US10152318B2
Systems, methods, and other embodiments associated with introducing a new data structure to an executing application are described. In one embodiment, a method includes executing an application as an executing application to process data of a data structure maintained according to a data model. The example method may also include receiving a new data structure definition of a new data structure to define for the data model. The example method may also include performing impact analysis to determine whether the executing application is capable of processing data of the new data structure. The example method may also include updating the data model to include the new data structure definition to create an updated data model. The example method may also include generating control instructions to instruct the executing application to utilize data from the new data structure according to the updated data model.
US10152306B2
A system may determine one or more data sources which the system is configured to access. The system may provide a set of application programming interfaces (APIs) for interacting with data stored in one or more data sources. The APIs may be accessible to one or more web applications which the system is configured to serve. The system may determine that a web application has requested an operation for interacting with the data through one or more APIs in the set of APIs. The system may determine one or more responses based at least in part on the operation requested by the web application. The system may provide the response(s) to the web application.
US10152303B2
A data processing apparatus is provided, to calculate an at least partial square root of a floating point number having an exponent and significand. Recurrence circuitry performs one or more iterations of an iterative square root operation, each of the one or more iterations receiving an input at least partial square root and an input remainder to produce the at least partial square root and a remainder of performing the iterative square root operation. The recurrence circuitry provides the at least partial square root and the remainder as the input at least partial square root and the input remainder for a subsequent iteration of the iterative square root operation. The recurrence circuitry includes initialization circuitry to provide the at least partial square root and the remainder after at least an initial iteration of the one or more iterations. The initialization produces the remainder by performing a selection of one of a plurality of predetermined values in dependence on whether the exponent is odd or even.
US10152301B2
Implementations provide user access to software functionality. In some implementations, a method includes selecting one or more portions of text. The method also includes employing the one or more portions to select software functionality. The method also includes presenting one or more user interface controls in combination with a representation of the text, where the one or more user interface controls includes a user selectable outline around one or more keywords in combination with a drop-down menu.
US10152300B2
An electronic device provides data to present a user interface with a plurality of user interface objects, including a control user interface object at a first location. The control user interface object is configured to control a parameter. The device receives an input that corresponds to an interaction with the control user interface object. While receiving the input that corresponds to the interaction with the control user interface object, the device provides data to move the control user interface object, in accordance with the input, from the first location to a second location. The device also provides first sound information to provide a sound output with characteristics that are different from the parameter controlled by the control user interface object and that change with movement of the control user interface object from the first location to the second location.
US10152296B2
In at least one embodiment, an apparatus for providing a tactile output associated with an audio output is provided. The apparatus includes a head unit that is coupled to a plurality of tactile transducers with each tactile transducer being positioned in a seat of a vehicle. The head unit is configured to receive a command indicative of a desired tactile feedback for a seat of the vehicle, the desired tactile feedback is associated with an audio output that is played back by one or more speakers in the vehicle. The head unit is further configured to transmit a control signal indicative of the desired tactile feedback to be provided by a tactile transducer in the seat of the vehicle such that the tactile transducer generates the desired tactile feedback at the seat while the one or more speakers in the vehicle playback the audio output.
US10152295B2
An electronic device and an associated method for displaying image data on a first display device of a first electronic device and a second display device of a second electronic device external of the first electronic device are provided. The method includes the steps of: determining whether image data to be displayed on the first and second display devices are the same; when the image data to be displayed on the first and second display devices are the same, estimating the first resource consumption required when the extension mode is selected for displaying the image data and the second resource consumption required when the mirror mode is selected for displaying the image data; and determining to display the image data on the first and second display devices in the extension mode or the mirror mode according to the first and second estimated resource consumption.
US10152290B1
Disclosed are systems and methods for managing a print job in a virtual environment. The described technique includes associating a physical printer with a chosen virtual printer which may be used by the user in the remote application to execute. A remote application server can receive from a remote application a request to choose a virtual printer in a remote session established between the client device and a remote application server. A tag associated with the print job that indicates one or more parameters of the virtual printer is determined, as well as a location of the client device. The technique includes selecting a physical printer from a plurality of available printers in the remote session based on the determined location and the determined tag of the virtual printer. An association with the virtual printer is generated and saved, and may be used for a subsequent print job.
US10152287B2
An information processing apparatus includes: a receiver to receive from a terminal device, for each page of an image to be printed with an image processing device, one-page data included in electronic data of the image to be printed; and circuitry to: determine whether an output destination device to which a print medium having the printed image is output has been changed and whether a medium size of the print medium has been changed to generate a first determination result; request the image processing device to determine whether the output destination device permits mixture of different medium sizes to obtain a second determination result when the first determination result indicates that at least one of the output destination device and the medium size has been changed; and output a notification when the second determination result indicates that the output destination device does not permit the mixture of the different medium sizes.
US10152280B2
According to one embodiment, a storage device includes a processor which executes first processing, second processing and third processing. The second processing includes processing for relaying a command issued by a host device, and an execution result of the first processing corresponding to the command, between the host device and the first processing. The third processing includes processing for causing the second processing to transition from a first state to a second state of lower energy consumption than the first state, when a first period in which the second processing is in an idle state exceeds a second period. The third processing further includes processing for maintaining the first state under a first condition, when the first period exceeds the second period.
US10152274B2
A method and an apparatus for reading/writing data from/into a flash memory, and user equipment are presented. The method includes receiving a read data instruction, where the read data instruction includes a size of to-be-read data and a physical address of the to-be-read data in the flash memory; searching a buffer for the physical address; when the physical address is not found in the buffer, dividing a buffer data area from internal memory according to the size of the to-be-read data and an actual physical block size of the flash memory; and reading the to-be-read data from the flash memory according to the physical address and buffering the to-be-read data into the buffer data area.
US10152271B1
The present disclosure includes apparatuses and methods for data replication. An example apparatus includes a plurality of sensing circuitries comprising respective sense amplifiers and compute components and a controller. The controller may be configured to cause replication of a data value stored in a first compute component such that the data value is propagated to a second compute component.
US10152263B2
According to various embodiments, a data storage system may be provided. The data storage system may include: a first storage device; a second storage device; a data receiver configured to receive data to be stored in the data storage system and an indicator indicating a storage profile for the data; and a storage controller configured to determine based on the indicator whether to store the data on the first storage device or to store the data on the second storage device.
US10152262B2
Methods, systems, and devices for operating a memory array are described. A memory controller may be configured to provide enhanced bandwidth on a command/address (C/A) bus, which may have a relatively low pin count, through use of a next partition command that may repeat an array command from a current partition at a different partition indicated by the next partition command. Such a next partition command may use fewer clock cycles than a command that includes a complete instruction and memory location information.
US10152254B1
A method performed in a Mapped RAID system includes: (a) in response to a source disk (SD) reaching EOL status: (1) copying a first source disk extent (DE) (belonging to a first RAID extent) from the SD to a first spare DE on a first destination disk and (2) copying a second source DE from the SD to a second spare DE (belonging to a second RAID extent) on a second destination disk, (b) in response to completely copying the first source DE from the SD to the first spare DE, mapping the first spare DE to belong to the first RAID extent in place of the first source DE, and (c) in response to completely copying the second source DE from the SD to the second spare DE, mapping the second spare DE to belong to the second RAID extent in place of the second source DE.
US10152247B2
A technique includes acquiring a plurality of write requests from at least one memory controller and logging information associated with the plurality of write requests in persistent storage. The technique includes applying the plurality of write requests atomically as a group to persistent storage.
US10152246B1
According to one embodiment, a first message is received from a first application executed by a processor, the first message to be sent to a second application. A backup agent transmits the first message to a backup storage system that is associated with the first application. The backup agent forwards the first message to a first messaging application instance of a messaging sub-system associated with the first application. The messaging sub-system is to send the first message to a second messaging application instance of the messaging sub-system associated with the second application using a predetermined messaging protocol.
US10152233B2
A file management method, a distributed storage system, and a management node are disclosed. In the distributed storage system, after receiving a file creation request sent by a host for requesting to create a file in a distributed storage system, a management node allocates, to the file, first virtual space from global virtual address space of the distributed storage system, where local virtual address space of each storage node in the distributed storage system is corresponding to a part of the global virtual address space. Then, the management node records metadata of the file, where the metadata of the file includes information about the first virtual space, and the information about the first virtual space is used to point to local virtual address space of a storage node that is used to store the file. Further, the management node sends, the information about the first virtual space to the host.
US10152226B2
A portable device and a screen changing method of a portable device are provided, which display a second screen corresponding to detected successive motions of first and second touches on an edge touch screen that has a main display area, and a first (or left) edge display area and a second (or right) edge display area, each of which is extended from the main display area, and displays a first screen among a plurality of screens. The device and method may further display a second screen different from a first screen among a plurality of screens corresponding to directions of detected successive motions of first and second touches on an edge touch screen that has a main display area, and a first edge display area and a second edge display area, each of which is extended from the main display area, and displays a first screen among a plurality of screens.
US10152225B2
Methods, systems, devices, and apparatus, including computer program products, for identifying candidates for text entry. One or more inputs entering one or more characters are received. One or more first candidate characters are identified and presented for the inputs using a first dictionary. One or more second candidate characters related to a respective first candidate character are identified and presented.
US10152221B2
A system for creating an interactive banking experience includes: a facility for housing the interactive banking experience; a first electronic computing device for controlling the interactive banking experience, the interactive banking experience comprising one or more banking workflow scenarios; an environmental control system for creating ambient conditions corresponding to the one or more banking workflow scenarios; and a detection system for detecting gestures and voice commands from a user, the gestures and voice commands being used to activate workflow steps in the one or more banking workflow scenarios.
US10152216B2
An electronic device and a method control applications in the electronic device. A plurality of applications are executed in a foreground and a background. The number of touch points input to a touch screen are detected to select an application according to the detected number of the touch points. A touch gesture is detected for controlling the selected application, and the selected application is controlled according to the detected touch gesture.
US10152209B2
For improving a future UI design, a set of data is analyzed. A data in a first subset of the set includes (i) a description of a UI layout including a description of a UI element in a first area of a touch-sensitive device, the first area having a below a level of sensitivity, the data, and (ii) a second area of the touch-sensitive device having a second sensitivity at least equal to the level of sensitivity. A characteristic of the UI element is extracted. A threshold number of data in the first subset include some UI element with the characteristic. For a first area in each data in the subset, the characteristic is determined to cause a sensitivity to reduce to below the level of sensitivity. Accordingly, an instruction causes a UI design tool to move a UI element in the future UI design to a second area.
US10152208B2
An electronic device displays, on a display, a user interface. While displaying the user interface, the device detects an input on the touch-sensitive surface; and, in response to detecting the input while displaying the first user interface, and while detecting the input, in accordance with a determination that the input satisfies an activation intensity threshold, performs a first operation. The activation intensity threshold includes a first intensity threshold component that decreases from a first intensity value over time.
US10152205B2
Provided are a display apparatus and a display method. The display apparatus includes: a display configured to provide a plurality of item areas each of which displays at least a part of an item list including a plurality of items, wherein the display provides at least one item area, among the plurality of item areas, as a closed item area and provides at least one item area, among the plurality of item areas, as an open item area; and a controller configured to control the display to, in response to an input of a control apparatus that selects the closed item area, display at least some items of an item list corresponding to the closed item area on the open item area and to display at least some items of an item list corresponding to the open item area on the closed item area.
US10152200B2
Embodiments described herein are directed to managing elements within a notification area of a graphical operating system. The elements may include any graphic, logo, or image associated with running software. A user indicates which elements can be displayed in the notification area, consequently creating a list of potentially displayable elements. For each listed element, an order of display, file location, and display status is designated. The user may freely change the order in which elements are displayed in the notification area by repositioning the displayed elements. Elements may be permanently removed from the notification area, resulting in their deletion from the list. Only elements entered into the order list, at the discretion of the user, are displayable within the notification area.
US10152199B2
This disclosure describes systems and methods that enable users to easily take action on objects through use of a contextual menu. The contextual menu may be independent of the application and/or device through which the object is accessed and allows the user to perform actions with respect to an object. The selected action may be locally performed and/or performed at a location remote from the client device.
US10152198B2
The present invention provides a computer implemented method for editing a product. The product comprises three-dimensional modeled objects. The method comprises the step of displaying a three-dimensional representation of a hierarchy of the three-dimensional modeled objects. The three-dimensional modeled objects are displayed three-dimensionally in the representation. The method further comprises the step of selecting at least one of the displayed three-dimensional modeled objects. The method further comprises the step of performing an action on the selected object. The hierarchy is edited upon the performing of the action.
US10152196B2
A mobile terminal and message-based conversation operation method for the same are provided. The message-based conversation operation method includes generating message groups by classifying one or more messages exchanged during a message-based conversation according to preset conditions, storing the generated message groups, and outputting display items corresponding to the stored message groups in a dialog window for the message-based conversation.
US10152193B1
The field of the invention relates to systems and methods for operation of an online matching service, and more particularly to systems and methods that coach users of an online matching service to become more timely and active participants. In a preferred embodiment, the system includes a matching system server coupled to a public network and accessible to one or more users. The matching system server includes a database that stores participation data associated with the one or more users. The matching server system is configured to retrieve a user's participation data to calculate the participation progress and provide the participation data and progress for display. If the user selects to perform a task, the matching server system enables the execution of the selected task, updates and stores the user's participation data, and stores the user's updated participation data.
US10152192B2
In some implementations, a method for managing virtual workspaces is described. In some implementations, workspace images corresponding to different virtual workspaces can be displayed on a user interface of a computing device. When an application window is moved onto one of the workspace images, the window can be scaled down to fit within the workspace image. In some implementations, a window grouping or cluster can be moved onto one of the workspace images and scaled down accordingly. In some implementations, a method for generating a new virtual workspace is described. In some implementations, a placeholder workspace image that has no corresponding virtual workspace can be displayed on a user interface of a computing device. In response to an application window being moved onto the placeholder workspace image, a new virtual workspace (and new workspace image) can be generated that includes the windows that were moved onto the placeholder workspace image.
US10152191B2
A method for operating machinery uses a control unit and a display device for displaying a first user interface of a first application program and at least one second user interface of a second application program. The first user interface and the second user interface form a common display window on the display device.
US10152189B2
An electrostatic capacitive coupling type touch panel including an input region having four sides, a peripheral region around the input region, terminals formed in the peripheral region along a first side of the input region, wirings formed in the peripheral region along second, third and fourth sides of the input region, and the input region having X and Y electrodes crossing. The wirings are connected between corresponding X or Y electrodes and wiring terminals plurality of terminals. A dummy wiring, which is not connected to any of the X electrodes or Y electrodes, is provided outside the wiring formed in a farthest position from the input region, and the dummy wiring extends through the peripheral region along the second, third and fourth sides of the input region, and electrically connects to at least one dummy wiring terminal.
US10152188B2
Disclosed is a touch window. The touch window includes a cover substrate; a substrate on the cover substrate; and an electrode on the substrate, wherein the substrate includes one surface facing the cover substrate and an opposite surface opposite to the one surface, the electrode is disposed on the opposite surface, and the cover substrate and the substrate have flexible curved surfaces.
US10152187B2
An integrated touch sensing and force sensing device is included in an electronic device. The integrated touch sensing and force sensing device includes a force-sensitive layer operably attached to an input surface, a first electrode layer attached to a first surface of the force-sensitive layer, and a second electrode layer attached to a second surface of the force-sensitive layer. An analog front end processing channel is operable to process a touch signal that is based on a change in an electrical property between the first and second electrode layers and operable to process a force signal that is based on an electrical property generated by the force-sensitive layer based on a force applied to the input surface.
US10152184B2
An indicator detecting device that can limit input by an indicator to a partial region within a panel surface is provided. The indicator detecting device includes a sensor having a detecting region for detecting a finger. The sensor outputs an output signal corresponding to a position indicated by the finger in the detecting region. The indicator detecting device includes a position calculating processor that calculates a value indicating the position based on the output signal. The indicator detecting device includes a controller that performs signal processing corresponding to the position based on the calculated value. When a plurality of calculated values indicate that the finger has designated a region within the detecting region, the controller performs different processing of the calculated value indicating a position corresponding to the inside of the designated region than that indicating a position corresponding to the outside of the designated region.
US10152181B2
A touch display device including a first substrate, a second substrate, a display medium layer, a plurality of pixel electrodes, a plurality of driving electrodes, a plurality of touch sensing electrodes, and a plurality of force-sensing electrodes is provided. The second substrate is opposite to the first substrate. The display medium layer is disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate. The pixel electrodes are disposed on the first substrate. The driving electrodes are disposed on the first substrate and overlap over the pixel electrodes. The touch sensing electrodes are disposed on one of the first substrate and the second substrate. The force-sensing electrodes are disposed on the second substrate, wherein an arrangement direction of the force-sensing electrodes is parallel to an arrangement direction of the touch sensing electrodes. A driving method of the touch display device is also provided.
US10152173B2
The various implementations described herein include methods, devices, and systems for detecting touch inputs. In one aspect, a device includes: (1) a touch surface; (2) a plurality of sense electrodes configured to sense capacitance of a touch input; (3) one or more force electrodes configured to sense force of the touch input; and (4) a sensing module configured to: (a) determine a first capacitance; (b) determine whether the first capacitance exceeds an adaptive threshold; (c) if the first capacitance does not exceed the adaptive threshold, determine a force; (d) if the force meets one or more predefined criteria indicative of a touch input, lower the adaptive threshold; (e) determine a second capacitance; (f) determine whether the second capacitance exceeds the lowered threshold; and (g) if the second capacitance exceeds the lowered threshold, determine that the touch input is present on the touch surface.
US10152165B2
Touch panel circuit with electrostatic discharge protection structure and touch panel including same
A touch panel circuit is disclosed. The touch panel circuit includes a signal transmission path and a ground path. An end of the signal transmission path is provided with a first tip structure protruding outward and having a needlepoint-shape end portion. The ground path is provided with a second tip structure having a needlepoint-shape end portion which is opposite to the needlepoint-shape end portion of the first tip structure. The needlepoint-shape end portion of the first tip structure of the signal transmission path is configured to aggregate electrostatic charges on the signal transmission path, and discharge the aggregated electrostatic charges to the second tip structure of the ground path opposite to the first tip structure.
US10152164B2
A touch screen, a touch driving circuit and a touch driving method are provided in the disclosure. The touch driving circuit includes multiple cascading shifting registers and selection outputting circuits each connected to a respective shifting register. At least one of the selection outputting circuits is connected to multiple touch electrodes; each of the touch electrodes is connected to one of the selection outputting circuits; and when the shifting register is being scanned and the selection outputting circuit connected to the shifting register is connected to multiple touch electrodes, the selection outputting circuit provides touch driving signals with different frequencies for the touch electrodes connected to the selection outputting circuit simultaneously. The touch driving circuit can simultaneously drive multiple touch electrodes to perform touch detections, thus improving the efficiency of the touch detection.
US10152159B2
The present application provides a display panel. The display panel includes an array substrate which includes a display region and a frame region. The frame region includes a gate circuit drive unit, the gate circuit drive unit comprises a thin film transistor, and the thin film transistor comprises a source, a drain and a gate. The frame region further includes a driving circuit and a first signal lead line, the first signal lead line is arranged on a single layer and arranged on a same layer as the signal transmission wire layer, one end of the first signal lead line is electrically connected to the gate and the other end of the first signal lead line is electrically connected to the driving circuit.
US10152152B2
Provided are an element applicable to a high-precision, high-sensitivity pressure detecting sensor and switch, a manufacturing method for the element; and a sensor, an electronic circuit, and an input device that include the element. The electret element of the present invention has a semiconductor sandwiched between a pair of electrodes, and an electret film disposed at a location opposite to the semiconductor via a gap. The electret element of the present invention may be structured so that the semiconductor contacts with the electret film, or so as to have micro-sized gaps therebetween. The electret film is semi-permanently kept in a positively or negatively charged state. By having a structure in which the electret film can contact with or approach the semiconductor, an amount of electric currents flowing between the pair of electrodes can be controlled.
US10152132B2
A system for amplifying haptic effects provided by a push-pull actuator includes a housing component, a push-pull actuator coupled to the housing component and configured to provide a force and a displacement, a lever component including a lever arm and a fulcrum, and a haptic touch surface coupled to the lever arm via an output interface. The push-pull actuator is via an actuator mount. The amount of displacement transferred to the haptic touch surface from the push-pull actuator is reduced by the lever component and the amount of force transferred to the haptic touch surface from the push-pull actuator is increased by the lever component. The system may include a material stop coupled to the housing component that when compressed by the haptic touch surface exhibits hysteresis to dampen the haptic touch surface.
US10152116B2
Systems and devices for recording and reproducing senses. One or more of touch sensations and smell sensations are received to produce at least one of touch input signals and smell input signals. The input signals are stored and processed, and at least one output signal can be produced. One or more of a touch output and a smell output can be generated. The touch input, the smell input, or both can be integrated with one or more of sight input and sound input.
US10152114B2
A memory module includes a counter configured to count a number of commands received from a host to generate a counted number and provide the counted value to the host, a memory device configured to receive an operating frequency and an operating voltage from that host that are determined based on the counted number, and a serial presence detect (SPD) configured to store the operating frequency and operating voltage.
US10152112B2
An arbitrator governs an arbitration between different power domains and sequences powering up the different power domains supplied by the same voltage supply (VS) circuit on the Chip. The arbitrator has sequencing logic that limits how many different power domains simultaneously power up to a maximum amount, which is less than enough instantaneous electrical current drawn on the VS-circuit to cause a reduction below a minimum allowable supply voltage level for the VS-circuit. The sequencing logic manages the sequencing of powering up the different power domains by factoring in i) whether different power domains arbitrating to power up are part of a set of power domains that share the VS-circuit, ii) an amount of an instantaneous electrical current drawn, and iii) an amount of credits available before the minimum allowable supply voltage level occurs for that VS-circuit. The sequencing logic controls a behavior of the power domains when powering up from multiple different behaviors.
US10152109B2
An information processing apparatus obtains a measurement value D of the distance between the object and information processing apparatus using a human detection sensor, and detects the object as a user (user detection state ST3) by comparing the measurement value D and a predetermined threshold value. The power mode of the information processing apparatus is set to a standby mode if a user has been detected, and is set to a sleep mode if a user has not been detected. If a state in which a user has been detected continues for a predetermined time, the information processing apparatus changes the sensitivity of the human detection sensor by changing the threshold value for the detection state determination such that the object detected by the human detection sensor is no longer detected as a user.
US10152106B2
A power excursion tolerant power system includes at least one powered component. A system capacitance and at least one power supply are coupled to the at least one powered component. The at least one power supply is operable as a voltage controlled current source to supply power to the at least one powered component when a system load is below a predetermined threshold. The at least one power supply is operable as a constant current source, and together with the system capacitance, to supply power to the at least one powered component when the system load is above the predetermined threshold. A load reduction mechanism is coupled to the at least one powered component and operable to perform at least one load reduction action when the system load is above the predetermined threshold.
US10152084B2
A mobile terminal including a display unit including a window glass and a display module; a front case and a rear case configured to support the display unit; an antenna including a first coil formed on an edge region of a rear surface of the window glass or formed on an edge region of a front surface of the front case, a second coil formed at a height different from that of the first coil in a thickness direction of the mobile terminal, and a conductive hole configured to electrically connect the first coil and the second coil; a battery configured to supply power to the mobile terminal; and a battery cover positioned on a back side of the display unit and including a metal.
US10152083B2
A head mounted electronic device includes a casing assembly. The casing assembly includes an inner surface and an outer surface opposite to each other. The inner surface includes at least one inner hole, and the outer surface includes at least one outer hole. The inner hole and the outer hole are connected through and misaligned with each other. The application further discloses a head mounted electronic device cushion.
US10152082B2
Wearable electronic devices that provide robustness against variations in user form are described. The wearable electronic devices include a set of pod structures arranged in an annular configuration having a variable circumference, with adaptive physical coupling between adjacent pairs of pod structures. Adaptive physical coupling advantageously accommodates different user sizes, forms, and movements and enhances the overall ergonomics of the wearable electronic devices. Adaptive physical coupling also maintains substantially constant and/or equal angular spacing between components of the wearable electronic devices regardless of the form of the user.
US10152073B2
A power distribution management apparatus includes an acquisition unit and a detection unit. The acquisition unit is configured to acquire predetermined data at a predetermined interval from meters classified into a predetermined group, the data containing power consumption. The detection unit is configured to detect, as an abnormal place, a facility of a power distribution system associated with the group when the predetermined data is not acquired within the predetermined interval from the respective meters included in the group.
US10152065B2
A valve includes an inlet unit including an inlet hole into which a fluid is introduced, a pressure adjusting unit which adjusts a pressure of the fluid introduced through the inlet unit, and a discharging unit having an opening and closing member which selectively discharges the fluid which had its pressure adjusted, and a water outlet hole which discharges the fluid passing through the opening and closing member to the outside, wherein a cross-sectional area of the inlet hole is greater than a cross-sectional area of the water outlet hole and a flow direction of a fluid from the pressure adjusting unit to the opening and closing member and a flow direction of a fluid from the opening and closing member to the water outlet hole are perpendicular to each other.
US10152062B2
A method of navigating an autonomous coverage robot on a floor includes controlling movement of the robot across the floor in a cleaning mode, receiving a sensor signal indicative of an obstacle, rotating the robot away from the sensed obstacle, determining a change in the received sensor signal during at least a portion of the rotation of the robot away from the sensed obstacle, and identifying the sensed obstacle based at least in part on the determined change in the received sensor signal.
US10152060B2
A method reduces a risk exposure to an item being transported by a self-driving vehicle (SDV). One or more processors determine a risk-level R for contents of a smart vault that is being transported by the SDV, where R describes a real-time risk of the contents being stolen from the smart vault while being transported by the SDV. In response to determining that R is greater than a predefined risk value, one or more processors electronically communicate an executable instruction to a SDV on-board computer to take a risk-lowering action that will reduce the level of R.
US10152053B1
An autonomous vehicle (AV) fleet management system includes a communications interface, one or more processors, and a memory that stores instructions that cause the processors to receive, a request for a ride using an AV from a wireless communication device of a user. The request may include a pick-up location of the user. The instructions also cause the processors to identify demographic information related to the user, determine a vulnerability score and a priority of the user based at least in part on the demographic information, and receive location information from a plurality of AVs in a fleet of AVs. The instructions further cause the processors to identify a particular AV from the fleet of AVs based at least in part on the vulnerability score, the priority, the pick-up location of the user, and the location of the particular AV and cause the particular AV to pick-up the user.
US10152048B2
A control system includes first and second hardware components and a server which is remote from the hardware components. The server is a server in the cloud which is connected via the Internet to the hardware components. A control module is implemented as a service running on the server and the control module is operable to communicate with the hardware components to control at least one of the hardware components.
US10152040B2
This disclosure describes systems and methods for remotely operating machine tools that include a stationary operating device that can operate in a control mode for controlling the machine tool or in a mode without control authorization. The methods include activating a first communication connection between a mobile communication device and the stationary operating device. The methods also include configuring the stationary operating device to operate in a mode without control authorization. The methods further include transferring control authorization from the stationary operating device to the mobile communication device by configuring the mobile communication device to operate in a remote control mode for controlling the machine tool based on transferred control authorization. The control authorization is transferred to the mobile communication device simultaneously or after the stationary operating device is configured to operate in the mode without control authorization based on information that is accessible only locally at the machine tool.
US10152039B2
One or more non-transitory computer-readable media having stored thereon program instructions to facilitate the display of multiple errors is provided. The program instructions, when executed by a computing system, direct the computing system to at least initiate display of a graphical view of an industrial automation environment. The program instructions also direct the computing system to detect a plurality of error conditions related to machine operations within the industrial automation environment, and to determine a plurality of locations within the graphical view associated with the plurality of error conditions. The program instructions further direct the computing system to identify at least one group of error conditions from the plurality of error conditions based on the plurality of locations, and to initiate display of a graphical representation of the at least one group of the error conditions.
US10152036B2
Real-time dynamic process modeling in an online model-based process control computing environment. A solver system utilizes an oracle to implement adaptive algorithms for a mixed integer nonlinear programming (MINLP) solver and a nonlinear programming (NLP) solver.
US10152035B2
The instant disclosure provides an ability to use an array of data inputs to enter a network and thereby provide a realtime improvable database. The present invention is novel in its ability to maximize the customer's interface with a pest control system, thus allowing for maximum efficiency for current and future designs as well as a high level of compatibility with ancillary regulatory, financial and planning type functions.
US10152034B2
A robot control method includes a teaching step, first processing step, modifying step, second processing step, and third processing step. In the modifying step, a third teaching point is changed to a second modified point, a fourth teaching point to a third modified point, and a fifth teaching point to a fourth modified point, based on a difference between a second teaching point and a first modified point. A profile modifying control to change the position of a work tool is applied, using a sensor mounted on the processing advancing direction side of the work tool, in the first processing step and the third processing step. An attitude of the work tool is changed during the second processing step.
US10152032B2
A system and method is provided that facilitates controlling and monitoring environmental conditions in buildings. The system may include at least one rack including: a plurality of slidable field panels mounted in a housing. The slidable field panels may be in side-by-side relation in a horizontal direction and may be configured to independently slide at least partially out of a front side opening of the housing via a plurality of slides. The slidable field panels may include a plurality of components mounted to vertical walls thereof, including: transformers and building control modules. The rack may also include a terminal panel including a plurality of connection terminals facing a back side opening of the housing. The connection terminals may be respectively wired to respective terminals of the transformers and building control. The system may include at least one data processing system including at least one processor configured to communicate with the building control modules to cause the rack when a heating, ventilating, and air conditioning (HVAC) system is wired to at least some of the connection terminals, to monitor and control the HVAC.
US10152031B2
A method executed in a process control environment automatically generates, displays, and tracks check lists according to assigned work items. The work items include information such as required equipment, required safety equipment, required tools, target function, and target equipment. The target function and/or target equipment information can be associated, together or separately, with the required equipment, required safety equipment, and required tools if the required equipment and tools are not specifically included in the work items. The check lists indicate the required equipment, tools, devices, parts, maintenance materials, manuals, and/or documents, that are necessary to perform the target function on the target equipment. A check list is displayed on a user interface device, which tracks, internally or in cooperation with a supervisor engine, whether a user of the user interface device has checked off the items on the check list.
US10152023B2
An image forming apparatus in which a process cartridge including a recess is configured in a detachable manner inside an apparatus main body, the image forming apparatus including, a guiding member guiding the process cartridge into the apparatus main body in a longitudinal direction, the guiding member moving up and down together with the process cartridge moving the process cartridge to an image forming position, and a lock member moving in a lifting and lowering direction intersecting a mounting direction of the process cartridge by interlocking with an up and down movement of the guiding member, in which the lock member moves in the lifting and lowering direction by interlocking with the upward movement of the guiding member, and the movement of the process cartridge in the longitudinal direction is restricted by the lock member engaging with the recess of the process cartridge.
US10152022B2
A cartridge top cover includes a drive coupler, a cartridge top cover housing and a rotary cap. Two notches are respectively provided on both sides of a top portion of the cartridge top cover housing, the rotary cap has a toner outlet which is selectively communicated with the notches, a driving member is located inside the cartridge top cover housing, the driving member is in clearance fit with the cartridge top cover housing, the drive coupler is located at the top portion of the cartridge top cover housing, a transmission rod is located at a bottom of the drive coupler, the transmission rod is sleeved through the top portion of the cartridge top cover housing and is connected with the driving member by a one-way bearing which is fixed inside the driving member. The present invention also provides a cartridge including a cartridge body and the cartridge top cover.
US10152021B2
A cartridge attachable to and detachable from a main body of an image forming apparatus includes a frame. A photosensitive member is rotatably supported by the frame. An opening is provided in the frame that exposes the photosensitive member. A cover member is detachably attached to the frame to cover at least part of the opening. A flexible sheet member having handling caution information displayed thereon is attached to the cover member on one end portion thereof and separably attached to the frame on the other end portion thereof.
