US10120861B2
Systems and methods for domain classification in natural language processing based on domains are disclosed. The method includes generating a trigram corpus for the purpose of classification based on a trigram analysis of a domain model containing a hierarchical ontology and semantic construction that maps patterns of semantic tokens to syntactic patterns. An input string is parsed within each domain, tokenized in each domain. The resulting trigrams for the input text in each domain are looked up in the corresponding trigram corpus to determine the relevancy of each domain to the input text. The input string is thus classified based on the relevancy determination. The systems and methods avoids having to rely on existing annotated domain corpora for classification and allows for fast regeneration of the classifier when domain models are under frequent update and development.
US10120857B2
Computer-implemented systems and methods are disclosed for constructing a parser that parses complex data. In some embodiments, a method is provided for receiving a parser definition as an input to a parser generator and generating a parser at least in part from the parser definition. In some embodiments, the generated parser comprises two or more handlers forming a processing pipeline. In some embodiments, the parser receives as input a first string into the processing pipeline. In some embodiments, the parser generates a second string by a first handler and inputs the second string regeneratively into the parsing pipeline, if the first string matches an expression specified for the first handler in the parser definition.
US10120849B2
A document machine may detect a request for provision of a document while that document is available for provisioning. The document machine may update a count of referrals to the document and, based on the count of referrals transgressing a threshold value, generate a substitute document based on the original document. This substitute document may then be provided in response to further requests for the original document after the original document is no longer available for provision. The updating of the count of referrals is based on the identifier of a network that referred a request detected while the first document was still available for provision. The document machine may then provide the substitute document in lieu of the original document in response to a further request for provision of the first document.
US10120847B2
A method, computer readable medium and apparatus for transforming a request for web content includes obtaining at a web content optimization computing apparatus a hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) request for a web page from at least one client computing device. An eXtensible Markup Language (XML) document including a representation of the HTTP request is generated with the web content optimization computing apparatus. At least one rule document associated with the HTTP request is identified with the web content optimization computing apparatus. The identified at least one rule document is transformed with the web content optimization computing apparatus into an eXtensible Stylesheet Language (XSL) document including one or more templates. One or more of the templates of the XSL document are applied with the web content optimization computing apparatus to transform the XML document. The transformed XML document is provided by the web content optimization computing apparatus.
US10120845B1
Systems and methods may include updating subsets of elements of electronic documents. Associations of types of mutations, mutation locations, and subsets to update are stored in a database. A mutation to the element is received, and a type and location of the mutation are determined. Based on a stored association, a subset of the element is determined. The determined subset is associated with the determined type and determined location. The element is updated by updating the subset, and the updated element is displayed on a user device.
US10120843B2
One or more processors identify one or more character errors in a document. The one or more processors replace a character having the identified one or more character errors with a replacement character. The replacement of the character error with the replacement character allows deep parsing of the document to complete. The one or more processors apply to the document one or both of a deep parsing and natural language processing after the replacing.
US10120842B2
There is provided a method for preloading the glyphs required to display the content of a system. In accordance with an embodiment of the present technique, only those glyphs which are present in the system upon startup or synchronization of an electronic device are preloaded. The glyphs present upon startup or synchronization of the electronic device may be determined by scanning the system. In an illustrated embodiment, scanning the system may include analyzing models and views to determine the glyphs present in the system.
US10120835B2
For bridges over waterways which are susceptible to scour, the load carrying capacity of the substructure may be reduced by scour. These bridges must be evaluated for reduced load rating and/or posting limits. Here, the substructure load rating is used in connection with calculating the bridge load rating. This is often limited by the substructure load carrying capacity and the tolerable deformation. Thus, bridges impacted by scour need to be judged based on both the superstructure and substructure components. The system/process to assess the substructure load rating uses an analytical method which combines numerical methods and empirical calculations to predict the behavior of a bridge's superstructure and substructure. Limited instrumentation is installed at critical locations on the bridge. The measurements are then used to verify and refine predictions to arrive at a substructure load rating which is usable with the superstructure load rating to define a safe load carrying capacity.
US10120830B2
A system may include an interface circuit and a plurality of wire buses electrically coupled with one another. The interface circuit may include transmitters which change states of the plurality of wire buses to transmit a plurality of multilevel symbols. The transmitters may drive wire buses, coupled to each other, to a termination voltage level.
US10120828B2
Technologies are described herein for power management in a peripheral device. A bridge is coupled to a communication link that provides power. The bridge determines an available power from the communication link. The bridge informs a peripheral device coupled to the bridge of the available power.
US10120815B2
A single chip microcontroller has a master core and at least one slave core. The master core is clocked by a master system clock and the slave core is clocked by a slave system clock and wherein each core is associated with a plurality of peripheral devices to form a master microcontroller and a slave microcontroller, respectively. A communication interface is provided between the master microcontroller and the slave microcontroller, wherein the communication interface has a plurality of configurable directional data registers coupled with a flow control logic which is configurable to assign a direction to each of the plurality of configurable data registers.
US10120813B2
Address translation apparatus comprises translation circuitry to access an ordered set of two or more address translation tables stored at respective storage locations to generate an address translation between an input virtual memory address in a virtual memory address space and a respective translated memory address in a translated memory address space. Each address translation table in the ordered set of two or more address translation tables is configured to provide translation data indicating mappings between virtual memory addresses and translated memory addresses for a contiguous range of virtual memory addresses applicable to that address translation table. The ordered set of address translation tables are ordered with respect to one another according to an order of their respective ranges of virtual memory addresses for which they provide translation data. Each address translation table in the ordered set of two or more address translation tables comprises location information defining the storage location of at least those of the other address translation tables in the ordered set of two or more address translation tables which are adjacent to that address translation table in the ordered set of two or more address translation tables.
US10120812B2
Systems and methods for managing contiguous addressing via virtual paging registers in a page table used in a high-performance computing platform. One embodiment commences upon initializing a first paging register with a first virtual address of a first virtual address length to form a first virtual address space, then receiving a request from a process to allocate physical memory corresponding to a second virtual address request. A memory allocator allocates the requested physical memory from a physical memory location determined by the memory allocator. An operating system or other sufficiently privileged access identifies a second paging register that is contiguously adjacent to the first paging register. If the second paging register is already in use, then the method identifies an unused (third) paging register into which the contents of the second paging register can be relocated. The method stores the second virtual address into the now freed-up second paging register.
US10120809B2
This disclosure pertains to using traffic classes to selectively store data into cache memory or into system memory. A cache controller can map the traffic class of incoming data to portions of the cache memory allocated for corresponding traffic classes of data.
US10120806B2
An apparatus is described that includes a memory controller to interface to a multi-level system memory. The memory controller includes least recently used (LRU) circuitry to keep track of least recently used cache lines kept in a higher level of the multi-level system memory. The memory controller also includes idle time predictor circuitry to predict idle times of a lower level of the multi-level system memory. The memory controller is to write one or more lesser used cache lines from the higher level of the multi-level system memory to the lower level of the multi-level system memory in response to the idle time predictor circuitry indicating that an observed idle time of the lower level of the multi-level system memory is expected to be long enough to accommodate the write of the one or more lesser used cache lines from the higher level of the multi-level system memory to the lower level of the multi-level system memory.
US10120802B2
A computer-implemented method includes, in a transactional memory environment comprising a plurality of processors, identifying one or more selected processors and identifying one or more coherence privilege state indicators. The one or more coherence privilege state indicators are associated with the one or more selected processors. A coherence privilege behavioral pattern is determined based on the one or more coherence privilege state indicators. A corresponding computer program product and computer system are also disclosed.
US10120800B2
A cache memory that selectively enables and disables speculative reads from system memory is disclosed. The cache memory may include a plurality of partitions, and a plurality of registers. Each register may be configured to stored data indicative of a source of returned data for previous requests directed to a corresponding partition. Circuitry may be configured to receive a request for data to a given partition. The circuitry may be further configured to read contents of a register corresponding to the given partition, and initiate a speculative read dependent upon the contents of the register.
US10120795B2
A wear-leveling NandFlash memory reading/writing method can identify a bad block, avoid the bad block, and equalize writing operations to ensure that all the blocks are identical in number of the writing operations so as to guarantee wear-leveling NandFlash memory reading and writing of the entire memory. This method has characteristics of low computational and small RAM cost, is suitable for the application scenario like operating a single file for a long time with an imbedded system with low cost and poor hardware resource, and can provide a complete file system solution.
US10120788B2
Cloud Connected automated testing (CCAT) provides a low-cost, high-throughput, automated multi-thread testing platform for testing application with multiple test cases in a variety of operating environments. The platform may be hosted on cloud infrastructure. Unlike other test automation platforms, inputs to CCAT are based on human readable formats, such as keyword entries in a spreadsheet. CCAT thereby reduces the need for testers to understand highly specialized and difficult to use coding languages such as Java or Python.
US10120783B2
A computer-implemented method, computer program product, and system is provided for determining test case efficiency. In an implementation, a method may include determining each code unit executed by a test case in a test suite including a plurality of test cases, wherein a product-under-test includes a plurality of code units. The method may also include determining an execution time for the test case. The method may further include calculating an efficiency rating of the test case based upon, at least in part, a number of code units executed by the test case and the execution time for the test case.
US10120772B2
A module health system includes a module health circuit comprising a hardware register that is set to a first value in response to the system starting, an application register that is set to the first value in response to the system starting and a watchdog timer register that is set to the first value in response to the system starting. The system further includes a power on self-test that determines whether the system has passed a plurality of tests and that selectively sets the hardware register to a second value based on the determination, an external software application that determines whether a safety critical system is healthy and selectively sets the application register based on the determination, a watchdog timer application that selectively sets the watchdog timer register, a central processing unit that determines whether to de-assert a module health signal.
US10120767B2
A virtual database is attached to a server database management system (“DBMS”) such that the DBMS believes it needs to recover the database to a last known point of consistency. In order to perform this recovery, the DBMS requests the transaction log file entries to be read from what it believes is the database's transaction log file. However, the requests are intercepted and translated into requests to read the transaction log portion of the backup file. The DBMS then uses the transaction log records to bring the database to a point of transactional consistency, unaware that the log records are actually being sourced from the backup file. All changes made to the data during the recovery phase and subsequent execution of any TSQL statements are routed into a cache file. Accordingly, a “virtual” database is created and used by the server DBMS engine as if it were a real database.
US10120757B2
A method for prioritizing dispersed storage network memory (DSN) operations during a critical juncture. The method begins by a device of the DSN, during a data access request, determining when a DSN memory operation related to the data access request is at a critical juncture. A decode threshold number of encoded data slices is required to recover the data segment, a write threshold number of encoded data slices is required for a successful write operation, and the critical juncture includes the DSN memory operation being within one of a first offset of the decode threshold number and a second offset of the write threshold number. When the DSN memory operation is at the critical juncture, the method continues with detecting an outstanding action with respect to the DSN memory operation, suspending execution of non-critical DSN operations and prioritizing execution of the outstanding action.
US10120756B2
A method for execution by a dispersed storage and task (DST) processing unit includes obtaining audit records for an audit object and determining when the audit object is complete. When the audit object is complete, aggregating the audit records of the audit object within the audit object by generating the audit object to include the audit records; generating identifier (ID) information and generating integrity information. Fields of the audit object are populated with the audit records, the ID information, and the integrity information and a name of the audit object is determined for storage of the audit object and the name of the audit object in a dispersed storage network (DSN).
US10120749B2
ECC (error checking and correction) can be extended to allow an ECC code to correct memory subarray errors. A memory device includes multiple input/output (I/O) connectors to interface with an external device such as a controller. The memory device includes multiple arrays or subarrays that are specifically mapped to I/O connectors instead of arbitrarily routed. As such, the data paths of the memory subarrays can be exclusively routed to a specific I/O connector. The I/O connector can be uniquely associated with a single memory subarray, or multiple memory subarrays can be mapped to a specific I/O connector. The mapping is in accordance with an error checking and correcting (ECC) code matrix, where a code of the ECC code matrix corresponding to the specific I/O connector is to check and correct data corruption errors and I/O errors for the associated one or multiple memory subarrays.
US10120745B2
Corruption of program stacks is detected by using guard words placed in the program stacks. An instruction, which is to be used in protecting stacks of a computing environment, is provided in a called routine, based on determining that the called routine is to include logic to detect corruption of stacks. The instruction in the called routine is to check a guard word provided by a calling routine to determine whether a stack is corrupt.
US10120742B2
A power supply controller system includes a power supply portion, arithmetic processing portions, and first and second monitoring circuits configured to monitor an integrity of power supply of the power supply portion. The first monitoring circuit instructs a second arithmetic processing portion to stop an operation thereof when a first watchdog timer is not reset for a predetermined period of time. The second monitoring circuit instructs a first arithmetic processing portion to stop an operation thereof when a second watchdog timer is not reset for a predetermined period of time. The first monitoring circuit further includes a third watchdog timer periodically reset by any one of the first arithmetic processing portion and the second arithmetic processing portion and instructs another arithmetic processing portion to stop an operation thereof when the third watchdog timer is not reset for a predetermined period of time.
US10120741B2
The present invention provides a semiconductor memory device that can perform failure detection of an address decoder by a simple method with a low area overhead. The semiconductor memory device includes: a first memory array having a plurality of first memory cells arrange in matrix; a plurality of word lines provided corresponding to each of the memory cell rows; an address decoder for selecting a word line from the word lines based on the input address information; a second memory array that is provided adjacent to the first memory array in the column direction, having a plurality of second memory cells able to read address information used in the selection of the previously stored word line, according to the selection of the word line extended to the second memory array; and a comparison circuit for comparing the input address information with the address information read from the second memory array.
US10120739B2
A method begins with a processing module querying distributed storage network (DSN) storage units regarding storage errors associated with a data segment. The method continues with the processing module receiving query responses and depending on the responses, assigning a first threshold priority or a second threshold priority to encoded data slices (EDSs) associated with the data segment. The method proceeds with the processing module, depending on the assigned threshold priority, issuing read slice requests and rebuilding EDS associated with the data segment.
US10120736B2
Two or more ports of a same type are identified in a computer. A separate device driver process is initiated for each of the identified ports. A one-to-one correspondence between each of the ports and each of the device driver processes is established.
US10120731B2
Various embodiments are generally directed to techniques for controlling the use of locks that regulate access to shared resources by concurrently executed portions of code. An apparatus to control locking of a resource includes a processor component, a history analyzer for execution by the processor component to analyze at least one result of a replacement of a lock instruction of a first instance of code with a lock marker to allow the processor component to speculatively execute a second instance of code, and a locking component for execution by the processor component to replace the lock instruction with the lock marker based on analysis of the at least one result, the first and second instances of code to access a resource and the lock instruction to request a lock of access to the resource to the first instance of code. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US10120727B2
Examples may include techniques for allocating configurable computing resources from a pool of configurable computing resources to a logical server or virtual machine. The logical server or virtual machine may use allocated configurable computing resources to implement, execute or run a workload.
US10120720B2
A computing system includes a computer in communication with a tiered storage system. The computing system identifies a set of data transferring to a storage tier within the storage system. The computing system identifies a program to which the data set is allocated and determines to increase or reduce resources of the computer allocated to the program, based on the set of data transferring to the storage tier. The computing system discontinues transferring the set of data to the storage tier if a resource allocated to the program cannot be increased.
US10120718B2
A resource management computer node obtains hardware utilization values measured for a hardware resource of a computer system being used by a software application. For a set of the utilization values that were measured during a same time-of-day range on a same day of week, the node determines a count value indicating a number of times the utilization values in the set exceed a count threshold, determines a count percentage based on a ratio of the count value to a sum of count values determined for the same day of week, compares the count percentage to a busy threshold, and, responsive to if the count percentage is determined to exceed the busy threshold, sets a busy indicator object at a location in a resource utilization data structure having a defined correspondence to the time-of-day range. The node controls reservation of hardware resources for the software application responsive to whether the busy indicator object has been set.
US10120717B2
The invention relates to a method for optimizing the parallel processing of data on a hardware platform, the hardware platform comprising at least one computing unit comprising a plurality of processing units able to execute a plurality of executable tasks in parallel, the data to be processed forming a data set that can be broken down into data subsets, a same sequence of operations being performed on each data subset.
US10120712B2
Pre-fetching instructions for tasks of an operating system (OS) is provided by calling a task scheduler that determines a load start time for a set of instructions for a particular task corresponding to a task switch condition. The OS calls, and in response to the load start time, a loader entity module that generates a pre-fetch request that loads the set of instructions for the particular task from a non-volatile memory circuit into a random access memory circuit. The OS calls the task scheduler to switch to the particular task.
US10120711B2
Examples quickly suspend and resume virtual desktops on demand or on schedule. Virtual desktops, or desktops as a service, are provided to users, where the virtual desktop is a forked VM, cloned VM, or otherwise at least a partial duplicate of an existing VM. The virtual desktop points to existing memory maintained by the existing VM, and the virtual desktop only writes to memory the pages that the virtual desktop creates or modifies.
US10120707B2
Systems and methods for deploying development environments are described. A request to create a development environment is received from a user. The request is evaluated to identify a stored template appropriate for the requested development environment. An instruction sequence is then generated to create the requested development environment, based on the determined template. The instructions in the instruction sequence are transmitted to multiple virtual machine hosts. Upon successful creation of the development environment, a response is returned to the requesting user with access information for the development environment.
US10120701B2
Mechanisms for moving data between different operating systems in a dual OS computing device are discussed. More particularly, embodiments of the present invention utilize the clipboard facilities supported by the operating systems, along with firmware and helper software in each OS, to move data back and forth when switching between an active and inactive operating system. The clipboard contents are preserved in non-volatile storage that is not lost across the sleep-state transitions used to switch operating systems. Helper software analyzes the clipboard contents being copied and converts them into a format recognized by the current operating system and its applications.
US10120697B2
Examples relate to extending hardware support for sensors embedded in peripherals. In some examples, a driver is used to determine that a peripheral device includes a sensor in response to the peripheral device being attached to a mobile computing device, where the driver is preloaded in an operating system kernel of the mobile computing device. Next, a list of supported hardware features is updated to include a peripheral hardware feature that is provided by a sensor of the peripheral device, and the list of supported hardware features is sent to an application store server. At this stage, a list of available applications that are compatible with the list of supported hardware features is received from the application store server.
US10120694B2
A mechanism of booting up a system directly from a storage device and a means of initializing an embedded system prior to activating a CPU is presented. The said system is comprised of one or more CPUs, a reset controller, a storage device controller, one or more direct memory access controllers, a RAM and its controller, a ROM and its controller, a debug interface and a power-on reset (POR) sequencer. The POR sequencer controls the overall boot process of the embedded system. Said sequencer uses descriptors (POR Sequencer descriptors) which are used to update the configuration registers of the system and to enable CPU-independent data transfers with the use of DMA controllers.Using a minimal amount of non-volatile memory for booting up a system brings down costs associated with increased silicon real estate area and power consumption. Capability of pre-initializing the system even before a CPU is brought out of reset provides flexibility and system robustness. Through the use of the Power-On Reset Sequencer module, integrity of program code and user data used in the boot up process can be verified thus providing a resilient boot up sequence.The present invention provides a mechanism for booting up a system using a minimum amount of nonvolatile memory. This method also enables the embedded system to initialize all configuration registers even before any of the CPUs of the system is brought out of reset. The embedded system consists of multiple controller chips or a single controller chip. The embedded system can have a single or multiple central processing units.
US10120690B1
Systems, apparatuses, and methods for pre-computing early age indicators for a non-shifting reservation station. A reservation station may include a plurality of entries storing a plurality of instruction operations prior to issuance to an execution unit. The reservation station may include control logic for pre-computing early age indicators for specifying which entry of each adjacent pair of entries is the oldest ready instruction operation. The early age indicators may be routed through registers and then through additional levels of control logic for determining the oldest ready instruction operation in all of the entries of the reservation station.
US10120687B2
A programmable controller for executing a sequence program comprises a processor for reading and executing an instruction code from an external memory, an instruction cache memory for storing a branch destination program code of a branch instruction included in the sequence program, and a cache controller for entering the branch destination program code in the instruction cache memory according to data on priority, the instruction code of the branch instruction including the data on priority of an entry into the instruction cache memory.
US10120685B2
An apparatus and method for supporting simultaneous multiple iterations (SMI) in a course grained reconfigurable architecture (CGRA). In support of SMI, the apparatus includes: Hardware structures that connect all of multiple processing engines (PEs) to a load-store unit (LSU) configured to keep track of which compiled program code iterations have completed, which ones are in flight and which are yet to begin, and a control unit including hardware structures that are used to maintain synchronization and initiate and terminate loops within the PEs. SMI permits execution of the next instruction within any iteration (in flight). If instructions from multiple iterations are ready for execution (and are pre-decoded), then the hardware selects the lowest iteration number ready for execution. If in a particular clock cycle, a loop iteration with a lower iteration number is stalled (i.e., is waiting for data), the instruction from the next highest iteration number that is ready thereby will be automatically executed automatically allowing the CGRA to have high ILP by overlapping concurrent loop iterations.
US10120683B2
Supporting even instruction tag (‘ITAG’) requirements in a multi-slice processor with null internal operations (IOPs) includes: receiving an IOP with an even ITAG requirement; determining that the IOP is to be assigned an odd ITAG; and inserting a null IOP into an instruction lane ahead of the IOP, wherein the null IOP is assigned the odd ITAG, and the IOP is assigned an even ITAG.
US10120677B2
A printer having multiple processor cores, and a firmware rewriting method for the printer, enable rewriting firmware in a short time. A first rewrite controller controls rewriting the firmware of the first core by the boot program of the first core; a second rewrite controller controls rewriting the firmware of a second core, which is one of the multiple cores other than the first core, by the boot program of the first core; and a reset unit resets the printer after rewriting the firmware of the first core and the firmware of the second core by the boot program of the first core ends.
US10120672B2
The present invention proposes a method for offline upgrading virtual machine mirror images. The method comprises: an mirror image security server collecting virtual machine mirror images, and extracting and storing the information of the collected virtual machine mirror images; and the mirror image security server executing an upgrade operation of virtual machine mirror images in an offline way based on the information of the collected virtual machine mirror images. The method for offline upgrading virtual machine mirror images disclosed in the present invention has higher upgrade efficiency and is capable of upgrading the virtual machine mirror images in an offline way.
US10120671B1
A computer-implemented method includes saving a copy of a client computing environment to a computer memory on the host system. The processor writes an image of the client computing environment based on the saved copy of the client computing environment. The image includes an application layer, a middleware layer, and a system layer, and is based on the copy of the client computing environment. The image is extractable as a sub-image that includes one or more of the application layer, the middleware layer, and the system layer. The image includes a resource pattern having dependencies that associate two or more of the application layer, the middleware layer, and the system layer, such that the sub-image is combinable with an existing active container operating on a second computing system. The combination results in a functional copy of the client computing system with the changes extracted from the sub-image.
US10120668B2
Methods and systems that automate a DevOps deployment pipeline and optimize DevOps cost are described. Methods generate a deployment pipeline model based on policies associated with each deployment stage and task. Methods optimize cost of the deployment pipeline model based on model combinations of VMs. The deployment pipeline model may be executed on a cloud computing infrastructure in order to develop an application program.
US10120667B2
A system, method, and computer program product are disclosed for enabling software components on a device, and for providing selective access to the components. A computer system receives a download request for a software component and an identifier associated with the requesting device and determines whether the software component is pre-installed, but not enabled, on the device. In the event that the system determines, through a registration check, that the software component is pre-installed but not enabled on the device, the system enables the component on the device. In the event that the system determines that the software component is not pre-installed on the device, the system causes the component to be downloaded and enabled on the device. Selective access to software components is granted based on whether the component is accessed by a user or a service provider, with the service provider granted access to remotely install ancillary functionality.
US10120654B2
A method for domain specific language design includes, with a physical computing system, receiving from a user, a number of annotations for at least one of a set of statements within a problem domain, the annotations identifying a set of elements within the statement. The method further includes forming a set of grammar rules for the problem domain based on the annotations, and parsing the set of statements using the set of grammar rules.
US10120646B2
A detachable adjustable electronics module may be removably or permanently connected to eyewear. The module may include electronics for processing audio and/or video input and/or output signals. The module may be provided with an adjustable arm, for adjustably carrying a speaker. The module and/or the speaker may be adjusted relative to the wearer in any of the anterior-posterior direction, the inferior-superior direction and laterally. Rotation adjustments may also be accomplished. Eyewear may be provided with only a single module, on a single side, or with two modules, one on each side, such as to provide stereo audio or dual mono sound.
US10120640B2
A user interface (104) of an audio system (100) enables adjustment of a volume level of an audio signal being reproduced on at least a portion of the audio system to a desired maximum volume level. The user interface further enables the desired maximum volume level to be selected as a set maximum volume level. A processor (102) electrically interconnected with the user interface limits the volume at which audio programs are reproduced on at least a portion of the audio system to said set maximum volume level. An audio signal is generated, a volume level of the audio signal is adjusted to a desired maximum volume level in response to a user input, and the desired maximum volume level is established as a set maximum volume level for audio programs played on at least a portion of the audio system (100).
US10120635B2
Device management includes receiving an image including one or more display devices, the image including contextual data associated with environmental information surrounding the one or more display devices. An updated image of the image of the one or more display devices is displayed. The updated image projects a view of the one or more display devices from a desired perspective.
US10120632B2
To provide a display information management system that greatly reduces the load of a management device when providing presentation screen information and the like created at each terminal, and the like to other terminals.A display information management system (1) includes a terminal device (50) including specific basic software (OS), specific information displaying software for creating a presentation screen operable with the specific basic software, and a database; and a management device (10), where the terminal can associate information of the database and each screen of the presentation, and create the presentation information created with the specific information displaying software with heterogeneous presentation information; and transmit the presentation information and the heterogeneous presentation information to the management device.
US10120628B1
Managing the execution of print jobs may provide, in one example method of operation, receiving a print job associated with a set of print job parameters. The print job is sent from a computing device associated with a user. The method also includes accessing a set of user parameters associated with the user, and determining a print job priority for the print job using the set of print job parameters and the set of user parameters. The method further includes identifying a destination printer capable of executing the print job using the set of print job parameters. The method still also includes initiating execution of the print job at the destination printer in response to determining to execute the print job based on the print job priority.
US10120620B2
An information management system includes a storage unit that stores media information, which is information relating to media for printing, and used in print processing using the media, a recording unit that records information relating to usage results of the media information, and an information disclosure unit that discloses, through a communication line, the media information of which the usage results satisfy a predetermined disclosure condition among the media information stored in the storage unit.
US10120618B2
A method for adaptive offloading of data movement from a computer system includes identifying performance results from a plurality of SCSI extended copy (XCOPY) operations associated with a storage unit, each XCOPY operation of the plurality of XCOPY operations including one or more parameters. The method also includes selecting, based on the identified performance results, one or more XCOPY parameters for the storage unit from the plurality of XCOPY operations. The method further includes forming an XCOPY operation associated with the storage unit, the XCOPY operation including the one or more selected XCOPY parameters. The method also includes transmitting the XCOPY operation to the storage unit.
US10120617B2
Methods, apparatus and computer program products implement embodiments of the present invention that include storing one or more data volumes to a small computer system interface storage device, and receiving a request to map a given data volume to a host computer. One or more attributes of the given data volume are identified, and using the identified one or more attributes, a unique logical unit number (LUN) for the given data volume is generated. The given data volume is mapped to the host computer via the unique LUN. In some embodiments, the generated LUN includes one of the one or more attributes. In additional embodiments, the generated LUN includes a result of a hash function using the one or more attributes. In storage virtualization environments, the data volume may include secondary logical units, and mapping the given data volume to the host may include binding the SLU to the host.
US10120616B1
A method, computer program product, and computing system for receiving an IO request on a multitier storage system. The multitier storage system includes: a host, a fast storage tier, and at least one slower storage tier. The fast storage tier is coupled to the host using a fast tier network infrastructure and the at least one slower storage tier is coupled to the host using at least one slower tier network infrastructure. The IO request is processed to determine if the IO request is associated with the fast storage tier or the at least one slower storage tier. The IO request is effectuated via one of the fast tier network infrastructure and the at least one slower tier network infrastructure.
US10120611B2
A storage device includes a data storage medium and a control unit. The data storage medium includes a spare block pool including a plurality of spare blocks. Each spare block includes a plurality of data pages. The control unit is electrically coupled to the data storage medium. The control unit is configured to receive data from a host and to determine whether the data is sequential data according to a default policy. The data is written into at least two of the plurality of data pages in one of the plurality of spare blocks respectively. The control unit and a data storing method for the storage device are also provided.
US10120610B2
An electronic apparatus includes: a first storage unit divided into a plurality of first partitions that are used for respectively executing a plurality of different functions; a second storage unit different from the first storage unit; and a processor that acquires a size change request for changing a size of at least one of the first partitions, carries out processing for changing the size of at least one of the first partitions upon acquiring the size change request, and uses the second storage unit in executing at least one of the functions during the size change processing.
US10120604B1
Apparatuses and methods for performing buffer operations in memory are provided. An example apparatus can include an array of memory cells, a page buffer, and a controller. The page buffer can be configured to store a number of pages of data in respective caches of the page buffer. The controller can be configured to program the number of pages of data to a first group of cells in the array. The programming operation can include programming the first group of cells to target states encoded with respective data patterns. The programming operation can include incrementally releasing a first of the respective caches of the page buffer responsive to completing programming of cells programmed to a particular first one of the target states, and a second of the respective caches of the page buffer responsive to completing programming of cells programmed to a particular second one of the target states.
US10120598B2
A primary storage controller receives a write command from a host, to write data that is to be controlled by the primary storage controller. The data is written to local storage of the primary storage controller and subsequently the data is destaged from the local storage of the primary storage controller to store the data in an auxiliary storage of the primary storage controller. The data is transmitted to a secondary storage controller for writing the data to local storage of the secondary storage controller and for subsequently destaging the data from the local storage of the secondary storage controller to store the data in an auxiliary storage of the secondary storage controller. The data stored in the auxiliary storage of the primary storage controller is compared to the data stored in the auxiliary storage of the secondary storage controller to determine whether the write command is successfully executed.
US10120595B2
Optimizing backup of whitelisted files. In one example embodiment, a method of optimizing backup of whitelisted files may include a whitelist analysis phase that may include identifying a set of allocated blocks in a source storage at a point in time, identifying whitelisted files that are already stored in a deduplication storage, and determining whether one of the whitelisted files is stored in the source storage by analyzing file attribute data stored in file system metadata in the source storage. If so, the whitelist analysis phase may include pruning the set of allocated blocks to exclude the allocated blocks that correspond to content of the one whitelisted file and associating logical locations of the content of the one whitelisted file as stored in the source storage with logical locations of the content of the one whitelisted file as stored in the deduplication storage.
US10120586B1
A solution for performing reduced latency memory read transactions is disclosed. In one example, a storage apparatus has a memory array that includes: a flash device having a data register, a memory interface coupled to the memory array and a buffer set that includes at least one buffer suitable for use as a prefetch buffer. The memory interface, in response to a memory read transaction request, performs a read operation and, if stored data exists within the memory array that meets a prefetch selection criterion, also performs an internal read operation. The internal read operation includes allocating a prefetch buffer in the buffer set and storing the data as prefetch data in the prefetch buffer. If the memory interface receives a second memory read transaction request for data that is currently available as prefetch data, the memory interface responds by performing a forwarding transaction that includes retrieving the prefetch data from the prefetch buffer and forwarding the prefetch data to a host.
