of a user. The swim cap is secured around the head of a user by at least one draw string or adjustable band positioned within a channel near the open end of the swim cap as well as a chin strap extending downwardly from the cap. The interconnected compartments can be inflated to provide buoyancy. The shell further includes an outer layer and an inner layer defining a space therebetween that can also be inflated, or comprised of buoyant material, to provide buoyancy. A pump, compressed air canister or manual filler tube in communication with the interconnected compartments or space within the shell can be used to provide inflation. A pair of ear flaps extends downwardly from the swim cap around a user's head.
US10099074B2
Disclosed is a fall protection device, and methods and systems for using the device, that can be attached to a structural beam at elevated heights. The device includes an upper component and a lower component adapted to fit together around the structural beam, and a pair of quick release pins for passing through a pair of transverse openings in the upper component and the lower component. The upper component has a generally L-shaped profile and includes a horizontal leg having a slot in the lower surface along the length thereof for receiving an upper portion of the lower component having a thickness less than the slot thickness. The device includes at least one transverse opening through the upper and/or lower component for tying off one or more safety lines. The upper and/or lower component includes vertically and horizontally oriented rollers for moving the device along the structural beam when attached.
US10099047B2
A separation or reaction unit (1; 1′; 81; 81′; 101) and a method for aseptically connecting such units. The separation or reaction unit (1; 1′; 81; 81′; 101) comprises at last one fluid inlet (3a, 3b, 5a, 5b; 3a′, 3b′, 5a′, 5b′; 85a, 85b; 103a, 103b) and at least one fluid outlet (3a, 3b, 5a, 5b; 3a′, 3b′, 5a′, 5b′; 85a, 85b; 103a, 103b). At least one of the inlet or outlet is sealed by at least one film (7, 9; 11; 87a, 87b; 107a, 107b) and the contact surface between the film and the separation or reaction unit is aseptic. The films are adapted to be mated with a corresponding film on another separation or reaction unit or on a fluid distribution unit (20; 57; 61) which the separation or reaction unit possibly should be connected with and said mated films are adapted to be pulled out together two and two after mating such that corresponding fluid inlets/outlets on the two connected units are mated aseptically.
US10099043B2
An article 100 having a first side 112 that has a central portion 130 defined by a first edge 134, a microneedle-free peripheral portion 140 that substantially surrounds the central portion, and a plurality of spaced-apart hollow microneedles 160. Each microneedle has a body that includes an outer surface 163; a base segment 166 having a base 162 and a first shape; a tip segment 168 having a tip 164 and a second shape, wherein the second shape is distinct from the first shape; a transition plane 167 that delineates the base segment and the tip segment; and a central axis 180. An angle, defined by an intersection of the central axis of at least one microneedle and a shortest line extending from the first edge and through the transition plane of the at least one microneedle, is less than about 50°.
US10099040B2
In some embodiments, an apparatus includes a first catheter movably disposed within a first lumen of a second catheter. The first catheter has a first occlusion member disposed at a distal end portion and the second catheter has a second occlusion member disposed at a distal end portion. A third catheter has a third occlusion member disposed at a distal end portion and is moveably disposable within a second lumen of the second catheter. The second catheter has a side port in fluid communication with the second lumen and the third catheter can be extended out of the second lumen through the side port. The first occlusion member, second occlusion member and third occlusion member can collectively isolate a target region including a portion of a first body lumen (e.g., a main vessel) and a portion of a second body lumen (e.g., a branch of the main vessel).
US10099037B2
In general, medical sheath systems that can employ retainer devices having a plurality of channels configured to retain a sheath assembly in one or more curved configurations are described. In one embodiment, a retainer device may releasably retain a curvable tube of the sheath assembly in any of multiple curved configurations that range, for example, in selectable increments between 0° to 180°.
US10099036B2
Steerable catheter using flat pull wires and having torque transfer layer made of braided flat wires
A catheter assembly includes an inner liner made of flexible material and an outer layer having a steering mechanism. The steering mechanism includes at least one flat wire and a corresponding lumen through which the flat wire may travel. The steering mechanism may also include at least one pull ring to which the flat wires are attached. A layer of heat shrink material may encompass the outer layer. A braided wire assembly may also be provided in the outer layer, and may be formed by braiding a plurality of flat wires into a wire mesh. The overall cross-section of the catheter assembly is preferably substantially circular. A catheter shaft may include a plurality of segments of differing hardness characteristics. The outer layer typically comprises a melt processing polymer such that the catheter assembly may be laminated using heat.