US10152016B2
An image forming apparatus includes an apparatus body, an opening/closing portion, and a light emitting element. The apparatus body includes an image forming unit configured to form an image on a sheet. the light emitted by the light emitting element is visible from an exterior surface of the opening/closing portion in a state where the opening/closing portion is at the closed position and is visible from an opposite side, with respect to the exterior surface, of the opening/closing portion in a state where the opening/closing portion is at the open position.
US10152001B2
An image forming apparatus includes an image bearer, an intermediate transferor, a secondary transferor, a plurality of rotators including a secondary driving rotator, and a detector. The image bearer bears a detection image. The detection image is transferred from the image bearer to the intermediate transferor at a primary transfer position. The secondary transferor is looped around the plurality of rotators and disposed in contact with the intermediate transferor at a secondary transfer position where the detection image is transferred from the intermediate transferor to the secondary transferor. The secondary driving rotator drives the secondary transferor. The detector detects the detection image on the secondary transferor at a detection position. With this configuration, a distance from the secondary transfer position to the detection position on the secondary transferor is an integral multiple of a circumference of the secondary driving rotator.
US10151990B2
A toner comprising a toner particle that contains a binder resin, wherein the surface of the toner particle is covered with a resin A; the modulus of elasticity Ea of the resin A and the modulus of elasticity Eb of the binder resin satisfy the following formula: 0.5≤(Ea/Eb)×100≤50.0; and the adhesion force AT of the toner particle is at least 500 nN when a probe having spherical SiO2 attached at the tip of a cantilever is pressed into the toner particle at 3 μN.
US10151961B2
A Pancharatnam Berry Phase (PBP) color corrected structure is presented that comprises a plurality of switchable gratings and a plurality of PBP active elements. Each switchable grating has an inactive mode when reflects light of a specific color channel, of a set of color channels, and transmits light of other color channels in the set of color channels, wherein the specific color channel is different for each of the plurality of switchable gratings, and to have an active mode to transmit light that is inclusive of the set of color channels. The PBP active elements receive light output from at least one of the plurality of switchable gratings. Each of the PBP active elements is configured to adjust light of a different color channel of the set of color channels by a same amount to output light corrected for chromatic aberration for the set of color channels.
US10151953B2
An in-plane switching liquid crystal display has a plurality of protrusion electrodes. Each of the protrusion electrodes has a protrusion body with a surface coated with an electrically conductive layer made from a metal oxide. An adhesion-enhancement medium is provided between the electrically conductive layer and the surface of the protrusion body. The adhesion-enhancement medium comprises a metal such as aluminum or molybdenum or a metal alloy containing molybdenum and at least one of niobium, tantalum, titanium, zirconium, tungsten, aluminum and nitride or a metal alloy containing aluminum and at least one of niobium, tantalum, titanium, zirconium, tungsten, molybdenun and nitride. The protrusion body can have the shape of a rectangle, triangle, bell, rectangle with a round top, or a cross sectional area having a top portion with a round or flat head and a bottom portion with a waist portion, smaller than the basewidth.
US10151933B2
An optical system includes an optical element arranged in an optical path of an optical system. A point spread function of the optical element images out-of-focus object points with positive defocus value into image areas oriented along a first radial axis in an image plane and out-of-focus object points with negative defocus value into image areas oriented along a second radial axis in the image plane. A distance of the image areas to an optical axis of the optical system increases with increasing absolute defocus value.
US10151931B2
A persistent image retroreflecting display that enables the formation of a real image in free space includes a first light source that generates a polarized light output; a retroreflector module adjacent a first side of the first light source; a quarter waveplate coupled to the retroreflector module and adjacent the first light source; and a reflective polarizer positioned between the first light source and a viewer of the display.
US10151927B2
A method for operating a ride attraction includes moving a ride vehicle along a pathway, with at least one rider in or on the ride vehicle, and with the at least one rider wearing a headset having a display and a window. Virtual images are created on the display based at least in part on a position of the ride vehicle along the pathway, with the at least one rider viewing the virtual images, and with the at least one rider also simultaneously viewing real world images of real world objects through the window. The virtual images may be overlaid onto the real-world images.
US10151925B2
A head-mounted display apparatus includes a display, a couple-in optics module and a couple-out optics module. The display is arranged for displaying at least an image. The couple-in optics module is arranged for receiving the image from the display and directing the received image to another direction. The couple-out optics module is arranged for receiving the directed image from the couple-in optics module to generate an output image directly to a human eye when a user wears the head-mounted display apparatus. In addition, an aspect ratio of the image generated from display is different from an aspect ratio of the output image.
US10151923B2
Provided is a heads up display system having a platform having a receiver configured to removably receive and physically support a mobile phone and/or tablet having a display screen, a medium oriented at an angle with respect to the platform, and an opening defined in the platform between the receiver and the medium. The system may include a couple configured to couple the platform to a structure or surface. The coupler can be configured to enable the platform to be coupled to the surface or structure at a selected angle.
US10151921B2
An optical design system is used to design a light shaping element that directs light from a specified source to a specified light distribution. The process includes designing related faceted optical devices (reflective or refractive) such that light from a common source point is distributed across multiple target points.
US10151915B2
An illumination arrangement according to the invention, in particular for an endoscope, comprises at least three light sources for generating a respective input light beam, and a beam combination device (5, 21), wherein the beam combination device (5, 21) comprises at least two beam splitters for combining the at least three input light beams to form an output light beam, at least three collimator lenses (7, 8, 9) embodied as GRIN lenses and serving for collimating and coupling a respective one of the input light beams into one of the beam splitters, and at least one further GRIN lens for coupling the output light beam into an optical waveguide. The invention also relates to a beam combination device and a method for coupling at least three input light beams into an optical waveguide, in particular into an optical waveguide of an endoscope.
US10151914B2
An optical scanning observation apparatus includes: a light source selectively emitting a plurality of illumination lights of different colors; a light emission timing controller controlling light emission timing, based on a predetermined ratio of number of light emissions of each color of the illumination light emitted from the light source; a fiber guiding the illumination light from the light source; an actuator vibratory driving the tip part of the fiber; an optical system for irradiating the illumination light emitted from the fiber; an optical detector; and a signal processor.
US10151897B2
The present disclosure relates to systems and method for deploying a fiber optic network. Distribution devices are used to index fibers within the system to ensure that live fibers are provided at output locations throughout the system. In an example, fibers can be indexed in multiple directions within the system. In an example, spare ports can be providing in a forward direction and reverse direction ports can also be provided.
US10151890B2
An exemplary embodiment of a device, configurable with various indicia of connectivity, and to be received by a data communication station is disclosed. The data communication station may include a frame having an aperture formed therein and a blank insert configured to be in registered alignment with the aperture. The blank insert may include a front facing surface configured to receive indicia thereon. The blank insert may include a retention feature configured to engage with an identification icon. In another embodiment, the data communication station may include a frame, a connector housing insert, and an identification icon configured to receive connectivity indicia thereon, wherein the connector housing insert may include a retention feature to engage with a corresponding retention feature on the identification icon. In another embodiment, a data communication station is configured to directly receive and retain an identification icon configured to receive connectivity indicia thereon.
US10151889B2
An optical connector includes a first connector portion having a first optical fiber, a second connector portion having a second optical fiber, and an aligning part. The second connector portion includes a fitting recessed portion in which the first connector portion is fitted. The second connector portion is joined closely in a direction orthogonal to axes of the first and second optical fibers by the first connector portion. The aligning part includes side walls of the fitting recessed portion gradually closing to each other in a fitting direction of the first connector portion to the fitting recessed portion, and side surfaces of the first connector portion inclined at the same inclination angle as the side walls of the fitting recessed portion.
US10151875B2
One embodiment is directed to a compact system for scanning electromagnetic imaging radiation, comprising a first waveguide and a second waveguide, each of which is operatively coupled to at least one electromagnetic radiation source and configured such that output from the first and second waveguides is luminance modulated and scanned along one or more axes to form at least a portion of an image.
US10151868B2
A backlight module includes a light source, a light guide plate and a light-adjusting member. A light source chromaticity is measured from light generated by the light source. The light guide plate has a light-incident surface and a light-emitting surface. Light generated by the light source enters the light guide plate and emits out from the light-emitting surface. With the light-adjusting member, a first light guide plate chromaticity is measured from the light-emitting surface. There is a first difference value between the first light guide plate chromaticity and the light source chromaticity. Without the light-adjusting member, a second light guide plate chromaticity is measured from the light-emitting surface. There is a second difference value between the second light guide plate chromaticity and the light source chromaticity. The first difference value is different from the second difference value.
US10151865B2
Approaches to Compact External Grating PBS/PBC Coupling are described according to embodiments of the present invention. In one embodiment, a YVO4 crystal is used to split a beam or combine multiple beams into a single beam. A lens is used to convert a mode of the light to match a mode of a grating port. A glass wedge is designed to bend the light from horizontal to a nearly vertical orientation to match an exit angle of a grating port. When a source or a receiver utilizes an optical fiber, a fiber holder may be used to bond the fiber to the source or receiver. The PBS/PBC described has much less insertion loss compared to existing 2D grating coupler techniques, and has a wider spectral bandwidth due to flexibility in mode matching compared to existing 2D grating couplers. The PBS/PBC described herein also has a better polarization-extinction ratio than the existing 2D grating couplers, and the horizontal coupling configuration enables a design that is thinner and more compact compared to the near vertical coupling in 2D grating coupling.
US10151856B1
In a general aspect, a subterranean region is simulated using a finite element mesh and a boundary element mesh. In some aspects, a finite element mesh is generated over a domain representing a subterranean region. The finite element mesh defines elements that represent respective sub-regions of the subterranean region. The elements include a first element having a boundary defined by the finite element mesh, and at least a portion of the boundary of the first element represents a discontinuity in the subterranean region. A boundary element mesh is generated over the boundary of the first element, and the subterranean region is simulated using the finite element mesh and the boundary element mesh.
US10151853B2
An inspection apparatus includes a supporting substrate. A first sensor unit is provided on the supporting substrate, the first sensor unit comprising a first light-emitting device and a first light-receiving device which are spaced apart from each other and face each other. A second sensor unit is provided on the supporting substrate, the second sensor unit comprising a second light-emitting device and a second light-receiving device which are spaced apart from each other and face each other. The first and second light-emitting devices and the first and second light-receiving devices are disposed at a same distance from a top surface of the supporting substrate. The first and second sensor units are configured to detect whether a robot hand moves in a first direction perpendicular to the top surface of the supporting substrate.
US10151849B2
Desirable completion zones can be identified using closure stress in combination with one or more other attributes such as porosity. One computer-based well placement method includes using the computer to: process a seismic data volume to map the spatial distribution of a seismic-based CSS attribute; acquire logs from one or more boreholes in the subsurface region; derive from the logs a relationship between CSS and a minimum in-situ stress; apply the relationship to the CSS attribute map to produce a landing map that highlights desirable completion zones; and place one or more wells in the desirable completion zones. The borehole logs may include direct measurements of minimum in-situ stress (acquired via microfracture testing), sonic tool measurements of P-wave and S-wave velocity, and density tool measurements of bulk formation density.
US10151846B2
A seismic modeling system may include a seismic model data storage device, and a processor cooperating with the seismic model data storage device to transform a seismic model spatial domain data set associated with a given region into a seismic frequency domain data set, where the given region includes a suspect region, transform a seismic model spatial domain data subset associated with the suspect region into a seismic frequency domain data subset, and perform inpainting of the seismic frequency domain data subset based upon the seismic frequency domain data set. The processor may further convert the inpainted seismic frequency domain data subset into an inpainted spatial domain data subset, and substitute the inpainted spatial domain data subset for the seismic model spatial domain data subset associated with the suspect region in the seismic model spatial domain data set associated with the given region.
US10151844B1
A wireless mobile device for local indoor positioning and navigation by detection of arbitrary signals comprising a GPS signal module capable of detecting a GPS constellation, an arbitrary signal module capable of interacting with a local device constellation, an application processor coupled to the GPS signal module and the arbitrary signal module, and memory coupled to the application processor including code segments executable on the application processor for a) identifying a GPS constellation with the GPS receiving module, b) identifying a local device constellation with the arbitrary signal module, and c) implementing a position and navigation process using at least one of a detected GPS constellation and a detected local device constellation.
US10151843B2
Systems and methods of tracking a mobile subject based on Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) data, including a boundary test unit to evaluate a boundary violation according to the current actionable position and current actionable speed of the mobile subject relative to a predetermined boundary, wherein the current actionable position is a sum of a prior actionable position and a product of a degraded position difference and a position tracking coefficient, and a current actionable speed is a function of a prior actionable speed and a degraded speed estimate.
US10151834B2
In one example, this disclosure is directed to a system configured to receive a first set of weather data from an onboard weather data system disposed on an aircraft. The system is configured to receive a second set of weather data from a remote weather data system separate from the aircraft, wherein the second set of weather data and the first set of weather data provide coverage at least in part of an overlapping volume of airspace and an overlapping time interval. The system is configured to determine whether a difference between the first set of weather data and the second set of weather data is above a nominal threshold of difference. The system is configured to generate a corrective output in response to determining that the difference between the first set of weather data and the second set of weather data is above the nominal threshold of difference
US10151831B2
Systems, methods and media are provided for golf ball spin axis measurement. In one example, a method comprises detecting a launched golf ball, receiving reflected Doppler signals from the golf ball by a radar device having an array of multiple receiver pairs, demodulating the spin-induced signals from the received signals, determining a time delay between the demodulated signals for the receiver pairs in the array, calculating an average time delay for the multiple receiver pairs, calculating a spin axis of the golf ball from the time delay values, outputting a spin axis value to an external system, and storing the spin axis value in a database.
US10151827B2
In one general aspect, a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium can be configured to store instructions that when executed cause a processor to perform a process. The process can include producing a segment of a laser signal where the segment of the laser signal has a duration, and producing a first reference signal based on the laser signal. The process can include calculating a first phase deviation corresponding with a first portion of the duration based on the first reference signal, and producing a second reference signal based on the laser signal. The process can include calculating a second phase deviation corresponding with a second portion of the duration based on the second reference signal, and calculating a phase deviation of the segment of the laser signal based on a combination of the first phase deviation and the second phase deviation.
US10151826B2
Techniques for radar detection based on preacquisition ramps are discussed. One example system comprises transmitter circuitry, receiver circuitry, and one or more processors. The transmitter circuitry can transmit preacquisition ramps and acquisition ramps. The receiver circuitry can receive preacquisition signals and acquisition signals based on interactions between the environment and the preacquisition ramps and acquisition ramps, respectively. The one or more processors can perform preprocessing based on the preacquisition signals to obtain interim results based on one or more of the environment or the system; generate a range Doppler map based at least in part on the acquisition signals; and evaluate the range Doppler map based at least in part on the interim results.
US10151825B2
A radar detection system that includes a signal transmitter, a signal receiver, a coupling module, two antennas and a switching module is provided. The coupling module includes a first and a second coupling paths each corresponding to a group of phase-shifting parameters. Under a first operation mode, the switching module connects the signal transmitter to the first coupling path to perform signal transmission from the two antennas along a first axis and connects the signal receiver to the second coupling path to perform signal receiving from the two antennas along a second axis. Under a second operation mode, the switching module connects the signal transmitter to the second coupling path to perform signal transmission from the two antennas along the second axis and connects the signal receiver to the first coupling path to perform signal receiving from the two antennas along the first axis.
US10151820B2
Phase variations of the transverse magnetization in magnetic resonance induced by superimposed physical phenomenae or by intrinsic deviations of the main magnetic B0 field are separated from Feature Space set by demodulation and deconvolution, either by electrical circuits or by equivalent computational methods, permitting mapping and measurement of these induced phase variations independent of Feature Space.
US10151815B2
A magnetic resonance imaging system (78) includes a magnetic resonance imaging device (80), one or more processors (104), and a display (106). The magnetic resonance imaging device (80) includes a magnet (82), gradient coils (88), and one or more radio frequency coils (92). The magnet (82) generates a Bo field. The gradient coils (88) apply gradient fields to the Bo field. The one or more radio frequency coils (92) generate a radio frequency pulse to excite magnetic resonance and measure generated gradient echoes. The one or more processors (104) are configured to activate (116) the one or more radio frequency coils (92) to generate a series of radio frequency pulses spaced by repetition times and to induce magnetic resonance. The one or more processors (104) are configured to control (118) the gradient coils to apply after each RF pulse readout gradient field pulses which refocus the resonance into a plurality of gradient echoes, shift and refocus gradient field pulses which shift and refocus at least one of the echoes to a subsequent repetition time, and receive and demodulate the gradient echoes to form k-space data lines. The one or more processors are configured to reconstruct (124) one or more images from the measured one or more gradient echoes. A display (106) displays the one or more reconstructed images.
US10151810B2
An imaging system and methods including a gantry defining a bore and an imaging axis extending through the bore, and at least one support member that supports the gantry such that the imaging axis has a generally vertical orientation, where the gantry is displaceable with respect to the at least one support member in a generally vertical direction. The imaging system may be configured to obtain a vertical imaging scan (e.g., a helical x-ray CT scan), of a patient in a weight-bearing position. The gantry may be rotatable between a first position, in which the gantry is supported such that the imaging axis has a generally vertical orientation, and a second position, such that the imaging axis has a generally horizontal orientation. The gantry may be displaceable in a horizontal direction and the system may perform a horizontal scan of a patient or object positioned within the bore.
US10151808B2
The present invention provides a multi-detecting depth nuclear magnetic resonance logging tool and probe, and an antenna excitation method, the probe of nuclear magnetic resonance logging tool includes: a housing, a magnet and an antenna array apparatus; the magnet is fixedly arranged in the housing; the antenna array apparatus includes at least two groups of antenna arrays distributed along circumference of the magnet, and each group of antenna arrays include N layers of independently fed antennas; k-th layer antenna is arranged between the magnet and (k+1)-th layer antenna, k=1, 2, . . . N−1; the antenna is fixed on a support, and the support is fixedly connected to the housing. In the present invention, stratum information detection at different azimuth angles is achieved by exciting different antenna arrays, so that circumferential recognizing capability of nuclear magnetic resonance logging tool probe is improved and three-dimensional (radial, axial and circumferential) stratum detection is achieved.
US10151797B2
A logic built-in self-test (LBIST) circuit implements a pipeline scan enable launch on shift (LOS) feature. A first scan chain flip-flop has a scan enable input configured to receive a first scan enable signal. A logic circuit has a first input coupled to a data output of the first scan chain flip-flop and a second input coupled to receive the first scan enable signal. A second scan chain flip-flop has a scan input coupled to a scan output of the first scan chain flip-flop. A scan enable input of the second scan chain flip-flop is coupled to receive a second scan enable signal generated at an output of the logic circuit. The first and second scan chain flip-flops are clocked by a same clock signal.
US10151796B2
A semiconductor apparatus includes a storage circuit, a processing circuit that performs processing using data stored in the storage circuit and writes data into the storage circuit as the processing is performed, a scan test circuit that executes a scan test on the processing circuit when the processing circuit does not perform processing, and an inhibit circuit that inhibits writing of data from the processing circuit to the storage circuit when the scan test on the processing circuit is executed.
US10151794B2
Invention achieves reduced amount of terminals to control a test mode, test function and test results of a given standard for at least one “wrapped core” (40,100) (a core 100 surrounded by a wrapper boundary register (40) as “wrapper chain”). Test flexibility and speed of testing the core (100) are also improved. Suggested serial test interface comprises a state machine (210) and an instruction register (213) for wrapper-instructions, supplied through a single physical data input terminal (1a). The state machine (210) reads wrapper-instructions held by the instruction register (213) and generates on-chip wrapper control signals (30) of the given standard for the wrapper boundary register (40) of the core (100). At least one wrapper-instruction read from the Instruction Register (213) provides at least one wrapper control signal (30). The single input terminal (1a) also supplies an input test signal SDI for coupling to the wrapper boundary register (40) as on chip logical input test signal WSI. A single output terminal (1b) returns an output test signal SDO from an output WSO of the wrapper boundary register (40). Invention may apply to IEEE 1500 control signals.
US10151790B2
An insulation fault locating system using branch-selective feeding and a selective insulation monitoring system for a branched IT system is composed of multiple subsystems. For insulation fault location, a differential current measuring device, a test signal generator and a blocking device are arranged in each subsystem. The insulation monitoring device additionally includes a selective decoupling device arranged in each subsystem. Furthermore, a method determines a cross impedance between two subsystems on the basis of the insulation monitoring system.
US10151781B2
Systems and methods for detecting, decoupling and quantifying unresolved signals in trace signal data in the presence of noise with no prior knowledge of the signal characteristics (e.g., signal peak location, intensity and width) of the unresolved signals. The systems and methods are useful for analyzing any trace data signals having one or multiple constituent signals, including overlapping constituent signals, and particularly useful for analyzing data signals which often contain an unknown number of constituent signals with varying signal characteristics, such as peak location, peak intensity and peak width, and varying resolutions. A general signal model function is assumed for each unknown, constituent signal in the trace signal data.
US10151779B2
The invention relates to a measuring resistor (1), in particular a low-resistance current-measuring resistor, comprising two terminal parts (2, 3) that consist of a conductor material for introducing and discharging a current, and a resistor element (4) that consists of a resistor material, wherein the resistor element (4) is arranged between the two terminal parts (2, 3) in the direction of the current and current flows through the resistor element (4). According to one variant of the invention, the measuring resistor (1) has several pairs of voltage-measuring contacts (7) for measuring the voltage falling across the resistor element (4) in order to be able to compensate metrologically for inhomogeneities in the current density. In contrast, according to another variant of the invention, one pair of voltage-measuring contacts (7) is arranged at a location at which the measuring resistor (1) exhibits neither a capacitive behavior nor an inductive behavior, such that the current flowing through the measuring resistor (1) and the voltage across the voltage-measuring contacts (7) are substantially in phase.
US10151778B2
A voltage sensor housing includes a top portion including a conductive top portion composed of conductive material and non-conductive top portions composed of non-conductive material, a bottom portion composed of non-conductive material, side portions composed of non-conductive material, wherein the top portion the bottom portion and the side portions define an interior area structured to hold a voltage sensor, and conductive side portions composed of conductive material and being disposed adjacent to the side portions. The conductive top portion is electrically floating and the conductive side portions are electrically grounded.
US10151772B2
A hot wire anemometer circuit has a calibrate subcircuit and an operate subcircuit which are selectively invoked via a user-activate mode switch. The calibrate subcircuit includes a detector configured to compare an amplified sensor voltage with an amplified drive voltage and output an indicator signal when the two voltages match. The drive voltage is derived from a user-adjusted drive resistance of a bridge subcircuit. The operate circuit includes a feedback loop which provides a signal to a bride node of a bridge circuit. After a sensor is connected to the anemometer circuit, the drive resistance is adjusted until the indicator signal is produced, signifying that the circuit is tuned and impedances are matched to prevent oscillations. A slewing network protects the sensor by shorting the drive resistance upon switching the anemometer circuit to the calibrate mode from the operate mode, and gradually restoring the drive resistance when switching back.
US10151761B2
The present invention relates to new biomarkers and new sets of biomarkers for diagnosing a mood disorder, preferably depression or monitoring the effectiveness of therapy for said mood disorder.
US10151755B2
The invention relates to biomarker assays based on protein/peptide biomarkers which show a pronounced differential behaviour between healthy and cancerous sample proteomes e.g. by mass spectrometric measurement and/or antibody-based assays such as an Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay (ELISA) determination of the protein biomarkers in serum, plasma or blood itself.
US10151752B2
Methods for preventing IBS, reducing the likelihood of developing IBS and/or treating IBS by administering COT inhibitors and/or COT neutralizers to a subject in need thereof are described. Methods of eliciting a specific immune response and methods of vaccinating a subject to prevent IBS or to reduce the likelihood of developing or having IBS are also provided. Methods of diagnosing IBS by detecting the presence or absence of COT or a COT marker in a subject are described.
US10151742B2
A device is provided for measuring physical properties of a sample material having a body comprising a chamber adapted to receive a sample material and a transducer electrically connected to a circuit. The transducer is arranged on the body of the device to contact the body such that the body is able to transmit vibrations between the sample material and the transducer. A drive unit is electrically connectable to the circuit to measure physical properties of the sample material.
US10151741B2
An electrically conductive nanoscale pore may be employed as an antenna to provide precise localized measurements of the impedance-altering characteristics of a molecule such as DNA or RNA or the like passing through the pore. The use of radiofrequency measurements promises high-speed analysis of long molecules (polymers).
US10151737B2
This disclosure relates to a system and method for applying a prediction of permeability of shale gas in porous media at different pressure conditions to a shale gas production. The method uses a molecular model that accounts for slippage and adsorption effects under the different pressure conditions including simulated gas flows in a large computational domain representing a sample of shale rock. This system and method provides a computationally efficient processing to determine permeability variations of shale gas with the different pressure conditions.
US10151736B2
The present invention relates to a process for the detection and adsorption of arsenic from ground water and industrial waste water using lanthanide doped nanoparticles. More particularly, the present invention provides a process for the detection and adsorption arsenic in ppm level using Eu0.05Y0.95PO4 nanoparticles.
US10151723B2
A particulate matter sensor is disposed in an exhaust line of an exhaust system, and configured to sense particulate matter included in exhaust gas. The particulate matter sensor includes: a first substrate, a second substrate, and a third substrate stacked sequentially from a bottom to form a sensing unit at one end part and a signal processor at another end part. The sensing unit includes: a reference electrode formed on one surface of the first substrate and having a constant capacitance value; a temperature sensor formed on one surface of the second substrate and sensing a temperature and a heater electrode disposed to be adjacent to the temperature sensor; and a main electrode formed on one surface of the third substrate and having a capacitance value that is varied by the particulate matter.
US10151722B2
A molecular sensor includes a substrate defining a substrate plane, and a plurality of pairs of electrode sheets above or below the substrate at an angle to the substrate plane. The molecular sensor further includes a plurality of inner dielectric sheets between each electrode sheet in each pair of electrode sheets of the plurality of pairs, and an outer dielectric sheet between each pair of electrode sheets of the plurality of pairs.
US10151716B2
An internal imaging system has a radiation source and a plurality of detectors positioned to receive portions of the plurality of collimated beams that have been attenuated by interaction with the target. The radiation source is configured to irradiate a target with a plurality of collimated beams of radiation. Two of the plurality of collimated beams of radiation may have different beam shapes. Another internal imaging system includes a radiation source configured to irradiate a target with at least one collimated beam of radiation and at least one detector. A planar rotating collimator is positioned adjacent to the radiation source and is configured to form the at least one collimated beam. The at least one detector is positioned to receive attenuated portions of the at least one collimated beam. The radiation source may be or include a neutron source. The detectors may be or include a plurality of neutron converters.
US10151714B2
Examples of nano-level evaluation of kerogen-rich reservoir rock are described. A micro-scale beam is formed from kerogen-rich reservoir rock. The beam has reservoir rock and kerogen, which has polymeric properties. A maximum dimension of the micro-scale beam is at most 1000 micrometers. A mechanical experiment that includes a tension test or a compression test is performed on the micro-scale beam. The mechanical experiment is imaged using a scanning electron microscope (SEM). A material parameter of the kerogen in the micro-scale beam is determined based on results of the mechanical experiment and images obtained responsive to the imaging. The material parameter includes a behavior of the kerogen in response to the mechanical experiment. The behavior of the kerogen can be used to determine, among other things, the energy required to break kerogen in a kerogen-rich shale to improve hydraulic fracturing efficiency.
US10151713B2
This application relates to an apparatus and methods for enhancing the performance of X-ray reflectometry (XRR) when used in characterizing thin films and nanostructures supported on a flat substrate. In particular, this application is targeted for addressing the difficulties encountered when XRR is applied to samples with very limited sampling volume, i.e. a combination of small sampling area and miniscule sample thickness or structure height. Point focused X-ray with long wavelength, greater than that from a copper anode or 0.154 nm, is preferably used with appropriately controlled collimations on both incident and detection arms to enable the XRR measurements of samples with limited volumes.
US10151711B2
A method and an apparatus for generating x-ray inspection image of an electronic circuit board are disclosed. The method includes: respectively generating, according to data files of the electronic circuit board and parameters of an X-ray machine, analog images of both faces of the electronic circuit board; subjecting the electronic circuit board to X-ray imaging to generate a real image of the electronic circuit board, the real image comprising real image elements on both faces of the electronic circuit board; identifying, according to the analog images of both faces, from the real image an interference image element that needs to be filtered from the real image for generating a real image of a detected object; and filtering the interference image element from the real image to generate the real image of the detected object.
US10151709B2
Disclosed is an improved device and method to evaluate the status of a material by scanning an area that overlaps a region of the material under evaluation. The device and method are operative to identify a leakage of a first material into a second material, such as a molten material surrounded by a refractory material, to measure the thickness of the second material, using electromagnetic waves, and to generate images. The device is designed to reduce a plurality of reflections associated with the propagation of electromagnetic waves launched into the material under evaluation, by a sufficient extent so as to enable detection of electromagnetic waves of interest reflected from remote discontinuities present in between the device and the enclosed material. Furthermore, the device can be configured to scan areas of interest in either a portable or fixed configuration, manually in a standalone mode or as part of an automated system.
US10151700B2
A sensing element for use in the detection of an analyte based on a luminescent response, the sensing element comprising a luminescent triaryl amine compound provided as a coating on a substrate.
US10151698B2
The invention describes a method for the identification of compounds which bind to a target component of a biochemical system or modulate the activity of the target, by compartmentalizing the compounds into microcapsules together with the target, such that only a subset of the repertoire is represented in multiple copies in any one microcapsules; and identifying the compound which binds to or modulates the activity of the target. The invention enables the screening of large repertoires of molecules which can serve as leads for drug development.
US10151696B2
Disclosed is a method for determining abnormality in a particle analyzer. The method includes: staining first control particles but not staining second control particles which emit fluorescence; irradiating with light the first control particles and the second control particles flowing in a flow cell, and detecting fluorescence from the first control particles and the second control particles; obtaining a first management value indicating a detection result of the fluorescence emitted from the first control particles and a second management value indicating a detection result of the fluorescence emitted from the second control particles; and determining abnormality in the staining step, based on a value calculated from the first management value and the second management value or a ratio between the first management value and the second management value.
US10151693B2
A photoelectric smoke sensor includes a housing having a circuit accommodation chamber, an inflow chamber provided in the housing, a light emitting portion provided in the inflow chamber, and a light receiving portion provided in the inflow chamber. The light emitting portion includes a first light and a first support portion surrounding the first light guide. The light receiving portion includes a second light guide and guiding the light to the light receiving element and a second support portion surrounding the second light guide. The first support portion and the second support portion are configured to prevent escape of a flame from the circuit accommodation chamber to the inflow chamber.
US10151691B2
To provide a gas sensor kit and a gas measurement system in which a problem in arrangement of a signal processor and an atmospheric pressure sensor at the time of measuring a gas is solved. A gas sensor kit includes a sensor and a connector. The connector includes an atmospheric pressure sensor measuring an atmospheric pressure and a signal processor. The signal processor receives a measurement signal indicating a transmitted light quantity of a target gas from the sensor and obtains a measurement value of a concentration or a partial pressure of the target gas based on the measurement signal. The signal processor corrects the measurement value of the concentration or the partial pressure of the target gas by using an atmospheric pressure value measured by the atmospheric pressure sensor.
US10151689B2
Disclosed is a method for identifying and characterizing compounds conjugating at least one polylysine and at least one other molecule chosen from the acids, fatty acids, vitamins, amino acids, amino acid derivatives having a neurotransmitter activity and the active substances having a therapeutic effect, the method including at least: a step of identification, by infrared spectroscopy, and at least one characterization step chosen from: ultraviolet-visible absorption spectroscopy, gas phase chromatography, high-performance liquid phase chromatography.
US10151688B2
A method of comparison of spectra from the spectrum of a sample and at least one spectrum of a reference library is provided. The method involves: obtaining at least one relevant spectral peak from the sample spectrum and comparing each of the relevant spectral peaks obtained with the spectra in the reference library. Methods are also described for: comparison of spectra from the second derivative of the sample spectrum and the second derivative of the reference library spectra; and comparison of spectra with the previous identification of the major component of a sample, which involves correlating triangularly the spectra of the sample, the reference and the major component.
