US10133234B2
A process cartridge includes: a developing unit; a drum unit; an urging member; and an electrically-conductive member. The developing unit includes a developing roller. The drum unit includes a photosensitive drum. The developing unit is pivotally movable relative to the drum unit about a pivot axis extending along the developing roller. The urging member is configured to urge the developing roller toward the photosensitive drum. The electrically-conductive member is provided at the developing unit and configured to apply voltage to the developing roller. The electrically-conductive member is made of an electrically-conductive resin. The electrically-conductive member includes a contact portion configured to contact an electric contact provided at an image forming apparatus. The pivot axis and the contact portion define a first distance therebetween. The pivot axis and the urging member define a second distance therebetween. The first distance is smaller than the second distance.
US10133230B2
An image forming apparatus includes a main assembly; an door openable and closable relative to the main assembly; a flexible connecting member connecting the door with the main assembly, the connecting member being slidable at least relative to one of the main assembly and the door, wherein the connecting member slides with opening of the door relative to the main assembly; a sliding member swingably supported by the main assembly or the door and slidable relative to the connecting member which slides. When the door is opened, the connecting member contacts, while sliding, a part of the sliding member on one side with respect to a center of swing to press the sliding member, so that the other side with respect to the center of swing of the sliding member urges the connecting member to an urged portion to retard the sliding movement of the connecting member.
US10133213B2
An image forming apparatus includes: a photosensitive drum; a toner cartridge having a toner supply port; and a developing unit including: a developing roller; a developing frame; and a conveyance portion capable of conveying toner contained in the toner cartridge to the developing frame. The conveyance portion including: a coupling tube capable of being coupled to the toner cartridge and having a toner receiving port that faces the toner supply port in a state where the coupling tube is coupled to the toner cartridge; a conveyance tube fixed to the developing frame, the conveyance tube being movable with respect to the coupling tube, in a state where the coupling tube is coupled to the toner cartridge and the toner receiving port faces the toner supply port; and a shutter movable between an open position and a closed position.
US10133207B2
A developing cartridge includes a casing, a rotating member, and an electrode member. The casing may be configured to accommodate therein developer. The rotating member has a rotational shaft extending in an axial direction. The rotating member is configured to rotate about the rotational shaft and carries the developer thereon. The electrode member is configured to be electrically connected to the rotating member. The electrode member covers at least part of the rotational shaft from an orthogonal direction orthogonal to the axial direction and is arranged to confront the casing in the axial direction. The electrode member is configured to move in the orthogonal direction in accordance with a movement in the axial direction.
US10133196B2
An apparatus for cleaning an object, the apparatus including: an object support for supporting the object; a low pressure chamber for exposing a first surface of the object to a low pressure when the object is arranged on the object support, an electrode arranged adjacent to and separated from the first surface of the object when the object is arranged on the object support, the electrode being in electrical communication with a surface of the object support which is adjacent the first surface of the object; and a power supply arranged to apply a voltage between the electrode and the object; thereby generating a discharge between the object and the electrode.
US10133194B2
A stage device is equipped with a surface plate and a wafer stage which is mounted on the surface plate and has an exhausting port formed on a surface facing the surface plate. In a state where the wafer stage lands on the surface plate, an air chamber is formed in between the surface plate and the wafer stage. Pressurized gas blows out from the exhausting port provided at a stage main section into the air chamber, and self-weight of the wafer stage is cancelled by an inner pressure of the air chamber. This allows to the wafer stage which has stopped on the surface plate to be moved manually.
US10133193B2
Embodiments disclosed herein generally relate to adjusting exposure parameters of a substrate in response to an overlay error. The method includes partitioning the substrate into one or more sections. Each section corresponds to an image projection system. A total overlay error of a first layer deposited on the substrate is determined. For each section, a sectional overlay error is calculated. For each overlap area, in which two or more sections overlap, an average overlay error is calculated. The exposure parameters are adjusted in response to the total overlay error.
US10133186B2
An alignment apparatus for aligning a substrate, and a substrate processing system including such alignment apparatus. The alignment apparatus includes an alignment base for supporting the substrate and/or a substrate support member. A force generating device applies a contact force on the substrate. The force generating device includes an arm including a rigid proximal end and a rigid distal end. The distal end is provided with a contact section for contacting an edge of the substrate and an elastically deformable arm section extending between the proximal and distal ends. The connection part connects the proximal end to the alignment base. The arm is movable with respect to the alignment base via the connection part. The alignment apparatus also includes an actuator for causing a displacement of the proximal end, whereby the contact force, defined by the elastically deformable arm section, is applied to the substrate by the contact section.
US10133178B2
There is provided a new coating liquid for resist pattern coating. A coating liquid for resist pattern coating comprising a component A that is a polymer including at least one hydroxy group or carboxy group; a component B that is a sulfonic acid of A-SO3H (where A is a linear or branched alkyl group or fluorinated alkyl group having a carbon atom number of 1 to 16, an aromatic group having at least one of the alkyl group or the fluorinated alkyl group as a substituent, or a C4-16 alicyclic group optionally having a substituent); and a component C that is an organic solvent capable of dissolving the polymer and including ether or ketone compound of R1—O—R2 and/or R1—C(═O)—R2 (where R1 is a linear, branched, or cyclic alkyl group or fluorinated alkyl group having a carbon atom number of 3 to 16; and R2 is a linear, branched, or cyclic alkyl group or fluorinated alkyl group having a carbon atom number of 1 to 16), a method of forming a resist pattern using the coating liquid, and a method for forming a reverse pattern using the coating liquid.
US10133172B2
A lens module includes a lens, a first gravity sensor and a processor. The lens includes an optical axis and an adjustment assembly. The adjustment assembly rotates around the optical axis. The first gravity sensor is disposed on the adjustment assembly. The adjustment assembly drives the first gravity sensor to rotate. The first gravity sensor is configured to perform detection at different time points. The first gravity sensor generates a first output at a first time point and a second output at a second time point. The processor calculates first and second angles of the first gravity sensor relative to a water level according to the first and second outputs respectively. The processor controls a focus adjustment of the lens according to the first angle and the second angle. A projector employing the aforementioned lens module is also provided.
US10133167B2
A projection apparatus and a light source module are provided. The light source module includes a light-emitting element string, a shunt module, and a control circuit. A first shunt circuit, a second shunt circuit, and a third shunt circuit of the shunt module are coupled to the light-emitting element string, and are adapted to provide a first shunt path, a second shunt path or a third shunt path, such that the light-emitting element string is still maintained to normally work when a light-emitting element/light-emitting elements is/are malfunctioned.
US10133166B2
A light source unit has a first light source for emitting light in a first wavelength range, a second light source for emitting light in a second wavelength range of the same color system as the light in the first wavelength range and having a different wavelength, a third light source including light emitting elements for emitting light in a third wavelength range different from the light in the first wavelength range and in the second wavelength range, a fourth light source for emitting light in a fourth wavelength range excited by the light in the third wavelength range as luminous light, and a control unit for controlling the illumination of the first, second, third and fourth light sources, and the control unit controls the number of light emitting elements of the third light source to be illuminated according to illuminated states of the first and second light sources.
US10133163B2
A light source unit, includes: a semiconductor laser device that emits laser light; a wheel substrate that has a light entering surface and a light exiting surface, and includes one or more phosphor-containing regions each contains one or more kinds of phosphor converts the laser light into light having a wavelength different from a wavelength of the laser light; a motor that faces the light entering surface of the wheel substrate, wherein the motor has a rotational shaft that supports a center of the wheel substrate, and is configured to rotate the wheel substrate; and a condensing optical system that faces the light exiting surface of the wheel substrate, and condenses light that has exited from the light exiting surface of the wheel substrate, the condensing optical system comprising a lens having an optical axis that substantially coincides with a reference axis of the light that has exited from the light exiting surface of the wheel substrate, wherein the lens is sized to cover the center of the wheel substrate.
US10133152B2
Disclosed is a camera module capable of overcoming a design limitation on a structure for auto-focusing and handshake compensation attributable to the thickness of the camera module provided in a small-sized camera device. The camera module includes a refractive unit including at least one lens, which has an optical axis oriented in a first direction, a lens case for supporting the refractive unit mounted thereto, a focusing-driving magnet secured to the lens case, a focusing-driving coil configured to accommodate at least a portion of the focusing-driving magnet inserted thereinto and to receive first current and generate driving force for allowing the focusing-driving magnet to perform first relative displacement in the first direction, a compensatory case configured to support the focusing-driving coil fixedly mounted thereto, and a focusing-sensing coil fixedly provided in the compensatory case and wherein second current is electromagnetically induced at the focusing-sensing coil by the first relative displacement.
US10133150B2
An optical parametric amplification device, including: an emitter emitting non-monochromatic light pulses as a pump wave; a stretcher configured to receive as an input pump wave, and to output a stretched pump wave; and a waveguide configured to receive as an input the stretched pump wave and chirped pulses, and to provide a wave resulting from a four wave mixing.
US10133145B2
According to embodiments of the present invention, an optical device is provided. The optical device includes a waveguide structure including a floating gate, and an optical waveguide arranged spaced apart from the floating gate, wherein the optical waveguide overlaps with the floating gate, a carrier injection portion arranged spaced apart from the floating gate, and an electrode arrangement, wherein, in response to a first voltage difference applied to the electrode arrangement, the optical device is configured to inject charge carriers from the carrier injection portion to the floating gate to cause a change in refractive index of the waveguide structure, and wherein, in response to a second voltage difference applied to the electrode arrangement, the optical device is configured to drive the charge carriers from the floating gate to the optical waveguide to deplete the charge carriers.
US10133142B2
An optical Mach Zehnder modulator is described. The optical Mach Zehnder modulator may comprise a plurality of segments separated by curved waveguides. For example, an optical Mach Zehnder modulator may comprise a first waveguide arm having a first pn-junction formed therein, a second waveguide arm having a second pn-junction formed therein, a third waveguide arm coupled to the first waveguide arm via a first curved waveguide and a fourth waveguide arm coupled to the second waveguide arm via a second curved waveguide. The segments may have the same polarities. Alternatively, the segments may have opposite polarities. The different segments may be driven using different RF signals. The RF signals may be delayed from one another.
US10133140B2
A semiconductor device capable of maintaining data even after instantaneous power reduction or interruption. The semiconductor device includes first to sixth transistors. The first and fourth transistors are p-channel transistors. The second and fifth transistors are n-channel transistors. In the third and sixth transistors, a channel formation region is included in an oxide semiconductor layer. A high voltage is applied to one of a source and a drain of the first transistor and one of a source and a drain of the fourth transistor. A low voltage is applied to one of a source and a drain of the second transistor and one of a source and a drain of the fifth transistor.
US10133131B2
A curved display device includes a display panel and members to curve the display panel in a first direction. The display panel includes a display substrate and a counter substrate. The display substrate comprises a pixel electrode disposed on a display area and in which first slits are formed, and the counter substrate comprises a common electrode facing the pixel electrode and in which second slits are formed. A first side area, a central area and a second side area are sequentially located in the first direction on the display area. When the display panel has a flat shape, a portion of the common electrode positioned between two adjacent second slits among the second slits overlaps the pixel electrode by an overlapping width. The length of the overlapping width in each of the first and second side areas is different from that of the overlapping width in the central area.
US10133128B2
The present disclosure provides a display substrate including a plurality of first electrodes, a second electrode, and an insulating layer arranged among the first electrodes and the second electrode. The first electrodes are positioned above the second electrode. The second electrode includes a plurality of projections each, corresponding to a gap between two adjacent first electrodes and projecting towards the first electrodes.
US10133120B2
Techniques for driving a dual modulation display include generating backlight drive signals to drive individually-controllable illumination sources. The illumination sources emit first light onto a light conversion layer. The light conversion layer converts the first light, such as blue or ultraviolet light, into second light, such as white light. The light conversion layer can include quantum dot materials. Liquid crystal display (LCD) modulation drive signals are generated to determine transmission of the second light through individual color subpixels of the display. These LCD modulation drive signals can be adjusted based on one or more light field simulations to account for non-uniform, spatial color shifts. Alternatively, one or more light field simulations based on a uniformity assumption determine intermediate LCD modulation drive signals. A compensation field simulation, using backlight drive signals, is then used to adjust the intermediate LCD modulation drive signal for color correction.
US10133117B2
A display device used in the technical field of communications comprises a housing, a display panel and a light-transmitting cover plate; the display panel is disposed in the housing to form a display area constituted by the display panel and a frame area surrounding the display panel; the light-transmitting cover plate covers the housing to form the outer surface of the display device; the light-transmitting cover plate has a first light-transmitting part and a second light-transmitting part; the first light-transmitting part corresponds to the display area, and the second light-transmitting part corresponds to the frame area; the light emitted by the display panel transmits outward through the first light-transmitting part and the second light-transmitting part; the outer surface of the second light-transmitting part is provided with an optical.
US10133108B2
Certain example embodiments relate to vending machines with large area transparent touch electrode (LATTE) technology, and/or associated methods. By using the low-E Ag-based coatings described herein, it is possible to create new vending machine user interfaces that are more interesting and interactive than conventional interfaces. Touch-based user interfaces may be useful in vending, attract, and game-playing modes into which example vending machines may be placed and under which they may be operated.
US10133098B2
A metal-oxide semiconductor (MOS) optical modulator including a doped semiconductor layer having a waveguide structure, a dielectric layer disposed over the waveguide structure of the doped semiconductor layer, a gate region disposed over the dielectric layer, wherein the gate region comprises a transparent electrically conductive material having a refractive index lower than that of silicon, and a metal contact disposed over the gate region. The metal contact, the gate region, and the waveguide structure of the doped semiconductor layer may be vertically aligned with each other.
US10133088B1
Modular spectacles that are assembled and disassembled without the use of tools are disclosed. The modular spectacles comprise a pair of lenses, a middle frame element including a pair of rims for accepting the pair of lenses and a slot on each side, a front frame element with a slot on each side of the front frame element, wherein portions of the front frame element extend over portions of the pair of rims of the middle frame element, a rear frame element similar to the front frame element, and a pair of temples with compressible ends that fit securely within the slots, wherein the lenses are placed within the rims, the middle frame element is placed between the front and rear frame elements, and the temples are inserted into the slots, such that the frame elements are secured together, and the lenses are held in place by the frame elements.
US10133086B2
Disclosed herein is a camera lens module. The camera lens module in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention includes a vibration correction carrier, a rolling unit disposed in parallel to a direction vertical to an optical axis and configured to support the vibration correction carrier, a lens barrel carrier disposed on a side opposite the vibration correction carrier based on the rolling unit, and a base configured to mount the vibration correction carrier and the lens barrel carrier on the base.
US10133081B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide a beam splitter, a laser generator and an excimer laser annealing apparatus, which relate to field of display technology, and reduce probability of pollution of the beam splitter to some extent and increase homogeneity of the laser beam that is passed through the beam splitter. The beam splitter includes a transmission region configured as a through-hole and a reflective region arranged at a periphery of the through-hole, wherein the through-hole is configured to be transmitted by a first laser beam that is received; and the reflective region is configured to reflect the first laser beam that is received. The beam splitter may be used in a laser generator to perform a scanning annealing process.
US10133079B2
Provided is a laser device including N semiconductor laser array stacks, a prismatic optical system that shifts optical axes of luminous fluxes respectively output from the N semiconductor laser array stacks so as to decrease intervals among the luminous fluxes, and an imaging optical system that causes the luminous fluxes to be condensed and deflected for each luminous flux. The imaging optical system causes the luminous fluxes to be deflected so that the luminous fluxes overlap each other at a predetermined position and generates a light-condensing point of the luminous fluxes between the imaging optical system and the predetermined position.
US10133073B2
A position and rotation information acquisition unit 730 acquires information relating to a position and a rotation of the head of a user who wears a head-mounted display unit 100. A coordinate transformation unit 740 and a panorama image processing unit 750 generate an image to be displayed on the head-mounted display unit using the information relating to the position and the rotation acquired at a certain point of time by the position and rotation information acquisition unit 730. A correction processing unit 780 corrects the generated image using updated information relating to the position and the rotation at a different point of time.
US10133072B2
A display element includes a projection screen for a head-up display and a pivot apparatus for adjusting an inclination of the projection screen about a horizontal inclination axis. The pivot apparatus includes an eccentric unit for adjusting the inclination. The eccentric unit is mechanically coupled directly to the projection screen. The eccentric unit includes a first gearwheel and an eccentric element which is formed eccentrically with respect to the first gearwheel and is fastened on the first gearwheel. The eccentric element is in the form of a disk and an area of a narrow side of the disk-shaped eccentric element is arranged eccentrically with respect to the first gearwheel.
US10133062B2
A design method of LED freeform surface illumination system based on XY-polynomial obtains a plurality of data points of a freeform surface, wherein each data point includes a coordinate value Qi and a normal vector Ni. A sum of squares e1(P) of coordinate differences in z direction between the coordinate value Qi and the freeform surface is applied, and by a sum of squares e2(P) between the normal vector Ni of the data points and normal vector ni of the freeform surface a modulus of vector differences is acquired. An evaluation function ƒ(p)=e1(P)+we2(P) is proposed and a plurality of freeform surface shapes obtained by selecting different weightings. The freeform surface shape which has the best imaging quality is achieved as a final shape, and a freeform surface lens based on the final shape is constructed to establish an LED freeform surface illumination system.
US10133057B1
An electrowetting element comprising a first fluid and a second fluid immiscible with the first fluid. A support plate comprises an electrode, a support plate surface and a substrate. An inorganic dielectric layer is located between the substrate and the support plate surface and is transmissive to light in the visible spectrum. An organic dielectric layer is located between the substrate and the support plate surface and is transmissive to visible light. The inorganic dielectric layer has an inorganic dielectric layer deformation behavior and the organic dielectric layer has an organic dielectric layer deformation behavior substantially equal to the inorganic dielectric layer deformation behavior.
US10133055B2
The present invention relates to an optical element for use in a camera system for the inspection of passageways, a camera system for the inspection of passageways and a method of illuminating a passageway during inspection with a camera. An optical element for use in a camera system for the inspection of passageways comprises a first optical portion arranged to transmit light into a camera, a second optical portion arranged to transmit light emitted from a light source, the second optical portion located adjacent the first optical portion, and barrier means arranged to prevent light being transmitted from the second optical portion into the first optical portion.
US10133052B2
An image acquiring method for acquiring an image using a measurement apparatus including an image acquiring means which acquires an image of a surface of a target to be measured in the unit of predetermined size pixels and a moving means capable of moving the target to be measured, the image acquiring method includes: acquiring an image of a first region from the surface of the target to be measured through the image acquiring means; acquiring an image of a second region, which is different from the first region, by moving the target to be measured, through the moving means; acquiring a differential image by subtracting, from either the image of the first region or the image of the second region, the other image; and overlapping the differential image multiple times.
US10133049B2
A microscope apparatus includes: a light source configured to emit illumination light to illuminate a specimen; a dimming input unit configured to set and input a light amount of the light source in a predetermined dimming range; a switching unit configured to switch a first instruction value instructing the light amount of the light source to a second instruction value larger than the first instruction value when a switching signal to switch the light amount of the light source is input; and a control unit configured to control a light amount of the illumination light emitted from the light source according to the first instruction value set and input by the dimming input unit or the second instruction value obtained by switching by the switching unit.
US10133043B1
A compact, on-axis telephoto lens camera includes an arrangement of mirrors which receives incident light, and compresses and redirects the light, the arrangement having a primary mirror which receives the incident light, compresses and redirects the light toward a focal point of the primary mirror and has an opening defined at a central portion thereof, and a secondary mirror which receives light from the primary mirror and further redirects same. The camera also includes a cavity which extends into the camera from the opening of the primary mirror, aspheric lenses disposed at least partially within the cavity which receive the light from the multiple-mirror arrangement, and progressively expand and redirect the light received from the mirror arrangement, and an image sensor which receives the light from the aspheric lenses. The image sensor is disposed closely adjacent to the cavity such that a back focal length is substantially zero.
US10133023B2
The lens driver having a lens frame; a movable member supports the lens frame so as to be able to move in the direction of the optical axis; a base member supporting the movable member through contact so as to enable movement in the directions perpendicular to the optical axis; elastic members with one end connected to the movable member and the other end connected to the base member, for pressing the movable member against the base member side elastically; a first driving portion for driving the lens frame in the direction of the optical axis; and second driving portions for driving the lens frame in directions that are perpendicular to the optical axis, wherein: power is supplied to the first driving portion, which is provided on the movable member side, through the elastic members from an interconnecting circuit that is provided on the base member.
US10133017B2
Vented optical tube. At least some illustrative embodiments are conduits comprising a tube having a wall defining an interior volume of the tube. One or more optical fibers are disposed within the interior volume. The wall includes a plurality of vents passing from an outer surface of the wall to the interior volume, the plurality of vents disposed along a length of the tube, and wherein the vents are configured to convey a fluid in contact with the outer surface into the interior volume of the tube.
US10133014B2
Back scattering in an optical waveguide at an operating wavelength is controlled by adjusting an optical phase of light propagating in the waveguide at one or more locations along the waveguide. A portion of the back scattered light is tapped off near an input port and coupled into a photodetector. A controller detects changes in the photodetector signal and adjusts an optical phase tuner configured to control the optical phase of light in the waveguide at the selected location or locations. The optical phase tuner may be configured to vary the refractive index of at least a portion of the waveguide.
US10133013B2
An interface device includes first and second connectors adapted to be joined together in an operating position. One or more first optical data conduits extend through the first connector, with each first optical data conduit terminating at a respective first optical conduit end which is operatively aligned with a respective first optical lens. One or more second optical data conduits extend through the second connector, with each second optical data conduit terminating at a respective second optical conduit end which is operatively aligned with a respective second optical lens. Each respective second optical data conduit and respective second optical lens are aligned for optical coupling across a coupling region with one of the first optical conduits and respective first optical lens when the first connector and second connector are joined in the operating position. The interface also includes a wireless or contact-type electrical power transfer arrangement.
US10133011B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide an optical fiber connector assembly, an optical fiber adapter, and an optical fiber connector to solve the problem of inconvenience in use caused by using a thread-locking manner in the prior art. The optical fiber connector, optical fiber adapter and optical fiber connector assembly provided in the present invention may be used as an outdoor connector to achieve plug and play. The optical fiber connector supports blind-mate, and the operation is convenient. Time taken to install and disassemble the optical fiber connector provided in the present invention is only ⅕ of the time taken to install and disassemble a common thread connector.
US10133002B2
A compact polarization beam rotator includes a converter waveguide comprising a first segment and a second segment both in corresponding taper rib shapes sharing a first middle plane and configured to receive an input optical signal with TM polarization mode from an input plane and convert the TM polarization mode to TE1 polarization mode comprising a first arm mode and a second arm mode at a second middle plane. The polarization beam rotator additionally includes a splitter waveguide coupled to the second middle plane for separating the first arm mode and the second arm mode at a third plane respectively coupled to a first branch waveguide to deliver the first arm mode in phase and a second branch waveguide to reverse the second arm mode phase by 180°, and a 2×1 MMI coupler waveguide to combine both arm modes in phase to an output optical signal with TE polarization mode.
US10132997B2
An optical system includes a silicon (Si) substrate, a buried oxide (BOX) layer formed on the substrate, a silicon nitride (SiN) layer formed above the BOX layer, and a SiN waveguide formed in the SiN layer. In some embodiments, the optical system may additionally include an interposer waveguide adiabatically coupled to the SiN waveguide to form a SiN-interposer adiabatic coupler that includes at least the tapered section of the SiN waveguide, the optical system further including at least one of: a cavity formed in the Si substrate at least beneath the SiN-interposer adiabatic coupler or an oxide overlay formed between a top of a SiN core of the SiN waveguide and a bottom of the interposer waveguide. Alternatively or additionally, the optical system may additionally include a multimode Si—SiN adiabatic coupler that includes a SiN taper of a SiN waveguide and a Si taper of a Si waveguide.
US10132996B2
A method forms a vertical output coupler for a waveguide, formed of waveguide material and disposed within a layer stack on a top surface of a wafer. The method includes etching through a portion of the wafer to form a via that exposes the waveguide material, and etching the waveguide material to remove at least a first portion of the waveguide. The etching forms a tilted plane in the waveguide material. The method further includes coating the first tilted plane with one or more reflective layers, to form a tilted mirror in contact with the first tilted plane in the waveguide material. The tilted mirror forms the vertical output coupler such that light propagating through the waveguide is deflected by the tilted mirror, and exits the waveguide.
US10132993B2
The invention relates to a method of manufacturing an active optical fiber having a cladding and a doped core, as well as the active optical fiber equipped with the cladding and the doped core. The active optical fiber according to the invention is adapted to conduct and generate radiation having a wavelength λ and is provided with a cladding and a core containing at least one active dopant, characterized in that the core comprises elongate elements made of a first type of glass having a first refractive index n1 and elongate elements of a second type of glass having a second refractive index n2, oriented along the optical fiber and forming a compact bundle, wherein transverse dimensions of the elongate core elements are smaller than ⅕ of the wavelength λ. Such optical fibers are used in laser generation and in amplification techniques.
US10132991B2
A display device includes a display panel which displays an image and is curved with respect to a first direction, a light guide plate disposed under the display panel and curved with respect to the first direction, a light source which provides a light to the light guide plate, a bottom chassis disposed under the light guide plate, and a supporting part disposed between the light guide plate and the bottom chassis and including an upper surface curved with respect to the first direction and a lower surface which is flat.
US10132988B2
A variety of luminaire modules are disclosed that are configured to output light provided by multiple light-emitting elements (LEEs). In general, embodiments of the luminaire modules feature at least two LEEs disposed on at least one substrate, at least two light guides that receive light from corresponding LEEs of the at least two LEEs, and at least one optical extractor that receives light from corresponding light guides from the at least two light guides.
US10132980B2
A display apparatus includes a display panel and a backlight unit which provides light to the display panel. The backlight unit includes a light guide part, a light source part facing a light incident surface of the light guide part and including a circuit board, a first light emitting device package disposed on the circuit board, and a second light emitting device package disposed on the circuit board and which generates light having a wavelength different from that of light generated by the first light emitting device package, and an optical member disposed on at least one light emitting device package of the first and second light emitting device packages and including a plurality of rod-type lenses.
US10132970B2
A color filter device includes a dielectric layer, a passivation layer, a plurality of color filters and an inorganic film. The dielectric layer is disposed on a substrate, wherein the substrate has a light sensing area and a periphery area, and the periphery area is beside the light sensing area. The passivation layer is disposed on the dielectric layer, wherein the passivation layer has a recess. The color filters are disposed on the passivation layer and beside the recess. The inorganic film is disposed in the recess. The present invention also provides a method for forming said color filter device.
US10132960B2
A canister for housing a balloon and a radiosonde to be released into the atmosphere includes a case, a balloon detaching mechanism, and a gas passage. The case includes first to third housing chambers arranged side by side in a horizontal direction. The first to third housing chambers are in communication with one another in an upper part of the case. The balloon detaching mechanism is connected to the balloon and is configured to detach the balloon when the balloon is released. The gas passage introduces a gas into the balloon to inflate the balloon. The balloon detaching mechanism and the gas passage are housed in the second housing chamber disposed between the first housing chamber and the third housing chamber. The first housing chamber houses the radiosonde connected to the balloon via a rope. The third housing chamber houses part of the balloon connected to the balloon detaching mechanism.
US10132958B2
A technique includes acquiring dry condition and wet measurements using an optical spectrometer for a plurality of lamp intensities. The technique includes determining candidate maximum optical densities as a function of the lamp intensities based at least in part on a reference measurement that is acquired by the spectrometer, the reference measurement and does not vary with respect to the lamp intensities. The technique includes determining an optical density linear dynamic range based at least in part on the candidate maximum optical densities.
US10132955B2
In some embodiments, an apparatus and a system, as well as a method and article of manufacture, may operate to receive sensor information from a series of sensors coupled to a spiral-shaped optical fiber, wherein the sensor information comprises a signal integrating at least a location of one or more of the sensors along the optical fiber, and a physical parameter measurement. Further activity may include determining a physical property of material in a geological formation based on the physical parameter measurement. Additional apparatus, systems, and methods are disclosed.
US10132953B2
Methods and apparatus for determining at least one parameter of interest of an earth formation. Methods include using at least one transmitter to initiate at a single location in the formation a first electromagnetic signal at a first frequency and a second electromagnetic signal at a second frequency different than the first frequency for propagation through the formation; receiving the first electromagnetic signal propagating through the formation and the second electromagnetic signal propagating through the formation at a single receiver non-collocated with the at least one transmitter; estimating a relative phase shift of the second electromagnetic signal relative to the first electromagnetic signal; estimating a relative attenuation of the second electromagnetic signal relative to the first electromagnetic signal; using the relative attenuation and the relative phase shift to estimate a parameter of interest of the formation. The receiver may be unsynchronized with respect to the transmitter.
US10132943B2
Efficient techniques and devices for detecting, locating, tracking, and identifying radiation sources using a network of one or more detectors are disclosed.
US10132937B2
The purpose of the present invention is to provide a method for manufacturing a three-dimensional structure, a method for manufacturing a scintillator panel, a three-dimensional structure, and a scintillator panel that enable the type and thickness of a substrate of the scintillator panel to be selected freely. The present invention provides a method for manufacturing a three-dimensional structure, by which a three-dimensional structure is obtained by forming a glass pattern on a base member and then separating the glass pattern from the base member.
US10132933B2
A method for aligning visual-inertial odometry (VIO) and satellite positioning system (SPS) reference frames includes obtaining a plurality of range-rate measurements of a mobile platform from an SPS. The range-rate measurements are with respect to a global reference frame of the SPS. The method also includes obtaining a plurality of VIO velocity measurements of the mobile platform from a VIO system. The VIO velocity measurements are with respect to a local reference frame of the VIO system. At least one orientation parameter is then determined to align the local reference frame with the global reference frame based on the range-rate measurements and the VIO velocity measurements.
US10132932B1
Example embodiments include an aerial vehicle configured to establish a geo-fence. In particular, an aerial vehicle may include an inertial measurement unit, a GPS sensor, and vehicle controller circuitry that works together to establish a geo-fence based on an initial location. In an example embodiment, the aerial vehicle may establish a rectangular geo-fence and a wind direction based on received angular data, acceleration data, and location data. The rectangular geo-fence may include a minimum fence height, a maximum fence height, a fence length, and a fence width.
US10132928B2
A lidar-based apparatus and method are used for the solid state steering of laser beams using Photonic Integrated Circuits. Integrated optic design and fabrication micro- and nanotechnologies are used for the production of chip-scale optical splitters that distribute an optical signal from a laser essentially uniformly to an array of pixels, said pixels comprising tunable optical delay lines and optical antennas. Said antennas achieve out-of-plane coupling of light.As the delay lines of said antenna-containing pixels in said array are tuned, each antenna emits light of a specific phase to form a desired far-field radiation pattern through interference of these emissions. Said array serves the function of solid state optical phased array.By incorporating a large number of antennas, high-resolution far-field patterns can be achieved by an optical phased array, supporting the radiation pattern beam forming and steering needed in solid state lidar, as well as the generation of arbitrary radiation patterns as needed in three-dimensional holography, optical memory, mode matching for optical space-division multiplexing, free space communications, and biomedical sciences. Whereas imaging from an array is conventionally transmitted through the intensity of the pixels, the optical phased array allows imaging through the control of the optical phase of pixels that receive coherent light waves from a single source.
US10132914B2
A target device positioning method and a mobile terminal are provided. The mobile terminal determines, according to obtained measurement signals sent by a target device from a trigger moment to a current measurement moment, azimuths of the target device relative to the mobile terminal at the moments, obtains an original motion trail of the target device from the trigger moment to the current measurement moment, determines an effective motion trail of the target device according to the original motion trail and change rates of the azimuths of the target device relative to the mobile terminal at the moments, performs matching with a map according to an azimuth of the target device relative to the mobile terminal at the current measurement moment and the effective motion trail of the target device, to determine location information of the target device, and displays the location information of the target device.
US10132911B1
A cargo restraint component such as a cargo restraint panel or a component of a load restraint strip system (e.g., a connecting strip or a load restraint strip) may comprise an attached RF beacon. Additional non-limiting examples of cargo restraint components that can comprise an attached RF beacon include a fluid filled member (e.g. an inflatable air bag), a layered structure (e.g. cardboard dunnage material with an internal honeycomb structure), a cargo retaining strap, a bracing member, a portable bulkhead, an non-skid mat, and an expandable load stabilizer. An RF beacon attached to a cargo restraint component can be configured to transmit identifying data. In some embodiments, an RF beacon attached to a cargo restraint component may include one or more sensors that can measure one or more environmental parameters.
US10132910B2
A navigation system featuring audio prompts including: a database including a plurality of beacon identifiers corresponding to physical beacons that are members of quadrants including one or more beacons, the database including navigation instructions between beacons in a quadrant and between beacons and adjacent quadrants; a controller adapted to: provide a first beacon and a destination beacon, determine a route from the first beacon to the destination beacon in a destination quadrant, provide, via the user interface, navigation instructions from the first beacon to a first quadrant of the route, for each quadrant along the route: receive, a newly encountered beacon identifier; and provide navigation instructions for the user to navigate from the newly encountered beacon to the next quadrant in the ordered list, and upon receiving a beacon identifier of a detected beacon in the destination quadrant, provide navigation instructions to navigate from the detected beacon to the destination beacon.