US10099035B2
Anti-resterilization components for medical devices, such as catheter assemblies, are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, for example, a catheter assembly comprises a handle assembly and an anti-resterilization component within the handle assembly. The anti-resterilization component comprises an absorptive material configured to absorb and selectively retain a component of a sterilization gas, such as ethylene oxide.
US10099031B2
A system for soothing an agitated patient, including a motor, a linkage operationally connected to the motor, an armature operationally connected to the linkage, and a lifelike hand connected to the armature. Energization of the motor enables the lifelike hand to move in a generally circular, rubbing motion.
US10099025B2
The present invention connects to tubing through which gas flows to a patient. An alert notifies monitoring personnel that oxygen flow to the patient has been interrupted, because the tubing has been disconnected. The invention comprises an adapter that is connected to a gas or oxygen source and a nipple over which the tubing fits and through which oxygen flows to the patient. When the tubing becomes disconnected from the nipple, the oxygen flow actuates an alert. In one embodiment, the invention includes a fixed arm and a swing arm. A latch and a spring that pull the fixed arm and swing arm toward each other connect the two arms. When the tubing becomes disconnected, one arm rotates and activates a switch that sends a signal to an alert that is preferably audible.
US10099018B2
A patch-sized fluid delivery device may include a reusable portion and a disposable portion. The disposable portion may include components that come into contact with the fluid, while the reusable portion may include only components that do not come into contact with the fluid. Redundant systems, such as redundant controllers, power sources, motor actuators, and alarms, may be provided. Alternatively or additionally, certain components can be multi-functional, such a microphones and loudspeakers that may be used for both acoustic volume sensing and for other functions and a coil that may be used as both an inductive coupler for a battery recharger and an antenna for a wireless transceiver. Various types of network interfaces may be provided in order to allow for remote control and monitoring of the device.
US10099010B2
A method for assembling an assembly for a syringe that includes a cylindrical outer barrel; a puncture needle; and a cylindrical cap. The method includes forming a closed space in a receiving hole of the cap by inserting the puncture needle and a barrel tip at least partially into the receiving hole before a tip end of the puncture needle is inserted into a bottom wall of the cap; discharging gas in the closed space; and sealing a tip end of the needle hole by further inserting the barrel tip into the receiving hole to insert the tip end of the puncture needle into the bottom wall.
US10099009B1
A catheter having a secondary port that enables flushing a fluid from a portion of the catheter. The secondary port is disposed along the length of the catheter tube so as to be near an entry point of the catheter into a patient's body. A clamp is disposed adjacent to the secondary port on a side proximate to the patient's body. The secondary port and clamp enable flushing of a fluid from a portion of the catheter that is external to the patient's body and disposal of a clot- or obstruction-dissolving agent into the external portion of the catheter. Upon removal of the clot or obstruction, the secondary port and clamp enable removal of the dissolving agent and replenishing the fluid in the external portion of the catheter to resume provision of the fluid to the patient.
US10099004B2
A portable medical apparatus for administering a fluid drug in doses, including a first housing including a reservoir unit with an outlet into a fluid path for conducting the drug, a second housing including a conveying unit for dispensing the drug from the reservoir unit in doses and a suitable controller for controlling the conveying unit, an adaptor including a coupling structure for receiving the first housing and the second housing and an attaching structure for extra-corporeally carrying the adaptor on a patient, wherein the conveying unit and the reservoir unit can be joined together to form an integrated mechanical and fluidic unit, and coupled to and decoupled from at least two differently configured adaptors, wherein at least one of the adaptors is configured to be directly attached to the surface of the skin and at least one of the adaptors is configured to be worn on or carried by an article of clothing or a wearing system (e.g., a belt).