US10151685B2
A solution for evaluating a sample gas for a presence of a trace gas, such as ozone, is provided. The solution uses an ultraviolet source and an ultraviolet detector mounted in a chamber. The chamber can include reflecting walls and/or structures configured to guide ultraviolet light. A computer system can operate the ultraviolet source in a high power pulse mode and acquire data corresponding to an intensity of the ultraviolet radiation detected by the ultraviolet detector while a sample gas is present in the chamber. Using the data, the computer system can determine a presence and/or an amount of the trace gas in the sample gas.
US10151682B2
An airborne particle-measuring device quantifies and qualifies contaminants of an air environment in clean-rooms, open spaces, and enclosed spaces such as homes, offices, industrial environments, airplanes in flight, cars and others. The device may include a sensor system, an electronics system, communications and information storage. The sensor system may include a high-power low-wavelength single-frequency continuous laser, an open-cavity high-efficiency mirror having an optical surface tuned to the laser frequency and a flow system that includes a vacuum pump to sample the air. The electronics system may be mounted on a single multilayer PC board with a microprocessor, firmware, electronics and a touch-screen LCD display. Innovations in light source, flow control, analog and digital signal processing, components integration and software allow provision of equipment in a wide range of high-complexity settings that require precise particle measurements.
US10151662B2
An apparatus (40) for assessing treatment effectiveness of tooth sensitivity with an oral care product comprising a tooth shaped member (50) comprises an outer layer (60) simulating an enamel, wherein the outer layer (60) at least partially covers an exterior surface of an inner layer (70) simulating a pulp, and a liquid sensor (80) contained either between the outer layer (60) and inner layer (70), or within the inner layer (70); and a plurality of holes (90), simulating open dentin tubules, configured through the outer layer (60) to the inner layer (70), and in fluid communication with the liquid sensor (80); wherein the liquid sensor (80) is configured to sense liquid passing through at least one of the plurality of holes (90) as simulating the treatment effectiveness of tooth sensitivity of the oral care product.
US10151647B2
In one embodiment a pressure sensor is provided. The pressure sensor includes a housing having an input port configured to allow a media to enter the housing. A support is mounted within the housing, the support defining a first aperture extending therethrough. A stress isolation member is mounted within the first aperture of the support, the stress isolation member defining a second aperture extending therethrough, wherein the stress isolation member is composed of silicon. sensor die bonded to the stress isolation member. The sensor die includes a silicon substrate having an insulator layer on a first side of the silicon substrate; and sensing circuitry disposed in the insulator layer on the first side, wherein a second side of the silicon substrate is exposed to the second aperture of the stress isolation member and the second side is reverse of the first side.
US10151638B2
Various aspects of this disclosure provide a bolometer including a substrate and a ring resonator structure over the substrate. The bolometer may also include a silicon oxide layer in thermal contact with the ring resonator structure. The bolometer may further include a first waveguide over the substrate and coupled to the ring resonator structure, the first waveguide configured to couple an infrared light to the ring resonator structure so that the infrared light generates a temperature increase in the silicon oxide layer. The bolometer may additionally include a second waveguide over the substrate and coupled to the ring resonator structure, the second waveguide configured to couple a probe light input to the ring resonator structure so that a probe light output is generated from the probe light input, the probe light output having a change in a characteristic from the probe light input based on the temperature increase.
US10151630B2
An optical spectrometer for use in a COOx analyzer includes a spectrometer housing having an optical fiber housing end, a light-receiving input slit positioned adjacent the optical fiber housing end, a light dispersing element mounted to but spaced from the optical fiber housing end and positioned within an optical path along which light travels from the light-receiving input slit. The light dispersing element receives the light transmitted through the input slit and separates the light into a plurality of light beams, a light-array detector capable of receiving the plurality of light beams and converting the plurality of light beams into the electrical signal, an achromatic lens positioned in the optical path to direct the light from the input slit to the light dispersing element and to direct the plurality of light beams reflected from the light dispersing element onto the light-array detector, and a thermal-compensating means for the spectrometer housing.
US10151626B2
This application describes method and apparatus for fiber optic distributed acoustic sensing (DAS) that allow for quantitative estimation of relatively large and continuous stimuli acting on the sensing fiber. An optical fiber (101) is interrogated with optical pulse and the Rayleigh backscatter detected to provide a DAS sensor. The method involves identifying a first stimulus acting on at least one sensing portion of the optical fiber, which results in an effective optical path length change within said sensing portion of at least the wavelength of the optical radiation. Such a path length change will result in signal wrapping leading to an observed variation (401) in backscatter intensity. The frequency of variation is detected and can be used to estimate the rate of change of path length. The method can be used to estimate strain rate and/or rate of change of temperature.
US10151622B2
The object of the present invention is to provide a combination weighing device in which supply of articles at an article conveyance part is controlled with good precision. A combination weighing device (100) is provided with article conveyance parts (10, 20) having loading parts (11, 21) of articles and driving parts (12, 22) for driving the loading parts, the article conveyance parts (10, 20) driving the driving parts and thereby causing the articles to be conveyed to hoppers (30) arranged downstream in a conveyance direction, a sensing part (60) for sensing, in non-contact manner, a state of the articles on the loading parts, and a supply control part (82c) for controlling supply of the articles by controlling driving of the article conveyance parts based on a sensing result of the sensing part. The sensing part sense, for a plurality of regions along the conveyance direction, the state of the articles for each of the regions. The supply control part controls the driving based on a physical quantity relating to a height of the articles on the loading parts for each of the regions, the height being ascertained from the state of the articles of each of the regions.
US10151616B1
Level sensing designs and techniques that inherently compensate for physical variations in the flowable material. An illustrative container includes an electrode arrangement having two electrodes along a vertical span creating corresponding capacitances indicative of a level of the material within that vertical span. Differing electrode shapes or positions provide the capacitances with different dependences on the level. A level detection method includes: (i) measuring a first capacitance between a drive electrode and a first sensing electrode; (ii) measuring a second capacitance between the drive electrode and a second sensing electrode; and (iii) determining a ratio of variances in the first and second capacitances, the variances being relative to first and second capacitances for a container empty of the material. The ratio is indicative of said level and insensitive to temperature and permittivity of the material.
US10151609B2
The invention relates to a measuring device for measuring a flow rate of an electrically conducting medium in a volume which is permeated by a magnetic field, comprising a device for producing the magnetic field, at least one resistor, at least two electrodes, the at least two electrodes being electrically interconnected via the at least one resistor, and an evaluation unit for evaluating the measurement signal of the electrodes measured in parallel to the at least one resistor, and for calculating the flow rate.
US10151595B2
The present disclosure is related to vehicle navigation systems. The teachings may be embodied in methods for predicting fuel consumption and time of arrival, including: recording a destination user input; calculating a distance to the destination from a current location of the vehicle; recording a driving speed profile for the destination user input or for a route to the destination, as calculated by the vehicle navigation apparatus; storing the driving speed profile together with a driver feature; recording a user input comprising a desired speed, time of arrival, or fuel consumption trend; recording a second destination user input; and calculating the fuel consumption and the time of arrival for the new destination user input on the basis of a route to the further destination, as calculated by the vehicle navigation apparatus, and a consumption value representing fuel consumption of the stored driving speed profile applied to the route.
US10151589B2
An open water navigation apparatus for use by a swimmer, the navigation apparatus includes a pair of swim goggles having a right lens, a left lens, and a head strap, a navigation module retained on the head strap of the pair of swim goggles, and a navigational signal output mechanism connected for signal communications to the navigation module.
US10151588B1
On-board, computer-based systems and methods compute continuously updated, real-time state estimates for an aerial vehicle by appropriately combining, by a suitable Kalman filter, local, relative, continuous state estimates with global, absolute, noncontinuous state estimates. The local, relative, continuous state estimates can be provided by visual odometry (VO) and/or an inertial measurement unit (IMU). The global, absolute, noncontinuous state estimates can be provided by terrain-referenced navigation, such as map-matching, and GNSS. The systems and methods can provide the real-time, continuous estimates even when reliable GNSS coordinate data is not available.
US10151587B2
In a method for determining navigation data, positional angle measurement values are determined using a first navigation device (310). A second navigation device (320) is then initialized using the positional angle measurement values determined by the first navigation device (310). Both navigation devices are supplied with rotational rate and acceleration measurement values from a common sensor unit in order to determine the positional angle measurement values. In the process, the first navigation device (310) produces erroneous measurements of the positional angle measurement values with a probability which is lower than as specified positional angle error rate, and the second navigation device (320) produces erroneous measurements of the positional angle measurement values with a probability which is higher than the specified positional angle error rate. An erroneous measurement of the positional angle measurement values is present if one of the determined positional angle measurement values deviates from a corresponding positional angle reference value by more than a specified positional angle tolerance value.
US10151586B2
A spirit level has a hollow profile member as the spirit level body and at least one bubble level with a bubble level holder. The bubble level holder is mounted moveably in the spirit level body, and the bubble level holder has an opening into which a fixing element can be introduced through a wall of the spirit level body. The fixing elements prevents a displacement of the bubble level holder parallel to the longitudinal axis of the spirit level body, and allows a movement of the bubble level holder normal to a measurement surface of the spirit level body.
US10151584B2
A method and system to measure misalignment error between two overlying or interlaced periodic structures are proposed. The overlying or interlaced periodic structures are illuminated by incident radiation, and the diffracted radiation of the incident radiation by the overlying or interlaced periodic structures are detected to provide an output signal. The misalignment between the overlying or interlaced periodic structures may then be determined from the output signal.
US10151581B2
A method of determining the position and the orientation of at least one interface comprises illuminating the interface that is determined with at least one non-polarized diffuse light source point, using an image-forming device to acquire an image enabling polarization information determined about the reflection(s) of the source point on the interface to be determined, and in the image, locating any reflection of the light source point as reflected by the interface. For each located reflection, the light ray reaching the image-forming device together with at least its degree of polarization as its polarization parameter is calculated. The light ray as reflected on the interface that to be determined is calculated. Using the light ray reflected on the interface, its polarization parameter, and the known position of the source point, the position and the orientation of the surface element is deduced.
US10151580B2
The present disclosure provides a system and method to convert three-dimensional data into a two-dimensional height displacement map and extract the three-dimensional features and dimensions of a three-dimensional object using a two-dimensional image processing technique. An illumination source of the system scans across the workspace using a line laser and generates a two-dimensional height displacement map of the workspace. The individual pixel location represents an actual workspace sampled location. The pixel gray scale intensity represents the Z displacement height at the pixel location. A processing device processes the features and dimensions within two-dimensional image as a gray scale using two-dimensional image processing such as pattern match, blob, convolution and edge detection.
US10151562B1
An archery sight with a sight line that is capable of movement on an arced path along a radius that approximates the distance between an archer's eyeball and the sight. The arc is the part of the radius that includes the portion needed to position the sight accurately to compensate for an arrow's trajectory from the shortest to longest range that the bow is capable of. This results in a sight line that always aligns perfectly with an archer's eye.
US10151561B1
A cant indication apparatus includes a spirit level having a first and second surface, said spirit level containing a first fluid, said first fluid having at least one of a first light transmittance and absorbance, and a second fluid forming a bubble in said first fluid, said second fluid having at least one of a second light transmittance and absorbance, said bubble position indicating orientation. The apparatus further includes a light receiving optical fiber having a light receiving end and a spirit level connection end, said optical fiber spirit level connection end connected to said first surface of said spirit level whereupon said spirit level bubble is nearest said spirit level connection end of said light receiving optical fiber when said spirit level is in an uncanted orientation. The apparatus further includes a light transmitting and cant indicating optical fiber having a spirit level connection end and an orientation indication end, said optical fiber spirit level connection end connected to said second surface so as to be in substantial optical alignment with said optical fiber spirit level connection of said light receiving optical fiber, said orientation end illumination indicating at least one of a canted orientation and an uncanted orientation.
US10151559B2
A hole is formed through the two or more parts, and a hollow tube is extended through the hole. A first plug is inserted into a first end of the tube, and a second end of the tube is pulled through the hole until the first plug is urged against the two or more parts. The second end of the tube is then cut so that the second end is flush with the two or more parts. A second plug is then inserted into the second end of the tub.
US10151556B2
A concealable firearm is disclosed. The handle of the firearm is adjustable from a concealed position to an in-use position. When the handle is in the concealed position, the firearm has the appearance of a cell phone. This allows the firearm to be carried in the open and be easily accessible without drawing attention to the person carrying the firearm. The firearm cannot fire when in the concealed position because the trigger is not accessible.
US10151551B2
A gun device allowing replacement of barrels with different sizes, having a gun body, one end of the gun body has an opening. The opening outer edge has a threading and a positioning slot. The gun body connects with a first size barrel by connecting the threading with a lock. The gun device further comprising: a guide adapter, a second size barrel and a barrel key. The guide adapter has a positioning body, a projecting part, and a first groove, the projecting part alignment connects with the positioning slot. The second size barrel has a second groove, the first groove corresponding with the second groove.
US10151544B1
A bolt carrier for a firearm, including lugs on the first end to engage corresponding lugs of a barrel receiver/extension. The bolt carrier includes a cam slot within which a cam pin from a bolt is constrained to travel along a cam slot path during rotational and translational movement of the bolt. The cam slot defines (1) a first cam slot means for constraining motion of the cam pin and the bolt during engagement or disengagement of the lugs of the bolt and the corresponding lugs of the barrel receiver or extension; (2) a second cam slot means for imparting rotational movement to the cam pin and bolt during linear movement of the bolt carrier; and (3) a third cam slot means for constraining motion of the cam pin at an end of a rearward travel of the bolt and bolt carrier during an ejection cycle. The combination of the first, second, and third cam slot means yields an extension of the unlocking by over 10% and a delay of the actual unlock of the bolt by over 5% relative to TDP.
US10151541B2
A heat exchanger for a vehicle includes a heat exchange unit in which a plurality of plates are layered to alternately form a first flow channel and a second flow channel therein and heat exchange unit having one surface fixedly mounted in an expansion valve. First and second inflow holes are formed separately at both surfaces of the heat exchange unit and connected to the first flow channel and the second flow channel, respectively. First and second exhaust holes are formed separately in a diagonal direction of the first and second inflow holes at both surfaces of the heat exchange unit and connected to the first flow channel and the second flow channel, respectively. A noise reducer is integrally connected to the heat exchange unit at another surface of the heat exchange unit and reduces noise and vibration occurring when an operation fluid that is injected through the second inflow hole moves.
US10151539B2
A heating system for heating at least one of a fluid-filled conduit arrangement and a volume of air includes an internal combustion engine provided with engine coolant that flows to and from the engine and is heated thereby. A fluid heat exchanger is provided in fluid communication with a heat transfer fluid stored in a reservoir and the engine coolant of the internal combustion engine. The fluid heat exchanger receives heated engine coolant from the internal combustion engine, and transfers heat from the heated engine coolant to the heat transfer fluid to provide heated transfer fluid. A heat generator is provided in fluid communication with the fluid heat exchanger, and receives the heated transfer fluid from the fluid heat exchanger for further heating. This heated transfer fluid may then be selectively used to heat a conduit or a volume of air.
US10151535B2
The invention relates to an arrangement for feeding fine-grained matter to a concentrate or matte burner (1) of a suspension smelting furnace (2). The arrangement includes a screw conveyor (3) comprising a tube means (4) having an inlet opening (6), an downward-facing outlet opening (7), and a helical screw (8) for moving fine-grained matter from the inlet opening (6) to the downward-facing outlet opening (7). The downward-facing outlet opening (7) is provided with a distribution means (10). The distribution means (10) has a free end (11) configured for feeding fine-grained matter into the downward-facing outlet opening (7). The helical screw (8) of the screw conveyor (3) extends from the direction of the inlet opening (6) at least partly over the downward-facing outlet opening (7).
US10151532B2
An industrial tunnel oven for heat treatment of parts may include: an outer wall that defines a tunnel; at least one inner wall; and a conveying line, at least partially inside the tunnel, configured to convey the parts along the tunnel. The outer wall may have a substantially cylindrical form above a base zone of the outer wall. The walls may define at least one interspace for hot air entering, leaving, or entering and leaving the oven. The at least one inner wall may extends along sides of the tunnel in an arc so as to define openings for the hot air to flow from the at least one interspace toward the conveying line, from the conveying line toward the at least one interspace, or from the at least one interspace toward the conveying line and from the conveying line toward the at least one interspace.
US10151529B2
The present invention relates to a process for the control of Ostwald Ripening phenomenon occurring in particle suspensions without the need for addition of stabilizing agents, by using high pressure homogenization at mild conditions in a way that no increase or decrease in particle size occurs, thus allowing the stabilization of the suspension during the isolation step in the form of a dried powder.
US10151525B2
A refrigerator appliance includes a compartment and a door having an interior wall and at least one rail attached thereto. A harvest bin assembly is attachable to the at least one rail and includes a housing having a mount for securing the housing to the at least one rail. First pivot elements are disposed on each side of the housing. A removable bin defines a storage space and includes a plurality of holes formed in a bottom wall thereof. Second pivot elements are disposed on a side wall of the removable bin and engage a corresponding first pivot element on the housing. The first pivot elements and the second pivot elements define a pivot axis whereby the removable bin pivots between a first, closed position and a second, open position. A tray engages the bottom wall of the removable bin when the removable bin is in the first, closed position.
US10151523B2
A beverage cooler (10, 100, 200) includes a heat pump (12) having a cooling element thermally coupled to a negative-heat-energy accumulator (14). The accumulator (14) includes a heat-energy dispersion arrangement (16) formed from thermally conductive material which is in thermal contact with a quantity of phase-change material (18) having a phase-change temperature above zero Celsius. A conduit (20) for the beverage defines a circuitous path thermally coupled to accumulator (14). The heat pump (12) draws heat energy predominantly from the phase-change material (18) so as to ensure that a temperature of the phase-change material is reduced by at least as much as the temperature of the beverage within conduit (20), even under zero-flow conditions. This ensures that the accumulator (14) can be fully charged during periods of low beverage dispensing demand without risk of freezing the beverage within conduit (20).
US10151512B1
The solar heating apparatus has a base box and a main axle mounted on the base box. At least one mirror support arm is mounted orthogonal to the main axle and supports a plurality of mirrors. In a first embodiment, a circular plate on the side of the base box rotates the main axle to bank the mirrors to track azimuth and a belt or chain drive rotates the mirror support arms to track elevation. In a second embodiment, the main axle is a beam mounted on a rotating circular plate on top of the base box to track azimuth and bevel gears drive a belt or chain drive that rotates the mirror support arms to track elevation. In a third embodiment, the mirror support arms are driven to rotate by bevel gears and the main axle through belt or chain drives.
US10151510B2
An electrical water heater adapted for energy management and a method of controlling the consumption of electrical power from the power supply grid of a utility is described. The bottom resistive heating element of the water heater is a dual element resistive heating element which has a high power rated resistive heating element to heat water and a further low power rated resistive heating element. The power rating of the low power resistive heating element is calculated to be lower than the supply grid diversified mean load. A controller has a communication link with a utility which manages the power supply grid. The utility can control the resistive heating elements of the dual element in such a way, and depending on conditions of the grid, to conserve energy and regulate its frequency thereby resulting in a cost saving to the consumer and the utility. The low power rated resistive heating element is also connectable to an alternative power source.
US10151508B2
A compact, on-demand system to produce high pressure (≤5,000 psig) and high temperature (≤450° C.) water or other liquids which maintains single-phase flow throughout the system utilizing low-cost, thick-wall tubing and thereby negate the requirement to design the unit as a boiler or adhere to coded pressure vessel design requirements. This design can also replace a conventional boiler for the generation of hot water as well as low and high pressure steam.
US10151497B2
An indirect evaporative cooler core is manufactured from a continuous sheet of hydrophobic material. Flocking is provided on at least a partial surface area of at least one side of the sheet, to render the flocked surface area wettable. Air flow guiding structures are formed upon at least one of the first side and the second side of the sheet. Fold lines are defined in the sheet defining plates extending between adjacent fold lines. Slits are formed along the fold lines. Accordion pleating the sheet at the fold lines forms alternating wet and dry passages between the plates, the wet passages formed between opposing wettable surfaces, the dry passages formed between non-flocked surfaces, and the accordion pleating causes the slits in the folds to open and form air inlets and outlets in communication with the air flow passages.
US10151488B2
Example apparatus and methods providing for the improved chemical conversion of the combustible components of a gaseous medium are disclosed. In some examples, the apparatus includes a guiding body that guides the flow of the gaseous medium within a reaction chamber of the apparatus. In some examples, the guiding body of the disclosed apparatus is configured to stabilize a residence period of the gaseous medium in the reaction chamber. In some examples, the guiding body results in a flow path of the gaseous medium within the reaction chamber being optimized and/or maximized, and/or results in a short circuit flow of the gaseous medium in the reaction chamber being suppressed. In some disclosed examples, the guiding body causes at least a portion of the flow path of the gaseous medium within the reaction chamber to take the form of a cyclone flow.
US10151483B2
A method is provided for monitoring and controlling combustion in a burner of a fuel gas apparatus, having a sensor with an electrode able to be supplied by a voltage generator and connected to an electronic circuit for measuring the resultant potential. The method includes acquiring and processing data from experimental conditions and a second phase of evaluating the desired combustion characteristic, under an actual operating condition of the burner. A plurality of experimental combustion conditions for the burner are preselected, applying to the burner, in each condition, a power and a further significant parameter of the combustion characteristics, under each of the experimental conditions applying an electrical voltage signal to said electrode and carrying out a sampling of the response signal, calculating, based on the sequence of sampled values, the characteristic parameters of the waveform of the signal for each of the experimental conditions.
US10151476B2
A boiler that includes a housing is disclosed. The housing houses a combustion chamber, a heat exchanger system, a heat flow path, an isolating member, and a removable panel. The heat flow path thermally couples the combustion chamber and the heat exchanger system. The isolating member at least partially separates the combustion chamber from the heat exchanger system wherein. When the removable panel is removed a user is provided access to the heat exchanger system. The isolating member is internal to the housing. The removable panel is an internal removable panel positioned on the isolating member. When the internal removable panel is removed, the user is provided internal access to the heat exchanger system. In other embodiments, the panel is an external removable panel positioned on an exterior wall of the housing. When the exterior removable panel is removed, the user is provided exterior access to the heat exchanger system.
US10151466B2
A light or pendant is selectively mountable at any point on two rods. The light includes a body with a light source and two wings creating respective interference fits with the rods to support the light and to provide power from the rods to the light source.
US10151452B2
A variable focus lighting fixture includes a fixed sleeve assembly, a moveable sleeve assembly, a light emitting unit, a lens and an actuation assembly. The moveable sleeve assembly penetrates into the fixed sleeve assembly and moves relative to the fixed sleeve assembly. The light emitting unit is secured onto the fixed sleeve assembly. The lens is secured onto the moveable sleeve assembly. The actuation assembly is connected between the moveable sleeve assembly and the fixed sleeve assembly. The actuation assembly includes a spiral curve slot and a sliding pin penetrating into the spiral curve slot. When the moveable sleeve assembly rotates along a central axis of the moveable sleeve assembly, the sliding pin moves along the spiral curve slot to drive the moveable sleeve assembly to move along the axial direction thereof. Accordingly, the projection path of the light from the light emitting unit through the lens is altered.
US10151451B2
An LED bulb, lamp holder, or adaptor includes a module that extends beyond a shade, cover, or other light blocking element to permit signal or light transmission to or from the module.
US10151448B2
A display apparatus according to an embodiment of the present disclosure comprises: a substrate; a light-emitting unit including a light emitting element mounted on the substrate and a lens placed above the light-emitting element; a reflective layer placed on the upper surface of the substrate; an optical sheet placed above the reflective layer and placed at a height at which the optical sheet is spaced from the light-emitting unit; and a display panel placed on the upper surface of the optical sheet, wherein the lens has a cutout portion formed therein by depressing a part of the side surface thereof toward the center thereof, thereby providing an anisotropic light distribution.
US10151446B2
A variety of light-emitting devices are disclosed that are configured to output light provided by a light source. In general, embodiments of the light-emitting devices feature a light source and an extractor element coupled to the light source, where the extractor element includes, at least in part, a total internal reflection (TIR) surface. Luminaires incorporating light-emitting devices of this type are also disclosed.
US10151445B2
A light assembly is configured to provide a uniform light pattern onto a target, and may include a housing, a light source retained within the housing, wherein the light source is configured to generate a generated light beam, and a light homogenizer retained with the housing and disposed within a light path downstream from the light source. The light homogenizer includes a main body having an input end and an output end, and is configured to receive the generated light beam at the input end. The light homogenizer is configured to homogenize the generated light beam and output homogenized light at the output end. A focusing lens may be moveably retained with the housing and disposed within the light path downstream from the light homogenizer. The focusing lens is configured to focus the homogenized light onto the target.
US10151441B2
A light emitting device includes a planar light emitting body configured to emit light in a planar shape, and a transparent member configured to control the light from the planar light emitting body. The transparent member has a light incidence surface arranged so as to face a light emitting surface of the planar light emitting body and configured to cause the light from the planar light emitting body to be incident on the transparent member and a light emission surface configured to emit, to the outside, the light which is propagated in the transparent member. The transparent member is formed so as to extend in a predetermined direction and formed such that a distance between the light incidence surface and the light emission surface changes in accordance with a position in the predetermined direction.
US10151431B2
A lighting apparatus having laser light as a light source is provided. The lighting apparatus includes: a light-emitter which radiates light of a wavelength different from a wavelength of the laser light; and a lens including a light distribution controlling structure that controls distribution of the light radiated from the light-emitter. The lens is disposed opposite a laser light entry side of the lighting apparatus. The light-emitter is disposed between the lens and the laser light entry side. The lens integrally includes, along an optical axis of the laser light, a light-dispersing structure configured to disperse the laser light.
US10151428B2
A system that can offload compressed gas from a storage tank to a customer site. The system can have a fluid circuit that is configured to fit within a container structure, like a trailer, for mobility to remote locations. This fluid circuit can include a transfer unit to automatically switch between tanks. The transfer unit can couple with a heat exchanger. Downstream of the heat exchanger, the fluid circuit can reduce pressure of fluid from the tanks through multiple pressure reduction stages. Each of the pressure reduction stages can include a throttling device, for example, a pilot-type fluid regulator and a control valve assembly. The throttling device may be selected to maintain flow of fluid at least at, e.g., 35,000 scfh, in accordance with pressure drops in the incoming fluid from the tanks.
US10151424B2
An apparatus for supporting a flexible display panel is disclosed. In one aspect, the apparatus includes first and second unidirectional link members arranged in a first direction so as to be parallel to each other. The first and second unidirectional link members are connected to each other so as to be rotatable around a second direction crossing the first direction. The apparatus also includes a first connecting member connected to one side of each of the first and second unidirectional link members so as to be rotatable around the second direction and first and second supporting plates arranged on opposing sides of the first and second unidirectional link members in the first direction. The first and second supporting plates are configured to be rotatable together with the first and second unidirectional link members.
US10151420B2
A thermally insulating composition comprises: (A) an aqueous liquid, wherein the aqueous liquid is the continuous phase of the composition; (B) a particulate, wherein the particulate is silica, and wherein the particulate is a dispersed phase of the composition; and (C) an activator, wherein the activator causes at least some of the particulate to aggregate and form a network of at least the particulate, wherein the formation of the network causes the insulating composition to become a gel, and wherein the gelled insulating composition inhibits or prevents heat loss from two areas having different temperatures. A method of thermally insulating a portion of an annulus comprises: introducing the insulating composition into a portion of an annulus, wherein the gelled insulating composition inhibits or prevents heat loss from the portion of the annulus to an area adjacent to the outside of a second object.
US10151415B1
An apparatus to make a custom length pipe nipple, and method for use of the apparatus. The apparatus has a male plumbing thread at one end connected to an elongate member, with length or measurement markings along the elongate member. The apparatus is threaded into a plumbing fixture that will be flush mounted against a wall, and then using the markings on the elongate member, a length is determined that corresponds to the flush mounting surface of the plumbing fixture. The apparatus is then threaded into a plumbing fitting, such as a drop ear elbow inside a wall, and a second length is determined that corresponds to a flush mounting surface of the wall. The two lengths are added together to determine the length of a piece of pipe. Tightening and/or caulk allowance may be included, and a piece of copper or iron pipe is then cut to length. For copper pipe, a threaded male copper fitting is solder attached to each end. For iron pipe, the ends are threaded. Depending on whether copper or iron pipe is used, there are different length or measurement markings along the elongate member.
US10151411B2
A connector is provided for holding a deformable tube, and includes a connection head, an inner portion extending from the head, an outer portion extending from the head and at least partially surrounding the inner portion to define a tube entry passage, the entry passage has a constricting area of lesser width than the width of the tube wall, and the outer and inner portions move relative to each other to allow entry of the tube past the constricting area and further into the passage, after insertion of the tube past the constricting area, and on application of a translational force to the tube, the outer and inner portions are configured to bear further against the elastically deformable tube such that the tube is held between the inner and the outer portions. At least one of the outer portion and the inner portion is at least partially helical in construction.
US10151405B1
A valve integrated pressure regulator (VIPR) device is provided that includes a gas flow valve arrangement, a shroud and digital gauge display that can be attached or coupled to a gas cylinder, and which can monitor the amount or pressure of the gas in the gas cylinder. Features of the disclosed valve integrated pressure regulator device include an electronic control, electronic alarm and the electronic display that are powered by a battery that may be disposed within the shroud. The battery and/or electronic control are accessible via a removable access panel disposed on the front surface of the shroud.
US10151396B2
A multifunctional valve features an injection function, a vacuuming function, a devacuuming function with fast and slow mode, and a pressure regulating function. The valve can be implemented on any sealingly closed container having a removable lid or a bag having a resealable zipper or any other similar sealable feature. The valve also features a tethered plug with a latch system to secure it in place to additionally provide sealing. The valve is incorporated into a container with a removable lid for microwave pressure cooking. The same valve is incorporated into a plug to close an opening on a barrel.
US10151389B2
A method for controlling a shift speed of a continuous variable transmission includes: a first calculating step for calculating a surplus oil pump RPM based on a transmission oil temperature, an engine RPM, and a turbine torque; a second calculating step to calculate a surplus oil amount based on the surplus oil pump RPM, the transmission oil temperature, the engine RPM, and a line pressure; a third calculating step to calculate an allowable shift speed based on the surplus oil amount and a current gear ratio; a shift speed comparing step to compare the shift speed of a vehicle with the allowable shift speed; and a shift speed controlling step in which the controller varies the shift speed or the allowable shift speed to control the shift speed to be equal to or less than the allowable shift speed when the shift speed exceeds the allowable shift speed.
US10151388B2
A method for controlling a transmission for a vehicle includes: sensing, by a controller, an opening degree of an accelerator pedal; checking, by the controller, a gear stage engaged with an input shaft, with which a Reverse (R) gear and a second gear of a Dual-Clutch Transmission (DCT) are engageable, if the opening degree of the accelerator pedal is less than or equal to a reference value as a result of the sensing; and controlling, by the controller, the vehicle in a parking mode in which disengagement of the R gear is prevented if the R gear is engaged with the input shaft as a result of the checking.
US10151375B2
The improved motorized gearbox mechanism of the present invention includes a plurality of cam-actuated gear block assemblies, which transfer power from an integral rotor and stator assembly contained in a cam/rotor assembly, to a secondary or output gear element. Each gear block assembly includes a gear block having a surface that periodically interfaces with a secondary or output gear element. When energized, the stator assembly interacts with the rotor assembly inducing the cam/rotor assembly to rotate about its central axis, thereby driving the output gear element via the plurality of cam-actuated gear block assemblies. The motorized gearbox mechanism may be powered electrically, hydraulically, pneumatically or by steam, or any conventional power source that can be adapted to use an integral stator/rotor assembly configured in the cam assembly body to generate rotative power in the cam/rotor assembly.