US10120585B2
An apparatus of a memory system and an operating method thereof includes a plurality of memory devices; and a controller coupled with the plurality of memory devices, configured to determine a range of read reference voltages having a plurality of read reference voltages, the read reference voltages achieving a minimal rBER; calculate an optimal read reference voltage in accordance with at least the range of read reference voltages; achieve a rBER in accordance with at least the optimal read reference voltage; and execute error correction process with at least the optimal read reference voltage.
US10120579B1
Techniques for implementing a data management scheme for optimizing data storage are described herein. A deletion quantity or other metric relating to deletions of data within a first storage zone are tracked. Upon detection that the tracked deletion metric meets certain criteria, the data within the first storage zone are moved to a second storage zone. A verification of the data to be moved is also performed, and if such verification indicates that at least a portion of the data is corrupted, routines repairing and/or restoring at least the corrupted portion are initiated.
US10120575B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method and apparatus for dynamic storage tiering by calculating a density of data according to a temperature of the data, and making the density of data with a higher temperature smaller; obtaining density threshold of each of the tiers, wherein the density threshold of an upper tier is smaller than that of a lower tier; comparing the density of the data with the density threshold of each of the tiers to determine which tier the data should be moved to; and moving the data to the determined tier. Embodiments of the present invention may be used to provide a dynamic storage tiering scheme with higher flexibility and scalability.
US10120567B2
The teachings herein generally relate to systems, methods and apparatuses useful in vehicle command and control. For example, a vehicle control system according to the teachings herein may include one or more touch panels connected to a steering wheel and being in communicative connection to a vehicle control processor. Preferably, the touch panel(s) are configured face down, and adapted to track touches (e.g., simultaneous touches) by multiple individually identified fingers. As another example, an apparatus for vehicle command and control, according to the teachings herein, may include one or more face down touch panels positioned to be touched by a driver's fingers while the driver's thumb holds or otherwise contacts a steering wheel. Preferably, the touch panels are in communication with a view screen enabled to display an indication of touch actions by multiple fingers touching the panels. The touch panels preferably include touch sensors adapted to identify touches of multiple fingers of a user. Preferably, the touch sensors are associated with software for identifying and tracking touches (e.g., movements) of every finger individually out of multiple fingers and determining whether each touch is a sliding movement or a non-sliding contact.
US10120554B1
Methods, systems, and apparatus, for providing notifications based on third party data. In an aspect, a method includes receiving first instructions that cause a user device to render a resource that includes a first parameter value of a first parameter and display the resource and generating second instructions that cause the user device to display an action trigger prompt that is rendered with the resource and in an initial state, and wherein the action trigger prompt is rendered to augment the resource with additional content not provided by rendering of the resource according to the first instructions.
US10120552B2
Aspects include methods, systems, and computer programs to tag collaborative content to facilitate mining key content as a run book. The method includes providing a user interface allowing a user to annotate portions of content in a collaborative effort system, the content comprising one or more log elements and responsive to a user utilizing the user interface and selecting a log element in the content, tagging the selected log element with an annotation. The tagged log elements may be used to generate a runbook.
US10120551B2
Provided are a method and device for displaying content. The method includes: receiving, by a device, a setting input for reference content while content is displayed on a screen; displaying, on the screen of the device, a division line indicating division of the content included in a page that received the setting input; receiving a selection input on content divided based on the division line; and setting, as the reference content, the content selected based on the selection input.
US10120550B2
A shutter and shutter operator are displayed adjacent to a boundary of an information display region on a display of a portable electronic device. The information display region displays first information. In a first state, the shutter operator indicates a first direction of movement of the shutter away from the boundary for the display of second information. In response to an input, the second information is displayed, and the shutter operator changes to indicate another direction of movement of the shutter towards the boundary for hiding the second information.
US10120541B2
A device with a display and, optionally, a touch-sensitive surface detects a first input corresponding to a request to share first content from a first application while displaying the first application on the display. In response to detecting the first input, the device displays a sharing interface that includes a plurality of options for sharing the first content. While displaying the sharing interface, the device detects selection of an affordance in the sharing interface. In accordance with a determination that the affordance is a respective user-first sharing option for a respective user, the device initiates a process for sharing the first content with the respective user. In accordance with a determination that the affordance is a protocol-first sharing option for a respective protocol, the device initiates a process for sharing the first content using the respective protocol.
US10120531B2
In some embodiments, a first electronic device, during a playlist mode, displays a plurality of representations of content items available on the first electronic device. While in the playlist mode, the first electronic device optionally receives a first input, via one or more input devices, selecting a respective representation of a respective content item from the plurality of representations of content items. In response to receiving the first input, in accordance with a determination that the respective content item was playing on the first electronic device when the first input was received, the first electronic device optionally transitions to a now playing mode. In accordance with a determination that the respective content item was not playing on the first electronic device when the first input was received, the first electronic device optionally plays the respective content item on the first electronic device while remaining in the playlist mode.
US10120530B2
The various embodiments described herein include methods and systems for generating interactive media items. In one aspect, a method is performed at a server system. The method includes providing access for playback of an interactive media item based on metadata generated using information associated with the interactive media item. The metadata includes information associating at least one parameter with the interactive media item. The interactive media item is generated based on one or more user inputs selecting one or more interactive effects for association with the interactive media item. The user input(s) cause the server system to make the one or more interactive effects available to a subsequent viewer during the playback of the interactive media item, such that the subsequent viewer is able to interact with video and/or audio of the interactive media item by controlling the at least one parameter during the playback.
US10120528B2
Embodiments are provided for forming share bars including collections of content items. In some embodiments, a user interface may be displayed on a display interface of a user device. The user interface may include a first region including a collection of content items and a second region. A first gesture may be detected with the display interface that selects a first content item from the displayed collection of content items. In response to detecting the first gesture, a first thumbnail of the first content item may be created and placed in the second region. A share option may be provided within the second region that may enable a user of the user device to share any content items that may have a corresponding thumbnail in the second region.
US10120526B2
Provided is a volumetric image display apparatus for providing a user interface using a visual indicator, the apparatus including a recognition unit to recognize an input object in a predetermined three-dimensional (3D) recognition space, a visual indicator location determining unit to determine a location of the visual indicator in a predetermined volumetric image display space, based on the input object, and a display unit to display the visual indicator in the predetermined volumetric image display space, based on the location of the visual indicator.
US10120511B2
A mechanism is described for employing and facilitating placing a sensor cover over an external sensor of a computing device. A method of embodiments of the invention includes sensing, at a sensor of a computing device, user touches to an outer surface of an impregnated sensor cover placed over the sensor, wherein the sensor cover includes a plurality of holes through the outer surface and a plurality of conductive leads corresponding to the plurality of holes, and wherein sensing is performed through one or more of the plurality of holes and their one or more corresponding conductive leads; and facilitating an action in response to each of the sensed user touches.
US10120510B2
A touch screen according to the present invention includes a plurality of row direction wires and a plurality of column direction wires provided to intersect with each other through an insulating film in planar view. The plurality of row direction wires includes a mesh-like wire having a plurality of first row direction wires extending in the longitudinal direction and a plurality of second row direction wires extending in the lateral direction. The plurality of column direction wires includes a mesh-like wire having a plurality of first column direction wires extending in the longitudinal direction and a plurality of second column direction wires extending in the lateral direction, and each of the first row direction wires and each of the first column direction wires are provided at an interval of p/3 or more.
US10120501B2
A touch implementation method and device and an electronic device are provided, and the method includes: displaying N calibration points for user touch by a display screen of an electronic device; acquiring first coordinates of the N calibration points for user touch; acquiring second coordinates of the N calibration points; and calculating a mapping parameter between a first coordinate of a point and a second coordinate of the point according to the first coordinates of the N calibration points and the second coordinates of the N calibration points. The mapping parameter is configured for acquiring a first coordinate of a touch point touched by the user upon a user touching the display screen. Embodiments of present disclosure can reduce the cost of the electronic.
US10120497B1
Various embodiments reduce power consumption in a mobile stylus system by selectively scanning only a subset of capacitive lines in a capacitive sensing panel when a received input is determined to be provided by a finger. When the input is determined to be from a stylus, a larger number of capacitive lines can be scanned. Thus, power savings are achieved because less capacitive lines are scanned when the input is determined to be provided by a finger.
US10120493B2
An electronic device of the present disclosure includes a casing, a translucent panel including a curved portion the curved portion being bent toward the casing, and a touch panel located on a rear surface of the translucent panel, the touch panel covering the curved portion, the touch panel including a transparent electrode or a wire electrically connected to the transparent electrode. The touch panel includes a curved region facing the curved portion. The transparent electrode and/or the wire include/includes an inclined wiring portion located in the curved region.
US10120492B2
A touch sensor module is structured by laminating an organic EL layer and a smoked glass layer on a substrate, which has a positive electrode pattern and a negative electrode pattern on the upper surface. When a driving voltage is applied to the positive electrode pattern, a current flows in a segment between the positive electrode pattern and the negative electrode pattern in the organic EL layer and the segment emits light. The emitted light causes a figure that represents a key to appear on the display surface of the touch sensor module. When the user touches a portion in which the figure representing a key is displayed on the display surface of the touch sensor module, a capacitance between the positive electrode pattern and the negative electrode pattern changes. Accordingly, the user's touch to the figure representing a key is detected.
US10120478B2
Systems for detecting an amount and/or location of a force applied to a device using a piezoelectric film are provided. One example system can include a transparent piezoelectric film for generating an electric charge in response to a deformation of the film. Electrodes positioned on opposite surfaces of the piezoelectric film can be used to detect the generated electric charge and determine an amount and/or location of force applied to the film based on the generated electric charge. In another embodiment, the system can include a capacitive touch sensor for determining a location of a touch event on the device.
US10120476B1
A self-capacitance organic light emitting touch display apparatus includes a thin film transistor substrate, a common electrode layer, an organic light emitting material layer, at least a touch electrode layer including a plurality of touch sensing electrodes, a display controller, and a touch controller. During touch sensing, the touch controller sequentially or randomly applies a capacitance exciting signal to a selected touch sensing electrode, and senses a touch sensing signal at the selected touch sensing electrode. The touch controller applies a shielding reflection signal to the common electrode layer or a reference point of the display controller.
US10120475B2
To enable size reduction of a display device having a touch sensor function in which a display area has a non-rectangular shape. In a display area, video lines extend in the first direction, and scan lines and common electrodes extend in the second direction. A video signal transmission circuit is arranged along a first edge of the display area, with which the one ends of the video lines are aligned. A scan line driver is arranged along a second edge of the display area, with which the ends of the scan lines and the common electrodes are aligned. The display area has a shape including an overlapping part between the first edge and the second edge. In a part of the frame area adjacent to the overlapping part, the scan line driver is arranged more outward than the video signal transmission circuit.
US10120468B2
The disclosure provides a touch device, including a protection cover, a pressure-sensing layer and a flat touch-sensing electrode layer. The protection cover is used as an outer protection shield, and an upper surface of the protection cover is provided to users for pressing action. The pressure-sensing layer is disposed under the protection cover to detect touch strength. The flat touch-sensing electrode layer is disposed between the pressure-sensing layer and the protection cover to detect the position of the user's touch.
US10120453B2
A method for controlling an electronic equipment and a wearable device are provided, respectively. The method for controlling the electronic equipment includes the following steps. An inertial signal is detected. A gesture is obtained by dividing the inertial signal or classifying the inertial signal. A controlling command is outputted based on the gesture to control the electronic equipment, such as a desktop device, a portable device or the wearable device.
US10120446B2
One embodiment of a haptic input device may include a receiver configured to receive a signal from a touch-based user interface device. The signal may include a control signal or a look-up value. The haptic input device may also include a decoder coupled to the receiver and configured to decode the signal from the touch-based user interface device, at least one sensor configured to determine at least one characteristic of the haptic input device, a controller coupled to the one or more sensors and configured to transmit a control signal, a haptic actuator coupled to the controller, and a transmitter coupled to the at least one sensor.
US10120434B2
A semiconductor device is described herein. In accordance with one exemplary embodiment the semiconductor device includes a chip package, which includes at least one semiconductor chip, a dedicated ground pin, a first supply pin for receiving a first supply voltage, a second supply pin for receiving a second supply voltage, and a first input pin. The semiconductor device further includes a first circuit integrated in the semiconductor chip, wherein the first circuit is coupled to the first supply pin and to the ground pin, and a second circuit integrated in the semiconductor chip, wherein the second circuit is coupled to the first supply pin and to a virtual ground node. An electronic switch is configured to connect the virtual ground node with the first input pin dependent on the level of a first input signal.
US10120425B2
A computing device includes a chassis having at least one connector configured to receive a component, and a guide coupled to the chassis. The guide includes a guide element and is selectively movable relative to the chassis to arrange the guide element at a first position which allows a first variant of the component to be connected with the at least one connector and prevents a second variant of the component to be connected thereto, and a second position which allows the second variant of the component to be connected with the at least one connector and prevents the first variant of the component to be connected thereto.
US10120420B2
This document describes a lockable display and techniques enabling use of a lockable display. The techniques can enable computing devices to lock and unlock a display using little or no power and with a seamless design. The techniques and apparatuses can also enable integration between a lockable display and various computing devices, including to create a nearly seamless physical and functional design.
US10120418B2
A portable keyboard is disclosed, by which portability can be enhanced with a simple configuration. The present invention includes a plurality of key assemblies, a body part and a flexible connecting member. When the portable keyboard is carried, a plurality of the key assemblies are rolled up around an outer circumference of the body part in a manner that the flexible connecting member between a plurality of the key assemblies is folded. When the portable keyboard is used, a plurality of the key assemblies are unfolded by being rolled down centering on the body part in a manner that the flexible connecting member between a plurality of the key assemblies is unfolded.
US10120392B2
Example methods, apparatus and articles of manufacture to calibrate valve-mounted instruments, such as a position controllers and/or a position transmitter, are described. An example tangible computer-readable medium comprises instructions that, when executed, cause a machine to receive a first value representative of a current position of a valve, receive a second value representative of a sensitivity of a position sensor, compute a first estimated value corresponding to an expected fully-open position of the valve based on the received first and second values, compute a second estimated value corresponding to an expected fully-closed position of the valve based on the received first and second values, receive a control signal representative of a desired position of the valve, and in response to the received control signal, position the valve at substantially the desired position based on the first and second estimated values.
US10120388B2
A control system for a work machine includes a non-contact sensor, a position output device, a correction position calculation unit, and a control device. The non-contact sensor detects a periphery of a work machine. The position output device determines a position of the work machine based on at least a detection result of the non-contact sensor, and outputs information of the position. The correction position calculation unit corrects the position determined by the position output device based on delay time including at least a delay in communication with the position output device. The control device generates a command for controlling the work machine using the corrected position corrected by the correction position calculation unit.
US10120385B2
Various systems and methods for providing a vehicle control system are described herein. A system for managing a vehicle comprises: a vehicle control system of a vehicle having access to a network, including: a communication module to interface with at least one of: a mobile device, the vehicle, and environmental sensors coupled to the vehicle; and a configuration module to identify a mitigation operation to be taken when predetermined factors exist; wherein the vehicle control system is to identify a potential obstacle in a travel route of the vehicle and initiate a mitigation operation at the vehicle.
US10120384B2
In some embodiments, methods and systems are provided that provide for facilitating delivery, via autonomous ground vehicles, of products ordered by customers of a retailer to physical locations of vehicles designated by the customers.
US10120383B2
In some embodiments, autonomous product delivery systems and methods are provided herein useful to deter theft of commercial products via an autonomous ground vehicle (“AGV”). In some embodiments, systems are provided to deter theft of commercial products, and may comprise: an AGV configured to transport commercial products to delivery locations that includes control circuits, which are communicatively coupled to sensors, container storage areas housing commercial products for delivery, defensive elements positioned proximate to the commercial products and configured to physical alter the commercial products and render them unsatisfactory for their intended purpose. The control circuits can determine the presence of unknown third parties positioned next to the AGV and, in response thereto, determine occurrences of adverse events associated with the AGV. Some embodiments, in response to determining the occurrence of adverse events, the control circuits can activate the defensive elements to physically alter the one or more commercial products.
US10120381B2
A method, a vehicle and a system that identify and use a location significant to a person associated with a vehicle based on vehicle probe data are described. Vehicle transportation network information representing a vehicle transportation network is identified, the vehicle transportation network information including destinations of a vehicle obtained from vehicle probe data. For at least some of the destinations, density-based clustering is performed using temporal data associated with the at least some of the destinations to form at least two spatio-temporal clusters. A contextual label is assigned to a location associated with a first spatio-temporal cluster of the at least two spatial-temporal clusters based on the temporal data associated with the first spatio-temporal cluster, the location being a labeled location, and the labeled location is used for vehicle operation. The labeled location may be used for navigation or service, for example.
US10120380B2
An autonomous driving control system for a vehicle which is able to switch between manual driving and autonomous driving is provided with a driver condition sensor, acting part, and electronic control unit. The electronic control unit is provided with an autonomous driving control part, reliance calculating part for calculating an autonomous driving output reliance, vigilance calculating part for calculating a driver vigilance, and an action control part for controlling a strength of an action against a driver. In a region in which an operating point determined by the autonomous driving output reliance and driver vigilance can fall, a plurality of sub regions are defined by boundary lines extending so that the driver vigilance becomes higher as the autonomous driving output reliance becomes lower. The action control part controls the strength of the action against the driver to differ in accordance with the sub region in which the operating point falls.
US10120376B2
A computer-implemented method includes: monitoring, by a computer device, a charge level of a battery of an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV); determining, by the computer device and based on the monitoring, the charge level is less than a threshold level; docking the UAV on a host vehicle; charging the battery using wind-induced rotation of a rotor of the UAV while the UAV is docked on the host vehicle; determining, by the computer device, the UAV is moving away from a destination while the UAV is docked on the host vehicle; and undocking the UAV from the host vehicle based on the determining the UAV is moving away from the destination.
US10120374B2
A system for condition monitoring and fault diagnosis includes a data collection function that acquires time histories of selected variables for one or more of the components, a pre-processing function that calculates specified characteristics of the time histories, an analysis function for evaluating the characteristics to produce one or more hypotheses of a condition of the one or more components, and a reasoning function for determining the condition of the one or more components from the one or more hypotheses.
US10120365B2
A machining system of the present invention includes a robot having a hand, a processing machine to rotate a machining tool, a control unit which controls the processing machine and the robot so as to rotate the machining tool and press a workpiece held by the hand against the machining tool to thereby machine the workpiece, and a force sensor which detects force acting between the workpiece and the machining tool when the workpiece is pressed against the machining tool by the robot and is machined by the machining tool. The control unit regulates the workpiece feed speed of the robot and the rotational speed of the machining tool so that the force value detected by the force sensor is between a predetermined upper threshold and a predetermined lower threshold.
US10120364B2
A method for position correction of a machine relative to a work piece. The machine may be provided with an end effector. The work piece may be engaged with the end effector. A force or a moment resulting from engaging the work piece with the end effector may be measured. A pose error may be determined from the force and/or the moment, wherein the pose error may define a misalignment of the end effector. The end effector may be repositioned an amount equal to the pose error to correct the misalignment. One application may involve torqueing nuts with a nut runner, which may be accomplished through the use of an automated machine such as a robot.
US10120354B1
This disclosure describes computer-implemented techniques that enable users to control and coordinate a set of network-enabled home automation devices. Users may generate, customize, and share home automation device dashboards. These dashboards may include user interface elements, such as tiles, that users may use to determine that status of home automation devices and send commands to the home automation devices. In some examples, users may use timeline-based user interfaces to schedule actions to be performed by home automation devices.
US10120350B2
In a method and system, a device tag allows automatic configuration of a process control system to download and cache device diagnostic data associated with one or more process control field devices. The device diagnostic data are downloaded and cached using bandwidth not otherwise required for real-time process control communications. The device diagnostic data may be polled asynchronously and/or according to a low priority, background task. The device diagnostic data include one or more non-static parameter values. The cached parameter values may be used in display routines, control routines, or any routine for which the update frequency is sufficient. Each cached parameter value may also have associated with it a status.
US10120346B2
A satellite radio wave receiving processing unit 60 includes a front end 60a which receives a radio wave including a code signal transmitted from a satellite, and a baseband unit 64 which acquires the code signal from the received radio wave, in which the baseband unit identifies a pseudo-random code sequence used for performing spread spectrum to the code signal and a phase of the pseudo-random code sequence in a transmission period, identifies a code type of the code signal every time according to the transmission period, identifies, by comparing an array of the identified code type with a plurality of comparison arrays expected to appear as the array of the code type, a head timing of each code in the code signal according to a comparison array in which a result of the comparison satisfies a predetermined condition, and identifies each code in synchronization with the identified head timing.
US10120344B2
A smartwatch assembly may include a dial portion having a plurality of apertures extending therethrough and a circuit board having a plurality of LED modules disposed thereon. The plurality of LED modules may be oriented to emit light toward the plurality of apertures of the dial portion. The circuit board may include a control module configured to illuminate the plurality of LED modules in response to an alert and a communication module configured to interface with an electronic device wirelessly and to receive the alert. Methods of making a smartwatch assembly may include disposing a dial portion having a face plate and a plurality of hour-mark apertures extending through the face plate in a watch casing and disposing a circuit board having a plurality of LED modules disposed thereon in a watch casing, the plurality of LED modules corresponding to the plurality of hour-mark apertures.
US10120342B2
A method is for acquiring a time point where a glimmering pulse passes over a threshold. The method includes: converting a relationship between a pulse and a threshold into high and low level signals; segmenting output level signals. For a phase where a pulse signal passes over and is higher than a preset threshold and a phase where a pulse signal passes over and is lower than the preset threshold, the two phases respectively include several time points generated by several jumps, and the time point where a pulse passes over a threshold is recorded as any one jump time point or a weighted value of any two or more jump time points. By selecting one jump time point or weighting any two or more jump time points, a more accurate time point where a pulse actually passes over a threshold can be obtained.
US10120340B2
The invention concerns a watch comprising a case having a middle part and inside which is housed a movement. The watch also includes a control member intended to be actuated by a user and an internal transmission device provided with an actuator, able to move, in response to actuation of the control member, between a rest position and an active position in which it actuates a mechanism of the movement. In an original manner, the transmission device includes a closed cavity filled with a fluid and a thrust means kinematically connected to the control member and arranged to displace the fluid inside the cavity, the displacement of fluid inside the cavity causing displacement of the actuator.
US10120337B2
Examples are disclosed herein relating to an adjustable scanning system configured to adjust light from an illumination source on a per-pixel basis. One example provides an optical system including an array of light sources, a holographic light processing stage comprising, for each light source in the array, one or more holograms configured to receive light from the light source and diffract the light, the one or more holograms being selective for a property of the light that varies based upon the light source from which the light is received, and a scanning optical element configured to receive and scan the light from the holographic light processing stage.
US10120330B2
A multicolor molded component used in an image forming apparatus includes a molded portion molded with a first resin, and a bearing portion configured to be movable with respect to the molded portion, and to support a rotating member. The molded portion includes a regulation portion, and the bearing portion is formed by injection molding to be engaged with the regulation portion in such a manner as to be movable in a first direction with respect to the molded portion.
US10120328B2
A drive device, which is included in an image forming apparatus, includes a drive source, an input side rotary body, an output side rotary body, two drive transmission routes, a drive transmission state switcher, and a drive transmission changer. The input side rotary body receives a driving force from the drive source. The output side rotary body outputs the driving force to a driving target body. The drive transmission state switcher switches a first drive transmission route between a transmission state and a non transmission state. The drive transmission changer transmits the driving force via a second drive transmission route to the output side rotary body when the first drive transmission route is in the non transmission state and restricts the driving force from being transmitted via the second drive transmission route when the first drive transmission route to the output side rotary body is in the transmission state.
US10120327B2
A recording apparatus includes a recording mechanism unit, an opening/closing unit that is rotatably coupled to the recording mechanism unit in an upper portion of the recording mechanism unit, an operation unit which is arranged to face a circumferential edge of the opening/closing unit and is able to have a coupling state in which the operation unit and the opening/closing unit are coupled together and a released state in which the coupling state is released, a cable that connects a control unit with the operation unit, and a support means which is provided in the recording mechanism unit and which supports the operation unit that is in the released state and is connected to the control unit by the cable in a state in which a distance between the operation unit and the circumferential edge of the opening/closing unit is greater than that in the coupling state.
US10120324B2
An imaging device has a photoconductive drum with a surface that is selectively discharged to create a latent electrostatic image for attracting toner for transfer to a media moving in a process direction. The image is divided into multiple segments along the process direction and discharged pixels per segment are counted. An accumulator keeps track of the numbers of pixels per revolutions of a roller that applies the toner to the drum. Upon meeting a predetermined deficiency in the counts of pixels in any given segment, an artificial image gets generated on the surface of the photoconductive drum that supplies the missing pixels, per segment. The image gets developed with toner, but does not transfer to the media. Lubrication occurs on the surface of the drum and each segment retains a relatively common number of imaging pixels that get developed over time.
US10120318B2
A recording material feeding device includes a stacking portion, a driving source, a holding member, a torque limiter for limiting transmission of a driving torque from the driving source to the stacking portion in a case that the driving source rotates in a state in which the holding member holds the position of the stacking portion; a storing portion for storing information on a holding state of the holding member; and a controller for controlling the driving source to rotate at a rotational speed slower when the information is information indicating that the holding member holds the position of the stacking portion than when the information is information indicating that the holding member does not hold the position of the stacking portion.
US10120317B2
An image forming apparatus is operable in a first mode in which a control unit is in a rest state and a second mode in which electric power is supplied to the control unit. The image forming apparatus changes the mode of the operation to the second mode of the operation in response to detection of putting of the sheet on the manual feeding tray during execution of the operation in the first mode with the pressing mechanism being in the second position, and then in response to receipt of input of a predetermined instruction about an image forming operation by a receiving portion in the second mode, the control unit controls the moving mechanism so that the pressing mechanism moves from the low pressure position to a nip-forming position.
US10120316B2
An information processing apparatus capable of recovering the apparatus from a state in which software operation is abnormal to a state in which the same is normal. The information processing apparatus is provided with a CPU for receiving an instruction for turning off power of the information processing apparatus. Upon receipt of the instruction, the CPU determines whether or not it is necessary to turn off the power of the information processing apparatus. When it is necessary to turn off the power of the information processing apparatus, the CPU controls the information processing apparatus such that the power thereof is turned off, whereas when it is unnecessary to turn off the power of the information processing apparatus, the CPU controls the information processing apparatus such that the power thereof is not turned off.
US10120297B2
A liquid developer containing toner particles containing a resin binder and a pigment, wherein the toner particles are dispersed in an insulating liquid in the presence of a dispersant, wherein the resin binder contains a polyester resin P having a glass transition temperature of 35° C. or higher, obtained by polycondensing raw material monomers containing an alcohol component comprising an aliphatic diol having 2 or more carbon atoms and 6 or less carbon atoms in an amount of 70% by mol or more and 100% by mol or less, and a carboxylic acid component, and wherein the dispersant contains a copolymer C prepared by polymerizing a monomer A having an amino group and a monomer B represented by the formula (I): wherein R1 is a hydrogen atom or a methyl group; and R2 is an alkyl group having 1 or more carbon atoms and 22 or less carbon atoms or an alkenyl group having 2 or more carbon atoms and 22 or less carbon atoms, each of which may have a substituent, wherein a molar ratio of the monomer A to the monomer B (monomer A/monomer B) is 2/98 or more and 50/50 or less; and a method for producing the same. The liquid developer of the present invention is suitably used in development or the like of latent images formed in electrophotography, electrostatic recording method, electrostatic printing method or the like.
US10120284B2
A multi charged particle beam writing apparatus according to one aspect of the present invention includes a plurality of first blankers to respectively perform blanking deflection of a corresponding beam in multiple beams having passed through the plurality of openings of the aperture member, a plurality of second blankers to deflect a defective beam in the multiple beams having passed through the plurality of openings of the aperture member to be in a direction orthogonal to a deflection direction of the plurality of first blankers, a blanking aperture member to block each of beams which were deflected to be in a beam off state by at least one of the plurality of first blankers and the plurality of second blankers, and a detection processing unit to detect a defective beam in the multiple beams having passed through the plurality of openings of the aperture member.
US10120282B2
A chemically amplified resist material comprises: a polymer component that is capable of being made soluble or insoluble in a developer solution by an action of an acid; and a generative component that is capable of generating a radiation-sensitive sensitizer and an acid upon an exposure. The polymer component comprises: a first polymer comprising a first structural unit that comprises a fluorine atom and does not comprise a salt structure; or a second polymer comprising a second structural unit that comprises a fluorine atom and a salt structure. The generative component comprises: a radiation-sensitive acid-and-sensitizer generating agent; any two of the radiation-sensitive acid-and-sensitizer generating agent, a radiation-sensitive sensitizer generating agent and a radiation-sensitive acid generating agent; or the radiation-sensitive acid-and-sensitizer generating agent, the radiation-sensitive sensitizer generating agent and the radiation-sensitive acid generating agent.
US10120271B2
A light source assembly, an imaging device and an imaging method are provided. The light source assembly comprises a light source component emitting a first light beam; a fluorescent excitation device receiving the first light beam and exciting a second light beam; a coupling device receiving an incident light beam and coupling the incident light beam into a third light beam, wherein the incident light beam includes the second light beam or includes the second light beam and the first light beam. The imaging device comprises the above-mentioned light source assembly and a projection system receiving the third light beam. The imaging method comprises: generating a first light beam; exciting a second light beam by using the first light beam; coupling the second light beam into a third light beam or coupling the second light beam and the first light beam into a third light beam; and imaging with the third light beam. The light source assembly, imaging device and imaging method can represent more plentiful colors and have wider color gamut.
US10120269B2
A projection apparatus includes a projection unit, a base and a pivoting member. The projection unit includes a light source, a light valve and a lens. The light source provides an illumination beam, the light valve converts the illumination beam into an image beam, and the lens projects the image beam. The base is connected to the projection unit and has at least one first stopping portion. The pivoting member is pivoted to the base and has at least one second stopping portion. The pivoting member is adapted to connect to an external power supply device, the base and the pivoting member are adapted to relatively rotate so as to adjust an angle of the projection image.
US10120265B2
A PhC all-optical multistep-delay OR-transformation logic gate includes an optical switch unit having a first intermediate-signal output port, a PhC structure unit having a first intermediate-signal input port connected with the first intermediate-signal output port, a reference-light source connected with the reference-light input port of the optical switch unit, a wave absorbing load, a flip-flop unit, and a memory or delayer having an input port connected with a first logic signal and an output port connected with the delay-signal input port of an optical switch unit whose logic-signal input port is connected with a second logic signal; a second intermediate-signal input port of the PhC structure unit is connected with the second intermediate-signal output port of said optical switch unit; a third intermediate-signal output port of the optical switch unit is connected with the wave absorbing load; a clock control-signal is input through the input port of a two-branch waveguide.
US10120261B2
The present subject matter includes apparatus and techniques that can be used to reduce losses in systems that perform steering of a light beam. Such steering can be performed in a non-mechanical manner, such as using an electrically-controlled optical structure (e.g., an electro-optical structure). For example, a waveguide can be used to adjust an angle of a light beam (e.g., steer the light beam). The waveguide can include a core, a cladding including an electro-optic material, and electrodes defining an arrangement that, when selectively energized, adjusts an index of refraction of the electro-optic material. In particular, electrode arrangements as described herein can be used to reduce losses, such as losses that would occur due to diffraction.