US10099002B2
The present disclosure describes a system and method for microfluidic separation. More particularly, the disclosure describes a system and method for the purification of a fluid by the removal of undesired particles. The device includes microfluidic separation channels that include multiple outlets. The device also includes isolation slots positioned between each of the microfluidic separation channels. The device's base includes multiple acoustic transducers which in some implementations are configured to protrude into the isolation slots. The acoustic transducers are configured to generate aggregation axes within the separation channels, which are used to separate out undesired particles.
US10098993B2
A sensing and storage system for fluid balance during dialysis is provided. The sensing and storage system has flow sensors on either side of a dialyzer in a controlled volume dialysate flow path. The sensors are positioned so that no fluid can be added to or removed from the dialysate flow path between the sensors except for that which is added or removed by action of a control pump. The sensing and storage system can have a fluid removal line for the removal of fluid from the dialysate flow loop.
US10098986B1
The present invention relates to a three-dimensional cell culture system which can be used to culture a variety of different cells (Human mesenchymal stem cells, Human fibroblast, Keratinocytes, fibroblast differentiated form mesenchymal stem cells in vitro and keratinocytes differentiated form mesenchymal stem cells in vitro) in vitro for continued periods of time. In the present invention, mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) derived from bone marrow or umbilical cord are inoculated and grown on a pre-established scaffold or matrix made up of chitosan and gelatin. The developed tissue constructs contain cells, growth factors, cytokines and other regulatory factors secreted by cells. The developed bioengineered tissue constructs provide the support, growth factors and essential cytokines for wound healing. Developed tissue construct useful in the treatment of burns wound, diabetic foot ulcer wound and type of chronic skin wounds. It is helpful in healing and regeneration of skin tissue.
US10098972B2
This invention relates to imageable polymers, particularly those comprising poly vinylalcohol and to methods for making them as well as to embolic microspheres comprising the polymers. The microspheres are imageable during embolization procedures and can be loaded with drugs or other therapeutic agents to provide an imageable drug delivery system.
US10098971B2
The present disclosure relates to polymers which contain a hydrophobic and hydrophilic segment which is sensitive to pH. In some aspects, the polymers form a micelle which is sensitive to pH and results in a change in fluorescence based upon the particular pH. In some aspects, the disclosure also provides methods of using the polymers for the imaging of cellular or extracellular environment or delivering a drug.
US10098968B2
The invention relates to anti-epidermal growth factor (EGFR) antibodies and antibody drug conjugates (ADCs), including compositions and methods of using said antibodies and ADCs.
US10098963B2
Methods for the treatment of CD30-expressing cancers are provided. The methods comprise administering to a subject in need thereof a weekly dose of from about 0.8 mg/kg to about 1.8 mg/kg of an antibody-drug conjugate compound having formula (I); or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof; wherein: mAb is an anti-CD30 antibody unit, S is a sulfur atom of the antibody, A- is a Stretcher unit, and p is from about 3 to about 5.
US10098961B2
An injectable hyaluronic acid composition including a hyaluronic acid; a local anesthetic selected from the group of amide and ester type local anesthetics or a combination thereof; and an ascorbic acid derivative in an amount which prevents or reduces the effect on the viscosity and/or elastic modulus G′ of the composition caused by the local anesthetic upon sterilization by heat. Further, the medical and non-medical, such as cosmetic, use of such a composition, and a method of manufacturing such a composition.
US10098959B2
Provided herein are improved methods for the synthesis of reactive conjugate clusters and intermediates used in such methods. In particular, improvements are provided that enhance the synthesis of reactive conjugate clusters by reducing the number of synthetic steps required. The reactive conjugate clusters prepared using the improved methods don't include any transacylation impurities that are formed using existing methods. The improved methods also provide an increase in overall yield and a cost benefit over existing methods.
US10098956B2
A method for stabilizing a human blood protein or human blood plasma protein with a molecular weight of >10 KDa by adding melezitose to a solution comprising the human blood protein or human blood plasma protein with a molecular weight of >10 KDa.
US10098950B2
This disclosure provides peptides which have a strong affinity for the checkpoint receptor “programmed death 1” (PD-1). These peptides block the interaction of PD-1 with its ligand PD-L1 and can therefore be used for various therapeutic purposes, such as inhibiting the progression of a hyperproliferative disorder, including cancer, treating infectious diseases, enhancing a response to vaccination, and treating sepsis.