US10151369B2
A piston assembly for a damper includes: a piston head; a piston rod having one end connected to the piston head, forming an inner space therein, and having another end at which an opening communicating with the inner space is formed; a wire having one end connected to an electric device mounted on the piston head and extending through the inner space of the piston rod; and a connector disposed at the other end of the piston rod and connected to another end of the wire. The connector includes a socket part rotatably disposed in the opening at the other end of the piston rod, and a plug part inserted into the socket through the opening of the other end of the piston rod. A self-alignment structure is provided in the socket part and the plug part and is configured to rotate the socket part such that the socket part is aligned at a predetermined orientation with respect to the plug part when the plug part is inserted into the socket part.
US10151361B2
A centrifugal brake mechanism for a controlled descent device, and a drum device employing it, are described. The mechanism comprises a circular wheel configured and operable to rotate about an axis of rotation thereof, an axle extending along and rotatable about the axis inside a central cavity of the wheel and having two or more parallel shaft rods extending inside the cavity substantially perpendicular to the axis of rotation, a gear system for transferring rotations of the wheel into counter-rotations of the axle, one or more brake elements each having pass-through bores for slidably mounting over the two or more parallel shaft rods, springs mounted over the parallel shaft rods between the brake element and the axle, and a friction enhancement mechanism for increasing friction forces between the brake elements and the inner wall the wheel responsive to increase in angular velocity of the wheel.
US10151354B2
A clutch disc assembly, comprising a friction plate, a damper fixedly secured to the friction plate, comprising an inwardly facing saline and a retainer plate, the retainer plate comprises a first radially inwardly facing surface and a second radially inwardly facing surface radially offset from the first radially inwardly facing surface, and a hub, the hub comprises a first radially outwardly facing surface having a circumferential groove, a second radially outwardly facing surface having an outer saline that meshes with the inwardly facing saline to non-rotatably connect the hub and the damper, and an internal saline surface.
US10151345B2
A center bearing bush unit for a propeller shaft can effectively decrease the amount of large/small displacement that occurs in the propeller shaft during driving of a vehicle. A center bearing bush unit for a propeller shaft includes an inner pipe; an outer pipe disposed on a common axis as the inner pipe at the outside of the inner pipe; a cushion rubber attached between the inner and outer pipes, and having a plurality of voids disposed on the common axis; and a plurality of stoppers attached to the outer circumferential surface of the inner pipe while being spaced apart from the cushion rubber at a predetermined interval.
US10151340B2
After a connecting rod for an engine is formed, it is broken or fractured at a fracture point to allow the connecting rod to assemble around a portion of a crankshaft. However, before fracturing the connecting rod, the connecting rod is provided with a layer of paint across the eventual fracture point such that when the connecting rod is fractured the paint extends across both sides of the fracture point. Also before fracturing the connecting rod, serial numbers or symbols are etched into the paint on either side of the eventual fracture point. These serial numbers are unique to that connecting rod, and have similar indicia on either side of the connecting rod. The combination of the paint and serial numbers increase the ability of an assembly worker to assure matching parts of an original connecting rod are re-attached during assembly about the crankshaft.
US10151339B2
A cable length automatic adjustment device for a vehicle window lifter includes a housing (1) having a hollow internal, a cable axial shaft (2) arranged inside the housing (1) and an adjusting member (3). The cable axial shaft (2) includes an axle base (20), an axial shaft (21) extended from the axle base (20) and a first elastic member (22) abutted between the axle base (20) and an inner wall of the housing (1). The adjusting member (3) includes a slotted base (30), positioning pieces (32) moveably attached onto the slotted base (30) and a second elastic member (33) abutted between the axle base (20) and the positioning pieces (32). The axial shaft (21) includes indented positioning portions (210), and the positioning pieces (32) include corresponding engagement portions (320). The positioning pieces (32) are clamped onto the positioning portions (210) of the axial shaft (21) with the engagement portions (320).
US10151331B2
An electronic begin of regulation (EBOR) control system and method is disclosed for a hydraulic motor of a machine having an engine for producing power and a track system for moving. The EBOR system includes a flow source, variable displacement motor, pressure sensor and control unit. The operator sets a pressure setpoint. The flow source generates flow in a loop with the motor. The pressure sensor senses loop working pressure. The control unit adjusts motor displacement based on comparisons between the pressure setpoint and sensed loop working pressure. The flow source can be bidirectional, and different pressure sensors can be used depending on the direction. The pressure setpoint can be varied during operation, and the control unit can adjust the displacement of the motor based on comparisons between the latest pressure setpoint and the loop working pressure sensed by the appropriate pressure sensor.
US10151323B2
A ceiling fan capable of adjusting angles of fan blades includes a hub, a downrod, a rotating motor selectively driving the hub to rotate relative to the downrod, multiple blade assemblies separately mounted on and arranged around the hub, and an adjusting assembly mounted in the hub and including an outer tube, an inner tube, a support, and a driving motor. A driving rod of each of the blade assemblies is mounted in a driving annular recess of the support. When a driving screw of the driving motor rotates, the driving screw drives the outer tube to rotate and drives the inner tube to move upwardly or downwardly accordingly, so as to provide an optimized volume of air current that meets power saving requirement under a constant revolution speed of the rotating motor.
US10151319B2
A ventilating fan, includes a housing having an opening at a bottom surface thereof, a casing disposed in the housing, fan blades and a motor disposed in the casing, and a wiring box fixed on the casing and composed of a box body and a cover. The wiring box is fixed on the casing through a fixing structure, the fixing structure includes a first fixing means and a second fixing means, and the first fixing means includes a screw fixing structure, and the second fixing means includes an engaging fixing structure. An advantage of the ventilating fan lies in that, while preventing a user from detaching the wiring box manually, the ventilating fan has reduced components and can simplify operating steps during fixing the wiring box on the casing, and is thereby less time consuming.
US10151316B2
A motor-compressor unit for sub-sea applications, including a pressure casing, and an electric motor housed in a motor compartment formed in the pressure casing and a compressor housed in a compressor compartment formed in the pressure casing. A shaft drivingly connects the electric motor and the compressor. At least one magnetic bearing rotatingly supports the shaft and a control system is provided for controlling the magnetic bearing. The control system is housed in a control system compartment structurally connected to and supported by the pressure casing.
US10151307B2
A magnet pump for an auxiliary unit of a vehicle includes an inlet, an outlet, an electromagnet comprising an armature, a core, a coil and a yoke, a cylinder comprising an outlet opening, and an axial piston which moves in the cylinder. The axial piston includes first and second axial piston parts, a gap arranged between the first and second axial piston parts, and an axial through bore. A first non-return valve is biased between the first and second axial piston parts and against the axial piston. A second non-return valve is biased against the outlet opening of the cylinder. The first axial piston part is connected with/is integrally formed with the armature and is lifted off the second axial piston part. A fluidic connection exists between the inlet and the outlet via the gap when the first axial piston part is lifted off the second axial piston part.
US10151298B2
The present invention relates to a system for dynamic pitch control primarily for wind turbine blades, which system calculates the pitch position of the wind turbine blades independently, which control system performs feedback regulation. The object of the pending patent application is to perform effective pitch regulation and hereby to reduce thrust on the tower and the rotor. This can be achieved if the system performs feed forward regulation of the pitch of the blades, based on the load of the previous blade in substantially the same position. Hereby it can be achieved that the actual load on the previous blade has passed the same position in relation to the wind blowing around the wind turbine. Hereby it can be achieved that measured parameters are used after a short delay to perform a very precise and highly efficient adjustment of the next wind turbine blade passing the same position. The feed forward regulation can be combined with already existing control parameters for pitch control of wind turbine blades.
US10151294B2
A buoyant energy generating housing apparatus submersed in fluid currents. The disclosed embodiments comprises rotary turbines that harvest the kinetic energy in the currents, and buoys that house equipment and provide buoyancy to support the system. Movements and rotations are restrained by multiple cables or tendons that are anchored on the seabed, in combination with the internal active ballast system in the buoys. Applications in currents with direction change are possible with the use of two-buoy embodiments, further assisted by the optional use of weathervanes.
US10151293B2
This invention relates to an energy transfer arrangement of a wave energy recovery apparatus comprising at least a base, a reciprocating panel, supporting legs and a pivot shaft for the reciprocating panel, and a driving and power-take-off arrangement equipped with an actuating mechanism and one or more power-take-off units to convert kinetic energy of waves or tidal currents to another type of energy, each PTO unit comprising a power transmission mechanism. The actuating mechanism is arranged to transfer the reciprocating motion of the panel mechanically to a linear motion of the power transmission mechanism of each PTO unit.
US10151284B2
The invention relates to a pressure regulator for a high-pressure ramp of a system for injecting fuel into an internal combustion engine, comprising a solenoid valve element (10) which receives an electromagnet (40). The electromagnet controls a needle (20) that closes a valve seat (30) which is connected to a high-pressure inlet and opens into a discharge chamber (13), said discharge chamber communicating with a liquid recirculation system (5) by means of outlet openings (14). The rear face (12) of the solenoid valve element (10) receives a coil (40) which controls the opening process of an armature (41) that is rigidly connected to the needle (20) and is subject to a closing return spring (25). The discharge chamber (13) is located on the front face (11) of the solenoid valve element (10) on the axis (XX) of the needle (20), and the discharge chamber surrounds the needle. A cavity (15) passes through the discharge chamber, said cavity receiving an inlet valve element (50), and a bore (51) which opens into the valve seat (30) passes axially through the inlet valve element. The discharge chamber (13) through which the needle (20) passes axially and the outlet openings (14) which are connected to the liquid recirculation system open transversally into a wall (131) in the discharge chamber (13) below the upper part (132) of the chamber. The regulator is characterized that the regulator comprises an annular expansion (70) of the discharge chamber (13) below the outlet openings (14) along the extension of a conical surface (31), which forms the valve seat (30) and an annular dead volume (70), above the surface (54) of the valve element (50), which forms the base of the discharge chamber (13) and has the valve seat (30) in the center of the valve element.
US10151280B2
An exhaust gas recirculation (“EGR”) power module configured for a wire harness of an altimetric/barometric pressure sensor and/or an ambient air sensor of an EGR system for an engine includes a set of wires and a circuit. The set of wires is configured to match the wire harness on the altimetric/barometric pressure sensor and/or the ambient air sensor for the engine. The circuit provides a resistance or resistances to the wire harness through the set of wires.
US10151278B2
Methods and systems are provided for an Exhaust Gas Recirculation (EGR) system for an internal combustion engine. In one example, the EGR system comprises an inlet air duct configured to provide the internal combustion engine with inlet air, an EGR diffuser configured to provide recirculated exhaust gases from the internal combustion engine to the inlet air duct through an outlet, and a resilient element, the EGR diffuser and resilient element adapted to provide homogenous mixing of EGR gases and inlet air at a specific operating condition of the vehicle.
US10151275B2
A snap-fit attaching device may attach an accessory device to an attachment unit that may be integrated with or connected to a main unit. The attachment device may include a first structural member and a second structural member. The first structural member includes a slot that defines an engaging opening forming member. The engaging opening forming member is supported at a support portion in a cantilever manner so as to be resiliently deformable. An engaging opening is formed in the engaging opening forming member. The first structural member further includes a bridging member defining a part of the slot and disposed at a position opposite to the support portion. The second structural member includes an engaging projection for engagement with the engaging opening.
US10151273B2
Methods and systems are provided for reducing evaporative emissions from a vehicle by performing a fine leak test at a vehicle assembly plant. Fuel tank pressure generated after a green tank fueling event is monitored as the vehicle moves along an assembly line. A leak is determined based on a rate of pressure bleed-up over the duration, and accordingly the vehicle is directed to a repair station.
US10151272B2
A fuel supply device for supplying fuel into a combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine is provided. The device includes: a low pressure fuel supply pipe to which a low pressure fuel is supplied; a high pressure fuel supply pipe to which high pressure fuel to be supplied into the combustion chamber is supplied; fuel supply units provided between the low pressure fuel supply pipe and the high pressure fuel supply pipe, each of the fuel supply units being configured to boost the fuel in the low pressure fuel supply pipe and supply the boosted fuel to the high pressure fuel supply pipe; and a control unit configured to control the fuel supply units. The control unit controls the fuel supply units such that a total amount of ejection of the fuel ejected from the fuel supply units per unit time is close to a constant value.
US10151269B2
An integrally formed piston has a crown portion having an upper crown surface and an undercrown surface. A ring belt extends from the undercrown surface at a periphery thereof. The ring belt includes an uppermost ring land and at least one oil galley contoured to extend around at least two surfaces of the uppermost ring land. The oil galley has an opening at the undercrown surface for receiving a cooling fluid therein for cooling the uppermost ring land. A skirt extends from the undercrown surface and the ring belt and has a plurality of stiffening features arranged in a truss formation. At least one of the plurality of stiffening features has an I-beam cross-section and another of the plurality of stiffening features has a negative draft angle.
US10151257B2
An internal combustion engine includes a number of cylinders and a controller operably connected to interpret operating parameters related to the operation of the number of cylinders. A cylinder torque adjustment for each cylinder is determined from the operating parameters to provide a torque balancing response that reduces noise, vibration and/or harshness in engine operation.
US10151250B2
The invention relates to a method of operating a gas turbine assembly, which includes a compressor, a combustor and a gas turbine. The method includes operating the gas turbine assembly at a partial load with respect to a base load of the gas turbine assembly; bypassing a portion of blow-off air from the compressor; and introducing the portion of blow-off air into an exhaust gas duct after the gas turbine. The gas turbine assembly, when operating at partial load, can maintain the air-to-fuel ratio approximately constant and hence to control the combustion flame temperature at a level where emissions are kept below the permission limit.
US10151247B2
A heat exchanger (HEX) arrangement for cooling air in a gas turbine engine is provided. The HEX arrangement may include a heat exchanger coupled to a plurality of ducts comprising a hot-side inlet duct and a hot-side outlet duct. The hot-side outlet duct may be in fluid communication with a compressor section of the gas turbine engine and in mechanical communication with a diffuser case. The HEX arrangement may further include a plurality of supporting links coupled between the heat exchanger and the gas turbine engine for securing the heat exchanger relative to the gas turbine engine. The supporting links may comprise a statically determined system. A spring rate ratio of between 1% and 30% may exist between the plurality of ducts and the plurality of supporting links.
US10151243B2
A gas turbine engine includes a compressor, a turbine, and a combustor. The combustor includes a fuel injector and a vaporizer within the combustor positioned to receive liquid fuel from the fuel injector to vaporize the liquid fuel therein. The gas turbine engine includes an enclosed passage external to the combustor having a wall, a diffuser positioned to direct the air into the passage, causing the air to cool by transferring heat through the wall from the air within the passage to the vaporized fuel within the vaporizer, and a cooled cooling air passageway positioned to receive the air from the passage and direct the air after being cooled to at least one of the turbine and the compressor.
US10151233B2
Methods and systems are provided for maintaining a desired engine coolant level and a relative glycol amount in the engine coolant by using water sourced from on-board vehicle systems. In one example, a method may include supplying water to the engine coolant reservoir in response to the engine coolant level decreasing below a threshold. Also, a relative glycol amount in the coolant may be maintained at a threshold amount by adding water to the coolant in response to a relative glycol increasing above the threshold.
US10151232B2
A storage tank for storing a liquid comprises a main storage chamber; an internal sub chamber located within the storage tank; and a reclosable filling opening for enabling filling of liquid into the main storage chamber and internal sub chamber. An overflow level of the internal sub chamber is located substantially at or above a predetermined fill level of the main storage chamber. The reclosable filling opening and the internal sub chamber are arranged in a substantially superposed relationship in a vertical direction, such that a substantially or entirely vertical stream of liquid filling the storage tank via the reclosable filling opening is configured to enter the internal sub chamber. A method for filling a storage tank with a liquid, a method for manufacturing a storage tank for storing a liquid, and a system comprising a storage tank and a filling nozzle are also described.
US10151228B2
Methods and systems are provided for detecting ammonia slip from a catalytic converter. In one example, a method may include recirculating exhaust gas containing ammonia and measuring only a NOx concentration of the recirculated exhaust gas following its combustion.
US10151221B2
A system for variable actuation of an engine valve of an engine includes a master piston driven by a cam of a camshaft. A slave piston is driven by the master piston by a volume of pressurized fluid. The slave piston causes the engine valve to open, against the action of a spring. A control valve controls a communication between pressurized fluid and an environment at lower pressure, with which a fluid accumulator is in communication. A control unit is programmed for controlling the control valve according to one or more different valve modes. When one of these valve modes is actuated, the control valve opens the communication in advance with respect to the end of the lift cycle of the cam, and not after closing of the engine valve to prevent or reduce a decrease in pressure in the volume of pressurized fluid after closing of the engine valve.
US10151220B2
Embodiments of the invention provide methods and apparatus for using a controllable heat source to generate electricity. One embodiment provides an energy generation module comprising a controllable heat source, one or more jackets of thermoelectric devices, and heat conducting fluids surrounding or otherwise thermally coupled to the jackets. The energy generation module can be used to convert heat from a heat source such as a gas combustion chamber into electricity. Embodiments of the invention are particularly useful for generating electricity when electrical power is not existent, cost prohibitive or otherwise in short supply. The generated electricity can be used by the user, stored in an electrical storage battery or sold to a local or remote power grid.
US10151219B2
One embodiment of the present invention is a unique gas turbine engine. Another embodiment is a unique frame for a gas turbine engine. Other embodiments include apparatuses, systems, devices, hardware, methods, and combinations for gas turbine engines and gas turbine engine frames. Further embodiments, forms, features, aspects, benefits, and advantages of the present application shall become apparent from the description and figures provided herewith.
US10151218B2
An attachment structure for a gas turbine engine includes a frame that has a first annular case. A second annular case extends around the frame. The first annular case and the second annular case include a plurality of interlocks. Each of the interlocks includes a first member mounted on one of the first annular case or the second annular case and a corresponding second member mounted on the other of the first annular case or the second case. The first member is received in the second member such that the plurality of interlocks restricts relative circumferential and axial movement between the first annular case and the second annular case.
US10151216B2
The present application provides a method of evaluating insulation quality in a turbine by a data acquisition system. The method may include the steps of receiving a number of operating parameters from a number of sensors, wherein the operating parameters may include casing temperatures and insulation temperatures, comparing the casing temperatures and the insulation temperatures to predetermined casing and insulation values, and altering one or more of the operating parameters and/or initiating repair procedures if the casing temperatures fall below the casing predetermined values and/or the insulation temperatures exceed the insulation predetermined values.
US10151215B2
A control system for a gas turbine engine is disclosed. In embodiments, control system includes a controller and a high speed recorder. The controller obtains sensor values from sensors connected to the gas turbine engine and publishes a map of trigger events. The high speed recorder reads the sensor values from the controller. The high speed recorder checks a map header for a change to the map header on a predetermined map reading interval, sets a flag when the map header has changed, and reads the map during the next loop of the map reading interval. The control system maintains timestamps assigned for the sensor values and to the trigger events on the same temporal axis.
US10151214B2
A pressure probe includes a non-deflecting airfoil, a sensing feature, and an interior passage. The non-deflecting airfoil is made of a metal and configured for use in a gas turbine engine. The airfoil extends from a base to a tapered portion, and then to a linear portion, along a primary axis. The sensing feature is formed monolithically with the airfoil, as by additive manufacturing. The interior passage is operatively connected to the sensing feature and passes through both the airfoil and the base.
US10151209B2
A sealing system including a first component at least partially manufactured from ceramic fiber composite materials, a second component at least partially manufactured from ceramic fiber composite materials, and a sealing element accommodated between the first component and the second component. The sealing element is designed as a sealing strip. It is provided that at least one recess accommodating the sealing element is formed on the first component and/or on the second component, the recess having a cross-sectional profile including an inner section which is concave toward the sealing element, the radius of curvature of the inner section being selected in such a way that it may be formed with the aid of continuous, curved fibers of the ceramic fiber composite material, the fibers being oriented in such a way that they lie essentially in parallel to the cross-sectional plane of the cross-sectional profile.
US10151207B2
A joint between a first preform component and a second preform component that are constructed for ultimate use in a gas turbine engine includes a plurality of extended fibers which may be integral with the first preform component and be at least partially enveloped by the second preform component. A method for making the component provides a first preform component having extended fibers integral therewith, and supplying a second preform component. The method further includes inserting the extended fibers at least partially into the second preform component body.
US10151206B2
A turbomachine having at least one circulation structure is disclosed. The circulation structure has an annular space with baffle elements surrounding a main flow path and is open to the main flow path. A housing of the turbomachine to receive the circulation structure is divided in an axial plane into a front housing region and a rear housing region and the circulation structure is divided into a front structure region and a rear structure region in the axial plane of separation. A circulation structure divided into two parts in the axial direction and a method for the same is also disclosed.
US10151205B2
A turbine blade has a body enclosing a labyrinth of internal channels for circulation of coolant received through an inlet integrally formed in terminal portion of blade root. The labyrinth includes; inlet arranged on an axially upstream face of terminal portion leading to an upstream duct portion having first section adjacent the inlet and a second section axially downstream of first, second section having reduced cross section compared to first section. Leading edge passage intersects first section and extends through blade body towards the tip. Main blade passage intersects second section. Trailing edge passage intersects downstream duct portion which is in axial alignment with but separate from second section and channel connects second section with the downstream duct portion. Channel has reduced cross section compared to second section and downstream duct portion. The inlet has an inverted keyhole shape with cross section extends through upstream duct portion first section.
US10151194B2
A system and method for producing fluid from a subterranean wellbore that includes an electrical submersible pump (“ESP”) system and a receptacle. The ESP system is landed in the receptacle while sensing the presence of the ESP system with respect to the receptacle. The ESP system includes a motor, a pump, a monitoring sub, and a stinger on the lower end of the pump. A sensor on the receptacle detects the position of the stinger within the receptacle, and provides an indication that the stinger has inserted a designated length into the receptacle so that a fluid tight seal is formed between the stinger and receptacle.
US10151193B2
The present disclosure relates to an inspection assembly (10) for inspecting the interior of a pipe (12). The inspection assembly (10) comprises a sensor assembly (20) adapted to receive a sensor signal and a housing (22) within which the sensor assembly (20) is at least partially arranged. The inspection assembly (10) comprises a seal (24) at a first housing end (31). Moreover, the inspection assembly (10) is adapted to assume a transport condition in which the sensor assembly (20) is positioned in a first position in the housing (22) and in which the seal (24) is closed. The inspection assembly is further adapted to assume an inspection condition in which the inspection assembly (20) is positioned in a second position, closer to the first housing end (31) as compared to the first position, and in which the seal (24) is open.
US10151192B2
Apparatus and methods for monitoring and processing wellbore data are disclosed. An integrated digital ecosystem comprises an applied fluid optimization specialist and one or more sensors communicatively coupled to the applied fluid optimization specialist. The applied fluid optimization specialist receives data relating to performance of subterranean operations from the one or more sensors and interprets the data received. The applied fluid optimization specialist then regulates the performance of subterranean operations based on the interpretation of the data received.
US10151183B2
A method and apparatus for operating a plunger lift system in a well can include: opening a control valve and allowing a plunger to rise to a top of the well; determining an actual rise time of the plunger based on a time it takes the plunger to rise to the top of the well; using actual rise time of the plunger and a target rise time calculating adjustments to the afterflow time or close time; and allowing the afterflow time to pass before closing the control valve and keeping the valve closed for the close time. The methods are repeated, each time calculating a new adjusted afterflow time or adjusted close time to incrementally alter these times.
US10151166B2
A device is for stabilizing a well head which includes a well base arranged on a seabed. The well base includes at least a support column, and a first portion of a conductor casing being encircled by the support column, an annulus encircling the first conductor-casing portion being filled with cement, and a second portion of the conductor casing projecting in an elastically flexible manner up from the first conductor-casing portion. A method is for stabilizing a well head which includes a well base arranged on a seabed.
US10151156B2
A pipe handling apparatus and method for using the pipe handling apparatus is described. The pipe handling apparatus can be used by putting a boom of the pipe handling apparatus in a nesting position. The boom of the pipe handling apparatus is pivotally mounted to a base and at least one arm. In the nesting position, a pivot point between the at least one arms and the boom is moved within an elongated slot of the boom and the length of the at least one arm is simultaneously adjusted.
US10151142B2
A window covering can be configured to facilitate height adjustment of window covering material. In some embodiments, a handle or clips may be utilized to help maintain the position of the window covering material so that the use of an operator cord and/or exposed lift cords can be avoided or minimized.
US10151141B2
An insect killing door system includes a door that is hingedly positioned in an entry to a building. The door has a window and an electrification unit is positioned to cover the window. Moreover, the electrification unit inhibits insects from passing through the window. The electrification unit is selectively turned on to kill insects that have landed on the electrification unit. In this way the insects are inhibited from entering the building when the door is opened. A control unit is provided and the control unit is in wireless electrical communication with the electrification unit. The control unit selectively turns the electrification unit on and off.
US10151139B2
A multi-compartmentalized utility cart for storage, transport and or deployment of a quadrangle of four private voting terminals for generating paper ballots (one being ADA-compliant), or alternatively two four private voting stations plus a private VVPB tabulation station, all without moving the equipment off the multi-cart. The present invention provides the foregoing complete with multiple on-board optional deployable privacy panels and optional curtains attached to the cart at each station to enclose a voter standing or seated in front of the voting terminal or ballot box.
US10151137B2
An insulated door panel comprises a shell having spaced first and second exterior panels and frame members adjacent edges of the panels, a plurality of stiffeners in a shell interior portion extending along a length or width of the panels, and a hardenable insulation material creating a bond between the exterior panels, stiffeners, and frame members in the shell interior portion. The stiffeners comprise a thermally non-conductive fiber reinforced polymer. The hardenable insulation fills substantially all of the space between the adjacent exterior panels, stiffeners, and frame members. The door panel also comprises end cap members composed of thermoplastic polycarbonate material, and has openings therein to receive the ends of the stiffeners.
US10151127B1
The present invention relates to a keyless portable lock for a door. The portable door lock includes a horizontal bar that lays across the door and/or the door frame and a strap with one or more holes. The user pulls on the strap, closes the door and inserts a rod through the one or more strap holes so that the rod lays across the door and the frame on the opposite side of the door as the horizontal bar. This action will prevent the door from being opened. A transverse bar may extend from the horizontal bar at approximately 90 degree angle so that the portable door lock is generally in the shape of a L.
US10151118B2
A tile leveller and spacer system that allows rapid and reliable spacing and levelling of tools is described. The tile spacer comprises a base for locating the spacer under the tiles, and a stem that includes an alignment cross which is used to correctly space the tiles. The stem tile spacer is placed over the stem and engages with teeth on the stem. The tile leveller is pushed down over the stem to level the tiles between the base and the bottom of the tile leveller. The stem further comprises a frangible portion located between the base and the tile alignment portion, and when the stem is pulled with sufficient force, the frangible portion breaks to allow removal of the stem. A hand tool may be used to assist in this process. The hand tool can have an adjustable stop which can be set to a first setting to level the tiles, and a second setting to cause the frangible portion to break, allowing removal of the stem and leveller.
US10151116B2
An awning assembly and method of construction that includes a first main member rotatably coupled to a vertical track at a first end of the first main member; a second main member pivotally coupled to and at a second end of the first main member; a first supplemental member rotatably and slidably connected to the vertical track at a first end of the first supplemental member; a second supplemental member having a first end pivotally coupled to and at a second end of the first supplemental member. The second supplemental member has a second end pivotally coupled to the second main member. The first main member includes first, second, and third cross-sections spaced the second cross-section comprising slot that allows for the passage of the first supplemental member through the first main member, wherein the first cross-section differs from the second cross-section.
US10151112B2
This invention presents a wall mounted receiver to accommodate insulated or non-insulated pipes and at least one inlet or portal for at least one pipe conduit or wiring per portal and with a high degree of flexibility and unique mechanical connection security; this receiver is arranged to receive the piping from any directional angle with a unique flexible inlet capability; without limitation, this receiver is for use with refrigeration or air conditioning equipment and related connections, such as insulated pipes, non-insulated pipes, condensation piping, conduit and wiring. The receiver can be mounted to different wall surface types without the assistance of a wall bracket; can also be fit into tight space service areas depending on refrigeration equipment requirements; can be installed in new construction applications; and can also upgrade existing installations without the need to cut the existing piping.
US10151111B1
An insulation system for a concrete block having an open end and a closed end, the insulation system including a single sheet of a foam material configured to have opposite end portions with a middle portion intermediate the end portions and a hinge defined between each of the end portions and the middle portion to enable the sheet to be folded so that the middle portion is disposed perpendicular to the end portions to render the sheet in a u-shaped orientation so as to be insertable into the open end of the concrete block; and a panel of foam material configured as a rectangle to conform to the closed end of the concrete block. The sheet of foam material is sized to provide a snug interference fit with the open end of the concrete block when folded into the u-shaped orientation and the panel is sized to provide a snug interference fit with the closed end of the concrete block. The sheet of foam material and the panel of foam material are each made of a closed cell flexible foam.
US10151103B1
A veneer tie for use in a wall to join a veneer wall to an inner wall. The veneer tie includes an attachment portion and an insertion portion. The attachment portion has a bent loop defining an opening configured to receive a fastener to secure the attachment portion to the inner wythe and a circumferential discontinuity located on the loop. The discontinuity has a width that is less than a width of the opening. The insertion portion is fixed to the attachment portion and extends in a direction transverse of the attachment portion. The insertion portion is configured for attachment to the veneer wall.
US10151101B2
A joining element includes at least two joint holes for pin joints as well as a first plane surface and a second plane surface and an inclined surface slanting towards an outer edge of the joining element and arranged at an angle with respect to at least one said plane surface. A method includes joining two wood structures to one another by using the joining element.
US10151100B2
A frame system for a building structure includes beam members. Each beam member comprises two opposed, parallel flanges. A web is interposed between the flanges. Spreader members comprise two opposed, parallel side flanges, a web interposed between the side flanges and two opposed end flanges bridging the side flanges at respective terminal ends of the web. The beam members and the spreader members are configured to be fastened to each other to form a frame assembly.
US10151097B2
A sewer line root cleaning and repair system includes a root cleaner having a first body and a second body connected by a flexible connector. A flexible rotating member extending from a pneumatic motor in the first body extends through the flexible connector and the second body. The flexible rotating member terminates beyond the second body in a series of bristles. As the root cleaner moves through a sewer line a set of wheels on the first body extends outward, centering the first body in the sewer line as the bristles spin at high RPM centering the second body in the sewer line and scouring the sewer line free of roots including small root hairs. Afterward, a coating sprayer is inserted into the sewer line, connected to a coating supply and air supply, and the coating is sprayed under pressure to line the inner surface of the sewer line.
US10151094B2
A flush toilet includes a bowl having a waste-receiving surface and a rim; the bowl comprises a front region on the front side of a center line extending in the left-right direction and equally dividing the bowl in the front-rear direction, and a rear region on the rear side thereof; whereby on either the left or right side in the front area of the bowl, on the rim, a rim water passageway is formed for passing flush water supplied from a conduit, and a rim spout port is formed, and the rim water passageway comprises: an outside passageway extending from the inlet thereof through the rim interior toward the front; a bent passageway bending inward from the downstream end of this outside passageway; and an inside passageway extending from this bent passageway toward the rear, up to the rim spout port.
US10151091B2
A toilet apparatus according to an embodiment includes a wall-mounted-type toilet body, a sanitary washing device, a switching part, and a fixation member. The toilet body includes a skirt part that forms an outline of a toilet bowl. The sanitary washing device is disposed on a top face of the toilet body and washes a private part of a user. The switching part can execute at least one of a first operation and a second operation, wherein the first operation is to switch a supply and a stop of water to the sanitary washing device, and the second operation is to switch a supply and a stop of electric power to the sanitary washing device, and wherein the first operation and the second operation are executed manually. The fixation member fixes the switching part at a manually operable position inside the skirt part, wherein the switching part is manually operable at the position.