US10132906B2
A method of calibrating a sensor array having elements spaced from one another in a first direction, the array defining an array spatial response function, includes: providing a test workpiece having at least first and second calibrated defects spaced apart in the first direction by a characteristic distance such that when the first calibrated surface defect is located at a position corresponding to an array response function maximum, the second calibrated surface defect is located at a position corresponding to an array response function minimum; passing the array across the first and second calibrated surface defects in a direction normal to the first direction and determining a peak sensor signal from at least two of the elements in the array to determine an array spatial response function root mean squared average; and setting a rejection threshold as a predetermined proportion of the array spatial response function root mean squared average.
US10132905B2
A phantom for magnetic resonance elastography (MRE) is provided. In particular, systems and methods for a phantom that is capable of generating a wave-like pattern in MRE images where a wavelength of the generated wave-like pattern is controlled by the phantom geometry. The geometrically controlled wavelength enables the phantom to calibrate MRE image acquisition and mechanical property calculation.
US10132900B2
In a method and apparatus for magnetic resonance examination of an examination object, in order to determine a substance by execution of a magnetic resonance fingerprinting procedure for examination of an examination object in which a substance is located, a magnetic resonance signal waveform of a voxel of an examination area of the examination object is acquired by a magnetic resonance fingerprinting recording procedure, and a signal comparison of the magnetic resonance signal waveform is made in a computer with a substance signal waveform stored in a database, and the result of the signal comparison is provided as an output from the computer.
US10132898B2
Described here are a system and method for obtaining multiple different images when performing a single scan of a subject with a magnetic resonance imaging (“MRI”) system. The scan includes the application of two or more magnetization preparation radio frequency (“RF”) pulses, such as inversion recovery (“IR”) pulses. Data is acquired after the application of each magnetization preparation RF pulse, thus allowing the acquisition of multiple different images of the subject in a single scan. Using this approach, the same information that used to require multiple different scans of the subject can be acquired in one single scan, and in less time than would be required to perform the multiple scans.
US10132895B2
A scan condition determining apparatus determines scan conditions in a magnetic resonance imaging system. The scan condition determining apparatus includes: a setting unit for setting an imaging range, a desired spatial resolution and a desired SN ratio; and a determining unit for determining a matrix number in a frequency encode direction and a matrix number in a phase encode direction, based on the imaging range and the desired spatial resolution set by the setting unit and determining physical parameters different from the matrix number in a frequency encode direction and a matrix number in a phase encode direction, based on the determined matrix numbers, the set imaging range and the set desired SN ratio.
US10132889B2
A system and method for reducing MRI-generated acoustic noise is disclosed. A system control of an MRI apparatus causes a plurality of gradient coils and an RF coil assembly in the MRI apparatus to generate pulse sequences that each cause an echo train to form and acquire blades of k-space data of the subject of interest from the pulse sequences, with the blades being rotated about a section of k-space compared to every other blade. The system control also causes the plurality of gradient coils to generate gradient pulses in each pulse sequence having an optimized gradient waveform that reduces an acoustic noise level generated thereby and causes the RF coil assembly to generate a 180 degree prep pulse subsequent to generation of an RF excitation pulse and prior to generation of a first RF refocusing pulse, the 180 degree prep pulse minimizing echo spacing in the echo train.
US10132884B2
A circular dipole antenna (e.g., for a magnetic imaging system) according to exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure can comprise a circular conductor with a feed point on one side and a gap on the other. A surface coil loop antenna (e.g., for magnetic imaging system) is provided with a capacitor arrangement selected for non-uniform or unbalanced current distribution, with corresponding magnetic and electric dipole fields provided in a single structure referred to as a loopole.
US10132882B2
A body coil support structure includes an elongate support member. The elongate support member defines an opening and an examination axis passing through the opening along a length of the elongate support member. The opening is configured to accept an object to be imaged. The elongate support member has a target shape for use during operation of the MRI system, with the elongate support member configured to be subjected to an operational load during operation. In a design state, the elongate support member defines a design shape, with the elongate support member not subjected to the operational load in the design state. In an installed state after installation in the MRI system, the elongate support member defines an operational shape. The elongate support member is subjected to the operational load in the installed state. The operational shape is closer to the target shape than is the design shape.
US10132875B1
A high accuracy open phase detection system for power transformers that uses a combination of logic controllers and current transformers to recognize an open phase condition experienced by the power transformers under no load, light load, and full load conditions. A current to voltage and current to current transformer on each phase are employed to detect the excitation current and load current conditions. During an open phase condition, a microprocessor detecting device, connected to the current to voltage and current to current transformers, monitors the appropriate power system quantities to determine the existence of one or more open phase(s) with or without a ground or an open phase with line charging capacitance. Through the microprocessor monitor, the microprocessor detecting device can alert operators to the loss of phase or abnormal conditions in the power source. The data used by the microprocessors can be used to calculate the magnitude and phase angle of the current in the power source and detect abnormal system conditions. This invention also employs a unique circuitry configuration to reduce the effects of ambient noise on the open phase detection system.
US10132874B2
A system for monitoring a nickel-cadmium battery incorporating twenty nickel-cadmium battery cells connected in series in a passenger aircraft includes a plurality of cell sensors for measuring the cell voltage and the cell temperature of individual battery cells and a data processing unit, and is set up to measure the battery current. The data processing unit is set up to determine a state of health value which is indicative of the state of health of the battery from the measurement data of the cell sensors and the measured battery current.
US10132872B2
Provided is a method by which the sorting as to whether a spent nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery with the degraded input/output characteristics can be reused can be realized more accurately by taking into consideration the degradation of the input/output characteristics which is caused by the salt concentration unevenness and liquid shortage in the electrode body. The method for sorting a reusable nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery, which is disclosed herein, includes: a preparation step of preparing a spent nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery having a positive electrode and a negative electrode; a high-temperature storage step of storing the prepared nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery for a predetermined time under a high-temperature condition; and a determination step of determining, on the basis of an internal resistance measured after the high-temperature storage step, whether or not the nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery which has been stored at a high temperature can be reused.
US10132871B2
A battery system includes a battery module having a plurality of assembled batteries. Battery monitoring circuits are provided to correspond to each of the assembled batteries of the battery module. A control circuit controls operation of the battery monitoring circuits. A first signal transmission path transmits signals that are input and output between the battery monitoring circuits and the control circuit. A first isolation element is connected to the control circuit, and a second isolation element is connected to the battery monitoring circuit. The first signal transmission path is isolated from the control circuit by the second isolation element. The electrical potential of the first signal transmission path is a floating potential in relation to the electrical potentials of the control circuit and battery monitoring circuits.
US10132867B1
Various embodiments of the present technology comprise a method and apparatus for measuring battery characteristics. In various embodiments, the apparatus comprises a lithium ion battery and a fuel gauge circuit to monitor the resistance, the capacity, and the state of health of the battery as it ages. The fuel gauge circuit utilizes the resistance values and capacity values to compute a state of health (SOH) value. The fuel gauge circuit primes the battery prior to computing the SOH value, wherein priming the battery comprises a sequence of charging, relaxing, and discharging the battery.
US10132854B2
Systems and methods to evaluate insulation-covered stator wire are disclosed. The stator wire includes a conductor having a plurality of bent segments connected by a plurality of unbent segments, and an electrically insulating coating applied to portions of the segments. Systems and methods include translating an electrically conductive brush over one or more of the plurality of bent segments of the stator wire. Systems and methods include measuring a change in electrical current between the electrically conductive brush and an uninsulated end of the conductor when the electrically conductive brush contacts the conductor in a portion of the one or more plurality of bent segments comprising a defect in the electrically insulating coating.
US10132853B2
The embodiments herein are directed to monitoring in real time, power system data so as to provide insights into global operation of a power grid. Such a scheme disclosed herein utilizes rules, which are created by analyzing PMU measurement data, in order to detect the fault location (bus and line) and fault type. Three common types of faults in a power grid, single-line-to-ground (SLG), line-to-line (LL), and three phase faults, can be detected using the methods herein.
US10132851B2
A patch cord, a management system and a management method thereof are provided. The patch cord (10) comprises a connection line portion (11), a first connector (21) arranged at a first end of the connection line portion (11), a second connector (22) arranged at a second end of the connection line portion (11), a first communication unit (31) arranged at near the first connector (21) including a first identifier and a second communication unit (32) arranged near the second connector (22) including a second identifier, wherein the first and second identifiers contain unique identify information for identifying the first connector and the second connector, respectively, and wherein the first identifier is different from the second identifier. The management system and the management method can differentiate connectors at the both ends of the patch cord by self-identification.
US10132846B2
Current transducers are widely used in current measuring systems. They provide good isolation between the supply voltage and the measurement equipment. However they can introduce small phase errors which can become significant sources of error if the current to a load is out of phase with the supply voltage for the load. This disclosure discusses a robust measurement apparatus and method that can be used in situ to monitor for and correct phase errors.
US10132844B2
The overall performance of a current sense amplifier system may be improved by increasing the common mode rejection of the system. In particular, improved current sense amplifier systems of this disclosure may be configured to use a first ADC path to measure a current flowing through a device, a second ADC path to measure a common mode value, a memory element to store a calibration value, and a summer block to output a voltage proportional to the measured current through the device by correcting a voltage value output by the first ADC path based on the measured common mode value of the second ADC path and the stored calibration value.
US10132835B2
A probe connector includes a probe body, a flexible sleeve body, a slit and a conductive fluid. The flexible sleeve body is connected to the probe body. The conductive fluid is received in the flexible sleeve body and electrically connected to the slit and the probe body. The slit is formed on one end of the flexible sleeve body opposite to the probe body, so as to define petal portions which are configured to be tightly closed together. When the slit is pressed to separate the petal portions, a portion of the conductive fluid seeps up from the flexible sleeve body via the slit.
US10132828B2
An acceleration predictor and method including at least one digital smoothing filter capable of calculating at least one acceleration estimate. In one or more embodiments, the estimator may include an overlay, an acceleration heat map, at least one threshold, wherein each acceleration heat map covers a range of a plurality of tool string components, a scroll bar, visual indications that may be color coded, or a maximum acceleration value.
US10132826B2
A physical quantity sensor includes a base substrate and an element piece bonded to the base substrate. The element piece includes fixed portions fixed to the base substrate, a first fixed electrode finger supported on the fixed portion, a second fixed electrode finger supported on the fixed portion, a fixed portion that is positioned between the fixed portions and is fixed to the base substrate, a movable portion that is displaceable with respect to the fixed portion, an elastic portion that links the fixed portion and the movable portion, a first movable electrode finger that is supported on the movable portion and that is arranged facing the first fixed electrode finger, and a second movable electrode finger that is supported on the movable portion and is arranged facing the second fixed electrode finger.
US10132821B2
The present invention provides a processing station for automatically processing a biological sample, a system for automated real-time inventory control of consumables within a biological sample handling or assay instrument, a high throughput random access automated instrument for processing biological samples, an automated instrument for processing or analysis of a sample, and processes for automated mucoid detection and elimination. Methods of using the disclosed instruments, mucoid detection processes, and systems to process and/or analyze samples are also disclosed.
US10132818B2
The present invention relates to antibody-based probes (including single domain antibody fragment, scFv molecules, antibodies, antibody fragments, diabodies, and the epitope-binding domains thereof) that are capable of immunospecifically and selectively binding to a phospho-serine-containing epitope of Tau, such as, for example, Tau-phospho-serine 396/404 peptide. Such imaging ligands are useful to detect pathological Tau protein conformer if present in a biological sample, especially in conjunction with the diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease or other tauopathy, and thus provide a diagnostic for Alzheimer's disease and other Tau pathologies. The scFv molecules of the present invention have utility as diagnostic markers for, Alzheimer's disease and related tauopathies and as pharmaceutical compositions for the treatment of such conditions.
US10132812B2
To provide means for reducing reaction interference observed when AT III is subjected to limulus test, whereby the limulus test of antithrombin III can be carried out at high accuracy. Reaction interference observed when AT III is subjected to limulus test can be reduced by subjecting AT III to a protein inactivation treatment in the co-presence of a divalent metal salt.
US10132804B2
Described are embodiments of an invention for a sample assembly with an electrical conductor for detection of the antigens by electromagnetic read heads. In one embodiment, a sample assembly includes: a substrate; one or more base layers above the substrate; an outer layer above the one or more base layers; a plurality of sample trenches formed in the outer layer and/or the one or more base layers, each sample trench being characterized by an upper surface, a bottom surface, and a longitudinal axis; an electrical conductor disposed in the substrate, the electrical conductor being configured to generate an electromagnetic field in proximity to the plurality of sample trenches to enhance nanoparticle movement toward the bottom surface of the plurality of sample trenches; and at least one alignment trench formed above the substrate, each alignment trench having a longitudinal axis substantially parallel to a longitudinal axis of at least one of the sample trenches.
US10132797B2
The present disclosure is generally directed to profiling peptides, compositions, and kits, as well as methods of use thereof. The profiling peptides comprise an Mcl-1 binding domain, and optionally a cellular uptake moiety. The methods of using such profiling peptides include predicting sensitivity of a cancer, selecting a treatment, treating a cancer, producing a sensitivity profile, and the like.
US10132791B2
A device and system for automatic handling of a sensor strip by a part of a meter that includes a sensor strip having a first section, a second section, and an intermediate section. The sensor strip includes at least a first opening about a first end thereof and a second opening about a second end thereof. A meter part includes a pair of pivoting catches configured to engage and grasp a sensor strip from a container containing a plurality of sensor strips. The sensor strip may thus be removed from a container for testing without need for manual handling of the strip by a user.
US10132784B2
An automatic sensor excitation voltage adjustment feature, a multi-range concentration feature, a single calibration feature and a barrier circuit feature. The automatic sensor excitation voltage adjustment feature includes a transmitter having a transmitter microprocessor that provides an initial voltage to a sensor having a sensor microprocessor. As the voltage changes a correction signal is relayed from the sensor microprocessor to the transmitter microprocessor. The correction signal is used to adjust the voltage applied to the sensor. The multi-range concentration sensor feature includes an amplifier associated with the sensor/microprocessor to create gain settings used to optimize sensor resolution by changing a gain value for the sensor. This enables use of a single sensor for a variety of different concentration ranges. The single calibration feature enables a sensor to be calibrated at a single gas concentration value, and thereafter be used for a variety of different concentration range applications. The barrier circuit feature provides for intrinsically safe power and communication signals to the sensor.
US10132782B2
The present invention relates to an apparatus for field-flow fractionation and to a method for separating samples by means of field-flow fractionation using this apparatus. The apparatuses of the invention comprise a separation channel which, in addition to a first outlet for sample-containing solvent, comprises a second outlet for sample-free solvent, wherein the second outlet is arranged in a region of the separation channel from which sample-free solvent may be removed during elution and a flow volume control device is arranged downstream of the second outlet. They are characterized in that the flow volume control device is a mass flow controller.
US10132781B2
A method, an apparatus and a system for interrogating a battery in order to determine one or more of: (i) its state of charge (SOC), (ii) its state of health (SOH), (iii) physical state of one or more internal components or parts, which utilizes at least one sound source for transmitting a signal (e.g., a sound wave or sound pulse through or across the battery, and at least one sound receiver for receiving a signal from the battery, which received signal is representative of the physical state of the battery being interrogated. The interrogation method is noninvasive, namely does not require the depletion of a portion of the charge of the battery being tested or settlement or the destruction of the battery in order to evaluate one or more of (i), (ii) and (iii).
US10132776B2
A specified proton concentration in a volume (80) is produced by passing a controlled electrophoresis current through an adjacent electrophoresis volume (28) between a working electrode (26) and a counter electrode (24). An array of such volumes with specified proton concentration is used to provide the pH gradient for isoelectric focusing.
US10132771B2
An apparatus including a circuit substrate including a contact in a metal layer; and a transducer including a first electrode deposited on and coupled to a sidewall of the contact and a second electrode coupled to a conductor through which voltage can be applied, wherein the second electrode includes a profile aligned to the sidewall of the contact and separated from the first electrode by a gap. A method including forming a transducer adjacent a contact in a metal layer on a substrate, the transducer including a first electrode disposed on a sidewall of the contact and a second electrode coupled to a conductor through which voltage can be applied, wherein the second electrode includes a profile aligned to the sidewall of the contact and separated from the first electrode by a gap.
US10132765B2
A multi-layer arrangement of III-V semiconductor layers includes a strained III-V semiconductor layer having a concentration of a constituent element which effects intensity of a conductive channel formed in the multi-layer arrangement. Lattice parameters of the strained III-V semiconductor layer are determined by generating a first scan in a Qx direction for a chosen reflection in reciprocal space based on diffracted X-Ray beam intensity measurements in the Qx direction. A second scan is generated in a Qz direction for the chosen reflection in the reciprocal space based on diffracted X-Ray beam intensity measurements in the Qz direction. The second scan is aligned with a diffracted X-Ray peak in the first scan which identifies the strained III-V semiconductor layer. The degree of strain of the strained III-V semiconductor layer is determined based on the first scan and the concentration of the constituent element based on the second scan.
US10132764B2
Methods of reconstructing the surface topography of an object embedded in a scattering medium are provided, with example methodologies including: imaging an object embedded in a signal scattering medium using a scattered signal detector; detecting changes in the magnitude of a plurality of scattered signals obtained from multiple fields of view within the medium; and constructing an image of the surface topography of the object based on said plurality of detected signal magnitude changes. A plurality of system, apparatus, control means, evaluation methods, and materials and components useful for practicing the methods are also disclosed.
US10132762B2
An adapter apparatus includes a generally cylindrical adapter body 14 including a channel 16 extending axially therethrough, the adapter body having an interior surface, bounding the channel, and an exterior surface 18, a generally circular external cross section and an interior cross section which is adapted to engage at least one object 10, the external surface being formed from a material which is capable of supporting a scanning or testing apparatus at a constant distance from the origin of the circle forming the external cross section.
US10132751B2
An embodiment of the present disclosure discloses a method for detecting flatness of a fluorescent wheel in a laser light source, comprising: acquiring, during the rotation of a fluorescent wheel, a spot of laser light emitted by a laser reflected from a substrate of the fluorescent wheel; determining an inner diameter of the spot; and determining flatness of the fluorescent wheel according to the inner diameter of the spot.
US10132742B2
The present invention relates to a probe unit comprising a probe (2) having a probe window (3) having a contact surface for facing a high pressure fluid flow, the probe unit comprising a probe housing (1) containing the probe including the probe window, the probe being moveable relative to the probe housing between a first position wherein the window is exposed to the fluid flow and a second position wherein the probe is enclosed by said housing and a space (11) is defined between said housing and said probe, said housing having an outer part into said fluid flow, said probe unit comprising sealing means (4, 5, 7) adapted to seal said defined space from said fluid flow when the probe is in said second position. The probe unit also comprises pressure adjustment means for reducing the pressure within said space and cleaning means (6, 9) for cleaning said probe when within said space.
US10132740B2
A system electronically monitors the consumption of gas adsorbent media in a media bed. The system includes a controller and a monitoring rod having a plurality of sensors disposed on the monitoring rod. The sensors are in communication with the controller. Each sensor includes a corrodible portion having an exposed electrically conducting material susceptible to corrosion by a corrosive agent, a first lead in electrical contact with a first end of the corrodible portion, and a second lead in electrical contact with a second end of the corrodible portion. The corrodible portion, the first lead and the second lead together form a continuous communication path to the controller, and the monitoring rod is at least partially disposed in the media.
US10132733B2
Proposed is a universal mechanical tester for measuring friction and wear characteristics of materials. The tester allows performing multiple test protocols with a single machine. The tester consists of a frame that supports a carriage moveable in a vertical direction, a force sensor assembly attached to the carriage, a positioning stage with a slide and a platform, and a plurality of modular sample stages interchangeably installable on the platform for executing linear and rotary motions of the lower sample relative to the upper sample in various directions and planes. The tester is provided with a set of electronic identification devices for identifying a modular sample stage installed on the platform and the force sensor assembly attached to the carriage.
US10132730B2
The present invention relates to an apparatus for preparing cell-derived artificial microvesicles, and more specifically, to an apparatus for preparing artificial microvesicles by allowing cells, which are concentrated using centrifugal force, to pass through a porous filter. Artificial microvesicles prepared according to the present invention maintains the structure of the cell membrane as it is, and contains cytoplasm by minimizing the loss of cytoplasm by using a buffer solution during preparation. Therefore, the artificial microvesicles prepared using the apparatus of the present invention is expected to be useful for applied research such as the diagnosis of diseases, drug delivery techniques and basic research.
US10132722B2
Disclosed are ignition source testing systems and methods that utilize a foam with flammable components to indicate the presence of an ignition source on a test article (such as metallic components of a fuel system). Foam is applied to the test article and an energy discharge (such as a simulated lightning strike) is applied to the test article with the foam. The energy discharge may create an ignition source (such as an arc) on the test article that is sufficient to ignite the foam. Test methods comprise determining whether the foam ignited in response to the energy discharge. Test systems comprise the foam, the test article at least partially covered by the foam, and an energy source configured to discharge energy into the test article.
US10132715B2
A tap-scan bridge damage detection system comprises: a mobile cart (1) capable of moving on a to-be-detected bridge; a tap subsystem (2) mounted on the mobile cart (1) and used for applying a tap load to the to-be-detected bridge; a signal acquisition subsystem (3) mounted on the mobile cart and used for acquiring a response signal transferred from the to-be-detected bridge to the mobile cart; and a signal processing apparatus (4) connected to the signal acquisition subsystem (3) and used for receiving and processing a signal acquired by the signal acquisition subsystem (3), and outputting the bridge damage information processed result. The tap-scan bridge damage detection system can detect bridge damage in a simple, convenient, efficient and accurate manner.
US10132714B2
A first embodiment of a detection apparatus arranged to detect defects within a flexible pipe body comprises a signal generator, a receiver, a correlator and a processor. A second embodiment of a detection apparatus arranged to detect defects within a flexible pipe at least partially surrounded by seawater comprises an impedance monitor and a processor. Methods of detecting defects within a flexible pipe body, a pipeline apparatus and methods of forming pipeline apparatuses are also disclosed.
US10132701B2
The structure for detecting tooth-skipping of the speed reducer of the rotary driver is reduced in weight and size. In the rotary driver the occurrence of tooth-skipping is detected based on the difference in outputs from the encoders located at the input side (the side of the motor) and at the output side (the side of the load), which is opposite the input side in relation to the speed reducer. The rotary driver comprises a motor, a speed reducer located between the motor and a load to reduce the rotary speed of a rotary shaft at the side of the motor, to thereby transmit the reduced rotary speed to a rotary shaft at the side of the load, a first encoder for detecting a rotation of the rotary shaft at the side of the motor, a second encoder for detecting a rotation of the rotary shaft at the side of the load, a section for detecting any difference between a first detected value that is obtained by dividing an output of the first encoder by a rate for reducing the speed by the speed reducer and a second detected value that is obtained from an output of the second encoder, and a section for detecting tooth-skipping that detects tooth-skipping of the speed reducer based on the difference.
US10132692B2
A temperature sensor 31A for bolted connections 8A, includes a thermally conductive housing 30 having a skirt portion 62 with an opening shaped to fit on a portion of a bolted connection of a bus bar. The skirt portion of the housing is configured to be in thermal contact with the bolted connection when the skirt portion is fitted on the bolted connection of the bus bar. The temperature sensor further includes a temperature transducer 70 in thermal contact with the housing. The temperature transducer is configured to sense a temperature of the housing which relates to a temperature of the bolted connection and to output signals to a data collector 1 via wireless or wireline communication.
US10132688B2
In one embodiment, a system includes a multi-spectral pyrometry system configured to receive a broad wavelength band radiation signal from a turbine component, to split the broad wavelength band radiation signal into multiple narrow wavelength band radiation signals, to determine emissivity of the turbine component based on the narrow wavelength band radiation signals, and to detect spall on a surface of the turbine component based on the emissivity.
US10132684B1
Reflectometer, spectrophotometer, ellipsometer, and polarimeter systems having a supercontinuum laser source of coherent electromagnetic radiation over a range of about 400-about 2500 nm, a stage for supporting a sample and a detector of electromagnetic radiation, wherein the supercontinuum source provides a coherent beam of electromagnetic radiation which interacts with a sample, and the detector system comprises functional combinations of gratings and/or combination dichroic beam splitter-prisms, which themselves can be optimized as regards wavelength dispersion characteristics, directs wavelengths in various ranges to various detectors that are well suited to detect them.
US10132679B2
Techniques are provided to furnish a light sensor that includes a filter positioned over a photodetector to filter visible and infrared wavelengths to permit the sensing of ultraviolet (UV) wavelengths. In one or more implementations, the light sensor comprises a semiconductor device (e.g., a die) that includes a substrate. A photodetector (e.g., photodiode, phototransistor, etc.) is formed in the substrate proximate to the surface of the substrate. In one or more implementations, the substrate comprises a silicon on insulator substrate (SOI). A filter (e.g., absorption filter, interference filter, flat pass filter, McKinlay-Diffey Erythema Action Spectrum-based filter, UVA/UVB filter, and so forth) is disposed over the photodetector. The filter is configured to filter infrared light and visible light from light received by the light sensor to at least substantially block infrared light and visible light from reaching the photodetector. The thickness of the SOI substrate can be tailored to modify received UV/visible wavelength ratios.
US10132669B2
Methods and systems for tank level management are disclosed. In some aspects, one or more regions of interest are defined within an image acquired from an imaging sensor. Histograms of pixel values within each region of interest are generated, and thresholds delineating two groups of similar pixel values within each region of interest are determined. In some aspects, the tank level within each region of interest is based on the corresponding threshold. In some aspects, rows of pixel values within each region of interest are thresholded. The thresholded rows may be used to determine the tank level within the region. Some aspects determine whether the pixel values are bimodal based on the generated histogram. Unimodal pixel values may represent either an empty or full tank. A similarity to preconfigured values associated with full or empty tank conditions may facilitate identification of whether the tank is full or empty.
US10132668B2
Example embodiments are directed towards systems and methods for dispensing feed. In one example embodiment, the system may include a feed cup configured to receive feed and a feed roll having helical flutes. In an example embodiment, the feed roll is configured to be disposed in different positions to adjust a size of an orifice within the feed cup, wherein a flow of dispensing feed is adjusted based on the positioning of the feed roll and an angle of the helical flutes.
US10132665B2
A magnetic flowmeter has a transmitter module that generates a drive signal for driving a magnetic field in a flowing fluid. A flowtube module samples a voltage induced in the fluid by the magnetic field and generates a measurement signal. A single communication path carries the drive signal from the transmitter module to the flowtube module and the measurement signal from the flowtube module to the transmitter module. The flowtube module generates a digital measurement signal. The flowtube module can include a processor for bundling the measurement signal with other information such as calibration data for the flowtube. In addition, the processor can control the timing of flowtube module operations so that the flowtube module samples the induced voltage and transmits the measurement signal to the transmitter module at different times.
US10132664B2
A flow meter assembly having a longitudinal axis includes an upstream member including a first end, a second end, and a fluid passageway extending between the first and second ends, a downstream member including a first end and a second end, and a first throat member including a first end, a second end, and a fluid passageway extending between the first and second ends, wherein the fluid passageway of the first throat member has a minimum diameter that is less than a minimum diameter of the fluid passageway of the upstream member, wherein the first throat member is configured to releasably couple to the upstream member and the downstream member.
US10132661B2
Embodiments include a dither system comprising a support member to support a sensor housing having a common line-of-sight (LOS). A first metal bellows is coupled to the support member and being concentric to the sensor housing to constrain rotational motion of the sensor housing and allow angular motion. An eccentric cam comprising: an outer circumference having an axis coaxial with an axis of the first bellows and an inner circumference including an axis laterally offset from the axis of the first bellow. The eccentric cam drives tilt motion of the sensor housing and LOS. A second metal bellows is coaxial to the inner circumference of the eccentric cam and being concentric to the sensor housing. A position measurement system coupled to the sensor housing tracks the tilt motion of the sensor housing with respect to the angular motion of the eccentric cam. A system and method are also provided.
US10132656B2
There is provided an encoder device to measure a relative moving amount between a first and second members. The encoder device includes: a reflective-type diffraction grating on the first member; a light source unit to radiate a measuring light; a first optical member on the second member; a first and second reflecting units on the second member that cause first and third diffracted lights generated via diffraction of the measuring light and having orders different from each other to come into the diffraction grating respectively, and cause second and fourth diffracted lights generated via diffraction of the first and third diffracted lights respectively to come into the first optical member; photo-detectors configured to detect interference lights between two diffracted lights and other light beam respectively; and a measuring unit to obtain the relative moving amount by using detection signals from the photo-detectors.
US10132653B2
Some embodiments of the invention include a capacitive linear encoder for determining positions comprising a scale and a read head for capacitively scanning the scale, wherein scale and read head are movable relative to one another. The scale has at least one, preferably capacitive, position reference marker. On the basis of the position references provided by the capacitive position reference marker, the positions are locatable in absolute terms and verifiable.
US10132641B2
Embodiments of the invention relate to selecting a path for navigation based on a node signature and a device signature. The node signature is directly related to node attribute data. The device signature is directly related to device data. A route is selected based on a match or near match of the node and device signatures.
US10132635B2
The present disclosure relates to a method and apparatus for determining the misalignment between a device and a pedestrian, wherein the pedestrian can carry, hold, or use the device in different orientations in a constrained or unconstrained manner, and wherein the device includes an optical sensor or camera. The optical sensors have a corresponding frame for the optical sensors' axes. The misalignment between the device and the pedestrian means the misalignment between the frame of the optical sensor assembly or camera in the device and the frame of the pedestrian. The present method and apparatus can work whether in the presence or in the absence of absolute navigational information updates (such as, for example, Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) or WiFi positioning).
US10132624B2
A normal detection method for measuring the distance to a measurement subject using one or a plurality of distance detectors, and obtaining a normal vector on the measured surface of the measurement subject from the obtained measurement result, wherein: within a three-dimensional space, the straight line linking a first measurement point measured at a first measurement position using a distance detector and a second measurement point measured at a second measurement position different from the first measurement position is set as a first vector; the straight line linking the first measurement point and a third measurement point measured at a third measurement position different from the first measurement position and the second measurement position as a second vector; and a normal vector on the measured surface is obtained by determining the vector product of the first vector and the second vector.
US10132621B1
An instrument, for measuring and setting the angle between two work-pieces, that is placed on one of the work-pieces so that it projects two laser spots onto the second work-piece at which time a measurement is made of the distance along each of these laser axes which, combined with a known angle between the two axes allows the instrument to determine then display the angle between the two work-pieces allowing the user to read the angle and adjust the angle if needed.
US10132619B2
A spot shape detection apparatus for detecting the spot shape of a laser beam oscillated from a laser oscillator includes: a focusing leans for focusing the laser beam oscillated by the oscillator; a rotary body (mirror holder) in which a plurality of mirrors for reflecting the laser beam having passed through the focusing lens are disposed on concentric circles; a drive source (motor) for rotating the rotary body at a predetermined period; a beam splitter for branching return beams of the laser beam reflected by the plurality of mirrors of the rotary body; an imaging unit which is disposed in a direction in which the return beams are branched by the beam splitter and which images spot shapes of the return beams; and a display unit for displaying images obtained by imaging by the imaging unit, in relation with the plurality of mirrors.
US10132613B2
An information processing apparatus comprises: an image acquisition unit that acquires a captured image of a target object onto which a pattern is projected; a distance acquisition unit that acquires, based on the image, a plurality of distance values, each indicating a distance to the target object; a determination unit that determines whether each of the acquired distance values is noise generated by multiple reflection of the pattern; a first processing unit that performs first processing, using distance values obtained by removing a distance value that is determined to be the noise from the plurality of distance values; and a second processing unit that performs second processing, using the plurality of distance values that are acquired by the distance acquisition unit and from which the distance value determined to be the noise has not been removed.
US10132605B2
A tool, such as a tape measure, including a spring-based retraction system is shown. Various spring-based retraction system embodiments are configured to decrease the size occupied by the spring within the tape measure housing, which consequently reduces tape measure housing size providing a more compact tape measure. Various spring-based retraction system embodiments are configured to control retraction of the tape measure in a manner that reduces whip or otherwise controls tape blade retraction. Some retraction system embodiments utilize a reduction gear train, and others utilize a compression spring and a transmission system that converts rotational movement of the tape reel to axial movement, which compresses the spring.
US10132604B1
A cap for an explosive water charge includes a top surface and a generally cylindrical portion extending downwardly from the top surface. On the outer surface of the generally cylindrical portion are rings and cantilevered, pointed rectangles that enable a water tight fit in the neck of a drinking bottle. The cap is configured to hold a detonator, such as a blasting cap, and two different sizes of tubes of energetic material.