US10120259B2
An apparatus for modulating a beam of light with balanced push-pull mechanism. The apparatus includes a first waveguide comprising a first PN junction on a substrate and a second waveguide comprising a second PN junction on the silicon-on-insulator substrate. The second PN junction is a replica of the first PN junction shifted with a distance. The apparatus further includes a first source electrode and a first ground electrode coupled respectively with the first PN junction and a second source electrode and a second ground electrode coupled respectively with the second PN junction. The apparatus additionally includes a third ground electrode disposed near the second PN junction at the distance away from the second ground electrode, wherein the first ground electrode, the second ground electrode, and the third ground electrode are commonly grounded to have both PN junctions subjected to a substantially same electric field varied in ground-source-ground pattern.
US10120253B2
A display device is provided with a pixel and a dummy pixel including a gate line and a signal line. The dummy pixel includes the gate line and a dummy semiconductor layer crossing the gate line through an insulating layer. The dummy semiconductor layer is electrically separated from the dummy semiconductor layer of the dummy pixel adjacent in the Y direction dummy pixel. The dummy pixel further includes a dummy signal line extending in the Y direction. The dummy signal line is connected to the dummy semiconductor layer through a plurality of contact holes. The contact holes are arranged with the gate line interposed between them in plan view.
US10120251B2
Provided is a liquid crystal display device including: gate lines formed in a first direction on a second transparent substrate; data lines formed in a second direction; first transparent common electrodes; a protective insulating film; transparent pixel electrodes arranged in the first direction and the second direction and formed so as to be opposed to the first transparent common electrodes on a surface of the protective insulating film; thin film transistors connected to the transparent pixel electrodes; a second transparent common electrode formed on the surface of the protective insulating film; and a liquid crystal layer formed on the protective insulating film, the transparent pixel electrodes, and the second transparent common electrode. The second transparent common electrode covers the gate lines and the data lines through intermediation of the protective insulating film.
US10120249B2
The present application discloses an array substrate, a liquid crystal display panel and a liquid crystal display device; a metal layer is designed to be added between the pixel electrode and the common electrode. The metal layer can form a first storage capacitor with the pixel electrode and formed a second storage capacitor with the common electrode, such as the dual storage capacitors to enlarge the storage capacitor to improve the flicker caused by TFT leakage, ensure the display effect, and the two storage capacitor are overlapped set, the aperture ratio of the pixel is not reduced.
US10120227B2
A display device includes a first display panel including a first base substrate, a second base substrate disposed on the first base substrate, and a first metal layer disposed on the first base substrate, and a second display panel including a third base substrate disposed on the same plane on which the first base substrate is disposed, a fourth base substrate disposed on the third base substrate and on the same plane on which the second base substrate is disposed, and a second metal layer disposed on the third base substrate, where the second display panel is disposed on one side of the first display panel, and the second base substrate and the third base substrate partially overlap each other when the first display panel and the second display panel are seen from a thickness direction thereof.
US10120223B2
Disclosed is an LCD device. The LCD device includes an upright-type case member including a supporting surface, a backlight unit attached on the supporting surface, and a liquid crystal display panel directly attached on the backlight unit. The upright-type case member is bent from one edge of the supporting surface and protrudes to a front surface of the liquid crystal display panel. Since the liquid crystal display panel is directly attached on the backlight unit, a separate element for enabling the liquid crystal display panel to be stably disposed on the backlight unit is not needed, and thus, a thickness of the LCD device does not increase.
US10120222B2
Provided is a display device, comprising: a display panel; a frame that holds the display panel; and an adhesive member to adhesively fix the display panel and the frame to each other. The adhesive member includes a base material, a first adhesive layer disposed on a surface on the display panel side of the base material, and a second adhesive layer disposed on a surface on a frame side of the base material. In planar view, the first adhesive layer and the second adhesive layer are disposed in at least a part of the adhesive member so as not to overlap each other, and a clearance is formed between the first adhesive layer and the second adhesive layer.
US10120221B2
A liquid crystal display device includes: LEDs; a liquid crystal panel; a flexible board connected to the liquid crystal panel; a driver mounted on the flexible board; a frame that has a frame section that has a frame-like shape and that holds the liquid crystal panel, and a side wall that extends from the edge of the frame section to the side opposite of a display surface side; and a source driver holder that holds the flexible board to the frame, and that has a first holding section that is disposed along the frame section and of which a portion is attached to the frame section and a second holding section that extends from the edge of the first holding section to the side opposite of the side of the display surface side.
US10120219B2
A liquid crystal display device includes a thin film transistor substrate, a counter substrate that faces the thin film transistor substrate, a liquid crystal composition that is arranged between the thin film transistor substrate and the counter substrate, an oriented film that arranges orientation of the liquid crystal composition contacting with the thin film transistor substrate, a seal material that seals the liquid crystal composition between the two substrates, and a driver circuit. The driver circuit has a light transmission area that is formed inside of the driver circuit, and is higher in light transmittance than an area in which a non-transparent conductive film forming the driver circuit is formed, and a high sealing property area in which the seal material and an insulating film come into direct contact with each other between the light transmission area and an outer edge of the thin film transistor substrate.
US10120210B2
A device and method of optical equalization using an optical modulator is provided. An electrical modulation signal is split into a first modulation signal and a second modulation signal. The second modulation signal is delayed relative to the first modulation signal. An amplitude of the second modulation signal is attenuated relative to the first modulation signal. The first modulation signal is applied to a first waveguide segment of the optical modulator. The second modulation signal that is delayed and attenuated relative to the first modulation signal is applied to a second waveguide segment of the optical modulator. Both the applied first and second modulation signals generate a feed-forward equalized optical signal that is recombined in the optical domain.
US10120209B2
An optical transmission device includes: an optical modulation package that includes a plurality of terminals that are exposed to an outside from a front surface thereof, and performs optical modulation on electrical signals input from the terminals; a flexible board that includes: an electrode arrangement part on which electrodes respectively connected to the terminals are arranged side by side to transmit the electrical signals to the terminals; and an arm part that projects more outward than an electrode located on an end of the electrode arrangement part and extends toward the optical modulation package to be locked to the optical modulation package; and an optical transmission member that transmits an optical signal obtained by the optical modulation performed by the optical modulation package.
US10120208B2
The present disclosure discloses an optical film, a backlight module and a liquid crystal display device and relates to the liquid crystal display field. It solves the problem that the edge of an optical film in the prior art can be easily warped. An optical film is provided and comprises an optical film body, and at a position of the optical film body that is close to a heat source, a thermal expansion stretchable structure is provided and is capable of releasing a thermal expansion amount of the optical film body.
US10120207B2
A method for determining ocular and optical measurements for the production and fitting of corrective eyeglasses for a user with the aid of the a camera. The method utilizes a protocol for reconstructing the system of the user's eyes in three dimensions by modeling the system of the eye, thereby providing precise ocular and optical measurements. The method uses test objects that are connected or not connected to the user's face.
US10120204B2
One aspect of the disclosure relates to One aspect of the disclosure relates to eyewear, comprising a frame including a front portion and a pair of temples, each of the temples attached on opposite lateral sides of the front portion; a pair of primary lenses mounted to the front portion; and a pair of auxiliary lenses, each lens of the pair of auxiliary lenses mounted to a lens support slidably connected to a track comprising a groove within one of the temples and extending to the front portion. The auxiliary lenses can be positioned near the temples when not in use or moved to the front of the frame to overlap with the primary lens. The auxiliary lens can include various types of lenses including rigid lens. The auxiliary lenses can be corrective to augment the primary lens or tinted, for example.
US10120202B2
Patterned articles include a substantially transparent substrate having at least one optical property, the substrate further having an outer surface and an inner surface; and at least one patterned layer on the outer surface of the substrate, the at least one patterned layer visible on the outer surface and having at least one optical property substantially matching the at least one optical property of the substrate, whereby visibility of the at least one patterned layer is at least partially restricted through the inner surface. Methods of forming a patterned article are also disclosed.
US10120191B2
An imaging optical system for a display device that can be fitted on the head of a user and generate an image, with an optical element including an entry surface, and a spectacle lens, which includes a coupling-in section and a coupling-out section spaced apart therefrom. The imaging optical system can guide the generated image fed to the optical element via the entry surface in the optical element, for coupling it from the latter into the spectacle lens, in which it is guided to the coupling-out section and coupled out via the coupling-out section to generate a virtual image. The optical element includes an entry surface, at least one reflecting surface, on which the generated image is reflected, and an exit surface. The entry surface, the at least one reflecting surface and/or the exit surface are formed curved, with the result that the optical element has an imaging property.
US10120170B2
Provided is a zoom lens, including, in order from an object side to an image side: a first lens unit having a positive refractive power; a second lens unit having a negative refractive power; and a rear unit including a plurality of lens units and having a positive refractive power as a whole, in which an interval between adjacent lens units is changed during zooming. The rear unit includes a focus unit having a positive refractive power, which is configured to move during focusing. An optical system arranged on the image side of the focus unit has a negative refractive power at a telephoto end. A focal length (ft) of the zoom lens at the telephoto end and a combined focal length (fpt) of an optical system arranged on the object side of the focus unit are each appropriately set.
US10120164B2
Provided is an imaging lens assembly, including a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens and a fifth lens from an object side of the imaging lens assembly to an image side of the imaging lens assembly in turn. The first lens is of a positive focal power, an object side surface of the first lens is convex; the second lens is of a negative focal power, an image side surface of the second lens is concave; the third lens is of a focal power; the fourth lens is of a focal power; and the fifth lens is of a negative focal power; and a combined focal power of the third lens and the fourth lens is negative. The imaging lens assembly meets the following formulas: 2.0
US10120162B2
An apparatus and a method for cooling a digital mirror device are disclosed. For example, the apparatus includes a digital mirror device (DMD), a thermal pad, wherein a first side of the thermal pad is coupled to a bottom of a housing of the DMD and a cooling block coupled to a second side of the thermal pad that is opposite the first side. The cooling block includes a plate that includes a plurality of openings that generates a liquid jet of a liquid that is forced through the plurality of openings towards a side of the cooling block coupled to the thermal pad.
US10120161B2
Provided is a lens barrel which has a lens holding frame that holds a lens and has cam followers mounted on an outer circumferential portion thereof by screws and nuts and a cylinder member that has grooves into which the cam followers are fitted, and in which a position of the lens holding frame is regulated by the grooves. Holes into which the nuts are fitted and bottomed recesses with which bottoms of the cam followers come into contact are formed in places of the outer circumferential portion on which the cam followers are mounted, and axial end faces of the nuts protrude from the recesses to be fitted into inner circumferential portions of the cam followers.
US10120160B2
When a plurality of opening units is provided for each lens unit in order to adjust the inclination and eccentricity of a lens unit, the design of an imaging device may be constrained and the size of an imaging device may increase. In order to prevent this constraint, provided are a lens barrel, an imaging element support structure, and an electronic viewfinder that may adjust the inclination and eccentricity of a lens unit by using an insertion unit including an eccentric cylinder unit and a frame support unit including a through hole including a plurality of openings having different opening widths.
US10120158B2
A vibration-type actuator can be miniaturized and can stabilize a pressure state between a driven body and a vibration body. A pressurizing unit applies a pressure force between projections on the vibration body and the driven body. A piezoelectric device connected to the vibration body on a surface opposite to the projections moves the driven body by vibration occurring in the vibration body when a drive voltage is applied. The pressurizing unit includes an energizing member, its support member, and a transfer member. A length of a contact area between the projections and the driven body is shorter than a length of an area in which the transfer member transfers the pressure force from the energizing member to the vibration body and a length of a contact area between the energizing member and the support member, in a direction perpendicular to the moving direction and to a pressurizing direction by the pressurizing unit.
US10120154B2
An optical fiber length adjuster includes an entrance and an exit 16 for an optical fiber, and a holding portion to hold the optical fiber so that the optical fiber is deformed. The holding portion is configured to decrease the length of the part of the optical fiber that is held, when tensile force applied to the optical fiber is increased, and increase the length of the part of the optical fiber that is held, when the tensile force applied to the optical fiber is decreased.
US10120152B1
An all-dielectric self-supporting (ADSS) cable may include a central strength member and a plurality of buffer tubes helically wrapped around the central member. Each of the plurality of buffer tubes may house at least one optical fiber, and an outer jacket may surround the plurality of buffer tubes and the central strength member. Additionally the central strength member may include a plurality of different strength layers including a first layer formed from relatively flexible material and a second layer formed from relatively rigid material.
US10120150B2
An optical transceiver by hybrid multichip integration. The optical transceiver includes a PCB with a plurality of prefabricated surface bonding sites. A first chip includes a FOWLP package of multiple electronics devices embedded in a dielectric molding layer overlying a dielectric redistribution layer is disposed on the PCB by respectively bonding a plurality of conductor balls between the dielectric redistribution layer and the plurality of prefabricated surface bonding sites while exposing soldering material filled in multiple through-mold vias (TMVs) in the dielectric molding layer. The optical transceiver further includes a second chip configured as a Sipho die comprising photonics devices embedded in a SOI wafer substantially free from any electronics device process. The second chip is stacked over the first chip with multiple conductor bumps being bonded respectively to the soldering material in the multiple TMVs.
US10120145B2
An optical element to be interposed between an optical transmission line and a light-emitting element or a light-receiving element such that an optical path from one side to the other passes through the optical element is provided. At least one surface of the optical element is provided with a first light-collecting area and a second light-collecting area. A surface of the first light-collecting area is configured such that light from the one side is received by the other side. A surface of the second light-collecting area is an annular surface or a part of the annular surface and is configured such that light that has passed through the second light-collecting area forms an image in the shape of a ring or a part of the ring at a position between the optical element and the other side.
US10120135B2
An apparatus comprises a substrate comprising a silicon dioxide (SiO2) material disposed on top of the substrate, a silicon waveguide comprising a first adiabatic tapering and enclosed in the silicon dioxide material, and a low-index waveguide disposed on top of the substrate and adjacent to the first adiabatic tapering. A mode converter fabrication method comprises obtaining a mode converter comprising a substrate, a silicon waveguide disposed on the substrate and comprising a sidewall and a first adiabatic tapering, and a hard mask disposed on the silicon waveguide and comprising a silicon dioxide layer, wherein the hard mask does not cover the sidewall, and oxidizing the silicon waveguide and the hard mask, wherein oxidizing the silicon waveguide and the hard mask encloses the silicon waveguide within the silicon dioxide layer.
US10120134B2
A micro-optical bench device is fabricated by a process that provides control over one or more properties of the micro-optical bench device and/or one or more properties of optical surfaces in the micro-optical bench device. The process includes etching a substrate to form a permanent structure including optical elements and a temporary structure. The shape of the temporary structure and gaps between the temporary structure and permanent structure facilitate control of a property of the micro-optical bench and/or optical surfaces therein. The process further includes removing the temporary structure from an optical path of the micro-optical bench device.
US10120132B2
A photonic integrated circuit having discrete optical components arranged on a top side of a substrate includes a first and second optical sources respectively configured to emit light beams, a first interferometer having a first and second input ports respectively coupled to the first and second optical sources via first waveguides, a second interferometer configured to receive signals from the first interferometer via second waveguides and combine the signals to transmit a combined signal via a third waveguide, and a submount configured to contact a back side of the substrate, wherein the submount includes a first thermal conductor having a first thermal conductivity and a second conductor having a second thermal conductivity, wherein the first thermal conductivity is greater than the second thermal conductivity, and the first and second optical sources are more proximity to the first thermal conductor than the second thermal conductor.
US10120123B2
According to one embodiment, a container case accommodating an optical member includes a bottom wall, sidewalls provided to stand along side edges of the bottom wall, and flanges extending from the sidewalls. The container case is formed of a reflective sheet or reflective film.
US10120121B2
Disclosed is a device for transporting light, comprising at least two light pipes and at least one connection part, the at least two light pipes and the at least one connection part are molded with same material as a single component, each connection part includes two constitution parts for connecting to two adjacent light pipes, each constitution part has a larger polygonal base, a smaller polygonal base and at least three surfaces connecting the larger polygonal base to the smaller polygonal base, two larger polygonal bases of the two constitution parts connect to the two adjacent light pipes and two smaller polygonal bases of the two constitution bases connect to each other, wherein for each constitution part, at least one surface, whose inner faces incident direction of light within its connecting light pipe, inclines towards the larger polygonal base.
US10120120B2
A front light module includes a light guide plate, a light source and a light redirection film. The light guide plate includes a light incident surface, an inner light outgoing surface and an outer light outgoing surface. The light incident surface is adjoined between the inner light outgoing surface and the outer light outgoing surface. The light source is configured to emit light into the light incident surface of the light guide plate. The light redirection film is located beside the inner light outgoing surface, and is configured to redirect a traveling direction of the light from the light guide plate. An acute included angle between the light after redirected and a normal line of the inner light outgoing surface is less than an acute included angle between the light before redirected and the normal line of the inner light outgoing surface.
US10120118B2
A backlight module has a light guide part, a light source, a reflection part, a grating, a prism sheet, a diffuser, a wavelength-conversion material, and a reflection layer. An incident surface of the light guide part is located on a lateral side between a bottom surface and a top surface. The light source is disposed on a side of the incident surface. The reflection part is disposed along the bottom surface. The grating is disposed along the top surface, and has bright zones and dark zones disposed with an equal pitch. A surface, next to the grating, of the prism sheet has micro structures. An angle is formed between a first wall and a second wall of a horizontal cross-section of a micro structure. The diffuser has a cave to enable the wavelength-conversion material to be disposed therein. The reflection layer is formed at a flat portion of the diffuser.
US10120113B2
The present invention provides a polarizing plate comprising a substrate, a polarizing coating layer formed on one side of the substrate, a first adhesive layer formed on the polarizing coating layer, a first retardation coating layer formed on the first adhesive layer, a second adhesive layer formed on the first retardation coating layer, a second retardation coating layer formed on the second adhesive layer, and a soft layer formed on the second retardation coating layer, wherein, the soft layer has an amended toughness of 1,000 to 40,000 MPa·%. The polarizing plate according to the present invention has excellent bending resistance and thus can be effectively used for a flexible display.
US10120110B2
A wavelength conversion sheet includes a phosphor, and one or more barrier films that seal the phosphor. At least one of the barrier films includes a coating layer having an optical function. The coating layer is provided to a surface of the barrier film.
US10120081B2
A method of selecting a satellite positioning system which is used in positioning by a positioning device capable of performing positioning based on a plurality of satellite positioning systems includes acquiring given support information which is referred to in selecting a satellite positioning system, and selecting a satellite positioning system which is used in positioning from the plurality of satellite positioning systems, on the basis of the support information.
US10120078B2
A detector having a transversal optical sensor adapted to determine a transversal position of at least one light beam traveling from an object to the detector and a longitudinal optical sensor having at least one sensor region. The longitudinal optical sensor is designed to affect at least one longitudinal sensor signal in a manner dependent on an illumination of the sensor region by the light beam. The longitudinal sensor signal, given the same total power of the illumination, is dependent on a beam cross-section of the light beam in the sensor region.
US10120077B2
The invention relates to a distance measuring method comprising at least the step of emitting at least one measurement signal to a target object, in which at least one start signal is produced, and the measurement signal is back scattered from the target object as a target signal. Said target signal is sampled at a sampling frequency and the relative position of the start signal and the target signal is determined for deriving a distance to the target object from the relative position from the start signal and the target signal. The sampling frequency can be adjusted and is set in accordance with a large distance to the target object.
US10120073B2
A method for operating a surroundings-detection system of a vehicle includes at least one transceiver unit emitting a frequency-modulated signal and receiving echo signals of the emitted frequency-modulated signal. The received echo signals are associated with reflection sources, and a piece of information about the speed of the reflection source relative to the transceiver unit is ascertained on the basis of the received echo signals.
US10120070B2
A detection device detects a target based on a reception signal obtained from a reflection signal of a transmission signal. The detection device includes a Doppler frequency component generator that acquires a Doppler frequency component that indicates the amplitude level of a reception signal, for at least one Doppler frequency, based on the reception signal, a region identifier that identifies a first region and a second region that is outside the first region, based on the value of the amplitude level and the increase rate in the amplitude level, a second-Doppler frequency component suppressor that suppresses the Doppler frequency component of an unnecessary signal, out of the Doppler frequency component corresponding to the second region, and a combiner that combines the Doppler frequency component corresponding to the first region outputted from the region identifier, and the output of the second Doppler frequency component suppressor.
US10120067B2
A laser imaging, detection, and ranging (LIDAR) system may include a scanner and a compression module. The scanner may be configured to generate a scan including multiple range values associated with multiple scan points of the scan. The compression module may be configured to map multiple range values to multiple integers. The multiple integers may represent multiple range intervals. The multiple range intervals may include multiple differently sized range intervals. The size of the range intervals may be a function of range according to an interval size function.
US10120058B2
A method for locating a point in a first region based on receipt of a rf signal from the point. An antenna array is in the first region at a first position rotatable about an axis. A series of phase-array patterns is provided for implementation with the antenna array to provide measures of rf signal strength. Each pattern provides a plurality of reference values as a function of angle. A plurality of the phase-array patterns are used to acquire, in the first region, a plurality of rf signal strength values based on reception of the rf signal. A set of correlation values is determined where each value is a correlation between signal strength reference values and rf signal strength values acquired based on reception of the rf signal from the point. The correlation values identify a direction relative to the first position along which the point is located.
US10120052B2
In one embodiment, a medical image processing apparatus includes a display and processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured to (a) calculate fluid information including flow-velocity vectors based on three-dimensional image data of plural time phases, which are acquired by a phase contrast method of magnetic resonance imaging, and in which fluid flowing inside a lumen is depicted, (b) identify a branching position where a second lumen branches from a first lumen, based on change in flow volume of fluid flowing inside the first lumen along an extending direction of the first lumen, and (c) cause the display to display an analysis result including fluid information of fluid flowing inside the second lumen, based on the branching position.
US10120049B2
An NMR method and system for acquiring and reconstructing a value of an NMR parameter spatially localized to a compartment of interest including performing a first MM of a portion of a sample with a first MRI pulse sequence using the NMR system and using a set of k-space spatial encoding gradients or coil sensitivity encoding maps to obtain a first magnetic resonance image to identify a compartment of interest; generating a second MRI pulse sequence that encodes the NMR parameter with a subset of the set of k-space spatial encoding gradients or the coil sensitivity encoding maps; applying the second MRI pulse sequence using the NMR system to acquire spatial information relating to the NMR parameter from the compartment of interest; segmenting the first magnetic resonance image into a plurality of compartments that includes the compartment of interest; and reconstructing a value of the NMR parameter in the compartment.
US10120043B2
In one embodiment, a magnetic resonance apparatus includes a gradient coil configured to be cylindrically-shaped and to apply a gradient magnetic field to a hollow region into which an object is inserted, the hollow region being formed, the hollow region being formed inside the gradient coil; and an RF coil configured to include a resonance circuit whose plural connecting conductors are folded back at one end side of the gradient coil so that the resonance circuit extends from the hollow region to an outer region of the gradient coil.
US10120040B2
A magnetic impedance sensor comprises an amorphous wire 1 of a magneto-sensitive material as the magneto-impedance element, a pulse oscillator means 2 that alternately reverses and outputs a basic pulse current and a compensating pulse current with polarity opposite to the basic pulse current in predetermined periods, and a signal processing means 3 that converts an alternate current voltage generated in response to a magnetic field intensity around the amorphous wire by a magnetic impedance effect of the amorphous wire according to the pulse current into a magnetic signal voltage in response to the magnetic field intensity, and outputs the magnetic signal voltage. Since the amorphous wire 1 is repeatedly reversely magnetized in the u and v circumferential directions, due to compensating the negative pulse current, the magnetic sensor with excellent linear characteristics are obtained.
US10120036B2
The autonomous electronic module (1) includes: —a cell (2) providing a supply current (Icell) to the electronic module, —a resistor (2) connected in series with the cell, the resistor exhibiting terminals, —elements for measuring a voltage (20) across the terminals of the resistor and elements for evaluating the charge remaining (10, 11, 12), arranged so as to process a measurement of the voltage in order to calculate the charge remaining of the cell (2).
US10120031B2
A charge and discharge test probe for a secondary battery includes: an inner plunger moved up and down by elastic force of a spring; a head having a central through hole through which the inner plunger passes to protrude from an upper end of the head; and a first conductive elastic member mounted to the head.
US10120027B2
Scan architectures are commonly used to test digital circuitry in integrated circuits. The present disclosure describes a method of adapting conventional scan architectures into a low power scan architecture. The low power scan architecture maintains the test time of conventional scan architectures, while requiring significantly less operational power than conventional scan architectures. The low power scan architecture is advantageous to IC/die manufacturers since it allows a larger number of circuits (such as DSP or CPU core circuits) embedded in an IC/die to be tested in parallel without consuming too much power within the IC/die. Since the low power scan architecture reduces test power consumption, it is possible to simultaneously test more die on a wafer than previously possible using conventional scan architectures. This allows wafer test times to be reduced which reduces the manufacturing cost of each die on the wafer.
US10120021B1
Systems and methods detect abnormal conditions in electrical circuits by providing thermal imaging combined with non-contact measurements of current and voltage. Such systems may be implemented in a single test device, or in wired combinations, or in wireless communication implementations with multiple test devices and/or accessories, or in combination with one or more additional devices, such as a mobile phone, tablet, personal computer (PC), cloud-based server, etc. A thermal imaging tool that includes an infrared sensor may first discover and image one or more thermal anomalies in an object, such as an electrical circuit. One or more non-contact current or voltage sensors may be used to measure current and/or voltage, which allows for determination of the power loss at the measured location. The power loss may be used to determine an estimation of the abnormal resistive power losses in a circuit, as well as the costs associated therewith.
US10120017B2
In one aspect, an integrated circuit (IC) includes an output port enabling measurement of a performance characteristic of the IC at a first temperature. The performance characteristic of the IC is a minimum value at the first temperature with respect to any other temperature. The first temperature may be room temperature.
US10120012B2
A method and an apparatus for fault detection in a mixed configuration power transmission line including a plurality of sections arranged between one end of the transmission line and the other end of the transmission line and including at least one overhead line section and at least one cable section are disclosed. Based on a comparison travelling wave voltage or current time derivatives at the one end and the other end of the power transmission line with selected threshold values, it is determined if there is a fault occurring in at least one cable section of the power transmission line. Embodiments utilize amplification of travelling wave voltages and/or currents which may occur at junctions between a cable section and an adjacent overhead line section in determining if the fault occurs in a cable section of the power transmission line.
US10120011B2
A test unit according to the present invention includes: a first contact probe contacting with an electrode provided on a front surface of one of contact targets, and contacting with an electrode of the other contact target; a second contact probe contacting with an electrode provided on a back surface of the one of contact targets and contacting with an electrode of a substrate; a first probe holder including a suction holder that sucks and holds the one of contact targets, and accommodating and holding therein the first contact probes; a second probe holder accommodating and holding therein the second contact probes; and a base portion, which is layered over the first probe holder and holds the other contact target at a side thereof layered over the first probe holder; and a gap is formed between the other contact target and the first probe holder.
US10120008B2
An apparatus and method for measuring the properties of a DUT characterized by a signal gain applied to an input signal to that DUT and a DUT noise spectrum introduced by that DUT is disclosed. An apparatus includes first and second measurement channels and a controller. The first and second measurement channels are characterized by gains and noise spectrums that are different for the different channels and generate first and second measurement signals. The controller measures an average value of a product of the first and second measurement signals when an input signal is applied to the input of the DUT, the controller providing a measure of the signal to noise ratio of the output of the DUT, independent of the noise spectrums in the first and second measurement channels. Four channel embodiments reduce the amount of calibration needed to measure the gain and noise spectrum of the DUT.
US10120006B2
In one embodiment, an inductive/LC sensor device includes: an energy storage device for accumulating excitation energy, an LC sensor configured to oscillate using energy accumulated in the energy storage device and transferred to the LC sensor, an energy detector for detecting the energy accumulated in the energy storage device reaching a charge threshold, and at least one switch coupled with the energy detector for terminating accumulating excitation energy in the energy storage device when the charge threshold is detected having been reached by the energy detector.
US10119999B2
An example system comprises first circuitry (such as a first integrated circuit device having a limited number of input/output pins) and second circuitry (such as a second integrated circuit device having a limited number of input output pins). The second circuitry is communicatively coupled to receive communications over a communication link from the first circuitry. In one embodiment, the first circuitry includes a monitor circuit. The monitor circuit monitors a voltage rail inputted to power the first circuitry. The monitor circuit initiates switching between transmitting a control signal (such as status information indicating whether the first circuitry is powered correctly) and a data signal over a communication link from the first circuitry to second circuitry depending upon the magnitude of the voltage rail. For example, when the first circuit is properly powered, the monitor circuit initiates transmission of the data signal over the communication link to the second circuitry.
US10119998B2
Systems and methods for measuring alternating current (AC) voltage of an insulated conductor (e.g., insulated wire) are provided, without requiring a galvanic connection between the conductor and a test electrode or probe. A non-galvanic contact (or “non-contact”) voltage measurement system includes a variable capacitance subsystem which operates to generate a variable capacitive voltage between an insulated conductor under test and earth ground. During measurement, the non-contact voltage measurement system varies the capacitance of the variable capacitance subsystem to change the impedance of a capacitive divider circuit between the insulated conductor under test and earth ground. By sequentially making two (or three) measurements across the variable capacitance subsystem, the AC voltage of the insulated conductor can be determined without requiring any galvanic connection to the insulated conductor. The determined AC voltage of the insulated conductor may then be presented to an operator and/or communicated to an external device.
US10119991B2
A vertical probe device includes a lower die having engaging holes and needle holes, a positioning film having limiting holes and needle holes, probe needles inserted through the needle holes, and supporters having at least an upper stopping surface and at least a lower stopping surface for moveably limiting the positioning film therebetween. Each supporter has a head, a neck passing through the limiting hole and having a length longer than the thickness of the positioning film, a body, and a tail inserted into the engaging hole, which are connected in order, and at least one of the upper and lower stopping surfaces. The supporters can prevent the positioning film from being lifted and flipped over and enables the positioning film to move so that the probe needles are reliable.
US10119990B2
The invention relates to a scanning probe microscope, having: (a) a scanning device for scanning a measurement tip over a surface; (b) a cantilever for the measurement tip, wherein the cantilever has a torsion region; (c) wherein the torsion region is configured such that it undergoes torsion when a control signal is applied and thereby pivots the measurement tip; and (d) a control device for outputting the control signal when the measurement tip scans a region of the surface that can be examined more closely with a pivoted measurement tip than without pivoting the measurement tip.
US10119983B2
Described herein are sample manipulation devices, for removing lids from and/or for placing lids onto sample containers. Such devices include a sample unit including a sample carrier receptacle for receiving at least one sample carrier for holding one or more sample containers, and a manipulation unit having at least one manipulation tool, where the sample unit and the manipulation unit are movable relative to each other along a movement direction. The sample unit is also movable between a first orientation in which a longitudinal direction of a sample carrier in the sample carrier receptacle is parallel to the movement direction between sample unit and manipulation unit, and a second orientation in which a transverse direction, which is orthogonal to the longitudinal direction, of a sample carrier in the sample carrier receptacle is parallel to the movement direction between sample unit and manipulation unit.
US10119982B2
A transport carrier for a laboratory cargo distribution system with a transport plane is disclosed. The transport carrier can be rotationally moved in an easily controllable manner on the transport plane. A laboratory cargo distribution system with a transport plane comprising such a transport carrier and a laboratory automation system comprising such a laboratory cargo distribution system are also disclosed.