US10151090B2
A flush actuator for engaging a flush valve. The flush actuator provides a mechanism assembly for automatically flushing the flush valve. A sensor provides a presence detection to trigger the automatic flushing. Redundant manual activation is provided.
US10151083B2
Individual honeycomb shaped modules used in an assembly for underground storage of storm water and other fluid storage needs. Modules are assembled into a resultant honeycomb shape for maximized structural strength and material use efficiency. Internal hexagonal or square shaped modules are assembled and encased by external hexagonal or square shaped modules. Internal adjacent modules are in direct fluid communications with one another through a channel-less chamber. Internal hexagonal or square shaped modules drain into external hexagonal or square shaped modules chamber where fluid is either stored or drained. Assemblies include various top and side pieces along with access ports for entry into said assembly.
US10151082B2
An excavation tooth lock assembly to lock a first tooth member to a second tooth member, the first tooth member having a body that incorporates a socket which is configured to receive a nose portion of the second tooth member, a locking space provided when the second tooth member is received in the first tooth member, wherein the lock assembly comprises: a lock comprising a body which is configured to be inserted into the locking space including by rotating the body into an operative position to lock the first tooth member to the second tooth member and interengaging elements disposed on the lock and one or both of the first and second tooth members, the elements configured to releaseably retain the lock within the locking space in its operative position.
US10151079B2
The present invention provides an improved pipeline burying apparatus that uses specially configured jetting nozzles that intake sea water surrounding the nozzle. The apparatus provides a frame supporting spaced apart left and right inclined pipe sections that are configured to be placed on opposing sides of the pipeline to be buried. Each inclined pipe section is fitted with a plurality of jetting nozzles that are positioned on one of the inclined pipe sections, in vertically spaced apart positions and in horizontally spaced apart positions. In one embodiment, the main central longitudinal channel has an inlet section with an inlet section diameter, a discharge section having an outlet section diameter and a connecting section that is in between the inlet section and the outlet section.
US10151074B2
A seismic, water, or acoustic wave damping structure can include a structural arrangement of at least two elements, each with an inner volume and containing a medium resistant to passage of an anticipated wave. Example elements can be earth boreholes or water pylons. The structural arrangement can taper from an upper aperture to a lower aperture, the structural arrangement defining a protection zone at the upper aperture. The structural arrangement can be configured to attenuate power from the anticipated wave within the protection zone relative to power from the anticipated wave external to the protection zone. A grouping may include elements that form acute or obtuse angles with a direction of a wave to attenuate wave power. High-value buildings or other structure in a protection zone on land or in water can be substantially shielded from seismic or water waves.
US10151066B2
The present invention relates to a rack change system for changing of roller racks of a rolling block with a rail system along which change carriages can be moved, wherein the rail system includes a first track and a second track, which extend in different directions and are connected to one another via a switch, wherein the first track runs parallel to the rolling line of the rolling block, wherein a roller rack can be moved from the rolling block to the change carriage or a roller rack can be moved from the change carriage to the rolling block when the change carriage is standing on the first track and/or on the switch.
US10151064B2
A bleached softwood kraft pulp fiber with high α-cellulose content and a low CED viscosity is provided, A surfactant treated fiber useful in the production of chemical derivatives is also described. Methods for making the kraft pulp fiber and products made from it are also described.
US10151055B2
Disposable article that include fibers formed from compositions comprising thermoplastic polymers and waxes are disclosed, where the wax is dispersed throughout the thermoplastic polymer.
US10151054B2
A spacer knit fabric if formed with a first two-dimensional knit fabric layer and a second two-dimensional knit fabric layer. The first and the second two-dimensional knit fabric layers are interconnected via knitted spacer threads. The first two-dimensional knit fabric layer has openings formed by a plurality of stitches in each case. Threads of a first thread system, which forms the first two-dimensional knit fabric layer, are connected to each other solely by mutual intertwining. Channels are formed between the first and the second two-dimensional knit fabric layers that are free from spacer threads. The threads of a second thread system, which forms the second two-dimensional knit fabric layer, are connected to one another by intertwining and by at least partial fusion.
US10151052B2
Disclosed is a yarn management device in a yarn treatment line downstream of a crimping box and upstream of a thermofixing means for crimping, said device including a fixed support and at least one axial drum positioned upstream of the thermofixing means. In some cases, the inlet of the crimping box is formed by one or more crimping rollers for feeding at least one yarn into the crimping box. The drum is traversed by a yarn in the crimping box and mounted on the fixed support of the device so as to perform a substantially axial rotation, allowing the generation of at least one false twist on the treated yarns.
US10151051B2
The invention is directed to carbon fibers having high tensile strength and modulus of elasticity. The invention also provides a method and apparatus for making the carbon fibers. The method comprises advancing a precursor fiber through an oxidation oven wherein the fiber is subjected to controlled stretching in an oxidizing atmosphere in which tension loads are distributed amongst a plurality of passes through the oxidation oven, which permits higher cumulative stretches to be achieved. The method also includes subjecting the fiber to controlled stretching in two or more of the passes that is sufficient to cause the fiber to undergo one or more transitions in each of the two or more passes. The invention is also directed to an oxidation oven having a plurality of cooperating drive rolls in series that can be driven independently of each other so that the amount of stretch applied to the oven in each of the plurality of passes can be independently controlled.
US10151050B2
Provided is a nanofiber production apparatus which is capable of eliminating a need to use high voltage as in the ESD system to ensure high safety, and is free from influence of temperature and humidity at a production site. The nanofiber production apparatus comprises: a nanofiber generation device (2) comprising an air nozzle configured to generate high-speed and high-temperature air, and an ejector nozzle configured to eject a liquid polymer toward the high-speed and high-temperature air generated by the air nozzle; a collection device (6) provided on a downstream side of the nanofiber generation device (2) and configured to collect nanofibers generated by the nanofiber generation device (2); a suction device (8) provided on a downstream side of the collection device (6) and configured to suck gas; and a tubular-shaped guide member (4) provided on the downstream side of the nanofiber generation device (2) and on an upstream side of the collection device (6) and configured to allow the high-speed and high-temperature air to pass therethrough.
US10151046B2
Provided is a method that allows growing a single crystal of silicon carbide on an off-substrate of silicon carbide while suppressing surface roughening. The method for producing a crystal of silicon carbide includes rotating a seed crystal of silicon carbide while bringing the seed crystal into contact with a starting material solution containing silicon and carbon. A crystal growth surface of the seed crystal has an off-angle, and the position of a rotation center of the seed crystal lies downstream of the central position of the seed crystal in a step flow direction that is a formation direction of the off-angle.
US10151035B2
Walls of through-holes and vias of substrates with dielectric material are electroless plated with copper using tin-free ionic silver catalysts. Conductive polymers are first formed on the substrates by treating the substrates with a permanganate solution containing complexing anions followed by applying monomers, oligomers or conductive polymers to the substrate to form a conductive polymer coating on the dielectric of the substrate as well as on the walls of through-holes and vias of the substrate. A tin-free ionic silver catalyst is then applied to the treated substrate. Optionally, the tin-free ionic silver catalyst can include a ligand agent to form a coordination entity with the silver ions of the tin-free catalyst. The silver ions of the tin-free catalyst are reduced by the conductive polymer and then an electroless metal copper bath is applied to the treated substrate to copper plate the dielectric and walls of the through-holes and vias of the substrate.
US10151032B2
A multi-layer fabric used to fabricate a garment or a protective cover includes a top and bottom textile layer and an air permeable, moisture-vapor-transmissive, expanded polytetrafluoroethylene middle layer. The fabric exhibits an MVTR rating of at least 4000 g/m2/day. The fabric may also include a top layer coating or fiber treatment of a nano-ceramic material designed to increase the durability of the garment/cover and increase the resistance to abrasion and wear while also resisting environmental conditions including exposure to solar radiation, temperature and humidity. Alternatively, the upper layer of the multi-layer fabric may incorporate ceramic coated fibers or ceramic co-extruded fibers, or carbon nanotubes while in another embodiment may also feature a fire resistant application as well as a permanent, highly breathable and highly durable electro-static discharge feature added to the inside of the layer by laying down a carbon based printed pattern on the inside of the layer.
US10151029B2
A silicon nitride film forming method for forming a silicon nitride film on a substrate to be processed, includes forming a silicon nitride film doped with a predetermined amount of titanium by repeating, a predetermined number of times, forming a silicon nitride film by repeating, a first number of times, a process of causing a silicon source gas to be adsorbed onto the substrate and a process of nitriding the adsorbed silicon source gas with plasma of a nitriding gas, and forming a titanium nitride film by repeating, a second number of times, a process of causing a titanium source gas containing chlorine to be adsorbed onto the substrate and a process of nitriding the adsorbed titanium source gas with the plasma of the nitriding gas.
US10151026B2
The disclosure describes in some examples a technique that includes the disclosure describes a technique that includes depositing a carbon powder and a resin powder on a surface of a fiber preform, where the fiber preform includes a plurality of fibers and defines interstitial spaces between the plurality of fibers, and vibrating the fiber preform to allow the carbon powder and the resin powder to infiltrate the interstitial spaces between the plurality of fibers of the fiber preform to form an infiltrated preform.
US10151024B2
For use in a method for producing a transparent conductive film having an ITO transparent electrode layer, a roll-to-roll sputtering apparatus includes at least three deposition chambers adjacent to a deposition roll. While a transparent film substrate is conveyed on the deposition roll, a base conductive layer is formed by sputtering deposition in one or more deposition chambers, and a main conductive layer is formed thereon by successive sputtering deposition in two or more film deposition chambers. The applied power in the deposition chambers where the underlying conductive layer is formed is 5% to 20% of the total of the applied power in each the deposition chamber where the underlying or main conductive layer is formed. In formation of the main conductive layer, the applied power in the deposition chamber where the ITO thin film is first deposited is less than the applied power in the next deposition chamber.
US10151016B2
A process for extraction of copper from an arsenical copper sulfide concentrate is provided. The process includes atmospheric oxidative leaching of a feed slurry including the arsenical copper sulfide concentrate and an acidic iron sulfate-containing leach solution, in the presence of oxygen, to produce a leach slurry including copper and arsenic dissolved into the leach solution. After dissolving the copper and arsenic, scorodite-containing seed is introduced to the leach slurry to induce precipitation of the arsenic dissolved during the oxidative leaching, as scorodite. The process also includes recovering solids from the leach slurry to produce the solids, including the scorodite, and a pregnant leach solution including the copper, subjecting the pregnant leach solution to solvent extraction for recovering copper and thereby producing a raffinate including sulfuric acid and iron sulfate, and recycling at least a portion of the raffinate including the sulfuric acid and iron sulfate to the oxidative leaching.
US10150997B2
The present invention provides a method of testing a dog to determine the susceptibility of the dog to liver copper accumulation, comprising detecting in a sample the presence or absence in the genome of the dog of one or more polymorphisms selected from: (a) Chr22_3167534 (SEQ ID NO: 144), Chr22_3135144 (SEQ ID NO: 145), Chr20_55461150 (SEQ ID NO: 146), ChrX_120879711 (SEQ ID NO: 147), Chr19_6078084 (SEQ ID NO: 148), Chr15_62625262 (SEQ ID NO: 149), Chr14_39437543 (SEQ ID NO: 150), Chr15_62625024 (SEQ ID NO: 151), Chr3_86838677 (SEQ ID NO: 152), Chr24_4011833 (SEQ ID NO: 153), Chr18_60812198 (SEQ ID NO: 154), Chr10_65209946 (SEQ ID NO: 155), and the CGCCCC repeat at chromosome location 22:3135287; (b) one or more polymorphisms in linkage disequilibrium with a said polymorphism (a); and/or (c) Chr32_38904515 (SEQ ID NO: 156), Chr8_4892743 (SEQ ID NO: 157) and Chr8_4880518 (SEQ ID NO: 158).
US10150992B2
A hydrogel network includes a hydrogel polymer having a coupling site, an oligonucleotide conjugated at a terminal end to the hydrogel polymer at the coupling site, and a functional moiety coupled between the terminal end of the oligonucleotide and the coupling site. Such a hydrogel network can be formed by a method including activating a coupling site of a substrate and binding a linker moiety coupled to a terminal end of an oligonucleotide to the activated coupling site, a functional moiety coupled between the terminal end of the oligonucleotide and the linker moiety.
US10150990B2
The present application provides polynucleotides comprising 5′-tails with sequence segments useful for the detection of target nucleic acid sequences, and methods for their use in detecting target nucleic acids. The polynucleotides are used to amplify a subsequence of a target nucleic acid in the presence of one or more ribonucleotides. The ribonucleotides are incorporated into amplification products at regular intervals complementary to the 5′-tail sequence segments. Cleavage of amplification products at the bond immediately 3′ to incorporated ribonucleotides produces detectably distinct fragments indicative of the presence or absence of a target nucleic acid.
US10150988B2
The present invention generally relates to methods for detecting a target in a sample; methods for modulating the reporting intensity of a labeled target in a sample of fixed cells or tissues; methods for detecting the location of at least two targets in a sample; and related compositions.
US10150986B2
The present application relates to biosensors, for example comprising an high-molecular weight, tandem repeating, structure-switching nucleic acid aptamers (concatemeric aptamers) to rapidly create patterned sensors via, for example, inkjet printing. These concatemeric aptamer reporters remain immobilized at the point of printing through strong adsorption but retain sufficient segmental mobility to undergo structure switching and reporter signalling to provide both qualitative and quantitative detection of one or more analytes. In certain embodiments, inkjet printing allows for the patterning of internally referenced sensors with multiplexed detection, and provides a generic platform for on-demand printing of sensors even in remote locations.
US10150981B2
A reagent composition for a biosensor sensor strip is disclosed that provides for rapid rehydration after drying. The composition includes porous particles and is preferably formed as a colloidal suspension. The dried reagent composition including porous particles may provide analytically useful output from the sensor strip in a shorter time period than observed from dried reagent compositions using solid particles. The output signal from the porous particle compositions may be correlated to the analyte concentration of a sample within about two seconds. In this manner, an accurate concentration determination of an analyte concentration in a sample may be obtained in less time than from sensor strips including conventional compositions. The reagent composition including the porous particles also may allow for the redox reaction between the reagents and the analyte to reach a maximum kinetic performance in a shorter time period than observed from conventional sensor strips.
US10150980B2
The invention concerns a process for deactivating a cellulolytic microorganism enabling the production of an enzymatic cocktail, said cocktail being used without separating the cellulolytic microorganism during the biochemical conversion of lignocellulosic materials, comprising at least one step for bringing a gaseous stream into contact with a medium containing said microorganism, said gaseous stream comprising more than 25% by weight of CO2 and comprising less than 0.5 molar % of O2.
US10150978B2
The present invention relates to a method of producing cellulosic sugar from biomass by effective impurity removal and sugar separation, and more particularly to a method for producing cellulosic sugar from biomass. The method includes pretreating the biomass so as to be separated into a solid and a liquid; subjecting the separated liquid to monomerization, concentration and adsorption processes, thereby obtaining xylose; and subjecting the separated solid to second pretreatment, saccharification and lignin separation processes, thereby obtaining glucose. The method allows fermentation inhibitory substances to be removed from pretreated biomass in a cost- and energy-effective process, and is useful for effective production of cellulosic sugar.
US10150977B2
The invention provides a non-naturally occurring microbial organism having a 6-aminocaproic acid, caprolactam, hexametheylenediamine or levulinic acid pathway. The microbial organism contains at least one exogenous nucleic acid encoding an enzyme in the respective 6-aminocaproic acid, caprolactam, hexametheylenediamine or levulinic acid pathway. The invention additionally provides a method for producing 6-aminocaproic acid, caprolactam, hexametheylenediamine or levulinic acid. The method can include culturing a 6-aminocaproic acid, caprolactam or hexametheylenediamine producing microbial organism, where the microbial organism expresses at least one exogenous nucleic acid encoding a 6-aminocaproic acid, caprolactam, hexametheylenediamine or levulinic acid pathway enzyme in a sufficient amount to produce the respective product, under conditions and for a sufficient period of time to produce 6-aminocaproic acid, caprolactam, hexametheylenediamine or levulinic acid.
US10150969B2
A genetic screen for Arabidopsis mutants displaying a hyper-susceptible to Agrobacterium transformation (hat) phenotype was performed. The gene disrupted in the hat3 mutant encodes a putative myb-family transcription factor (MTF) that negatively regulates susceptibility to Agrobacterium-mediated transformation. Over-expression of an integrin-like protein results in plants that are hyper-susceptible to transformation. Manipulation of MTF, members of this protein family, and members of the integrin domain-like protein family for example At14a allows improved control of Agrobacterium transformation, including in crops.
US10150964B2
The present disclosure provides compositions, methods, systems, and devices for polynucleotide processing. Such polynucleotide processing may be useful for a variety of applications, including polynucleotide sequencing.
US10150958B2
Provided are compositions comprising newly identified protein fragments of aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases, polynucleotides that encode them and complements thereof, related agents, and methods of use thereof in diagnostic, drug discovery, research, and therapeutic applications.
US10150952B2
Described herein are oligosaccharyl transferases for use in N-glycosylating proteins of interest in vitro and in host cells. Methods for using such oligosaccharyl transferases, nucleic acids encoding such oligosaccharyl transferases, and host cells comprising such oligosaccharyl transferases are also provided herein. Glycoconjugates generated by using such oligosaccharyl transferases are also provided herein.
US10150949B2
The present invention provides a method for producing or detecting cardiomyocytes by extracting/detecting cardiomyocytes from a cell population which includes cardiomyocytes using, as an index, positivity of NCAM1, SSEA3, SSEA4 and/or CD340.
US10150948B2
The present disclosure provides compositions comprising a hydrogel and a cell adhesion ligand that enhances the differentiation of mesenchymal stem cells into brown adipocytes, and/or enhances the maintenance of brown adipocytes. In some cases, a subject composition includes cells that are embedded within the hydrogel. The present disclosure also provides methods of making and using the subject compositions.
US10150945B2
A low-cost cell culture device with low cytotoxicity and improved cell adhesion is described, manufactured by a simplified coating process. At least the portion for cell culture on the surface of the cell culture device is coated with at least one of ε-poly-L-lysine, further polymerized derivatives of ε-poly-L-lysine and their salts.
US10150932B2
An auxiliary lubricant comprising a composition, the comprising intermediate molecular weight surfactant-functionalized nanoparticles dispersed in a base oil.
US10150921B2
A process for the production of a higher hydrocarbon useful to produce diesel components from solid biomass is provided. The process provides for improved production of diesel components by contacting the stable oxygenated hydrocarbon intermediate containing diols produced from digestion and hydrodoxygenation of the solid biomass to an amorphous silica alumina catalyst to reduce the diols content, and removing water prior to contacting with the condensation catalyst to produce the higher hydrocarbon.
US10150920B2
A continuous process for converting carbonaceous material contained in one or more feedstocks into a liquid hydrocarbon product, said feedstocks including the carbonaceous material being in a feed mixture including one or more fluids, said fluids including water and further liquid organic compounds at least partly produced by the process in a concentration of at least 1% by weight, where the process comprises converting at least part of the carbonaceous material by pressurizing the feed mixture to a pressure in the range 250-400 bar; heating the feed mixture to a temperature in the range 370-450° C., and maintaining said pressurized and heated feed mixture in the desired pressure and temperature ranges in a reaction zone for a predefined time; cooling the feed mixture to a temperature in the range 25-200° C. and expanding the feed mixture to a pressure in the range of 1-70 bar, thereby causing the carbonaceous material to be converted to a liquid hydrocarbon product and separating from the converted feed mixture a fraction comprising liquid hydrocarbon product.
US10150917B2
The present invention relates to a liquid-crystalline medium based on a mixture of polar compounds having negative dielectric anisotropy (Δε), which is distinguished by the fact that it has a value for the ratio γ1/Δn2 in the range 6-45 with a clearing point of >60° C. and a Δε of ≤−2.3. Media of this type are particularly suitable for electro-optical displays having active-matrix addressing based on the ECB, PA LCD, FFS or IPS effect.
US10150913B2
The present disclosure relates to a scintillator, method for manufacturing the same and applications of scintillator. The scintillator has a chemical formula of Tl2ABC6:yCe, wherein A includes at least one alkali element; B includes at least one trivalent element; C includes at least one halogen element; and y is equal to or greater than 0 and equal to or smaller than 1.
US10150912B2
There is provided a red phosphor that may include a nitride represented by a formula of (Sr1-x-yBaxEuy)2Si5N8, wherein 0
US10150903B2
A composition and use thereof are disclosed herein. The composition comprises at least two selected from the group of amphiphilic block copolymer, polyurethane and acidic ionic compound. Also an oil-based drilling fluid comprising the composition and a method improving shearing force of oil-based drilling fluid are disclosed. The composition disclosed herewith can raise the shearing force of oil-based drilling fluid.
US10150896B2
An illustrative aspect of the invention provides a film comprising a release layer defining a first outer film surface and an adhesion layer defining a second outer film surface opposite the first outer film surface. The adhesion layer comprises a hydrogenated styrene block copolymer with a styrene content in a range of about 30% to 40% by weight. In some embodiments, the adhesion layer may further comprise low density polyethylene (LDPE). In some embodiments, the adhesion layer may further comprise LDPE and high density polyethylene (HDPE).
US10150892B2
The invention provides novel devices, systems, designs, materials and fabrication methods that enable high-load capacity, easy release, and suitable for extended/repeated use in a variety of applications.
US10150888B2
Described is a sprayable, stable composition containing at least one organopolysiloxane containing hydroxyl groups and/or hydrolyzable groups, at least one cross-linking agent on the basis of a functionalized silane, at least one filler on the basis of silicon dioxide, and at least one condensation catalyst, the use of said composition as a coating, and a method for sealing openings or gaps in building components.
US10150873B2
Metals across all industries demand anti-corrosion surface treatments and drive a continual need for high-performing and low-cost coatings. Ordered thin films comprising aligned inorganic platelets dispersed in a polyelectrolyte polymer matrix provide a new class of transparent conformal barrier coatings for protection in corrosive atmospheres. For example, films assembled via layer-by-layer deposition, as thin as 90 nm, are shown to reduce copper corrosion rates by >1000× in an aggressive H2S atmosphere. These coatings can provide high-performing anti-corrosion treatment alternatives to costlier, more toxic, and less scalable thin films, such as graphene, hexavalent chromium, or atomic layer deposited metal oxides.
US10150871B2
The present invention relates to an azo compound that is useful as a dichroic pigment used in a polarizing plate having excellent polarizing performance and durability and having little color leakage in a visible light region, and used in a neutral gray polarizing plate for vehicle mounting that uses the aforementioned polarizing plate. More specifically, the invention relates to an azo compound that is represented by formula (1) [In the formula, R1-R4 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, a C1-5 alkyl group, a C1-5 alkoxy group, a sulfo group, or a C1-5 alkoxy group having a sulfo group, X represents an amino group having a substituent, a benzoylamino group having a substituent, a phenylamino group having a substituent, a phenylazo group having a substituent, or a naphthotriazole group having a substituent, m represents 3 or 4, n represents 1 or 2, and p represents 1, 2, or 3.], or to a salt of said compound.
US10150866B2
A composition based on poly(ether ether ketone) (PEEK) including poly(ether ketone ketone) (PEKK), characterized in that the poly(ether ketone ketone) (PEKK) includes a mixture of terephthalic and isophthalic units, the percentage by weight of terephthalic units, with respect to the sum of the terephthalic and isophthalic units, being between 55 and 85%, limits included, and preferably between 55 and 70%, the composition including between 1 and 40%, limits included, preferably between 5 and 40% and more preferably still between 10 and 30% by weight of PEKK, with respect to the total weight of the composition.
US10150865B2
According to one embodiment, the present invention provides a resin composition, which comprises a polymer (A) containing 45% by mass or more of a (meth)acrylate unit (a) represented by the following formula (1), a polymer (B) containing 60% by mass or more of a methyl (meth)acrylate unit (b) and having a mass average molecular weight of 5,000 to 20,000, and a polycarbonate-based resin (C).
US10150863B2
The present disclosure relates to blended thermoplastic compositions comprising: a) from about 20 wt % to about 80 wt % of a polycarbonate polymer component; b) from about 5 wt % to about 30 wt % of a polycarbonate-polysiloxane copolymer component; c) from about 1 wt % to about 20 wt % of a laser direct structuring additive component; and d) from about 0.02 wt % to about 5 wt % of a metal component; wherein the combined weight percent value of all components does not exceed about 100 wt %; and wherein all weight percent values are based on the total weight of the composition.
US10150859B2
A vulcanizable rubber composition includes an oil extended copolymer composition, an unsaturated rubber, filler, process oil and a vulcanizing agent, wherein the oil extended copolymer composition ion has a phase angle δmin of lower than 2.5, and includes: auxiliary agents, extender oil, and at least one ethylene-α-olefin-non-conjugated-diene copolymer having a weight average molecular weight (Mw) of at least 300,000 g/mol, an intrinsic viscosity higher than 4 measured in Xylene at 70° C., and a polydispersity (Mw/Mn) smaller than 3.
US10150858B2
Blended compositions that can include one or more thermoplastic polymers and one or more organic fillers and methods for making and using same. The blended composition can have a Notched Izod Impact Strength of at least 20 J/m to about 600 J/m, measured according to ASTM D256-10, and a melt index of about 1 g/10 min to about 100 g/10 min, measured according to ASTM D1238-13, procedure B. The thermoplastic copolymer can include a blend of a polypropylene homopolymer and a copolymer of propylene and a comonomer. The comonomer can include ethylene, a C4 to C20 olefin, or any mixture thereof. The copolymer of propylene and the comonomer can include about 0.5 wt % to about 40 wt % of the comonomer. The blended composition can include about 5 wt % to about 30 wt % of the organic filler based on the combined weight of the thermoplastic copolymer and the organic filler.
US10150853B2
The invention relates to substantially diphenylguanidine-free rubber mixtures comprising at least one rubber, one silica-based filler and/or carbon black and short-chain alkyl esters of glycerol, production of these, use and vulcanizates thus obtainable.
US10150850B2
Methods of preparing high-density polyethylene (HDPE) nanocomposites by in situ polymerization with a metallocene catalyst and a methylaluminoxane co-catalyst in a solvent. The HDPE nanocomposites contain graphene nanofillers that promote the polymerization process, and are found to enhance the molecular weight, molecular weight distribution and flame retardency of the HDPE nanocomposites produced.
US10150849B2
Object:To provide thermally expandable microspheres having little sag.Resolution Means:The thermally expandable microspheres have a structure in which a foaming agent is encapsulated in an outer shell formed from a polymer, wherein, the ratio (%) of (R2/R1)×100 is at least 105%, where R1 is the expansion ratio after the thermally expandable microspheres have been heat-treated for 5 minutes at 150° C. and then foamed by heating for 2 minutes at 200° C., and R2 is the expansion ratio after the thermally expandable microspheres have been heat-treated for 5 minutes at 150° C. and then foamed by heating for 4 minutes at 200° C.
US10150846B2
A colored metallic pigment of the present invention contains a metallic pigment, a coloring pigment, a first compound and a second compound. The coloring pigment adheres to the surface of the metallic pigment in the coexistence of the first compound and the second compound, the first compound is a compound having two or more carboxyl groups, and the second compound is a compound having one or more amino groups.
US10150843B2
Methods and systems are provided for improved liquefaction of a lignocellulosic biomass. The methods include reacting a lignocellulosic biomass slurry at mild conditions for a short period to produce a first reaction mixture having a reduced viscosity as compared to the lignocellulosic biomass slurry and that is substantially free of levulinic acid and hydroxymethylfurfural. The methods further include separating the first reaction mixture into a solid fraction and a liquid fraction, the solid fraction having a majority of lignin from the lignocellulosic biomass slurry and the liquid fraction having a majority of hemicellulose and greater than about 30% by weight of cellulose from the lignocellulosic biomass slurry. The method advantageously prevents or eliminates the formation of tar and/or char.
US10150838B2
The present invention relates to a composition containing a particulate solid, a polar or non-polar organic medium, and a polymer chain having at least one non-fused aromatic imide pendant group. The invention further provides compositions for coatings, inks, toners, plastic materials (such as thermoplastics), plasticisers, plastisols, crude grinding and flush.
US10150833B2
A polymer has urethane or thiourethane units, which can be used, in particular, as an adhesion primer for the adhesive bonding of metal or glass to rubber. The polymer comprises base units comprising at least a sub-unit of formula X1CO—NH—, in which X1 respectively represents O or S, and additional units comprising at least a secondary alcohol function and a thioether function in the α position relative to the alcohol function. The polymer can be used as an adhesion primer for the adhesive bonding of a substrate, for example glass or metal, to an unsaturated rubber, or as a corrosion-resistant protective coating for a metal substrate. A metal reinforcer, such as wire, cord, film or plate, can be coated with the polymer.
US10150827B2
Imidazoline functionalized oxidized fatty substance emulsifiers are made by obtaining a fatty substance composition; performing an oxidative oligomerization of the fatty substance composition to produce an oxidized fatty substance composition comprising from about 10 to about 75% by weight of oligomeric fatty acid components based on the total weight of fatty acid containing components in the composition; reacting the oxidized fatty substance composition with a polyamine comprising at least one ethylene diamine functional group with at least three hydrogens attached to the two nitrogens to form an aminoethylamido functionalized oxidized fatty substance composition; and forming an imidazoline functionalized oxidized fatty substance emulsifier from the aminoethylamido functionalized oxidized fatty substance composition. Such compositions are particularly useful in asphalt applications and corrosion inhibition.
US10150816B2
Provided herein are therapeutic polypeptides, e.g., chimeric antigen receptors, able to direct an immune cell, e.g., a T lymphocyte to a target antigen, and able to cause the T cell to proliferate or to kill cells displaying the antigen when the antigen binds to the polypeptide, wherein the polypeptides comprise a transmembrane domain from a T cell co-inhibitory protein such as CTLA4 or PD-1. Also provided herein are T lymphocytes expressing the polypeptides, and use of such T lymphocytes to treat diseases such as cancer.
US10150815B2
The disclosure provides humanized anti-OX40 antibodies. Also provided are methods of making such antibodies, and methods of use, e.g., treatment of cancer.
US10150810B2
Provided are various embodiments relating to anti-IL31 antibodies binding to canine IL31. Such antibodies can be used in methods to treat IL31-induced conditions in companion animals, such as canines, felines, and equines.
US10150807B2
Polypeptides with desirable biophysical properties such as solubility, stability, high expression, monomericity, binding specificity or non-aggregation, including monomeric human VHs and VLs, are identified using a high throughput method for screening polypeptides, comprising the steps of obtaining a phage display library, allowing infection of a bacterial lawn by the library phage, and identifying phage which form larger than average plaques on the bacterial lawn. Sequences of monomeric human VHs and VLs are identified, which may be useful for immunotherapy or as diagnostic agents. Multimer complexes of human VHs and VLs are also identified. The VHs and VLs identified may be used to create further libraries for identifying additional polypeptides. Further, the VHs and VLs may be subjected to DNA shuffling to select for improved biophysical properties.
US10150802B2
Novel human interleukin-2 (IL-2) muteins or variants thereof are provided. In particular, provided are IL-2 muteins that have an increased binding capacity for IL-2RP receptor and a decreased binding capacity for IL-2RΥc receptor, as compared to wild-type IL-2. Such IL-2 muteins are useful, for example, as IL-2 partial agonist and antagonists in applications where reduction or inhibition of one or more IL-2 and/or IL-15 functions is useful (e.g., in the treatment of graft versus host disease (GVHD) and adult T cell leukemia). Also provided are nucleic acids encoding such IL-2 muteins, methods of making such IL-2 muteins, pharmaceutical compositions that include such IL-2 muteins and methods of treatment using such pharmaceutical compositions.