US10132596B2
A firearm mount comprises a platform, first and second pairs of columns extending therefrom, and first and second sidewalls spanning the first and second pairs of columns, respectively. The first sidewall defining a bore and the second sidewall defining an arcuate portion, wherein the bore and the arcuate portion are collinear along a plane. A bridge spans the first and second sidewalls, such that the bridge is positioned between the plane and the platform. The mount further comprises a fastener and a plate, wherein the plate comprises a tubular portion having an open end, the tubular portion extending from the plate and through the arcuate portion when the fastener extends through the bore and fastens to the tubular portion.
US10132593B2
An optical device has a post and a reference. A knob is rotatably connected to the optical device and has see-though portions and a gear pivotably disposed therein. The gear has a ring engagement member and a receiver for receiving the post and an inner ring is disposed within the housing. The inner ring includes a first indicia and second indicia. The first indicia are aligned with the plurality of see-through portions when the gear is in a first position. The second indicia are aligned with the plurality of see-through portions when the gear is in a second position. Each of the first and second indicia is associated with a single specific rotated position of the housing relative to the reference.
US10132592B1
A burst device of a toy gun (8) with a mechanical box (800) includes a sliding mechanism (10), a pressing mechanism (20) and a stop part (30). The sliding mechanism (10) includes a sliding part (11), a rod (12) and an elastic member (13) and has linear teeth (111); the pressing mechanism (20) is installed to the sliding mechanism (10) and includes a pressing plate (21) and a pressing part (22), and the pressing part (22) has a latch block (221) for sliding the sliding part (11) with respect to the rod (12); the stop part (30) is pivotally coupled to the mechanical box (800) and configured to be corresponsive to the sliding part (11) and has a stopper (31) for stopping any tooth (111) after the latch block (221) stops pushing the tooth (111), so as to achieve high reliability and stability of a burst action.
US10132584B2
Described herein is a firearm magazine release lock that permanently fixes a magazine to a firearm. This device requires disassembly of the firearm action and disengagement of this device with a special tool prior to release of the magazine. The device comprises a retractable detent extending from a magazine catch that prevents simple removal of a magazine. This device requires disassembly of the firearm action and disengagement of this device with a special tool prior to release of the magazine. In some embodiments the device couples to a security bolt to prevent removal of the device from the firearm.
US10132579B2
Components of a firearm having a bolt with locking lugs improve shooting accuracy, due to increased coaxial alignment between the bolt, the cartridge, the receiver, and/or the barrel of a firearm. The receiver inner surface is shaped for lug-cleaning and for close tolerance/mating with the lugs only in the locked position and also with a non-threaded, axial surface of the barrel. Thus, the mating surfaces that are instrumental and/or that mainly control coaxial alignment of the receiver, bolt, and barrel are located between the lug stops and the threaded end of the receiver. The lugs may be axially curved or otherwise axially non-linear to tolerate dirt and other debris in a field environment.
US10132563B2
Provided herein are methods for the removal of organic solvents from wet bagasse. The use of the methods result in dried bagasse that contains no more than 1 weight percent organic solvents.
US10132547B2
A refrigerating device includes a camera module for capturing a first digital image with markings in the interior of the refrigerating device. The refrigerating device includes a processing device which is configured to convert the first digital image into a second digital image on the basis of the captured markings.
US10132546B2
In a refrigeration appliance, an enclosure or container defines an enclosed space. A two-plane door forms a portion of the container. The two-plane door opens along one pivot axis and allows access to the enclosed interior space. The container can be a thermally insulated in-door ice compartment of a refrigerated appliance. One example is a bottom freezer style, with the in-door ice compartment in the cold food section of the appliance.
US10132545B2
An ice storage device includes an ice storage box. An ice discharging door is provided at an outlet of the ice storage box, and an ice crushing device is provided inside the ice storage box. The ice crushing device includes at least one fixed ice crushing blade and at least one moving ice crushing blade which is provided on a rotating shaft and rotates synchronously to the rotating shaft. The rotating shaft is connected to a driving device. At least one stirrer is provided on the rotating shaft and rotates synchronously to the rotating shaft.
US10132541B2
An air conditioner includes a refrigerant charge port provided in an outdoor liquid-side connection valve or an outdoor gas-side connection valve, a liquid-side valve provided between the outdoor liquid-side connection valve and an expansion valve, and a gas-side valve between the indoor gas-side connection valve and a compressor. When an outdoor unit and indoor unit are separated, the liquid-side and gas-side valves are closed, and a refrigerant is charged into an outdoor connection pipe that is closed by the liquid-side valve and the gas-side valve. A control unit is adapted to close the refrigerant charge port, and then open the liquid-side valve and the gas-side valve when a pressure detector detects a predetermined degree of vacuum.
US10132532B2
The invention relates to a method for operating a cooling system, in which a cooling agent is prepared in a reservoir of an evaporator device (1) of a single- or multi-stage sorption cooling system, a fluid to be cooled is cooled by having a heat exchanger of the evaporator device (1) effect a cooling heat transfer from the fluid to be cooled to the cooling agent for cooling purposes, and the cooling heat transfer causes the cooling agent to at least partially evaporate on the heat exchanger, and the evaporated cooling agent is relayed to a liquefier device (2), wherein the cooling heat transfer is improved by conveying external thermal energy provided by an external heat source (10) to the cooling agent, specifically in addition to and separately from the cooling heat transfer, and thereby initiating bubble formation that supports cooling heat transfer in the cooling agent in the reservoir, specifically by inducing bubble formation in conjunction with supplying the external thermal energy or intensifying bubble formation triggered by the cooling heat transfer. In addition, the invention relates to a cooling system in single- or multi-state configuration.
US10132530B2
A heat recovery variable-frequency multi-split heat pump system and a control method thereof. The system includes an outdoor unit and at least two indoor units. The system is a three-pipe heating recovery multi-split heat pump system designed on the basis of a four-way reversing valve, and one indoor unit thereof is provided with two electronic expansion valves and two heat exchangers so that any indoor unit in the system can operate independently under three working conditions of refrigeration, heating or heat recovery dehumidification. Under multi-split condition, the system can operate under six working conditions, namely, the full-refrigeration working condition, the full-heating working condition, the common-heat-recovery working condition, the common-heat-recovery-dehumidification working condition, the heat recovery dehumidification-refrigeration-combination working condition and the heat recovery dehumidification-heating-combination working condition. Under the heat recovery dehumidification condition, a lower outlet air temperature, during low-temperature dehumidification, is raised by means of heat removal of a condenser so as to achieve the purpose of dehumidification without temperature fall or temperature rise, so that the thermal comfort and efficiency of the system are improved, and the refrigerating capacity and heating capacity of the system are effectively improved.
US10132529B2
A thermal management system includes a closed dynamic cooling circuit, and a closed first steady-state cooling circuit. Each circuit has its own compressor, heat rejection exchanger, and expansion device. A thermal energy storage (TES) system is configured to receive a dynamic load and thermally couple the dynamic cooling circuit and the first steady-state cooling circuit. The dynamic cooling circuit is configured to cool the TES to fully absorb thermal energy received by the TES when a dynamic thermal load is ON, and the steady-state cooling circuit is configured to cool the TES when the dynamic thermal load is OFF.
US10132523B2
A condensation collection system including a housing, a heat-exchanging coil located in the housing, a drain pan located in the housing and underneath the heat-exchanging coil, a water-sensitive element located in the housing and underneath both the heat-exchanging coil and the drain pan. The drain pan is configured to collect condensation from an interior of the housing. The drain pan includes a bottom, three or more exterior walls that generally conform to an interior perimeter of the housing, a primary drain located on a first exterior wall selected from the three or more exterior walls, and a controlled overflow drain located on a second exterior wall selected from the three or more exterior walls. The primary drain is configured to drain collected condensation from the drain pan. The controlled overflow drain is configured to drain the collected condensation from the drain pan.
US10132521B2
A motor control system for heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) applications is described. The motor control system includes a thermostat and an electronically commutated motor (ECM) coupled to the thermostat. The ECM is configured to retrofit an existing non-ECM electric motor included in an HVAC application and to operate in one of a plurality of HVAC modes. The HVAC modes include at least one of a heating mode, a cooling mode, and a continuous fan mode. The HVAC mode is determined based at least partially on outputs provided by the thermostat.
US10132520B2
An air conditioning system includes a microcomputer unit that controls a utilization-side unit and a heat source-side unit of an air conditioner and a thermostat connected to the air conditioner. The thermostat switches between an ON state in which the thermostat inputs a control signal to the microcomputer unit and an OFF state in which the thermostat does not input the control signal to the microcomputer unit. The system further includes a relay that switches to a feed state in which power is fed to the microcomputer unit or a non-feed state in which power is not fed to the microcomputer unit, and a power-on circuit within or externally attached to the air conditioner. The power-on circuit switches the relay from the power non-feed state to the power feed state using a voltage of the control signal inputted to the microcomputer unit.
US10132516B2
Disclosed is a control method for air deflectors of an air conditioner. The air deflectors are arranged at an air outlet of the air conditioner to adjust directions of discharged air. The control method comprises: during the air conditioner is operating in a refrigeration mode, judging whether a motion instruction for swinging air is input or not; when the motion instruction for swinging air is not input, acquiring a set air volume level, set temperature T1 and indoor ambient temperature T2; according to the set air volume level, the set temperature T1 and the indoor ambient temperature T2, judging the amount of a refrigeration demand of a user; and according to the amount of the refrigeration demand of the user, controlling an air guide angle of the air deflectors.
US10132515B2
An appliance includes a housing defining a cavity having an opening, and a cover member pivotable between open and closed positions with respect to the opening to selectively allow access to the cavity through the opening. A plurality of vents is engaged with the housing about the opening, including a positive pressure vent configured to direct a positive airflow in a first lateral cross-opening direction, a negative pressure vent configured to apply a suction in a second lateral cross-opening direction to pull at least a portion of the positive airflow therethrough, and opposing first and second neutral vents arranged laterally across the opening and configured to neutralize effects on and maintain the positive airflow from the positive pressure vent and pulled through the negative pressure vent by the applied suction caused by the cover member pivoting between open and closed positions. An associated apparatus and method are also provided.
US10132507B2
A combined hot water and air heating and conditioning system including a first heat exchanger, a heat pump, a chilling tower loop, a burner and a second heat exchanger to provide hot water, air heating and air cooling. The system provides hot water, air heating and cooling all in one single unit. The system utilizes a heat pump to remove heat from ambient air and transfer the rejected heat into a hot water system, thereby using waste heat to heat the hot water system. The system utilizes a heat exchanger not only for the purpose of transferring heat from a heating source to a fluid in the heat exchanger but also for the purpose of dissipating heat from the fluid in the heat exchanger to the surroundings of the heat exchanger, thereby allowing a heat pump to act both as an air heating and conditioning device.
US10132506B2
A collecting hood for capturing exhaust air above cooking areas, production devices and the like is provided. The collecting hood includes a vapor chamber, an extraction chamber and an air supply chamber. The vapor chamber is downwardly open and tapers upward. The extraction chamber is separated from the vapor chamber by a filter or a separator. The filter or separator forms an inclined boundary of the upwardly tapering vapor chamber. The air supply chamber tapers downward and merges at its bottom end into a curved deflection region which opens out into a discharge opening which is arranged at a bottom end of the vapor chamber. Supply air, which is blown into the air supply chamber, emerges from the discharge opening horizontally or upwardly at an angle in the direction of the filter or separator. A negative pressure chamber is arranged between the vapor chamber and the air supply chamber.
US10132501B1
A barbecue tool having a handle with an elongated member having a hook thereon extending from a first end of the handle. Extending from a second end of the handle is a U-shaped member. The hook on the elongated member is adapted for lifting barbecue grates and for holding the tool when not used. The U-shaped member is adapted for stacking charcoal briquette for firing and unshackling the briquettes once heated. The centrally positioned handle provides a grip for the user to use either end of the tool.
US10132500B2
An injector includes a fuel distributor with a first fluid inlet and a first fluid outlet, with a first fluid circuit for fluid communication between the first fluid inlet and the first fluid outlet. The fuel distributor includes a second fluid inlet and a second fluid outlet, with a second fluid circuit for fluid communication between the second fluid inlet and outlet. The fuel distributor defines a spray axis. The first and second fluid outlets can be radially adjacent and/or can be substantially aligned axially relative to the spray axis, e.g., for issuing multiple different fuels from substantially the same outlet.
US10132499B2
A fuel injection device for supplying a fuel to a compressed air includes: a pilot fuel injector; a main fuel injector located at an outer periphery of the pilot fuel injector; and an air injection unit located between an outlet end portion of the pilot fuel injector and the main fuel injector. The air injection unit includes: a partition wall plate separating the air injection unit from a combustion chamber; a flame stabilization plate provided at a downstream side of the partition wall plate; a first opening at a downstream side between the flame stabilization plate and the outlet end portion of the pilot fuel injector; and a second opening provided in the partition wall plate and through which the compressed air is supplied. The flame stabilization plate includes an inclined portion inclined in a radially outward and downstream direction with respect to an axis.
US10132495B2
A method and a system for monitoring the mass changes of a heat exchanger bank of a steam boiler. The heat exchanger bank is supported by hanger rods and support beams to the frame beams of the steam boiler. In the method, the web plates of the support beams are provided with strain gages for measuring the changes in the strain state generated in the support beams by the mass of the heat exchanger bank. The system includes strain gages fixed to the web plates of the support beams for measuring the changes in the strain state generated in the support beam by the mass of the heat exchanger bank, data logging means for logging the measurement data and a computer or a corresponding calculation unit for processing the measurement data.
US10132491B2
Musical lanterns including a body having one or more light transmissive panels; one or more light emitting elements disposed inside of the body for emitting light through the one or more light transmissive panels; one or more audio speakers disposed about the body for producing an audio sound; and a circuit for controlling the one or more of the one or more speakers and one or more light emitting elements.
US10132490B1
Ecosystems and related devices, methods, and systems are provided. An ecosystem includes a sensing implement that has one or more sensing implement light sources, one or more remote accessories that has one or more accessory light sources, and control circuitry that communicably couples the sensing implement to the one or more remote accessories. The control circuitry in operation determines a color of an object based on one or more signals received indicative of the color of the object, and generates one or more signals to cause the one or more sensing implement light sources to illuminate the sensing implement in a color that substantially matches the color of the object. The control circuitry in operation can also generate one or more signals to cause the one or more accessory light sources to illuminate the one or more remote accessories in a color that substantially matches the color of the object.
US10132482B1
A rescue torch apparatus utilizes coherent and incoherent light sources to help firefighters navigate through smoke and fire filled environments. The rescue torch apparatus includes a coherent-light emitter, an incoherent-light emitter, an elongated body, a rotatable-activation mechanism, a portable power unit, and an inductive receiver. The incoherent-light emitter emits continuous light for general illumination or short bursts of light to activate photo-luminescent display panels worn by firefighters. The coherent-light emitter emits beams of coherent light that penetrate through smoke filled environments and outline obstacles. The elongated body houses and protects the coherent-light emitter and the incoherent-light emitter. The rotatable-activation mechanism allows for hands-free operation of the light sources. Power is provided by a portable power unit mated to an inductive receiver for wireless recharging.
US10132475B2
A luminaire includes a light emitter and a housing connected to a heat sink. The housing is made from two different types of panels and retains one or more control components. The luminaire can also include a heat sink which connects the housing and the light emitter.
US10132469B2
A light-permeable fixing component includes a fixed body and a receiving channel. The fixed body has a fixing portion disposed on around an outer surface thereof, and the fixing portion can be in the form of a thread, hook engagement bodies, snap-engagement bodies and a column body. The receiving channel is axially extended through a full length of the fixed body to form a light-in opening and a light-out opening at a tail end and a head end of the fixed body, respectively. Light beams emitted from a light source near the tail end can be transferred and guided by the receiving channel from the light-in opening to the light-out opening, so that the light-permeable fixing component is capable of guiding light, emitting light, glittering, decoration and indicating a constant depth.
US10132466B2
A bidirectional light sheet including at least first and second arrays of bare LED chips having top and bottom electrodes, where the arrays of LEDs are sandwiched between at least two transparent substrates having conductors bonded to the electrodes without wires, forming light sheets to emit light from opposite surfaces of the light sheet to create a bidirectional light sheet. The light sheet may be suspended from a ceiling to be non-parallel to the ceiling A reflector or a plurality of lenses may be included in the light sheet to emit light at any peak intensity angle to achieve a predetermined light emission pattern.
US10132460B1
An exemplary vehicle lighting assembly includes, among other things, a lens, a light source, a phosphor layer, and a reflective layer that is separate from the lens and is disposed between the phosphor layer and the light source. An exemplary vehicle lighting method includes, among other things, activating a light source to charge a phosphor layer, and reflecting light from the phosphor layer through a lens using a reflective layer between the phosphor layer and the light source. The reflective layer is separate from the lens. The lens includes geometric features that reflect light.
US10132449B2
Various embodiments of the present application provide a lamp device, an LED lamp, and a luminaire. The lamp device according to the embodiments of the present utility mode comprises: a lamp cap having a central pin (21, 211) for providing an electrical connection to the lamp device; and a printed circuit board at least partially located within the lamp cap, wherein a lamp driver (12) is mounted on the printed circuit board; characterized in that a bottom edge of said printed circuit board includes a notch (16, 161) comprising a first contact electrically contacting said central pin. The lamp device according to the present application improves the assembly of the lamp device and enhances the production efficiency.
US10132448B2
There is provided a guard structure for a gas cylinder assembly, the gas cylinder assembly comprising a gas cylinder body and a valve, the gas cylinder body including a base and a neck to which a proximal end of the valve is connected in use, the guard structure being securable to the gas cylinder assembly and comprising a guard body arranged, in use, to surround the valve, wherein the guard body further comprises a dependent lip extending around substantially the entire perimeter of the guard body, the dependent lip being located and arranged to be graspable by at least one user to enable the gas cylinder assembly to be lifted and/or maneuvered.
US10132446B2
The present invention is related to a reinforcing member for a membrane for improving the pressure-withstanding property of the membrane having corrugations, and a membrane assembly having the reinforcing member and a method of constructing the membrane assembly. By providing a reinforcing member for a membrane having corrugations and installed in an insulating structural member of an LNG cargo, the present invention can prevent the collapse of the corrugation and attenuate shocks against a same load without increasing the facial rigidity of the corrugation, and improve the insulating property by forming an additional insulating layer.
US10132445B1
A lubricant additive dispensing apparatus comprising a tubular housing having a fluid supply passageway and a fluid discharge passageway; a filtration element; a fluid additive element (containing a volume of fluid additive); and a biasing element. The filtration element, fluid additive element and biasing element are assembled in a linear arrangement parallel to a central axis of the dispenser main body. The arrangement is such where the biasing element applies a compression force to each of the filtration element and the fluid additive element.
US10132444B2
Hands-free electronic devices and electronic functions that can be worn on the surface of the body in a biologically fit manner are described. The embodiments provide a convergence between electronic products, and biological, anatomical, and biomechanical aspects of the human body while providing hands-free and interchangeable wearable electronic apparatuses that can interact with human senses and physiology of a human body in a practical manner.
US10132442B2
A monitor stand for use in holding and maintaining a position of a monitor comprising a carrier adapted to removably and fixedly hold a monitor, the carrier including first and second trapezoidal shaped cubic mounting protrusions on a bottommost portion of the carrier, and wherein the carrier is further adapted to rotate between a first angular placement and a second angular placement, a base enclosure adapted to provide a substantially stable platform to hold the monitor in an upright condition and to provide a frictional engagement against which the carrier can rotate, the base enclosure including first and second base enclosure channels, a low friction insert adapted to be inserted between the carrier and the base enclosure and which is part of the frictional engagement of the base enclosure, the low friction insert including a first and second channel insertion portions adapted to fit into the first and second base enclosure channels respectively, and wherein the first and second trapezoidal shaped cubic mounting protrusions of the carrier fit into the first and second channel insertion portions, respectively, and first and second spring retention assemblies, each of which is adapted to provide a substantially constant rotational spring force against a direction of movement of the monitor due to gravity, and which are affixed to the first and second protrusions respectively.
US10132438B2
Shock absorber used for damping a control flow which is to be directed to the control valve belonging to a hydraulic system or is to be directed to the adjustable valve of the flow through which absorber the flow of the hydraulic fluid can be directed at least in one direction. The absorber is a stopper which restricts the run of the flow to be damped which stopper is equipped with one or several ducts which let the flow go through the mentioned stopper when the other orifice of the mentioned duct is blocked with a plate in such a way that bending of the mentioned plate opens access for the flow through the mentioned stopper due to the pressure of the flow coming along the mentioned duct.
US10132435B2
A hose assembly, preferably a garden hose assembly, including a jacketed tube that is lightweight, durable and versatile. The tube is able to expand longitudinally along the length-wise axis of the hose between hose ends, as well as radially or circumferentially, to an expanded state in response to application of at least a minimum fluid pressure to an inner tube of the hose. Once the fluid pressure falls below the minimum fluid pressure, the hose assembly will contract. The two layer construction of the hose assembly allows for storage in relatively compact spaces, similar flow rates, approximately one-half the weight, and improved maneuverability when compared to conventional hose constructions. In one embodiment the jacket is formed around the tube in a continuous process that welds a material, preferably using hot air, into the jacket. The welded joint forms a region of jacket that is preferably about twice the thickness of the rest of the jacket. This thicker region results in a stiffer section of jacket that makes the hose more controllable and consistent in use.
US10132434B2
A hose assembly includes a fitting including a fitting end received in a shell. A sealing element is located at a junction between the fitting and the shell. The first fitting end has a nipple and the shell has an angled end that define a sealing space, and the sealing element is positioned within the sealing space. External pressure at the junction compresses the sealing element within the sealing space to form an energized seal. The shell may include a first shell end and a second shell end, the fitting end of the fitting being received within the first shell end of the shell. The shell my include a plurality of barbs that extend radially inward from an inner diameter of the shell that can grip into a hose, and a barb located closest to the shell end extends radially inward a smaller distance than other barbs to provide a barrier against ingression of contaminants.
US10132433B2
Conduit connectors for liquid manifolds and methods of fabrication are provided. In one embodiment, a conduit connector is recessed, at least in part, within a liquid manifold, and includes a conduit-receiving opening or socket and at least one releasable retention component. The conduit-receiving opening is disposed within the liquid manifold and in fluid communication with at least one liquid-carrying channel of the liquid manifold. The releasable retention component(s) is selectively operative to threadlessly secure in a fluid-tight manner a conduit within the conduit-receiving opening in fluid communication with the at least one liquid-carrying channel of the liquid manifold to facilitate flow of liquid through the liquid-carrying channel(s), or to release the conduit from the conduit-receiving opening of the conduit connector. The releasable retention component(s) resides at least partially within the liquid manifold when operatively holding the conduit within the conduit-receiving opening.
US10132425B2
Embodiments of a valve assembly and a method of detecting a leak in the same are provided herein. In some embodiments, a valve assembly for use with an enclosed environment includes a housing having an interior volume; a first valve having a first valve seat and a first sealing member at least partially extending through a first opening in the first valve seat in a closed position; a second valve disposed beneath the first valve and having a second valve seat and a second sealing member at least partially extending through a second opening in the second valve seat in a closed position; and a position sensing device coupled to an inner wall of the housing beneath the first valve and configured to detect a position of the first sealing member.
US10132422B2
A system for securing a valve actuator to a valve assembly includes an actuator housing with a plurality of housing lugs protruding radially. A cylinder assembly is located within the actuator housing and has a horseshoe connector to engage a valve stem nub of a valve stem and transfer axial movement of the horseshoe connector to axial movement of the valve stem. A bonnet has a plurality of bonnet lugs protruding radially from the bonnet to define a plurality of bonnet slots therebetween, wherein each of the plurality of housing lugs are sized to pass axially through a respective one of the plurality of bonnet slots when the actuator housing is in a released position, the actuator housing being rotatable to a locked position such that the plurality of bonnet lugs prevent axial movement of the actuator housing in at least one direction.
US10132421B2
A solenoid includes a coil configured to generate magnetic force when a current flows therethrough; a stator core provided inside the coil, the stator core being configured to be excited by the magnetic force of the coil; a plunger received in a plunger chamber formed inside the stator core, the plunger being configured to move toward an attraction part in the plunger chamber by the magnetic force of the coil; a shaft provided to be able to move, together with the plunger, along axial direction; and a filter provided inside the stator core. The filter is provided on a side of the attraction part from the plunger and in an axial range where the coil is provided.
US10132417B2
A six-way directional valve (100) is provided, including: a valve body (1), defining a valve cavity (4) therein, and provided with a first connecting pipe to a sixth connecting pipe (11-16); a valve spool (2), movably disposed in the valve cavity (4), two valve chambers (3) being defined between two moving ends of the valve spool (2) and an inner circumferential wall of the valve cavity (4), so that the valve spool (2) being allowed to be driven to move by a pressure difference between the two valve chambers (3), a first chamber (21) and a second chamber (22) being defined between the valve spool (2) and a same side wall of the valve cavity (4), a third chamber (23) being defined between the valve spool (2) and the inner circumferential wall of the valve cavity (4); and a pilot valve assembly (5).
US10132412B2
A method and system for actively controlling an axial separation between a seal face of a stationary ring and a seal face of a rotating ring of a gas seal is disclosed. At least one property is sensed indicative of a condition of at least one of the seal faces. With at least one sensing device, a characteristic of the axial separation between the seal faces is sensed. A net magnetic force of at least one magnetic device is adjusted based on the property and/or the characteristic. Adjusting the net magnetic force adjusts the axial separation between the seal faces. Without using a buffer gas between the seal faces, flow of gas or other fluid is controlled between the seal faces by adjusting the axial separation.
US10132411B2
A sliding component includes a plurality of dimples 10 disposed on at least one of sliding surfaces of a pair of sliding parts relatively sliding on each other, the plurality of dimples 10 is provided mutually independently of the other dimples, and the plurality of dimples 10 has an area ratio set lower on the low-pressure fluid side of the sliding surface than on the high-pressure fluid side. On the sliding surface, a liquid film on the high-pressure fluid side is thickened by dynamic pressure effect to improve fluid lubricity, and a liquid film on the low-pressure fluid side is thinned to prevent leakage.
US10132405B2
A processor is to determine, based on a first revolution speed of a drive source and a second revolution speed of an input shaft, whether or not a load toward a second direction is applied to a mechanical engagement mechanism having regulation states out of a first state in which at least one of plurality of rotating elements is rotatable only in a first direction opposite to the second direction and a second state in which the at least one of the plurality of rotating elements is not rotatable in both of the first direction and the second direction. The processor is to control the first revolution speed when the load toward the second direction is applied to the mechanical engagement mechanism to reduce the load toward the second direction, and to switch the regulation states from the second state to the first state after the first revolution speed is controlled.
US10132395B2
The invention relates to a driving assembly for a vehicle, including an electric machine and a transmission device that is connected thereto, further having a differential and a spur gear that drivingly couple a first output shaft and a second output shaft to the electric machine. According to the invention, the differential is embodied as a rolling differential; the first output shaft is drivingly connected to the rolling differential, and the second output shaft is drivingly connected to the spur gear.
US10132391B2
A continuously variable transmission includes a first pulley, a second pulley, and an endless rotatable device operatively interconnecting the first and second pulleys. The endless rotatable device includes a device body and a plurality of device teeth protruding from the device body. Each of the first and second pulleys includes a first sheave, a second sheave, and a pulley axle operatively coupled between the first sheave and the second sheave. The pulley axle defines a pulley center. The first sheave is movable relative to the second sheave along the pulley axle. Each of the first and second sheaves includes a sheave body and a plurality of sheave teeth protruding from the sheave body. The sheave teeth are annularly arranged around the pulley center. The sheave teeth are shaped to mate with the device teeth.
US10132388B2
The present disclosure provides a multiple speed transmission having an input member, an output member, a plurality of planetary gearsets, a plurality of interconnecting members and a plurality of torque-transmitting mechanisms. Each of the plurality of planetary gearsets includes a sun gear, a ring gear, and a carrier member with pinion gears. The input member is continuously interconnected with at least one member of one of the plurality of planetary gear sets, and the output member is continuously interconnected with another member of one of the plurality of planetary gear sets. At least ten forward speeds and one reverse speed are achieved by the selective engagement of the plurality of torque-transmitting mechanisms.
US10132386B2
An automatic transmission includes a first engagement mechanism selectively engaging a first rotating member to a second rotating member, a second engagement mechanism selectively engaging the first rotating member to a third rotating member, and other engagement mechanisms. At least one of the first or second engagement mechanisms is a dog clutch. The automatic transmission sets intermediate, high and low speed stages by controlling the engagement mechanisms. The first engagement mechanism is kept engaged in shifting from the high speed stage to the intermediate speed stage. The second engagement mechanism is kept engaged in shifting from the low speed stage to the intermediate speed stage. When the automatic transmission sets the intermediate speed stage by controlling the other engagement mechanisms, a rotation speed of the rotating member that is coupled to the first rotating member by the dog clutch coincides with a rotation speed of the first rotating member.
US10132385B2
The invention relates to the field of anchor chains, and more particularly an anchor chain (1) comprising a first plurality of links (3) and, at the end of the chain, a second plurality of links (4) comprising at least three successive links (4) in each of which at least one property selected from its bar diameter and the elastic limit of its material is substantially greater than in each of the links (3) of the first plurality, in order to improve the ability of the chain to withstand fatigue by bending of the links (4) in the second plurality.
US10132383B2
A centrifugal pendulum absorber for a torque converter is provided. The centrifugal pendulum absorber includes a center plate; a roller received in a roller slot formed in the center plate; and a first mass on a rear axial side of the center plate and a second mass on a front axial side of the center plate. The first and second masses are slidable with respect to the center plate along the slot roller. The first mass includes a first radially extending section and a first axial protrusion extending axially past a rear-side axial surface of the first radially extending section. The second mass includes a second radially extending section and a second axial protrusion extending axially past a front-side axial surface of the second radially extending section. A torque converter and a method of forming a centrifugal pendulum absorber are also provided.
US10132380B2
A vibration-damping device (10) includes a first attachment member (11), a second attachment member (12), an elastic body, and a partitioning member (16). A limiting passage (30) that allows a main liquid chamber (14) and an auxiliary liquid chamber (15) to communicate with each other is formed in the partitioning member (16). An inner peripheral surface of the limiting passage (30) is provided with a flow changing protrusion (31) that protrudes toward an inner side in a radial direction of the limiting passage (30) and that changes the flow of a liquid (L) that flows into the limiting passage (30) from the main liquid chamber (14) and flows through the limiting passage (30) in an axial direction of the limiting passage (30). In a vertical cross-sectional view passing through an axis of the limiting passage (30) and through the flow changing protrusion (31), the limiting passage (30) and the flow changing protrusion (31) have symmetrical shapes with respect to the axis. A protruding end of the flow changing protrusion (31) forms an inner peripheral edge of a passage hole (31c) that is open on both sides in the axial direction.
US10132374B2
A friction engagement element has a friction member including resin, and a metal member having a sliding surface slidable on the friction member. The friction member has an aged layer at an outermost layer of the friction member, and a hardened layer in abutment with an inner side of the aged layer in a thickness direction of the friction member. The sliding surface of the metal member has a plurality of recesses, and a transferred film of the aged layer of the friction member transferred and adhered to insides of the plurality of recesses through sliding between the friction member and the metal member.
US10132366B1
Power transmission systems including clutch arrangements and systems are adapted to be used in marine and other environments. Such power transmission systems may include clutch arrangements that provide more effective power transmission capabilities as well as greater durability and longer life. Slipping clutch arrangements may effectively vary the output speed of a clutch arrangement from the speed of the engine or other driver as desired for the particular application. Various clutch arrangements also provide for greater flexibility and drive options, lighter weight, and diverse types of capabilities.
US10132364B2
A backing plate configuration and a friction clutch assembly for an automotive transmission are provided. The backing plate configuration includes a main body having a reaction section connected to a perpendicularly disposed strength section. The thickness of the strength section may be less than or equal to the thickness of the reaction section. The friction clutch assembly includes interleaved first and second clutch plates. The main body (of the backing plate) is disposed adjacent to an end second clutch plate. The main body is piloted by and/or splined to the same transmission member as the end second clutch plate. In an engaged position, the end second clutch plate is compressed directly against and into contact with the main body. A method of forming the backing plate configuration is included, which includes stamping of the main body.
US10132360B2
An universal joint configured to transfer rotational movement from a first shaft to a second shaft at an angle and method of manufacturing the same.
US10132358B2
A rolling bearing that can easily achieve the higher lubricating characteristic including the smaller rotational torque while employing the existing bearing shape and lubricant is provided. A rolling bearing 1 includes: an inner ring 2 and an outer ring 3 as a race ring; a plurality of rolling elements 4 held between the inner and outer rings; a retainer 5 that retains the rolling elements 4; a sealing member 11 provided at openings on opposite ends in an axial direction of the inner ring 2 and the outer ring 3; and grease 12 to be enclosed in an in-bearing space. At least one member selected from the inner ring 2, the outer ring 3, the retainer 5, and the sealing member 11 is provided with a flocking part 6 formed by flocking fiber on a surface of the member which is in contact with the grease 12.