US10119980B2
The present invention provides a method for detection of a basic peptide by mixing a sample suspected to contain the basic peptide and a reagent containing denatured albumin and detecting turbidness due to a complex of the basic peptide and denatured albumin.
US10119977B2
The present invention relates to the field of autism. More specifically, the present invention provides methods for treating individuals with autism spectrum disorders. The present invention also provides methods for predicting a likelihood of ASD. In one embodiment, a method for treating a female patient having a high risk factor of having children with ASD comprises the steps of (a) identifying in a sample taken from the female patient the presence of AT-1 antibodies; and (b) administering an effective amount of an AT-1 inhibitor or inhibitor of AT-1 antibodies to the female patient.
US10119975B2
Systems, methods, libraries, kits, and computer software tools are provided for designing and producing engineered cells. Such engineered cells can be used for cell state quantification, such as genome, transcriptome and/or proteome quantification. In one aspect, an engineered cell having a plurality of artificially designed oligonucleotides introduced into the genome of the cell is provided. The oligonucleotides are each located in proximity of a gene of interest encoding a protein of interest, and are different from one another. The oligonucleotides can each encode a unique peptide tag for each protein of interest, wherein each peptide tag has a unique quantitatively measurable value such as mass-to-charge ratio which can be quantified by a mass spectrometer. The engineered cell is capable of expressing a plurality of proteins of interest each fused to its corresponding unique peptide tag, wherein each peptide tag is capable of being released therefrom.
US10119970B2
The invention relates to a system, comprising: a) a sample processing unit, comprising an input port and an output port coupled to a rotating container having at least one sample chamber, the sample processing unit configured provide a first processing step to a sample or to rotate the container so as to apply a centrifugal force to a sample deposited in the chamber and separate at least a first component and a second component of the deposited sample; and b) a sample separation unit coupled to the output port of the sample processing unit, the cell separation unit comprising separation column holder (42), a pump (64) and a plurality of valves (1-11) configured to at least partially control fluid flow through a fluid circuitry and a separation column (40) positioned in the holder, the separation column configured to separate labeled and unlabeled components of sample flowed through the column.
US10119967B2
The present invention provides kits and assay methods for the early detection of pathogens, precise identification of the etiologic agent, and improved disease surveillance. More specifically, the present invention discloses an immunoassay leading to the rapid and simultaneous detection of antibodies to a wide range of infectious pathogens in biological fluids of infected patients. This immunoassay involves the covalent and oriented coupling of fusion proteins comprising an AGT enzyme and a viral antigen on an identifiable solid support (e.g. fluorescent microspheres), said support being previously coated with an AGT substrate. This coupling is mediated by the irreversible reaction of the AGT enzyme on its substrate. The thus obtained antigen-coupled microspheres show enhanced capture of specific antibodies as compared to antigen-coupled microspheres produced by standard amine coupling procedures. The methods of the invention possess the ability to multiplex, minimize the amount of biological sample, and have enhanced sensitivity and specificity toward target antibodies as compared with classical ELISA or Radio-Immunoprecipitation assays.
US10119959B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide diagnostic markers of immunosenescence and methods of identifying individuals with impaired immune function based on a combination of such markers obtained from various analyzes, primarily from blood, testing immune function including the analysis of immune cell subset frequencies, gene expression, cytokine and chemokine levels, and signaling responses to stimulation with cytokines (‘cytokine response’). Particular combinations of markers can predict with high accuracy whether an individual will respond to active vaccination and become protected against recurring diseases.
US10119940B2
A holder for attaching an acoustic emission sensor to a non-metallic and non-magnetic material has a tubular body with a closed top end and an open bottom end through which the sensor is insertable into the tubular body. The closed top end has a plurality of unitary flexible flaps angularly extending inwardly from an inner surface of the enclosed top end. An inner surface of the tubular body has a plurality of spacers extending radially inward proximate the bottom end of the tubular body. The unitary flexible flaps and the spacers fix the sensor within the tubular body. The tubular body may also have a plurality of capture tabs extending outwardly from an exterior surface thereof proximate the open bottom end that are slidably and removably engageable with an engagement keyway in a retainer bracket that is affixed to a non-metallic and non-magnetic material.
US10119935B2
An electrode for use in instruments capable of measuring the electrophoretic mobility of particles in solution is disclosed. The electrode is comprised of an inexpensive support member, generally made of titanium, onto a flat surface of which has been connected, generally by microwelding, a flat electrically conductive but chemically inert foil member, preferably platinum. A uniform texture can be generated on the exposed surfaces of the electrode by various means including tumbling the electrode with an abrasive. An oxide layer can be generated on the support member by soaking the composite electrode in an appropriate medium, protecting the exposed surface of the support member from fluid contact with the sample solution, while the foil member, unaffected by the oxidation process, is able to contact the sample solution.
US10119932B2
A gas detector includes an electrochemical gas sensor. The sensor includes a plurality of electrodes. At least one of the electrodes is formed of a catalyst/binder slurry which is halftone printed onto a substrate. The composite printed element and substrate are sintered to form the electrode.
US10119929B2
A method for identifying and measuring volume fraction constituents of a fluid using time domain analysis and frequency domain analysis to identify individual volume fraction constituents within a pipe on a real time basis and to measure the volume of the individual volume fraction constituents flowing through the pipe on a real time basis.
US10119924B2
The present approach relates to a detector design that allows detector-based wobble using an electronic control scheme. In one implementation, each detector pixel is divided into sub-pixels. The readout of the sub-pixels can be binned with minimal noise penalty to enable the detector wobble without physically shifting the detector or alternating the physical focal spot location, though, as discussed herein alternation of the focal spot location may be used in conjunction with the present approach to further improve radial and longitudinal imaging resolution as well as suppressing artifacts resulted by limited spatial sampling.
US10119923B2
Methodologies, systems, apparatus, and non-transitory computer-readable media are described herein to facilitate acquisition of volumetric data and volumetric image reconstruction. An imaging system can be configured to transport an object at a speed relative to the scan path of an X-ray source such that insufficient measurement data is collected for classically complete geometrical coverage. Iterative image reconstruction techniques may be used to generate volumetric images based on measured volumetric data of at least a portion of the object.
US10119919B2
One embodiment provides a method for monitoring the quality of nanofibrillar cellulose produced in a process comprising disintegrating fibers of cellulose pulp, the method comprising measuring in real-time optically the turbidity of a dispersion containing nanofibrillar cellulose obtained from a disintegrating process, and determining the quality of said produced nanofibrillar cellulose using a correlation between the measured turbidity and said quality of the produced nanofibrillar cellulose, wherein lowered turbidity indicates increased quality of the nanofibrillar cellulose. One embodiment provides a device for monitoring the quality of nanofibrillar cellulose produced in a process comprising disintegrating fibers of cellulose pulp, arranged to carry out said method.
US10119917B2
This invention relates to an apparatus and method for performing bidirectional Raman spectroscopy of a sample, preferably a diffusely scattering sample, in which two excitation light sources are employed to illuminate the sample from two opposite directions to excite Raman scattering signal from the sample. The Raman scattering signal which transmits through the sample are collected by two optical devices each positioned on the opposite side of the sample to obtain two transmission Raman spectra of the sample, which enables the accurate determination of the composition of the whole sample.
US10119913B2
Apparatuses and systems for a die-integrated aspheric mirror are described herein. One apparatus includes an ion trap die including a number of ion locations and an aspheric mirror integrated with the ion trap die.
US10119910B2
An instrument and a method for measuring the characteristics of particles in a sample. The instrument comprises a light source operable to provide a light beam and defining an illumination axis; a sample cell placed on the illumination axis; a scattered light detector positioned to receive scattered light along a detection path from a sample in the sample cell, the scattered light produced by the interaction of the light beam with the sample; and a filter changer positioned between the sample cell and the scattered light detector. The filter changer comprises at least one optical filter and an actuator. The actuator is operable to move each of the at least one optical filter between a first position in which the detection path does not pass through the optical filter, and a second position in which the detection path passes through the optical filter.
US10119909B2
A biological sensing structure includes a mesa integrally connected a portion of a substrate, wherein the mesa has a top surface and a sidewall surface adjacent to the top surface. The biological sensing structure includes a first light reflecting layer over the top surface and the sidewall surface of the mesa. The biological sensing structure includes a filling material surrounding the mesa, wherein the mesa protrudes from the filling material. The biological sensing structure includes a stop layer over the filling material and a portion of the first light reflecting layer. The biological sensing structure includes a second light reflecting layer over a portion of the stop layer and a portion of the top surface of the mesa. The biological sensing structure includes an opening in the second light reflecting layer to partially expose the top surface of the mesa.
US10119906B2
The invention relates to a method of determining the concentration of a gas component comprising the steps: generating and guiding a light beam having a wavelength variable in a wavelength range through a measurement volume in which the gas component having an absorption in the wavelength range is present; tuning the wavelength range; detecting the intensity of the light beam after passage through the measurement volume; storage of measurement points during the tuning that respectively consist of a point in time and an associated intensity value, to obtain a direct absorption line; generating an artificial measurement curve from the stored measurement points by shifting the measurement points on the time axis; wherein the shift takes place so that an artificial modulation results in the wavelength time extent; and evaluating the artificial measurement curve in accordance with the method of the wavelength modulation spectroscopy and determining a first concentration value therefrom.
US10119903B2
An apparatus and method for determining optical properties of an object includes a tunable monochromatic light source and an optical system for illuminating at least one point of the object with light from the light source, and collecting light reflected from the object. A biaxial birefringent crystal intercepts a beam of light reflected from the object and propagates the beam along an optical axis of the crystal and transforms the beam of reflected light to a ring of light having a periphery, each point of which has a different polarization plane. A detector array detects respective points along the periphery of the ring and a processing unit is coupled to the detector and is responsive to signals thereby for determining optical properties of the object.
US10119900B2
Holographic video microscopy yields fast and accurate measurements of the size and refractive index of individual colloidal particles. Particle-resolved characterization offers useful insights into the progress of colloidal synthesis without relying on models for the distributions of particle sizes and properties, and can be performed rapidly enough to provide feedback for process control. The measured increase in the most probable radius over the course of the reaction is consistent with the LaMer model for colloidal growth. Uniformity in the measured refractive index suggests that the spheres grow with uniform density. The joint distribution of size and refractive index provides evidence for a low rate of nucleation proceeding after the initial nucleation event. The same analysis reveals that these PDMS particles shrink by compactification in the first few days after their synthesis.
US10119893B2
A mechanical property tester of biological soft tissue includes a frame body having a workbench, a test head holder disposed on the frame body, a test object fixture base which is disposed on the workbench and located below the test head holder, an acquisition device, and a computer.
US10119890B2
Methods, apparatuses, and systems for air sampling and emissions monitoring based on wind direction, including determining concentrations of air toxics, are contemplated. Some embodiments comprise detecting wind flowing in a first direction and a second direction, exposing a sample collection device to air in response to detecting the first direction and preventing exposure of the sample collection device to air in response to the second direction. Some apparatuses comprise a direction detector, an enclosure, and a sample preventer. Some embodiments comprise a purger configured to purge the sample collection device when preventing exposure of the sample collection device to air. In some embodiments, the sample collection device comprises a diffusive sorbent tube. In some embodiments, the diffusive sorbent tube is configured to collect samples of benzene. Some embodiments comprise a wind vane and sensor configured to provide indication of wind direction. Some embodiments comprise a data collector.
US10119885B2
A rolling bearing apparatus includes a bearing main body having an outer ring that is a fixed ring and an inner ring that is a rotating ring, the outer ring and the inner ring being concentrically provided, and a plurality of rolling elements provided between the outer ring and the inner ring, and a control unit having a vibration detector attached to the outer ring and a calculation unit that calculates a value for vibration of the bearing main body and a rotation speed thereof based on a detection signal from the vibration detector. The calculation unit calculates the rotation speed based on frequency components of vibration obtained from the detection signal and the number of vibrations inherent in the bearing main body.
US10119884B1
The present disclosure relates to a water detection device that includes a water-activated battery configured to switch from a dormant condition to an active condition upon contact with water, such that the water-activated battery supplies an electrical voltage upon contact with the water, an electronic circuit configured to receive the electrical voltage from the water-activated battery, where the electronic circuit is configured to communicate with an external, electronic device via one or more wireless communication techniques when the electronic circuit is powered by the electrical voltage, and where communication between the electronic circuit and the external, electronic device is an uninterrupted communication when the electronic circuit is receiving the electrical voltage from the water-activated battery, and a housing configured to receive the water-activated battery and the electronic circuit, where the housing has passageways configured to facilitate movement of the water into the housing and toward the battery.
US10119873B2
A brake force sensor arrangement for a brake unit includes a brake unit including a brake force application member; and a strain gage positioned on the brake force application member. The strain gage may be configured to measure the stress, strain, or stress and strain of the brake force application member. The stress, strain, or stress and strain of the brake force application member may be proportional to the brake force applied by the brake unit.
US10119867B2
A method of using a thermocouple is provided. The method includes, but is not limited to, disposing at least one temperature sensor at each of two or more respective portions of an electrical connector adapted to receive thermocouple signals, measuring temperatures at the two or more portions, and calculating the temperatures at each terminal of the electrical connector based on measured temperature values of the two or more respective portions having the disposed temperature sensors. The method also includes, but is not limited to, calculating a cold junction temperature of a terminal for at least one thermocouple channel carrying the thermocouple signals based on measured or calculated temperature values of the terminals, or a combination thereof.
US10119861B2
The present invention relates to a lamella grating interferometer capable of being employed in a Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectrometer, the interferometer including a reflective surface in a circular shape and provided with a fixed portion including fixed mirrors and a movable portion including movable mirrors that are arranged with the fixed mirrors in a crossing manner to form a lamella structure with the fixed mirrors, a plurality of driving units disposed at outside the reflective surface and configured to apply driving forces for moving the movable portion, and a plurality of driving arms connecting the driving units to the movable portion of the reflective surface, respectively, and configured to move the movable portion in response to the driving forces applied by the driving units, wherein each of the plurality of driving arms is formed in a structure of repeating a preset bent shape plural times.
US10119857B2
An integrated optical device includes a photo-detector (such as germanium) optically coupled to an optical waveguide. This photo-detector is deposited on the optical waveguide, and an optical signal propagating in the optical waveguide may be evanescently coupled to the photo-detector. In order to increase the absorption length of the photo-detector, a mirror (such as a distributed Bragg reflection grating) is included in the optical waveguide near the end of the photo-detector. This mirror reflects the optical signal back toward the photo-detector, thereby increasing the absorption of the optical signal by the photo-detector. In addition, absorption may be reduced by using electrical contacts that are electrically coupled to the photo-detector at locations where the optical mode of the optical signal is largely in the underlying optical waveguide, and by using a fingered metal layer to couple to the electrical contacts.
US10119847B2
An interior sensor assembly is provided that comprises a first sensor housing that is mounted to a first interior surface, and a second battery housing that is mounted to a second interior surface. The battery housing and the sensor housings are electrically connected by way of a wired connection therebetween, and the battery housing is independently mountable relative to the sensor housing. In use, the sensor housing is mounted in an ideal location for detecting smoke, heat, carbon monoxide, or the like, while the battery housing is mounted in a convenient location such that a user has ready access to check and replace the battery when necessary. The battery housing comprises a lid, and optionally comprises a local circuit that supports an additional sensor or test circuit. The battery housing and the sensor housing may be secured to studs within an interior wall, or optionally using drywall tabs.
US10119846B2
In a method for transmitting a data element from a sensor module that produces sensor data to an application unit, the data element is stored in a ring buffer in the sensor module, and a corresponding item of event information is produced in an evaluation circuit from the sensor data, the data element including the sensor data and the item of event information, the data element being transmitted from the ring buffer to the application unit upon request by the application unit.
US10119843B2
An optical detecting device includes a multi-axis instruction outputting mechanism and an optical detecting module, and shift of the multi-axis instruction outputting mechanism is determined accordingly. An actuating component of the multi-axis instruction outputting mechanism is moved in reciprocation at a first operating direction to output an instruction. The optical detecting module is disposed by the actuating component. An interval between the optical detecting module and the actuating component is varied according to a relative movement between the optical detecting module and the actuating component at a second operating direction, and the actuating component can be shifted between different gears. The optical detecting module determines the interval and related gearshift according to variation of a reflecting signal actuated by the actuating component, and utilizes the reflecting signal to acquire a movement of a feature point on the actuating component along the first operating direction to interpret the instruction.
US10119840B2
A measuring system and drive system with a measuring system, a magnet, a transmitter, and a magnetic field sensor. The magnetic field sensor is arranged between the magnet and the transmitter. The transmitter has a number of segments made of a magnetically conductive material, each segment having a wing shape with a web edge that is radially directed outwards, each web edge being diagonally designed towards the rotational direction, and that each web edge is distanced from the magnetic field sensor by an air gap.
US10119833B2
Projected synthetic vision methods, systems and computer readable media are disclosed. For example, a system can include one or more sensors, a terrain database, and a projected synthetic vision controller coupled to the one or more sensors and the terrain database, the projected synthetic vision controller configured to generate and project synthetic vision images based on aircraft position, terrain information and aviator boresight information. The system can also include one or more projectors coupled to the projected synthetic vision controller.
US10119832B2
The present disclosure provides charging station guide apparatus and method. The charging station guide apparatus includes: a global positioning system (GPS) receiving a GPS signal transmitted from a GPS satellite; a storage unit storing charging station information including map information and charging station position information; a control unit generating a first display window including a vehicle object representing vehicle position information and a charging station position object representing charging station position information based on the GPS signal, the map information, and the charging station information, generating a second display window including a charging station distance object representing charging station distance information, and also generating an image so that the second display window overlaps with one end of the first display window; and a display unit displaying an image generated from the control unit.
US10119831B2
Some embodiments provide a mapping application that has a novel way of displaying traffic congestion along roads in the map. The mapping application in some embodiments defines a traffic congestion representation to run parallel to its corresponding road portion when the map is viewed at a particular zoom level, and defines a traffic congestion representation to be placed over its corresponding road portion when the map is viewed at another zoom level. The mapping application in some embodiments differentiates the appearance of the traffic congestion representation that signifies heavy traffic congestion from the appearance of the traffic congestion representation that signifies moderate traffic congestion. In some of these embodiments, the mapping application does not generate a traffic congestion representation for areas along a road that are not congested.
US10119830B2
A control system includes: a detector detecting a position of a work machine running on a running path; a non-contact sensor detecting an object at a side of the running path; a generator generating map data of a work site based on detection data from the detector and the non-contact sensor; a first storage storing past map data generated in the generator based on the detection data from the detector and the non-contact sensor acquired in a predetermined period in a past; a second storage storing current map data generated in the generator based on the detection data from the detector and the non-contact sensor; a first calculator calculating integrated map data by integrating the past map data and the current map data; and a second calculator by matching the integrated map data and the detection data from the non-contact sensor, calculates the position of the work machine.
US10119828B2
An automatic navigation-system update device includes a storage unit including a first storage module and a second storage module each of which stores map data and map version information; a communication unit configured to transmit the map version information extracted from the storage unit to an update server and to receive, from the update server, differential data of map data based on a difference between the map version information and latest map version information; and a control unit. The control unit guides a route on the basis of the map data stored in the first storage module and to update the map data stored in the second storage module by reflecting the differential data.
US10119816B2
Laser radar systems include a pentaprism configured to scan a measurement beam with respect to a target surface. A focusing optical assembly includes a corner cube that is used to adjust measurement beam focus. Target distance is estimated based on heterodyne frequencies between a return beam and a local oscillator beam. The local oscillator beam is configured to propagate to and from the focusing optical assembly before mixing with the return beam. In some examples, heterodyne frequencies are calibrated with respect to target distance using a Fabry-Perot interferometer having mirrors fixed to a lithium aluminosilicate glass-ceramic tube.
US10119805B2
A noncontact optical three-dimensional measuring device that includes a first projector, a first camera, a second projector, and a second camera; a processor electrically coupled to the first projector, the first camera, the second projector, and the second camera; and computer readable media which, when executed by the processor, causes the first digital signal to be collected at a first time and the second digital signal to be collected at a second time different than the first time and determines three-dimensional coordinates of a first point on the surface based at least in part on the first digital signal and the first distance and determines three-dimensional coordinates of a second point on the surface based at least in part on the second digital signal and the second distance.
US10119799B2
A firearm cartridge with a specially-configured token disc added to its base. The token includes an outer section and a central strike plate. The strike plate includes a strike ball at its center. The presence of the token increases the effective length of the cartridge and thereby prevents the closure of the bolt of a conventional firearm. As a result, the inventive cartridge cannot be fired in a conventional firearm.
US10119791B2
An armor plate is provided having a lamination of an embedded reinforcement basalt fiber mesh within a laminated cast metal alloy; and at least two layers of an aramid fiber. A process to make the armor plate can include suspending a basalt weave within a mold; heating aluminum 6061 or 7075 alloy to a molten state; pouring the molten aluminum into the mold; cooling the resultant matrixed aluminum to ambient temperature; and laminating at least two layers of ballistic fiber to the matrixed aluminum.
US10119789B2
A vehicle and a sensor for use in the vehicle is disclosed. The vehicle includes: a sensor array configured to detect an explosion by sensing, at different heights within a base of the vehicle, mechanical deformation of the base of the vehicle caused by the explosion; and control circuitry configured to respond to detection of the explosion by causing a groundwards force to be applied to the vehicle that depends upon inputs, characterizing the explosion, provided by the sensor array. The sensor includes: at least one support; a first frangible electrical connection, for conveying an electrical signal, held by the at least one support at a first height; and a second frangible electrical connection, for conveying an electrical signal, held by the at least one support at a second height different from the first height.
US10119771B2
A Non-Isotropic Structure for a Heat Exchanger (NISHEX) that forms fins from nested woven wire meshes. The wire meshes are shaped into channels that are stacked on top of each other to produce a non-isotropic fin structure having multiple fin layers. The fin structure exhibits a high heat coefficient while maintaining relatively high fin efficiency through the selection of fin lengths in proportion to the wire diameter in the mesh fins.
US10119770B2
A planar heat pipe includes a container having a hollow portion provided at a central portion thereof with two opposing plate-shaped bodies, and a working fluid enclosed in the hollow portion. The hollow portion is provided with a wick structure. At least one of the plate-shaped bodies is a composite member of two or more types of metal members that are laminated and integrated. A metal member of the composite member forming a layer that contacts the hollow portion has a thermal conductivity of greater than or equal to 200 W/m·K and a metal member of the composite member forming a layer that contacts an exterior has a thermal conductivity of less than or equal to 100 W/m·K, a peripheral portion of the hollow portion being sealed.
US10119764B2
Configurations and related processing schemes of direct or indirect (or both) inter-plants heating systems synthesized for grassroots medium grade crude oil semi-conversion refineries to increase energy efficiency from specific portions of low grade waste heat sources are described. Configurations and related processing schemes of direct or indirect (or both) inter-plants heating systems synthesized for integrated medium grade crude oil semi-conversion refineries and aromatics complex for increasing energy efficiency from specific portions of low grade waste sources are also described.
US10119756B2
A method and backup system for backing up a supply oxygen in an air separation plant in which during normal operation, a stream of oxygen-rich liquid is pumped through a main flow path, extending from a surge tank to a heat exchanger, to deliver an oxygen product. The surge tank receives the oxygen-rich liquid from a bottom region of the lower pressure column of the plant. Additionally, during normal operations, a stream of the oxygen-rich liquid is also introduced to a reserve storage tank through a backup flow path. During a transient operation, where the air separation plant has ceased operation, the surge tank is isolated and liquid is pumped from the surge tank through an auxiliary flow path to an auxiliary vaporizer to continue the supply of the oxygen product and the surge tank is replenished with oxygen-rich liquid previously stored in the reserve storage tank.
US10119755B2
A temperature regulator may include a housing extending longitudinally from a first, open end to a second, closed end. The housing may include an outer wall, an inner wall disposed radially inward from the outer wall, and an insulating medium disposed between the outer wall and the inner wall, wherein the insulating medium is a vacuum-sealed chamber having air substantially removed therefrom.
US10119752B2
Disclosed herein are a refrigerator and method of controlling the same. A refrigerator includes an interface unit configured to receive a command for supplying at least one of water and ice from a user; a weight sensor configured to measure a weight of a container placed on a container supporter; and a controller configured to control a supply of the at least one of water and ice based on a change in weight of the container based on the measured weight of the container.
US10119750B2
A dispenser assembly for a refrigerator including a removable discharge nozzle. The dispenser assembly includes a dispenser body, a water supply flow path and a removable discharge nozzle removably supported by a storage part formed in the dispenser body. The removable discharge nozzle is coupled to an extension hose can be pulled out of the dispenser body by a user for dispensing water. The removable discharge nozzle includes a discharge flow path, a rotating shaft installed in the discharge flow path, an opening/closing member, and a discharge button for user manipulation.
US10119740B2
A refrigerator includes an ice-making unit disposed in the door and can make ice through direct cooling by a refrigerant without using cold air flow. A cold air generation system operates to circulate the refrigerant for supplying a cold air flow for the refrigerator. A refrigerant pipe is installed in the refrigerator main body to branch off some refrigerant from the cold air generation system. An ice-making pipe is installed within the ice-making unit and receives the refrigerant from the refrigerant pipe. Water freezes into ice through heat transfer between the ice-making unit and the ice-making pipe containing refrigerant. A soft pipe is disposed around a hinge shaft of the refrigerator main body and the door and configured to interconnect the ice-making pipe and the refrigerant pipe in a twistable manner.
US10119739B2
A hail producing machine includes at least one diffuser for mixing water and carbon dioxide. At least one heat exchanger is in flow communication with the diffuser for receiving the mixture. A refrigeration unit freezes the mixture to form an ice rod in the heat exchanger. The ice rod is ejected from the heat exchanger and is converted into hail stones by a molding station downstream from the heat exchanger.
US10119737B2
A container treatment installation having a refrigeration installation, and a method for starting the operation of a refrigeration installation of a container treatment installation, are provided. The refrigeration installation comprises a refrigerant vessel for receiving a refrigerant which can be used for cooling a component of the container treatment installation, and a control device for controlling an amount of the refrigerant in the refrigerant vessel such that, after operation of the refrigeration installation, only a predetermined residual amount of refrigerant remains in the refrigerant vessel for the transport of the refrigerant installation, and after the transport of the refrigeration installation, the predetermined residual amount is filled up with a predetermined replenishment amount of refrigerant.
US10119734B2
This invention relates to of a cooling device (1) comprising a compressor (2) which compresses the refrigerant fluid, a condenser (3) which enables the superheated vapor exiting the compressor (2) change to first a liquid-vapor phase then liquid phase entirely, a compressor cabinet (8) positioned separately from the cooling cabinet (7), into which the compressor (2) and the condenser (3) are positioned, one or more evaporators (4), and one or more capillary tubes (5) interposed between the compressor cabinet (8) and the evaporator (6), and a control method thereof.
US10119729B2
A system and method for reducing the refrigerant charge in a refrigeration system by preheating the liquid refrigerant before it is introduced to the evaporator inlet. When refrigerant liquid is introduced to the evaporator inlet, a portion of the refrigerant liquid vaporizes. This refrigerant vapor displaces refrigerant liquid at the inlet of the evaporator. As more refrigerant vapor is introduced, the amount of liquid inside the evaporator is reduced. A heat exchanger is placed before the liquid refrigerant inlet of the evaporator to generate more vapor when the refrigerant enters the evaporator.
US10119725B2
A system for mounting a heater to structural members having a predetermined spacing includes a first mounting bracket having first and second mounting locations. The first and second mounting locations are spaced apart by a first integer multiple of the predetermined spacing. The system also includes a second mounting bracket having third and fourth mounting locations. The third and fourth mounting locations re spaced apart by the first integer multiple of the predetermined spacing. The system further includes a plurality of attachment points on the heater for attaching the first and second mounting brackets to the heater. The plurality of attachment points is arranged to locate the first, second, third, and fourth mounting locations in a mounting plane, with both the first and the third mounting locations and the second and the fourth mounting locations being spaced apart by a second integer multiple of the predetermined spacing.
US10119721B2
An illustrative damper system includes a damper blade, a damper actuator, and a standoff, where the standoff may be configured for use with an insulated duct having an outer surface of the duct, an insulating layer around the outer surface of the duct, and an outer surface of the insulating layer. Illustratively, the standoff may include a body, a mounting mechanism including a first flange, and a second flange spaced from the first flange, where the body, the first flange and the second flange may form an opening or space configured to receive the insulating layer. In some cases, the standoff may include one or more ribs extending between the body and the first and second flanges.
US10119715B2
The present disclosure provides a method for turning on an air conditioner and a device for turning on an air conditioner, belonging to the field of smart home. The method includes: acquiring a sensor parameter collected by a sensor in a wearable device; determining a physiological parameter based on the sensor parameter; determining a change in a sleep state of a user wearing the wearable device based on the physiological parameter; detecting whether the change in the sleep state is in conformity with a predetermined condition; and turning on the air conditioner when the change in the sleep state is detected to be in conformity with the predetermined condition.
US10119714B2
Systems and methods for remotely controlling infrared (“IR”) enabled appliances via a networked device are described. The technology enables one or multiple users to control, monitor, and manage their appliances (e.g., air conditioners, television sets, multimedia systems, window curtains, etc.) both locally and remotely, irrespective of the users' location or their line of sight. In various embodiments, the technology includes a device with integrated Wi-Fi and IR subsystems connected via a cloud platform to a user application interface that can control appliances, generate analytics, schedule automatic operation, and perform smart learning operation.
US10119711B2
An air unit includes a coil located in an air stream of the air unit. The air stream has an air flow direction. An air temperature sensor is located in the air stream of the air unit and is further located downstream, relative to the air flow direction, of the coil. A smart valve is in fluid communication with the coil and in electronic communication with the air temperature sensor. The smart valve is operable to control an amount of water flow through the coil. The smart valve receives a temperature setpoint signal, and the smart valve is programmed to modulate a valve position of a smart valve actuator based on the temperature setpoint signal and based on a signal from the air temperature sensor.
US10119699B2
The present invention provides a novel method and apparatus for a liquid-activated, lighted and flavored drink infuser. The invention enhances the water experience for any user by providing a liquid-activated, lighted, device with a dissolvable shell that, when placed in liquid, will light up and/or release into the liquid specific contents inside the infuser after the exterior dissolves.
US10119695B1
An LED filament module includes an LED filament and a fireproof tube mounted on an outer surface of the LED filament. The fireproof tube includes a main body having a tubular shape and a gum layer mounted on an outer surface of the main body. The main body is made of alkali-free glass fibers weaving together. The gum layer is made of an organic silicone that is treated by vulcanization.
US10119692B2
A lighting device includes a housing, at least one light source module disposed on a back surface of the housing, and a power section casing located at an upper portion of the housing, and accommodating a power unit for controlling and supplying power to the light source module. The power section casing is divided into a power section region for accommodating the power unit and at least one junction region for providing a space in which the power unit is electrically connected to an external power source. The junction region includes therein a cable fixing section for fixing an external power source cable connected to the external power source, and a ground section electrically connected to the power unit.
US10119689B2
A dual-output power adapter for a lighted artificial tree having a plurality of tree portions with light strings having lighting elements. The dual-output power adapter includes a power cord including a first power conductor and a second power conductor, the power cord configured to transmit an input electrical power; a housing configured to receive the first power conductor and a second power conductor; power-converting circuitry in electrical connection with the first power conductor and the second power conductor, the power-converting circuitry configured to convert the input electrical power to a first output electrical power; a first pair of conductors for transmitting the first output electrical power; and a second pair of conductors for transmitting a second output electrical power.