US10150799B2
The present invention concerns lectins isolated from the fruiting body of a novel Hericium erinaceum (deposit number: KCTC 12499BP) NEU-1L strain which bind specifically to sialic acid. The invention further pertains to uses of such lectinsn abd to processes for their preparation thereby. The lectin of the present invention can be useful as an active ingredient of a composition or a kit for measuring or detecting glycoproteins, glycopeptides, glycolipids, sugar precursors or oligosaccharides containing sialic acid moieties, or further for measuring or detecting cell lines, bacteria and viruses containing sialoglycoconjugates.
US10150790B2
A method of obtaining depolymerized lignin from biomass using a transition metal catalyst and a solvent mixture of organic solvent and water. The invention further relates to a composition obtainable by the method and the production of fuel.
US10150789B2
In the method of the present invention for producing a thin film, including introducing, onto a substrate, a vapor that has been obtained by vaporizing a thin-film-forming material including a molybdenum imide compound represented by the following formula (I) and that includes the molybdenum imide compound; and then forming a thin film including molybdenum on the substrate by decomposing and/or chemically reacting the molybdenum imide compound. (In the formula, R1 though R10 each represent a hydrogen atom or a linear or branched alkyl group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms, and R11 represents a linear or branched alkyl group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms).
US10150784B2
Embodiments of the invention provide solid forms of magnesium glycinate dihydrate and compositions thereof, which are useful for treating hyperphosphatemia and which exhibit desirable characteristics for the same. The invention further provides processes for the production of solid forms of magnesium glycinate dihydrate.
US10150779B2
The present disclosure relates to novel compounds and pharmaceutical compositions thereof, and methods for promoting healthy aging of skin, the treatment of skin disorders, the treatment of cardiovascular disorders, the treatment of renal disorders, the treatment of angiogenesis disorders, such as cancer, treatment of tissue damage, such as non-cardiac tissue damage, the treatment of evolving myocardial infarction, the treatment of ischemic injury, and the treatment of various other disorders, such as complications arising from diabetes with the compounds and compositions of the invention. Other disorders can include, but are not limited to, atherosclerosis, coronary artery disease, diabetic nephropathy, diabetic neuropathy, diabetic retinopathy, diabetic cardiomyopathy, infections of the skin, peripheral vascular disease, stroke, asthma, and the like.
US10150777B2
The invention pertains to processes to produce dry biomass of pyripyropene producer organisms, processes to obtain pyripyropenes from such dry biomass, as well as to processes to produce compounds of Formula III and/or Formula IV and/or Formula V from the pyripyropenes obtained from the dry biomass. The invention does further pertain to the dry biomass itself, as well as processes using said dry biomass to obtain pyripyropenes for the production of compounds of Formula III and/or Formula IV and/or Formula V, including processes using said dry biomass to obtain pyripyropenes or compounds of Formula III and/or Formula IV and/or Formula V in order to produce pest control compositions, in particular insecticides, comprising such compounds.
US10150776B2
The present disclosure concerns harringtonines salts at the crystalline state exhibiting a protonated nitrogen seen in solid state analysis and having general formula 1, comprising solvates, made by reacting a cephalotaxine ester alkaloid base having formula 2, in which R1 is, but not limited to, alkyl, aryl, cycloalkyl, heteroalkyl, heteroaryl or heterocycloalkyl, and R2 is, independently, but not limited to H, alkyl, aryl, cycloalkyl, heteroalkyl, heteroaryl or heterocycloalkyl, with an acid having general formula AH in a non-aqueous crystallization solvent, wherein the said salt has a large water solubility. The disclosure is also related to a process for preparing and purifying these salts and their use as chemotherapeutic drugs.
US10150768B2
Imidazo[4,5-c] ring compounds, (particularly imidazo[4,5-c]quinolines, 6,7,8,9-tetrahydroimidazo[4,5-c]quinolines, imidazo[4,5-c]naphthyridines, and 6,7,8,9-tetrahydroimidazo[4,5-c]naphthyridine compounds) having a guanidine substituent at the 1-position, pharmaceutical compositions containing the compounds, and methods of making the compounds are disclosed. Methods of use of the compounds as immune response modifiers, for inducing cytokine biosynthesis in animals and in the treatment of diseases including viral and neoplastic diseases are also disclosed.
US10150765B2
The present invention is directed to compounds of Formulas (I, IIa and IIb): The invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising compounds of Formulas (I, IIa and IIb). Methods of making and using the compounds of Formulas (I, IIa and IIb) are also within the scope of the invention.
US10150763B2
A compound of the formula:(I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein: L is a 5-membered nitrogen-containing heteroaryl which is optionally fused to a benzene; Y is a 5, 6 or 7-membered nitrogen-containing heteroaryl, which is optionally fused to a benzene; and W is a zinc-binding group. The compounds are HDAC inhibitors and therefore have potential utility in therapy.
US10150761B2
The invention concerns novel substituted pyridine-piperazinyl analogs of formula (I) having antiviral activity, in particular, having an inhibitory activity on the replication of the respiratory syncytial virus (RSV). The invention further concerns the preparation of such novel compounds, compositions comprising these compounds, and the compounds for use in the treatment of respiratory syncytial virus infection.
US10150760B2
Compounds of Formula V, salts thereof, tautomers thereof, and salts of the tautomers have the following structure and are useful compounds in preparing small molecule agonists of the APJ Receptor: where the definitions of the variables are provided herein.
US10150744B2
The present invention relates to a compound represented by the following general formula (I), which has a P2X4 receptor antagonistic activity (in the formula, R1, R2 and R3 represent hydrogen atom, an alkyl group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms, an alkoxy group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms, a halogen atom, and the like, X represents C or N, Y represents N or C(═O), provided that when X is C, Y represents N, and when X is N, Y represents C(═O), the double line consisting of the solid line and the broken line represents a single bond or double bond, n represents an integer of 0 to 6, Z represents O, S, or an atomic bond, and A represents benzene ring, pyridine ring, and the like).
US10150740B2
The invention provides novel compounds having the general formula: wherein R1 to R6 are as described herein, compositions including the compounds and methods of using the compounds.
US10150737B2
The invention relates inter alia to compounds of the general formula (I) in which the A1-A4, T, n, W, Q, R1 and B1-B4 radicals are each as defined in the description. Also described are processes for preparing the compounds of the formula (I). The inventive compounds are especially suitable for controlling insects, arachnids and nematodes in agriculture, and ectoparasites in veterinary medicine.
US10150731B2
The present invention describes a novel method for preparing 4-cyanopiperidine hydrochloride.
US10150722B2
The present invention is directed to novel aldehyde compounds and a method of improving, enhancing or modifying a fragrance formulation through the addition of an olfactory acceptable amount of the novel aldehyde compounds.
US10150721B2
Methods and systems or devices for synthesis of dimethyl ether (DME) from carbon dioxide and hydrogen are provided. A high surface area hollow fiber catalytic membrane reactor such as with hollow fibers coated with a water permeable membrane material is used. The reactor also contains a bi-functional methanol synthesis component and dehydration catalyst component such that the two-step reaction takes place on the catalyst surface. Produced water permeates through the membrane, exiting the reactor immediately after it is formed. Unreacted reactants and products flow to the reactor exit.
US10150714B2
Process and catalyst for upgrading gasoline comprising durene (1,2,4,5-tetramethylbenzene) and pseudodocumene, the process comprises hydroisomerization of durene (1,2,4,5-tetramethylbenzene) and pseudocumene (1,2,4-trimethylbenzene) contained in the gasoline in presence of a catalyst comprising a sulfided base metal supported on an acidic carrier, thereby converting durene (1,2,4,5-tetramethylbenzene) to isodurene (1,2,4,5-tetramethylbenzene) and prehnitene (1,2,3,4-tetramethylbenzene) and converting pseudocumene (1,2,4-trimethylbenzene) to mesitylene (1,3,5-trimethylbenzene).
US10150713B2
An engineered composite system designed to be passive or inert under one set of conditions, but becomes active when exposed to a second set of conditions. This system can include a dissolving or disintegrating core, and a surface coating that has higher strength or which only dissolves under certain temperature and pH conditions, or in selected fluids. These reactive materials are useful for oil and gas completions and well stimulation processes, enhanced oil and gas recovery operations, as well as in defensive and mining applications requiring high energy density and good mechanical properties, but which can be stored and used for long periods of time without degradation.
US10150712B2
An composition comprising: (A) a mixture comprising at least one (thio)phosphoric acid triamide according to the general formula (I) R1R2N—P(X)(NH2)2, wherein X is oxygen or sulfur; R1 is a C1 to C20 alkyl, C3 to C20 cycloalkyl, C6 to C20 aryl, or dialkylaminocarbonyl group; R2 is H, or R1 and R2 together with the nitrogen atom linking them define a 5- or 6-membered saturated or unsaturated heterocyclic radical, which optionally comprises 1 or 2 further heteroatoms selected from the group consisting of nitrogen, oxygen, and sulfur, and (C) at least one amine selected from the group consisting of (C1) a polymeric polyamine, and (C2) an amine containing not more than one amino group and at least three alkoxy- or hydroxy-substituted C2 to C12 alkyl groups R21, wherein at least one of the groups R21 is different to the other groups R21, and (C3) an amine containing not more than one amino group and at least two alkoxy- or hydroxy-substituted C2 to C12 alkyl groups R22, wherein at least one of the groups R22 bears the alkoxy or hydroxy substituent at a secondary or tertiary carbon atom and wherein at least one of the groups R22 is different to the other group(s) R22, and (C4) an amine containing at least one saturated or unsaturated C8 to C40 alkyl group R23, and (C5) a saturated or unsaturated heterocyclic amine which contains at least one oxygen atom as ring atom and which does not contain a further alkoxy group.
US10150710B2
An apparatus for preparing foam for incorporation into cementitious slurry comprises a conduit having an inlet for receiving a gas feed and a surfactant feed, and an outlet for allowing the exit of foam. The conduit houses a porous plug that provides a partial barrier to fluid flow along the conduit, the plug comprising a plurality of particles that are packed in a regular array and that define a three-dimensional network of pores extending therebetween. The apparatus comprises a resilient component located between the plug and the conduit.
US10150697B2
A coated glass pane comprising at least the following layers in sequence: a glass substrate; a lower anti-reflection layer, comprising in sequence from the glass substrate a layer based on an oxide of Zn and Sn and/or an oxide of Sn, a separation layer based on a metal oxide and/or an (oxi)nitride of silicon and/or an (oxi)nitride of aluminum, and a top layer based on an oxide of Zn; and a silver-based functional layer.
US10150695B2
A co-doped optical fiber is provided having an attenuation of less than about 0.17 dB/km at a wavelength of 1550 nm. The fiber includes a core region in the fiber having a graded refractive index profile with an alpha of greater than 5. The fiber also includes a first cladding region in the fiber that surrounds the core region. Further, the core region has a relative refractive index of about −0.10% to about +0.05% compared to pure silica. In addition, the core region includes silica that is co-doped with chlorine at about 1.2% or greater by weight and fluorine between about 0.1% and about 1% by weight.
US10150691B2
According to one embodiment, a glass article may include SiO2, Al2O3, Li2O and Na2O. The glass article may have a softening point less than or equal to about 810° C. The glass article may also have a high temperature CTE less than or equal to about 27×10−6/° C. The glass article may also be ion exchangeable such that the glass has a compressive stress greater than or equal to about 600 MPa and a depth of layer greater than or equal to about 25 μm after ion exchange in a salt bath comprising KNO3 at a temperature in a range from about 390° C. to about 450° C. for less than or equal to approximately 15 hours.
US10150690B2
An apparatus for manufacturing an optical fiber, including a drawing portion, a coating portion, and a curing portion; wherein a direction changer which changes a direction of the bare optical fiber is disposed in any position from the drawing portion to the coating portion, the direction changer includes a guide groove which guides the bare optical fiber, a blowout port of a fluid which floats the bare optical fiber wired along the guide groove is formed along the guide groove in the guide groove, and an average flow rate or a highest flow rate of the fluid in an inlet wire portion of the bare optical fiber to the guide groove, and an outlet wire portion from the guide groove is faster than a lowest flow rate of the fluid in an intermediate portion between the inlet wire portion and the outlet wire portion in the blowout port.
US10150682B2
A filter system for removing and/or neutralizing undissolved oils, greases, and salts on/in water-containing emulsions from, in particular, tanks and baths that are used to hold and store emulsions, which are used to cool and lubricate workpieces and tools during machining, comprising at least one emulsifier filter, a downstream suction/pressure pump, a unit for gas enrichment, an adhesion filter having an automatic deaerator, a downstream oil-collecting vessel, and a capillary filter, wherein these are combined as a unit, such that the oil/grease film and the emulsion can be mechanically, chemically, and biologically treated.
US10150678B2
The objective of the present invention is to provide, in an industrially advantageous method, α-lithium aluminate which has various favorable physical properties as a MCFC electrolyte holding plate with excellent heat stability and chemical stability, even when the α-lithium aluminate is minute with the BET specific surface area being 10 m2/g or greater. A method for producing α-lithium aluminate is characterized by mixing hydrated alumina and lithium carbonate in an Al/Li molar ratio of 0.95-1.01 and subjecting the obtained mixture (a) to a first firing reaction to obtain a fired product, and then subjecting a mixture (b) which is the obtained fired product to which an aluminum compound is added to a second firing reaction.
US10150671B2
The invention describes a process for producing sulfuric acid by catalytic oxidation of SO2 to SO3 and subsequent absorption of the SO3 in sulfuric acid, wherein the SO3 is introduced into a first absorption stage (primary absorber) and at least partly absorbed there in concentrated sulfuric acid, wherein the SO3 not absorbed in the first absorption stage is supplied to a second absorption stage (secondary absorber) for the further absorption in concentrated sulfuric acid, and wherein the sulfuric acid is cooled after passing through the two absorption stages. The cooling of the sulfuric acid is effected in at least two heat exchangers connected in parallel, wherein one of the at least two heat exchangers is operated as partial evaporator and is cooled with boiler feed water/steam and the other one is cooled with cooling water and operated as pure acid cooler.
US10150664B2
A microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) structure having a stopper integrated with a MEMS substrate is provided. A first substrate has a dielectric layer arranged over the first substrate. The dielectric layer includes a device opening. A second substrate is arranged over and bonded to the first substrate through the dielectric layer. The second substrate includes a deflectable element arranged over the device opening. A stopper is integrated with the second substrate and protrudes from the deflectable element over the device opening. A method for manufacturing the MEMS structure is also provided.
US10150663B2
Automatic flavoring and water dispensing systems are disclosed. The systems may be used to add flavorings to medications, and to reconstitute medications by adding water. The systems include multiple flavoring containers communicating with a valve assembly that controls the type and amount of each flavoring to be delivered during a dispensing operation. Water for reconstitution purposes may be provided through the flavoring valve assembly and/or through a separate valve. An input device such as a code scanner may be used to input data regarding the type of medication to be flavored into the system, and a flavoring formulary may be used to provide multiple flavoring options. The dispensing system allows for automatic dispensing of medication flavorings and/or reconstitution water from a single unit.
US10150653B2
A method and related device for reducing resonant vibrations and dynamic loads of cranes, where vertical motion of a pay load is controlled by a boom winch and a hoist winch. In an embodiment, the method includes determining resonance frequencies of the crane boom and pay load from inertia data of the boom and stiffness on at least the boom and hoist ropes, the resonance frequencies including a first frequency and a lower second frequency. In addition, the method includes automatically modifying the motion of the boom winch or the hoist winch to induce a damping inducing winch motion in the boom or hoist winch, by tuning a proportional integral (PI)-type boom winch speed controller or a PI-type hoist winch speed controller. The boom winch speed controller is tuned to absorb energy at the second frequency, the hoist winch speed controller is tuned to absorb energy at the first frequency.
US10150647B2
A system for controlling and configuration of an occupant evacuation operation (OEO) in a multi-story building has an elevator control system, a fire alarm detection system with a plurality of fire sensor devices, wherein the fire alarm detection system generates fire alarm information signals, and a central control system coupled with the elevator control system and the fire alarm detection system. The central control system has a data processing system with a processor and memory which provide a configurable model of the multi-story building, receive signals from the fire alarm detection system and receive signals and transmit control signals from/to the elevator control system. The configurable model allows configuration of the system creating a model of the functionalities in the multi-story building required for the OEO, and the central control system controls the OEO based on the signals received from the fire alarm detection system and the elevator control system.
US10150644B2
A delivery system is used for delivering printed sheets which can be fed in a region of an inlet side of a delivery device. The delivery device includes at least one first discharge station and one second discharge station which is mounted downstream of the first discharge station, which is upstream in the transport path. The delivery stations are associated respectively with a format or transport-relevant device which can be controlled by a drive including a control element for adapting or correcting the guiding and delivery of the sheets in the relevant discharge station. At a delivery device level upstream of a lateral inlet in a stacking space of the upstream second discharge station, at least one operator interface, with at least one actuating device is provided. The at least one actuating device can be permanently connected to a signal or can be activated by an additional actuating device, with the control element of the at least one format- or transport-relevant device of the first discharge station and which allows or which can allow, during actuation, the control element of the system of the first discharge station which can vary with regard to the format- or transport-relevant size format, to be controlled.
US10150643B2
According to embodiments, a sheet post-processing apparatus includes a processing tray, a vertical alignment section, a horizontal alignment section and a controller. The controller is configured to control the horizontal alignment section to shift the sheet to a first alignment position a predetermined distance from the center of the processing tray in the sheet width direction, control the horizontal alignment section to align the sheet in the sheet width direction at the first alignment position, and control the vertical alignment section to align the sheet in the conveying direction at the first alignment position, control the horizontal alignment section to realign the sheet at the first alignment position.
US10150637B2
There is provided a stacking apparatus capable of stably conveying and stacking sheets without occurrence of damage or buckling of the sheets in the structure of discharging the curled sheets one by one. In regard to each of a plurality of clamp guides which project toward stacking trays from a conveyor to guide sheets S, the projecting position varies in accordance with a size and an amount of stacked sheets on the stack trays. The stacking tray comprises an inclined surface and a curved surface. An upper guide is located to face the inclined surface by a predetermined interval, and the upper guide is located not to face the curved surface or is located to face it by an interval larger than a predetermined interval.
US10150636B2
A stacker device in an items processing system is a last station of a mail line. The stacker device has a receiving plate to receive flat items, a longitudinal alignment wall, graduated in at least two steps, at a rear side of the stacker device, and a stop wall that is arranged at the downstream end of the receiving plate.
US10150633B2
A system and method of detecting the presence of metallic objects in media to be conveyed in a medium transport system is disclosed. One or more metal detectors are included in the medium transport system to detect the presence of metal in the medium being transported. Signals from the metal detectors are sent to a system processor, which analyzes the signals, and produces proximity, duration, and/or intensity values therefrom. One or more microphones may also be included which detect the sound created as the medium is being transported. The processor computes sound values from the microphone signals, and analyzes the computed sound values along with the proximity, duration, and/or intensity values in order determine if the conveyance of the medium along the transport path should be stopped due to the presence of metal in the media or a jam occurring within the medium transport path.
US10150632B2
A system and method of detecting the presence of metallic objects in media to be conveyed in a medium transport system is disclosed. One or more metal detectors are included in the medium transport system to detect the presence of metal in the medium being transported. Signals from the metal detectors are sent to a system processor, which analyzes the signals, and produces proximity, duration, and/or intensity values therefrom. One or more microphones may also be included which detect the sound created as the medium is being transported. The processor computes sound values from the microphone signals, and analyzes the computed sound values along with the proximity, duration, and/or intensity values in order determine if the conveyance of the medium along the transport path should be stopped due to the presence of metal in the media or a jam occurring within the medium transport path.
US10150623B2
A cleaning apparatus includes a connection part rotatably mounted to a rotatable member. The connection part is in the form of a disc 36 of plastics material, with a central cavity with four radial passages extending therefrom leading to nozzles for steam to pass therethrough for cleaning purposes. In use the disc is rotated at a required speed to, for instance, clean a conveyor.
US10150615B2
A storage system having at least two parallel racks and an aisle extending between respective sets of adjacent racks, through which shuttles can move forward and backward over respective guides parallel to the racks on a multitude of superposed levels for placing products in storage positions and/or removing products from storage positions. The storage system further includes a maintenance cart which can be moved through an aisle and which defines a working space for an individual, bounded at least partially by a frame of the maintenance cart, for carrying out maintenance from the working space on a shuttle, wherein the frame extends over at least two levels of the multitude of levels and forms a screen for the working space against shuttles in the aisle in question. The maintenance cart can be moved over a guide for the shuttles through an aisle.
US10150605B2
A chemical storage container enables easy installation of a chemical nozzle and a pressurized gas supply nozzle. The chemical storage container includes a metal can having a top opening, a chemical storage bag disposed in the metal can and an ejection member mounted to the chemical storage bag. The top opening of the metal can is closed by a lid to which a chemical nozzle and a pressurized gas supply nozzle are mounted. The chemical nozzle penetrates through the ejection member. A pressurized gas from the pressurized gas supply nozzle is supplied through the ejection member into a pressurization space formed between the metal can and the chemical storage bag.
US10150601B2
An ergonomic leakproof travel container comprising a body member having a front side, a back side, and a continuous sidewall, wherein the continuous sidewall has an outer surface and inner surface forming a hollow interior; a first lid member hingedly attached to the body member via a first hinge member; a second lid member independent from the first lid member, wherein the second lid member is hingedly attached to the body member via the first hinge member, a chambered storage insert sized and shaped to fit in the hollow interior; a latch member attached to a second hinge member on the front side, wherein the latch member is configured to secure the first lid and second lid in a closed position; a first gasket positioned between the body member and the second lid creating a first leakproof seal; and a second gasket positioned between the chambered storage insert and the second lid creating a second leakproof seal.
US10150600B2
Containers are described that allow a consumer to see inside the container and to more easily access the products. One form of the container includes a base member with a lid defining a window. A flexible laminate with a peelable flap portion is attached to the lid to provide access to the products inside. The flexible laminate includes a first film layer laminated to a second film layer. The first film layer includes a first cut line defining a peelable flap portion and the second film layer includes a second cut line offset from the first cut line that defines an opening into the container. First and second reclose surfaces defined between the cut lines on the corresponding film layers include pressure-sensitive adhesive to allow the container to be re-sealed via movement of the peelable flap portion back into engagement with the flexible laminate remaining with the container.
US10150596B2
A container provided with a sealing lid comprises a jar (11), a lid (12) for closing the jar, a rubber sealing ring (13), adapted to be interposed between an upper edge (17) of the jar (11) and a lower flange (18) of the lid (12), and a wire-shaped hooking element (14) of the lid (12) to the jar (11) for closing the container. The jar (11) is provided, in the proximity of its upper edge (17), with a collar (21) radially projecting from the jar side surface (22) so as to define below a circumferential step-like seat (23). The wire-shaped hooking element (14) is shaped with a pair of pivoting ends (20) rotatably received inside respective holes (19) in the lid (12) and with at least one curvilinear locking portion (24), in an intermediate position with respect to said pivoting ends (20).
US10150594B2
A crown cap and closing device. The abstract of the disclosure is submitted herewith as required by 37 C.F.R. § 1.72(b). As stated in 37 C.F.R. § 1.72(b): A brief abstract of the technical disclosure in the specification must commence on a separate sheet, preferably following the claims, under the heading “Abstract of the Disclosure.” The purpose of the abstract is to enable the Patent and Trademark Office and the public generally to determine quickly from a cursory inspection the nature and gist of the technical disclosure. The abstract shall not be used for interpreting the scope of the claims. Therefore, any statements made relating to the abstract are not intended to limit the claims in any manner and should not be interpreted as limiting the claims in any manner.
US10150588B2
A panel for a container includes an outer edge to be connected to the container and a tab connected to the panel. The tab has a rear tab part for gripping by a user and a front tab part for engagement with the panel and forming an opening in the panel. The panel is provided with deformation means which structurally deform upon a transition of the panel into a convex shape and which locked in the deformed state urge the panel to a substantially flat or concave shape.
US10150583B2
A liquid pour tray provides a plurality of liquid retaining receptacles each having a proximal portion and a distal portion defining an open end, the distal portion having a width narrowing in a direction opposite the proximal portion toward the open end. A plurality of partitions are interposed between the plurality of liquid retaining receptacles and an overflow reservoir is in fluid communication with the plurality of liquid retaining receptacles.
US10150582B2
A method of making a personal care composition by providing a first layer and a second layer which each are fluid at elevated temperature; solid at ambient temperature; and visually distinctive from each other; providing the first and second layers in fluid state at an elevated temperature in isolated vessels; separately dispensing the first layer by a first nozzle and the second layer by a second nozzle, while maintaining the elevated temperature, into a same package having a circle plan view shape, wherein the positions of the nozzles, relative to the center of the package, are maintained during dispensing, and wherein the middle point of the nozzles do not coincide with the Z axis running vertically through the center of the package; and cooling the dispensed composition for solidifying in the package.
US10150571B2
An on-board aircraft inert gas system includes a source of hydrocarbon, a source of gas comprising oxygen, and a first fluid flow path between the source of gas comprising oxygen and an inert gas output. A reactor is disposed along the first fluid flow path that reacts oxygen and hydrocarbon from the fuel tank gas space to produce an oxygen-depleted gas. A heat exchanger condenser removes some water from the oxygen-depleted gas. A water-permeable gas membrane separator receives the oxygen-depleted gas from the heat exchanger and outputs dried oxygen-depleted gas.
US10150569B2
A method of stopping an engine of a rotorcraft in overspeed, the engine comprising a gas generator and a power assembly. When the engine is in operation, a relationship is established giving a limit derivative that varies as a function of the speed of rotation of the power assembly. The speed of rotation, referred to as the “current speed”, reached by the power assembly is measured and the time derivative of the speed of rotation is determined and referred to as the “current derivative”. The engine is stopped automatically when the limit derivative corresponding to the current speed as determined by the relationship is less than or equal to the current derivative.
US10150568B2
An arrangement may comprise a spring member. A proximal end and a distal end of a compression rod may contact engagement features via the spring member in a core cowl of a gas turbine engine. The compression rod may transmit loads between halves of the core cowl. The spring member may compress and decompress in response to vibrations or other relative movement between halves of the core cowl.
US10150567B2
A rotor system for a rotorcraft includes a first rotor assembly defining a rotation axis, a second rotor assembly offset from the first rotor assembly along the rotation axis, and a drive system connected to the first and second rotor assemblies. The drive system includes a first electric motor disposed along the rotation axis and operably connected to the first rotor assembly, and a second electric motor disposed along the rotation axis and operably connected to the second rotor assembly to rotate the second rotor assembly about the rotation axis independent of rotation of the first rotor assembly about the rotation axis.
US10150565B2
A load hook substructure for attachment onto or into the cabin structure of a helicopter, having a housing in which a shaft with a hook attachment is mounted, such that a load hook can be connected with the shaft and thereby with the load hook substructure; this improves the flying characteristics of the helicopter in the case of flights with a load carried underneath. This is achieved in that the shaft passes through the interior of the housing in the longitudinal direction between a housing end wall and a housing wall, such that it can move linearly, and a return spring device is arranged between a damping plate arranged on the shaft and the housing end wall, and a damping device is arranged between the damping plate and the lower housing wall. The damping device has at least one flexibly compressible damping element, which develops a damping action in the event of a linear movement of the shaft.
US10150564B2
An automated warehousing system for use in a warehouse having a storage racks includes drawers partitioned into multiple compartments to contain different parcels, the drawers being at designated locations of individual cells in the storage racks and adapted to be opened and closed. The system also has a plurality of drones configured to identify a designated one of the drawers at a designated location and a designated one compartment of the designated one drawer. The drones have gripper heads translatable relative to opened drawers to retrieve parcels therefrom. The system further has a communication subsystem communicating with the drones to control their flying and also to control their gripper heads relative to opened drawers and communicating with individual cells for opening and closing drawers as drones approach and depart the selected individual cells.
US10150559B2
The present invention aims at solving the problem of providing a control device for an unmanned flying object that can elucidate the cause of a fault in the unmanned flying object after the fact and that has a function of desirably preventing a crash before it even happens, and at solving the problem of providing an unmanned flying object that incorporates such a control device. The control device of the present invention is a device for controlling a single rotor blade motor, and includes a calculation device, a storage device, a data output device, and a voltage detection device: the calculation device acquires and outputs information of various types; the storage device accumulates information of various types received from the calculation device; the data output device outputs information from the calculation device to an external control device; and the voltage detection device acquires voltage information from a battery or the like and supplies it to the calculation device.
US10150556B2
A airborne vehicle comprising a fuselage, a folding wing-like structure which is movable from a stowed position to a deployed position, and a hinge mechanism which couples the folding wing-like structure to the fuselage in a manner so that the folding wing-like structure displaces and rotates during movement from the stowed position to the deployed position. The hinge mechanism is housed within an outer mold line of the fuselage and folding wing-like structure to decrease the signature of the airborne vehicle.
US10150554B2
An aircraft including a primary-structure connection element for attaching the aircraft skin to the primary structure of the aircraft is provided. The primary-structure connection element is designed as a shearweb, a clip and/or as a frame stabilization element or as a rib stabilization element and is manufactured from a fiber-reinforced thermoplastic material with the use of injection molding. Likewise, an injection molding method for the manufacture of such a primary-structure connection element is provided, in which method the fiber-reinforced thermoplastic material is injected in its melted state into an injection molding device. The manufactured shearweb etc. is removed from the injection molding device. In this method, in particular, chopped carbon fibers and/or glass fibers in combination with polyphenylene sulfide (PPS) and/or polyetherether ketone (PEEK) are used, for example also in pellet form.
US10150551B2
A wind sensor, such as a sonic anemometer, may be utilized to cause a trolling motor to activate to propel a watercraft toward a virtual anchor location, route, or destination, in response to detection of an occurrence or wind. In some instances, the trolling motor may be steered to a direction opposite a wind direction when activated. The trolling motor may also be oriented to a corrective direction based on a comparison of a current location to the virtual anchor location, route, or destination. Propelling the watercraft may also include determining a propulsion correction based on wind speed, wind direction, and/or watercraft characteristics. Depending on the configuration, the wind sensor may be integrated into the housing of the trolling motor.
US10150547B1
There is a transom component having at least one travel slot there through. An upper lift bar is coupled to the transom component. There is a lower lift bar. The upper and lower lift bars have a coupling lifting bolt. The lifting bolt has a threaded shaft, hexagonal head, and an associated locking nut. The lifting bolt couples the upper lift bar and the lower lift bar. There is a motor component which has a pair of bolt holes there through, with associated bolts for coupling the lower lift bar to the motor component.
US10150546B2
This disclosure provides improved nautical craft that can travel and navigate on their own. A hybrid vessel is described that converts wave motion to locomotive thrust by mechanical means, and also converts wave motion to electrical power for storage in a battery. The electrical power can then be tapped to provide locomotive power during periods where wave motion is inadequate and during deployment. The electrical power can also be tapped to even out the undulating thrust that is created when locomotion of the vessel is powered by wave motion alone.
US10150540B2
An apparatus for towing a water sports performer including a first leg, a second leg, a header, and a tow-line-attachment structure. Each of the first leg and second leg is adapted for attachment to one of the port side of a centerline of a boat or the starboard side of a centerline of a boat. The header is capable of assuming a plurality of different header lengths, and includes a first header portion, a second header portion, a housing, and a locking mechanism. The housing connects the first header portion and the second header portion. The housing includes a first receiver configured to receive a second end of the first header portion at a plurality of different positions. The locking mechanism is configured to secure the second end of the first header portion to the housing in one of the plurality of different positions to set the header length.
US10150538B1
A self-tensioning seating system for boats with minimal wind resistance and enhanced accessibility. The seat material can be netting or a fibrous material allowing for wind to pass through. The seating system includes outwardly angled side rails having the profile of furniture, such as seats, chaize lounges, ottomans and the like. The side rails are secured within peripheral sleeves in the seat material. An embodiment of the invention provides a conversion with full body rowing functionality. The system provides robust simplified furniture frames that assemble without fasteners.