US10132357B2
A propeller shaft includes a first shaft, a second shaft, a slide joint, a bearing, an annular member, and a first stopper portion. The annular member is placed between an outer peripheral surface of a thin shaft portion and an inner peripheral surface of the bearing. The annular member is configured such that the bearing is fitted to the annular member. An outer peripheral surface of the annular member has a diameter larger than a diameter of a first shaft portion extending on a shaft-body-portion side relative to the annular member provided on the thin shaft portion. The first stopper portion is placed at a position on a side closer to a shaft body portion than the annular member provided on the thin shaft portion. The first stopper portion is configured to prevent an axial movement of the annular member toward the shaft body portion.
US10132348B2
The rotation of a bearing is suppressed without the need for a projecting portion on an outer circumferential surface of an arc portion in the bearing. Bearing 10 includes arc portion 11 in which a cross section orthogonal to an axial direction has an arc shape, and rotation suppressing portion 12 and rotation suppressing portion 13 that extend respectively from a first end and a second end of an arc in arc portion 11 and include a portion projecting outward from a circumcircle of arc portion 11 in the cross section orthogonal to the axial direction.
US10132346B2
A positioning protrusion 14 is provided in a center of an outer diameter surface of a halved outer ring 11a in both circumferential and axial directions. The positioning protrusion 14 is configured to engage with a housing, which is placed on an outer diameter side of the halved outer ring, to position the halved outer ring 11a with respect to the housing. A protruding portion 17a and a recessed portion 17b are provided in each abutting portions 16a, 16b where a pair of the halved outer rings 11a abut on each other when fitted on a rotary shaft that is supported by a roller bearing. The protruding portion 17a and the recessed portion 17b are configured to mesh with each other to restrict axial movement of both halved outer rings 11a. The protruding portion 17a and the recessed portion 17b are point-symmetric with respect to a center 20 of the positioning protrusion 14.
US10132345B2
The present disclosure illustrates a fastening device including a sleeve, a rotary knob device and a drive cap. The sleeve is formed with a through-hole which defines a rotation space at a side thereof. A fastening part and a position-limiting ring are formed on an outer side of the sleeve, and the position-limiting ring includes multiple position-limiting fastening grooves on a periphery thereof. The rotary knob device includes a rotary rod movably inserted through the through-hole. The assembly space of the sleeve is formed with a sliding inner hole for covering the position-limiting ring of the sleeve, and the position-limiting ring is longitudinally movable in the sliding inner hole, and the sliding inner hole includes two long protrusion rods and two short protrusion rods formed on the sidewall thereof and separately fastened in the position-limiting fastening grooves. Therefore, the fastening device can be operated for locking or unlocking easily.
US10132342B2
A fastening structure is fastened to an object. The fastening structure includes a carbon fiber-reinforced resin, a metal collar and a fastener. The outer circumference of a metal collar has a tapered portion, which is inclined with respect to the central axis of the collar. The inner circumferential surface of a through hole in a carbon fiber-reinforced resin (“CFRP”) material has an abutting portion that contacts the tapered portion of the collar via an electrically insulating adhesive. The tilt angle of the tapered portion of the collar and of the abutting portion of the CFRP material are the same as the angle at which the displacement of the CFRP material in a direction perpendicular to the surface of the abutting portion due to thermal deformation resulting from temperature changes is balanced with the displacement of the collar in a direction perpendicular to the surface of the tapered portion.
US10132341B2
The present subject matter relates to systems, assemblies, and methods for connecting vertical steel wall studs to a building structure. In particular, a connecting member for use in building assembly can include a substantially rigid plate having one or more elongated slots formed therein and a bushing coupled to the plate at an initial position within each of the one or more slots but movable relative to the plate within a respective one of the one or more slots upon application of a force exceeding a predetermined threshold value.
US10132327B2
A method for repairing a cabin air compressor outlet housing includes removing a journal bearing support sleeve in a cabin air compressor outlet housing, positioning a cylindrical insert within the cabin air compressor outlet housing, wherein the cylindrical insert has an outer diameter greater than an outer diameter of at least one portion of the removed journal bearing support sleeve, an inner diameter less than an inner diameter of at least one portion of the removed journal bearing support sleeve, and a length greater than a length of the removed journal bearing support sleeve, welding the cylindrical insert to the cabin air compressor outlet housing, and machining the welded cylindrical insert to form a replacement journal bearing support sleeve.
US10132326B2
The invention relates to an impeller for an axial fan, having an impeller body, which has an outer impeller shell and a carrier disc having a hub for connection for conjoint rotation to a drive shaft. A multiplicity of radially outward-pointing blades, which each have a blade root and a vane, is arranged on the carrier disc. Each blade root has a fastening portion accommodated with positive engagement between two fastening segments each arranged opposite one another on both sides of the carrier disc. The two opposite fastening segments and the carrier disc each have at least two through-holes for accommodating a long sleeve and a short sleeve. The fastening portion can be clamped firmly between the two opposite fastening segments with the aid of screw bolts, in each case inserted through the sleeves, and nuts, wherein each blade root is guided in a respective recess of the carrier disc.
US10132318B2
A method of controlling a variable geometry turbocharger is provided. A predefined desired boost pressure of a turbocharger is obtained from a memory. A predefined desired mass flow rate in an intake manifold of an engine is obtained from the memory. A theoretical amount of power required by the turbocharger to generate the desired boost pressure and the desired mass flow rate is calculated. An actual mass flow rate in the intake manifold is determined. An actual amount of power required by the turbocharger to generate the desired boost pressure and the actual mass flow rate is calculated. At least one adjustable vane of the turbine of the turbocharger is adjusted to allow the theoretical amount of power required of the turbocharger to generally equal the actual amount of power by adjusting the boost pressure.
US10132315B2
A fluid energy machine, with a machine housing (10), and with at least one shaft (11) that is mounted in the machine housing (10), which is assigned at least one sensor (12), with the help of which vibrations of the respective shaft are detectable, with at least one mounting sleeve (13), which extends through a bore (14) in the machine housing (10), wherein on a first portion (15) of the respective mounting sleeve (13), which faces the shaft, a sensor (12) is mounted, wherein in the region of the first portion (15) of the respective mounting sleeve (13) an adjusting device (16) is formed in order to align the respective sensor (12) relative to the respective shaft (11), and wherein on a portion (17) of the respective mounting sleeve (13) facing away from the shaft (11) a fixing device (18) engages in order to fix and seal the respective mounting sleeve (13) on the machine housing (10).
US10132313B2
A uniaxial eccentric screw pump includes: a stator 32 having a female threaded inner peripheral surface; a rotor 33 configured to be insertable into the stator 32, and formed of a male threaded shaft body; an exterior body 31 configured to be movable between a first position where the exterior body 31 is capable of compressing the stator 32 and a second position where the exterior body 31 at least alleviates a compression state of the stator 32; and guide members 55, 56 configured to restrict a movement of the exterior body 31 in a circumferential direction of the stator while allowing a movement of the exterior body 31 in a radial direction of the stator by guiding an end portion of the exterior body 31.
US10132312B1
The present invention is a superimposed standing valve and related method of harvesting oil and gas using a conventional rod pump equipped with the superimposed standing valve. The superimposed standing valve includes a donut disposed between a top cylinder and a main standing valve such that the donut can slide along the top cylinder a fixed valve stroke. A plurality of openings are sealed and unsealed by the movement of the donut. The superimposed standing valve isolates the pump from the head pressure of the oil and gas inside of the tubing thereby enabling the standing valve of the pump to remain open on both the upstroke and the downstroke. As a result, the superimposed standing valve increases pump efficiency and reduces the risk of gas locking.
US10132311B2
A high pressure pump of a common rail pump system includes a pump body having a cylinder with a piston bore and a piston reciprocally driven in the piston bore to pressurize fuel in the cylinder. The piston has an inner end located in the piston bore and an outer end outside the piston bore. A bellow having a first opening and a second opening is arranged between the piston and the pump body, wherein the piston extends through the first and second openings, wherein the bellow is connected to the pump body such that the first opening is sealed on the pump body and wherein the bellow is connected to the outer end of the piston such that the second opening is sealed on the piston. This arrangement prevents mixing of engine oil and fuel. The bellow may be connected to a drainage line via a one-way valve.
US10132297B2
The present invention relates to a method for supervision of an electrical measurement in a wind power plant, with a plurality of wind turbine generators, the method comprises, a) measuring a measurement of an electrical parameter in the wind power plant, b) determining a difference between the measurement and a reference value, c) in case the difference is greater than a threshold value, incrementing an event counter, d) in case the event counter is incremented, raising a first warning flag. The invention also relates to a power plant controller arranged to supervise a wind power plant according to the method; the wind power plant comprises a plurality of wind turbine generators.
US10132293B2
A vertical axis wind turbine includes two or more cells arranged one above the other along a vertical machine axis, in which each of the cells includes a plurality of vertical blades which are arranged within the cell distributed on a concentric circle about the machine axis and which are connected so as to be able to move together on this circle and which are rotationally fixed with a main shaft, and in which the blades in the cell are each individually mounted so as to be able to rotate about a vertical axis of rotation which in particular runs internally through them. Assigned to each of the blades are means by which the blade is made to adopt, a rotational position, about its axis of rotation, which is predetermined and can be changed at any time.
US10132287B2
In an ignition control system, a primary current control unit performs discharge generation control one or more times during a single combustion cycle. The discharge generation control allows a spark plug to generate a discharge spark. A parameter calculating unit successively calculates a parameter correlated with energy of a discharge spark. An energy density calculating unit successively calculates energy density that is energy per unit length of the discharge spark. When the energy density is greater than a predetermined value during a predetermined period after a primary current is interrupted during a single combustion cycle, an integrated value calculating unit calculates an integrated value by integrating the parameter during the predetermined period. The primary current control unit performs the discharge generation control again when the integrated value calculated by the integrated value calculating unit is less than a predetermined determination threshold.
US10132279B2
The invention relates to a filter element (10) having a first fluid path (12) on a raw side (60) for filtering a first fluid (64) and a second fluid path (14) having a fluid line (16) on a clean side (62) for carrying a second fluid (66). The filter element (10) is provided at least on one side with a first end plate (20). Here, the fluid line (16) is arranged in the central inner region (36) of the filter element (10) and connected with the end plate (20) for joint disassembly, especially securely connected to the filter element. The invention further relates to a filter system (100) including such a filter element (10).
US10132259B1
An auto-start system for a work vehicle includes a data store containing first start and stop initiation conditions; sensors configured to detect information indicative of at least a first parameter; and a controller including at least a start module and a monitoring module and operating in at least a monitoring mode or a cycling mode. In the monitoring mode, the monitoring module evaluates the first start initiation condition in view of the first parameter. In the monitoring mode, the start module generates a start command when the first parameter satisfies the first start initiation condition. Upon generating the start command, the controller operates in the cycling mode. In the cycling mode, the monitoring module evaluates the first stop initiation condition. In the cycling mode, the start module generates a stop command when the first stop initiation condition is satisfied.
US10132256B2
A particulate filter device monitoring system for an engine includes a regeneration mode trigger module configured to set a regeneration request based on soot accumulation in the particulate filter device, a regeneration control module configured to control regeneration of the particulate filter device, and a soot out model module including a soot out model configured to calculate changes in soot out rate during prolonged engine idling periods.
US10132254B2
The present disclosure relates to internal combustion engines and the teachings thereof may be embodied in methods for controlling an internal combustion engine. The method may include: measuring the actual camshaft position using a camshaft sensor, measuring the actual rail pressure using a rail pressure sensor, calculating, for each of the plurality of cylinders, a phase correction value depending at least in part on the measured actual rail pressure and a mass of fuel to be injected, calculating, for each cylinder, a corrected actual camshaft position based at least in part on the measured actual camshaft position and the respective phase correction value, and adjusting the camshaft position using a camshaft adjuster based on one or more of the corrected actual camshaft positions.
US10132251B2
A system and method for configuring parameters for a variable gaseous appliance, comprise a sensor for detecting a composition of the gaseous fuel in a fuel tank. A first set of instructions are executable on a processor for receiving a signal from the sensor and analyzing the gaseous fuel based on the Wobbe Index, methane index, and inert gas percentage, to produce a gaseous fuel analysis. A second set of instructions are executable on the processor for producing a signal for configuring parameters of the engine for running the engine based on the gaseous fuel analysis.
US10132248B2
A continuous variable valve duration apparatus may include a camshaft, a cam device, of which the camshaft is inserted thereto, of which a phase angle with respect to the camshaft is variable, and the cam device on which a cam key is formed, an inside bracket transmitting rotation of the camshaft to the cam device and on which a first slide opening and a second sliding opening are formed respectively, a slider housing in which the inside bracket is rotatably inserted and of which relative position with respect to the camshaft is variable, a controller selectively changing the relative position of the slider housing, a cam pin of which a cam key opening for the cam key to be slidably inserted thereto is formed and slidably inserted into the second sliding opening and a slider pin rotatably inserted into the first sliding opening and slidably inserted into the camshaft.
US10132247B2
A controller of an internal combustion engine receives a request for engine braking and, in response thereto, activates an exhaust braking subsystem. Additionally, after passage of a period of time, the controller further activates a compression release braking subsystem. The period of time is preferably selected to permit development of increased back pressure in an exhaust system of the internal combustion engine prior to activation of the compression release braking subsystem. Additionally, following activation of the exhaust braking subsystem, the controller may whether the exhaust braking subsystem has failed and, if so, cause the compression release braking subsystem to operate in a reduced braking power mode, for example at less than full braking power potentially down to and including no braking power.
US10132246B2
A bleed valve assembly according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a bleed adaptor having an inlet portion, a fitting opposite the inlet portion, an adaptor body that extends between the inlet portion and the fitting, and a bleed opening disposed on the adaptor body that is selectively exposed to direct fluid into the bleed adaptor.
US10132245B2
A link assembly between an engine and a gearbox includes a male link coupled to the engine or the gearbox, a female link coupled to the engine or the gearbox, wherein the female link receives the male link to allow translation of the male link relative to the female link and to form a radial interface, wherein the radial interface dampens translation of the male link relative to the female link, and a pin releasably coupled to the male link and the female link to selectively retain the male link and the female link.
US10132244B2
A fuel supply manifold for a gas turbine engine includes a first manifold segment includes a first multiple of double-barrel fittings in communication with a primary fuel circuit and a secondary fuel circuit. A second manifold segment includes a second multiple of double-barrel fittings in communication with the primary fuel circuit and the secondary fuel circuit. The first manifold segment is connected to the second manifold segment.
US10132239B2
The present invention discloses an on-line cleaning system and control method for carbon deposit in engine intake valve and combustion chamber comprising a cleaning agent tank, a cleaning agent inlet line and a control circuit, the control circuit comprises a cleaning work procedure, and is provided with a cleaning start-up circuit, the cleaning agent tank is disposed on a frame within the automobile engine hood, one end of the cleaning agent inlet line is connected to the cleaning agent tank, the other end of the cleaning agent inlet line is connected to an engine vacuum pipeline which is a vacuum pipeline in communication with the automobile engine intake valve, a control signal at the automobile engine operating state is connected with the start-up circuit in the control circuit. The on-line cleaning of the carbon deposit in engine intake valve and combustion chamber is achieved without changing the existing automobile basic design, and the control method is simple and practical. A closed-loop automatic control of the cleaning agent inflow amount and the vacuum pressure is achieved; the cleaning process is safe and reliable, and the environmental performance of the engine emission is improved.
US10132228B1
A cooling system for an engine may include: a coolant pump having a main inlet, a bypass inlet, a first outlet to supply coolant to an engine block, and a second outlet to supply coolant to an engine head; a main thermostat to control the flow of coolant discharged from the engine block and head; a bypass thermostat to selectively send the coolant discharged from the engine block to the bypass inlet of the coolant pump based on a temperature of the coolant discharged from the engine block; first and second coolant return lines to guide the coolant discharged from the engine head and block to the main thermostat; and a block coolant return line to directly connect the bypass thermostat to the bypass inlet of the coolant pump.
US10132219B2
An emission control system and method execute a regeneration control such that a catalyst device recovers from poisoning, in a first control mode in which a temperature raising operation and a releasing operation are alternately repeated and in a second control mode in which the temperature raising operation and the releasing operation are alternately repeated. In the first control mode, the temperature raising operation is performed by post injection from a fuel injector. In the second control mode, the temperature raising operation is performed by adding fuel into exhaust gas from an addition valve such that the HC concentration in exhaust gas oscillates with an amplitude within a first specified range and a cycle within a second specified range. The control mode is switched from the first control mode to the second control mode during the regeneration control.
US10132200B2
A method for converting heat from a heat source to mechanical energy is provided. The method comprises heating a working fluid E-1,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene and at least one compound selected from 1,1,1,2-tetrafluoroethane and 1,1,2,2-tetrafluoroethane using heat supplied from the heat source; and expanding the heated working fluid to lower the pressure of the working fluid and generate mechanical energy as the pressure of the working fluid is lowered. Additionally, a power cycle apparatus containing a working fluid to convert heat to mechanical energy is provided. The apparatus contains a working fluid comprising E-1,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene and at least one compound selected from 1,1,1,2-tetrafluoroethane and 1,1,2,2-tetrafluoroethane. A working fluid is provided comprising an azeotropic or azeotrope-like combination of E-1,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene, 1,1,2,2-tetrafluoroethane and 1,1,2,2-tetrafluoroethane.
US10132192B2
A method of determining a faulty sensor of a sensor array of a gas turbine engine, the sensor array including at least first, second and third sensors, the method including the steps of: measuring a first set of sensor outputs prior to engine startup from each sensor, and calculating a first difference in the measured value for each sensor pair; after a period of time, measuring a second set of sensor outputs prior to engine startup from each sensor, and calculating a second difference in measured value for each sensor pair; calculating a further difference between the calculated first and second differences for each sensor pair; and identifying a failed sensor where two or more sensor pairs including a common sensor have a further difference above a predetermined threshold.
US10132190B2
An improvement to a turbocharger having a housing (10) with a slot (25) located along a mid-line of the housing (10) above the turbine wheel (29) and a tongue (15) defining the end of an initial inlet throat area (11) of the housing (10), the slot (25) permitting inlet exhaust gas which flows past the tongue (15) to flow into the turbine wheel (29), the improvement being a pivoting vane (50) aligned with the slot (25) and having an upstream end (55) located at a downstream end (57) of the tongue (15). When the vane (50) is in its fully closed position (60), the inlet exhaust gas is prevented from flowing into the slot (25) and, therefore, the turbine wheel (29), until the inlet exhaust gas passes the downstream end (57) of the vane (50). The vane (50) effectively extends the tongue (15) to define a revised inlet throat area (12). The A/R ratio of the housing (10) progressively varies as the vane (50) pivots between the fully opened (70) and fully closed (60) positions.
US10132187B2
A clearance control assembly for a gas turbine engine includes a clearance control ring to position a blade outer air seal assembly radially relative to a blade tip. The clearance control ring is compression fit to the blade outer air seal assembly.
US10132186B2
In one aspect the present subject matter is directed to a system for supporting a turbine shroud. The system includes a shroud support at least partially defining a first piston sleeve and a piston assembly having a first piston head disposed within the first piston sleeve and a second piston head coupled to the first piston head. The first piston head is slideably engaged with an inner surface of the first piston sleeve. The second piston head is slideably engaged with an inner surface of a second piston sleeve. The system also includes a turbine shroud that is fixedly connected to the piston assembly and that extends radially inwardly from the shroud support. The piston assembly provides for radially inward and radially outward movement of the turbine shroud in response to a change in a radial force applied to a hot side surface of the turbine shroud.
US10132181B2
A method for cooling a rotatable nozzle includes rotating a curved seal about a seal land while maintaining contact therewith. Cooling air is directed through a first diffusion hole in the curved seal to cool the nozzle if the rotatable curved seal is in a first position where higher heat is encountered. Cool air is directed through a second diffusion hole in the curved seal to cool the nozzle if the rotatable curved seal is in a first position where higher heat is encountered and if in a second position where relatively lower heat is encountered.
US10132168B2
An airfoil is disclosed, comprising an airfoil body and an internal cavity within the airfoil body. The internal cavity may comprise an outer edge comprising a first outer scallop and a second outer scallop, an inner edge opposite the outer edge, the inner edge comprising a first inner scallop and a second inner scallop, a leading edge spanning between the outer edge and the inner edge, and a trailing edge spanning between the outer edge and the inner edge and opposite the leading edge. Between the outer edge, the inner edge, the leading edge, and the trailing edge, the internal cavity may comprise eight columns of pedestals disposed axially relative to one another and axially between the leading edge and the trailing edge.
US10132161B2
An embodiment of a method of manufacturing a fiber optic cable includes selecting a cable support structure configured to support an optical fiber sensor, adhering the optical fiber sensor to the cable support structure by applying a temporary adhesive, and installing a protective layer around the cable support structure and the temporarily adhered optical fiber sensor. The method further includes removing a bond between the optical fiber sensor and the temporary adhesive, wherein removing the bond includes injecting a debonding material into a space formed between the cable support structure and the protective layer, and injecting a permanent adhesive into the space, the permanent adhesive configured to immobilize the optical fiber sensor relative to the protective layer and allow strain to be transferred from the protective layer to the optical fiber sensor.
US10132159B2
Apparatus, systems, and methods operable to perform production logging of a lateral wellbore of a multi-lateral well. For example, a downhole tool is conveyed into a main wellbore of a multi-lateral well via coiled tubing. A component of the downhole tool is used to locate a lateral wellbore extending from the main wellbore, and then the downhole tool is conveyed into the lateral wellbore via the coiled tubing. Production logging data is then obtained with the downhole tool in the lateral wellbore.
US10132152B2
A downhole apparatus comprising a body configured to be coupled to a production tubular and an upper opening and a lower opening. First and second flow paths are provided between the upper opening and the lower opening in the body, and a flow diverter is arranged to direct downward flow through the body towards the second flow path and away from the first flow path. A filter device in the second flow path filters or collects solid particles in the second flow path from passing out of the lower opening of the apparatus. The apparatus has particular application to artificial lift hydrocarbon production systems, and may be installed above a downhole pump in a production tubing to prevent solids from settling on the pump during pump shutdown. Embodiments for use with ESPs and PCPs are described.
US10132148B2
Downhole stimulation tools include a housing and at least one propellant structure within the housing comprising at least one propellant grain of a formulation, at least another propellant grain of a formulation different from the formulation of the at least one propellant grain longitudinally adjacent the at least one propellant grain, and at least one initiation element proximate at least one of the propellant grains. At least one pressure containment structure is secured to the housing and comprises a seal element expandable in response to gas pressure generated by combustion of a propellant grain of the at least one propellant structure. Related methods are also disclosed.
US10132147B2
Systems and methods for analyzing and designing a customized pulse fracturing operation for fracturing a wellbore in a reservoir formation are disclosed. Pulsed fracturing can create multiple fractures that radiate away from the wellbore while minimizing near wellbore damage. This network can further be extended into the reservoir by utilizing an optimized pumping rate over a predetermined amount of time. The optimized pulse rate and duration can be determined by using a geomechanical and a reservoir simulator which can help in quantifying the production efficiency of the induced fracture network.
US10132130B2
A blasthole drill rig includes a base, a drill tower extending from the base, a drill pipe coupled to the drill tower, a drill bit coupled to a lower end of the drill pipe, an air compressor that directs compressed air through the drill pipe, and a heating element that heats the compressed air.
US10132128B2
Methods, computing systems, and computer-readable media for removing fluid from a structure. The system may include sensors disposed within the structure (such as a multi-lateral well) that measure properties of the fluid at the location of the sensors and generate data representing the properties. A computing system receives the data and, using the data, monitors the composition of the fluid at the locations of the sensors. The computing system also displays information about the composition of the fluid at the locations of the sensors. The computing system may, in response to a change in the composition, indicate that the removal process is complete for a particular section and stop the flow for that section.
US10132115B2
We disclose a headrail for window coverings that may include an extensible end cap and a gearbox which automatically adjusts the headrail mounting. The extensible end cap may include a mounting bracket which may be connected to a piston. The piston may be connected to a floating bearing. The gearbox may include a motor-driven main gear which rotates a threaded rod. As the threaded rod rotates, an end of the threaded rod may move toward a floating bearing. The floating bearing may apply force the piston which may transmit the force to the mounting bracket. The extensible end cap may also include a sensor which detects the amount of pressure or force applied to the mounting bracket. When the sensor collects a measurement below a defined level, the motor may actuate the main gear to rotate the threaded rod and apply additional force to the mounting bracket.
US10132113B2
An electronically-operated gun safe or other lockable container is communicatively connected to an alarm system or one or more alarm system elements. When the alarm or the alarm system elements is/are triggered, a signal is received by the gun safe, which then unlocks the door to the gun safe to allow access to the contents of the gun safe, or takes other action to facilitate easier access to the contents of the gun safe.
US10132112B2
A door operation apparatus for a vehicle is provided to open or shut a door at a speed corresponding to a user's force or information selected by the user. In particular, the door operating apparatus installed in a body to open and shut an internal room of the body includes: a power member connected to the door for applying a moving force to the door; a detector for detecting a force applied by the user to the door; a controller for determining an open and shut speed corresponding to the detected force and controlling the power member to be driven to open and shut the door at the determined open and shut speed; and a driver for driving the power member based on a command from the controller.
US10132107B2
A vehicle latch is provided having a ratchet, a primary pawl, an auxiliary ratchet and a secondary pawl, and further including a gear that is movable to a secondary pawl locking position wherein the gear directly blocks movement of the secondary pawl and locks the secondary pawl in an auxiliary ratchet holding position to prevent premature or unintended opening of the latch.
US10132103B2
An actuation handle having a handle, having a handle neck and rotatably connected to an installation body, is provided. The handle connects to an actuation element in the door or window via a driver. Two detent elements engage in at least one functional position of the handle. An axially movable, non-rotatably mounted detent ring includes a first detent element. A counter detent ring includes a second detent element that corresponds to the first detent element. A guide sleeve provides a non-rotating receptacle for the driver, aligns centrally with the rotary axis of the handle, and has guide elements along its inner circumference. The detent ring has an opening and has guide elements along its outer circumference. The detent ring is inserted into the guide sleeve and the opening receives the driver, while its guide elements are engaged with the guide elements of the guide sleeve in an axially movable manner.
US10132101B1
The rotatable leg provides a way to quickly setup a security barricade without the need for fasteners or tools. The leg is permanently attached to the security barrier frame and can be rotated 90 degrees in order to align the feet either in line or perpendicular to the barricade frame. The leg uses a simple spring and washer mechanism to provide holding force to the frame while also allowing the leg to be rotated in the desired position using a V notch surface that mates to the bottom crossbar of the barricade. This leg can be easily rotated 90 degrees using only hand pressure without any tools. This invention provides not only a quick setup of the barricade but also prevents loss of parts such as pins or other fasteners used with detachable feet in typical barricades.
US10132094B1
A carpet pulling apparatus includes a base including a top surface and a bottom surface opposite the top surface. The bottom surface includes a plurality of spikes. A winch is attached to the top surface of the base. A cable extends from a first end to a second end. The first end is received by the winch. A clamp is attached to the second end of the cable. A diverter is configured to receive the cable at a location between the first end and the second end and divert a direction of extension of the cable. The diverter is capable of being moved relative to the base.
US10132091B2
A compliant trim for use between concrete slabs is disclosed, intended to seal the joints and provide a decorative cover over the forms. The compliant trim is placed on the forms prior to the pouring of concrete. The compliant trim contains features which anchor the compliant trim to the slab at numerous points along its length, thereby constraining the compliant trim against any shrinkage effects, and doing so in a manner that introduces minimal stress concentration into the slabs. When the compliant trim is anchored to both of the adjacent slabs, it is capable of following slab motions due to thermal expansion or other environmental effects. The surface of the compliant trim may be used to support the screed. Additionally, the compliant trim may be used to produce a chamfered or radius edge, thereby eliminating the need to radius-trowel the slab.
US10132089B2
A corner beading device and methods of using and manufacturing the same are provided. The device has a single fixed body defining: a cavity for receiving flowable material, an inlet sized and shaped to correspond to the size and shape of the corner bead cross section, an outlet opposite to the inlet shaped to correspond to the corner bead cross section, and of larger vertical size than the inlet, and a guide comprising at least one of a channel and a protruding ridge. To use the device, a user inserts a corner bead into the inlet, along the guide, and out the outlet, whereby the upper edge of the outlet scrapes off all but a thin, substantially uniform layer of flowable material from the surface of the corner bead. A method of manufacturing the device comprises the step of injection molding the single fixed body of the device.
US10132088B2
A tile that may be used as a covering on a floor, wall, or ceiling surface comprises at least a top section and a core layer may be made from a densified foam material. In most embodiments, but not all, the top section comprises a polyvinyl chloride layer, and may also comprise a wear layer and/or a decorative layer. The tile includes a plurality of sides with an exposed portion(s) formed along at least one of the sides, but in some embodiments also across a middle section of the tile. The exposed portion(s) may be formed on the polyvinyl chloride layer below the tile's top surface at a depth to closely resemble an actual grout line. The tile may further comprise an interconnecting mechanism that at least partially enables an efficient tile installation. The interconnecting mechanism may further contribute to tile's visual appeal by at least partially concealing a connector(s).
US10132083B1
Systems for water collection and recycling are described herein. A downspout having a downspout groove is vertically disposed on an exterior wall. Electrical wiring that is operatively connected to at least one electrical power generator is disposed along the downspout groove. The downspout and electrical power generator are supported by downspout brackets. The downspout is fluidly connected to a gutter and an outdoor water storage tank for collecting rain water. A water pump moves grey water from a shower tub drainage pipeline to a water path switch valve. A control switch directs the water path switch valve to divert the grey water to a toilet storage tank, an outdoor water storage tank, or a washing machine water tank.
US10132075B2
A corner assembly for a portable shelter is disclosed herein. The corner assembly includes a corner connecting member configured to couple a support post member to one or more roof frame members of a portable shelter; and a corner trim member configured to be coupled to the corner connecting member, the corner trim member configured to be secured to the corner connecting member by a user disposed in the interior of the portable shelter. In one or more embodiments, the corner assembly further includes a support post member, the support post member configured to support a roof frame structure of a portable shelter. The corner connecting member may include a downwardly extending flange configured to extend along an interior surface of the support post member. The corner trim member may be configured to be coupled to the downwardly extending flange of the corner connecting member.
US10132065B2
A drain pipe assembly for installation of a basin includes: a drain pipe which is inserted in a drain port formed in a base of basin and has a flange of which an upper end is caught by the drain port; and a fastening member which fixes the basin against the flange, wherein the fastening member pulls the drain pipe, which is exposed below the basin, in a downward direction, to upwardly press the basin, thereby fastening the basin and the drain pipe.
US10132058B2
The purpose of the present invention is to provide a cooling fan control device for a construction machine, whereby the effects of heat caused by warm-up operation can be suppressed. This cooling fan control device is equipped with a control unit (10a) that controls the rotational speed of a cooling fan (21) in accordance with a main pump discharge pressure (P) detected by a main pump discharge pressure sensor (25), an engine cooling water temperature (Tw) detected by an engine cooling water temperature sensor (26), a hydraulic oil temperature (To) detected by a hydraulic oil temperature sensor (27), and an engine rotational speed (E) detected by an engine rotational speed sensor (28). The cooling fan (21) is rotated at the rotational speed controlled by the control unit (10a), thereby sending the generated cooling air to an oil cooler (19) and a control valve (13).
US10132054B2
A quick hitch for mounting an implement on a machine includes at least one lug for connecting the machine and a securing assembly for securing the quick hitch to an implement. The securing assembly includes an over-center mechanism and a locking member. The over-center mechanism includes a first member pivotal at an axis D relative to a chassis, a first end of a first link that pivots at an axis E relative to a first arm of the first member, and a second end of the link that pivots at an axis F. When the securing assembly is in a first position with the hitch secured to an implement, axis E lies on a first side of a line between axes D and F. When in a second position with the hitch unattached, axis E lies on a second side of a line between axes D and F.
US10132046B2
A texturing machine is provided for the subsequent treatment of a freshly produced concrete layer. Left and right height sensors are arranged to detect a height above the freshly produced concrete adjacent the left and right edges of the layer. At least one crown height sensor is arranged to detect a height above a crown of the freshly produced concrete layer. A controller is configured to receive input signals from the height sensors and to communicate height control sensors to the height adjustable columns and to communicate a crown control system to the crown actuator. A direction sensor may also detect at least one of the edges of the freshly produced concrete layer. The controller may communicate a direction control signal to a steering actuator of one of the ground engaging units of the machine.
US10132041B2
The present invention relates to soft, durable tissue products comprising Southern softwood fibers and more particularly low-coarseness Southern softwood fibers. The inventive tissue products generally comprise little or no Northern softwood kraft fibers yet have comparable or better tissue product properties such as a TS750 value (a measure of tissue softness) less than about 50 dB V2 rms and a CD Tear Index (a measurement of tissue durability) greater than about 13.