US10119679B2
An optic has a freeform optical surface transforming incident light emitted by a zero-étendue light source to form an irradiation pattern including a caustic of light rays focused along a curve. The transverse thickness of the illuminated curve is determined by the diffraction limit of the wavelength of the incident light.
US10119665B2
A variable hanging lighting, which is mountable on a carrier to form a designed lighting fixture having a three-dimensional shape, includes a flexible light strip, a flexible long channel member and multiple slings. The light strip has multiple luminous bodies arranged in a linear array to form a luminous surface on the light strip that outwardly emits light. The long channel member includes a bottom with multiple locating holes, two side walls, and two convexly fixed flanges that form a notch that accommodates the light strip. The slings each have at least one engaging element connected to a respective locating hole via an engaging connector to hang the long on a carrier so that the bottom of the long channel member is close to the carrier, and the luminous surface emits light in a direction away from the carrier.
US10119664B2
A tangle-resistant decorative lighting assembly, comprising: a main portion including a plurality of wires and connectors, including first and second connectors and first and second lighted-extension portions extending transversely from the main portion. The first lighted extension portion including: a first connector configured to detachably connect to the first connector of the main portion, a first plurality of wires connected to the first connector, and a first plurality of lamp assemblies connected to the first plurality of wires. The second lighted-extension portion including: a second connector configured to detachably connect to the second connector of the main portion, a second plurality of wires connected to the second connector, and a second plurality of lamp assemblies connected to the second plurality of wires. The first connector of the main portion comprises a lock portion configured to engage with a lock portion of the first connector of the first lighted-extension portion.
US10119662B2
A lens for distribution of light from a light emitter having an emitter axis. The lens including an outer surface receiving light from the inner surface which defines an inner cavity and includes an axial inner-surface portion of a conical shape formed by a substantially cross-sectionally linear inner region extending outwardly from positions at the emitter axis toward an open end of the inner cavity. An LED light fixture comprising a mounting structure supporting a plurality of spaced LED light sources with a plurality of the lenses each in alignment with a corresponding one of the light sources.
US10119650B2
A fitting structure and a display device are provided. The fitting structure comprises a first device (22), a second device (33) and a position-limiting device (11) configured to fixedly connect the first device (22) and the second device (23), wherein the position-limiting device (11) comprises a pre-fitting stepped portion (113) which is provided in the first device (22), and a threaded portion (111) and a relief groove portion (112) which are provided in the second device (33), and the relief groove portion (112) is arranged between the pre-fitting stepped portion (113) and the threaded portion (111); a height of the relief groove portion (112) is set so that the pre-fitting stepped portion (113) is in contact with a fixing face which is an end face of the second device (33) which is fixedly connected by the position-limiting device (11). The fitting structure can solve a problem of a gap between an end face of the base and an end face of the rear casing being increased when the base is subjected to a force.
US10119648B2
The disclosed invention provides a conduit sleeve with detachable end cap that greatly reduces the complexity of the current system that requires a multiplicity of integral sleeve conduit bodies, styles, fixtures, fittings, connectors, rigid conduits with female threading, and other receiving structures. Now, one conduit sleeve with detachable end cap can be used to protect a threaded conduit end without the need for specialty receiving structures having an integral sleeve. This is accomplished by having a single object performing both roles as conduit sleeve and end cap. The end cap portion can simply be cut or twisted off from the conduit sleeve portion at a convenient time after installation onto a rigid conduit, tube, pipe, or similar structure. The remaining conduit sleeve that is left protects the area of the rigid conduit where conduit threads would have been left exposed since they are not fully threaded into the receiving structure. In addition, the conduit sleeve may be flexible in construction, which is desirable if the rigid conduit is bent, such as along a transition area of a wall.
US10119645B2
A pipe pulling lubrication apparatus includes a pipe anchor having an anchor body. The anchor body includes a first coupling feature near an anchor body proximal portion and a distal pipe coupling feature near an anchor body distal portion. The distal pipe coupling feature is configured to couple and position a replacement pipe exterior surface near an anchor body exterior surface. The lubrication apparatus further includes a lubrication system including a lubricant conduit extending within the anchor body from the distal pipe coupling feature toward an anchor body intermediate portion between the first coupling feature and the distal pipe coupling feature. The lubrication system includes a lubricant distributor having one or more lubricant passages extending from the lubricant conduit toward the anchor body exterior surface, the lubricant distributor is configured to deliver a lubricant to the replacement pipe exterior surface.
US10119640B2
The present invention provides an apparatus for a threaded plumbing connector to electrically ground pipes. The apparatus includes wire terminal block(s), connecting the threaded plumbing connector body to a wire or other conductive material. In the event that a pipe becomes electrically energized, the grounding connection of the threaded plumbing connector would be able to shunt the electrical current away from the pipes and reduce the risk of fire.
US10119639B2
A plug-type sleeve for fastening on an object which is, in particular, in the form of a rod, cable or pipe, and which includes an end which has an opening for receiving a section of the object and has a circumferential groove with annular seal which is composed of an elastomeric material arranged in it, it being possible for the plug-type sleeve to be placed against an outer surface of said section. The plug-type sleeve includes a substantially sleeve-like clamping element, which can be coupled to the annular seal in the longitudinal direction of the plug-type sleeve, for axial compression and resulting radial constriction of the annular seal, wherein the clamping element is formed and designed such that external application of a fluid pressure medium causes axial extension of the clamping element.
US10119638B2
A fluidic coupling device includes a housing, and a piston, spring, and cap insertable in the housing. The spring includes a stack of spring washers and is compressible between the cap and the the piston. The cap is threadedly engageable with the housing and movable into contact with the spring. The device may be coupled to a component in a sealed manner by inserting a ferrule between the piston and the component, inserting a conduit through the housing and into the component, and threadedly engaging the housing with the component, thereby compressing the spring and translating the piston against the ferrule. The device may enable coupling to be done manually, with minimal variation in compressive loading. The piston and spring may desensitize the device to thermal cycling effects, reducing the need for retightening.
US10119635B2
A fluid conduit for a gas turbine engine includes a first fluid conduit attachable to a second fluid conduit and securable together with a lockable connector. The connector includes a first portion including external threads and a second portion receiving the first portion and including internal threads mating to the external threads of the first portion. The internal threads include lead threads defining a first thread interface with the external threads for starting attachment of the first portion to the second portion and locking threads defining a second thread interface for locking the first portion to the second portion.
US10119633B2
A segment for an annular structure includes an arcuate body extending between a first end and a second end. The segment includes a first plurality of interlocking portions extending from the first end and a second plurality of interlocking portions extending from the second end. Each interlocking portion includes a first leg and a second leg partially embedded in the arcuate body and a connecting portion connecting the first leg and the second leg, the connecting portion external to the arcuate body. The segment also includes a flange proximal to the first end and the second end of the arcuate body. Each flange includes a first spacing portion that extends radially outward from the outside surface and a second extending portion that extends distally from the main body portion.
US10119632B2
The present invention provides a method for producing a through hole in a floor system for pipe penetration. The method includes providing a deck system with ridge portions and valley portions; creating a hollow on the deck system; providing a ring with at least one securing ear formed on a perimeter thereof; mounting the ring onto the deck system by jointing the at least one securing ear of the ring and the at least one of the ridge portions such that the ring is fixedly received in the hollow of the deck system; and fixedly receiving a pipe casing in the ring mounted on the deck system, wherein the pipe casing defines a path for the pipe penetration. The method further includes forming a concrete layer on the deck system to obtain a composite slab.
US10119627B2
A poppet valve for controlling water flow is provided, the poppet valve includes a housing, a movable armature arranged within the housing, a pilot pin having first and second ends, and a return element associated with the pilot pin. The first end of the pilot pin is associated with and driven by the armature, and a poppet is arranged around the second end of the pilot pin. A cage is arranged around the poppet, the cage having a transverse opening adapted for water to flow therethrough. The armature is selectively actuated to drive the pilot pin in a first direction towards a closed position, in which the transverse opening of the cage is blocked by the poppet. The return element drives the pilot pin in a second direction towards an open position, in which the transverse opening of the cage is unblocked by the poppet.
US10119617B2
A sealing device that can mitigate stress concentration in a bellows part when a shaft deviates as it rotates. The sealing device 100 includes a fixed part 110 fixed to an inner circumference of a shaft hole in a housing 200, a thin bellows part 120 extending from the fixed part 110 toward a surface of the shaft 300 in a bellows shape, and a sealing part 130 provided on a radially inner side of the bellows part 120. The bellows part 120 includes, on one side thereof, circumferentially alternating ridges 121 extending radially from outside to inside and grooves 122 extending radially from outside to inside, and on the other side, grooves 123 and ridges 124 that are exact backsides of the ridges 121 and grooves 122 on the one side, respectively. The bellows part 120 is formed to have a substantially equal thickness t over an entire circumference thereof.
US10119602B2
The present invention discloses a power transmission apparatus. The power transmission apparatus includes: an input shaft including a male screw portion formed thereon; a pair of input gears formed on the input shaft to be freely rotatable with the male screw portion being interposed therebetween; an output gear formed to be rotatable in a state of being linked with the pair of input gears; and a power interrupting unit screw-coupled to the male screw portion of the input shaft, and configured to rectilinearly reciprocate along the input shaft by a rotation of the input shaft to be selectively engaged with any one of the pair of input gears so as to transmit a power.
US10119598B2
An infinitely variable transmission (IVT) includes a double planetary gearset with first, second, and third transmission components. The IVT includes a single planetary gearset with fourth, fifth, and sixth transmission components. In one mode, a first set of clutches is engaged, allowing transmission of engine power to the first transmission component, and allowing transmission of IVP power between a second IVP machine and the second transmission component. The third transmission component combines the engine power and the IVP power into first combined power that is transmitted from the third transmission component to the fourth transmission component. The fifth transmission component transmits return power to an engine shaft, and the sixth transmission component combines the first combined power and the return power into second combined power that is output to an output shaft for rotating the output shaft at a range of rotational speeds.
US10119596B2
A planetary gear train of an automatic transmission for a vehicle may include an input shaft receiving torque of an engine, an output shaft outputting torque, a first planetary gear set, a second planetary gear set, a third planetary gear set, a fourth planetary gear set, a first shaft, a second shaft, a third shaft, a fourth shaft, a fifth shaft selectively connectable to at least one of the second shaft and the third shaft, and directly connected to the input shaft, a sixth shaft connected to the ninth rotation element, a seventh shaft connected to the tenth rotation element, and an eighth shaft connected to the eleventh rotation element, selectively connectable to the sixth shaft, and directly connected to the output shaft.
US10119590B2
End member assemblies are dimensioned for securement to an end of a flexible spring member for forming gas spring assemblies. An end member assembly can include an end member body and at least one connector fitting. The end member body includes a base section and a cap section that are secured together at a single flowed-material joint. The base section and the cap section together at least partially define a reservoir chamber within the end member body. The at least one connector fitting is at least partially embedded within the end member body. Gas spring assemblies including at least one end member assembly and suspension systems including at least one gas spring assembly are also included.
US10119577B2
A dual-clutch for a motor vehicle includes an input, first and second outputs, friction plates for producing a drive connection between the input and the first and second outputs alternately, a housing including an inlet and an outlet, containing at least a portion of the friction plates, and a cooling system including a fan impeller rotating with the input and producing an air stream flowing through the housing from the inlet to the outlet.
US10119575B2
In a yoke for a cross shaft universal joint, the forming direction of a through hole (17a) and a screw hole (18a) is inclined relative to the axes of circular holes (19a, 19a) formed in a pair of engaging arm parts (12, 12). And, by fastening a bolt (32) to thereby put first and second flange parts (14a, 15a) nearer to each other, mutually approaching forces are applied to the connecting arm parts (12, 12) in a direction inclined relative the axes of the circular holes (19a, 19a). Thus, cup bearings (29) incorporated in the circular holes (19a, 19a) are pressed against the end of a shaft part (28a) constituting a cross shaft (27), thereby enabling suppression of occurrence of shaking motion between the bearings incorporated in the circular holes and the end of the shaft part of the cross shaft supported rotatably by the bearings.
US10119574B2
A device for transmitting torque on an axis from a drive to an output has a first connection for connecting with the drive and having a vulcanization surface, and a second connection for connecting with the output and also having a vulcanization surface. An elastic element formed of rubber-elastic material is in the power transmission path between the two connections, is constructed so as to be radially soft, permitting a radial offset of up to 1 mm between the first connection and the second connection, is torsionally rigid to permit an only very small torsion angle of at most 1.5° between the first connection and the second connection, and is vulcanized to the vulcanization surface of the first connection and to the vulcanization surface of the second connection.
US10119564B2
An outboard motor includes a first driven gear and a second driven gear, a first conical roller bearing and a second conical roller bearing, and a nut. The first driven gear and the second driven gear mesh with a driving gear. The driving gear rotates through transmission of a rotative power from an engine unit. The first conical roller bearing and the second conical roller bearing are disposed on an outer periphery of a tubular portion of the second driven gear. The first conical roller bearing and the second conical roller bearing are arranged in a front-rear direction in directions opposite from one another. The nut is disposed on the outer periphery of the tubular portion of the second driven gear. The nut is displaceable in an axial direction of the tubular portion. With the nut, a preload is applied to the first conical roller bearing and the second conical roller bearing to hold the first conical roller bearing and the second conical roller bearing to the outer periphery of the tubular portion of the second driven gear.
US10119563B2
An offset bushing for a structural member may include a tubular body having a cylindrical inner surface and a cylindrical outer surface. The cylindrical inner surface may have an inner diameter defining an inner axis. The cylindrical outer surface may have an outer diameter defining an outer axis. The inner axis may be spaced apart from the outer axis to define a linear offset. The offset bushing may include a bushing indexing feature configured to align with a member indexing feature of a member when the offset bushing is installed in a member bore. Alignment of the bushing indexing feature with the member indexing feature may cause the linear offset to be oriented substantially parallel to a loading axis of a load on the member.
US10119561B1
A latch module includes a fixing member and a sliding member. A first surface of the fixing member is configured to align and engage with a mounting surface of a detachable device. A sliding unit of the sliding member is relative to a guiding unit of the fixing member and allows the sliding member to slide linearly with respect to the fixing member. The sliding member includes a pushing portion corresponding to a switching column on a resilient arm of the fixing member. While the sliding member is slid to a first position, the switching column is away from the pushing portion and a convex portion of the resilient arm tends to push against the mounting surface. While the sliding member is slid to a second position, the pushing portion pushes the switching column to drive the convex portion away from the mounting surface.
US10119560B2
An axle assembly can include a housing defining a reservoir and cylindrical bore open thereto. A clutch can selectively transmit torque between input and output members. A first inlet/outlet of a pump can be in fluid communication with the reservoir and define first threads coaxial with the cylindrical bore. The pump can be configured to pump fluid from the first inlet/outlet to an actuator of the clutch via a second inlet/outlet. The filter can include a base, port, and filter element. The port can define second threads that threadably engage the first threads. The base can be fixedly coupled to the port and include a cylindrical wall coaxial with the second threads. A seal member can form a seal between the cylindrical wall and the cylindrical bore when the first and second threads are engaged. The filter element can be disposed between the reservoir and the first inlet/outlet.
US10119557B2
A hydraulic driving device includes: a hydraulic motor configured to operate by flushing oil from a hydraulic pump through a high pressure oil passage and a low pressure oil passage; a low pressure selective valve configured to operate in accordance with differential pressure between the high pressure oil passage and the low pressure oil passage, and to discharge the oil in the low pressure oil passage inside a motor case; a tank oil passage configured to connect the inside of the motor case with an oil tank; and a choke throttle provided to the low pressure selective valve or to an oil passage lower than the low pressure selective valve.
US10119553B2
A centrifugal fan includes a main plate rotating about an axis of rotation, a shroud having an inlet port for introduction of air, and a plurality of blades circumferentially arranged between the main plate and the shroud so as to form a flow of air by accelerating air introduced through the inlet port. Each blade has a pressure surface formed such that a portion thereof near to the shroud is convex and a portion thereof near to the main plate is concave. The shroud has an inside surface formed as a curved surface, and the curved surface has a diffusion section extending radially. The main plate has a curved surface extending radially, and a curved surface of the shroud in the diffusion section at least partially overlaps with the curved surface formed in the main plate when viewed in a direction of the axis of rotation.
US10119544B2
An automotive electric liquid pump includes a pump wheel, an EC-motor which directly drives the pump wheel, and a cover disk. The EC-motor comprises a wet motor rotor. The wet motor rotor comprises a ring-like motor rotor cavity, and a motor rotor body comprising a cylindrical rotor body section. The cylindrical rotor body section is permanently magnetized and surrounds a motor rotor cavity which is ring-like. The cover disk is arranged at a longitudinal rotor end opposite to the pump wheel. The cover disk closes the motor rotor cavity.
US10119539B2
An internal-gear pump has a housing which has a first fluid port and a second fluid port. An inner rotor is mounted in the housing so as to be rotatable about an inner rotor axis and has an external toothing. An outer rotor is rotatable in the housing about an outer rotor axis and has an internal toothing which, to generate a pump action, engages with the external toothing of the inner rotor. The internal-gear pump furthermore has a ring element which is mounted movably in the housing so as to be pivotable between a first position and a second position. At least a third fluid port is formed on the housing. The third fluid port is arranged relative to the ring element such that, in the first position of the ring element, the third fluid port is connected to the second fluid port. In the second position, said third fluid port is separated from the second fluid port.
US10119530B2
A reciprocating compressor is provided that may include a shell, a suction pipe coupled to the shell, a driver provided inside of the shell that generates a rotational force, a compression device including a connecting rod that converts the rotational force into a linear driving force, a piston coupled to the connecting rod, and a cylinder into which the piston is movably inserted, a suction muffler provided inside of the shell that reduces a pressure pulsation of a refrigerant suctioned through the suction pipe, and a suction guide that extends from the shell to the suction muffler and includes at least one protrusion that contacts an inner surface of the shell.
US10119507B1
A rotating fuel injector assembly for a vehicle engine includes a base, an internal tip, an intermediate coaxial tip, and an external coaxial tip. The internal tip may be configured to move between an extended closed position and a retracted open position relative to the base. The intermediate coaxial tip may include an opening defined in a base of the intermediate coaxial tip. The base and the opening abuts the internal tip when the internal tip is in the extended closed position. The external coaxial tip may move between an extended open position and a retracted closed position relative to the base. The external coaxial tip includes a plurality of apertures which may align with the at least one opening in the intermediate coaxial tip at a predetermined event.
US10119501B2
Systems, apparatus, and methods are disclosed that include a divided exhaust engine configured to control an EGR fraction in the charge flow to the cylinders in response to an EGR fraction overshoot condition, an exhaust pressure change in the EGR loop, and/or a transient operating condition.
US10119499B2
An engine system is provided. The engine system may include an exhaust gas heat exchanger valve including an actuatable valve plate, a valve actuation assembly adjusting the position of the valve plate through operation of mechanical linkage coupled to the valve plate, and a flow reversal valve positioned in a coolant passage, the flow reversal valve configured to reverse the coolant flow in a flapper coolant conduit to trigger actuation of the mechanical linkage.
US10119491B2
A controller for an internal combustion engine, the internal combustion engine including a fuel injection valve configured to supply fuel into a cylinder. The controller includes an electronic control unit configured to acquire an actual heat generation rate at time of combustion; and correct at least one of fuel injection pressure or amount of fuel injected when deviation amount between reference heat generation rate gradient and actual heat generation rate gradient is equal to or greater than predetermined value such that the deviation decreases. The reference heat generation rate gradient is a gradient of a predetermined reference heat generation rate at which a predetermined time elapses after a heat generation rate begins to rise. The actual heat generation rate gradient being a gradient of an actual heat generation rate acquired by the electronic control unit at which the predetermined time elapses after the heat generation rate begins to rise.
US10119481B2
A propulsion system, control system, and method are provided for optimizing fuel economy, which use model predictive control systems to generate a plurality of sets of possible command values and determine a cost for each set of possible command values of based on a first predetermined weighting value, a second predetermined weighting value, a plurality of predicted values, and a plurality of requested values. The set of possible command values having the lowest cost is determined and defined as a set of selected command values. Arbitration is performed including at least one of the following: A) determining at least one requested value based on arbitrating between a driver requested value and an intervention requested value; and B) determining a desired command value by arbitrating between a selected command value of the set of selected command values and a command intervention value.
US10119479B2
Methods and systems are provided for mitigating excessive exhaust pressures in an engine. In one example, a method may include adjusting an intake throttle responsive to exhaust pressure upstream of an exhaust turbine being higher than a threshold without reducing boost level. In this way, boost pressures may be maintained while reducing exhaust pressures.
US10119478B2
A trip block is provided. The trip block includes a single housing which commonly houses multiple valve assemblies. Each valve assembly includes a rotary valve member arrangement. The rotary valve member arrangement includes a spool and a sleeve with a predefined radial clearance between the spool and sleeve.
US10119475B2
A gas turbine engine assembly according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a geared architecture configured to rotatably couple a turbine and a compressor of an engine to rotate the compressor at a different speed than the turbine and a fan.
US10119466B2
A gas turbine engine comprises a fan includes a plurality of fan blades rotatable about an axis. A compressor section includes at least a first compressor section and a second compressor section, wherein components of the second compressor section are configured to operate at an average exit temperature that is between about 1000° F. and about 1500° F. A combustor is in fluid communication with the compressor section. A turbine section is in fluid communication with the combustor. A geared architecture is driven by the turbine section for rotating the fan about the axis.
US10119464B2
An engine assembly having a cover for catching oil splatted by crankshaft gear and a balance shaft gear is provided. The crankshaft gear is mechanically coupled to the balance shaft gear. The balance shaft gear may be partially submerged in a pool of oil formed at the bottom of the crankcase housing. The cover includes a first cover portion having a back wall and a pair of side walls extending along a top portion and a bottom portion. The top portion covers a respective portion of a circumferential edge of the crankshaft gear. The bottom portion a respective portion of a circumferential edge of the balance shaft gear. Accordingly, oil splattered by the crankshaft gear and the balance shaft gear is caught by the cover, reducing oil entrainment and increasing oil pumping efficiency. Further, the cover helps prevent oil mist from escaping the system so as to reduce oil consumption.
US10119462B2
A variable length connecting rod comprises a connecting rod body, an eccentric member, a hydraulic cylinder, a hydraulic piston, a check valve, a switching mechanism and a hydraulic mechanism. The check valve permits a flow of hydraulic oil from a primary side of the check valve to a secondary side of the check valve and prohibits the flow from the secondary side to the primary side. The switching mechanism comprises a single switching pin. The connecting rod body is formed with first to fourth oil paths. The switching pin is switched between a first position making the first oil path communicate with the fourth oil path and making the second oil path communicate with the third oil path, and a second position making the first oil path communicate with the third oil path and making the second oil path communicate with the fourth oil path.
US10119461B2
A vehicle system including a plurality of alternators with a common electrical connection interface having at least one connector and a digital communication connector through which a processor communicates with the alternators. Input signals received at the at least one connector are unique for each alternator under normal and unimpaired operating conditions. Upon wakeup of an alternator, the alternator assesses the input signals and whether the address of the alternator is frozen. If the address is not frozen, the status of at least one operating parameter is assessed to determine if a predefined requirement is satisfied. If the predefined requirement is satisfied, the alternator is assigned an address based upon the input signals at the at least one connector and the address is frozen. The alternator can detect faults by determining if the input signals at the least one connector agree with the frozen address of the alternator.
US10119460B2
A system includes an engine coupled with a primary shaft that drives a first electric generator for generating electrical power via a gear subsystem. The system also includes a turbocharger assembly having at least one gas turbine engine configured for driving the primary shaft and coupled in parallel with the engine. The turbocharger assembly includes multiple compressors configured to provide a flow of compressed fluid into both the engine and the at least one gas turbine engine and multiple turbines configured to utilize exhausts from both the engine and the one gas turbine for driving the primary shaft. Further, the system includes a controller configured to operate a plurality of valves for controlling optimal intake fluid pressure into the engine and the turbocharger assembly and fuel injections into the engine and the at least one gas turbine engine.
US10119459B2
A number of variations may include a product comprising: an electrified turbocharger comprising: an electric motor surrounding a portion of a shaft constructed and arranged to selectively drive the shaft, wherein the electric motor further comprises a stator comprising a lamination stack; a housing surrounding the electric motor, wherein the housing includes a plurality of channels constructed and arranged to lubricate a first bearing; and wherein the lamination stack is constructed and arranged to include at least one conduit to pass oil through the electric motor to a second bearing.
US10119458B2
A vehicle includes a frame supporting an engine, a transmission including an input shaft and an output shaft, a driving device linked to the output shaft so that power is transmitted therebetween, and a supercharger including a rotation shaft linked to the output shaft so that power is transmitted therebetween. The supercharger is fixed to the frame.
US10119453B2
Systems and methods for providing an improved strategy for controlling a variable speed water pump in a vehicle. In some embodiments, more than one water pump speed function is calculated based on values obtained from vehicle sensors, and a controller chooses among the water pump speed function results to set a water pump speed. In some embodiments, the water pump speed is increased when driveline torque is greater than a threshold amount for an amount of time that varies based on the driveline torque. In some embodiments, ambient temperature is considered while determining whether the water pump should provide full coolant flow to an auxiliary coolant loop of a trailer.
US10119448B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure may improve the accuracy of diagnosis in diagnosing whether an exhaust gas purification system having an SCR filter is faulty. It is determined that the exhaust gas purification system is faulty if the NOx removal rate with the SCR filter calculated using a measurement value of an NOx sensor is lower than or equal to a predetermined criterion removal rate. In the apparatus, a differential pressure change rate defined as the increase in a converted differential pressure value per unit increase in the filter PM deposition amount is calculated. The value of the criterion removal rate is set higher when the differential pressure change rate at the time when the measurement value of the NOx sensor is obtained is lower than a predetermined threshold than when the differential pressure change rate is higher than or equal to the predetermined threshold.
US10119437B2
The disclosure provides a receptacle for a fluid, in particular an engine oil pan or transmission oil pan for a motor vehicle, comprising at least one, in the installed position, lower drain opening and at least one closing body which can be inserted in the drain opening, the drain opening and the closing body forming parts, configured to be complementary to one another, of a closure which seals the receptacle and the closure being in the form of a bayonet closure. The receptacle according to the disclosure is distinguished by the fact that the closing body is centered in the drain opening by a sealing means.
US10119435B2
A combustion engine includes, a cylinder head including a controllable first engine valve arranged to selectively open/close a combustion chamber included in the combustion engine, a first valve actuator operatively connected to the first engine valve, which first valve actuator includes at least one inlet opening for pressure fluid and at least one outlet opening for pressure fluid, and a closed pressure fluid circuit, wherein the first valve actuator is arranged in the closed pressure fluid circuit. The combustion engine further includes a cylinder head chamber that forms part of the closed pressure fluid circuit and that is delimited by the cylinder head and at least a first cylinder head mantle, wherein the at least one outlet opening of the first valve actuator is in fluid communication with the cylinder head chamber. A mantle assembly for a cylinder head of a combustion engine is also described.
US10119433B2
A rotor (1) for a vane cell adjuster of a camshaft adjusting device including a central through opening (10) and at least one radially outwardly projecting vane (2). The rotor (1) is made of at least two parts, an inner part (8) made of a first material and an outer part (3) made of a second material and which surrounds, from the outside, the inner part (8). The first material has a higher strength than the second material, and the inner part (8) is connected in a positive fit in the rotational direction of the outer part (3) by an outer form which is irregular in the cross-section to the rotational axis (14) of the rotor (1).
US10119431B2
A system (42) including a phaser (28), a motor (38), and a controller (40) for controlling the phase between a camshaft (18) and a crankshaft (16) of an engine (10). The phaser (28) is attached to the camshaft (18), is in communication with the crankshaft (16), and is configured to adjust the phase of the camshaft (18). The motor (38) actuates the phaser (28) and is operatively attached to and in communication with the phaser (28) such that rotation of the crankshaft (16) back-drives the motor (38) to subsequently generate a signal. The controller (40) is in electrical communication with the motor (38), is responsive to the signal, and uses the signal to determine the rotational speed of the motor (38) to thereby commutate the motor (38) and subsequently drive the motor (38) so as to actuate the phaser (28) and control the phase of the camshaft (18).
US10119423B2
A fan hub assembly for a gas turbine engine includes a fan hub that is configured to rotate about an axis. The fan hub has an axially extending aperture and a platform. A fastener is received in the aperture in a slip fit relationship to secure the platform to the fan hub.
US10119419B2
The invention relates to a method for determining bearing play of exhaust-gas-turbocharger friction bearings comprising the following method steps: accelerating the exhaust-gas turbocharger or the body group from standstill to a maximum rotational speed and at the same time registering the vibration acceleration by means of a sensor; determining the constant-tone frequency of the friction bearing at at least one rotational speed; plotting the determined constant-tone frequency in a diagram, in which bearing-play ranges determined experimentally in advance are assigned to constant-tone frequency ranges; and establishing whether or not the determined constant-tone frequency lies in a bearing-play target range.
US10119417B2
A turbocharger (300) having a rotatable shaft (312) passing through a bearing housing (303) with a turbine-end bearing support (580) with a support bar (600). A turbine-end bearing support (580) may include the support bar (600) with radial supports (610) and (620) connected to each opposite side (492) and (494) of cavity (496) of the bearing housing (303) wherein oil can flow in recesses (640) and (650) above the radial supports (610) and (620). Each radial support (610) and (620) of the support bar (600) is preferably integrated in the corresponding side (492) and (494). A turbine-end bearing support (580) may also include the support bar (600) with a rod portion (622) forming a bottom tie support bar (612) that supports the bottoms of both bearing supports (490) and (580), which are top-supported by the bearing housing (303). Each support bar (600) is preferably integral with the bearing support (580).
US10119410B2
A vane seal system includes a non-rotatable vane segment that has an airfoil with a pocket at one end thereof. The pocket spans in an axial direction between forward and trailing sides, with respect to the airfoil, and in a lateral direction between open lateral sides. A seal member extends in the pocket. The seal member includes a seal element and at least one spring portion that is configured to positively locate the seal member in the axial direction in the pocket. A method for positioning the seal member in a vane seal system includes positively locating the seal member in the axial direction in the pocket using the spring portion.
US10119407B2
A turbine engine component has an airfoil portion having a pressure side, a suction side, and a trailing edge. The trailing edge has a center discharge cooling circuit, which center discharge cooling circuit has an exit defined by a concave surface on the pressure side of the airfoil portion and a convex surface on the suction side of the airfoil portion. The airfoil portion has a thermal barrier coating on the pressure side and the suction side. The thermal barrier coating on the convex surface tapers to zero in thickness at a point spaced from the trailing edge so as to leave an uncoated portion on the convex surface.
US10119402B2
A compressor wheel (1) of a radial compressor (2) of an exhaust-gas turbocharger (3), having a hub (8); and having two blade rows (9, 10) which are arranged adjacent to one another on the hub (8), a first blade row (9) forming the leading blade row, and the adjacent, second blade row (10) forming the trailing blade row, wherein the number of blades (11) of the first blade row (9) is equal to the number of blades (12) of the second blade row (10).
US10119400B2
A rotor disk for a gas turbine engine is disclosed and formed to enable operation at high rotational speeds in a high temperature environment. The rotor disk is formed to include a bore, a live rim diameter and an outer diameter related to each other according to defined relationships.