US10150535B2
Offloading cargo from a cargo vessel and delivering the cargo to a cargo recipient, or loading cargo onto the cargo vessel from a cargo supplier, may be performed using a cargo vessel which is spread moored at sea to a plurality of mooring points for mooring the cargo vessel in a desired orientation. Alternatively, the cargo vessel may be rotatably moored. Tubing may be provided and configured to be connected to the vessel for fluid communication between the vessel and the cargo recipient or the cargo supplier, and may comprise a first portion configured to be connected to the cargo vessel and a second portion configured to be connected to the cargo recipient or the cargo supplier. A semi-submersible unit may be operable to travel across the sea and carry part of the tubing from a stand-by location to a position adjacent to the cargo vessel, so as to allow an end of the first portion of the tubing to be connected the cargo vessel for offloading or loading the cargo. The unit may have at least one lifting and handling device, which when the unit is positioned adjacent to the cargo vessel, may be operable for arranging the end of the first portion of the tubing at or near a manifold on the cargo vessel for connection thereto.
US10150523B2
An off-highway vehicle has a front chassis portion, a rear chassis portion, a front ground drive system and a rear ground drive system. The front chassis portion has a front axle assembly having a front axle housing and a front axle shaft carrying a front wheel hub. The rear chassis portion has a rear axle assembly including a rear axle housing and a rear axle shaft carrying a rear wheel hub. The front ground drive system includes a front drive wheel mounted to the front wheel hub, a front idler wheel mounted to the front axle housing via a front drive frame member in front of the front drive wheel. The rear ground drive system has a rear drive wheel mounted to the rear wheel hub, a rear idler wheel mounted to the rear axle housing via a rear frame member behind the rear drive wheel.
US10150519B2
An apparatus and a method for designing a reinforcement structure. The reinforcement structure includes a deck sill with a connecting end, having substantially uniform area moment of inertia throughout a length of the deck sill. Also, the reinforcement structure includes a rear post with a connecting end and a free end, having a varying area moment of inertia, and where the rear post is attached to the deck sill in a substantially perpendicular manner by attaching the connecting end of the deck sill to the connecting end of the rear post forming the reinforcement structure that limits deflection of the free end of the rear post to a target value upon application of a cantilever force at the free end of the rear post.
US10150513B2
A vehicle roof structure is provided that includes a vehicle body and a roof. The vehicle body comprises a first material, and the roof comprises a second material having a lower rigidity than the first material. The roof includes a flange. An insert is positioned between the vehicle body and the roof to maintain a gap between the vehicle body and the flange, wherein at least a portion of the insert is less rigid than the roof.
US10150506B2
A steering input apparatus for a trailer backup assist system includes a control element moveable away from a center position sequentially through a first range and a second range of directional positions and biased toward the center position at a first rate through the first range and at a second, greater rate through the second range. The apparatus further includes a control module generating a vehicle steering command based on an instantaneous position of the control element.
US10150504B2
A resilient power device is adapted to drive a transmission rod of a vehicle, and includes a housing, a rotary shaft adapted to extend and be spaced apart from the transmission rod along a first axis, a power release unit including a first rod and a second rod that extend and are spaced apart from each other along a second axis parallel to the first axis, a power storage clutch adapted to be connected between the transmission rod and the rotary shaft, a power release clutch connected between the first and second rods, a first gear unit mounted to the first rod and the transmission rod, a second gear unit mounted to the rotary shaft and said second rod, and at least one resilient member connected between the housing and the rotary shaft.
US10150501B1
A control system is disclosed for use in a zero turn vehicle, including an electric controller in communication with a pair of independent drive units. A joystick provides user inputs to the controller to control the rotational speed and direction of the drive units. The joystick includes a vertical stalk pivotable between a plurality of pivot positions, where each of the plurality of pivot positions corresponds to a particular rotational speed and direction of each of the driven wheels. A selector switch may be used to select one of a plurality of driving modes stored in the electric controller, wherein each of the plurality of driving modes maps a different set of speeds and directions for each of the driven wheels onto the plurality of pivot positions. The joystick may also rotate about a vertical axis to provide zero turn capability.
US10150499B2
A driving unit includes a stator, a rotor, a shaft, a housing, a protrusion, a small pulley, and a sealing member. The rotor is rotatably disposed relative to the stator. The shaft rotates together with the rotor. The housing houses the stator and the rotor. The protrusion protrudes from an outer surface of the housing toward an outside of the housing. The outer surface is positioned at one side of the housing in an axial direction of the rotor. The small pulley is disposed at an end of the shaft protruding toward the outside of the housing through a hole formed in the protrusion. The small pulley is cylindrical shaped. The sealing member seals a space between an inner surface of the hole of the protrusion and an outer surface of the shaft.
US10150494B2
A device and method is provided that includes a plurality of dollies. Each dolly includes a base portion and a plurality of wheels attached to the base portion. Each dolly further includes side walls extending from the base, and defining a channel, an adjustment mechanism and an engagement member disposed along an inside of one of the sidewalls and configured to deform when a pressure is applied to secure an object within the channel. A block portion is provided within the channel.
US10150492B2
A trolley configured for use to carry both round and rectangular folding tables of a variety of sizes. The trolley includes a frame having a floor located adjacent a loading end of the frame. The floor includes a planar central portion bounded on each side by angled ramp portions which terminate at elevated flat portions, one of the elevated flat portions being located adjacent the loading end of the frame; and a plurality of receivers located on the frame. The trolley also includes a handle rack locatable at an end of the frame opposite the loading end of the frame. The handle rack includes a pair of rack legs, each rack leg having a handle rack mount located at a lower end of the rack leg and configured to be received by one of the receivers of the frame. The handle rack mounts cooperate with corresponding ones of the receivers of the frame to enable the handle rack to be mounted to the frame and selectively positioned in either an upright position relative to the frame or in a folded orientation wherein the handle rack is folded to a lowered position adjacent the frame. The trolley also includes a pair of side rails locatable adjacent sides of the frame, the side rails including a pair of rail legs. Each rail leg has a rail mount located at a lower end of the rail leg and configured to be received by one of the receivers of the frame. The rail mounts cooperate with corresponding ones of the receivers of the frame to enable the side rails to be mounted to the frame and selectively positioned in either an upright position relative to the frame or in a folded orientation wherein the side rails are each folded to a lowered position adjacent the frame.
US10150490B2
A coupler having a support provided through the body of the coupler and a plurality of openings in the coupler which are configured as open cavities. The coupler structure includes a shank that has a vertical support as well as lateral support. The coupler may be configured with a double I-beam structure with openings into the shank. Cores that may be fixed to the mold may be used to form the coupler and produce the openings in the shank.
US10150489B2
A tubular elastic linkage device for axle beam for elastically linking a truck frame and an axle beam including: an inner axial member; two outer segments opposed in axis-perpendicular direction peripherally outside the inner axial member for attachment to a housing part on an axle-beam side; and a main rubber elastic body elastically connecting them. A pocket part opens in an outer peripheral face of the main rubber elastic body onto outside via a window penetrating one outer segment. A stopper supported by the inner axial member is disposed in the pocket part to face the housing part distantly via the window. Contact of the stopper with the housing part constitutes a displacement limitation mechanism between the inner axial member and the outer segments. The other outer segment has an aperture having the main rubber elastic body exposed outside via it.
US10150487B2
Emergency egress systems carry multiple riders simultaneously accessing a zip line (catenary) from higher, accessible, working locations to lower, safer areas in a marine environment. Hangers above the track line suspend trolleys to avoid weighting the catenary unduly at the high end, which might otherwise alter (reduce) clearance distances and safety of riders above a launch platform (deck). Catenary shape is controlled against approaching the launch deck by sequencing the release from the hangers of each trolley to roll along the catenary with its own rider. Track line systems installed may be left undeployed indefinitely. Deployment of a track line will typically be fully effected at the time of egress, adding time but eliminating permanent obstructions that would result if a permanent deployment of track lines were undertaken. Terminal ends are anchored and configured to accommodate workers arriving after escape.
US10150484B2
A device displaying information about an imminent takeover of manual control of a vehicle. The device includes a radio receiving apparatus and a controller, and a projection unit, a vibration unit or a display. The radio receiving apparatus receives the information by radio. The projection unit projects the information by lighting of the projection unit, while the vibration unit is activated by the device in accordance with the receipt of the information. The information is displayed on the display together with additional information.
US10150482B2
A method for controlling an electric machine (EM) during a synchronization procedure of a first shaft and a second shaft, whereby said first shaft is in drive connection with an output shaft of said electric machine (EM) and said first shaft and said second shaft are connectable over a synchronization mechanism, comprising: controlling the output shaft to a speed (na) close to a target speed (nt) of said second shaft by using speed control; continuously controlling an electrical torque of said electrical machine (EM), such that an output torque (Tout) of said electric machine (EM) becomes essentially equal to zero; and controlling said synchronization mechanism to synchronize the speed of the first shaft and the second shaft.
US10150480B2
A vehicle includes a first axle, second axle, driveshaft, engine, clutch, and controller. The first and second axles are coupled by the driveshaft. The engine is configured to generate torque in the first axle. The clutch is configured to disconnect an output of the second axle. The controller is programmed to, responsive to a clutch release request that would result in an increasing commanded torque to the first axle being greater than a threshold, decrease an engine torque such that a first axle torque is less than the threshold.
US10150479B2
A system for a vehicle having an engine and a battery includes a memory and a controller. The memory has a predicted current expected to be provided by the battery for restarting the engine during a cranking event. The controller is configured to predict a minimum voltage of the battery expected during the cranking event based on the predicted current and to update the predicted current in the memory as a function of the predicted current and an actual current actually provided by the battery for restarting the engine during the cranking event.
US10150477B2
A control device for a vehicle includes: an inter-vehicle distance detector that detects a presence or an absence of a preceding vehicle, and an inter-vehicle distance between the vehicle and the preceding vehicle; an effectiveness ratio setting module that sets an effectiveness ratio indicating a proportion of an accelerator operation amount of a driver to be reflected in a drive control, on the basis of the inter-vehicle distance when the inter-vehicle distance is less than a predetermined standard value; and a drive controller that performs the drive control on the vehicle on the basis of the effectiveness ratio. When the preceding vehicle goes away in a state in which the effectiveness ratio is lowered, the effectiveness ratio setting module gradually increases the effectiveness ratio for a period for which an accelerator is on.
US10150471B2
Novel tools and techniques are provided for implementing Internet of Things (“IoT”) functionality. In some embodiments, a computing system or IoT management node might receive sensor data from one or more IoT-capable sensors, analyze the sensor data to determine one or more actions to be taken, and identify one or more devices (e.g., household devices associated with a customer premises; vehicular components associated with a vehicle; devices disposed in, on, or along a roadway; devices disposed throughout a population area; etc.) for performing the determined one or more first actions. The computing system or IoT management node then autonomously controls each of the identified one or more devices to perform tasks based on the determined one or more first actions to be taken, thereby implementing smart environment functionality (e.g., smart home, building, or customer premises functionality, smart vehicle functionality, smart roadway functionality, smart city functionality, and so on).
US10150469B2
An electronic control unit is configured to calculate an amount of divergence of an actual MG rotational speed with respect to a reference rotational speed at the start-up of an internal combustion engine, and correct a generation timing of a compensation torque at the next start-up of the internal combustion engine based on the amount of divergence.
US10150458B2
A hydraulics block having a piston-cylinder unit that can be driven by an electric motor via a gear in order to generate a brake pressure for a hydraulic non-muscular-energy vehicle brake system. An annular cavity is provided which encloses a piston of the piston-cylinder unit inside a cylinder, as a leakage chamber which communicates with a reservoir. Possible drag leakage is carried away in this manner. An end shield situated between the electric motor and the gear prevents lubricant or leakage from entering the electric motor.
US10150452B2
The windscreen wiper device includes a wiper blade that is made of an elastomeric material and extends in a longitudinal direction. The windscreen wiper device also includes a joint part with a U-shaped cross-section that includes a top wall and a pair of side walls. At least one of the side walls has a spring loaded interference finger which projects outwardly for engaging an inner surface of a wiper arm to reduce side to side play between the joint part and the wiper arm.
US10150451B2
The invention proceeds from a top-lock wiper blade adapter for coupling a wiper blade to a corresponding top-lock wiper arm adapter (10), having at least one main body (12) and at least one locking element (14) which is provided for locking the main body (12) to the top-lock wiper arm adapter (10). It is proposed that the top-lock wiper blade adapter has a blocking unit (16), which comprises at least one engagement element (18, 20) which engages at least partially over at least one inner abutment surface (22, 24) of the main body (12) and is provided to avoid the locking of a top-lock wiper arm adapter (26) which deviates from the corresponding top-lock wiper arm adapter (10) in terms of width (28).
US10150450B2
A heated windshield wiper system includes a vehicle has a wiper motor and a windshield. The wiper motor is electrically coupled to the vehicle. A pair of windshield wipers is provided and each of the windshield wipers is movably coupled to the vehicle. Each of the windshield wipers is operationally coupled to the wiper motor. The wiper motor selectively urges each of the windshield wipers across the windshield. Thus, each of the windshield wipers may clear the windshield. A heating unit is coupled to each of the windshield wipers. The heating unit is electrically coupled to the wiper motor. The heating unit selectively heats each of the windshield wipers. Thus, each of the windshield wipers may melt snow and ice from the windshield.
US10150431B2
Embodiments disclose a holding part for fastening electrical wires to a vehicle with at least one first shell element and at least one second shell element, which is formed separately from the first shell element. At least one fastener is attached to or is integral to one of the shell elements and is configured to couple with an opposing element. In addition, there is at least one bridging element connected to one of the shell elements The first shell element and the second shell element form a receiving space between them for the wires when joined together, which is divided by the bridging element that extends through it to form at least two bundles of wires. Additional embodiments disclose a wiring arrangement with such a holding part, and a method for fastening electrical wires to a vehicle.
US10150416B2
The automobile proximity sensor and warning display is mounted on an outside rear view mirror of a vehicle. A flat base plate, adhered to the outside mirror, coacts with a removable body on a front side of the base. The battery powered system includes a proximity detector, responsive to approaching vehicles, generating an alarm signal sent to a lighted display. The body may have a removable mirror. The body may be coupled to the base by complementary coupling sub-systems or an insertable body portion coacting with a shelf on the base wherein a depressible tab is sized to fit within a shelf orifice. As a power saver, an accelerometer detects motion and a timeout circuit turns OFF system power when no motion is detected for a predetermined period of time.
US10150414B2
Techniques and implementations pertaining to detection of moving objects, such as pedestrians, when a vehicle moves in a rearward direction are described. A method may involve identifying a region of interest when a vehicle moves in a rearward direction. The method may involve detecting a moving object in the region of interest. The method may also involve determining whether a collision with the moving object by the vehicle moving in the rearward direction is likely. The method may further involve providing a human-perceivable signal responsive to a determination that the collision is likely.
US10150413B2
A method for providing information to a driver of a vehicle includes obtaining host vehicle information that describes a first path to be traversed by a host vehicle, obtaining conflicting vehicle information that describes a second path to be traversed by a potentially conflicting vehicle, wherein the second path crosses the first path, determining a queue length representing a number of queued vehicles that are queued ahead of the host vehicle, determining a time-to-contact based on the host vehicle information and the conflicting vehicle information, and causing a warning alert to be output if the time-to-contact is less than a warning alert time value and the queue length is equal to or less than a warning alert length value.
US10150408B2
An illumination device includes a light emitting element, a bus bar in which the light emitting element is attached, and a housing in which the bus bar is insert-molded. The bus bar includes a bus bar main body which is flat-plate-shaped and a bent piece extended in the bus bar main body and bent so as to be inclined to the bus bar main body. The housing includes a protruding part which protrudes from a surface covering the bus bar main body so as to cover at least a part of the bent piece and which has an inclined surface parallel to the bent piece, and a hole on the inclined surface of the protruding part formed so that the bent piece is exposed. The light emitting element is attached to the bent piece so as to be accommodated in the hole.
US10150395B2
A support for portable electronic devices increases passenger convenience and comfort. The support may comprise a collapsible cavity that accepts one or more portable electronic devices. The cavity is collapsible to help secure a portable electronic device therein or for storage purposes. The portable electronic devices may be held at various viewing angles relative to the passenger. A passenger may be permitted to adjust the angle at which his or her portable electronic device is positioned.
US10150388B2
An actuating device (100) has a first part (5a; 334; 434) and a second part (5b; 310; 412) which can be pivoted about a first axis (A) relative to the first part (5a). A first segment (140) can be coupled to the first part. A second segment (150) can be rotated about the first axis (A) relative to the first segment (140) and can be connected to a locking device of a component (20) and/or to a locking device (350; 450) of another component (330; 430). Rotation of a deflecting element (120) moves a transfer element (130) such that the second segment (150) is not rotated about the first axis (A). Changing a distance between the first axis (A) and a second axis © allows the second segment (150) to be rotated about the first axis by the transfer element (130). A vehicle seat includes such an actuating device (100).
US10150385B2
An occupant discrimination system of a vehicle seat includes a load detecting portion disposed on a lower side of a seat and detecting a load acting on the seat; an occupant discrimination portion discriminating a state of an occupant among a no occupant state, adult seated state, and child seat fixed states based at least on a load detected from the load detecting portion and a load continuation duration.
US10150382B2
Adapter for the electric charging of an electric vehicle according to a vehicle-side plug-in charging system at a charging station according to a station-side plug-in charging system that is different from the vehicle-side plug-in charging system, the adapter having a charging socket according to the station-side plug-in charging system, a charging plug according to the vehicle-side plug-in charging system, a data interface according to a data communications technology of the vehicle-side plug-in charging system, and a data interface according to a data communications technology of the station-side plug-in charging system.
US10150379B2
A charging control device includes a power reception unit, a charging instruction output unit, and a travel instruction output unit. The power reception unit receives power from a power supply device when the power reception unit is present in a power supply area where the power from the power supply device can be supplied. The charging instruction output unit outputs a charging instruction relating to charging of a secondary battery using the power received by the power reception unit. The travel instruction output unit outputs a travel instruction relating to traveling of a vehicle provided with the charging control device. The secondary battery and a travel motor are electrically insulated from each other when the charging instruction output unit outputs a charging start instruction as the charging instruction for the secondary battery, and are electrically connected to each other when the travel instruction output unit outputs a travel start instruction for the vehicle.
US10150374B2
Electric vehicle supply equipment includes a contactor having a first set of contacts and a second set of contacts, an amplifier circuit electrically connected to the load side output of the first set of contacts via a first connection and to the load side output of the second set of contacts via a second connection, the amplifier circuit being structured to amplify a voltage difference between a first voltage at the first connection and a second voltage at the second connection, and control electronics structured to compare the amplified voltage difference to a threshold voltage and to determine whether the first and second sets of contacts are closed based on the comparison between the amplified voltage difference and the threshold voltage.
US10150369B2
Certain embodiments of the present disclosure describe a differential assembly for allowing a vehicle to switch between two-wheel drive and four-wheel drive. The differential assembly includes a bearing assembly positioned between a race gear and output hubs. An armature plate is rotationally coupled to the bearing assembly and a clutch plate is positioned to engage the armature plate. A biasing member biases the clutch plate to engage the armature plate and allow the bearing assembly to transmit torque between the race gear and output hubs. When electricity is provided to an electromagnet, the electromagnet exerts a magnetic force on the clutch plate that is sufficient to overcome the bias of the biasing member so the clutch plate does not engage the armature plate and the bearing assembly does not transmit torque from the race gear to the output hubs.
US10150363B2
A scooter-type vehicle including a front vehicle cover covering a head pipe, a rear vehicle cover extending backwards from a foot rest and covering a space below a saddle, and a headlight unit disposed in front of the front vehicle cover. The headlight unit includes a reflector headlight, including a light source disposed at one side further right or left than the head pipe and a first reflector, and a projector headlight, including another light source disposed at the other side further right or left than the head pipe, a second reflector, and a lens disposed in front of the second light source in a convex shape toward the front. In a side view, a portion of the projector headlight overlaps with the reflector headlight. In a top view, a rear end of the reflector headlight is located further forward than a rear end of the projector headlight.
US10150361B2
A motor vehicle with an energy storage device with at least one electric energy store and an air conditioning device for an active control of the temperature of the energy store accommodated in a housing. At least one air inlet opening and at least one air outlet opening are provided at the housing, and an ambient air stream can be guided by the air inlet opening into the housing and by the air outlet opening from the housing for passive cooling.
US10150352B2
An illuminated window assembly that includes a glass substrate; a light barrier over the substrate having a reflective interior-facing and a tinted exterior-facing surface; a light-diffusing element over the barrier having first and second opposed edges; and an LED source or spaced LED sources configured to direct incident light into the first opposed edge. Further, a thickness of the element at the first opposed edge is greater than a thickness at the second opposed edge. The LED sources can also be directed into both the first and second opposed edges, wherein a thickness of the element at the first and the second opposed edge is greater than a thickness between the opposed edges.
US10150351B2
System, method and media for altering the mood of an occupant (such as a driver) of a vehicle. Reckless operation of motor vehicles by emotionally disturbed drivers is a major cause of traffic accidents just like alcohol, drug, and cell phone use. Emotional states such as annoyance, anger, anxiety, depression, and feeling hurried can significantly impair awareness by slowing observation and reaction times. Scents, both pleasant and unpleasant, have major effects on mood and sense of well-being. Accordingly, embodiments of the invention provide for an adaptive system which can detect a driver's mood, disperse an appropriate scent to improve the mood if it is unsafe, and learn the impact of scents on different users to effectively improve their moods.
US10150347B2
In a vehicular air conditioning device, a heater core is disposed on a circulation passage for cooling water for cooling a motor, and an inverter configured to control an output of the motor by changing a carrier frequency, and heats conditioning air. An air conditioning controller sets a required calorific value of the motor and the inverter according to a vehicle compartment temperature requested by a passenger. A carrier frequency changing unit sets a carrier frequency at which a calorific value of the motor and the inverter is made equal to the required calorific value, out of carrier frequencies capable of implementing a target output of the motor to be set depending on a traveling state of a vehicle. An electric power conversion device converts direct-current power of a battery into alternating-current power at the set carrier frequency, and supplies the alternating-current power to the motor.
US10150339B2
A tire pressure monitor system allows for customized configurations and a variety of intelligent alerts to increase usability and reliability over existing tire pressure monitor systems. A central receiver determines the alerts, rather than individual receivers, so that the tires can be monitored as a system rather than as individual tires. For instance, a Cross-Axle Alert is triggered when the pressure in a tire on one side of an axle is significantly greater than the pressure in a tire on an opposite side of the axle. Additional features include the use of Dynamic Reference Pressures, as opposed to static reference pressures, so that the alert parameters can be adjusted according to the current driving conditions. A robust user interface provides a user with a variety of views and screens and enables an administrator to adjust alert parameters while preventing a driver from adjusting the same parameters.
US10150330B1
Writing implement mounting assemblies include a mounting tab having a tab insert end and a tab mount edge opposite the tab insert end. The mounting tab generally increases in thickness from the tab insert end to the tab mount edge. At least one writing implement is provided at the tab mount edge of the mounting tab. Writing implement mounting methods are also disclosed.
US10150314B2
A liquid ejecting apparatus includes an ejecting unit that is capable of ejecting a liquid; and a tension adjusting unit that is rotatable about a rotational shaft and that is capable of applying a tension to a medium by coming into contact with the medium onto which the liquid is ejected. The tension adjusting unit is capable of applying the tension to the medium at a balancing position at which the tension adjusting unit is balanced by a weight of the tension adjusting unit.
US10150304B2
Exemplary coating devices and exemplary coating methods for coating components with a coating agent, e.g., for painting motor vehicle body components with a paint, are disclosed. An exemplary coating device comprises an application device that applies the coating agent. The application device may include a paint head that discharges the coating agent out of at least one coating agent nozzle.
US10150292B2
A liquid discharge head comprising a silicon substrate; an insulating layer A formed on a first surface of the silicon substrate, a protective layer A that includes metal oxide and is formed on the insulating layer A, the structure that is formed on the protective layer A by direct contact with the protective layer A, includes organic resin, and forms a part of a flow path for liquid, and an element that is formed on a second surface of the silicon substrate on a side opposite to the first surface, and is configured to generate energy used for discharging the liquid.
US10150291B2
Provided is an inkjet print head capable of favorably cleaning an ejection port surface and also of improving landing accuracy of ejected ink onto a print medium. For that purpose, a conductive layer formed of a conductive material is formed on a support substrate, flattening processing is executed, and a liquid ejection substrate is mounted on the support substrate with good positional accuracy without protrusion of a sealant for protecting an electric connection portion of the liquid ejection substrate from the ejection port surface.
US10150286B2
A liquid discharging unit includes a first color nozzle group that includes nozzle arrays each in which nozzle holes for discharging liquids of process colors are arranged in a sub scanning direction perpendicular to a main scanning direction; a second color nozzle group that is provided on upstream side in the sub scanning direction with respect to the first color nozzle group and includes nozzle arrays each in which nozzle holes for discharging liquids of process colors are arranged in the sub scanning direction; and at least one auxiliary nozzle group that is provided between the first color nozzle group and the second color nozzle group and includes nozzle arrays each in which holes for discharging liquids of colors different from the process colors are arranged in the sub scanning direction, wherein the nozzle groups are respectively arranged to be shifted from each other in the main scanning direction.
US10150269B2
The present invention includes an improved tire tread having recessed lateral grooves, and a tire having the same. Particular embodiments of the tread include a tread thickness bounded depthwise by a top side configured to engage a ground surface during tire operation and a bottom side configured to attach to a tire carcass, the thickness extending laterally between a first side edge and a second side edge and longitudinally in a lengthwise direction of the tread. The tread further includes a longitudinal groove in fluid communication with the top side or the bottom side of the tread thickness and a lateral groove in fluid communication with the bottom side of the tread thickness extending from the first side edge intersecting the longitudinal groove forming a vent passageway extending from the longitudinal groove and to the first side edge. The invention includes methods of forming such treads and molds there for.
US10150263B2
A testing arrangement serves for controlling the manufacturing of a fiber reinforced component. The testing arrangement includes an inspection device with a sensor system, with the inspection device being configured to move on and/or above one or more material layer(s) and/or a surface of the component and to examine the material layer(s) or the surface with the sensor system. A device serves for automated manufacturing of a fiber reinforced plastic laminate. The device includes a forming tool, a laying head for automated laying of material layers in the forming tool as well as a testing arrangement.
US10150257B1
A method including creating an additive manufactured part layer by layer with an additive manufacturing device, determining, with a processor, at least one of a speed and a rate at which the additive manufacturing device at least one of lifts, delays, and lowers the part with respect to a build plate after an additive layer has been added to the part based on sizing information about the part being built at least one of real-time during the build process and prior to beginning the build process, and operating the additive manufacturing device at one of the speed and the rate during a build process of the part to create the part. Another method is also included.
US10150255B2
Methods for printing a three-dimensional part are provided. The method can include charging an outer surface of a rotating photoreceptor drum with an electrostatic charge; neutralizing the electrostatic charge on a portion of the outer surface of the rotating photoreceptor drum surface to form a layer definition corresponding to the neutralized portion; transferring a plurality of charged metal powder particles onto the outer surface of the rotating photoreceptor drum corresponding to the neutralized portion; and transferring the charged metal powder particles from the outer surface of the rotating photoreceptor drum onto a workpart to form a metal print layer.
US10150253B2
A method of forming a three-dimensional object, is carried out by (a) providing a carrier and a build plate, the build plate comprising a semipermeable member, the semipermeable member comprising a build surface with the build surface and the carrier defining a build region therebetween, and with the build surface in fluid communication by way of the semipermeable member with a source of polymerization inhibitor; (b) filling the build region with a polymerizable liquid, the polymerizable liquid contacting the build surface; (c) irradiating the build region through the build plate to produce a solid polymerized region in the build region, while forming or maintaining a liquid film release layer comprised of the polymerizable liquid formed between the solid polymerized region and the build surface, the polymerization of which liquid film is inhibited by the polymerization inhibitor; and (d) advancing the carrier with the polymerized region adhered thereto away from the build surface on the build plate to create a subsequent build region between the polymerized region and the build surface; (e) wherein the carrier has at least one channel formed therein, and the filling step is carried out by passing or forcing the polymerizable liquid into the build region through the at least one channel. Apparatus for carrying out the method is also described.
US10150247B2
A 3D printing system utilizes a circular-shaped build area revolving symmetrically around a single center point in a continuous helical printing process. A viscous, solidifyable liquid composition is deposited on a construction area where it is exposed to a solidifying medium to form a physical object that is attached to a build platform above and parallel to the construction zone. The build platform continuously rotates and simultaneously rises in a gradual programmed manner to continuously produce adhered layers of material deposited and bonded in a helical fashion. The construction area includes mechanisms to continuously remove therefrom excess build material not incorporated in the physical object formed.
US10150238B2
In an injection molding machine, a predetermined torque limit value set in advance and acceleration/deceleration torque calculated by an acceleration/deceleration torque calculation section are added to set an output torque limit value for a motor. By this operation, quick acceleration or deceleration can be achieved in an injection process, and breakage of a mold and mechanism section of the injection molding machine can be prevented.
US10150234B2
A method for manufacturing an interior lining part, includes producing a skin; placing the skin in a foaming mold with a support layer; foaming an intermediate layer; cutting out an area of the skin producing a cutout area of the skin; placing a piece of adhesive tape or film in the cutout area, the piece of adhesive tape or film being placed in between the skin and the intermediate foam layer; and placing an insert in the cut out area of the skin. A method for manufacturing an interior lining part, includes producing a skin by rotational molding; placing a piece of adhesive tape or film in the cutout area, the piece of adhesive tape or film being placed in between the skin and the intermediate foam layer; placing the skin in a foaming mold with a support layer; foaming an intermediate layer; cutting out an area of the skin producing a cutout area of the skin; and placing an insert in the cut out area of the skin.
US10150231B2
Provided is a method for manufacturing a photo cured material, by which transferring precision can be improved and a small surface roughness can be obtained. The method includes the steps of: placing a photo-curable composition on a substrate; brining a mold into contact with the photo-curable composition; irradiating the photo-curable composition with light; and releasing the mold from the photo-curable composition. The contact is performed in a condensable gas atmosphere, the condensable gas condensing under a temperature condition at the contact and under a pressure condition that the condensable gas receives when the photo-curable composition intrudes gaps between the substrate and the mold or concavities provided on the mold, and the photo-curable composition includes a gas dissolution inhibitor having a rate of weight change with reference to the condensable gas that is −1.0% to 3.0%.
US10150228B1
The multi-position, articulating clamp includes a plate disposed on a first plane, a first brick-holding jig adjustably coupled to the plate, and a second brick-holding jig adjustably coupled to the plate. Advantageously, each of the first brick-holding jig and the second brick-holding jig is selectively reciprocated along the plate and along a bidirectional linear path registered parallel to the first plane. Advantageously, each of the first brick-holding jig and the second brick-holding jig is selectively rotated along the plate and along an arcuate path registered planar to the first plane. Advantageously, each of the first brick-holding jig and the second brick-holding jig is selectively tilted along a second plane registered non-parallel to the first plane.
US10150219B2
Provided is a gripper device to pick up items, such as sausages, from a first position with the items in a side by side arrangement, to a second position where the items are released. Provided are a plurality of side by side and spaced apart item holders each adapted to the shape of the items configured for picking up the side by side items and having a pitch distance between adjacent item holders substantially the same as the pitch distance between adjacent items at the first position. A pitch distance adjustment mechanism is provided to adjust the pitch distance between adjacent spaced apart item holders to arrange the received items into a group of items, before release at the second position.
US10150218B2
A robotic device is provided. The robotic device includes a first detachable digit, including a first connector piece. The robotic device also includes a digit mounting apparatus, including a first pivot joint and a second connector piece coupled to the first pivot joint, where the second connector piece is configured to mate with the first connector piece of the first detachable digit. The robotic device also includes an actuator configured to pivot the first pivot joint about a first axis to cause the second connector piece of the digit mounting apparatus to mate with the first connector piece of the first detachable digit to attach the first detachable digit to the digit mounting apparatus.