US10132039B2
Process for manufacturing a sheet of paper and/or of paperboard and the like, according to which, the cellulosic material is brought into contact with at least one dry strength aid, characterized in that said dry strength aid is a cationic or amphoteric (co)polymer derived from the reaction between at least one aldehyde and at least one base (co)polymer comprising at least one nonionic monomer, said base copolymer being modified with at least one polyfunctional compound comprising at least three heteroatoms chosen from N, S, O and P, in which at least three of these heteroatoms each have at least one mobile hydrogen.
US10132035B2
An apparatus for controlling the conditions of at least one band circulating in a paper making machine along a circulation direction is provided with at least one first detecting device configured to detect at least one first parameter indicative of the humidity of the band and positionable in a first position between a pressing station and a conditioning station of the paper making machine; at least one second detecting device configured to detect at least one second parameter indicative of the humidity of the band and positionable in a second position downstream of the conditioning station; and at least one processing unit configured to determine at least one datum indicative of the condition of the band on the basis of the first parameter indicative of the humidity and of the second parameter indicative of the humidity.
US10132033B2
The invention relates to a rope end which is spliced, whereby a loop is formed, comprising a rope end piece folded back in order to form the loop and a rope section leading to the loop, wherein a spliced area is provided in which the rope end piece is guided within the rope section leading to the loop, and wherein the rope is a core/sheath rope. The rope end according to the invention is characterized in that, in the rope end piece, part of the core, preferably the entire core, is removed in the spliced area, that a load-bearing sewing of the rope end piece to the rope section leading to the loop is provided in the spliced area and that a load-bearing sewing is provided in an area of the rope section leading to the loop which comprises part of the core, preferably the entire core.
US10132031B1
A foamed, opacifying element has a thermal colorant image on either an opposing external surface and an internal surface of a porous substrate. The internal surface has a dry foamed composition disposed thereon as a dry opacifying layer that comprises: (a) 0.1-40 weight % of porous particles; (b) at least 10 weight % of an at least partially cured binder material; (c) at least 0.2 weight % of one or more additives comprising a surfactant; (d) less than 5 weight % of water; and (e) at least 0.002 weight % of an opacifying colorant different from all of the one or more (c) additives, which opacifying colorant absorbs predetermined electromagnetic radiation. The thermal colorant image is derived from thermal colorant transfer of sublimable colorants from a thermal donor element.
US10132007B2
The present invention provides a fabricating method for meltblown nonwoven from natural cellulose fiber blended with nano silver, which comprises following steps.Firstly, prepare nano silver colloidal sol by reduction titration for mixture of polyvinyl alcohol (PVA), silver nitrate (AgNO3) and sodium borohydride (NaBH4).Secondly, prepare mixing cellulose serum by blending agitation for mixture of wood pulp, N-methylmorpholine N-oxide (NMMO) and stabilizer.Thirdly, prepare blending mucilage from mixing cellulose serum via blending process.Fourthly, produce spinning dope by blending and dehydrating the nano silver colloidal sol and mixing cellulose serum.Fifthly, produce molten filament tow by meltblown spinning method in association with coagulation, regeneration in coagulation bath, and water rinse.Finally, by post treatments of hydro-entangled needle punching, drying, winding-up processes in proper order, obtain final product of meltblown nonwoven from natural cellulose fiber blended with nano silver, which is biodegradable with features of antibacterial and antistatic capabilities.
US10131997B2
The present invention relates to a method for production of graphite bodies. Carbon bodies are formed from a mixture of electric calcined coke particles calcined at a temperature between 1200 and 3000° C. and a binder where the coke particles have sulphur-and nitrogen content varying between 0 and 1.5% by weight and where the coke particles have an average sulphur content less than 0.6% by weight and a nitrogen content of less than 0.6% by weight, baking of the carbon bodies at a temperature between 700 and 1400° C. and graphitizing of the baked carbon bodies at a temperature above 2300° C.
US10131996B2
Novel complexes of various earth-abundant, inexpensive transition or main group metals that facilitate the transformation of carbon dioxide into other more useful organic products. These complexes can bind and alter the CO2 at mild conditions of temperature and pressure, enabling, according to some embodiments, the electrochemical conversion of CO2 into new products.
US10131992B2
A substrate processing apparatus includes: an operation unit, which is provided with a storage unit that stores a plurality of recipes including a recipe for processing a member that constitutes the inside of a reactor in which substrate processing is performed, and a recipe for processing an exhaust pipe through which a gas released from the inside of the reactor flows, the operation unit further being provided with a display unit that displays a setting condition for executing the recipes on an operation screen; and a control unit that executes the recipe that meets the setting condition. The operation unit includes a recipe control unit, which controls, based on the setting condition, execution of the recipe for processing the member constituting the inside of the reactor in which the substrate processing is performed, and the recipe for processing the exhaust pipe, among the recipes stored in the storage unit.
US10131991B2
A method of preparing light transmitting conducting metal oxide (TCO) films using atomic layer deposition (ALD) of a metal precursor multiple oxidizing reactants. The multiple metal oxidizing reactants may be selected to enhance growth of the TCO film. In a particular embodiment, an indium oxide TCO film is prepared using a cyclopentadienyl indium precursor and a combination of water and oxygen.
US10131990B2
In the present invention, the productivity of a processing apparatus including a plurality of process chambers is improved. There is provided a substrate processing apparatus including a plurality of process chambers, a process gas supply unit configured to supply a process gas into each of the plurality of process chambers, a purge gas supply unit configured to supply a purge gas into each of the plurality of process chambers, an exhaust unit configured to exhaust each of the plurality of process chambers and a control unit configured to control the process gas supply unit, the purge gas supply unit and the exhaust unit to supply the process gas into a first process chamber of the plurality of process chambers to which a substrate is transferred while supplying the purge gas into process chambers other than the first process chamber and exhausting the plurality of process chambers.
US10131976B2
A cold-rolled flat steel product for deep drawing applications is disclosed, composed of a steel which, in addition to Fe and unavoidable impurities (in % by weight) contains C: <0.1%, Al: 6.5-11%, REM: 0.02-0.2%, P: <0.1%, S: <0.03%, N: <0.1% and optionally one or more elements from the group of “Mn, Si, Nb, Ti, Mo, Cr, Zr, V, W, Co, Ni, B, Cu, Ca, N”, provided that Mn: <6%, Si: <1%, Nb: <0.3%, Ti: <0.3%, Zr: <1%, V: <1%, V: <1%, Mo: <1%, Cr: <3%, Co: <1%, Ni: <2%, B: <0.1%, Cu: <3%, Ca: <0.015%. For production of such a flat steel product, a steel of appropriate composition is cast to give a pre-product, which is then hot-rolled to hot strip at a hot rolling end temperature of 820-1000° C. The latter is subsequently wound at a winding temperature of up to 850° C., after winding annealed at an annealing temperature of >650-1200° C. for 1-50 h, then cold-rolled in one or more stages with a total cold rolling level of ≥30% to give the cold-rolled flat steel product and finally annealed at 650-850° C.
US10131974B2
A dual phase steel (martensite+ferrite) having a tensile strength of at least 980 MPa, and a total elongation of at least 15%. The dual phase steel may have a total elongation of at least 18%. The dual phase steel may also have a tensile strength of at least 1180 MPa. The dual phase steel may include between 0.5-3.5 wt. % Si, and more preferably between 1.5-2.5 wt. % Si.
US10131965B2
A steel bar according to one embodiment of the present invention includes predetermined chemical composition, wherein a quenching deflection in a cross section is 1.5 mm or less, wherein Δmax and Δmin is 1.5 mm or less, wherein a structure in a surface layer area includes 10 area % or less of ferrite and a remainder including one or more selected from a group consisting of a bainite and a martensite, wherein an average value of the grain size of a bcc phase in the surface layer area is 1.0 to 10.0 μm, wherein an average value of the grain size of the bcc phase in a center area is 1.0 to 15.0 μm, wherein a hardness of a region of which a depth from the surface is 50 μm is Hv200 to Hv500, and wherein a total decarburized layer thickness DM-T is 0.20 mm or less.
US10131961B2
The invention refers to viable biomining microorganisms encapsulated in alginate capsules, called BioSigma Bioleaching Seeds or BBS, wherein the alginate capsules have iron (II) and/or iron (III) ions as the cross-linking cations, and the usage of these capsules in the inoculation of these microorganisms in bioleaching processes.
US10131960B2
Described herein are novel fluorescent sensors for Diacyl Glycerol (DAG) and phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate (PIP2) that are based on circularly permuted fluorescent proteins. These sensors use less visible spectrum than FRET-based sensors, produce robust changes in fluorescence, and can be combined with one another, or with other sensors, in a multiplex assay on standard fluorescent plate readers or live cell imaging systems.
US10131955B2
New methods for identifying patents with hematuria who are at low risk of having urothelial cancer (UC) include combining selected phenotypic variables with levels of genotypic expression into a new metric, the “G+P INDEX.” The G+P INDEX combines age, sex, smoking history, presence of hematuria, and frequency of hematuria with genotypic expression of the genetic markers, MDK, CDC2, HOXA13, IGFBP5, and optionally IL8Rb, then determining of the G+P INDEX value obtained for a patient is within one of three groups, either: (1) at High Risk of UC, (2) at Risk of UC, or (3) at Low Risk of UC. For groups 1 and 2, further clinical and laboratory work up is indicated, and patients in group 3 are monitored periodically to determine the need for further clinical workup. Using the G+P INDEX can save substantial time, effort, and funds by avoiding unnecessary medical diagnostic procedures for patients at Low Risk of UC.
US10131950B2
Method and kits for diagnosing propensity to non-contact cranial cruciate ligament rupture (CCLR) in a dog are described. The method includes isolating genomic DNA from a dog and then analyzing the genomic DNA from step for a single nucleotide polymorphism occurring in selected loci that have been determined to be associated with the CCLR phenotype via a genome-wide association study.
US10131925B2
There is described a method for producing an ester of 3-hydroxypropionic acid, the method comprising: culturing an Acetobacter lovaniensis bacterium in a growth medium containing phosphate at a level which is more than 1 g/liter, wherein culturing of the bacterium produces the ester of 3-hydroxypropionic acid.
US10131916B2
The present invention provides compositions and methods for regulating expression of nucleotide sequences in fungi. Compositions are novel nucleotide sequences for a tissue preferred promoter isolated from the Agaricus bisporus lectin gene. The sequences drive expression preferentially to fruit body tissue. A method for expressing a nucleotide sequence in fungi using the regulatory sequences disclosed herein is provided. The method comprises transforming a fungal cell to comprise a nucleotide sequence operably linked to one or more of the regulatory sequences of the present invention and regenerating a stably transformed fungus from the transformed cell.
US10131908B2
The present invention provides nucleosides and oligonucleotides comprising a 5′ phosphate mimics of formula (IVc) or (Vc), One aspect of the present invention relates to modified nucleosides and oligonucleotides comprising such dinucleotide of formula (Ia). Another aspect of the invention relates to a method of inhibiting the expression of a gene in call, the method comprising (a) contacting an oligonucleotide of the invention with the cell; and (b) maintaining the cell from step (a) for a time sufficient to obtain degradation of the mRNA of the target gene.
US10131903B2
This invention provides methods and compositions for assembling biological constructs (e.g., plasmids, transformed cells, etc.). In certain embodiments the methods involve encapsulating separate components of the biological construct each in a fluid droplet confined in a fluid channel; optionally mixing droplets from different fluid channels to form a sequenced order of droplets carrying different components of the biological construct in a channel or chamber; and optionally combining two or more droplets each containing different components of the biological construct to permit the components to react with each other in one or more reactions contributing to the assembly of the biological construct.
US10131902B2
The present disclosure provides methods and kits for isolating miRNAs from biological fluids.
US10131901B2
Methods, systems and apparatus for automated extraction, purification, and processing of nucleic acids from biological samples are presented. In some embodiments, hydrogel supports are used to immobilize particulate biological input samples and extract nucleic acids during operations. The use of hydrogel facilitates automated sample processing on robotic liquid handling systems. Devices, methods, and systems are also provided for electrophoretic sample preparation.
US10131899B2
A composition useful for cell capture, the composition comprising a solid substrate on which is affixed a patterned polymer, and a cell-targeting agent attached to said patterned polymer, wherein said cell-targeting agent is exposed. Also described is a method for the preparation of the cell capturing composition, as well as flow through devices in which the cell capturing composition is incorporated. Further described is a method of capturing cells by contacting the cell-capturing composition with a liquid or gaseous sample containing cells. The method for capturing cells may also be a method for testing for the presence of one or more classes or species of cells or cellular organisms in a liquid or gaseous sample.
US10131897B2
The present disclosure relates in part to recombinant microorganisms that include non-native genes encoding PUFA-PKS polypeptides, and to methods of making and using such microorganisms for producing at least one PUFA. In particular, the disclosure further relates to methods and related materials useful for the production of at least one PUFA by heterologous expression of the nucleic acid sequences disclosed herein encoding PUFA-PKS polypeptides.
US10131886B2
Disclosed are mutant DNA polymerases having increased 3′-mismatch discrimination relative to a corresponding, unmodified polymerase. The mutant polymerases are useful in a variety of disclosed primer extension methods. Also disclosed are related compositions, including recombinant nucleic acids, vectors, and host cells, which are useful, e.g., for production of the mutant DNA polymerases.
US10131877B2
Provided is a differentiation-inducing culture medium additive for inducing bone differentiation of at least one type of cell selected from the group consisting of a stem cell, a dental pulp cell, a periodontal ligament cell, a placenta, an amnion, and a fibroblast under a serum-free condition, and a use of the differentiation-inducing culture medium additive. The differentiation-inducing culture medium additive of the present invention for inducing differentiation of a stem cell under a serum-free condition at least contains at least one growth factor selected from the group consisting of EGF, FGF, and PDGF; dexamethasone; and β-glycerophosphate. The differentiation-inducing culture medium additive of the present invention does not require ascorbic acid 2-phosphate and ITS, which are normally essential for bone differentiation. Further, bone differentiation can be promoted by adding phospholipid.
US10131876B2
The present invention provides a process for generation of genetically modified T cells, T cell subsets and/or T cell progenitors comprising the steps: a) providing a cell sample comprising T cells, T cell subsets and/or T cell progenitors b) preparation of the cell sample by centrifugation c) magnetic separation of the T cells, T cell subsets and/or T cell progenitors d) activation of the enriched T cells, T cell subsets and/or T cell progenitors using modulatory agents e) genetic modification of the T cells, T cell subsets and/or T cell progenitors f) expansion of the genetically modified T cells, T cell subsets and/or T cell progenitors in a cultivation chamber g) washing of the cultured T cells, T cell subsets and/or T cell progenitors characterized in that all steps are performed in a closed and sterile cell culture system.
US10131868B2
A bioreactor is provided. The bioreactor is a multi-scalable bioreactor, which comprises a culture vessel for seeding and culturing cells by adding a cell-culture media, wherein the culture vessel comprises at least a side wall and a bottom surface, a specific heat transfer area and a specific gas transfer area; wherein the culture vessel is configured to accommodate the cell-culture media volume up to 10 liters, and wherein the specific heat transfer area and the specific gas transfer area are independent of cell-culture media volume. A kit for culturing cells in a large scale is also provided which further comprises disposable tubings, culture bag or combinations thereof. A method for culturing cells is also provided.
US10131867B2
The present invention relates to a device for putting material into a cell to be modified. More particularly, the present invention is directed to a device formed within one solid material and comprises, a first passage on which the cell passes; a second passage on which the material passes and connected to the first passage at a position randomly selected between both ends of the first passage; and an apparatus which applies pressure difference or electric potential difference on the first passage and the second passage, and is also directed to a process for making the device.
US10131862B2
The present invention generally provides a process for treating a soapstock. The present invention more particularly provides systems and methods for treating a soapstock to generate free fatty acids and/or fatty acid derivatives, e.g. fatty acid alkyl esters. The present invention more particularly provides systems and methods for realizing the full fatty acid yield of a soapstock by first converting substantially all of the saponifiable material in a soapstock to salts of fatty acids (soaps) and acidulating the soaps to generate free fatty acids and/or fatty acid derivatives, e.g. fatty acid alkyl esters, wherein the soapstock comprises soaps and saponifiable lipids, e.g. glycerides and/or phospholipids, and the generating of free fatty acids and/or fatty acid is achieved without the use of a mineral acid.
US10131861B2
The invention relates to a composition comprising a) at least one N-methyl-N-acylglucamine of formula (I), wherein R1 represents a linear or branched, saturated or unsaturated hydrocarbon chain with 7 to 21 carbon atoms, one or more organic acids of formula (II) and/or the salts thereof, R2—COOM, wherein R2 represents a linear or branched alkyl group or a linear or branched mono- or poly-unsaturated alkenyl group with 5 to 29 carbon atoms, and M represents hydrogen or one or more cations, wherein the cations are present in charge-equalizing amounts, and c) one or more alkanolamines of formula (III), wherein NR1R2R3R1, R2 and R3 represent hydrogen, a linear or branched alkyl group with 1 to 4 carbon atoms, a cycloalkyl group with 5 to 7 carbon atoms, a linear or branched hydroxyalkyl group with 2 to 5 carbon atoms and 1 or 2 hydroxy groups or a hydroxyether group with 2 to 6 carbon atoms, with the provision that at least one of the groups is a hydroxyalkyl group or a hydroxyether group.
US10131860B2
The present invention provides a dialkyl polysulfide which can be suitably used as an extreme pressure additive that can be added to a lubricant in a wide range of amounts, that enables effective formation of a film of a metal sulfide on a metal surface, and that is less likely to cause corrosion of the metal surface. In particular, provided is a dialkyl polysulfide containing compounds represented by General Formula (1) (where R1 and R2 each represent an alkyl group, and n is an integer from 1 to 6), wherein the total content of a compound in which n in General Formula (1) is 2 and a compound in which n in General Formula (1) is 3 is in the range of 80 to 100 mass % relative to the entire amount of the compounds represented by General Formula (1).
US10131857B2
A system includes a quench system that may cool a syngas generated in a gasification chamber. The quench system includes a quench chamber, a dip tube that may direct the syngas from the gasification chamber into a quench liquid to cool the syngas to generate a cooled syngas, a draft tube disposed circumferentially about the dip tube and that may receive the cooled syngas in a first direction. A first passage is disposed between a first wall of the dip tube and a second wall of the draft tube. The system also includes a first baffle that may receive the cooled syngas from the first passage. The first baffle may split a flow of the cooled syngas into a first syngas flow and a second syngas flow, and the first baffle may redirect the first syngas flow in a second direction different from the first direction.
US10131845B2
A method of using automatic carbonizing collector to eliminate waste on site pertains to automatic collection of wastes, reduce, recycle and eliminate the wastes on the site where the waste producing, to replace manual door to door collection, landfill and incineration of wastes. The carbonizing collectors set in where the waste producing is comprised of an automatically opening lid (4), putting wastes into container (2) set in carbonizing tank (14), carbonizing the wastes under anaerobic condition by heater (13) and burner (16), collecting carbonized products by pipe (15) and pipeline (202) which connecting with all of the carbonizing collectors in a city, storing the products in tank (18) and collecting tank (207) of the carbonizing collectors for fuel, cleaning the carbonized products in carbonizing tank (14) by taking out pail (3), shredding the carbonized products into conductible particle, the carbonized products going through pipeline (202) to collecting tank (207). A supervisory control center (205) and a main board (21) set in the carbonizing collector automatically manage the project formed by the pipeline (202) and the carbonizing collectors.
US10131843B2
The present invention relates to a vertical alignment layer including a cyclic olefin copolymer, and more specifically, the present invention relates to a vertical alignment layer capable of having alignment even in a low temperature process, and exhibiting excellent liquid crystal vertical alignment by including a cyclic olefin copolymer having a specific substituent.
US10131835B2
A phosphor composition is derived from combining K2SiF6:Mn4+ in solid form with a saturated solution of a manganese-free complex fluoride including a composition of formula I: A3[MF6], where A is selected from Na, K, Rb, and combinations thereof and M is selected from Al, Ga, In, Sc, Y, Gd, and combinations thereof. The composition of formula I: A3[MF6] has a water solubility lower than a water solubility of K2SiF6. A lighting apparatus including the phosphor composition is also provided.
US10131830B1
A method of preventing formation of a water and oil emulsion in a downhole formation containing oil, the method comprises preparing a dispersion of water and a plurality of non-functionalized nanoparticles, each nanoparticle in the plurality of nanoparticles having a size of at least 300 nanometers, and injecting the dispersion into contact with the oil downhole. Presence of the plurality of nanoparticles prevents formation of an emulsion between the injected water and the oil.
US10131829B2
Compositions containing 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene and 1,2-difluoroethylene, that can be used in multiple fields of application. The composition can include from 45 to 90 mol % of 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene and from 55 to 10 mol % of, 1,2-difluoroethylene. The composition can include from 55 to 80 mol % of 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene and from 45 to 20 mol % of 1,2-difluoroethylene. The composition can include from 62 to 69 mol % of 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene and from 38 to 31 mol % of 1,2-difluoroethylene at a temperature of between −30° C. and 56° C. and a pressure of between 1 and 15 bar.
US10131824B2
An adhesive composition includes an acrylic polymer (A) having a weight-average molecular weight (Mw) of 350,000 or higher obtained by polymerizing an acrylic monomer by living radical polymerization using an organotellurium-containing compound as the polymerization initiator, an epoxy thermosetting resin (B), and a thermosetting agent (C). The adhesive composition is capable of joining with sufficient adhesive strength and capable of achieving high package reliability in a semiconductor device.
US10131823B2
Provided is an adhesive composition comprising a modified polyolefin and an epoxy resin, the composition having excellent pot life, and excellent adhesion to both a metal substrate and a polyolefin resin substrate. The adhesive composition comprises a modified polyolefin (A), a glycidyl amine-type epoxy resin (B1), a glycidyl ether-type epoxy resin (B2), and an organic solvent (C); wherein the modified polyolefin (A) is (A1) or (A2) below: (A1): a crystalline acid-modified polyolefin having an acid value of 5 to 50 mg KOH/g-resin; or (A2): an acid-modified chlorinated polyolefin having an acid value of 5 to 50 mg KOH/g-resin and a chlorine content of 5 to 40 mass %.
US10131820B2
The present invention relates to a pressure-sensitive adhesive composition, a protective film, an optical element, and a display device. A pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet formed using the pressure-sensitive adhesive composition according to the present invention can have proper high-speed and low-speed peel strengths and simultaneously can exhibit an excellent balance between the high-speed and low-speed peel strengths. The pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet formed using the pressure-sensitive adhesive composition according to one exemplary embodiment of the present invention exhibits a proper level of surface resistance and excellent electrostatic discharge characteristics, and has no contaminants with respect to an adherend even when the pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet is peeled from the adherend after the pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet is attached to the adherend for a long period of time. Such a pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet formed using the pressure-sensitive adhesive composition according to one exemplary embodiment of the present invention can be applied to various fields of applications. For example, the pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet can be used as a protective film for optical members such as polarizing plates.
US10131814B2
The present invention relates to radiation-curable, water-dispersible polyurethane (meth)acrylates, to coating compositions comprising the latter, to the use thereof and to the process for production thereof.
US10131812B2
Provided are reactive compositions for making a polyurethane-based rain-erosion protective coating for rotor blades, the reactive composition comprising an isocyanate-reactive component and an isocyanate-functional component and wherein the isocyanate-reactive component comprises a first component i) being a short chain hydroxyl-functional compound having two terminal (α-ω) hydroxyl groups, a molecular weight of less than 250 g/mole and containing at least 2 carbon atoms and a second component ii) comprising a high molecular weight hydroxyl-functional compound having two terminal (α-ω) hydroxyl groups and a molecular weight of at least 250 g/mol and comprising one or more units selected from oxyalkylene units and polyoxyalkylene units and wherein the isocyanate-functional component is an isocyanate prepolymer of the general formula NCO—Z—NCO, wherein Z is a linking group comprising at least two urethane (—NH—CO—O—) units and additionally one or more units selected from alkylenes, oxyalkylenes, polyoxyalkylenes, alkylene esters, oxyalkylene esters, polyoxyalkylene esters and combinations thereof. Also provided are protective coatings obtained from the reactive compositions and methods of applying the coatings to articles.
US10131811B2
A composition for fixing wound items is provided. In one example, the composition comprises 5 to 97 wt % of at least one α,β-unsaturated polyester resin and/or α,β-unsaturated polyester imide resin comprising components of at least one α,β-ethylenically unsaturated mono-, di- and/or tricarboxylic acid, and/or its anhydride and/or ester, at least one polyol, at least one (meth)acrylic group containing component, possibly at least one mono-, di-, tri- and/or tetracarboxylic acid, which is not α,β-ethylenically unsaturated, and/or its anhydride and/or ester.
US10131810B2
An active energy ray-curable resin composition includes 100 parts by weight of (A) a polymer whose main chain is a (meth)acrylic copolymer and which has, at an end of the main chain and/or at a side chain, at least one group having a silicon atom bonded to a hydrolyzable group represented by a formula (I): —SiR2a(OR1)3-a (I), where R1 represents a hydrogen atom or a C1-C10 alkyl group, R2 represents a hydrogen atom or a monovalent hydrocarbon group selected from a C1-C10 alkyl group, a C6-C25 aryl group, and a C7-C12 aralkyl group, and a represents an integer of 0 to 2. The composition further includes 0.1 to 20 parts by weight of (B1) a secondary and/or tertiary amino group-containing silane compound, and 0.05 to 20 parts by weight of (C) a photoacid generator.
US10131800B2
The present invention relates to a thermosetting intumescent coating composition which is suitable for protecting substrates against hydrocarbon fires, for example jet fires. The coating composition can be used without a supporting mesh. The present invention also relates to substrates coated with the intumescent coating composition, and a method of protecting structures from fire.
US10131795B2
This disclosure relates to the field of projection display technology, and particularly to a projection screen and a projection display system so as to improve the uniformity of brightness throughout the projection screen. There is an anti-reflection coating arranged in a target area on a light incidence side surface of the projection screen to increase transmittivity in the target area, where the target area refers to an area where an incidence angle of projected light beams on the projection screen is above an angle threshold, and the projected light beams are light beams emitted by a projector.
US10131778B2
An ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer resin composition includes: an (A) ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer; a (B) vinyl copolymer; and a (C) organic peroxide. The (B) vinyl copolymer and the (C) organic peroxide are impregnated in the (A) ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer. The (A) ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer includes 1 to 20 wt % of a vinyl acetate. The (B) vinyl copolymer is formed of a (b-1) styrene, (b-2) at least one of acrylonitrile and glycidyl methacrylate, a (b-3) t-butylperoxymethacryloyloxyethyl carbonate, and a (b-4) polymerization initiator. A content of the (C) organic peroxide is 0.1 to 3 parts by weight relative to 100 parts by weight of the (A) ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer.
US10131775B2
A composite polymer composition comprising: the emulsion polymerization product of: (i) an aqueous polyolefin dispersion comprising the melt kneading product of one or more polyolefins, from 2 to 25 wt % of one or more dispersion stabilizing agents and water, and (ii) one or more (meth)acrylic monomers; wherein the one or more polyolefins have a Tg equal to or less than 50° C.; and wherein the melt kneading product (i) comprises polymer particles having a volume average particle size between 150 nm and 2000 nm dispersed in the water; and wherein the one or more (meth)acrylic monomers polymerize onto the polymer particles form composite polymer particles is provided. Also provided is a method of making the composition and impact modifiers comprising the composition.
US10131773B2
Rubber crumb from recycled automotive or truck tires or other rubber products is used to produce a material which is water and gas permeable. This material may be used for erosion control structures in place of, or in addition to, standard rock socks, straw wattle, or other erosion control configurations. The rubber crumb material may be used to produce growing containers for plants and children's blocks or other children's toys. A method for combining rubber crumb with a binder to produce various configurations of erosion control structures, growing containers and children's toys is also disclosed.
US10131769B2
The invention relates to a polystyrene composition comprising a polystyrene and compound according to formula (III).
US10131761B2
The invention provides a glittering resin composition which includes: a polycarbonate resin that contains structural units derived from a dihydroxy compound having the portion represented by the following general formula (1) as a part of the structure thereof; and glittering particles in an amount of 0.1 parts by weight or more and 10 parts by weight or less per 100 parts by weight of the polycarbonate resin, wherein the glittering particles are inorganic particles (excluding metal particles) coated with a metal or a metal oxide or are metal particles: provided that a case where the portion represented by general formula (1) is a part of —CH2—O—H is excluded.
US10131759B2
A polyurethane foam, polyisocyanurate foam or polyurea foam is obtainable from the reaction of a mixture comprising A) a compound reactive towards isocyanate (“NCO-reactive compound”); B) a blowing agent selected from the group comprising linear, branched or cyclic C1 to C6 hydrocarbons, linear,branched or cyclic C1 to C6 fluorocarbons, N2, O2, argon and/or CO2, where the blowing agent B) is present in the supercritical or near-critical state; C) a polyisocyanate; D) an amphiphilic isocyanate; and E) optionally a surfactant and F) optionally other auxiliaries and additives. The invention further relates to the production of this polyurethane foam, where the blowing agent is emulsified in the isocyanate component containing amphiphilic isocyanate.
US10131755B2
The present invention relates to a method for the formation of virtually defect-free monolayers of particles with long-range order. The technique involves assembling the monolayer of particles on the interface between a solidifiable liquid and a fluid, which can be air or another liquid, ordering the particles using an electric field and then solidifying the former, e.g., by applying UV light. The monolayer becomes embedded on the surface of the solidified film. The monolayers can be coated onto the surface of materials to optimize their mechanical, thermal, electrical and optical properties.
US10131750B2
A polymer composition, obtainable by reacting a) a polymer P1 having at least one functional group of the formula (I) and a polymer backbone B, and b) a polymer P2 which is a polyolefine succinic anhydride:
US10131748B2
A polyimide resin containing a repeating structural unit of the following formula (1), a repeating structural unit of the following formula (2), and a repeating structural unit of the following formula (A) or a repeating structural unit of the following formula (B), a content ratio of formula (1) with respect to the total of formula (1) and formula (2) being from 40 to 70 mol %, and a content ratio of formula (A) or formula (B) with respect to the total of formula (1) and formula (2) being more than 0 mol % and 25 mol % or less: wherein R1 represents a divalent group having from 6 to 22 carbon atoms containing at least one alicyclic hydrocarbon structure; R2 represents a divalent chain aliphatic group having from 5 to 20 carbon atoms; Ra represents a divalent group containing at least one aromatic ring which is bonded to a monovalent or divalent electron-attracting group; Rb represents a divalent group containing —SO2— or —Si(Rx)(Ry)O— wherein Rx and Ry each independently represent a chain aliphatic group having from 1 to 3 carbon atoms, or a phenyl group; and X1, X2, Xa, and Xb each independently represent a tetravalent group having from 6 to 22 carbon atoms containing at least one aromatic ring.
US10131745B2
The invention generally relates to novel polymers and polymeric nanogels having biodegradable polymeric backbones, and compositions and methods of preparation and use thereof, for example, as guest-host polymer nano-assemblies and nano-delivery vehicles, which offer utilities in diverse fields including drug delivery, diagnostics and specialty materials.
US10131739B1
A polymerizable formulation is provided, and a method for polymerizing the formulation under pressure to provide a polyurethane structural material having wood-like properties and additionally being resistant to insects, waterproof, and self-extinguishing when exposed to a flame.
US10131733B2
A catalyst composition, a method for hydrogenating styrenic block copolymer employing the same, and a hydrogenated polymer from the method are provided. The method for hydrogenating styrenic block copolymer includes subjecting a hydrogenation process to a styrenic block copolymer in the presence of a catalyst composition. In particular, the catalyst composition includes an oxide carrier, and a catalyst disposed on the oxide carrier, wherein the catalyst includes a platinum-and-rhenium containing phosphorus compound.
US10131712B2
The present invention concerns compositions and methods of use of bispecific antibodies comprising at least one binding site for a tumor-associated antigen (TAA) and at least one binding site for an antigen expressed on an effector T cell, NK cell, monocyte or neutrophil. The bispecific antibodies are of use for inducing an immune response against a TAA-expressing tumor. The methods may comprising administering the bispecific antibody in combination with one or more therapeutic agents such as antibody-drug conjugates, interferons (preferably interferon-α), and/or checkpoint inhibitor antibodies. The bispecific antibody is capable of targeting effector T cells, NK cells, monocytes or neutrophils to induce leukocyte-mediated cytotoxicity of cancer cells. The cytotoxic immune response is enhanced by co-administration of interferon, checkpoint inhibitor antibody and/or ADC. In preferred embodiments, the checkpoint inhibitor is a chimeric or humanized anti-PD1 antibody as described herein.
US10131710B2
The present invention is directed to optimized anti-CD3 variable sequences for use in a variety of bispecific formats, including those that utilize scFv components. The invention further relates to nucleic acids encoding for the polypeptide, to vectors comprising the same and to host cells comprising the vector. In another aspect, the invention provides for a pharmaceutical composition comprising the mentioned polypeptide and medical uses of the polypeptide.