US10098947B2
The invention relates to a conjugate based on Vi polysaccharide which is fragmented and a carrier protein, to compositions comprising said conjugate and to methods for making said conjugates and compositions.
US10098939B2
Antigen-specific T cells, including nave T cells, and including rare precursor cells are enriched and expanded in culture. Enrichment and expansion provides a platform for more effective immunotherapy by adoptive transfer, as well as platforms for personalizing immunotherapy by determining T cell reactivity with a library of candidate peptide antigens.
US10098929B2
A sustained release formulation of interleukin-10 for wound treatment and related methods is provided.
US10098927B2
The present invention refers to a combination of growth factors, cytokines, antibacterial/antiviral factors, stem cell stimulating factors, complement proteins C3a/C4a, immunoglobulins and chemotactic factors. The invention also relates to a process for the preparation of said combination from serum, placenta or colostrum and to composition containing said combination for use in the treatment of conditions requiring tissue repair and regeneration and for the substitution of stem cell therapies.
US10098922B1
A method of increasing the lengths of telomeres in animal cells is practiced by administering an aqueous extract of an Uncaria species to an animal. The animal may be a human and the Uncaria species may be Uncaria tomentosa. Human subjects receiving a daily dose of an aqueous extract of Uncaria tomentosa for a sufficient period of time exhibited an increase in telomere length relative to a baseline measurement taken prior to treatment. The extract may be administered topically or systemically.
US10098914B2
Dosage units consist of an autologous cell therapy product composed of fibroblasts grown for each individual to be treated for augmentation or regeneration of vocal cords. The suspension of autologous fibroblasts, grown from a biopsy of each individual's own buccal mucsoa or skin using current good manufacturing practices (CGMP) and standard tissue culture procedures, is supplied in vials containing cryopreserved fibroblasts or precursors thereof, having a purity of at least 98% fibroblasts and a viability of at least 85%, for administration of from one to six mL, preferably two mL administered three times approximately three to six weeks apart, of cells at a concentration of from 1.0-2.0×107 cells/mL.
US10098904B2
The present invention relates to the use of a combination of an anti-retroviral agent such as zidovudine and anti-microbial agents for killing clinically latent microorganisms associated with microbial infections and to novel combinations comprising an anti-retroviral agent such as zidovudine and anti-microbial agents for the treatment of microbial infections.
US10098903B2
A method of inhibiting inflammation with milk oligosaccharides or glycoconjugates containing the oligosaccharides.
US10098900B2
Described herein are combination therapies for cancer (such as lymphoid malignancies) and immune diseases (such as autoimmune diseases and inflammatory diseases). The therapies comprise the combined use of inhibitors of BTK, mTOR kinase, and Bcl-2 or their signaling pathways, and immunomodulatory drugs. Also described are pharmaceutical compositions and kits comprising these inhibitors.
US10098896B2
Described are steroidal C-17 benzoazoles, pyrimidinoazoles (azabenzoazoles) and diazines. Methods for their synthesis are also described, which include methods having a step of nucleophilic vinylic “addition-elimination” substitution reaction of 3β-acetoxy-17-chloro-16-formylandrosta-5,16-diene or analogs thereof and benzoazole or pyrimidinoazole nucleophiles and methods having a palladium catalyzed cross-coupling reaction of 17-iodoandrosta-5,16-dien-3β-ol or analogs thereof with tributylstannyl diazines. The compounds are potent inhibitors of human CYP17 enzyme as well as potent antagonists of both wild type and mutant androgen receptors (AR). The compounds are useful for the treatment of human prostate cancer.
US10098873B2
A stable liquid composition in a clear bottle where the composition contains, at least, phenylephrine and acetaminophen. The composition is substantially free of aldehydes and has a pH from 3.5 to 5. The clear bottle is a polyethylene terphthalate bottle.
US10098871B2
Provided herein are combination therapies for the treatment of progeroid diseases and conditions, cellular aging, bone diseases, and cardiovascular diseases. The provided combination therapies target the aberrant farnesylation of the mutant lamin A protein progerin and increase progerin clearance.
US10098859B2
Disclosed herein are cocrystals of p-coumaric acid and nicotinamide. A 1:1 molar ratio and a 2:1 molar ratio of p-coumaric acid to nicotinamide are herein disclosed.