US10150213B1
Example implementations may relate to providing a dynamic jig in a three-dimensional (3D) coordinate system. Specifically, a control system may (i) receive task data specifying a manipulation of one or more parts at a specified location; (ii) determine: (a) one or more work surfaces and (b) a first position of each of the one or more work surfaces, such that the one or more work surfaces collectively provide a jig to facilitate the specified manipulation of the parts; (iii) a plurality of guide end effectors that are positionable by one or more robotic devices such that the end effectors provide the work surfaces at the respectively determined first positions; and (iv) operate the one or more robotic devices to position the guide end effectors to provide the one or more work surfaces at the respectively determined first positions, thereby forming the jig from the one or more work surfaces.
US10150210B2
An oscillating power tool includes a drive motor producing rotary motion and an oscillating mechanism for converting the motor rotary motion to an oscillatory side-to-side movement. The oscillating mechanism includes a fork having two arms and coupled to an output spindle and includes a bearing positioned between the two arms of the fork and coupled to the drive motor. The arrangement of the fork and the bearing isolate relative rotation and translation between the components of the tool while still imparting an oscillatory motion to the output spindle.
US10150208B2
A muzzle suitable for holding different sized nail clamps includes a restricting plate and a movable member. The movable member is coupled to the cover and movable in the restricting direction. The restricting plate is inserted in the nail-hitting track and movable in the restricting direction. Therefore, the restricting plate can be moved to press against the second lateral side of different sized nail clamps to clamp the nail clamp between the lateral surface of the nail-hitting track and the restricting plate, and the nail clamp can be firmly positioned in the nail-hitting track without slipping.
US10150207B2
A tool for rotating a first component of an assembly relative to a second component of the assembly is disclosed. The tool comprises a ring support, a first wrench, coupled to the ring support, a worm ring, rotationally coupled to the ring support, a second wrench, coupled to the worm ring, and a worm screw, rotationally coupled to the ring support and in mesh with the worm ring.
US10150199B2
The invention relates to a method for controlling an automated orbital sander, in which method an electrically powered orbital sander is moved around automatically, at constant pressure, over the surface of an object, along at least one predefined sanding path so as to perform sanding, characterized in that the instantaneous power consumed by the sander along the sanding path is measured and in that the measurement thus taken is processed in order to deduce therefrom information regarding the level of abrasion along said path and/or to detect any sanding incident that has occurred along the latter.
US10150194B1
A tram adapter apparatus, kit and method is used with an alignment tool to check the alignment of the spindle and the table of a machine tool. The alignment tool has two or more indicators retained in a spaced apart relation to the spindle of the machine tool. A tram adapter body is interposed between the indicator body and the stop of one of the indicators, moving the indicator tip to a retracted position. The other indicator remains in the deployed position and may be used to tram the table of the machine tool to check the alignment between the table and spindle.
US10150189B2
A condensation trap comprising an inlet chamber, a vent chamber and an outlet chamber. The inlet chamber is configured to receive condensate fluid through an external opening therein. The vent chamber is in fluid communication with the inlet chamber via a first passageway that includes an internal opening of the inlet chamber. The internal opening is located substantially at an opposite end of the vent chamber as the external opening. The outlet chamber is in fluid communication with the vent chamber via a second passageway that includes an internal opening in a sidewall of the vent chamber and an interior opening in an end of the outlet chamber. The outlet chamber is configured to transmit the condensate fluid through an exterior opening located at an opposite end of the outlet chamber. A vent volume portion is greater than a total volume of an internal space of the inlet chamber.
US10150182B2
In a laser welding method for joining a first workpiece to a second workpiece, the first and the second workpieces are brought into contact with each other in a first method step, an intended welding distortion is ascertained in a second method step, and the first and the second workpieces are welded together in a third method step as a function of the welding distortion.
US10150177B2
A moving mechanism brings the rotational axis of each driven rotator into alignment with the rotational axis of a drive rotator, which has an engaging face extending along its rotational axis. Each driven rotator has an engageable face extending along the rotational axis of the drive rotator. Rotating the drive rotator while moving the driven rotator, of which the rotational axis is aligned with the rotational axis, toward the drive rotator will bring the engaging face into engagement with the engageable face.
US10150175B2
A gas delivery system delivers a shielding gas from a source through one or more hoses to a torch having a nozzle during welding of a workpiece. A shielding gas controller includes an inlet, an outlet, and at least one valve between the inlet and the outlet. The valve operates in response to a predetermined minimum shielding gas flow set point. The shielding gas controller operates the valve before or after a weld to change the flow of the shielding gas according to the predetermined minimum shielding gas flow set point. A method of welding includes predetermining a flow rate of a shielding gas, predetermining another flow rate of the gas, dispensing the gas at the first flow rate proximate a first weld pool during welding, and dispensing the shielding gas at the second flow rate, different from the first flow rate, during welding of another weld on the workpiece.
US10150172B2
A band saw blade sensor and control system to sense and control saw blade deviation of a continuous, flexible metal saw blade driven around a pair of pulleys. A pair of spaced proximity inductive sensors is positioned adjacent to a side of the saw blade in order to detect blade deviation during operation. A controller mechanism receives input from each of the pair of inductive sensors in order to control and adjust band tension on the blade, and in order to control and adjust blade force on a work piece.
US10150170B2
Provided is an insert for being mounted on a tool holder. The insert includes three substantially right-angled corners along a perimeter, a main cutting edge, a sub cutting edge, and a flat lower surface. A clearance angle of a second end main side surface forms an obtuse angle with respect to a lower surface, and a clearance angle of a second end sub side surface forms an obtuse angle with respect to the lower surface. A clearance angle of a first end main side surface forms a right angle with respect to the lower surface, and a clearance angle of a first end sub side surface forms a right angle with respect to the lower surface.
US10150167B2
A device for assisting an operator of a boring instrument having a penetrating element for penetration a work surface that includes a retention member adapted to be connected to a rotating element of the boring instrument and adapted to receive a laser and a plurality of mirrors including a beam splitting alignment mirrors that directs a laser beam in a direction parallel with a penetrating element and perpendicular to a work surface, and a depth indication mirror that reflects a light beam at an angle of less than 90 degrees from said retaining member to a location on said work surface wherein the location of the beams from the alignment beams is maintained at a fixed radial position when the retention member perpendicularly moves towards a work surface and wherein the beam is rotated defines a circle.
US10150166B2
The present invention relates to a method for working of a work piece, comprising the step of a) providing a template (1) with at least one opening (4, 6, 8, . . . 32) to the work piece (2), b) providing a work tool (70) at the opening (4, 6, 8, . . . 32), c) determining a distance (a) between a fixed reference (17, 116) for the tool (70) and a surface (118) of the work piece (2) facing the template (1), d) collecting the determined distance (a) into a memory (126), e) vibrating a rotary cutting tool (68) on the work tool (70) by means of a vibrating means (77); and f) working the work piece (2) based on said collected distance (a). The present invention also relates to a system for working and measuring objects comprising a computer (128) including a computer program (P) for carrying out the method. The present invention also relates to a computer program (P) and a computer program product for performing the method steps.
US10150162B2
An iron-based sintered alloy for sliding member, in which seizure resistance is improved, and a production method therefor, are provided. The iron-based sintered alloy for sliding member consists of, by mass %, 10 to 30% of Cu, 0.2 to 2.0 % of C, 0.03 to 0.9 % of Mn, 0.36 to 3.65% of S, and the balance of Fe and inevitable impurities in the overall composition. The iron-based sintered alloy for sliding member exhibits a metallic structure in which copper phases and pores are dispersed in the matrix that includes mainly a martensite structure and sulfide particles are dispersed in the matrix and the copper phases. The sulfide particles are dispersed at 1 to 30 vol. % with respect to the matrix.
US10150159B2
An investment casting apparatus includes a furnace having an opening, a mold support, and a multi-axis actuator connected with the mold support and configured to retract the mold support from the opening with multiple-axis motion. An investment casting method includes withdrawing, with multiple-axis motion, a mold through the opening of the furnace to solidify a molten metal- or metalloid-based material in the mold. The apparatus and method can be used to form a cast article that has a body formed of the metal- or metalloid-based material. The body has a multi-textured, single crystal microstructure.
US10150153B1
Die sets and tools using such die sets, are described which promote axial alignment of the dies during die closure. In addition, jaw sets for tools are described that promote axial alignment of the jaws during die closure. Also described are related methods using the die sets and/or tools with such die sets.
US10150150B2
Tube forming methods can be used for efficient transition in the production of tubes having varying thickness. Material used to form consecutive tubes may have the same thickness along a separation plane separating a first discrete section from a second discrete section of the material, and the first discrete section and the second discrete section may each have varying thickness in a feed direction of the material. With such a thickness profile, the first discrete section of the material may be formed into a first cylinder having varying thickness and separated from the second discrete portion as the second discrete section is formed into a second cylinder having varying thickness. In particular, the transition between the first cylinder and the second cylinder may be achieved without scrap and/or interruption, resulting in cost-savings and improvements in production throughput associated with forming tubes having varying thickness.
US10150147B2
A piercing plug of the present invention includes: a plug body; a Ni—Cr layer formed on a surface of the plug body; and a sprayed coating formed on a surface of the Ni—Cr layer. The plug body contains, by mass %, 20 to 30% of Cr, 30 to 55% of Ni, 0.005 to 0.5% of C, 0.1 to 1.0% of Si, 0.2 to 1.5% of Mn, and at least one of Mo and W which satisfy a following conditional expression (A), and remainder including Fe and impurities. 1.5%≤Mo+0.5W≤8.5% (A)
US10150146B2
A portable monitor used to measure landfill gas and landfill well parameters. The portable monitor includes a control unit and a measuring unit that can communicate wirelessly with one another. The control unit and/or measuring unit can include a heating arrangement to increase the temperature of one or more components in the control unit and/or measuring unit in cold environments.
US10150142B2
A method includes coating a substrate to provide a flame resistant substrate. In an embodiment, the method includes preparing an aqueous solution. The aqueous solution comprises a phosphate material, a cationic material, and a water. The method further includes exposing the substrate to the aqueous solution to produce a coating on the substrate. The coating includes the cationic material and the phosphate material. The method also includes exposing the coating on the substrate to a melamine solution.
US10150139B2
An inline coating system has an introduction chamber comprising an introduction gate, a first buffer chamber which connects to the introduction chamber and which can be separated from the introduction chamber by means of a first sluice gate and other components. The first buffer chamber has a gap sluice device with at least one slit diaphragm, and when the first insertion gate is opened or closed, a pressure gradient within the first buffer chamber is adjusted between the pressure in the region of the second insertion gate and the pressure in the region of the first insertion gate.
US10150132B2
A thin film fabricating apparatus includes an electrode part which sprays a thin film material as electrified spray particles, a substrate holder disposed facing the electrode part and holding a substrate to be provided with a thin film, and a mask disposed between the electrode part and the substrate holder and provided with a plurality of pattern grooves, where the mask and the substrate are applied with a mask voltage (Vm) and a substrate voltage (V0), respectively, the mask voltage (Vm) is a variable voltage, and the mask voltage (Vm) has the same polarity as the polarity of spray particles.
US10150129B2
A paint application device, in particular suited for the application of water-dilutable paints, comprises a paint reservoir connected with a paint application device via a supply line. Further, a paint discharge device for returning excess paint from the area of the paint application device into paint reservoir is provided. For the adjustment or the maintenance of the viscosity of the paint, a humidification device is provided for increasing the air humidity in the area of the paint application device and/or in the paint reservoir.
US10150126B2
The present invention relates to a cosmetic container capable of discharging two kinds of contents including a lower container body (200) for accommodating first and second containers (202, 203) which are coupled to a lower cap (201) and have cosmetic contents filled therein; airless pumps (300) including piston parts (301) provided in opening portions of the first and second containers (202, 203), and piston housings (303) provided on the outer periphery portions of the piston parts (301) and having pressing protrusions (302); button housings (400) for accommodating side buttons (500) which slide by pressing the pressing protrusions (302); and a mixture discharge member (700) which is coupled to the upper parts of the button housings (400) so as to discharge the cosmetic contents, and which is dented in a dish shape.
US10150116B2
A microfluidic device includes: a first microfluidic channel; a second microfluidic channel extending along the first microfluidic channel; and a first array of islands separating the first microfluidic channel from the second microfluidic channel, in which each island is separated from an adjacent island in the array by an opening that fluidly couples the first microfluidic channel to the second microfluidic channel, in which the first microfluidic channel, the second microfluidic channel, and the islands are arranged so that a fluidic resistance of the first microfluidic channel increases relative to a fluidic resistance of the second microfluidic channel along a longitudinal direction of the first microfluidic channel such that, during use of the microfluidic device, a portion of a fluid sample flowing through the first microfluidic channel passes through one or more of the openings between adjacent islands into the second microfluidic channel.
US10150113B2
A polymer and a method for preparing the same are provided. The polymer includes a first repeat unit and a second repeat unit. In particular, the first repeat unit is and, the second repeat unit is wherein R+ is A− is F−, Cl−, Br−, I−, OH−, HCO3−, HSO4−, SbF6−, BF4−, H2PO4−, H2PO3−, or H2PO2−; X is i and j are independently 0, or an integer from 1 to 4; Y is —O—, —S—, —CH2—, or —NH—; R1 is independently C1-8 alkyl group; and, R2 and R3 are hydrogen, or independently C1-8 alkyl group.
US10150109B2
A solid-supported palladium(II) complex which catalyzes the Mizoroki-Heck coupling reaction efficiently and a method of employing the solid-supported palladium(II) complex to synthesize cinnamic acid and derivatives thereof. The solid-supported palladium(II) complex is also stable and can be recycled without significantly losing catalytic activity.
US10150099B2
The present invention relates to a porous catalyst support, consisting of a material comprising a natural sheet silicate, containing ZrO2 dispersed throughout the material. The present invention also relates to a method for the production of the catalyst support according to the invention and to a shell catalyst containing the catalyst support according to the invention and also the use of the catalyst according to the invention in particular for the production of vinyl acetate monomer (VAM).
US10150079B2
Techniques are described for chemical sequestration of carbon dioxide and production of precipitated magnesium carbonate. The process can include contacting carbon dioxide from industrial emissions with water and magnesium-containing particulate material, such as serpentinite, which is thermally pre-treated and has a particle size of at most 75 microns. The process can also include separation of the loaded aqueous stream from the solids, followed by precipitation of magnesium carbonate material that includes carbon and oxygen from industrial emissions and magnesium from serpentinite or chrysotile mining residue, for example.
US10150075B2
The filter assembly includes a threadless closure system for sealing a filter element of the filter assembly within a bowl of the filter assembly. The bowl is fluidly connectable to opposing fluid transfer passages. The filter element and a cover element connected to the filter element are received into the bowl. The filter element is retained in the bowl via a pin of the filter assembly that engages the cover element. The filter element may be removed and replaced without the unscrewing of threads exposed to an external environment external to the filter assembly during typical use of the filter assembly.
US10150067B2
A filter cartridge includes a filter medium disposed within an interior volume of a casing. A leak director is positioned on the casing above an RFID tag. The leak director has a trough that extends about a sidewall of the casing. The trough of the leak director has an outlet positioned for directing liquid in the trough to the RFID tag.
US10150066B2
A screen assembly for a shale shaker, the screen assembly including a support structure and at least one layer of screening material thereon. The support structure includes structural members having a thermal expansion coefficient and the at least one layer of screening material has a thermal expansion coefficient. The thermal expansion coefficient of the structural members is substantially equal to the thermal expansion coefficient of the at least one layer of screening material. A method for making a support structure for a screen assembly is also provided. The method includes placing at least one support member in a mold whereupon a flowable plastics material is injected into the mold, whereupon the flowable plastics material hardens, at least a portion of the flowable plastics material forming a brace.
US10150059B2
Multiple site purification can be achieved by a small plastic portable voltaic inspissation unit in a box configuration. Each unit may feature an air hopper, a recirculation line, a gas diffuser, a centrifuge, a decanter, and multiple anodic and cathodic voltaic inspissation plates that may direct fluid through a box in a meandering or serpentine fashion. Multiple devices may be present or omitted, and retention times may be varied both by the presence or absence of recirculation and the flow rate accomplished by use of different metal in the plates depending on purification goals. Air may be injected interstitially prior to passage into the box to aid in purification, and ultimately both ease of transport and substantially improved purification percentages may be achieved relative to prior systems.
US10150050B2
A device for purifying water by solar power is described. The device has bottom and top sections, each being half-cylinders contacting one another along a flat edge to provide an elongated cylinder. The bottom section has an evacuated area with an optically transparent bottom surface that light can pass through to heat a liquid tray in the top section. A side-gutter directs water that condenses on an interior surface of the top section to an output port for collection.
US10150049B2
A device for purifying water by solar power is described. The device has bottom and top sections, each being half-cylinders contacting one another along a flat edge to provide an elongated cylinder. The bottom section has an evacuated area with an optically transparent bottom surface that light can pass through to heat a liquid tray in the top section. A side-gutter directs water that condenses on an interior surface of the top section to an output port for collection.
US10150047B2
Disclosed is a hologram stage setting which is configured to apply a net screen of a grid network structure coated by a ceramic ball lens on the front part of a stage and directly project images, thereby enabling performance without specific limits on general multi-purpose stages instead of special stages, solving high cost problems caused by using a conventional foil screen, implementing high-resolution images, enhancing durability, and performing easy maintenance and repair. The hologram stage setting includes: a rear screen which is installed on the rear part of a stage to display a rear background image; a lower screen which is installed on the lower part of the stage to display a lower background image; a front screen which is installed on the front part of the stage to display a front hologram image; and a front hologram image projector which generates and projects the front hologram image.
US10150043B2
Interactive smart beads are described. The beads are attached to a connecting element and form a fashion item such as a necklace or bracelet. The connecting element detects the presence of beads which are part of the fashion item and also beads which are part of nearby fashion items. The connecting element also autonomously generates interactions between two or more detected beads and transmits data about the interactions to a software experience so that a user can view a graphical representation of the interactions. In various examples each bead represents a character, environment, object, etc. and the software experience displays an animated story based on the characters, environments, objects, etc. represented by the beads involved in an interaction.
US10150040B2
A system and method may include generating, by a computing system, a list of selectable challenge factors for a player to select one or more challenge factors when playing a video game. The player may be provided with the ability to set a plan for each of the challenge factors. A protocol inclusive of the planned challenge factors may be established to be achieved over a time period. A player interface may be displayed for the player of the video game, where the player interface may show the protocol inclusive of at least a portion of the planned challenge factor(s) along with corresponding input elements associated with each planned challenge factor for the player to account for the planned challenge factors by submitting whether or not the player achieved each of the respective planned challenge factors. Achieving the planned challenge factor(s) causes a health condition to be reversed.
US10150031B2
A method of and system for handling latency issues encountered in producing real-time entertainment such as games of skill synchronized with live or taped televised events is described herein. There are multiple situations that are dealt with regarding latencies in receiving a television signal with respect to real-time entertainment based on the unfolding games played along with the telecasts. Systemic delays, arbitrarily imposed delays of a broadcast signal and variances in the precise broadcast times of taped television programs have to be equalized so as to provide fair entertainment.
US10150030B2
Methods for hosting and operating a twitch service and systems are provided. One method includes running a twitch video game or real-time application at a hosting service center. The twitch video game or real-time application is configured to be played or used by a user on a client device remote to the hosting service center via compressed streaming interactive video. The hosting service center processes input received from the user, wherein the compressed streaming interactive video is compressed with a worst-case, round-trip latency from a user control input to display of a response to the user control input on the client device of the user. The method further includes broadcasting the twitch action video game or real-time application in one or more streams of real-time compressed digital video from the hosting service center to one or more viewing client devices over the Internet. The method also includes selectively overlaying, by the hosting service center, feedback data (e.g., text, comments, audio, etc.) from one or more of the viewing client devices onto the one or more streams of real-time compressed digital video.
US10150027B2
Aspects of the present invention relate to a shin guard sleeve that extends higher in a calf portion than in a shin portion of the shin guard sleeve. Additional aspects may include a shin guard sleeve having an apex located in the calf region of a wearer to provide a volume able to be filled by the calf region of the wearer. Further, aspects may include one or more maintainers affixed to the shin guard sleeve to further resist slipping of the shin guard sleeve.
US10150024B1
A vehicle-mounted exercise system is disclosed for use by long distance truck drivers to maintain themselves in shape while on the road and includes a main frame that is secured to the bed or frame of a truck by a mounting system. The exercise system includes an exercise mechanism having puller device a cable connected to the puller device and passing over a series of pulleys on the main frame to a pull down or lat bar. The puller device can be a hollow container or a spring-biased mechanism. The hollow container can be filled with water. A sight window and weight-indicating indicia along one side of the container assist in setting the correct weight in the container. A foldable seat assembly is mounted to the main frame and can be moved between a first or stored position for transportation and final or deployed position for use.
US10150020B2
A golf club head including a body having a front portion, a rear portion, a toe portion, a heel portion, a top portion, and a bottom portion. The body further includes a cavity in the front portion. The cavity having a protrusion and a step configured to receive a strikeplate, such that a gap exists between the strikeplate and the inner surface of the cavity.
US10150011B2
Golf ball having at least three layers comprising ionomeric and/or HNP compositions, wherein for each two adjacent layers, a relationship is established between a ratio of the volumes of the two adjacent layers and a ratio of the percent neutralizations of those two layers such that the volumes and % neutralizations of all layers are interrelated and interdependent to produce unique and desirable playing characteristics. In one embodiment, a golf ball of the invention has T layers, wherein T≥3 and each of T layers has a different volume “V” and comprises an ionomeric and/or HNP composition having a different % neutralization “N”. Furthermore, each of n inner layers of the T layers (n
US10150007B2
A colored golf ball has improved luxurious appearance without impairing its visibility. The colored golf ball of the present invention includes a core; a cover placed around the core having dimples formed on its surface; and a coating layer placed on top of the cover, in which the coating layer includes a polymer matrix having a bright material dispersed therein, and an L0 value, which represents an L value in the Lab color system of the colored golf ball before being covered with the coating layer, is 25 or less, and the difference ΔL between the L0 value and an L1 value, which represents an L value in the Lab color system of the colored golf ball after being covered with the coating layer, is 5 or more.
US10150003B2
An exercise machine adjustable resistance system and method for efficiently varying the workout resistance for an exercise machine. The exercise machine adjustable resistance system and method generally includes a control unit in communication with a resistance adjustment system of an exercise machine and a biometric monitoring device used by an exerciser on the exercise machine. The control unit receives biometric data from the biometric monitoring device and sends a control signal to the resistance adjustment system to adjust the resistance of the exercise machine based on the biometric data received.
US10150002B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for promoting healthy behavior. The methods, systems, and apparatus include an action of receiving device capability information for multiple devices. The device capability information from each device describes capabilities of the device. Additional actions include receiving an indication of a health goal of a user and receiving health information of the user sensed by a first device of the multiple devices. Further actions include generating a health related instruction for a second device of the multiple devices based on the health information of the user sensed by the first device of the multiple devices, the health goal of the user, and the device capability information of the second device. An additional action includes providing the health related instruction to the second device.
US10149999B2
A physical exercise apparatus includes a frame, a seat, an arm, and a pair of cycling hand pedals. The seat is supported by the frame and is configured to support a user in an at least partially supine position. The arm is movably attached to a first portion of the frame and coupled with a linearly movable resistance load. The pair of cycling hand pedals is attached to a second portion of the frame and is independently movable from the arm so that the user can cycle the pair of cycling hand pedals while separately moving the arm with a portion of his or her lower body.
US10149991B2
An energy absorber includes a housing, a bearing housing positioned within the housing, a main connection point connected to a first receiver, and a threaded rod connected through a bearing and having an end connected to the first receiver at a first end of the housing. The bearing is positioned in the bearing housing. Compressible elements of the threaded rod compress against the bearing to absorb energy upon exceeding a force threshold.
US10149972B2
An electric stimulator for heart (as in heart pacemakers), brain (as in DBS), organs and general cells, with a supporting structure where there exists a first plurality of electrically isolated electrodes called field-shaping electrodes that are located under the surface of the supporting structure, and a second plurality of ordinary electrically stimulating electrodes called active electrodes, that are located at the surface of the supporting structure, capable of injecting electric charges in the space surrounding the supporting structure. Both types of electrodes are controlled by an appropriate electronics control unit and powered by some electric energy storage, as a battery. Field-shaping electrodes are electrically insulated, being unable to inject current in the surrounding medium, but they are capable of shaping the electric field, which has consequence on the path of the stimulating currents injected by active electrodes. The invention also discloses positioning the field-shaping electrodes underneath the active electrodes.
US10149967B2
Today's suppositories are typically packaged individually for digital administration into the anal canal of a patient. A suppository applicator described herein, which works with individually packaged suppositories, can alternatively be shipped in a prepackaged operational arrangement with a suppository to enable the patient to administer the suppository through use of the applicator in a single operation after opening a hygienic wrapper containing the applicator-suppository combination. A method for manufacturing a suppository includes manufacturing the suppository in the presence of and in contact with an element configured to be used to insert the suppository into a body cavity. The method may include using the element to define a shape of the suppository during the manufacturing. The resulting applicator-suppository combination is more hygienic and easier to handle than the separate applicator and suppository and provides more efficiency from time of opening the packaging to time of commencing administration of the suppository.
US10149965B2
A guide wire is described for navigating body channels such as vessels. The guide wire can include an elongated member having a proximal portion and a distal portion, and a fluid passage to transport a fluid from the proximal portion to the distal portion. The distal portion of the elongated member can include a shape memory material with two way memory effect. The shape memory material can have a transition temperature less than a body temperature such that the distal portion has a first shape at the body temperature and a second shape different from the first shape at a temperature less than the transition temperature.
US10149941B2
An I.V. flush syringe assembly includes a barrel having an inside surface defining a chamber for retaining fluid, an open proximal end and a distal end with a passageway therethrough in fluid communication with the chamber. An elongate plunger having a proximal end, a distal end and a flexible stopper is slidably positioned in fluid-tight engagement with the inside surface of the barrel for drawing fluid into and out of the chamber by movement of the stopper relative to the barrel. The barrel includes anti-reflux structure for holding said stopper in a partially deflected position after fluid has been delivered from the chamber and the stopper is being force against the distal end of the chamber.
US10149938B2
A method for delivering medication includes programming an operations processor of a medication delivery operations module to control the base function of medication delivery of a delivery device at a selectable rate and a selectable volume. An advanced medication delivery program is created by an advanced program processor that is part of an advanced interface module (“AIM”) located with the operations module in the same housing, although the processors are separate. When the advanced delivery program is complete and in a buffer, the operations processor executes the stored advanced delivery program under which the operations processor automatically varies at least one of the rate of delivery and volume of delivery values in accordance with the advanced delivery program autonomously without being under real time control of, or dependent on, any remote processor or data source, including the AIM. Support for PK applications is provided.
US10149934B2
A hemodynamic flow assist device includes a miniature pump, a basket-like cage enclosing and supporting the pump, and a motor to drive the pump. The device is implanted and retrieved in a minimally invasive manner via percutaneous access to a patient's artery. The device has a first, collapsed configuration to assist in implantation and a second, expanded configuration once deployed and active. The device is deployed within a patient's aorta and is secured in place via a self-expanding cage which engages the inner wall of the aorta. The device includes a helical screw pump with self-expanding blades. Also included is a retrieval device to remove the hemodynamic flow assist device once it is no longer needed by the patient. Also included is an arterial closure device to close the artery access point after implantation and removal of the hemodynamic flow assist device. The hemodynamic flow assist device helps to increase blood flow in patients suffering from congestive heart failure and awaiting heart transplant.
US10149932B2
An impeller includes a hub and a blade supported by the hub. The impeller has a stored configuration in which the blade is compressed so that its distal end moves towards the hub, and a deployed configuration in which the blade extends away from the hub. The impeller may be part of a pump for pumping fluids, such as blood, and may include a cannula having a proximal portion with a fixed diameter, and a distal portion with an expandable diameter. The impeller may reside in the expandable portion of the cannula. The cannula may have a compressed diameter which allows it to be inserted percutaneously into a patient. Once at a desired location, the expandable portion of the cannula may be expanded and the impeller expanded to the deployed configuration. A flexible drive shaft may extend through the cannula for rotationally driving the impeller within the patient.
US10149929B2
A breastshield unit for use with a breastpump for expressing human breastmilk has a breastshield for receiving a mother's breast and a media separation device for transferring a vacuum into the interior of the breastshield. The breastshield has a receiving area for receiving a nipple of the mother's breast. The media separation device has a media separation membrane which, for the purpose of transferring the vacuum, is movable to and fro between two positions. The media separation membrane is located in the receiving area at least in one of the two positions. Despite the integrated media separation, the breastshield unit can be made extremely compact and minimizes the dead volume.
US10149923B2
Implants for osteo and osteochondral repair have been developed. These implants include a series of channels between the upper and lower surfaces of the implants, such that when implanted the lower surfaces are situated in an area rich in bone marrow and the channels provide a means for the bone marrow to migrate through the implant. Preferably the implants are made from resorbable polymer fibers, preferably arranged in braids that are knitted or woven together such that the braids are substantially parallel with each other. The implants may be rolled into a bundle of braids with the axis of the braids substantially parallel to the axis of the bundle, to provide channels along the axis of the bundle. A preferred embodiment includes P4HB fibers braided and knitted into a structure that is coated with a ceramic, preferably physiologic calcium phosphate.
US10149922B1
Disclosed is a patch system for use in a patient with a damaged heart. The patch comprises both a biodegradable engineered collagen scaffold to provide structural support to the injured heart and therapeutic agents, which are delivered by the patch to the heart. The scaffold consists of a dense collagen lamella produced by plastic compression with biomechanical properties that make it compatible with beating heart tissue, e.g. stiffness in a predefined range. One therapeutic agent, Fstl1, is shown to induce cardiomyocyte proliferation and enhance cardiac regeneration after injury. The patch can also be loaded with functionalized nanoparticles to yield multi-modal imaging capabilities in vivo. Also disclosed is a method for implanting the patch onto a patient's heart.
US10149918B2
Medical constructs with twisted cables formed from a plurality of collagen fibers twisted together to form strands and those strands twisted together to form cables and relate methods of twisting the collagen fibers to form the medical constructs while holding the fibers and strands of fibers in tension and twisting in a first direction (i.e., in a clockwise direction), then twisting them in a second opposing (counterclockwise) direction for a number of twists per inch.
US10149913B2
The invention provides antibody-drug conjugates comprising an antibody conjugated to an anthracycline drug moiety via a disulfide linker, anthracycline disulfide intermediates, and methods of using the antibody-drug conjugates.
US10149909B2
An agent enhances the therapeutic or prophylactic effect of a renin-angiotensin system inhibitor on renal diseases, including a specific prostaglandin I derivative such as beraprost sodium as an effective ingredient.
US10149902B2
In certain aspects the invention provides HIV-1 immunogens, including envelopes (CH505) and selections therefrom, and methods for swarm immunizations using combinations of HIV-1 envelopes.
US10149885B2
A microbial infection in an eye of a subject is treated or prevented by topically administering to the eye an effective amount of a macromolecule or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof that includes a dendrimer of 1 to 8 generations with one or more sulfonic acid- or sulfonate-containing moieties attached to one or more surface groups of the outermost generation of the dendrimer. Compositions containing the macromolecule or salt are useful in these methods.
US10149883B1
The present invention is directed to a therapeutic method of treatment of diabetes inducing kidney failure, comprising administering a therapeutically effective amount of Chinese herbal medicine to a subject in need. The Chinese herbal medicine is the decocting extract including the mixture of Grifola, Poria, Atractylodes Lancea Rhizoma, Rhizoma Alismatis, Pimenta officinalis seed, Rhizoma Zingiberis, Radix Aconiti Lateralis Praeparata, Phelloendron amurense bark, Radix Angelicae Sinensis, Radix Astragali, Herb Elephantopus, Honeysuckle Stem, Rhizoma Anemarrhenae, radix Rhubarb, Radix Panax notoginseng, and Radix Ginseng.