US10131709B2
Provided are novel binding molecules of human origin, particularly human antibodies as well as fragments, derivatives and variants thereof that recognize antigens such as native endogenous proteins associated with, e.g., immune response, autoimmune disorders, inflammatory diseases, metabolic disorders, vascular function, neurodegenerative diseases or tumors. More particularly, a human Auto-Immunosome and corresponding monoclonal antibody reservoir are provided. In addition, pharmaceutical compositions, kits and methods for use in diagnosis and therapy of are described.
US10131699B2
EphA2 T-cell epitope are provided herein. The epitopes include peptides corresponding to specific fragments of human EphA2 protein containing one or more T-cell epitopes, and conservative derivatives thereof. The EphA2 T-cell epitopes are useful in an assay, such as an ELISPOT assay, that may be used to determine and/or quantify a patient's immune responsiveness to EphA2. The epitopes also are useful in methods of modulating a patient's immune reactivity to EphA2, which has substantial utility as a treatment for cancers that overexpress EphA2, such as renal cell carcinoma (RCC). The EphA2 epitopes also can be used to vaccinate a patient against EphA2, by in vivo or ex vivo methods.
US10131689B2
Provided is a separation and purification method for vancomycin hydrochloride of high purity. The method comprises the following steps: (1) obtaining a vancomycin hydrochloride solution from a crude vancomycin product by ion exchange chromatography and obtaining a concentrate by nanofiltration desalination and concentration; (2) adjusting the concentrate with a hydrochloric acid solution and then performing a column chromatography using a reverse chromatography column for the adjusted concentrate; (3) collecting the chromatographic solution of vancomycin to obtain a mixed chromatographic solution; (4) adjusting the mixed chromatographic solution, and separating the solution and the salts by nanofiltration desalination and concentration to obtain a concentrate; and (5) obtaining a vancomycin dry powder with a chromatographic purity of up to 99% and a pure white appearance by dehydrating and drying the concentrate of step (4), or by solvent crystallization or salting-out crystallization.
US10131684B2
Described herein are processes for the preparation of compounds of formula (I): and pharmaceutically acceptable salts, solvates, and hydrates thereof.
US10131659B2
Disclosed herein are novel iodonium analogs having anticancer and anti-inflammatory activity.
US10131658B2
Provided herein, inter alia, are methods and compositions for inhibiting αvβ1 integrin and for treating fibrosis.
US10131626B2
The present invention relates to a process for labeling compounds comprising thiol moieties with 3-arylpropiolonitrile compounds, to 3-arylpropiolonitrile compounds substituted with tag moieties and to specific 3-arylpropiolonitrile linkers.
US10131623B2
The present invention relates to a process for preparing compounds of the formula ABA by reacting a compound of the formula (A) with a compound of the formula (B) with X=—OR′ or —NHR′ and R′=H or a protecting group function and R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7 and R8 are each independently selected from the group comprising hydrogen, (C1-C12)-alkyl, O—(C1-C12)-alkyl, (C6-C20)-aryl, O—(C6-C20)-aryl, where two of the R1 to R4 radicals may also be joined via a covalent bond, and halogen, which is characterized in that the reaction is conducted electrochemically.
US10131616B2
Ester polyol esters are a unique class of lubricants that have adjustable molecular weights, viscosities, and pour points based on the character of their reaction materials and relative ratios. There is provided a method for preparing at least one ester polyol ester, the method comprising esterifying an ester polyol reaction mixture to produce ester polyol, the reaction mixture comprising an ozone acid mixture and at least one primary polyol, wherein the ozone acid mixture comprises at least one dicarboxylic acid and at least one monocarboxylic acid; and capping the ester polyol with at least one capping carboxylic acid to produce ester polyol ester.
US10131611B2
The present invention is directed to a process for catalytic hydrodechlorination of dichloroacetic acid, wherein hydrogen gas is contacted with a liquid feed comprising dichloroacetic acid and monochloroacetic acid to form a product stream comprising monochloroacetic acid and an off gas stream comprising hydrogen chloride and hydrogen, and wherein the product stream is contacted with nitrogen gas so as to remove hydrogen gas present in the product stream.
US10131600B2
Ethylene glycol is prepared from a carbohydrate source in a process, wherein hydrogen, the carbohydrate source, a liquid diluent and a catalyst system are introduced as reactants into a reaction zone; wherein the catalyst system comprises a tungsten compound and at least one hydrogenolysis metal selected from the groups 8, 9 or 10 of the Periodic Table of the Elements; wherein the diluent that is introduced into the reaction zone comprises an alkylene glycol; and wherein the carbohydrate source is reacted with hydrogen in the presence of the catalyst system to yield an ethylene glycol-containing product.
US10131597B2
The present invention relates, in part, to the discovery that, during the fluorination of certain fluoroolefin starting reagents, oligomerization/polymerization of such reagents reduces the conversion process and leads to increased catalyst deactivation. The present invention also illustrates that vaporizing such starting reagents in the presence of one or more organic co-feed reduces such oligomerization/polymerization and improves catalytic stability.
US10131590B2
Disclosed herein is a method of preparing 1-octene at high activity and high selectivity while stably maintaining reaction activity by tetramerizing ethylene using a chromium-based catalyst system comprising a transition metal or a transition metal precursor, a cocatalyst, and a P—C—C—P backbone structure ligand represented by (R1)(R2)P—(R5)CHCH(R6)—P(R3)(R4).
US10131576B2
There is provided a method for operating a cement plant capable of simultaneously optimizing both combustion in a calciner and a heat consumption rate. The method for operating a cement plant includes: feeding first fuel to a calciner; feeding second fuel for maintaining the inside at a burning temperature to a cement kiln along with combustion primary air, and introducing air for cooling cement clinker to a cooler; and feeding a part of the air as secondary air to the cement kiln, feeding as tertiary air to the calciner, and discharging the rest of the air from the cooler, wherein relation between a first oxygen concentration at an exhaust gas outlet of the calciner and a heat consumption rate determined by the first fuel and the second fuel, and relation between a second oxygen concentration at an exhaust gas outlet of the preheater and the heat consumption rate are beforehand obtained, and amounts of the secondary air and the tertiary air are adjusted such that both the first oxygen concentration and the second oxygen concentration fall within a range including values of the oxygen concentrations at which the heat consumption rate becomes at its minimum.
US10131575B2
Quarry fines and/or limestone powder are used to reduce clinker content in concrete, mortar and other cementitious compositions, typically in combination with one or more pozzolanically active SCMs. Quarry fines and/or limestone powder can replace and/or augment a portion of hydraulic cement binder and/or fine aggregate. Quarry fines and/or limestone powder can advantageously replace a portion of cement binder and fine aggregate, acting as an intermediate that fills a particle size void between the largest cement particles and smallest fine aggregate particles. Supplemental lime can advantageously maintain or enhance balance of calcium ions in the mix water and/or pore solution. Supplemental sulfate can advantageously address sulfate deficiencies caused by high clinker reduction, use of water reducers and/or superplasticers, and SCMs containing aluminates. Such systematic approach to beneficially using quarry fines, limestone powder, SCMs, lime, and sulfate addresses many issues and permits high clinker reduction with similar or increased strength.
US10131574B2
Described herein are various antimicrobial glass articles that have improved resistance to discoloration when exposed to harsh conditions. The improved antimicrobial glass articles described herein generally include a glass substrate that has a low concentration of nonbridging oxygen atoms, a compressive stress layer and an antimicrobial silver-containing region that each extend inward from a surface of the glass substrate to a specific depth, such that the glass article experiences little-to-no discoloration when exposed to harsh conditions. Methods of making and using the glass articles are also described.
US10131573B2
A 3-D glass enclosure comprises a generally planar glass base member, an encircling glass side wall member connected to the base member, and a generally planar glass cover member connected to the side wall member to form a unitary glass enclosure, the base, sidewall and cover members being made by reforming softened glass sheet preforms and subjecting the reformed members to ion-exchange strengthening, thus providing strong transparent enclosures for electronic devices such as tablet computers, cellphones, media players and televisions.
US10131564B2
A glass plate separating apparatus, as one example, includes: a trigger device that forms a start point flaw in a first main surface of a glass ribbon on a division-planned line; a pair of holding members disposed at the first main surface side of the glass ribbon; and a heater disposed at a second main surface side of the glass ribbon. The pair of holding members, each of which extends parallel to the division-planned line, is brought into contact with the glass ribbon at both sides of the division-planned line while being lowered together with the glass ribbon. The heater extends along the division-planned line, and is brought into contact with and pressed onto the glass ribbon on the division-planned line while being lowered together with the glass ribbon.
US10131557B2
There is described a process for treatment of a fluid comprising an oxidizable contaminant. The process comprises the step of contacting the wastewater with a combination of: (i) a sulfide, (ii) a complex of Fe(III) and a chelating agent, and (iii) an oxidant. It has been discovered that of treatment of a fluid containing an oxidizable contaminant employing iron(III)-chelates as the Fenton catalyst may be significantly improved by including a sulfide in the reaction scheme. As described herein, by employing sulfide ion, the present inventors have been able to: (i) increase the rate of iron recycling from minutes or hours to a few seconds, and (ii) destroy benzene in an oil and gas refinery (OGR) wastewater in less than one minute. It is believed that these findings in OGR wastewater can be extended to other fluids containing other oxidizable contaminants.
US10131555B2
The method includes a process of (i) and a process of (ii) in this order. In the process of (i), the potential of a first anode and the potential of a first cathode are adjusted in an aqueous solution containing chloride ions so as to increase the concentration of free chlorine in the aqueous solution. In the process of (ii), the potential of a second anode and the potential of a second cathode are adjusted in the aqueous solution so as to decrease the concentration of free chlorine in the aqueous solution. The difference between the potential of the second anode and the potential of the second cathode in the process of (ii) is smaller than the difference between the potential of the first anode and the potential of the first cathode in the process of (i).
US10131552B2
Mobile treatment systems and methods for use in removing sulfates from contaminated water using a pre-treatment subsystem configured to remove particulates and debris from the contaminated water and to produce pre-treated water; a treatment subsystem configured to remove sulfates from the pre-treated water and to produce treated water, the treatment subsystem including at least one treatment tank with a collection unit having one or more filters with pore or inlet sizes of approximately 0.35-1.2 mm; and at least one storage tank configured to collect the treated water. Optionally, the systems and methods may use a backwash subsystem configured to backwash the treatment subsystem.
US10131539B2
A method for forming a micro-electro-mechanical system (MEMS) device structure is provided. The method includes forming a second substrate over a first substrate, and a cavity is formed between the first substrate and the second substrate. The method includes forming a hole through the second substrate using an etching process, and the hole is connected to the cavity. The etching process includes a plurality of etching cycles, and each of the etching cycles includes an etching step, and the etching step has a first stage and a second stage. The etching time of each of the etching steps during the second stage is gradually increased as the number of etching cycles is increased.
US10131534B2
This disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatus for a via structure. In one aspect, an apparatus includes a substrate and a first electromechanical systems device on a surface of the substrate. The first electromechanical systems device includes a first metal layer and a second metal layer. A first via structure can be included on the surface of the substrate. The first via structure includes the first metal layer, the second metal layer, and a third metal layer. The first metal layer of the first electromechanical systems device may be the same metal layer as the first metal layer of the first via structure.
US10131531B1
Described herein are systems and methods for managing a fuel dispensing account associated with fuel dispensing transactions. A fuel dispensing apparatus includes a receiver configured for wireless communication with a user device. The fuel dispensing apparatus receives a request to dispense fuel from the user device via the receiver and associates the fuel request with a primary user account stored in a computer database. A notification is sent to one or more users of the primary account requesting instructions regarding the fuel request. Fuel is dispensed from the fuel dispensing apparatus if instructions are received from a user of the primary account authorizing the request.
US10131525B2
A load-bearing assembly including a clamping-force sensor in a pivoting support assembly that is adjustable to vary a radial spacing between a pivot pin and a clamp pad supported on the support assembly. A plurality of clamping-force sensors may be included in a plurality of pivoting clamp pad support assemblies to support a clamp pad and may be arranged to sense the magnitude of a clamping force exerted by a particular adjustable pivoting clamp pad support assembly and send signals indicative of the magnitude of the force to a controller. Force values sensed and transmitted to the controller may be used to evaluate and adjust the clamp arm assembly to grasp a load with a desired clamping force or distribution of clamping forces.
US10131509B2
The present invention is a pivoting pit seal assembly that forms a continuous seal with the rear bumper of a trailer parked in the bay of a loading dock, and which combines with the side and top seals of the loading dock to provide a 360 degree seal around a trailer. The pit seal assembly has a compression pad mounted to a rigid base. The pad has a resilient, compressible core material wrapped by a durable cover. One side of the base is pivotally held by brackets and corresponding releasable latches anchored to the front wall adjacent the pit floor or directly to the pit floor. During use, the pit seal is held in an upwardly angled position to compressingly engage the rear bumper of the trailer and form a continuous seal with the bumper. Each side end of the pit seal sealingly engages the vertical side seals located along the sides of the door opening to form a continuous seal between the pit seal and the side seals. To clean or access the pit, the releasable fastener is unfastened and the pit seal is rotated to a reclined position.
US10131507B1
An ejection hood apparatus includes a transfer conduit and a hood. The transfer conduit includes a downwardly concave control shell. An inlet end portion of the transfer conduit receives an upwardly directed transfer air stream including ejected material with at least a partially upward trajectory. The hood defines an ejection chamber including a lower chamber portion and an upper chamber portion. The lower chamber portion receives the transfer air stream from an outlet end portion of the transfer conduit with at least a partially downward trajectory. The hood includes at least one air outlet passage communicated with the upper chamber portion for exhausting at least a portion of the transfer air stream.
US10131499B1
A handle for pulling or lifting an object includes a handle having a first section with a gripping surface, a second section spaced from the first section and side sections that each connect between the first and second sections on opposing sides of a handle central open area; a pair of lugs mounted on said second section and extending away from said central opening area spaced inwardly of said side sections, wherein each lug has a lug free end and a lug base joined to the second section; each lug having an open ended transverse opening that includes a cylindrical section and a groove extending radially away from the cylindrical section; and a removable locking pin that is connectable to the lugs by occupying the lug openings in a connected locking position.
US10131494B2
A method includes wrapping one or more pieces of fabric around at least one piece of shape memory material. The method also includes attaching outer edges of the one or more pieces of fabric to other portions of the one or more pieces of fabric. The method further includes depositing liquid-impervious material onto the one or more pieces of fabric to form free-standing flexible walls and a floor of a containment structure. The floor is formed seamlessly with the walls. The wrapping could include attaching a bottom of the at least one piece of shape memory material to the one or more pieces of fabric at locations spaced apart from the outer edges of the one or more pieces of fabric. The wrapping could also include attaching sides of the at least one piece of shape memory material to the one or more pieces of fabric.
US10131483B2
A refill for holding at least two compositions comprises a container including a body and first and second compositions disposed within the body such that the first and second compositions are substantially separated and the second composition is disposed above the first composition. The refill further includes a tube disposed within the body of the container such that the tube contains the first and second compositions, wherein the tube has an inner diameter and an outer diameter. Still further, the refill includes a wick disposed within the tube, wherein the wick contains the first and second compositions and has a diameter that is smaller than the inner diameter of the tube to create a gap between the wick and the tube is smaller than the inner diameter of the tube to create a gap between the wick and the tube.
US10131477B2
A molded article comprising a container top is disclosed. The molded article includes a threadless frame defining an opening, a flip cap located substantially coplanar with, and integrally formed with, the frame, a compound hinge between the frame and the flip cap, the hinge allowing the flip cap to rotate about the hinge to rest on top of the frame, an in-mold lidding film having a perimeter molded to the frame such that the in-mold lidding film covers the opening defined by the frame, wherein the in-mold lidding film is removable from the frame, and a pull tab, formed from the in-mold lidding film, that extends past the opening defined by the frame.
US10131474B2
A device includes a first part having a co-molded first support, valve cover and elastic actuator, and a second part having an injection molded second support, valve seat, and variable-volume storage chamber pre-form. The pre-form is blow molded into a flexible pouch defining the variable-volume storage chamber. The one-way valve includes a semi-annular, curvilinear, relatively rigid valve seat defining axially-extending, opposing first marginal portions, and an axially-extending first mid-portion angularly extending between the opposing first marginal portions. A flexible valve member is superimposed on the valve seat and defines axially-extending, opposing second marginal portions fixedly secured on or adjacent to respective first marginal portions of the valve seat, and an axially-extending second mid-portion angularly extending between the opposing first marginal portions and superimposed onto the first mid-portion of the valve seat. The flexible valve cover and valve seat form a normally closed axially and angularly extending valve seam therebetween.
US10131461B2
A packet according to some embodiments of the disclosure is provided for holding a goods package. The packet includes first and second panels which are secured together to form an open-ended pocket. The first panel has an aperture therethrough which is partially overlapped by the second panel. The goods package seats within the open-ended pocket with a protrusion of the goods package extending through the aperture. The engagement of the protrusion though the aperture locks the goods package to the packet.
US10131460B2
The invention relates to container sleeving system and method. Sleeves of heat shrinkable foil are arranged around the container. The sleeves are supplied by ejecting the sleeve from the sleeve supply. Containers are supplied form a container supply. The sleeve supply arranges the sleeve around the container by moving the sleeve upwardly around the container. A heat shrink oven is arranged for fixing the sleeve to the container. A conveyor transports containers.
US10131453B2
A Hall effect thruster arranged inside a wall and including a magnetic circuit and an electric circuit including an anode, a first cathode, and a voltage source. The magnetic circuit and the electric circuit are arranged in such a manner as to generate magnetic and electric fields around the wall. In every meridian section, the magnetic circuit presents an upstream magnetic pole and a downstream magnetic pole arranged at the surface of the wall and spaced apart from each other; and the anode and the first cathode are situated on either side of the upstream magnetic pole.
US10131449B2
An actuator mounting method for mounting at least one actuator involves providing a skin structure and at least one actuator, and fixing the at least one actuator to the inner surface of the skin structure.
US10131445B2
A containment system for containing all or part of a radome and an external subassembly that is protected by the radome is disclosed. One embodiment of the containment system comprises a fabric material and an attachment system for attaching the fabric material to the radome and to the radome attachment ring. An increased strength radome for covering the external subassembly is also disclosed.
US10131442B2
The disclosure herein relates to power leveling mechanisms comprising a high frequency controller. The power leveling mechanism receives a power demand signal indicating a power requirement of a vehicle and determines a high frequency component of the power demand signal. The power leveling mechanism also provides a signal to a primary propulsion system and provides, via the high frequency controller, a high bandwidth signal based on the high frequency component to an auxiliary propulsion system.
US10131438B2
An aircrew member must be properly positioned during flight to have a view inside and outside of the cockpit and to reach all aircraft controls. However, if an ejection event occurs, the aircrew member should be properly aligned with a thrust direction of the ejection seat to prevent injury. A retracting backrest for an ejection seat is deployed pre-flight to a desired flight position. A release mechanism engages a positioning member to secure the retracting backrest in the flight position. In response to an eject signal, the release mechanism disengages from the positioning member, and both the aircrew member and the retracting backrest are hauled back to properly align the aircrew member for ejection.
US10131437B1
Systems and methods for delivering packages via aerial vehicles are disclosed. The system can comprise a label that includes a parachute to enable the packages to be dropped from the aerial vehicle, yet land at the package's destination without damage. The system can include a self-adhesive backing, a plurality of parachute cords, a parachute, and a breakaway cover. The parachute cords can include a shock absorber to reduce the shock on the package of the parachute opening. The parachute and/or the breakaway cover can include graphics to provide address, velocity, or spin information for the package. The parachute cords can include a harness to separate the cords and reduce tangling of the cords and spinning of the parachute canopy with respect to the package.
US10131434B2
A cooling assembly (15) includes a conduit (16) including a side wall (17) and a fan (20) that includes a rotating electric machine (32), a power supply module (35) including three distinct single-phase self-transformers (79a, 79b, 79c), each single-phase self-transformer being magnetically decoupled from one another, each single-phase self-transformer (79a, 79b, 79c) surrounding the side wall (17) of the conduit.
US10131425B2
A non-ducted tail rotor comprising a hub and at least five blades, each of the blades extending to a free end that, in rotation, describes a circle presenting a given “maximum” radius. The hub is rigidly secured to a drive shaft, the hub comprising a hollow circular body centered on an axis of rotation, the body presenting an “internal” radius between the axis of rotation and an outer periphery of the body, the internal radius lying in the range 0.2 times to 0.4 times the maximum radius, each blade presenting a root extended by an airfoil element projecting from the body, extending from the root to the free end, the root being swivel-hinged to the outer periphery about a pitch axis.
US10131419B2
There is provided a system for predicting loading of a landing gear including, a plurality sensors positioned proximate to the landing gear. The plurality of sensors measure strain applied to the landing gear, and each sensor yielding strain data. The system further includes a processor that receives the strain data from the plurality of sensors and predicts at least one ground load based on strain data. There is further provided a method for predicting loading of a landing gear. The method includes powering a plurality of sensors located proximate to a landing gear structure, interrogating the plurality of sensors via data acquisition circuitry to yield strain data, instructing the data acquisition circuitry as to a sampling rate and data resolution to be used for the interrogating, and, finally, processing the strain data to predict a ground load.
US10131410B2
A home structure can have an integrated nautical garage and boat slip. The boat slip can be defined entirely under the home such that the boat can be located entirely under the home within the residential setback envelope for the home. The nautical garage can include a lift mechanism for lifting the boat out of the water. The lift mechanism can have a no profile deck that aligns substantially flush with the floor of the nautical garage when the boat is fully raised. The nautical garage can have a roll down shutter and/or door that can be closed to close off an opening of the nautical garage (e.g., once the boat has been navigated into the nautical garage). The boat slip can optionally be defined by a U-shaped culvert.
US10131406B2
A bicycle operating device comprises a base member, a cable control body, a positioning pawl, a stopping member, and a stopping pawl. The positioning pawl is movable between a holding position to stop a movement of the cable control body in a first direction, and a non-holding position to allow a movement of the cable control body in the first direction. The stopping pawl is movable between a stopping position to stop a movement of the stopping member in the first direction, and a non-stopping position to allow a movement of the stopping member in the first direction. The stopping member is coupled to the cable control body such that the cable control body is movable relative to the stopping member within a movable range while the stopping pawl is arranged at the stopping position.
US10131393B2
A storage device includes an attachment unit and a storage unit. The attachment unit includes a bracket, a support connected with a bottom end of the bracket, and a first joining member. The bracket includes at least one through-hole adapted for attachment to a bicycle by a fastener. The support includes a first pivoting portion, and the first joining member is inserted through the first pivoting portion. The storage unit includes a container adapted for storing articles and a second joining member. The container includes a second pivoting portion pivotally connected with the first pivoting portion of the support. The second joining member is inserted through the second pivoting portion and is engaged with the first joining member. The storage unit is pivotable with respect to the attachment unit about an axis extending through the first and second joining members.
US10131392B2
A bicycle tail light or front light has a mounting base to connect to the bicycle, and an LED light unit for insertion into and removal from the base. The light unit includes a printed circuit board with LED driver and a rechargeable battery, all of which are encapsulated by a direct overmolding that forms a casing for the unit. For charging the light unit is pulled out from the base and plugged into a USB port. A tongue with USB blade at the back of the light unit functions to secure the light unit to the mounting base, and the attachment of the units switches power to the light unit. A motion detector on the PCB shuts off the LED if no motion is detected for several minutes, thus eliminating need for any exterior switch.
US10131391B2
A bicycle seatpost assembly comprises a first tube, a second tube, and a positioning structure. The second tube has a distal end to be attached to a bicycle seat and a proximal end opposite to the distal end. The second tube is configured to be telescopically received in the first tube. The positioning structure is configured to position the first tube and the second tube relative to each other. The positioning structure comprises a fluid chamber. The fluid chamber comprises a first chamber, a second chamber, and a movable piston. The first chamber is filled with a first liquid. The second chamber includes a second liquid and gas. The second chamber is disposed closer to the distal end of the second tube than the first chamber. The movable piston divides the fluid chamber into the first chamber and the second chamber. The movable piston is movable within the fluid chamber.
US10131383B2
Reinforced textile wheel arch liners including a reinforced textile wheel arch liner comprised of a base layer and a reinforcing layer. The base layer and reinforcing layers are comprised at least partially of a thermoformable textile material and disposed upon and bonded to at least part of the base layer. In some examples, the base layer and reinforcing layer are formed separately. In some further examples, the reinforcing layer can be formed as part of the base layer in a single die that would otherwise be off-cut.
US10131378B2
An electric power steering apparatus which has a steering torque sensor to detect a steering torque, a current command value calculating section to calculate a current command value based on the steering torque, a motor to apply an assist torque, and a motor driving control section to drive and control the motor, comprises: a control function with an input steering angle; and a steering angle estimating/calculating section to calculate a front-wheel estimated steering angle and a rear-wheel estimated steering angle based on a 4 wheel speeds and calculate a 4-wheel estimated steering angle. The 4-wheel estimated steering angle is used for a steering angle control.
US10131376B2
A steering controller can control steering of a vehicle and is suitable for precision farm controlling. The steering controller can rotate the steering shaft of the vehicle direct the vehicle on a desired path, for example, using a satellite positioning system. Components of the steering controller are environmental protected by a housing that has an opening extending between its front and rear surfaces. The opening is lined by a shaft. A hub located near the front of the opening can be coupled to the steering shaft of the vehicle. A motor has a stator fixed to the housing and a rotor fixed to the hub. When the housing is attached to a fixed location on the vehicle, the motor can rotate the steering shaft by rotating the hub with respect to the housing. A control module drives the motor based on commands from a guidance module.
US10131368B2
A steering bogie for a railcar includes: a bogie frame supporting a carbody of the railcar; a wheelset including an axle and wheels, the axle extending in a car width direction, the wheels being provided at both respective sides of the axle; and a steering device that presses a pressing target member to steer the wheelset with respect to the bogie frame, the pressing target member being constituted by the wheelset or a member configured to be displaced integrally with the wheelset in a steering direction, the steering device including at least one steering unit, the at least one steering unit including a pressing member that separably contacts the pressing target member to press the pressing target member, and a power mechanism causes the pressing member to contact and separate from the pressing target member.
US10131367B2
This invention is equipped with: a steering shaft provided to an underframe of a carbody of a vehicle travelling on a traveling road surface of tracks; king pins provided as a pair to end sections of the steering shaft at both sides in the width direction; axle hubs swingably provided to the steering shaft via the king pins; tires mounted plurally to each of the axle hubs; guide wheels, which roll over guide rails provided to the tracks in the direction of extension of the tracks, and which are guided from the width direction of the tracks; a guide device part for supporting the guide wheels and the steering shaft; and a steering mechanism for causing the axle hubs to turn about the king pins in accordance with the displacement of the guide device part.
US10131365B2
A vehicle safety device using visible light communication is disclosed. A vehicle safety apparatus using visible light communication includes a brake sensor on a main vehicle brake pedal for generating a deceleration signal by a degree of braking, an acceleration sensor on a main vehicle accelerator pedal for generating an acceleration signal by a degree of acceleration, a visible light receiver for receiving a preceding-vehicle signal from at least one preceding vehicle and a following-vehicle signal from at least one following vehicle, a visible light transmitter for transmitting a main vehicle signal to the preceding vehicle and vehicles, a collision risk determination unit for determining whether a danger of collision is present based on the preceding-vehicle signal, the following and main-vehicle signal, and an alarm unit for issuing an alarm to driver in response to the collision risk determination unit determining the presence of a danger of collision.
US10131357B2
A vehicle powertrain includes an engine and a transmission, each controlled by controllers that communicate with one another. When the vehicle is coasting in certain gears, a one-way clutch over-runs. When the driver depresses the accelerator pedal (tips in), the transmission controller adjusts a transmission torque demand limit which is communicated to the engine controller. In response, the engine controller adjusts the engine torque, resulting in a smooth re-engagement of the one-way clutch.
US10131349B2
A steering assistant includes a lane width setting unit and a determination unit. The lane width setting unit provides setting of a lane width between lane lines on right and left sides of an own vehicle. The determination unit monitors a lane line state to determine how the lane line state has transited, in which the lane line state involves presence or absence of the lane lines on the right and left sides of the own vehicle. The lane width setting unit provides the setting of the lane width, with a virtual lane line assumed on side on which the lane line is missing, when it is determined that the lane line state has transited to a state in which the lane line is provided on either one of the right and left sides of the own vehicle.
US10131334B2
The invention relates to a brake fluid container for a master cylinder in a hydraulic brake system. A safety valve is provided to ensure that the neck of the brake fluid container closes when the brake fluid container is detached from the master cylinder, for example in case of an accident. The safety valve is disposed in a cartridge which can be inserted from outside in a tightly sealing manner into the neck of the container.
US10131331B2
A braking force control device includes an actuator configured to control a braking force generated in vehicle wheels of a vehicle and a control unit configured to output a braking force command value to the actuator. The control unit is configured to perform at least one of the following processes of generating a braking force command value by performing a filter processing on a required braking force based on a braking operation amount using a filter having a smaller damping ratio than a damping ratio of a pitch motion of the vehicle when the required braking force increases, or generating the braking force command value by performing the filter processing on the required braking force based on the braking operation amount using a filter having a greater damping ratio than the damping ratio of the pitch motion of the vehicle when the required braking force decreases.
US10131323B1
A notification system for a vehicle is disclosed. The system comprises at least one object detection sensor configured to detect an object proximate to the vehicle and communicate a distance signal indicating a distance of the object from the vehicle. The system further comprises a first notification device configured to output a vibrating notification and a controller in communication with the at least one object detection sensor and the first notification device. The controller is configured to identify a first object detection of the approaching object in response to the distance signal indicating that the distance of the object is less than a first predetermined distance. The controller is further configured to activate the first device to output the vibrating notification in response to the first object detection.
US10131320B2
Embodiments include a vehicle comprising a plurality of wheels, each wheel including a pressure sensor and a wireless transceiver; a central transceiver configured to obtain tire pressure and signal strength information from each of the wireless transceivers; and a processor communicatively coupled to the central transceiver and configured to detect removal of one of the wheels based on the signal strength information obtained from the wireless transceiver included in the removed wheel. Other embodiments include a method comprising obtaining tire pressure and signal strength information from each of a plurality of wireless transceivers respectively coupled to a plurality of wheels included in a vehicle; and detecting, using one or more processors, removal of one of the wheels from the vehicle based on the signal strength information obtained from the wireless transceiver included in the removed wheel.
US10131317B1
An easily portable safety harness and head support system for a vehicle is disclosed. The apparatus includes clips that attach to the headrest posts of the existing vehicle seat and the brackets on the seat back. A head support portion including a neck cushion and two side cushions is included and front harness straps with a release secure the child or toddler. The vehicle seat belt fits between the doubled strap harnesses that extend from the headrest posts to the bottom of the seat back, preventing the child or toddler from being ejected from the vehicle in the case of a collision or the like. The head support portion with the neck cushion and side supports prevents neck injuries.
US10131312B2
An airbag module for protecting an occupant of a vehicle seat includes an inflatable cushion and an inflator for providing inflation gas. The module is mounted on an inboard side of a second vehicle seat located adjacent to the vehicle seat containing the occupant. The cushion is configured to inflate into a position between the seats and includes a forward inflatable chamber that is a larger volume than a rearward inflatable chamber. The forward chamber extends vertically from the bottom of the vehicle seat to a position suitable to receive impact from the head of the occupant in the event of a far-side crash event. The rearward inflatable chamber is configured to deploy into a position inboard of the vehicle seats. The forward and rearward inflatable chambers are separated by a cleft that opens toward the occupant.
US10131310B2
A seat provided in a vehicle interior of the vehicle; a side airbag having a plurality of chambers each folded, the side airbag being stored in a side portion of a seat back; an inflator arranged together with the side airbag, the inflator suppling gas to the plurality of chambers when a side-impact crash of the vehicle is detected; a channel section for distributing the gas generated from the inflator to the plurality of chambers; a valve unit provided in the channel section, the valve unit reducing the distributed amount of the gas flowing from the channel section to a particular chamber among the plurality of chambers; and an actuator unit that allows the valve unit to operate to reduce the distributed amount of the gas flowing from the channel section to the particular chamber according to the deployment behavior of any chamber among the plurality of chambers, are included.
US10131304B2
A bumper assembly includes a bumper cover, a bumper reinforcement beam spaced apart from the bumper cover, a low speed bumper energy absorber that extends along a front surface of the bumper reinforcement beam between the bumper cover and the bumper reinforcement beam, and a low force energy absorber positioned below the low speed bumper energy absorber. The low force energy absorber includes a body portion extending along the front surface of the bumper reinforcement beam and one or more air deflectors extending from an upper surface of the body portion between the low speed bumper energy absorber and the bumper cover. The one or more air deflectors are configured to substantially isolate a portion of the bumper assembly from air leakage through the bumper assembly.
US10131300B2
A system and method are provided and include a controller that controls at least one of an HVAC system and a window actuator system of an autonomous vehicle. The controller is in communication with a server and is configured to receive a request for transportation from a smartphone in communication with the server. The request for transportation includes a pickup location. The controller is configured to receive a command from the smartphone through communication with the server and to control at least one of the HVAC system and the window actuator system based on the received command prior to arrival of the autonomous vehicle at the pickup location.