US10119398B2
The aim of the invention is to improve the efficiency of an axial-piston motor comprising at least one working cylinder fed by a continuously operating combustion chamber comprising a pre-combustion chamber and a main combustion chamber. To this end, the axial-piston motor is provided with a pre-combustion chamber comprising a check valve.
US10119384B2
A device for use in recovery of gas trapped by fluid and suspended solids in a gas or oil well includes a body defining a cavity with a cap at its upper end and an opening for entry of fluid at its bottom end. A lower valve controls fluid flow into, and an upper valve controls flow out of, the cavity. Pressurized gas pushes downward on fluid in the cavity in a compression stroke which closes the lower valve and opens the upper valve. Gas is exhausted from the cavity during an exhaust stroke. An effluent line allows exit of the fluid and suspended solids during the compression stroke. A probe line provides electrical power to a pair of probes for initiating and halting entry of the stream of pressurized gas into the cavity.
US10119380B2
A centralized power system including at least one engine having a plurality of discharge connectors; a plurality of articulating power connectors, each articulating power connector comprising a first end connected to a corresponding discharge connector, and a second end connectable to at least one piece of oilfield equipment thereby supplying power from the at least one engine to the oilfield equipment.
US10119363B2
The present application describes methods and systems for a tool with a new check valve. The check valve may include a piston sleeve that is configured to move towards the proximal end of the tool to seal restrictive ports in a center of the tool responsive to creating a force on the piston sleeve. In embodiments, the movement of the piston sleeve may be counter to the flow of fluid through an inner diameter of the tool, such that the tool may be resettable and repeatable based on fluid flow and/or pressure differentials and not based on drag force through an inner diameter of the tool.
US10119357B2
The invention concerns a radially expandable metal tubular element having on its outer surface a series of spaced apart annular sealing modules. This element is noteworthy in that each sealing module comprises two annular metal abutments between which there are inserted an annular seal and two anti-extrusion rings, the seal being positioned between the two anti-extrusion rings and the two metal abutments being secured against the outer surface of the said tubular element, in that the two anti-extrusion rings are made in elastically and plastically deformable material and are in one or two parts, and in that the two anti-extrusion rings and/or the seal comprise at least two opposite facing bevelled surfaces capable of sliding relative to one another under the effect of axial movement of the said seal so as to cause outward radial displacement of one of the anti-extrusion rings or at least one of the two parts thereof.
US10119340B2
The present disclosure relates to cutting elements incorporating polycrystalline diamond bodies used for subterranean drilling applications, and more particularly, to polycrystalline diamond bodies having a high diamond content which are configured to provide improved properties of thermal stability and wear resistance, while maintaining a desired degree of impact resistance, when compared to prior polycrystalline diamond bodies. In various embodiments disclosed herein, a cutting element with high diamond content includes a modified PCD structure and/or a modified interface (between the PCD body and a substrate), to provide superior performance.
US10119339B2
An infiltrated metal-matrix composite drill bit includes a bit body comprising a reinforced composite material including reinforcing particles infiltrated with a binder material. A plurality of cutting elements is coupled to an exterior of the bit body. A mandrel is positioned within the bit body and made of an M-based alloy selected from the group consisting of a titanium-based alloy, a nickel-based alloy, a copper-based alloy, a cobalt-based alloy, and a refractory metal-based alloy, wherein the element designated by “M” is the most prevalent element in the alloy composition. A shank is coupled to the mandrel.
US10119335B2
A bearing system configured for use on a downhole tool including a rolling cutter member having a plurality of cutting structures thereon comprises a first plurality of bearings disposed between a head washer and an at least substantially planar shaft washer, and a second plurality of bearings disposed between the at least substantially planar shaft washer and a rolling cutter washer. A downhole tool, such as an earth-boring rotary rolling cutter drill bit includes such a bearing system between a rolling cutter and a head of a bit body. Methods of forming such a downhole tool include the assembly of such a bearing system between a rolling cutter and a head of a bit body.
US10119329B2
A skew adjustment mechanism is used for adjusting the length of a lift cord on a window covering. The lift cord extends from a lift spool at a first end to an anchor drum at a second end. A cord wrap post is provided between the lift spool and the anchor drum so that the lift cord can be wrapped around the cord wrap post to provide friction between the lift cord and the cord wrap post when the lift cord is taut in order to reduce the amount of holding force that is needed to prevent the anchor drum from rotating.
US10119328B2
The invention relates to a frame structure, such as a window sash or a frame for a window or door, comprising a core made from at least one core member made from expanded polystyrene (EPS) with a density of 80-200 kg/m3 and a shell of polyurethane (PUR) encasing the core. The core may include a plurality of core members, some of which may be made from a different material.
US10119324B2
An apparatus including a receiving channel and a locking clip for securing a folding door in a closed configuration. The receiving channel is mounted to a side of a door frame associated with a closed configuration of the folding door. The locking clip is mounted to the leading edge of the folding door. The locking clip includes sides that extend past sides of the leading edge of the folding door so as to create a ledge on each side thereof. The receiving channel includes cleats on inner walls thereof. The cleats engage the ledges to secure the locking clip within the receiving channel in a closed configuration. The locking clip may be mounted to a center of the leading edge. The receiving channel may traverse substantially the height of the door frame.
US10119320B2
A control system for providing Cloud based commands to a garage door includes one or more Cloud servers for receiving commands from at least one mobile web enabled user device. A load balancer is used for receiving communication from a server for distributing commands from at least one web enabled device to the Cloud. A server based garage door opener is used for receiving commands and controlling operation of a garage door from the server. The status of the garage door is determined by measuring a distance of the garage door to the garage floor using a distance measuring device such that distance measuring information is communicated to the server for determining the open or closed status of the garage door before movement.
US10119315B2
A slide and swing leaf/sash system includes a floor rail profile and a ceiling rail profile which are each C-shaped and in which at least two leaves/sashes arranged therebetween are displaceably guided, which leaves/sashes are mounted at least in each case by at least one carriage in the floor rail profile in such a way that, in the swiveled-in state of the leaves/sashes, the weight load of the leaves/sashes is completely absorbed by the floor rail profile. At least one lateral outlet opening for releasing a leaf/sash is arranged in the floor rail profile, a lifting runner, which is arranged above the floor rail profile, being mounted on at least one leaf/sash, a ramp element being arranged on the floor rail adjacent to at least one outlet opening and interacting with the lifting runner in such a way that the leaf/sash is raised on passing the ramp element.
US10119308B2
A latch system for vehicle doors includes a powered latch including a powered actuator that is configured to unlatch the powered latch. An interior unlatch input feature such as an unlatch switch can be actuated by a user to provide an unlatch request. The system may include a controller that is operably connected to the powered actuator of the powered latch. The controller is configured such that it does not unlatch the powered latch if a vehicle speed is greater than a predefined value unless the interior latch feature is actuated at least two times according to predefined criteria.
US10119304B2
A point of sale assembly having antitheft functionality. A sealed consumer product package has a face with at least one opening extending into the sealed consumer product package. A consumer product is positioned inside the sealed consumer product package. A lock having a sensor and a body that is positioned outside the sealed consumer product package. The lock has at least one locking arm extending into the opening of the sealed consumer product package and secured to the consumer product.
US10119302B2
A door lock assembly for use with a door having a frame element that includes a main body and a pair of opposed sides that forms a channel therebetween. One of the sides of the main body has a connector portion. The assembly also includes a movable locking assembly that is coupled to the connector portion of the frame element and has one or more elongated locking elements that is movable between a locked position and an unlocked position. The assembly also includes a latch assembly configured for coupling a door to a door frame, and if desired an actuator assembly.
US10119301B2
Systems and methods for a tamper-evident cargo container seal bolt lock are disclosed herein. The device can include a bolt member having a conductive medium running the axial length of the bolt, and a receiving member for locking the bolt into place. A battery-driven sensory circuit including a memory means, a processor, and a timing circuit can be disposed within the receiving member such that a continuous circuit is formed from one circuit pin over the conductive medium through the length of the bolt and back to a second pin. The sensory circuit is configured to sense whether the circuit has been interrupted (e.g., if the bolt has been cut). In the event of an interruption, the circuit can record the time and/or date in memory. This information can then be transmitted to an RFID reader/interrogator if a dispute arises as to when the lock had been broken.
US10119300B2
A lock including a lock cylinder, at least one sensing module and a processing unit is provided. The lock cylinder is adapted for allowing a unlocking unit to insert therein along an inserting direction. The at least one sensing module detects a movement of the lock cylinder. The processing unit electrically connected to the at least one sensing module. The sensing module generates a sensing signal to the processing unit according to the movement of the lock cylinder.
US10119298B2
A tent includes a tent cloth, first coupling pieces disposed spatially around a middle portion of the tent cloth, and second coupling pieces disposed spatially around a lower portion of the tent cloth. The tent also includes an upper support and side supports. The upper support includes a first connector disposed at the upper portion of the tent cloth, and upper poles coupled with the first connector and the first coupling pieces. Each side support includes a second connector disposed at the lower portion of the tent cloth between two adjacent second coupling pieces, and three side poles each coupled with the second connector at one end portion and with a corresponding first coupling piece or one of the two adjacent second coupling pieces at the other end portion.
US10119297B2
Disclosed are eave structures and tent frames with integrated eave structures. A tent frame includes supporting poles, an upper frame coupled with the supporting poles, and two or more eave structures. An eave structure includes an eave pole, and a sleeve member disposed at a connector coupled with a supporting pole. The eave pole has a first end portion pivotally connected with an upper pole of the upper frame, and a second end portion slidably coupled with the sleeve member. The eave structures can be folded and unfolded together with the supporting poles and the upper frame. When unfolded, the eave poles of the eave structures extend beyond the upper frame.
US10119292B1
A deployable boom structure is provided that, in one embodiment, includes one or more perforated tapes, a drive mechanism with a sprocket mechanism for engaging each of the perforated tapes to transition the tapes between an undeployed state and a deployed state, and three battens that each extend between the tapes. At least one of the battens is a sliding batten, i.e., a batten that engages each of the tapes but through which each of the tapes can slide. Lanyards and detents cooperate to fix the location of a sliding batten relative to the tapes after a predetermined length of each of the tapes has slid through the batten. In a particular embodiment, the deployable boom structure is coupled with a solar blanket that can be Z-folded.
US10119288B2
A device is disclosed comprising a rigid frame having disposed thereon at least one opening for receiving a pole of a pool brush, the device further having means for securing the device in stationary position. The opening has a perimeter defining a surface adapted for use as a fulcrum. Means for securing the device may be one or a plurality of footpads, or it may be an elongated cord connected to the frame and adapted to secure about a stationary object.
US10119278B1
Load distribution structures are provided for a raised floor tile(s) of a raised floor data center. The load distribution structure, which resides adjacent to an opening in the raised floor tile(s), such as a cutout in the raised floor tile(s), to facilitate supporting a frame load, includes a frame load distributor and an edging bracket. The frame load distributor resides on the raised floor tile adjacent to the opening in the raised floor tile(s), and distributes, at least in part, the frame load on the raised floor tile(s). The edging bracket couples to the frame load distributor to, at least in part, hold the frame load distributor in fixed position on the raised floor tile(s). The edging bracket extends, at least in part, into the opening in the raised floor tile to secure the frame load distributor in fixed position relative to the opening in the raised floor tile(s).
US10119272B1
A structure installed at a station can include an interference member held above a mobile drive unit area of the station. The interference member can be positioned to allow an inventory holder and a mobile drive unit to pass underneath. The interference member can also be positioned to contact a topside of the inventory holder to prevent the inventory holder from tipping into a worker area of the station that is adjacent to the mobile drive unit area.
US10119268B2
A seismic protective structure (100) for forming part of a board partition (190) and for limiting damage to the board partition (190) when a given level of seismic stress is appearing is described. The seismic protective structure (100) comprises at least one board (101) and support elements (102, 103) for positioning the board adjacent a neighboring wall and linking the board to the remainder of the board partition wall. The seismic protective structure (100) is adapted for, when a given level of seismic stress is appearing, intentionally causing damage of the at least one board (101) thereby releasing pressure from the remainder of the board partition (190).
US10119258B2
Drain chain systems include a cap connected to a chain. The cap is configured in size and shape to enable passage of water through the drain when the cap is positioned adjacent the cap. During use, the chain is positioned within a drain and hair gathers on the chain. The chain can then be pulled out of the drain, by the cap, to remove the hair. The chain can be cleaned of entangled hair and reused, or the chain can be discarded with or without the cap, by either leaving the chain connected to the cap or by detaching the chain from the cap and replacing it with a new chain.
US10119252B2
A tool adapter for attaching a tool to a work implement using a retaining mechanism that includes a body that defines a pocket that defines an abutment or reinforcement surface. The body may include a nose portion that is configured to facilitate the attachment of a tool, a first leg, a second leg, a throat portion that connects the legs and nose portion together, wherein at least one leg defines an aperture that is configured to receive a retaining mechanism. The first and second legs and the throat portion also define a slot that includes a closed end and an open end that defines a direction of assembly onto a work implement and the minimum distance measured from the abutment surface to the throat measured in the direction of assembly is less than the minimum distance from the aperture to the throat measured in the direction of assembly.
US10119251B2
A monitoring system implemented on an electric rope shovel having a boom, a dipper, a dipper handle and a revolving frame. The system comprises a plurality of strain gauges, data acquisition unit, a processor and memory, and at least one output device. The locations of the strain gauges include locations on the boom are positioned to predict lateral bending stresses in the dipper handle. The data acquisition unit acquires real-time strain data from the strain gauges, and the processor and memory process at least the acquired real-time strain data to calculate one or more measures of actual instantaneous stress or accumulated damage in the dipper handle. At least one of the output devices provides information comparing the measures with corresponding reference values of maximum allowable stress or accumulated damage.
US10119246B2
A vehicle having a long track or wheel-trail wheel combination on one side and a smaller ground engaging member, such as a short track or wheel on the other. The vehicle has a work attachment on one end of as frame, which is provided clearance on the side of the vehicle with the short track or wheel. A control system is provided to allow an operator to properly control a direction of the vehicle despite the fact that different forces may be required to operate the long track and the short track or wheel.
US10119244B2
A system for moving material at a work site includes: a work machine including a chassis, a material mover defining a material mover position, a location sensor, and a steering mechanism; and a controller system operably coupled to the material mover, the location sensor, and the steering mechanism. The controller system is configured to: store a sequence of travel paths; control the steering mechanism to follow the sequence of travel paths; determine the material mover position; determine followed travel positions of the work machine; generate an as-built map as the work machine follows the sequence of travel paths based on the material mover position and followed travel positions; compare the as-built map to a desired terrain map; generate a revised sequence of travel paths based on the comparison between the as-built map and the desired terrain map; and control the steering mechanism to follow the revised sequence of travel paths.
US10119231B1
A highway crash attenuation system having W-beam rail elements attached to a plurality of vertical posts. An impact terminal with a feeder chute guides one or more of the W-beam rail elements through the impact terminal. The feeder chute has an impact shield extending along a traffic-facing side of the chute from an upstream-most end to a downstream-most end of the chute closing the traffic-facing side of the chute. The system also has an anchor cable release mechanism for releasing the cable downstream of the first vertical post and an improved first breakaway post. An improved upper section of Post 1 has an anchor bearing plate with a cooperating stabilizing bolt engaging with the upstream face of the upper post section. The downstream side of the upper post section is provided with split, spaced-apart strut sections which do not obstruct the rear cable pass through notch.
US10119227B2
A method for measuring and displaying the track geometry of a track system uses a track-driveable permanent-way machine, comprising a control measurement system measuring the track position to be corrected before a lifting and lining device, an acceptance measurement system measuring the corrected track position after it, and output units displaying the measured values. The lifting and lining device is controlled depending on the measured values of the control measurement system and the acceptance measurement system to achieve a specified target track geometry. A three-dimensional position image is calculated from the curvature image (k(s)), longitudinal level image (h(s)) and superelevation image (u(s)) of the target track geometry, put into a perspective display, and displayed by the output unit, supplemented by measured error curves for track parameters of track direction, superelevation, twist, and longitudinal level.
US10119215B2
Embodiments are related to the principles and techniques used in the household appliances industry, particularly it refers to a method for performing routine domestic chores in an easier and optimal manner, more particularly it refers to a textiles washing method by means of spinning intervals in order to achieve an optimal wash with low water consumption.
US10119211B2
The present invention relates to an aqueous sizing composition for insulating products based on mineral wool, comprising (a) at least one carbohydrate chosen from reducing sugars, hydrogenated sugars and a mixture thereof, (b) at least one polycarboxylic acid or a salt or anhydride of such an acid, (c) from 1% to 25% by weight, relative to the sum of components (a) and (b), of at least one aliphatic, cycloaliphatic or aromatic monoalcohol free of acid or base functions and having an octanol/water partition coefficient (Log Kow) of between 1 and 3.
US10119206B2
A method of manufacturing a speaker diaphragm fabric for a loudspeaker, includes: a preparation step, a plurality of first warps, at least one second warp and a plurality of wefts are prepared, wherein the second warp has characteristics different from the first warps; and a weaving step: the plurality of the first warps and the second warps are aligned and the wefts transversely cross and pass alternately over and under each of the first warps and the second warps in order to form the speaker diaphragm fabric having at least one formation region and a non-formation region exterior to the formation region. The second warps made from an inferior material are provided at the non-formation region, thereby reducing the waste cost and facilitating the differentiation of the formation region and the non-formation region.
US10119203B2
Provided is a glossy member, including: a polymer substrate; and a polymer fiber assembly disposed on the polymer substrate, in which: the polymer fiber assembly has polymer fibers oriented in a given direction; an absolute value of a difference between an average solubility parameter of a constituent material for the polymer substrate and an average solubility parameter of a polymer material of the polymer fibers is less than 5 (J/cm3)1/2; the polymer fibers have an orientation degree of 90% or more; the polymer fibers have fiber diameters of 0.05 μm or more and 5 μm or less; and in at least part of a repeating unit structure in the polymer material, a dipole moment is 0 D or more and 3.50 D or less, and an absolute value of a SOMO is 9 eV or more and 12 eV or less.
US10119201B2
The present disclosure provides a method of fabricating a diamond membrane. The method comprises providing a substrate and a support structure. The substrate comprises a diamond material having a first surface and the substrate further comprises a sub-surface layer that is positioned below the first surface and has a crystallographic structure that is different to that of the diamond material. The sub-surface layer is positioned to divide the diamond material into first and second regions wherein the first region is positioned between the first surface and the sub-surface layer. The support structure also comprises a diamond material and is connected to, and covers a portion of, the first surface of the substrate. The method further comprises selectively removing the second region of the diamond material from the substrate by etching away at least a portion of the sub-surface layer of the substrate.
US10119194B2
Apparatus for use in a substrate processing chamber are provided herein. In some embodiments, an indexed jet injector may include a body having a substantially cylindrical central volume, a gas input port disposed on a first surface of the body, a gas distribution channel formed in the body and fluidly coupled to the gas input port and to the cylindrical central volume, a gas distribution drum disposed within the cylindrical central volume and rotatably coupled to the body, the gas distribution drum having a plurality of jet channels formed through the gas distribution drum, and a plurality of indexer output ports formed on a second surface of the body, wherein each of the plurality of jet channels fluidly couple the gas input port to at least one of the plurality of indexer output ports at least once per 360° rotation of the gas distribution drum.
US10119186B2
Provided is a maraging steel excellent in fatigue characteristics, including, in terms of % by mass: C: ≤0.015%, Ni: from 12.0 to 20.0%, Mo: from 3.0 to 6.0%, Co: from 5.0 to 13.0%, Al: from 0.01 to 0.3%, Ti: from 0.2 to 2.0%, O: ≤0.0020%, N: ≤0.0020%, and Zr: from 0.001 to 0.02%, with the balance being Fe and unavoidable impurities.
US10119181B2
A treatment process for a zirconium alloy is provided. The process includes the following steps: a zirconium alloy ingot is prepared, the composition of which is: 0.40%≤Nb≤1.05%; traces≤Sn≤2%; (0.5Nb−0.25) %≤Fe≤0.50%; traces≤Ni≤0.10%; traces≤(Cr+V) %≤0.50%; traces≤S≤35 ppm; 600 ppm≤O≤2000 ppm, preferably 1200 ppm≤O≤1600 ppm; traces≤Si≤120 ppm; traces≤C≤150 ppm; the remaining being Zr and unavoidable impurities; the ingot undergoes at least one reheating and hot shaping step, and possibly a reheating and quenching step following a hot shaping step; optionally the hot-shaped ingot undergoes an annealing; the hot-shaped and possibly annealed ingot undergoes at least one cycle of cold rolling-annealing steps; the annealing of at least one of the cold rolling-annealing steps being performed at a temperature comprised between 600° C. and the lowest of either 700° C. or (710−20×Nb %)° C., and the annealings of the other cold rolling-annealing steps, if any, being performed at a temperature not higher than 600° C. Also provided are a Zr alloy so obtained, and part of a fuel assembly for a light water nuclear reactor made of it.
US10119179B2
A titanium plate according to the present invention contains a predetermined amount of Fe and O with the remainder consisting of titanium and inevitable impurities, and has a grain microstructure of the α-phase having a HCP structure. In the titanium plate, the total area in which α-phase grains specified by a first angle (θ) are included is a predetermined value of a ratio (P) or (R) and the total area in which α-phase grains specified by a second angle (φ) are included is a predetermined value of an area ratio (Q) or (S) in a (0001) pole figure of α-phase grains, and the average value and the maximum value of an equivalent circle diameter in the α-phase grains are respectively predetermined values.
US10119173B2
The present invention provides an ionic liquid represented by the following chemical formula, [(CH3)3N(CH2)2OH]+[NH2(CH2)3CH(NH2)COO]−. The present invention provides an ionic liquid capable of dissolving cellulose within twenty-four hours.
US10119168B2
The technology described herein is directed to the diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment of kidney fibrosis, e.g., chronic kidney disease.
US10119162B2
Methods for multiplex amplification of a plurality of targets of distinct sequence from a complex mixture are disclosed. In one aspect targets are circularized using a single circularization probe that is complementary to two regions in the target that flank a region to be amplified. The targets may hybridize to the circularization probe so that 5′ or 3′ flaps are generated and methods for removing flaps and circularizing the resulting product are disclosed. In another aspect targets are hybridized to dU probes so that 5′ and 3′ flaps are generated. The flaps are cleaved using 5′ or 3′ flap endonucleases or 3′ to 5′ exonucleases. The target sequences are then ligated to common primers, the dU probes digested and the ligated targets amplified.
US10119159B2
Methods for in situ drug screening are provided which involve culturing a host cell containing two nucleic acid sequences, the first nucleic acid sequence encoding a membrane-permeabilizing agent and the second nucleic acid sequence encoding a desired macromolecule under the operative control of an inducible promoter, to a selected cell density to produce a macromolecule. Thereafter the host cells are exposed to an environmental condition that induces the agent to disrupt the integrity of the cell membrane without complete lysis of the cell membrane, thereby allowing transport through the membrane of small molecular weight compounds. These resulting host cells are provided with a nutrient cocktail containing components that can transport through the disrupted cell membrane, e.g., an inducing agent that induces the tightly regulated promoter and metabolic requirements that permit expression of the macromolecule. Bacterial host cells that can be used in these methods are also provided.
US10119153B2
The present invention provides a method for eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and/or arachidonic acid (ARA) production by using Halophytophthora and Halophytophthora isolates that are suitable for EPA and/or ARA production. The disclosure of the present invention provides another choice for the industry to produce EPA and ARA that are good for human's health and promotes the industrial value of Halophytophthora.
US10119149B2
The subject invention includes methods and plants for controlling European corn borer, said plants comprising a Cry1Ab insecticidal protein and a DIG-3 insecticidal protein to delay or prevent development of resistance by the insect.
US10119147B2
The present invention relates to Brassica plants comprising mutant phosphatidylcholine:diacylglycerol cholinephosphotransferase encoding (ROD1) genes, ROD1 nucleic acid sequences and proteins, as well as methods for generating and identifying said plants and alleles, which can be used to plants with increased levels of C18:1 in the seeds.
US10119146B2
Provided is a highly efficient ethanol-fermentative yeast having high efficiency in ethanol production without introducing a foreign gene. The highly efficient ethanol-fermentative yeast is a fermentative yeast that effectively produces ethanol from pentose and hexose and is deposited to NITE Patent Microorganisms Depositary under the accession number NITE BP-01962.
US10119143B2
The invention relates to double-stranded ribonucleic acid (dsRNA) compositions targeting the ALAS1 gene, and methods of using such dsRNA compositions to alter (e.g., inhibit) expression of ALAS1.
US10119138B2
The invention relates to iRNA agents, which preferably include a monomer in which the ribose moiety has been replaced by a moiety other than ribose that further includes a tether having one or more linking groups, in which at least one of the linking groups is a cleavable linking group. The tether in turn can be connected to a selected moiety, e.g., a ligand, e.g., a targeting or delivery moiety, or a moiety which alters a physical property. The cleavable linking group is one which is sufficiently stable outside the cell such that it allows targeting of a therapeutically beneficial amount of an iRNA agent (e.g., a single stranded or double stranded iRNA agent), coupled by way of the cleavable linking group to a targeting agent—to targets cells, but which upon entry into a target cell is cleaved to release the iRNA agent from the targeting agent.
US10119126B2
The invention provides nucleic acid molecules which encodes a novel fatty acid desaturase, KCS, KCR and/or LACS from Thraustochytrium aureum and Sphaeroforma arctica. The invention also provides recombinant expression vectors containing the nucleic acid molecules, host cells into which the expression vectors have been introduced, and methods for large-scale production of long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (LCPUFAs), e.g., ARA, EPA and DHA and for screening for delta-4 desaturases.
US10119124B2
A method to prepare recombinant influenza viruses comprising a mutant M2 protein which has a deletion of two or more residues in the cytoplasmic tail and is attenuated in vivo, is provided, as well the resulting virus and vaccines with the virus.
US10119107B2
The present invention are directed to a novel automated cell bioprinter and related methods for making three-dimensional tissue constructs with spatial organization of cells that provides: (i) organized cell placement and spatial assembly of multiple cell types in a reproducible manner (ii) direct and non-contact assembly of multiple cell types and/or cell layers without exerting damaging forces on the cells or tissues, (iii) retention of cell viability and functionality during assembly steps and long periods of culture, (iv) minimal use of harmful and toxic chemicals such as profuse amounts of mineral oil and buffer reagent, and (v) efficient layer-to-layer assembly of cell layers within the three-dimensional construct while (vi) avoiding the use of complicated surface treatments that prevents scale-up, and (vii) avoiding mutation-inducing radiations such as UV used to photocrosslink hydrogels.
US10119105B2
A hard surface cleaning composition and a method of cleaning a hard surface with a low drying time composition is provided. The hard surface cleaning composition comprises: 0.03 wt. % to 0.06 wt. % amine oxide; 0.15 wt. % to 1.50 wt. % of a glycol ether having an HLB between 6.5 and 7.0; and at least 97 wt. % water, by weight of the overall composition.
US10119102B2
The present application relates liquid hard surface cleaning compositions comprising from about 0.001 wt % to about 0.015 wt % of an ethoxylated alkoxylated nonionic surfactant or a copolymer, from about 0.01 wt % to about 0.08 wt % of a quaternary compound selected from the group consisting of a C6-C18 alkyltrimethylammonium chloride, a C6-C18dialkyldimethylammonium chloride, and mixtures thereof and at least about 90 wt % water. Methods of using such compositions and cleaning pads, wipes, and cleaning implements for use with such compositions are also disclosed.
US10119099B2
A cleaning solution including: a primary solvent; a secondary solvent; an oxidizing agent, wherein the oxidizing agent includes a peroxide; a surfactant system, wherein the surfactant system includes a nonionic surfactant, a first anionic surfactant, and a second anionic surfactant; and an antioxidant, wherein the antioxidant is characterized by the structure of formula I: wherein R1-R6, are each independently selected from the group including H; OH; and an alkyl, cycloalkyl, polycycloalkyl, heterocycloalkyl, aryl, alkaryl, aralkyl, alkoxy, alkanoyl, aroyl, alkenyl, alkyl-alkenyl, alcohol, ether, ketone, carboxylic acid, acid halide, acid anhydride, ester, and/or amide group containing approximately 1 to approximately 25 carbon atom(s); wherein at least three of R1-R6 include OH; and wherein at least one of R1-R6 includes an ester.
US10119088B2
The present invention provides a carbon-enriched biomass material, a method of producing the carbon-enriched biomass material, and a method for using the carbons-enriched biomass material. A lignocellulosic material is used as a starting material and is treated at elevated temperatures under partially oxidizing conditions in a reaction vessel which is isolated from the environment. The carbon enriched biomass can be used in domestic or industrial combustion processes.
US10119080B2
A petroleum desalting process in which the oil/water emulsion layer which forms in the desalter vessel between the settled water layer and the settled oil layer is separated into the oil and water components by contact with a heated high boiling hydrocarbon to break the emulsion and vaporize water from the emulsion in a flash drum. The vessel has an emulsion outlet for removing an emulsion stream from the emulsion layer and a conduit connecting the emulsion withdrawal port to an inlet of an optional settling drum to effect and initial separation into an oil-enriched phase and a water phase with the oil-enriched phase led to the flash drum.
US10119078B2
A method for converting carbon into a carbon oxide, comprises: contacting carbon with steam in presence of a carnegieite-like material of formula (Na2O)xNa2[Al2Si2O8], wherein 0
US10119076B2
A gasifier including a vertically disposed furnace body, a feeder disposed in a middle part of the furnace body and communicating with the furnace body, one or two layers of microwave plasma generators, an external heater configured to supply external thermal energy for the gasifier, and a monitoring unit. The furnace body includes an upper nozzle for spraying vapor, a lower nozzle for spraying CO2/vapor, a syngas outlet disposed at a top of the furnace body. The upper nozzle for spraying vapor is disposed in a clearance zone of the furnace body, and the lower nozzle for spraying CO2/vapor is disposed in a bed zone of the furnace body. The monitoring unit is disposed close to the syngas outlet. The one or two layers of microwave plasma generators are disposed above the upper nozzle in the clearance zone of the gasifier.
US10119075B2
A liquid crystal display device with few drop marks left during manufacture is provided without degrading the image-sticking characteristics of the liquid crystal display device or other characteristics fundamental to liquid crystal display devices, such as dielectric anisotropy, viscosity, upper nematic phase temperature limit, and rotational viscosity (γ1), and a method for manufacturing such a liquid crystal display device is also provided. A liquid crystal display device 10 according to the present invention includes a first substrate 11, a second substrate 12, a liquid crystal composition layer 13 disposed therebetween, and vertical alignment layers 16 and 17 containing a polymer of a monofunctional reactive-group-containing polymerizable compound and a polyfunctional reactive-group-containing polymerizable compound.
US10119070B2
Described herein are devices, compositions, and methods for improving color discernment.
US10119068B2
Viscosifying proppants including proppant particles coated with a CO2-philic coating in which the CO2-philic coating has a solvable portion that viscosifies a CO2-based fluid when the viscosifying proppant is added to the CO2-based fluid are provided. Methods of making viscosifying proppants are also provided that include coating proppant particles with a precursor material of a CO2-philic material, and polymerizing the precursor material to form a viscosifying proppant. Viscous hydraulic fracturing fluids include a CO2-based fluid and the viscosifying proppants and methods of treating subterranean formations that include contacting a subterranean formation with a viscous hydraulic fracturing fluid and propagating at least one subterranean fracture are also provided.