US10131298B2
The present disclosure teaches a control unit for the exchange of electrical power between a first, a second, a third, and a fourth wiring system branch of a wiring system of a vehicle. The control unit may include a first switching device, a second switching device, a third switching device, and a first, second, third, and fourth terminal configured for connection to the first, second, third and fourth wiring system branches respectively. The first switching device may be connected between the first terminal and the fourth terminal. The second switching device may be connected between the fourth terminal and the third terminal. The third switching device may be connected between the second terminal and the third terminal.
US10131290B2
A vehicular assembly and a method of connecting a panel to a vehicular structure in order to form an assembly. The assembly includes a clip that is used to join first and second components each of which defines an aperture therein. The first and second components are sized and shaped such that upon being joined to one another, their respective apertures are substantially aligned with one another and held together by the clip. The clip includes a first connector portion and a second connector portion. The clip can be turned in a twisting or screwing motion about an axis of rotation such that upon insertion of the clip into the aperture of the first component and subsequent rotation, the first connector portion forms a locking engagement with an edge structure that is defined by the aperture of the first component. In addition, upon additional insertion of the clip into the aperture of the second component, the second connector portion of the clip forms a resiliently-biased engagement with an edge structure that is defined by the aperture of the second component. This helps promote the blind installation of automotive components in a more ergonomic manner.
US10131271B2
Cut-off mechanisms for a motor vehicle headlight activated by an electromagnet with two gaps comprise a movable assembly that comprises a cut-off bar and a movable element, as well as an actuator motor comprising an electromagnet, the movable element being movable under the action of the electromagnet, against a return spring, between a near activation position and a remote rest position relative to a ferromagnetic core of the electromagnet, the movable element being configured to create an interruption in the continuity of a magnetic circuit formed by the ferromagnetic core, a metallic casing and the movable element, when said element comes near to the ferromagnetic core in the activation position.
US10131269B1
A clutching adjuster having a housing with a ball stud bore and a nose, and a ball stud journaled by the ball stud bore for axial movement therethrough, the ball stud having a threaded portion, a ball, an unthreaded portion, an outbound annular travel barrier, and an inbound annular travel barrier, where in adjusting operation, rotation of the ball stud causes axial movement of the ball stud through the ball stud bore via engagement of the threaded portion of the ball stud with the nose, and where in length of travel clutching operation and end of travel clutching operation where the ball stud is axially rotated through the ball stud bore, the receipt of an undue axial force of resistance on the ball stud results in a deflection of at least a portion of the nose, allowing the engagement between the ball stud and the nose to clutch.
US10131265B2
The disclosed embodiments include a trailer for an autonomous vehicle controlled by a command and control interface. The trailer includes a trailer body configured to retain the autonomous vehicle in an undeployed configuration. The trailer also anchors the autonomous vehicle in a deployed configuration. A tether is provided having a first end coupled to the trailer body and a second end that is configured to couple to the autonomous vehicle. A winch is utilized to adjust a length of the tether to move the autonomous vehicle between the undeployed configuration and deployed configuration. Further, a communication system communicates with the command and control interface and the autonomous vehicle to control movement of the autonomous vehicle between the undeployed configuration and deployed configuration.
US10131257B2
A passenger seat is provided. The passenger seat may have a structural part for accommodating a seat cushion, and having at least two connection elements serving for the connection with the vehicle structure and being arranged at a distance from each other, at least one of the connection elements is connected to the structural part by a fixed bearing. At least one of the connection elements is connected to the structural part by a floating bearing.
US10131252B2
A rear-seat assembly, comprising a backrest, a transverse pin for articulation of the backrest, and a pair of brackets fixed by welding to respective rear wheelhouses. Each bracket comprises a fixing plate and a central bracket body, which are constituted by two separate components of sheet metal having different thicknesses and fixed together by welding. The fixing plate has front and rear surfaces contacting an inner surface portion of the wheelhouse, and the central bracket body is substantially C-shaped with a central wall and two side walls, which are bent with respect to the central wall and have respective front edges welded to the fixing plate front surface. The central wall has an opening for insertion and blocking of one end of the transverse pin having an internal edge that is not bent, with a thickness equal to the thickness of the central bracket body.
US10131249B2
A vehicle seat occupancy detection system includes at least one capacitive sensor member having at least one sensing electrode, an impedance measurement circuit for determining a complex impedance or a complex admittance of the at least one sensing electrode, an evaluation unit for generating an output signal based on a determined complex admittance of the at least one sensing electrode and comparison of the determined complex admittance to at least one predetermined value, and at least one electrically conductive ground connecting member that is intentionally electrically connected to the reference electrode and that is arranged in close proximity to the at least one sensing electrode. The at least one ground connecting member and the at least one sensing electrode are galvanically separated such that, when the seat gets wet, the sensing electrode is directly electrically connected to the reference electrode by the at least one ground connecting member.
US10131241B2
A method for automatically selecting a recharging mode of an electric vehicle includes: identifying a first recharging mode corresponding to a duty cycle of a received pulse width modulation signal, performing a first recharge process corresponding to the identified first recharging mode, identifying a second recharging mode according to the duty cycle of the received pulse width modulation signal when the first recharge process fails; and performing a second recharge process corresponding to the second recharging mode when the second recharging mode is identified.
US10131240B2
A smart vehicle charging device includes a charging unit, a communication unit communicating with the vehicle, a storage unit with pre-stored information, a display unit, and a processing unit. The processing unit obtains information as to instant vehicle condition, processes the information, and transmits the information of vehicle condition to the display unit. The processing unit further can compare the instant information with information as to vehicle condition which is pre-stored. The processing unit determines whether the instant vehicle condition matches with the pre-stored information. A system and a method for reminding as to vehicle condition are also provided.
US10131217B2
A vehicle wheel well covering for protecting a wheel well area of a vehicle. The vehicle wheel well covering includes a cover for covering a vehicle wheel well, a shovel assembly extending from the cover, a spine assembly supporting the cover, and a retention prong extending from the spine assembly. The shovel assembly is coupled to the spine assembly and includes a shoveling member and a handle coupled to the shoveling member.
US10131201B1
A cooling device includes a duct, a passageway, and a plurality of nozzles spaced around the duct. The duct is sized to extend around at least a portion of the dome. The passageway may extend through the duct. The plurality of nozzles may be spaced around the duct and have first openings oriented toward the passageway and second openings oriented toward the surface.
US10131200B2
An HVAC unit is provided for treating air in a passenger cabin of a vehicle. An HVAC housing has a recirculation entry section, a fresh entry section, a blower section, and an output section. A blower is mounted to the blower section for driving an airflow from the HVAC housing out through the output section into the passenger cabin. A recirculation opening is provided proximate the recirculation entry section for providing at least a base recirculation flow from the passenger cabin into the HVAC housing whenever the blower drives the airflow. A climate sensor is fluidically coupled within the base recirculation flow for sensing a climate characteristic representative of the air in the passenger cabin.
US10131198B2
The evaporator (12) for a motor vehicle air conditioning device comprises at least one refrigerant tube (22, 22A) intended to allow the circulation of a refrigerant fluid and at least one storage member (10) comprising at least one housing (16, 20) comprising a material referred to as a thermal storage material (21) intended to store frigories and release them to a ventilation fluid intended to circulate towards an interior of the vehicle. The housing (16) has a substantially hemispherical shape.
US10131189B2
A pneumatic tire includes: a plurality of land portions; and in at least one land portion of the plurality of land portions, a sipe extending in the tread width direction, of which ends open at the circumferential grooves or the tread ends. The sipe has at least one bent portion extending continuously in the extending direction of the sipe from one of the end regions of the sipe to the other end region in the depth direction of the sipe. The at least one bent portion is located on the outer side in the tire radial direction in the center region than in the end regions.
US10131181B2
A wheel with flexible spokes, including a rim and hub, and spokes between the rim and hub made of fibrous material that causes the spokes to be both lighter in weight and stronger than comparable steel spokes. The spokes are also flexible and resilient such that they can bend while retaining their integrity and strength.
US10131180B1
A container system for holding paint for use by a person while painting a surface with a paint roller or a paint brush includes a container comprised of five panels that fold from a relatively flat collapsed configuration into a container configuration that includes four side walls and a bottom wall. The top end of the container is open and exposes an internal volume that is sized to allow the paint brush and the paint roller through the open top end to access the internal volume. A flexible, liquid-impervious bag is open at one end thereof and adapted to fit within the internal volume of the container when the container is in the container configuration. The flexible bag may include a drain aperture in a bottom side thereof that is selectively sealable by an adhesive tape closure. A support brace and a detachable hand-carried mini-pail may be further included.
US10131174B2
An erasing apparatus of embodiments has a color erasing device, the color erasing device has: a first heating member; a second heating member provided at a position facing the first heating member so as to form a nip portion therebetween through which the sheet is passed; a halogen lamp configured to heat the second heating member from outside thereof; and a reflector provided at a position opposite to the second heating member with the halogen lamp interposed therebetween and having a reflective surface configured to reflect heat received from the halogen lamp toward the second heating member, the reflector forming a guiding section configured to be in sliding contact with the sheet being conveyed so as to guide the sheet to the nip portion, the guiding section being heated by the halogen lamp.
US10131168B2
The present invention relates to a rotary printing process for the application of functional coatings to a print substrate, to a coated print substrate produced by the said process, and to the use thereof, in particular in the packaging sector.
US10131164B2
A printer includes: a first conveyor configured to convey a recording medium during image formation by an image former at a first conveyance speed based on a print condition of the image formation by the image former; a second conveyor configured to convey the recording medium at a second conveyance speed higher than the first conveyance speed; and a third conveyor arranged between the first conveyor and the second conveyor on a conveyance route. The third conveyor is configured to start acceleration of the recording medium after a recording region trailing end of the recording medium passes the image former and accelerate the recording medium such that a speed of the recording medium increases to the second conveyance speed not later than a time point when a leading edge of the recording medium reaches the second conveyor.
US10131163B2
Method for calibrating a vacuum level for a web-based printer, comprising the steps of: transporting a medium over a medium support surface comprising vacuum holes for applying a suction force to the image receiving member; applying a suction force to the medium; sensing the advancement of the medium for generating advancement data; comparing the advancement data to a reference; and adjusting the suction force based on the comparison between the advancement data and the reference. The present invention further provides an image forming apparatus.
US10131162B2
Provided is a light illuminating apparatus for irradiating light of a line shape extending in a first direction and having a line width in a second direction. The light illuminating apparatus includes light emitting units, each including a substrate, light sources arranged at an interval along the first direction on the substrate and placed such that a direction of an optical axis is matched to a direction perpendicular to the substrate surface, and optical devices placed on optical paths of each light source to shape light from each light source into light with a predetermined divergence angle, wherein the light emitting units are arranged on an arc having its center at the irradiation position when viewed in the first direction, and an irradiation width in the second direction of light from the light emitting units is approximately equal within a preset range in a direction perpendicular to the irradiation surface.
US10131161B1
A method for printing on an article is disclosed wherein a transfer medium is loaded into a digital printer. A print head of the printer is used to deposit a main color layer on the transfer medium. A primer layer is deposited onto the main color layer. In some embodiments, an initial color layer is deposited prior to deposition of the main color layer. An adhesive powder is deposited on the primer layer, and the main color layer and primer layer are cured using ultraviolet illumination. The transfer medium is contacted (placed into contact) with the article and heat and/or pressure are applied to transfer the deposited layers to the article. The transfer medium is removed leaving the main color layer and primer layer adhered to the article.
US10131154B2
There is provided an ink jet recording apparatus capable of preventing a user from erroneously performing an opening and closing operation of a valve in the supply of ink to a recording head from an ink tank. The ink let recording apparatus includes a recording head configured to eject ink, an ink tank provided in an apparatus body, including an filling portion for filling ink to be supplied to the recording head, and configured to store the filled ink, a cover member configured to be movable to a position where the filling portion is not exposed and a second position where the filling portion is exposed, and a valve configured to be switchable between an opened state where ink can be supplied to the recording head from the ink tank and a closed state where the supply of ink to the recording head from the ink tank is blocked, wherein the valve operates interlocking with the movement of the cover member, and is in the opened state when the cover member is at the first position and in closed state when the cover member is at the second position.
US10131146B2
Provided is a liquid ejection head comprising: an ejection opening row along a first direction; a pressure chamber with print-element; a passage communicating with the pressure chamber; a supply opening row along the first direction with supply openings extending in a second direction to supply liquid to the passage; a collection opening row along the first direction with collection openings extending in the second direction to collect a liquid from the passage; a first common supply passage along the first direction to supply a liquid to the supply opening row; a first common collection passage along the first direction to collect a liquid from the collection opening row; a first supply side communication opening extending in the second direction to supply a liquid to the first common supply passage; and a first collection side communication opening extending in the second direction to collect a liquid from the first common collection passage, wherein at least one of the first supply side communication opening and the first collection side communication opening is provided at a plurality of positions.
US10131144B2
There is provided a liquid jet apparatus including a channel substrate having a plurality of pressure chambers and a film covering the plurality of pressure chambers, a piezoelectric layer, a plurality of individual electrodes, a common electrode, and a trace extending from one of the plurality of individual electrodes to pass through between two adjacent individual electrodes of the plurality of individual electrodes. An opening of the piezoelectric layer is provided between the two adjacent individual electrodes, and a metallic film is formed to cover the trace in such an area of the trace as to overlap with the opening positioned between the two adjacent individual electrodes.
US10131134B2
Apparatus, systems and methods that use alpha-ionizers to discharge electrostatic charge accumulated on the working surfaces of imprint lithography templates and/or substrates.
US10131129B2
A method for forming a touch film stack roll is provided. First, a stack roll is provided. The stack roll comprises a bottom substrate roll, a patterned bottom conductive layer, a bottom strip layer and a top conductive roll. The bottom strip layer covers the bottom conductive terminals of the patterned bottom conductive layer. Then, the top conductive roll is patterned to form a patterned top conductive layer with top conductive terminals. Next, a top strip layer is formed on the top conductive terminals. Later, a top OCA roll is attached to the stack roll to cover the top strip layer to obtain the touch film stack roll.
US10131127B2
A method of making an electrically active structure includes applying a backplane onto a substrate, applying a paint layer onto said backplane, applying a stencil layer on said paint layer, patterning an electrically active structure onto said paint layer through said stencil layer, and removing said stencil layer.
US10131122B2
Formable films are provided that include one or more biaxially-oriented polyethylene terephthalate layers. The formable films include a metaphase with a metaphase transition of about 180° C. to 200° C. as measured by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC). The formable films further include a molded volume of greater than 200%. Laminate structures including the formable films and processes for producing and using the formable films and laminate structures are also provided.
US10131113B2
In some examples, the disclosure describes a method including densifying a layer of carbon fibers by at least one of depositing a resin on the layer of carbon fibers via a print head of a three-dimensional printing system or applying CVD on the layer of carbon fibers via the print head; and forming at least one additional layer of densified carbon fibers on the densified layer of carbon fibers, wherein forming the at least one additional layer of densified carbon fibers comprises, for each respective layer of the at least one additional layer, adding an additional layer of carbon fibers on the densified layer of carbon fibers, and densifying the additional layer of carbon fibers by at least one of depositing the resin on the additional layer of carbon fibers or applying CVD on the additional layer of carbon fibers. In some examples, the example method may be used to form a densified carbon-carbon composite component, such as, e.g., a densified carbon-carbon composite brake disc.
US10131104B2
A vulcanization control method and a vulcanization control system are provided that are capable of preventing insufficient vulcanization while shortening a vulcanization time and obtaining an optimal vulcanization time instantly, even when a simple analysis model is used. Data (Xi) of predetermined types of vulcanization-affecting factors (X) are input into a computation device (2) by an input device (6) before vulcanizing a green tire (G). Using the input data (Xi), a change in temperature distribution of a tire cross section over time is calculated with a one-dimensional thermal conduction model for a tire cross-section that passes through a vulcanization rate-limiting section. On the basis of the calculation results, a vulcanization time Tc is instantly calculated. Upon calculating the vulcanization time Tc, a safety time Ts set on the basis of each vulcanization-effecting factor (X) is shortened on the basis of the input data (Xi) of the individual vulcanization-affecting factors (X).
US10131098B2
An automated process is provided for debundling carbon fiber tow that includes feeding a carbon fiber tow into a chopper. The carbon fiber tow is cut to form lengths of chopped tow portions. The lengths of chopped tow portions are distributed on a moving conveyor. The lengths of chopped tow portions are exposed to a first plasma discharge from a first plasma source on the moving conveyor to create debundled carbon fibers. Alternatively, the carbon fiber tow is exposed to the first plasma discharge prior to being cut into lengths. A system for applying chopped fibers to a sheet of molding compound includes a chopper for cutting a carbon fiber tow into lengths of chopped tow portions. A conveyor belt receives the lengths of chopped tow portions. At least one plasma generating source is arrayed across of the conveyor.
US10131093B2
A method for producing, by welding, a joint between a thermoplastic matrix composite material and an elastomeric material. The elastomeric material is functionalized by incorporating, onto the surface of the elastomer, a nonwoven fabric consisting of fibers of thermoplastic material. The functionalized surface of the elastomeric material is welded to the thermoplastic material of the composite. The functionalization of the elastomeric material is performed during the vulcanization of the raw elastomer. The vulcanization is performed under a sufficient pressure for the nonwoven fabric placed on the surface of the raw elastomer to become incorporated with same, at least at the surface, during the vulcanization process. The welding operation includes interposing a metal fabric coated with thermoplastic material between the surfaces of the elastomer and the composite that are welded to each other, and passing an electric current through same, resulting in the surface melting of the two materials.
US10131087B2
Aimed at providing a method for molding a thermoplastic resin product and a molding apparatus therefor that enable productivity, transfer quality or the like to be improved. Provided is a method for molding a thermoplastic resin product that includes a heating step, a transfer step, a cooling step and a mold-releasing step, and wherein, in the heating step, a stamper is irradiated with infrared rays in a state where a cooling member is not irradiated with infrared rays, and at least in the final stage of the transfer step, the stamper and the cooling member are brought into contact.
US10131084B2
Disclosed herein, amongst other things, is a method of transferring a molded article from a moveable mold half of a mold into a receptacle of a post-mold tool. The method includes positioning the moveable mold half relative to the post-mold tool to position the molded article thereon closer to the receptacle and retracting the moveable mold half while simultaneously extending a stripping device to eject the molded article from the moveable mold half and to transfer it into the receptacle.
US10131075B2
A system and method for bonding a protective cover to a mobile device is disclosed. A cold cast protective cover is permanently bonded to the device and provides protection against damage from dropping, impact, exposure to electric or static discharge, and exposure to liquid, gas, and dusts. The cold cast protective cover takes the shape around all or some desired portion of the outer surface of the mobile device while still providing access to the device's user interface, including display, power and volume buttons, power charging port, memory port, speaker port, camera lens, and the like. The cold cast protective cover can, with additives, increase the safety of the device for Intrinsic Safety or Hazardous environments.
US10131071B2
A device system, including a remote control (13) having a device housing (31) and a first radio unit (38), a tool device with a second radio unit and a radio link which connects the first radio unit (38) of the remote control (13) to the second radio unit of the tool device. The first radio unit is (38) is arranged on a front side (57) of the device housing (31), wherein the front side (57) is lying opposite a rear side (56) of the device housing (31) facing the operator in a working position of the remote control (13).
US10131070B2
A sheet punching device including: a die which has a die hole and is configured to be driven to rotate; a punch configured to move in and out of the die hole to punch a hole in a sheet; and a punch operating unit configured to reciprocate the punch with respect to the die hole in a state in which the punch is opposed to the die hole of the die, to move the punch in and out of the die hole.
US10131064B2
A handle for a shaver having a front portion, a removable shaving cartridge, an upper part and a lower part assembled together, and a movable button positioned in the front portion of the handle and configured to facilitate the removal of the shaving cartridge. The upper part of the handle has a slot with two longitudinal edges forming a pair of opposed tracks. The button has a pair of opposed flexible hooks which are snap-fitted with the longitudinal tracks of the slot and hold the button onto the handle. The lower part of the handle has an abutment member which is engaged between the flexible hooks. The abutment member is configured to prevent the flexible hooks from disengaging the tracks of the slot.
US10131061B2
The present application relates to a device for treating hair and/or skin. The device has a sensor (7) configured to detect an indicator on a user's hair and/or skin and a controller (8) operable to change an operating characteristic of the device in dependence on detection of the indicator.
US10131059B2
Folding knife embodiments are disclosed herein comprising a blade operable to pivot relative to a handle, between an open position and a closed position, a blade-locking member disposed in the handle and being moveable in a first direction between an unlocked position and a locked position to retain the blade in at least one of the open or closed positions. The folding knife may further comprise a safety member mounted on the blade-locking member and being moveable relative thereto in a second direction between a release position and a safety position. Wherein when the safety member is in the safety position, the safety member and the blade-locking member are blocked from moving in the first direction, and wherein when the safety member is in the release position, the safety member and the blade-locking member can be moved in the first direction to move the blade-locking member to the unlocked position.
US10131056B2
Disclosed is a mobile robot having a reflector including: a reflector detachably provided at a side of a front surface of a body of the mobile robot; and an infrared sensor including: an infrared transmitter emitting infrared light to the reflector and an obstacle; and an infrared receiver receiving both the infrared light reflected from a line on a floor after being reflected from a wing of the reflector and the infrared light reflected from the obstacle.
US10131055B2
An automated assembly apparatus includes an assembly robot, which has a plurality of hands of different heights and an XY-axis moving unit movable in a horizontal direction, and a plurality of operation base units which have operation bases and Z-axis moving unit capable of moving the operation bases in a vertical direction. The automated assembly apparatus further includes a control unit which raises in advance, before the assembly robot reaches above the operation bases, the operation bases by the Z-axis moving unit to positions where the operation bases do not interfere with the plurality of hands.
US10131054B2
An object gripping system includes a position and orientation measurement unit configured to measure a position and an orientation of at least one target object based on an image obtained by capturing the at least one target object. A selection unit is further provided to select at least one holdable target object based on the position and orientation. A determination unit determines, as an object to be held, a holdable target object based on a priority set, when assembling the holdable target object to an assembly destination object, and a controlling unit controls a holding unit to hold the object to be held, which is determined by the determination unit.
US10131053B1
Methods and apparatus related to robot collision avoidance. One method may include: receiving robot instructions to be performed by a robot; at each of a plurality of control cycles of processor(s) of the robot: receiving trajectories to be implemented by actuators of the robot, wherein the trajectories define motion states for the actuators of the robot during the control cycle or a next control cycle, and wherein the trajectories are generated based on the robot instructions; determining, based on a current motion state of the actuators and the trajectories to be implemented, whether implementation of the trajectories by the actuators prevents any collision avoidance trajectory from being achieved; and selectively providing the trajectories or collision avoidance trajectories for operating the actuators of the robot during the control cycle or the next control cycle depending on a result of the determining.
US10131052B1
An apparatus and methods for training and/or operating a robotic device to perform a target task autonomously. The target task execution may be configured based on analysis of sensory context by the robot. Target action may comprise execution of two or more mutually exclusive actions for a given context. The robotic device may be operable in accordance with a persistent switching process. For a given sensor input, the switching process may be trained to select one of two or more alternative actions based on a prior action being executed. Switching process operation may comprise assigning priorities to the available tasks based on the sensory context; the task priorities may be modified during training based on input from a trainer. The predicted task priorities may be filtered by a “persistent winner-take-all process configured to switch from a current task to another task based on the priority breaching a switching threshold.
US10131049B1
A C-shaped element wide enough to be engaged by two adult-sized hands is attached to the upper ends of a Y-shaped yoke using two pistons which engage dual elastomeric springs to permit the shock of the impact endured by the attached tool to be abated. The C-shaped element is arcuate to allow the hands to work more effectively in tandem and to allow the force lines to be directly up and down the arms of the user.
US10131031B2
Disclosed is a chemical-mechanical wafer polishing device having an elastic membrane including a circular action plate portion, a membrane circumferential wall portion extending from a circumferential edge of the action plate portion along a direction perpendicular to a plate surface, and a chamber formed between the action plate portion and the membrane circumferential wall portion. The membrane includes a cooling channel portion having an action plate bottom surface section, and a supply penetration section penetrating the action plate portion such that one end is connected to the action plate bottom surface section and the other end is exposed to the upper side of the action plate portion. The chemical-mechanical wafer polishing device includes a cooling fluid supply portion having a cooling fluid supply tube connected to a free end of the supply penetration section, and providing a cooling fluid to the cooling channel portion.
US10131024B2
An assembly which provides a rotating work surface extension. The assembly may be attached or fixed to an existing work space platform. An assembly comprising interchangeable rotating work surface extensions is disclosed, along with a system comprising such an assembly and a method of positioning a workpiece utilizing such an assembly.
US10131017B2
According to one aspect, the invention relates to a device (1, 2, 3) for laser nanomachining a sample made of a material having a given transparency band, the device comprising: a focusing module (203, 703) allowing a nondiffracting beam (210, 710) to be generated, along a focusing line generally oriented along the optical axis of the focusing module, from a given incident beam; first means (202, 702) for emitting a first light pulse (I1) of spectral band comprised in the transparency band of said material, able to generate in said material, after focusing by said focusing module, a plasma of free charges along said focusing line via multi-photon absorption, thus forming a “plasma channel”; and second means (202, 702) for emitting at least one second electromagnetic wave (I2) of spectral band comprised in the transparency band of said material, which wave(s) is/are intended to be spatially superposed on said plasma channel in order to heat said material via absorption by the free charges of the plasma.
US10131013B2
A non-transferred plasma arc system, which is provided with a non-transferred plasma torch (1) that is provided with a non-consumable electrode (101) as a negative electrode and an insert chip as a positive electrode, the insert chip being cooled by a circulated coolant (W) and the insert chip releasing a plasma arc onto a workpiece. The plasma arc torch (1) comprises a TIG welding torch (100) that is provided with the non-consumable electrode (101), whereby an arc is generated between the workpiece and said electrode (101), and a torch nozzle (105), which releases a shield gas toward an arc-generated weld pool of the workpiece. The plasma arc torch (1) is provided with an attachment (51) that is detachably attached to the TIG welding torch (100) while surrounding the periphery of the torch nozzle (105) and that functions as the insert chip, whereby a non-transferred plasma arc is inexpensively and easily used.
US10131012B2
A collision sensing system includes an outer housing with a ball roller mounted thereto, a piston, a lower housing, and an electro/mechanical switch assembly having a contact ring. The piston includes a helical groove on its exterior and a tongue extending from a lower end thereof. The ball roller is positioned within the helical groove of the piston. The lower housing has a semi-spherical portion and a groove aligned with the piston tongue. A contact pin assembly extends through the piston and includes a contact pin positioned to contact the contact ring. The collision sensing system is configured such that deflection of a welding torch mounted to the lower housing misaligns the tongue and groove, slides the helical groove along the ball roller, thereby lifting the piston and breaking contact between the contact pin and contact ring.
US10131010B2
A brazed end cover assembly for a gas turbine combustor using Au—Ni braze is disclosed. The end cover assembly may include an end cover with openings, a flow insert, first and second gaps between the end cover and the flow insert, and first and second braze joints formed at the first and second gaps, wherein the braze materials used comprises Au and Ni. A method of brazing a flow insert into an end cover is also disclosed. The method may include providing an end cover and a flow insert with first and second gaps therebetween; applying a braze material to an outer surface of the flow insert, wherein the braze material comprises Au and Ni; inserting the flow insert into the end cover; heating the assembly to a brazing temperature for some time; and cooling the resulting brazed assembly to room temperature.
US10131006B2
A pneumatic device includes a cylinder, a buffer member and a piston unit. The cylinder includes a cylinder wall defining an air chamber. The buffer member has a tubular wall that defines a communicating hole. The tubular wall has a length greater than the wall thickness thereof. The piston unit includes a sealing member, and a rod member movably extending through the communicating hole. The rod member has a driven section received within the air chamber and mounted with the sealing member. The piston unit is movable between a restoring position where the driven section is spaced apart from the buffer member, and an impact position where at least one of the driven section and the sealing member is in contact with the buffer member.
US10131002B2
A polygonal cutting has opposing first and second end surfaces connected by a side surface, and a plurality of cutting edges formed between the end surfaces and the side surface. Each cutting edge is formed at corner and includes a corner cutting edge and a major cutting edge connected to the corner cutting edge. A rake surface formed along the cutting edge on first the end surface is inclined toward the second end surface. In a side view of the cutting insert, the major cutting edge includes an inclined part which is inclined so as to approach the second end surface from the corner cutting edge. A portion of the rake surface along the inclined part is formed such that an angle of inclination toward the second end surface increases toward the corner in a direction along the intersecting edge between the first end surface and the side surface.
US10131001B2
A milling tool has a support member with an exterior surface with at least one receptacle, wherein the at least one receptacle has a bottom. At least one cutting element provided with a cutter having a cutting edge is positioned in the at least one receptacle. A three-point support is arranged between the at least one cutting element and the bottom of the at least one receptacle for positioning the cutting edge relative to the bottom of the at least one receptacle. The three-point support comprises three support pads arranged at a bottom side of the at least one cutting element and/or three projections arranged at the bottom of the at least one receptacle.
US10130999B2
The invention relates to a device controlling a chuck of a machine tool and an auxiliary equipment thereof, thereby facilitating a setup work. Gripping and releasing of a work are confirmed by registering a work gripping position and a work releasing position of a chuck, a kind of a used chuck, and a gripping direction of a work in an external memory device every product type of the work, transferring the work gripping position and the work releasing position in correspondence to the product type to a controller of a machine tool displaying them on a display of an operator control panel, detecting a position of an operation rod opening and closing a claw of the chuck by a stroke sensor, referring to the gripping position of the work, and detecting conformity of the detecting position and set values of the work gripping position and the work releasing position.
US10130997B2
This device is provided with: a main shaft (20) onto which a tool (100) is detachably mounted; a rod (30) slidably supported by the main shaft (20) and configured to attach or detach the tool (100) to or from the main shaft (20) through a sliding action; a fluid channel (32) formed in the rod (30); fluid feed device (51, 70) configured to feed a fluid into the fluid channel (32); a plurality of fluid channels for seating detection (24) for detecting when the main shaft (20) and the tool (100) are in a seated state, the fluid channels for seating detection (24) being formed in the main shaft (20) so as to communicate with the fluid channel (32) when the rod (30) is positioned at a first position; and a plurality of fluid channels for cleaning (25) for cleaning seating portions of the main shaft (20) and the tool (100), the fluid channel for cleaning (25) being formed in the main shaft (20) so as to communicate with the fluid channel (32) when the rod (30) is positioned at a second position different from the first position.
US10130992B2
The present invention is directed to a process for making silver nanostructures, comprising reacting at least one polyol and at least one silver compound that is capable of producing silver metal when reduced, in the presence of a source of chloride or bromide ions, at least one copolymer, and at least one acid scavenger. The present invention is also directed to silver nanostructures made by the processes described herein.
US10130982B2
A hot extrusion die tool and a method of making the hot extrusion die tool are provided. The hot extrusion die tool includes a die tool component including a nickel-based super alloy; and a wear resistant coating deposited on the die tooling component. The method of making the hot extrusion die tool includes coating at least one portion of an extrusion die tool component comprising a nickel-based super alloy with a wear resistant coating at a high temperature; and hardening the extrusion die tool component and the at least one coated portion.
US10130978B2
Crude oil is discharged from an oil tank. A nozzle is inserted into a support opening formed in advance on a roof of the oil tank. A cleaning liquid containing LCO is injected from the nozzle over the sludge accumulated inside the oil tank after the crude oil is discharged from the oil tank. The cleaning liquid in which the sludge is dissolved is discharged from the oil tank and is returned to the oil tank for recycle cleaning. Subsequently, the cleaning liquid in which the sludge is dissolved is discharged from the oil tank.
US10130975B2
A coating facility including: a first base outer surface coating zone; a second base inner surface coating zone; a second base outer surface coating zone; a clear inner surface coating zone and a clear outer surface coating zone; and a baking zone in which each wet coating film are simultaneously baked and cured.
US10130974B2
Provided is a method of manufacturing an aromatic polyketone film, the method including: applying a coating liquid to at least a part of a surface of a substrate to form a coating liquid layer, the coating liquid including a solvent and an aromatic polyketone having a structural unit represented by Formula (1) or (2); drying the coating liquid layer; and after the drying, subjecting the coating liquid layer to a heat treatment. In Formula (1) or (2), each R1 independently represents an alkyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms; each R2 and each R3 independently represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms; X represents a specific divalent aromatic hydrocarbon group, or a divalent alicyclic hydrocarbon group having 3 to 30 carbon atoms; and Y represents a specific divalent functional group.
US10130973B2
The present invention relates to a process for manufacturing a waterproofing membrane comprising: a preparation of a composition dispersed in a solvent; coating a reinforcement layer by application of said composition on one side of the reinforcement layer; an evaporation of said solvent; having the coated reinforcement layer dried; and an application of a bituminous mass on another side of said reinforcement layer, characterized in that, during the preparation of the composition, the composition is dispersed in a solvent chosen in the group consisting of a solvent other than water or water. The present invention relates also to a composition for a waterproofing membrane.
US10130972B2
A nozzle assembly for applying a fluid on a substrate includes a plurality of plates, a first fluid conduit having a first inlet configured and a first discharge orifice configured to discharge a first fluid generally in a first direction, and a second fluid conduit having a second inlet, a second discharge orifice configured to discharge a second fluid generally in a second direction intersecting the first direction and a third discharge orifice. The second fluid acts on the first fluid at the first discharge orifice. A method of applying the fluid on the substrate includes continuously feeding the substrate by the nozzle assembly, discharging, in the first direction, the first fluid from the first discharge orifice onto the substrate, discharging, in the second direction, the second fluid from the second discharge orifice, and discharging, generally in the first direction, the second fluid from the third orifice.
US10130970B2
Jetting dispensers and methods for jetting droplets of fluid material are disclosed. A jetting dispenser may include a fluid module and a plunger. A fluid module includes a fluid body member having within it a fluid body bore, and a nozzle having a dispensing opening. A plunger has a distal tip end surface that opposes and is complementary to a nozzle element surface of the nozzle adapted is moveable between a retracted position spaced from the dispensing opening and a forward position proximate to but spaced from the nozzle. At least one droplet of fluid material is jetted from the dispensing opening as the plunger moves from the retracted position to the forward position. The plunger is stopped prior to contacting the nozzle, so wear is lessoned and fluid material containing particles may be dispensed.
US10130966B2
A masking material for use in a heating process includes: a base material comprising a resin as a main resin component and containing a magnetic substance, the resin having a higher melting point than a temperature of the heating process, the magnetic substance having a higher Curie temperature than the temperature of the heating process; and a releasable protective layer formed on one surface of the base material, the releasable protective layer comprising a releasable protective material. The masking material has excellent heat resistance property and can be repeatedly used.
US10130965B2
A device for spraying a coating chemical onto a moving surface (1) of a papermaking machine includes a machine-wide box body (2) extending in a cross machine direction and defines an internal space configured to enclose part of a spraying equipment (3) and also defines an elongate opening (22) facing said moving surface (1). The spraying equipment (3) includes a plurality of spray nozzle members (30) for spraying coating chemical through said opening (22) onto the moving surface (1), a coating chemical supplying tube (32) is connected to the nozzle members (30), and a plurality of valves (33) are mounted on the coating chemical supplying tube (32), one for each nozzle member (30). To make it possible to change a nozzle member (30) without requiring that the coating chemical supplying tube (32) has to be pulled out of the box body (2), and where the nozzle change can be carried out with less risk for the operator to any danger, the coating chemical supplying tube (32) with said valves (33) is located outside of the box body (2), and the nozzle members (30) extend through a wall portion (36) of the box body (2) and are mounted to be individually movable axially to permit removal of anyone of them independently of the other ones.
US10130958B2
A method and apparatus that may be utilized for chemical vapor deposition and/or hydride vapor phase epitaxial (HVPE) deposition are provided. The apparatus includes a showerhead assembly with separate inlets and manifolds for delivering separate processing gases into a processing volume of the chamber without mixing the gases prior to entering the processing volume. The showerhead includes a plurality of gas distribution devices disposed within a plurality of gas inlets for injecting one of the processing gases into and distributing it across a manifold for uniform delivery into the processing volume of the chamber. Each of the gas distribution devices preferably has a nozzle configured to evenly distribute the processing gas flowing therethrough while minimizing recirculation of the processing gas within the manifold. As a result, improved deposition uniformity is achieved on a plurality of substrates positioned in the processing volume of the processing chamber.
US10130952B2
An apparatus for comminuting solid waste material is provided. The apparatus includes a casing and a comminutor assembly including a plurality of cutting elements mounted on said first shaft in interspaced relationship with a plurality of second cutting elements mounted on said second shaft. The casing includes laterally opposed side rails each having a wall extending parallel to the flow direction of the liquid through the comminution chamber, a plurality of planar fins projecting outwardly of said rear wall in the direction of said stack, aligned with the flow direction of the liquid and being spaced from each other in a vertical direction to form slots therebetween, and the planar fins having a leading edge extending from the wall upstream a rearward edge, the rearward edge extending from an outermost portion of the leading edge toward the wall, and the fins have a path ratio greater than 1.55 to 1.
US10130949B2
The present invention concerns a microfluidic system comprising: a microchannel containing several elements of two non-miscible fluids, the microchannel comprising a droplet (30) containing magnetic particles (M), and a device for generating inside the microchannel magnetic field, said device comprising an activable magnetic element, the activable magnetic element comprising a tip (5,6), the microfluidic system being configured to transport the droplet by flow or by pressure difference.
US10130941B2
Methods and catalyst compositions for oxidizing CO to CO2 at low temperatures are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method of oxidizing CO to CO2 may involve heating a gaseous mixture comprising at least CO and O2 with a catalyst mixture comprising Pd disposed on a Mn3O4 mesoporous support at a temperature of about 0° C. to about 60° C., and wherein the CO to CO2 conversion rate is about 40% to about 100%.
US10130940B2
A method of preparing a hydrogenation catalyst, for example, a phthalate hydrogenation catalyst, comprising contacting a silica support having a median pore size of at least about 10 nm with a silylating agent to form an at least partially coated silica support, calcining said coated silica support to form a treated silica support, and depositing a noble metal, preferably ruthenium, on the treated silica support, and optionally contacting the treated silica support with an optional chelating agent to form the hydrogenation catalyst; a hydrogenation catalyst prepared by that method; and a method of hydrogenating unsaturated hydrocarbons, such as phthalates, in which an unsaturated hydrocarbon is contacted with hydrogen gas in the presence of the hydrogenation catalyst of the invention.
US10130934B2
Provided is an exhaust gas purifying catalyst with an excellent effect of suppressing deterioration due to aggregation of a noble metal catalyst that would occur during endurance at a high temperature. The exhaust gas purifying catalyst includes a porous support and a noble metal catalyst carried on the porous support. The porous support contains particles of an alumina-ceria-zirconia composite oxide, and the porous support has the following physical property values after subjected to baking at 900° C. for 5 hours: a pore diameter of the particles in the range of 2 to 20 nm, a specific surface area of the particles in the range of 75 to 115 m2/g, a crystallite size of a ceria-zirconia composite oxide that is contained in the particles in the range of 4 to 6 nm, and a bulk density of the particles in the range of 0.5 to 0.9 cm3/g.
US10130933B2
A catalyst composition for methanol partial oxidation for hydrogen production includes a zinc metal supported on a reducible porous oxide carrier. The zinc metal can vary from about 0.1 wt. % to about 30 wt. % of the catalyst composition. The catalyst composition can be used to produce hydrogen from methanol at high yield and with a low selectivity towards carbon monoxide (CO) production. The reducible porous oxide carrier includes a mechanical mixture of CeO2 and ZrO2.
US10130928B2
A process for producing heat-expandable microspheres including a thermoplastic resin shell and a blowing agent encapsulated therein. The process includes the steps of dispersing a polymerizable component and the blowing agent in an aqueous dispersion medium having a pH of 7 or less and containing a fine-particle metal compound having a mean particle size ranging from 1.0 to 10 nm, and polymerizing the polymerizable component. The amount of the fine-particle metal compound ranges from 0.15 to 20 parts by weight to 100 parts by weight of the total amount of the polymerizable component and the blowing agent. Also disclosed are heat-expandable microspheres produced by dispersing a polymerizable component and a blowing agent in an aqueous dispersion medium containing colloidal silica and polymerizing the polymerizable component. Also disclosed is a composition containing the heat-expandable microspheres and a base component, a formed product, a slurry composition for use in forming a negative electrode of a lithium-ion secondary battery and a negative electrode.
US10130925B2
An embodiment of the present disclosure provides a hand held pipette for aspirating and dispensing liquids including, a stirring device assembly, including a vibration inducing unit, a power source for the vibration inducing unit, and a control for the vibration inducing unit. Another embodiment of the present disclosure provides a microplate stirring device including, an orbital plate module having a proximal and distal side; at least one vibration inducing unit attached to the proximal side of said orbital plate module; and a base plate for receiving the microplate. Another embodiment of the present disclosure provides a liquid handling system used for aspirating and dispensing liquids including, a stirring module assembly. Another embodiment of the present disclosure provides a manual stirring device including, a vibration inducing unit; a power source for the vibration inducing unit; and a control for the vibration inducing unit.
US10130915B2
Self-supporting structure comprising a monobloc for installing cylindrical filtration cartridges therein. In one embodiment a structure provides two side panels on each side of the monobloc used for sealing the numerous passageways, at the same time, provided within the monobloc. Such a structure aims to sharply reduce the number of components required to install cylindrical filtration cartridges in a filtration plant, while keeping the same number of cartridges. Thus the invention contributes to highly reduce the investment and the maintenance costs of a filtration plant, and offers also the opportunity to reduce the operational cost of such a plant.
US10130912B2
A method for reducing pollution in a cement kiln environment and a system for treating cement kiln exhaust gas are provided. The method includes the steps of: treating a cement kiln exhaust gas stream with a treating fluid, such as a water soluble alkaline-earth metal sulfide. In one application, the treating fluid is injected by spraying droplets into the cement kiln exhaust gas stream. A system for treating cement kiln exhaust gas includes a reagent containing a water soluble alkaline-earth metal sulfide in water, and a nozzle to spray the reagent into the cement kiln exhaust gas stream.
US10130910B2
A compressed air drying device includes a support base including an inlet of compressed air from a compressor, an outlet of the compressed air, and a discharge port of oil and water. The discharge port includes a drain valve device and a drying container. The container is filled with desiccant and is installed in the support base. In a loading operation, the compressed air drying device causes the desiccant to dry the compressed air introduced through the inlet and discharges the dried compressed air through the outlet. In an unloading operation, the compressed air drying device causes the compressed air to pass through the container to discharge oil and water from the discharge port. A glass fiber filter is provided at one or more of a position upstream of the desiccant and a position downstream of the desiccant in a flow of the compressed air during the loading operation.
US10130898B2
A system and method are provided for extracting compounds from raw materials packed into an extraction column. The system may include a flowing solvent source connected to an extraction column to provide a flow of solvent for extracting the raw materials. The system may also include an electrodeionizer to separate positive ions and negative ions within the flowing solvent to create an imbalance of ions and transform the solvent to a deionized solvent. In further embodiments, the extraction column includes a solvent surface layer in contact with a bed of raw materials, such that the hydraulic pressure applied within the extraction column results in the formation of catalyzing energy to generate a self-perpetuating energy cycle to extract the raw materials.
US10130897B2
A co-current contacting system is described herein. The co-current contacting system includes a co-current contactor located in-line within a pipe. The co-current contactor includes an annular support ring configured to maintain the co-current contactor within the pipe and a number of radial blades configured to allow a liquid stream to flow into the co-current contactor. The co-current contacts also includes a central gas entry cone configured to allow a gas stream to flow through a hollow section within the co-current contactor, wherein the co-current contactor provides for efficient incorporation of liquid droplets formed from the liquid stream into the gas stream. The co-current contacting system also includes a separation system configured to remove the liquid droplets from the gas stream.
US10130895B2
A process for the construction of a second chemical plant, which second chemical plant is suitable for the separation of cyclohexanone from a second mixture, which second mixture comprises reaction products from the hydrogenation of phenol. The process comprises providing a first chemical plant, which first chemical plant is suitable for the separation of cyclohexanone from a first mixture, and a second chemical plant comprising a distillation column suitable for distilling overhead cyclohexanone reused from the first chemical plant.
US10130893B2
An interlocking structure is provided. The interlocking structure includes a floor panel which has a floor tab, a floor groove, and a floor tenon. A side panel includes a first side tab, a second side tab, and a side groove, wherein the side groove is removably coupled to the floor groove. A top panel has a top tab, a top groove, and a top tenon, wherein the top tab is removably coupled to the side groove and the top groove is removably coupled to the first side tab. A back panel has a back tab, a back groove, a first back mortise and a second back mortise. The first back mortise is configured to receive the floor tenon and the second back mortise is configured to receive the top tenon. A rod is removably coupled to at least one of the floor tenon and the top tenon.
US10130880B2
Provided is an information processing device capable of accepting operation information from a game controller. An acceptance section accepts operation information from a terminal device different from the game controller. An application execution section executes an application in accordance with operation information accepted by the acceptance section. A delivery processing section transmits application image data to the terminal device. An auxiliary storage device holds input assignment information of the terminal device. The delivery processing section transmits, to the terminal device, input assignment information of the application under execution held by a storage section.
US10130870B2
An apparatus for playing marbles games. The apparatus is a circular or polygonal playing board or ring, which encompasses a playing surface. A top ring extends above the playing board along its outer circumference, and may extend over the outer perimeter of the playing board, allowing marbles struck off the playing surface to pass underneath into a marble collection mechanism. Marbles drop onto a sloped guide track, and then roll down to one of a plurality of collections slots.
US10130869B2
A security-enhanced document includes a substrate; at least one lower portion of graphic imaging with or without first variable indicia directly or indirectly digitally imaged on the substrate; at least one release coat applied over the lower portion; at least one SOC applied over the release coat to maintain the lower portion imaging unreadable until removal of the SOC; and at least one overprint upper portion with digital imaging of second variable indicia over the SOC, the overprint upper portion being registered to cover at least a part of the imaging of the lower portion, the overprint upper portion being associated with the lower portion, such that the upper portion has at least one associated feature imaged with respect to a visual or thematic aspect of the lower portion. The document enhances the popularity and fun of games using the document, and may expand the consumer base for the games.
US10130862B2
The present technology may relate to an athletic training aid to assist in training a user to perform tasks. Various embodiments of the athletic training aid may comprise a body section having a plurality of pivot points disposed between a first end of the body section and a second end of the body section. The plurality of pivot points may be configured to form the body section into a first shape. A coupling device may be configured to couple a first segment of the body section to a second segment of the body section. The coupling device may be configured to couple a first pivot point to a second pivot point to allow the second segment to rotate with respect to the first segment. The coupling device may further comprise a through hole to create an opening through the first and second pivot points.
US10130861B2
A ball toss game and method of playing enables multiple players that form two teams to take turns tossing two sets of uniquely colored or patterned balls into two silos positioned at a predetermined distance from each other, and then award points for a final ball thrown into a top position of the silo. Two sets of balls having unique color or patterns are tossed into the receiving opening of silo. As balls are tossed into the silos, a stacked arrangement forms until final ball is tossed into a top position of stacked arrangement. Points are awarded to the team having the final ball in the top position. The silos have a top funnel forming a receiving opening, a bottom base, and a tube extending between top funnel and bottom base. A restriction member block and releases the balls from falling into the bottom base to be retrieved.
US10130848B2
A golf ball including a dual core comprising an inner core having a first outer surface, a geometric center, and a soft transition region adjacent to the outer surface, and an outer core layer having a second outer surface disposed about the inner core. An inner cover layer and an outer cover layer are formed over the core. The second outer surface is greater than the first outer surface to define a dual core overall positive hardness gradient of about 25 Shore C to 35 Shore C and has a secondary gradient quotient, GQ′, defined by the equation: 6 ≤ G ′ + T 10 × COR ≤ 7 where G′ is the overall positive hardness gradient in Shore C, T is the percent of trans-polybutadiene isomer at the core outer surface, and COR is the coefficient of restitution measured at an incoming velocity of 125 ft/s.
US10130838B2
An abdominal exercise assembly for exercising abdominal muscles includes a plate that is rigid. The plate has a first end that is configured to insert between a mattress and a box spring of a bed. A second end of the plate is positioned proximate to an edge of the bed. A support is slidably coupled to the second end. The support is configured to position proximate to and parallel to the edge of the bed. A bar, coupled to the support distal from the plate, extends bidirectionally from the support in parallel with the second end of the plate. The bar is configured to be selectively vertically positioned relative to the plate. The plate is retained in a substantially horizontal configuration by a combination of the weight of the mattress and a user positioned on the mattress. The bar is configured to selectively position legs of a user.
US10130837B2
A multi-purpose fitness bar capable of being asymmetrically weighted. The fitness bar has a frame consisting of three arms, multiple handholds and elevated risers. The handholds are in a multitude of positions and angles to provide variability in training. Each arm is capable of being independently loaded with one or more removable weights to produce a symmetric or asymmetric weight load to provide increased torque with movement of the device as well as driving the body in movement patterns consistent with function. The elevated risers provide a space between the body of the device and floor to provide “push-up” function of the device by protecting the users hands from contact with the ground. The arms of the device may also provide attachments for resistance band use to provide another loading mechanism for strength development.
US10130834B1
The present invention is directed towards a composition for decontaminating surfaces contaminated with toxic chemicals/substances, comprising at least one type of metal oxyhydroxide such as zirconium hydroxide, Zr(OH)4, optionally with added water for hydration of the solid, mixed into a carrier liquid used for application to a contaminated surface.
US10130829B2
The present invention relates to a packaging article comprising: i) an envelope defining at least one cavity, the envelope comprising water-soluble and/or liposoluble fibres; ii) at least one anhydrous dye composition containing at least one direct dye; and iii) optionally at least one anhydrous oxidizing agent; it being understood that the dye composition ii) and the anhydrous oxidizing agent iii), when it is present, are in one of the cavities defined by the envelope i). Another subject of the invention is the use of the said article for dyeing keratin fibres and a process for dyeing keratin fibres using the said article. The use of the packaging article makes it possible to obtain dye compositions whose consistency is pleasant on use, which are easy to apply and which make it possible to obtain powerful colouring of the hair.
US10130826B2
A device for treating a pathology-affected site in a subject is disclosed. A first generator is configured for generating a first flux of ionized gas molecules, a second generator is operable simultaneously with the first generator and configured for generating a second flux of electromagnetic radiation. To ensure correct treatment, monitoring, documentation and enhanced analysis of the treatment, the device has computerized control means configured to be operable simultaneously with the first and second generators and configured to determine a net electrical charge of the subject while the first generator generates the first flux of ionized gas molecules and while the second generator generates the second flux of electromagnetic radiation. Also a client server computer network including the device is disclosed.
US10130824B2
An implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) receives a cardiac electrical signal by a sensing circuit while operating in a sensing without pacing mode and detects asystole based on the cardiac electrical signal. The ICD determines, in response to detecting the asystole, if asystole backup pacing is enabled, and automatically switches to a temporary pacing mode in response to the asystole backup pacing being enabled. Other examples of detecting asystole and providing a response to detecting asystole by the ICD are described herein.
US10130819B2
A system for synchronizing application of treatment signals with a cardiac rhythm is provided. The system includes a memory that receives and stores a synchronization signal indicating that a predetermined phase such as R-wave of a cardiac rhythm of a patient has started. A synchronization module analyzes whether the stored synchronization signal is erroneous and if so, prevents a medical treatment device from applying a treatment energy signal such as an IRE pulse to a patient to take into account an irregular heart beat and noise in the synchronization signal in order to maximize safety of the patient.
US10130814B2
A method of treating a movement disorder using deep brain stimulation, the method comprising the step of inserting a lead having at least one electrode into the brain of a subject, the lead being inserted along a trajectory from the occipito-temporal or occipito-parietal regions, passing laterally to the posterior horn of the lateral ventricle to contact the subthalamic nucleus, the zona incerta or the globus pallidus.
US10130799B2
An inflator comprises a body, a first drive member, and a second drive member. The body defines a reservoir that is configured to hold fluid and includes an outlet. The first drive member is operable to move through the reservoir to drive fluid from the reservoir through the outlet. The second drive member is engaged with the first drive member. The second drive member is movable relative to the body through a first range of motion to actuate the first drive member to drive fluid through the outlet at a first rate. The second drive member is movable relative to the body through a second range of motion following the first range of motion. The first drive member is configured to either drive fluid through the outlet at a second rate or not drive fluid through the outlet as the second drive member moves through the second range of motion.
US10130797B2
The embodiments disclosed herein relate to balloon catheter assemblies. The balloon catheter assemblies can include a hub, an elongated member, and an inflation balloon. The balloon catheter assemblies can also include a support wire having a proximal end that is longitudinally displaceable within a sleeve that is disposed in the catheter hub. A distal end of the support wire may be coupled to the inflation balloon at one or more positions.
US10130788B2
The present disclosure pertains to a system configured to detect transitions in sleep state of a subject during a sleep session; provide sensory stimulation to the subject with a timing based on the detected transitions in sleep state; subsequent to the sleep session, obtain reference indications of transitions in sleep state; compare the detected transitions in sleep state to the reference indications of transitions in sleep state during the sleep session; based on the comparison, adjust baseline sleep state criteria to enhance correlation between detected transitions in sleep state during the sleep session using the baseline sleep state criteria and the reference indications of transitions in sleep state during the sleep session; and subsequent to adjustment of the baseline sleep state criteria, utilize the adjusted baseline sleep state criteria to detect transitions in sleep state of the subject for the purpose of controlling the one or more sensory stimulators.
US10130785B2
An elbow for a respiratory mask includes a mask connection end adapted to connect to the mask and a tube connection end adapted to connect to an air delivery tube that delivers breathable gas to a patient. The mask connection end includes a first region constructed of a more rigid material and a second region constructed of a more flexible material. The second region provides flexibility to one or more portions of the mask connection end to enable engagement and disengagement of the elbow with the mask and/or sealing of the elbow with the mask.
US10130784B2
A gas humidifier can have a gas channel comprising an inlet and an outlet. A portion of the gas channel can have a region having a reduction in cross-sectional area relative to the portions of the gas channel outside of the region. A water conduit can extend from the region to a water reservoir. A heating element can heat water entering the region from the water conduit. Water vaporized using the heating element can join the flow of gases passing through the gas channel in use.
US10130771B2
A syringe barrel includes a hollow barrel portion that has a proximal-end opening at a proximal end of the barrel portion and is configured such that a gasket is insertable from the proximal-end opening into the barrel portion. An inner peripheral portion of the barrel portion includes a tapered portion in a main area of the inner peripheral portion in an axial direction, the tapered portion having an inner diameter that gradually increases toward a distal end of the tapered portion from a proximal end of the tapered portion.
US10130766B1
A system and method provides closed-loop sedation, anesthesia, or analgesia by monitoring EEG and automatically adjusting the delivery of sedative, anesthetic, and/or analgesic drugs to maintain that desired or predetermined level of cortical at all echelons of care. The system and method further monitor the subject's cortical activity to detect occurrence of burst suppression which can be indicative of unsafe depth of anesthesia or sedation. Further, the system and methods provide for alteration or cessation of the administration of anesthesia or sedation based on the occurrence of burst suppression to mitigate harm to the subject.
US10130751B2
A method of separating blood into two or more components and subsequently washing a component, comprising providing a blood storage container containing an initial blood composition, and a blood separation circuit comprising a separator. The method also comprises separating and washing cellular material within the same blood separation circuit.
US10130746B2
Systems, methods, and devices for preparation of water for various uses including blood treatment are described. In embodiments, fluid is passed through a first filtration step which is effective for creating purified water and a pair of ultrafilters placed at the outlet. The ultrafilters are separated by an intervening flow path to prevent grow-through from the outlet end upstream. In embodiments, a recirculation path with an air removing filter helps to eliminate air from the ultimate product water.
US10130740B2
An adipose tissue (AT) transfer system includes, on the aspiration side, an aspiration cannula, an aspiration pump, a container, and flexible tubing connecting the aspiration cannula to the container. On the reinjection side, the system includes a reinjection cannula, flexible tubing connecting the inlet of the reinjection cannula to the container, and a reinjection pump imposing positive-displacement pumping action on the flexible tubing and causing movement of AT in a continuous or pulsed mode. The aspiration pump operates to continually supply harvested AT to the second flexible tubing while the reinjection pumps causes continuous or pulsed deposition of the AT at the injection site. To ensure that internal pressure and/or flow of the AT through a channel of delivery of the AT to the reinjection site does not exceed a predetermined value, the system contains an external pressure sensor configured to measure such internal pressure in absence of a part that is in direct contact with the AT.
US10130737B2
The present invention provides tissues derived from animals, which lack any expression of functional alpha 1,3 galactosyltransferase (alpha-1,3-GT). Such tissues can be used in the field of xenotransplantation, such as orthopedic reconstruction and repair, skin repair and internal tissue repair or as medical devices.
US10130729B2
An odor reducing composition comprising a scent and silver nanoparticles is disclosed, together with methods of making and using the same, and methods for reducing an odor.
US10130724B2
A gastrin analog shows high uptake in CCK-2 receptor positive tumors and simultaneously a very low accumulation in the kidneys. This is achieved by a mini-gastrin analog PP-F11 having the formula: PP-F11-X-DGlu-DGlu-DGlu-DGlu-DGlu-DGlu-Ala-Tyr-Gly-Trp-Y-Asp-Phe-NH2, wherein Y is an amino acid replacing methionine and X is a chemical group attached to the peptide for diagnostic and/or therapeutic intervention at CCK-2 receptor relevant diseases. Very suitable compounds with respect to a high tumor to kidney ratio are mini-gastrin analogs with six D-glutamic acids or six glutamines. These compounds still possess a methionine which can be oxidized easily which is a disadvantage for clinical application under GMP due to the forms which may occur. The elimination of the methionine leads to a lower affinity to oxidation which in general favors the tumor-kidney-ratio. Ideally, the methionine is replaced by norleucine. This PP-F11N mini gastrin exhibits currently the best tumor-kidney-ratio and is the most promising candidate.
US10130720B2
The present invention provides conjugates having a degradable linkage and polymeric reagents useful in preparing such conjugates. The conjugates as well as the polymeric reagents used to form the conjugates include at least one of each the following: an aromatic moiety comprising an ionizable hydrogen atom, a spacer moiety, and a water-soluble polymer. Methods of making polymeric reagents and conjugates, as well as methods for administering conjugates and compositions, are also provided.
US10130717B2
The conjugation of luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone (LHRH) with activated cisplatin using a malonate linker gives rise to a new Platinum-LHRH conjugate that effectively targets tumor cells that express the LHRH receptor. The Pt-LHRH conjugate may be used in a method for killing or inhibiting the growth of a tumor cell, especially in late state, highly invasive and aggressive stage IV tumors and in reoccurring tumors.
US10130714B2
Novel dual-targeted, bifunctional anti-influenza drugs formed by conjugation with anti-inflammatory agents are disclosed. Exemplary drugs according to the invention include caffeic acid (CA)-bearing zanamivir (ZA) conjugates ZA-7-CA (1), ZA-7-CA-amide (7) and ZA-7-Nap (43) for simultaneous inhibition of influenza virus neuraminidase and suppression of proinflammatory cytokines. Synthetic methods for preparation of these enhanced anti-influenza conjugate drugs are provided. The synthetic bifunctional ZA conjugates act synergistically towards protection of mice lethally infected by H1N1 or H5N1 influenza viruses. The efficacy of ZA-7-CA, ZA-7-CA-amide and ZA-7-Nap conjugates is much greater than the combination therapy of ZA with anti-inflammatory agents.
US10130710B2
An object is to provide a formulation that includes a particle containing an active ingredient and a surfactant, and a base, and is more excellent in storage stability. For solution, a formulation including a particle containing an active ingredient and a surfactant, and a base, in which the surfactant is contained in a ratio of 5 to 100 parts by weight based on 1 part by weight of the active ingredient, is provided.
US10130707B2
The invention provides liquid or semi-solid pharmaceutical compositions for topical administration comprising a semifluorinated alkane. The compositions are useful for the delivery of active ingredients into the deep layers of the skin or skin appendages. Various active ingredients may be incorporated, such as immunosuppressants, antiinfectives, antifungal agents, antiinflammatory agents, and retinoids.
US10130706B2
The present disclosure provides topical biophotonic materials and methods useful in phototherapy. In particular, the topical biophotonic materials of the present disclosure include a cohesive matrix, and at least chromophore which can absorb and emit light from within the topical biphotonic material, wherein the topical biophotonic material is elastic. The topical biophotonic materials and the methods of the present disclosure are useful for promoting wound healing and skin rejuvenation, as well as treating acne and various other skin disorders.
US10130702B2
The present disclosurerelates to a vaccine composition, wherein the vaccine composition comprises an immune amount of fowl adenovirus Fiber-2 protein or an immune amount of a live vector recombined with gene of the fowl adenovirus Fiber-2 protein, and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. The vaccine composition can provide effective immune protection against different serotypes of adenoviruses and provide a protection rate of 100% at low levels of immunogenic components, showing good immunological efficacy.
US10130693B2
The present invention relates to peptides, proteins, nucleic acids and cells for use in immunotherapeutic methods. In particular, the present invention relates to the immunotherapy of cancer. The present invention furthermore relates to tumor-associated T-cell peptide epitopes, alone or in combination with other tumor-associated peptides that can for example serve as active pharmaceutical ingredients of vaccine compositions that stimulate anti-tumor immune responses, or to stimulate T cells ex vivo and transfer into patients. Peptides bound to molecules of the major histocompatibility complex (MHC), or peptides as such, can also be targets of antibodies, soluble T-cell receptors, and other binding molecules.
US10130692B2
The invention provides methods of formulating an anti-inflammatory composition for treating inflammatory conditions in a specific organ or tissue. The method involves selecting at least one pathogen that is pathogenic in the specific organ or tissue; producing an antigenic composition comprising antigenic determinants that together are specific for the pathogen; and formulating the antigenic composition for administration as an anti-inflammatory composition capable of eliciting an anti-inflammatory response in the specific organ or tissue. In embodiments of the invention the pathogen may be an endogenous pathogen, such as an endogenous bacterial pathogen. The pathogen may be an exogenous pathogen, such as a bacterial pathogen, viral pathogen, a fungal pathogen, or a helminth pathogen.
US10130690B2
Compositions and methods for the treatment and/or prevention of disorders associated with C1 esterase inhibitor deficiency are disclosed.
US10130683B1
A combined therapy of human umbilical cord blood cells (hUCB) and G-CSF at the acute stage of TBI was tested as a therapeutic for progressive secondary effects of chronic TBI. Rats were treated with saline carrier, or therapeutic in carrier as follows; G-CSF, hUCB, or hUCB and G-CSF, 7-days after TBI. Eight weeks later, behavioral testing was performed and brains harvested to analyze hippocampal cell loss, neuroinflammatory response, and neurogenesis. Results revealed that the monotherapies partially suppressed neuroinflammation and reduced hippocampal cell loss. However, combined therapy of hUCB and G-CSF robustly dampened neuroinflammation, while enhancing endogenous neurogenesis and reducing hippocampal cell loss. Vigorous and long-lasting recovery of motor function accompanied the combined therapy, which was either moderately or short-lived in the monotherapy conditions. These results suggest that combined treatment rather than monotherapy appears optimal for abrogating histophalogical and motor impairments in chronic TBI.
US10130678B2
Systems and methods for preparing synthetic osteoinductive bone grafts are provided in which a porous ceramic granule, which may be incorporated within a biocompatible matrix material, is loaded with an osteoinductive agent. Loading of granules is facilitated in some cases by the use of low-pH buffers and pre-treatments.
US10130665B2
A method, for the identification of bacterial isolates suitable for use in bacteriotherapy, the method comprising: (i) preparing a suspension of material collected from a host harboring microbiota; (ii) addition of an activator of bacterial spores sufficient to allow growth of bacteria from spores present in the suspension; (iii) culturing the suspension; and (iv) identification of at least one bacterial species within the culture.
US10130662B2
A delivery system for delivery of a therapeutic agent such as stem cells into a vein and across a micro circulation system into an artery comprises a multi lumen catheter for delivery of a therapeutic agent. A discharge device is located in a vein. The operation of the delivery device is controlled by a pressure stem cell solution delivery gun system. There are multiple delivery stages. These may include delivery of an elixir to open up the pressure bed, a platelet-rich plasma, stem cells, scaffolds, and finally an elixir to provide emichment and nourishment of the stem cells.
US10130658B2
A cancer immunotherapy method is disclosed in which “induced immune anticancer agents” are isolated after being induced in an animal host by intralesional (IL) administration of a halogenated xanthene tumor-ablative compound into a solid cancerous tumor of that host animal. A sample of the induced immune anticancer agents is removed (collected) from the tumor-bearing host, banked if desired, cultured and preferentially expanded to form an immunologically-effective enriched tumor-specific immune anticancer agent composition. That composition is reintroduced in to the host from which the predecessor induced immune anticancer agents were taken, or into another immunologically suitable host in need.
US10130654B2
The invention relates to a method of inducing osteogenesis in a subject comprising administrating a chitosan material to the a subject in need of osteogenesis, wherein the chitosan material having a chitosan with a degree of deacetylation at the range of 70%˜90%, and the chitosan is 0.15% by weight of the chitosan material. The method of the present invention can induce bone-forming and promote osseointegration around an implant.
US10130645B2
There is disclosed is a method of treating disease using compound having formula SX-682 alone or in combination with an antineoplastic agent, microtubule affecting agents, antineoplastic agents, anti-angiogenesis agents, VEGF receptor kinase inhibitors, antibodies against the VEGF receptor, interferon, or radiation.