US10119061B2
A method of providing a substantially constant rheological profile of an oil-based drilling fluid over a temperature range of about 120° F. to about 40° F., comprising adding drilling fluid additive to the drilling fluid, wherein the drilling fluid additive comprises an organoclay composition comprising: organoclay compositions where a phyllosilicate clay is exchanged with quaternary ammonium ions having a formula of [NR1R2R3R4]+ wherein at least one of R1, R2 and R3 is a mixture of branched alkyl groups.
US10119059B2
A cooling system based on thermoelastic effect is provided. The system comprises a heat sink, a refrigerated space and a regenerator coupled to the refrigerated space and to the heat sink to pump heat from the refrigerated space to the heat sink. The regenerator comprises solid thermoelastic refrigerant materials capable of absorbing or releasing heat.
US10119056B2
The subject of the present application is a composition comprising a lubricant based on polyol esters (POEs) or PVE and a refrigerant F comprising from 1 to 99% by weight of trans-1,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene (trans-HFO-1234ze) and from 1 to 99% by weight of 1,1,1,3-tetrafluoroethane. The subject of the present application is also the use of said composition in refrigeration, air conditioning and heat pumps.
US10119054B2
A liquid epoxy resin, a powdered metal and a hardening agent are provided as a filling material (S) and poured into an insert hole (82). The filling material (S) is in a liquid state under a normal temperature so as to make the filling material (S) handle easily in the filling work. The filling material (S) is hardened at a clearance between a bushing tool (12) and the insert hole (82). The filling material (S) is placed between the bushing tool (12) and the insert hole (82) to enhance a heat-conductivity therebetween. By heat treating a metallic mold die 80, it is possible to char the epoxy resin. This makes it possible to deposit the powdered metal (copper or the like) over an entire area of the clearance so as to highly enhance the heat-conductivity.
US10119053B2
A bituminous composition is used as an adhesive binder. The bituminous composition has at least one acidic additive of general formula (I): R—(COOH)z in which R is a linear or branched, saturated or unsaturated hydrocarbon-based chain having from 4 to 68 carbon atoms, preferably from 4 to 54 carbon atoms, more preferentially from 4 to 36 carbon atoms and z is an integer ranging from 1 to 4, preferably from 2 to 4.
US10119052B2
Thermoplastic Polyimide (TPI) polymer adhesive coated laminating films in which the TPI coating is under cured or B-staged as well as the process for preparing the films and the use thereof is disclosed.
US10119037B2
A cellulose acetate wood filler composition comprises a binder composition and a filler. The binder compositions comprise cellulose acetate, a plasticizer, and at least one organic solvent. The binder compositions may be substantially free, e.g., free of tackifiers. The wood filler compositions may be used in a method of filling a cavity in a substrate. The method comprises applying the wood filler composition to an inner surface of the substrate.
US10119033B2
The invention relates to a water-based coating composition with the following components: 21-51% water, 4-13% diatomite C110 (flux calcined diatomaceous earth, commercially available under CELITE), 2-6% calcined alumina, 0.3-2% hexylene glycol, 16-47% elastomeric acrylic resin, 0.7-3% acrylic thickener, and 0.7-3% ammonium hydroxide. Preferably, the composition also includes optionally the following components in order to provide the insulating, corrosion-inhibiting, self-extinguishing, impermeable, epoxy and ecological properties: 2-6% titanium dioxide, 4-13% precipitated calcium carbonate, 2-6% dibutyl phthalate, 0.3-2% TEXANOL (2,2,4-trimethyl-1,3-pentanediol monoisobutyrate), 0.3-2% fungicide, and 0.3-2% anti-foaming agent. By means of these ranges, a variety of applications can be covered for which the composition of an insulating, corrosion-inhibiting, self-extinguishing, impermeable, epoxy and ecological coating was developed.
US10119021B2
Flame retardant thermoplastic compositions that are capable of being used in a laser direct structuring process. The compositions include a thermoplastic resin, a laser direct structuring additive, and a flame retardant. The compositions offer flame retardant characteristics while also substantially maintaining the mechanical properties of the base thermoplastic resin, such as the impact strength and/or HDT of the composition. The compositions can be used in a variety of applications such as personal computers, notebook and portable computers, cell phone and other such communications equipment.
US10119020B2
Urea-formaldehyde (UF) resin binder compositions modified with a starch are described. The binder compositions may include about 1 wt. % to about 10 wt. % of a starch. In addition, fiber reinforced composites are described. The composites may include organic or inorganic fibers and a polymer matrix formed from a binder composition. The binder composition may include a UF resin and about 1 wt. % to about 10 wt. % of a starch.
US10119012B2
There is provided herein a flame-retarded polyolefin polymer composition with reduced antimony trioxide content comprising: (a) at least one polyolefin polymer; (b) at least one brominated flame retardant (c) at least one antimony trioxide synergist and, (d) at least one calcium borate on an inorganic carrier. There is also provided a method of making said flame retarded polyolefin polymer composition and article thereof.
US10119010B2
The invention relates to stabilizer compositions for polymers such as polyolefin polymers, which decrease a phosphorus based stabilizer content necessary to stabilize the polymer. The premixed stabilizer compositions include an antacid, an organic acid-metal salt, and a primary antioxidant such as a sterically-hindered phenolic compound, a sterically-hindered amine compound, a hydroxylamine compound, and combinations thereof. The premixed stabilizer may further include a portion of the phosphorus based stabilizer content necessary to stabilize the polymer. The invention also relates to a method for the preparation of the stabilized polymer compositions provided by the use thereof.
US10119005B1
A method for recovering, regenerating and repairing polymer. The method includes immersing a polymer in an acid solution so that hydrogen ions of the acid solution replace metal cations of the polymer to obtain an acid-treated polymer, and to realize the recovery of the polymers. Subsequently, the acid-treated polymer is immersed in an alkaline solution to obtain a base-treated polymer to realize the regeneration of the polymers. The polymer is composed of disulfonate-difluorobenzophenone, hydroxyindole and difluorobenzophenone as monomers, and sulfonate groups of the disulfonate-difluorobenzophenone have metal cations. The method replaces the metal cations with hydrogen ions to realize the recovery of the polymers and reduce environmental pollutions. The regeneration of polymers is realized by replacing the hydrogen ions with the metal cation, and resource recycling. Through the process of local repair, the service life of the product of polymers can be prolonged.
US10118998B2
Processes for producing an (ultra) high molecular weight polyethylene (HMWPE) article include incorporating into the HMWPE resin a Hindered Amine Light Stabilizer (HALS) and cross-linking the (U)HMWPE during or after molding the (U)HMWPE resin.
US10118991B2
A method for production of a uniform polymer of high molar mass is provides, the method comprising: (a) polymerizing cyclic imino ether monomer in a first reaction mixture by cationic ring opening polymerization to produce a polymerized first reaction mixture containing (i) polymerized material and (ii) solvent and/or unreacted cyclic imino ether monomer; (b) separating solvent and/or unreacted cyclic imino ether monomer from polymerized material contained in the polymerized first reaction mixture; (c) copolyerizing by cationic ring opening polymerization a second liquid reaction mixture containing cyclic imino ether monomer and solvent by combining the separated unreacted cyclic imino ether monomer and/or the separated solvent with other components. Also disclosed are polyoxazoline polymers comprising at least 50 wt. % of repeating units derived from a 2-substituted 2-oxazoline monomer selected from 2-methyl-2-oxazoline, 2-ethyl-2-oxazoline, 2-n-propyl-2-oxazoline, 2-i-propyl-2-oxazoline and combinations thereof, said polymer having a DP of at least 250 and a very low dispersity.
US10118986B2
The disclosure relates to curable polyepoxysilane compounds and compositions, methods related to curing of such compounds via hydrolysis and/or condensation to form coatings on a substrate, and coated articles formed from the curable polyepoxysilane compounds. The polyepoxysilane compounds are silane-functional precursors and can be used as coatings (or pretreatments) on various substrates (e.g., metals such as aluminum) and provide a substantial improvement in corrosion resistance relative to other anti-corrosion coatings. The silane-functional precursors can be prepared by reaction of functional silanes (e.g., amino-functional silanes or other epoxide-reactive functionalized silanes) with epoxide-containing organic or hydrocarbon compounds and oligomers/polymers thereof (e.g., glycidyl-type ethers or other epoxide-/oxirane-functionalized hydrocarbon compounds), for example including hydrocarbons with one or more aromatic hydrocarbon groups (e.g., in an aromatic polyether).
US10118985B2
Embodiments of the present technology may include an open cell spray polyurethane foam. The foam may include a polymer. The polymer may formed by the polymerization of a reaction product of (1) a saccharide with an epoxide and (2) an isocyanate. The reaction product may have greater than 25 weight percent and less than 99 weight percent of the saccharide. The foam may exhibit a fire retardancy sufficient to pass flame tests in accordance with Appendix X and/or ASTM E-4.
US10118982B2
Provided is a graft copolymer (A) obtainable by graft-polymerizing, in the presence of 30 to 80 parts by mass of an ethylene-based polymer (a), an aromatic vinyl-based monomer (b) and, if necessary, another vinyl-based monomer (c) copolymerizable with the aromatic vinyl-based monomer (b) in a total amount of 20 to 70 parts by mass (provided that the sum of the components (a), (b) and (c) is 100 parts by mass), in which the ethylene-based polymer (a) has a density of 0.900 g/cm3 or more and less than 0.966 g/cm3, a number average molecular weight of 10,000 to 50,000, and a molecular weight distribution of 5 to 15, and the proportion of the ethylene-based polymer (a) molecules having a molecular weight of 10,000 or less is 5.5% or more.
US10118980B1
Polymer particle embolics and methods of making same are described. The particle embolics can be used as embolization agents.
US10118976B2
Anion-coordinating polymers comprising one or more anion-coordinating unit of Formula (I), optionally in combination with one or more cation-coordinating unit of Formula (II) and/or a linking unit of Formula (III) and related electrolytes, batteries, methods and system.
US10118972B2
As an antitumor drug which is excellent in terms of antitumor effect and safety and has an excellent therapeutic effect, there is provided an antibody-drug conjugate in which an antitumor compound represented by the following formula is conjugated to an anti-HER2 antibody via a linker having a structure represented by the following formula: -L1-L2-LP-NH—(CH2)n1-La-(CH2)n2-C(═O)— wherein the anti-HER2 antibody is connected to the terminal L1, and the antitumor compound is connected to the carbonyl group of the —(CH2)n2-C(═O)— moiety with the nitrogen atom of the amino group at position 1 as the connecting position.
US10118971B2
The present invention provides a protein or antibody in which, of a pair of hydrophobic amino acids selected from within a hydrophobic interaction site of the protein, one hydrophobic amino acid is transformed into a substance having a positive electrical charge and the other hydrophobic amino acid is transformed into a substance having a negative electrical charge, and electrostatic interaction is introduced within the hydrophobic interaction site of the protein by means of the positive charge and the negative charge. The present invention also provides a method for preparing the protein or antibody, and a method for measuring the degree of coupling between a heavy chain and a light chain, using the antibody. The protein or antibody in accordance with to the present invention has a low contamination by a homodimer or a monomer, and thus a heterodimer can be obtained in high purity.
US10118970B2
The invention provides multispecific antibodies and methods of making and using such antibodies. In general, the multispecific antibodies are made by methods involving the steps of altering the nucleic acid sequence encoding the light chain variable domain (VL) of an antibody that binds a first epitope, and selecting a multispecific antibody capable of binding the first and a second epitope.
US10118965B2
In some aspects, the invention relates to an antibody-drug conjugate, comprising an anti-epidermal growth factor receptor (“EGFR”) antibody; a linker; and an active agent. The antibody-drug conjugate may comprise a self-immolative group. The linker may comprise an O-substituted oxime, e.g., wherein the oxygen atom of the oxime is substituted with a group that covalently links the oxime to the drug; and the carbon atom of the oxime is substituted with a group that covalently links the oxime to the antibody.
US10118960B2
The present application discloses humanized 1H7 antibodies. The antibodies bind to human alpha synuclein and can be used for treatment and diagnosis of Lewy body disease.
US10118953B2
The present invention refers to single-chain fusion proteins comprising three soluble TNF superfamily (TNFSF) cytokine domains and nucleic acid molecules encoding these fusion proteins. The fusion proteins are substantially non-aggregating and suitable for therapeutic, diagnostic and/or research applications.
US10118949B2
The present invention relates to a class of engineered polypeptides having a binding affinity for albumin. It also relates to new methods and uses that exploit binding by these and other compounds to albumin in different contexts, some of which have significance for the treatment of disease in mammals including humans.
US10118940B2
An alkoxide compound represented by the following formula (I), and a raw material for thin film formation containing the alkoxide compound. In the formula, R1 represents a linear or branched alkyl group having 2 to 4 carbon atoms, and R2 and R3 each represent a linear or branched alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms. In the formula (I), R1 is preferably an ethyl group. It is also preferred that one or both of R2 and R3 be an ethyl group. The raw material for thin film formation including an alkoxide compound represented by general formula (I) is preferably used as a raw material for chemical vapor deposition.
US10118932B2
The present invention provides solid state forms of certain spiro-oxindole compounds, such as funapide and the racemic mixture of funapide and its corresponding (R) enantiomer, pharmaceutical compositions comprising the solid state forms and processes for preparing the solid state forms and the pharmaceutical compositions.
US10118931B2
Provided herein are compounds of Formula (I): and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, and pharmaceutical compositions thereof, wherein X, R1, R1a, R2a, R2b, R2c, R2d, are as defined herein, and Ring HET is a 6-membered monocyclic heteroaryl ring system of Formula: wherein L2, R13, G8, G10, G11, and G12 are as defined herein. Compounds of the present invention are useful for inhibiting CARM1 activity. Methods of using the compounds for treating CARM1-mediated disorders are also described.
US10118918B2
Described herein are compounds of formula (A), pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, and pharmaceutical compositions thereof. Compounds of the present invention are useful for inhibiting PRMT5 activity. Methods of using the compounds for treating PRMT5-mediated disorders are also described.
US10118914B2
The present invention provides compounds having a CB1 receptor-binding moiety and a directing moiety. In related aspects, the invention provides pharmaceutical compositions containing compounds of the invention, methods for inhibiting a pathway modulated in part by the CB1 receptor activity, and methods for treating a condition or disorder mediated in part by CB1 receptor activity. In certain embodiments, the compounds are compounds of Formula I. Methods of preparing compounds of Formula I are also described. In another aspect, the invention provides methods of identifying a selective agonist of the beta-arrestin pathway over the G-protein pathway.
US10118906B2
The present invention relates to the use of novel oxadiazoles of the formula I or an N-oxide and/or their agriculturally useful salts for controlling phytopathogenic fungi, or to a method for combating phytopathogenic harmful fungi, which process comprises treating the fungi or the materials, plants, the soil or seeds to be protected against fungal attack, with an effective amount of at least one compound of formula I or an N-oxide or an agriculturally acceptable salt thereof; and to agrochemical compositions comprising at least one such compound and to agrochemical compositions further comprising seeds.
US10118905B1
Triazine-arylhydroxy-aldehyde condensates are reacted with at least one alkylene carbonate to form alkoxylated triazine-arylhydroxy-aldehyde condensates.
US10118896B2
The present technology is directed to compounds, compositions, and methods related to non-morphinan-like kappa opioid receptor (KOR) antagonists. The technology is suited to treat addiction, diuresis, depression, post traumatic stress disorder, an eating disorder, panic disorder, social anxiety disorder, general anxiety disorder, obsessive compulsive disorders, excessive or unreasonable specific phobias, and/or other conditions related to anxiety or aversion-reward responses.
US10118891B2
Organosulfur compounds and compositions are disclosed which can be administered in order to provide protection from the formation of aldehyde-protein adducts, protein aggregates, and the resulting neuroinflammation. Various neurodegenerative diseases which are suitable for treatment using these compositions include Alzheimer's disease, senile dementia, Parkinson's disease, multiple sclerosis, Lewy body disease, peripheral neuropathy, spinal cord injury, traumatic brain injury, stroke and cerebral ischemia.
US10118889B2
A compound is represented by the following formula (1). In the formula (1), Ar is a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group including 6 to 30 ring carbon atoms, Ra are independently a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group including 1 to 15 carbon atoms, or a substituted or unsubstituted cycloalkyl group including 3 to 15 carbon atoms, Rb1 to Rb4 are independently a halogen atom, a cyano group, a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group including 1 to 15 carbon atoms, or the like, Rc1 to Rc10 are independently a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a cyano group, a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group including 1 to 15 carbon atoms, or the like, * is a bonding position at which one of Rc1 to Rc10 is bonded to either nitrogen atom, x is an integer from 0 to 3, y is an integer from 0 to 4, and z are independently an integer from 0 to 5.
US10118887B2
Polymers including α-hydroxymethylacrylate units and methods of preparing polymers from α-hydroxymethylacrylates are provided. Advantageously, α-hydroxymethylacrylates may be used in an emulsion polymerization and function as a polymerizable surfactant. The ability of the α-hydroxymethylacrylates to be used as a polymerizable surfactant allows for emulsion polymerization systems to be prepared without other surfactants.
US10118879B1
A method for conversion of a composition containing HCFO-1233zd(Z) and HCFC-244fa to form HCFO-1233zd(E) by reacting a mixture including HCFO-1233zd(Z) and HCFC-244fa in a vapor phase in the presence of a catalyst to simultaneously isomerize HCFO-1233zd(Z) to form HCFO-1233zd(E) and dehydrohalogenate HCFC-244fa to form HCFO-1233zd(E). The catalyst may be a chromium-based catalyst such as chromium trifluoride, chromium oxyfluoride, or chromium oxide, for example.
US10118878B2
Apparatuses and processes are provided for regulating C7 and C8 feed to an aromatics complex to increase the ratio of a selected xylene isomer to benzene ratio. Reformate may be split into three cuts in a splitter column. A side cut stream comprises predominantly C7 hydrocarbons and a bottoms steam from the splitter column comprises predominantly C8+ hydrocarbons. The relative proportion of the C7 and C8+ hydrocarbon streams sent to the aromatics complex are metered to determine the resulting ratio of a selected xylene isomer to benzene produced by the aromatics complex.
US10118872B2
The present invention is a phosphorous modified zeolite (A) made by a process comprising in that order: selecting a zeolite with low Si/Al ratio (advantageously lower than 30) among H+ or NH4+-form of MFI, MEL, FER, MOR, clinoptilolite, said zeolite having been made preferably without direct addition of organic template; steaming at a temperature ranging from 400 to 870° C. for 0.01-200h; leaching with an aqueous acid solution containing the source of P at conditions effective to remove a substantial part of Al from the zeolite and to introduce at least 0.3 wt % of P; separation of the solid from the liquid; an optional washing step or an optional drying step or an optional drying step followed by a washing step; a calcination step. The present invention also relates to a process (hereunder referred as “XTO process”) for making an olefin product from an oxygen-containing, halogenide-containing or sulphur-containing organic feedstock wherein said oxygen-containing, halogenide-containing or sulphur-containing organic feedstock is contacted with the above catalyst (in the XTO reactor) under conditions effective to convert at least a portion of the oxygen-containing, halogenide-containing or sulphur-containing organic feedstock to olefin products (the XTO reactor effluent).The present invention also relates to a process (hereunder referred as “combined XTO and OCP process”) to make light olefins from an oxygen-containing, halogenide-containing or sulphur-containing organic feedstock comprising: contacting said oxygen-containing, halogenide-containing or sulphur-containing organic feedstock in the XTO reactor with the above catalyst at conditions effective to convert at least a portion of the feedstock to form an XTO reactor effluent comprising light olefins and a heavy hydrocarbon fraction; separating said light olefins from said heavy hydrocarbon fraction; contacting said heavy hydrocarbon fraction in the OCP reactor at conditions effective to convert at least a portion of said heavy hydrocarbon fraction to light olefins.
US10118868B2
A method of producing artificial bio-soil aggregates based on foamed concrete for plant growth that can ensure sufficient moisture and plant nutrients for the habitat of plants in non-soil conditions; obtain a lightweight, durable, and deep soil layer, and continuously provide a favorable environment for plant growth. A paste is prepared by mixing cement with an admixture, such as ochre and burnt-furnace slag; foamed concrete is formed by adding foam bubbles with an appropriate foaming rate to said paste, thereby producing soil concrete. When the foamed concrete is used, a designated compressive strength can be ensured and a number of pore spaces are formed, which allow the air to be sucked and expelled therethrough and store moisture therein. Also, hydrogel that is incorporated into the foamed concrete may supply nutrients required for plant growth, improve pest resistance, and store and supply a large amount of water.
US10118867B2
A single-step method for preparing a free-flowing, non-dusting micronutrient-coated particulate solid fertiliser material, the method comprising applying a single fluid onto particulate solid fertiliser material at ambient temperature without chemical reaction or chelation, said single fluid comprising a suspension of one or more micronutrient materials in an oil.
US10118863B2
Proppant particles formed from slurry droplets and methods of use are disclosed herein. The proppant particles can include a sintered ceramic material and can have a size of about 80 mesh to about 10 mesh and an average largest pore size of less than about 20 microns. The methods of use can include injecting a hydraulic fluid into a subterranean formation at a rate and pressure sufficient to open a fracture therein and injecting a fluid containing a proppant particle into the fracture, the proppant particle including a sintered ceramic material, a size of about 80 mesh to about 10 mesh, and an average largest pore size of less than about 20 microns.
US10118846B2
The invention provides structures, methods, and assemblies for bioretention systems, including tree box filters with substantially permeable panels integrated into a bottom portion of the tree box filter. The invention also provides methods and additional structures that are useful for managing stormwater flow and inhibiting the flow of pollutants, debris, and other contaminants into drainage systems.
US10118840B2
When a plurality of cyclones are used as a separation device of a water treatment device, there have been as many lower liquid containers as the number of cyclones, resulting in high cost. Provided is a centrifugal solid-liquid separation device including: a plurality of cyclones respectively having at least a liquid inlet, a liquid outlet, and a lower liquid port; and a lower liquid container communicating with the respective lower liquid ports of the plurality of cyclones via pipes, arranged below the plurality of cyclones, and having a drain hole in its bottom side. The lower liquid container includes a space forming portion above lower opening ends of the pipes. Also provided is a water treatment device using this centrifugal solid-liquid separation device.
US10118838B2
This product (10) for removing pollutants from a fluid includes, on the one hand, a porous body (12) having an outer and inner specific surface (14) and, on the other hand, a metallized layer (16), the thickness of which is at most nanoscale, covering at least part of the outer and inner specific surface (14) of the porous body (12). The metallized layer (16) includes at least a metal (Ag) bonded to the porous body (12) by chemical bonds (18) that result from the action of intramolecular forces. Further, the metallized layer (16) includes silicon (Si) also bonded to the porous body (12) by chemical bonds (18) resulting from the action of intramolecular forces.
US10118835B2
An apparatus for generating purified liquid from an input liquid, comprises, an evaporation chamber, wherein the evaporation chamber is flooded with the input liquid; and a condensation chamber having channels, wherein the channels are disposed in the input liquid, wherein liquid-saturated gases are generated from the input liquid in the evaporation chamber, wherein the liquid-saturated gases are guided into a first end of the channels, and wherein the purified liquid is outputted at a second end of the channels.
US10118834B2
Monodisperse colloidal nanocrystal clusters of magnetite (Fe3O4) with tunable sizes from about thirty to about three hundred nanometers have been synthesized using a high-temperature hydrolysis process. The colloidal nanocrystal clusters are capped with polyelectrolytes, and highly water soluble. Each cluster is composed of many single magnetite crystallites, thus retaining the superparamagnetic behavior at room temperature. The combination of superparamagnetic property, high magnetization, and high water dispersibility makes the colloidal nanocrystal clusters ideal candidates for various important biomedical applications such as drug delivery and bioseparation. The present invention is further directed to methods for forming colloidal photonic crystals from both aqueous and nonaqueous solutions of the superparamagnetic colloidal nanocrystal clusters with an external magnetic field applied thereto. The diffraction of the photonic crystals can be tuned from near infrared to visible and further ultraviolet spectral region by varying the external magnetic field.
US10118831B2
The invention provides for a method of making a magnesium aluminate spinel including an alumina compound and a magnesium compound, the method including the steps of; dispersing the alumina compound by dispersing it in a aqueous solution, to form an alumina dispersion, the aqueous solution having a pH of between 2 and 5; preferably between 2 and 4, flocculating the alumina by increasing the pH of the alumina dispersion to a pH of between 8 and 10 by adding a base; adding the alumina dispersion to an aqueous dispersion of the magnesium compound to form a slurry; drying the slurry to produce a dried spinel precursor; and calcining the dried spinel precursor to produce the magnesium aluminate spinel. Dispersing at such a low pH results in a conversion to spinel as well as allows for the control of the surface area of the spinel.
US10118823B2
A method of operating an oxygen transport membrane based reforming system employing one or more packs of thermally coupled panels of reformer tubes and oxygen transport membrane (“OTM”) reactors close to thermo-neutral point is provided. The method produces syngas by converting a hydrocarbon-containing feed, such as natural gas in the reformer tubes of a pack by endothermic steam reforming reactions. The heat required for endothermic reforming reactions is provided by exothermic oxidizing reactions occurring inside the OTM reactors of the pack. At a thermo-neutral point the heat released by exothermic reactions matches the heat required to support endothermic reactions and heat losses in the pack. The method modulates the flow rate of hydrocarbon-containing feed and/or steam-to-carbon ratio of the combined feed to the pack to maintain the surface temperature of oxygen transport membrane reactors below a target maximum temperature. The syngas product oxygen-to-carbon ratio is maintained within a desired target range such that the OTM based reforming system is operated close to thermo-neutral point.
US10118818B2
A controller for a micromechanical actuator, and corresponding actuating system, micro-mirror system and method, including a first input for a reference signal, a second input for a measuring signal denoting a recorded response to a control signal, a first controller element to filter/attenuate predefined frequency modes and/or predefined frequency components in the received reference signal and to output a filtered/attenuated reference signal, a second controller element to modify the received measuring signal to minimize the quality of the first/further modes by processing the received measuring signal and to output a modified measuring signal, a third controller element to minimize deviation between the filtered/attenuated reference and received measuring signals and to output a minimized reference signal, a fourth controller element to rotate the phase of the difference between the minimized reference and modified measuring signals for at least one predefined frequency and to transmit the modified reference as the control signal.
US10118816B2
A packaged includes a flip-chip assembly. The flip-chip assembly includes a first semiconductor substrate having at least one integrated semiconductor device, and a second substrate connected to the first substrate. A main surface of the first semiconductor substrate faces and is spaced apart from the second substrate. The packaged semiconductor device further includes a parylene coating covering outer surfaces of the first semiconductor substrate and the second substrate. A first section of the main surface is exposed from the parylene coating.
US10118801B2
A direct-drive system for a passenger transportation apparatus, and a passenger transportation apparatus having same. The direct-drive system comprises: a motor comprising a motor output shaft, for providing power; a main drive shaft for transmitting the power to a passenger transportation portion of the passenger transportation apparatus; and a gear box comprising an input end connected to the motor output shaft and an output end connected to the main drive shaft respectively, and being used for transmitting the power, provided by the motor, to the main drive shaft, wherein the gear box comprises a plurality of gear pairs, and each of the gear pairs has a progressively decreasing gear slope along the direction from the input end of the gear box to the output end thereof.
US10118795B2
An image forming apparatus includes a reconveying unit including a reconveying roller; and a second transmission mechanism. The second transmission mechanism transmits a drive force to the reconveying roller and includes an input gear; an output gear; an intermediate gear including first and second gears; and first and second swinging gears. The first toothless part of the first gear and the second toothless part of the second gear are provided at such a position that, when the intermediate gear is rotated by a drive force transmitted from the input gear through the second swinging gear while the second swinging gear meshes with the second toothed part of the second gear and the output gear meshes with the first toothed part of the first gear, the first toothless part reaches a position confronting the output gear and then the second toothless part reaches a position confronting the second swinging gear.
US10118794B2
A header cover encloses an end of an unwoven material cylinder to protect the unwoven material from damage or debris during storage or transportation. Unwoven material cylinders are commonly used to produce products such as clean suits, baby diapers, absorbent material, etc. The header cover includes a cover disc, a plurality of lateral-interfacing flaps, and a tethering ring. The cover disc and the plurality of lateral interfacing flaps encapsulate an end of the unwoven material cylinder. The plurality of lateral-interfacing flaps is perimetrically and foldably connected to the cover disc to allow the header cover to fold over an edge of the unwoven material cylinder. The tethering ring is adjacently connected to each lateral-interfacing flap of the plurality of lateral-interfacing flaps, such that as one lateral-interfacing flap is folded, every lateral interfacing flap is folded in the same direction.
US10118789B2
A tape product dispenser and method of using a tape product dispenser are provided. The tape product dispenser includes a reel member comprising an internal loading surface for loading a tape product and a housing. The housing comprises a lower portion and a housing port disposed at a radially outer end of the housing. The lower portion is coupled to the reel member for rotation of the reel member relative to the lower portion.
US10118788B2
Provided is a print medium finishing apparatus including a print medium stacking plate; a stacker tray; and a print medium discharging apparatus configured to discharge, to the stacker tray, print media on the print medium stacking plate, wherein the print medium discharging apparatus includes at least one driving gear that is rotatable; a moving member configured to move linearly and curvilinearly with respect to the at least one driving gear and including a motion converting gear configured to engage the at least one driving gear and convert rotation of the at least one driving gear into a linear motion and a curvilinear motion; and a grip member configured to be moved linearly and curvilinearly by the moving member while holding the print media on the print medium stacking plate, and to place the print media on the stacker tray.
US10118783B2
An apparatus for dispensing absorbent sheet products includes a store with an absorbent web which is to be dispensed; a conveying mechanism for feeding the absorbent web; a severing mechanism for severing the web so as to form absorbent sheet products; a first collecting mechanism in direct contact with at least one of a roller of the conveying mechanism and the severing mechanism for collecting negative electrical charges; a second collecting mechanism in direct contact with the absorbent web for collecting positive electrical charges from the web; and a conductive material in direct contact with the first collecting mechanism and the second collecting mechanism. The conductive material, the first collecting mechanism, and the second collecting mechanism are configured such that the negative electrical charges of the first collecting mechanism and the positive electrical charges of the second collection mechanism are mutually cancelled.
US10118781B2
A sheet conveying device includes a sheet container, a separation feeder, a plurality of conveyance drivers, a multifeed detector, a sheet detector, and a conveyance controller. The conveyance drivers are driven to convey a sheet to a conveyance completion position on a sheet conveyance path. The multifeed detector detects occurrence of a multifeed on the conveyance path. The sheet detector detects presence or absence of the sheet at a sheet detection point on the conveyance path. The conveyance controller controls the conveyance drivers to be continuously driven until a preceding sheet preceding multifed sheets is conveyed to the conveyance completion position after the multifeed detector detects the occurrence of the multifeed. The conveyance controller controls the conveyance drivers to stop in a period in which at least one of the multifed sheets is present at the sheet detection point after the preceding sheet is conveyed to the conveyance completion position.
US10118778B2
A driven gear is relatively movable to a first support position and to a second support position on a support member. When a first gear rotates in a first direction, the driven gear rotates at the first support position in conjunction with rotation of the first gear to permit the rotation of the driven gear. When the first gear rotates in a second direction opposite to the first direction, the driven gear moves to the second support position under a force received from the gear in an area where the driven gear meshes with the first gear. Then, at the second support position, the driven gear is locked on a locking member and thus stopped, preventing the first gear from rotating in the second direction.
US10118772B2
A machine for carrying out at least one operation onto a first article and a second article is disclosed. The machine comprises feeding means for advancing a succession of the first article and the second article along a path and with a first speed; a first operative group, which comprises a first tool configured for carrying out operation onto the first article and which can be operated with a second speed associated to the first speed; gap creating means selectively controllable to create a first gap, which is arranged inside succession and is bounded between the first article and the second article; and a second operative group, which comprises a second tool configured for carrying out operation onto the second article and which can be operated at the second speed.
US10118763B2
An collection and method of use for collecting material, such as for example, waste, garbage, or other material. The collection cart includes an upper feed section spaced from a lower base section. The collection cart has and open side intermediate the upper feed section and lower base section. The upper feed section has a collection bag channel or tubular section through which a collection bag or other material collecting container can be inserted, with the upper end of the bag or container removably secured to the upper feed section. The bag or container can be removed from the upper feed section and removed through the open side, and the collection cart can be moved by grasping handles or other grippable structure space from each other and extending from the open side of the collection cart.
US10118760B1
A roll-off tub style container which is leak-proof to prevent liquids in the container from draining onto the ground or roadways. In one embodiment of the invention, the floor of the container has an upwardly and rearwardly extending inclined portion at the rearward end thereof to prevent liquid in the container from coming into contact with the tail gate of the container. In another embodiment of the invention, the rearward end of the container is elevated during transport to prevent liquid in the container from coming into contact with the tail gate. In yet another embodiment of the container, the floor of the container is inclined upwardly and rearwardly from the forward end thereof to the rearward end thereof. A liquid collection tank may be positioned beneath the floor of the container which has an inlet in fluid communication with the interior of the container and a discharge outlet provided thereon to permit liquid in the tank to be selectively drained therefrom.
US10118756B2
A packaging device for a windscreen wiper blade has a housing configured to receive the blade, having a first support surface configured to contact a portion of an upper part of the blade, a second support surface configured to contact a first portion of a lower part of the blade, a third support surface configured to contact a second portion of the lower part of the blade, a centering means, and a hooking means for hanging the packaging device vertically. The centering means blocks the blade at the center of the housing when the packaging device is hung. The first support surface extends opposite an area situated between the second support surface and the third support surface, and the first, second, and third support surfaces together immobilize the blade inside the housing in a position that is at least partially straightened out relative to a resting position of the blade.
US10118754B2
A method of folding a pant-like disposable absorbent garment includes providing a garment defining first and second waist side regions, a waist center region positioned therebetween, and a crotch region longitudinally below the waist center region. In particular embodiments, the method further includes folding the garment along a transversely extending fold line so as to bring the crotch region into superposed relation with the waist center region; providing a chute having a floor and first and second side walls; urging the garment into the chute; and, while the garment is in the chute, folding the garment along longitudinally extending first and second fold lines so as to position the first and second waist side regions over the waist center region. The first and second fold lines are adjacent the first and second side walls, respectively.
US10118753B2
A metering valve having an elongate moveable stem arranged for axial movements within a container and defining a discharge passage. A flexible bag for containing a liquid formulation to be dispensed from the metering valve surrounds a lower end of the metering valve. The bag is fillable through a fill passage defined by the valve and from an exterior of the container. A one-way valve, disposed in operable combination with the fill passage, prevents liquid formulation in the bag from escaping to ambient through the fill passage but allows the bag to be filled after the lower end of the valve and the bag are inserted into the container and the container is pressurized with a propellant.
US10118748B2
Mixing stopper, fixed on the neck of a package which includes a capsule for anchoring to the neck of the package, a receptacle containing a product to be mixed with the content of the package, a lid for closing the open base of the receptacle and a spring fitted between the receptacle and the bottom of the capsule.
US10118744B2
A package comprises a latch including first and second legs and an actuating portion. The first and second legs are joined at an angle. The actuator portion of the first leg is positioned to be displaced generally laterally to displace the second leg generally longitudinally to release the latch. In another embodiment the package has base wells on the inside surface. A generally flat marginal sealing surface encircles the first and second base wells. The wells of the base and/or lid are covered with a cover sheet to close them. Still another embodiment is a child-resistant container comprising a shell, two drawers, a stop, and a latch. The drawers are prevented from sliding apart past a limit of travel when one drawer is open sufficiently to provide access to its contents and the other drawer is not.
US10118743B2
A mechanical closure for includes a cap hinged in an oscillating manner about an axis, a pair of tie-rods respectively articulated at their first end on opposite sides of the cap with respect to the axis and hinged at their opposite second end on a corresponding first end of a respective arm. Each arm is provided at its second opposite end with a respective pin the pins being coaxial and intended to hinge the arms on a neck of a bottle. An arc connects the arms to one another so that the arms may be jointly actuated to rotate about the respective pin. The mechanical closure includes a tamper indicator provided to indicate the first opening of the mechanical closure includes a band which interconnects the arms and/or the tie-rods on the side opposite the arc so as to prevent the arms from oscillating about the respective pins.
US10118737B2
The present disclosure relates to plastic or polymeric container with reclosable zippers which make the package child-resistant. In one typical embodiment, this is achieved by a zipper with a high internal opening force and a low external opening force, wherein three flanges are sealed to the bag walls, and one external flange is left unsealed. In order to encounter the low external opening force, the user must grab the unsealed external flange while applying an external opening force to the zipper.
US10118728B2
A storage case includes a frame, a top plate, and a drawer. The frame includes a bottom plate, side plates, and a rear plate. The top plate covers the upper side of the frame. The drawer is freely pulled out of and pushed into the frame through an open front side of the frame. The side plates of the frame are foldable between an upright position, at which the side plates extend upright from left and right sides of the bottom plate, and a folded position, at which the plates extend along an upper surface of the bottom plate. The rear plate is foldable between an upright position, at which the rear plate extends upright from a rear side of the bottom plate, and a folded position, at which the rear plate extends along a lower surface of the bottom plate.
US10118726B2
A blank of foldable sheet material for forming a container is provided. The blank includes a bottom panel, a top panel, and a set of vent panels configured to form at least one venting assembly positioned on the top panel of the container.
US10118723B2
Described herein are systems and techniques for determining a pack station for storing inventory in a materials handling facility, routing item packages to pack stations based on size ranges for custom containers and optimizing dimensions of custom containers based on dimensions of a shipping container. For example, the systems described herein may allocate a percentage of inventory to a custom inventory location that is physically near custom container forming devices, thereby reducing the cost to pick, sort, pack and route items for shipment, storing or otherwise handling in a custom container.
US10118722B2
A package sorting system is described that can be used to efficiently sort and pack Ropak containers for transporting packages from a sorting facility to a destination facility. The package sorting system can determine a particular Ropak container to place the package in as well as determine if the package was placed in the current Ropak container.
US10118720B2
Disclosed is a supply apparatus for drug packaging, used to supply a plurality of units of a drug to drug packaging members. The supply apparatus includes: a supply unit providing a supply path along which the units of a drug are supplied; a support unit elastically supporting the supply unit in such a manner such that the supply unit is inclined; a vibration unit vibrating the supply unit; and a detection unit detecting the units of a drug passing through the supply unit. According to this structure, it is possible to reduce drug supply errors, thereby improving drug supply efficiency.
US10118717B2
Disclosed is an artificial satellite including a battery pack capable of dissipating heat, at least one radiator capable of conveying the heat dissipated by the battery pack into space, and a low-dissipation equipment item having an individual power flux density of less than 250 watts/m2. The satellite includes a thermally insulating cover delimiting, together with the radiator, an interior isothermal zone in which thermal control takes place by radiation, the battery pack and the low-dissipation equipment being arranged in thermally insulating cover. The battery pack has an operating range of between 0° C. and 50° C. and preferably of between 10° C. and 30° C.
US10118714B2
A method and apparatus for positioning an end effector relative to a structure. The apparatus may comprise the end effector and a sensor system. The end effector may be configured to perform an operation on the structure. The sensor system may have a plurality of sensors extending outward from the end effector.
US10118704B2
A hybrid seat pan and diaphragm apparatus includes a seat pan that has a concave portion and a diaphragm positioned at an occupant-facing side of the seat pan and stretched across the seat pan at a first distance above the concave portion of the seat pan.
US10118702B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide a water management system for use on board a passenger transport vehicle. The water management system may be used to address and manage excess humidity, water leaks, or any other instance when water or other liquid may collect at a certain location. The disclosure provides a system for managing excess water and for optionally delivering the water to another location. The removal location may be a disposal outlet or it may be a beneficial use of the collected water on-board the vehicle.
US10118700B2
A restraint assembly includes a base member, a pawl, a lock member, and an actuator assembly. The base member has a first side plate spaced apart from a second side plate. The pawl is pivotally coupled to the first side plate and the second side plate by a first pin. The lock member is pivotally coupled to the first side plate and the second side plate by a second pin. The actuator assembly includes a first shape memory alloy actuator that is drivably connected to the pawl and a second shape memory alloy actuator that is drivably connected to the lock member.
US10118681B1
A method for automatically controlling a trim position of a trimmable drive unit with respect to a transom of a marine vessel includes retrieving from a memory a stored level trim position of the drive unit, measuring an actual trim position of the drive unit, and determining with a controller whether an absolute difference between the level trim position and the actual trim position exceeds a given threshold. The method also includes determining whether at least one of a plurality of trim-to-level enable conditions indicative of an idle state of an engine powering the drive unit is true. In response to a determination that the absolute difference exceeds the given threshold and that at least one trim-to-level enable condition is true, the method includes sending a control signal with the controller to trim the drive unit to the level trim position. A system for carrying out the method is provided.
US10118680B2
A garment for the practice of water sports includes lumens for containing air. The garment is made of two superimposed neoprene sheets forming one or more lumens limited on their periphery by winding or angled welding lines.
US10118679B2
A jettison device isolates an object, particularly a potentially hazardous object on a ship, platform or similar object. The jettison device includes a housing with an opening configured to face towards an outside region, and a container configured to hold one or more of the objects. The jettison device further includes a container lock and a container jettison. A ship, platform or other vessel includes at least one of the jettison devices above and at least one jettison device arranged in or near a hull surface with the opening facing a region outside the hull surface.
US10118676B2
A submarine survey platform, including: a gasbag; a gas tube; a floater; an upper longitudinal plate; a lower longitudinal plate; diaphragm plates including upper openings, lower openings, and trapezoid openings disposed between the upper openings and the lower openings; and diagonal braces. The upper longitudinal plate includes a flat plate and a flanged plate. The lower longitudinal plate is a rectangular plate. The upper longitudinal plate pass through the upper openings, and the lower longitudinal plate pass through the lower openings. The diagonal braces and longitudinal stiffeners are disposed between every two adjacent diaphragm plates. Two diaphragm plates at two ends of the flat plate are provided with a lifting lug. The diagonal braces are symmetrically disposed and include outward braces and inward braces which are crossed with each other. Cross points of the upper/lower longitudinal plate with the diaphragm plates are support points of the upper/lower longitudinal plate.
US10118668B2
The present disclosure provides generally for a hydrofoil system that may allow a surfboard to glide above the water surface. According to the present disclosure, a rider may be able to manipulate a hydrofoil device attached to a surfboard with limited training and athletic ability. The present disclosure provides for a hydrofoil system that may allow riders to use a light leaning motion to adjust the angle of a front wing to create forward thrust to produce a flow for creating lift. In some aspects, the front wing may tilt to reduce downward drag force in a lifting phase while locking into place during a glide to provide a sustained lift of the paddleboard out of the water.
US10118664B2
A control device for a bicycle, has a first body adapted to be attached to a bicycle handlebar, at least one control member of at least one bicycle component, and a second body, distinct from the first body, connected to the first body to increase a grip surface of the control device and/or to vary the relative position of the at least one control member with respect to the handlebar of the bicycle, so as to adapt the control device to the size of the cyclist's hand.
US10118659B1
A flexible enclosure that is adapted for encapsulating bicycles and the rack that supports the bicycles from the receiver of a receiver hitch. The enclosure includes a front panel and a rear panel. The front panel includes a pair of apertures that lead to a pair of spaced apart pockets with a flexible translucent window, so that the enclosure may be used to cover items that are supported from the receiver hitch, so that items inside the pockets may be seen through the section of flexible translucent material.
US10118653B2
A cargo body includes sidewalls constructed of pairs of panels secured together at respective joints. Each panel is an assembled panel having a core, an interior skin, and an exterior skin. Each of the joints is formed as a lap joint in which edge portions of first and second panels overlap each other. The first panel has a reduced-thickness core portion throughout the edge portion in which a core thickness measured between the interior and exterior skins is less than half of a maximum core thickness of the first panel. The second panel has a reduced-thickness core portion throughout the edge portion in which a core thickness measured between the interior and exterior skins is less than a maximum core thickness of the second panel.
US10118652B2
A top-loadable cargo trailer has one or more top doors mounted to a container using hinge assemblies which are located entirely within a perimeter of the container when the top door is closed. In this way, no part of the full width, length, or height of the container is taken up by overhanding hinges, and in jurisdictions limiting container width, length, and height no amount of container volume is sacrificed due to hinge overhang. The hinge assemblies have a compound, or dual hinge biased by a resistance mechanism such as a coil spring to provide an orderly opening and closing sequence of the top door. When fully open, the top door hangs vertically flush against the container wall, thus minimize hazard to works and equipment moving about the container.
US10118647B2
A vehicle body structure having an increased capability to absorb impact in a front end of a tunnel member. The vehicle body structure includes a dash lower panel, a dash cross member and the tunnel member. The dash cross member has a convex shape with a central portion located forward of both ends in the vehicle width direction in plan view. The tunnel member has a tunnel closed cross-sectional portion constituting a part of the central portion of the dash cross member, a front fragile portion provided forward of the tunnel closed cross-sectional portion, and a rear tunnel member provided rearward of the tunnel closed cross-sectional portion. The front fragile portion has a lower compressive strength than that of the rear tunnel member, against a load from the front.
US10118630B1
A truck mounted braking system is provided with a mechanical pivot adjustment on a lever connected to the brake actuator to permit the braking force applied to the wheels to vary depending on the lading condition of the car, without involving additional pneumatic elements such as a pneumatic empty load device. The system adjusts the braking force applied when the hand brake is activated, even when the railway car is disconnected from the pneumatic brake line.
US10118619B2
In a control device for a vehicle including: a dog clutch mechanism that is disposed in a power transmission path in which a driving force is transmitted from an engine to a wheel and is operated by a hydraulic actuator; and an electric oil pump that supplies hydraulic pressure to the hydraulic actuator, rotation of the engine is stopped in a state in which the dog clutch mechanism is engaged by the hydraulic pressure supplied from the electric oil pump at a time during an engine stop operation, the rotation of the engine is started in the state in which the dog clutch mechanism is engaged by the hydraulic pressure supplied from the electric oil pump at a time during an engine restart operation, hence occurrence of up-lock of the dog clutch mechanism is prevented.
US10118611B2
A system according to the present disclosure includes a trailer distance module, a trailer contact module, a trailer distance module, and at least one of a driver warning module, a brake control module, and a steering control module. The trailer distance module determines a distance from a cab of a truck to a fifth wheel trailer attached to the truck based on an input from a sensor. The trailer contact module identifies potential contact between the trailer and the truck cab based on the cab-to-trailer distance. The driver warning module warns a driver of the potential contact. The brake control module applies a brake of at least one of the truck and the trailer when potential contact is identified. The steering control module increases an amount of driver effort required to steer the truck in at least one direction when potential contact is identified.
US10118607B1
A computing device implemented method includes receiving one or more signals that represent an angular speed of a permanent magnet electric motor of a hybrid electric vehicle, the one or more signals being provided by an angular sensor connected to the electric motor, receiving a signal representing a voltage from the electric motor, the voltage being a direct axis voltage component of a three-phase motor model, determining if the angular speed is within a predetermined threshold, calculating an error angle representing a correction factor for an alignment of the electric motor based on a ratio of the voltage and the angular speed, storing the correction factor, and determining a binary indication of a status of error angle, and repeating the steps until the binary indication is positive.
US10118604B1
Methods, systems, and apparatus for managing energy efficiency of a vehicle. The system includes a GPS unit configured to detect a current location of the vehicle. The system includes a network access device configured to receive traffic data. The system includes a navigation unit configured to determine whether traffic is upcoming along a route based on the traffic data. The system includes a speed sensor configured to detect a current speed of the vehicle. The system includes an electronic control unit configured to activate a pre-charge mode when the upcoming slowdown in vehicle speed is determined, the pre-charge mode causing the engine to charge the battery via the motor/generator. The electronic control unit is configured to deactivate the pre-charge mode to prevent charging of the battery by the engine when the detected current speed of the vehicle is below a speed threshold for a set period of time or distance.
US10118603B2
Systems and methods for traffic learning are described. One embodiment of a method includes predicting a vehicle route of a vehicle, determining historical traffic data related to at least one segment along the vehicle route, and determining an energy traffic budget for electric power consumption of the vehicle along the vehicle route, where the energy traffic budget is learned from the historical traffic data. Some embodiments include creating a schedule for transitioning between gasoline power and electric power for the vehicle route, implementing the schedule as the vehicle traverses the vehicle route, and in response to encountering traffic along the vehicle route, implementing the energy traffic budget.
US10118602B2
An automatic start-stop system for vehicles with an automatic gearbox or and automated gearbox in which the motor vehicle can creep in a released state of a brake pedal is provided. The automatic start-stop system is designed to detect an obstruction in the present direction of travel of the vehicle, to trigger an automatic deactivation process of a drive machine of the vehicle if the vehicle speed is lower than a predefined speed threshold close to standstill and the brake pedal is actuated, and to trigger an automatic activation process of the automatically deactivated drive machine if a released brake pedal is detected, with creeping of the motor vehicle being prevented by not initiating automatic activation of the drive machine or by activating a creep prevention measure, if, upon release of the brake pedal or in a released state of the brake pedal, an obstruction situated in the present direction of travel of the motor vehicle is detected.
US10118593B2
Systems and methods are disclosed for a police vehicle monitor. An example disclosed police vehicle includes first beacons positioned on a chassis of the police vehicle, second beacons position on a lightbar of the police vehicle, and a police assistance unit. The example police assistance unit is to track a distance of wearable nodes associated with a police officer. Additionally, the example police assistance unit is to, in response to the distance satisfying a first threshold, lock doors and roll up windows of the police vehicle.
US10118575B2
An in-vehicle power supply device includes a boost converter configured to perform a boosting operation to boost a voltage supplied from an input terminal; a connection-assist diode connected in parallel to the boost converter; and a switch element connected in parallel to the boost converter and the connection-assist diode. A controller detects a voltage output from an output terminal as a first voltage while instructing the switch element to open and instructing the boost converter to stop an operation of the boost converter. After detecting the first voltage of the output terminal, the controller detects a voltage output from the output terminal as a second voltage while instructing the switch element to continuously open and instructing the boost converter to perform the boosting operation. Based on the difference between the first and second voltages, the controller judges whether the boost converter is normal or abnormal.
US10118571B2
An interchangeable applique assembly for an associated vehicle is disclosed. The applique assembly includes a base member or substrate dimensioned to cover a pillar of the associated vehicle. An applique insert is received on the base member and at least partially covers an outwardly facing surface of the base member. A fastener secures the applique insert to the base member.
US10118567B2
A saddle-ride-type vehicle having a side cover for enhancing the assembling property and external appearance. In a motorcycle including a side cover which has an upper side cover and a lower side cover in a state where an end portion of the upper side cover and an end portion of the lower side cover overlap with each other, the side cover has a joining portion formed by making the upper side cover overlap with an outer side of the lower side cover. A holding portion is formed by making the lower side cover overlap with an outer side of the upper side cover. A fixing portion is provided where the upper side cover and the lower side cover are made to overlap with each other in the same overlapping state as the joining portion is disposed in the vicinity of the joining portion.
US10118564B2
A cargo box attachable to a vehicle that includes a cover shell having a textured portion that lessens aerodynamic drag on the combination of the vehicle and cargo box.
US10118561B2
A signage storage system for storing signs in a vehicle includes a vehicle that has a trunk. A storage unit is provided and the storage unit is removably positioned in the trunk. The storage unit has a plurality of removable shelves and each of the removable shelves contains an associated one of a plurality of signs. In this way the signs are inhibited from freely moving about in the trunk.
US10118560B2
An electronic device having a unitary housing is disclosed. The device can include a first housing component having an open cavity, an internal electronic part disposed within the cavity, a second housing component disposed across the cavity, and a support feature disposed within the cavity and arranged to support the second housing component. The first housing component can be formed from metal, while the second housing component can be formed from a plurality of laminated foil metal layers. The second housing component can be attached to the first housing component via one or more ultrasonic welds, such that a fully enclosed housing is created. The fully enclosed housing can be hermetically sealed, and the outside surfaces thereof can be machined or otherwise finished after the ultrasonic welding.
US10118558B1
A vehicle trunk door includes a door panel. A hinge is coupled to the door panel for rotating the door panel between a plurality of rotational positions. A motor is coupled to the hinge, wherein the motor applies a rotational force to the hinge, wherein the rotational force biases the door panel toward a closed position. When cargo is disposed within a trunk aperture, the door panel is biased against the cargo to at least partially secure the cargo within the trunk aperture.
US10118551B1
The present disclosure provides an anti-fatigue adjusting device, which includes a wearing housing, a head deflection detecting component, a conductive patch and a controller, the wearing housing is used for wearing on a user's head; the head deflection detecting component includes a gyroscope and an accelerometer, the head deviation detecting component is mounted on the wearing housing, and is using for detecting user's head deflection motion parameter; the conductive patch is used for contacting with user's skin and outputting low frequency pulse current to user, the controller is mounted on the wearing housing, and is electrically connected with the head deflection detecting component and the conductive patch, and is used for acquiring user's head deflection angle, the controller controls the conductive patch to work when the head deflection angle is larger than a preset head deflection angle.
US10118549B2
The various embodiments herein provide a reverse gear sensor and alert device for a vehicle comprising an electronic hub, a motor and a tail. The electronic hub comprises a control electronics circuitry (CEC), an audible buzzer, and an ultrasonic buzzer. The electronic hub is installed over a base frame attached to a rear body of the vehicle and is connected with a power source. The tail is attached to the electronic hub through the motor. The tail comprises a plurality of illumination members fixed on an outer surface of the tail and are powered through the motor. The power supply allows a flow of current to the motor on detecting a reverse gear activation in the vehicle. The current flow energizes the motor leading to a protrusion of the tail out of the vehicle. The plurality of illumination members, the audible buzzer, and the ultrasonic buzzer are activated on activation of the reverse gear.
US10118548B1
Techniques for a fully- or semi-autonomously operated vehicle (AV) to signal to or notify a third-party located within the vehicle's environment that the vehicle has detected the third-party's presence are provided. The third-party may be a pedestrian or a passenger in another proximate vehicle. Sensors associated with the AV may provide data via which the third-party's presence (and optionally, movement and behavior) is detected, and signaling device(s) on-board the vehicle may transmit audio, visual, and/or electromagnetic signals into the environment to indicate that the vehicle is aware of the third-party's presence. In some situations, a two-way dialog between the signaling device(s) and the third-party may be established to confirm intended behaviors or actions of the vehicle and/or of the third-party. Increased safety and decreased risk of accident or injury may be provided with AVs in a manner that is familiar to third-parties' defensive signaling with drivers of non-autonomous vehicles.
US10118542B1
A vehicle comprising: a front, a rear, a first side, and a second side; a first light capable of emitting light from the first side; a controller in communication with the first light; an exterior sensor that provides data to the controller, which determines whether an object is approaching the first side of the vehicle; and the controller causes the first light to emit light from the first side, when the controller determines that an object is approaching the first side. The first light is capable of emitting flashing light in a first color; and the controller causes the first light to emit flashing light in the first color, when the controller determines that an object is approaching the first side.
US10118535B2
A headlamp includes a light-emitting module that includes a condenser lens that defines an optical axis through a center of the condenser lens and that is configured to focus light incident on a rear surface of the condenser lens. The light-emitting module further includes a laser light source that is located behind the condenser lens and that is configured to generate light toward the condenser lens. The light-emitting module further includes a microelectromechanical system (MEMS) scanner that is located in front of the condenser lens, that is configured to reflect, toward the condenser lens, light generated by the laser light source, and that is configured to scan light generated by the laser light source by moving horizontally and vertically. The light-emitting module further includes a reflection unit that is located behind the condenser lens and that is configured to reflect light reflected by the MEMS scanner.
US10118534B2
An irradiation apparatus includes a shielded object detecting unit, an illumination setting unit, an irradiating device, and an illumination controlling unit. The shielded object detecting unit detects a shielded object. Glare is allowable to the shielded object at an upper limit of illumination brightness or less. A driver can visually recognize the shielded object at an lower limit of the illumination brightness or more. The illumination setting unit sets the illumination brightness based on the upper limit and the lower limit of the illumination brightness. The illumination controlling unit controls the irradiating device such that light is emitted in a predetermined irradiation pattern in which a first part of the shielded object is illuminated at the illumination brightness set by the illumination setting unit and a second part of the shielded object is illuminated at a higher illumination brightness than that of the first part.
US10118527B2
An apparatus for use with a seating region having a seat portion and a back portion includes at least one cushioned body which is securable to components of the seating region of a vehicle, bed, couch or sofa for the purpose of securing the at least one body in a stationary relationship with respect to the seating region or for providing a comfortable surface against which an occupant of the seating region may rest. The apparatus is well-suited for use as a partition between the areas of two adjacent seating regions of a vehicle or between a seating region within which an occupant is seated and an adjacent door of the vehicle.
US10118521B2
A thermoelectric device has a foam substrate, thermoelectric elements and metallic foil strip assemblies. The foam substrate has apertures therein. The thermoelectric elements are inserted into the apertures. The metallic foil strip assemblies include upper and lower foil strips. A first end of a first upper foil strip is inserted into a first aperture contacting an upper heat transferring surface of the first thermoelectric element. A second end is inserted into a second aperture contacting an upper heat transferring surface of a second thermoelectric element with an elongated portion of the metallic foil strip assembly extending between the first aperture and the second aperture along the upper surface. A first end of a second upper foil strip is inserted into the second aperture contacting the upper heat transferring surface of the second thermoelectric element and a second end is similarly inserted into a third aperture.
US10118520B2
A vehicle seat assembly comprises a seat bottom having a bottom cushion, a seat back coupled to the seat bottom with the seat back having a back cushion, and at least one of the bottom cushion and the back cushion having a passage. The assembly further includes a flow control layer coupled to the cushion having the passage with the flow control layer defining a first support area having a first plurality of slits and a second support area, adjacent to the first support area, having a second plurality of slits. Each slit defines a width that is moveable between a restricted position and a free-flowing position. The width of the first slits can move to the free-flowing position while the width of the second slits remains in the restricted position when the first support area receives a first load for flowing air through the first slits and the passage.
US10118517B2
The present invention concerns a heater fan for a body support arrangement, and specifically the heater fan has at least one air delivery arrangement and at least one heating appliance.
US10118514B2
Described are seat units with a seat pan (2) coupled to a seat back (3), inflatable cushions (5) positioned proximate the seat pan and/or the seat back, inflatable airbags (6) positioned proximate the inflatable cushions (5), and a pressure sensor (9) positioned over at least one of the seat pan (2) and the seat back (3) so that the inflatable cushions (5) and the inflatable airbags (6) are substantially covered by the pressure sensor (9). The pressure sensor (9) is configured to generate a pressure map, and a control unit (11) is configured to analyze the pressure map for at least one pressure irregularity within a pressure distribution, and adjust a pressure inside at least one of the inflatable cushions (5) and/or the inflatable airbags (6) to minimize the pressure irregularity within the pressure distribution.
US10118512B2
A head restraint may include a support structure with an opening, adjustable flexible elongated members, and an adjustment mechanism. The elongated members may be attached to the support structure, may span the opening in the support structure, and may be configured to support a user's head. The adjustment mechanism may be configured to at least one of automatically and/or manually adjust tension of at least portions of the elongated members spanning the opening.
US10118502B2
Temperature conditioning unit according to the present invention includes: impeller, electric motor, fan case, and housing. Impeller includes impeller disk and a plurality of rotor blades. The plurality of rotor blades extends in a direction along rotary shaft. Each of the plurality of rotor blades has a cross-sectional circular-arc shape, in a direction intersecting rotary shaft, which is a convex form curving outward toward a direction of rotation of impeller disk. Each of the plurality of rotor blades includes an inner-periphery-side edge located on the rotary shaft side, and an outer-periphery-side edge located on the opposite rotary-shaft side. Housing includes external surface on which fan case is mounted. In the inside of housing, a member to be temperature conditioned is accommodated.
US10118500B2
A vehicle power system may include a controller programmed to output an electric only range indicator based on a change in capacity of a traction battery derived from open-loop and closed-loop estimates of change in state of charge of the traction battery. The change in capacity may be proportional to a ratio of the open-loop estimate to the closed-loop estimate. The closed-loop estimate may contain information indicative of the change in capacity. The open-loop estimate may contain information indicative of an initial capacity of the traction battery.
US10118479B2
An in-wheel motor drive device is provided including a brake caliper which can be easily mounted in position and dismounted. The in-wheel motor drive device includes a hub to which the wheel body of a vehicle wheel is mounted, an electric motor arranged inside of the hub in the width direction of the vehicle so as to be coaxial with the hub, a motor housing in which are received the electric motor, and the brake caliper, which is arranged to clamp a brake disk through a pair of brake pads disposed on both sides of the brake disk. The brake caliper is fixed to the outer periphery of the motor housing by driving bolts radially inwardly, from radially outside, of the motor housing.
US10118472B2
A truck bed cover for covering the bed of a pickup truck includes a plurality of rigid panel sections that extend across the truck bed and selectively supported upon bed rails that are attached to the bed sidewalls. Adjacent rigid panel sections are hingedly connected such that two or more rigid panel sections of said plurality of rigid panel sections are pivotable about axes perpendicular to the sidewalls of the bed between a closed position where the bed is covered and an open position where the bed is open. The rigid panel sections are constructed to be load bearing and provide a deck surface for carrying articles above the truck bed. Deck surface extensional panels are removably attachable to extend the deck surface beyond the sides and rear of the truck bed.
US10118470B2
A method for re-initializing a moon roof control system includes sequentially re-initializing first a sunshade controller and then a moon roof panel controller. The step of sequentially re-initializing is implemented by actuating one or more sunshade and/or moon roof panel actuators for a predetermined re-initializing time period that is less than a full duration of the re-initializing.
US10118468B1
A windshield and a vehicle having a windshield are provided. The windshield includes a right-side bulging portion disposed at a right-side lower portion, a left-side bulging portion disposed at a left-side lower portion, and at least one protrusion disposed at an upper edge.
US10118463B2
In a first aspect, a vehicle HVAC system includes: a housing that defines at least first and second air conduits to a vehicle interior compartment; and at least first and second heat rods that each traverses the first and second air conduits, wherein a first positive temperature coefficient along a length of the first heat rod is greater at the first air conduit than at the second air conduit, and wherein a second positive temperature coefficient along a length of the second heat rod is greater at the second air conduit than at the first air conduit.
US10118461B2
A heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning (HVAC) system for an electrically-powered vehicle (EV) having an electric motor powered by at least one battery is described. The HVAC system may comprise a blower, a conduit configured to carry air from the blower to vents leading to a passenger cabin of the EV, and an electric heater positioned in the conduit and configured to heat the air. The HVAC system may further comprise a thermal reservoir heater positioned in the conduit and including a thermal storage component configured to heat the air without using power from the battery.
