US10423491B2
Systems and methods for storing encoded data slices in a dispersed storage network (DSN) involve receiving a write data object request, determining a source name for the data object, identifying a source name range corresponding to the source name, and identifying a storage pattern associated with the source name range. Based on the source name range, a set of DS units can be identified as can affinity DS units that correspond to the storage pattern. The data object is encoded to produce affinity encoded data slices and other encoded data slices which are output to the affinity DS units and other DS units respectively. A determination is made whether a favorable number of affinity encoded data slices were properly received. If so, rollback requests are issued with regards to the other encoded data slices. If not, commit requests are issued with regards to the other encoded data slices.
US10423472B2
Systems and methods for providing an extended JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) remote procedure call (RPC) with a mediator in a management software in a host computing device. The management software implements a mediator using the extended JSON RPC format to forward a request from a remote computing device to a device to perform a method. In operation, the management software receives the request from the remote computing device. Then the mediator converts the request to an extended JSON RPC request, which includes first properties for performing a method on a target device and second properties not for performing the method. The mediator may store the first and second properties based on the extended JSON RPC request for internal use. Then the mediator generates a command based on the first properties of the extended JSON RPC request, and sends the command to the target device to perform the method.
US10423471B2
Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and software for facilitating the integration of native applications and virtualized applications. Calls initiated from within a native application associated with a native namespace are monitored for integrated calls. The integrated calls involve resources accessible through a virtual namespace. Upon detecting an integrated call, the integrated call is provided with access to a corresponding resource by way of the virtual namespace.
US10423469B2
A computing device manages a router to route events between a plurality of computing device based on a manager configuration file. A manager engine is instantiated based on a manager engine definition and instantiates a manager ESPE based on a created manager ESP model. A router configuration file is created based on mapping information read from the manager configuration file that describes connectivity between an event publishing source and a source window of the manager ESPE. A router engine is instantiated based on the created router configuration file. A connector is started to receive an event based on the router configuration file. The event is received in the source window of the manager ESPE defined by the manager ESP model and processed based on the manager ESP model. A third computing device is selected by the router engine. The processed event is published to the third computing device.
US10423467B2
A data processing apparatus and method are provided for executing a plurality of threads. Processing circuitry performs processing operations required by the plurality of threads, the processing operations including a lock-protected processing operation with which a lock is associated, where the lock needs to be acquired before the processing circuitry performs the lock-protected processing operation. Baton maintenance circuitry is used to maintain a baton in association with the plurality of threads, the baton forming a proxy for the lock, and the baton maintenance circuitry being configured to allocate the baton between the threads. Via communication between the processing circuitry and the baton maintenance circuitry, once the lock has been acquired for one of the threads, the processing circuitry performs the lock-protected processing operation for multiple threads before the lock is released, with the baton maintenance circuitry identifying a current thread amongst the multiple threads for which the lock-protected processing operation is to be performed by allocating the baton to that current thread. The baton can hence be passed from one thread to the next, without needing to release and re-acquire the lock. This provides a significant performance improvement when performing lock-protected processing operations across multiple threads.
US10423464B2
In one example in accordance with the present disclosure, a method may include performing a transactional operation such that if one step of the transactional operation is performed, each other step of the transactional operation is performed. The transactional operation may include making a first copy, stored in a first persistent memory, of a next ticket number stored in a second persistent memory and updating the next ticket number in the second persistent memory. The method may also include determining when to serve a first thread based on the first copy of the next ticket number.
US10423454B2
Systems, methods, and software described herein facilitate the allocation of large scale processing jobs to host computing systems. In one example, a method of operating an administration node to allocate processes to a plurality of host computing systems includes identifying a job process for a large scale processing environment (LSPE), and identifying a data repository associated with the job process. The method further includes obtaining data retrieval performance information related to the data repository and the host systems in the LSPE. The method also provides identifying a host system in the host systems for the job process based on the data retrieval performance information, and initiating a virtual node for the job process on the identified host system.
US10423450B2
One embodiment provides a system for scheduling I/O resources of a virtual machine. During operation, in response to receiving a plurality of I/O requests, the system identifies a plurality of target virtual disks to which the I/O requests are to be sent, wherein a virtual disk corresponds to a previously created I/O queue. The system assigns a respective I/O request to the corresponding I/O queue for an identified target virtual disk. The system schedules I/O resources to be used by the respective I/O request based on a scheduling parameter that corresponds to the identified target virtual disk.
US10423449B2
Method of allocating tasks in a computing environment including: receiving a software application having tasks for processing; splitting the software application into the tasks; selecting a task for processing in a first computing environment without encryption, a second computing environment with homomorphic encryption or a third computing environment without encryption based on the following algorithm: analyzing the tasks for the presence of a security marker indicating a security level of the tasks; when there is no security marker, selecting the task for processing in the least costly of first computing environment without encryption or the third computing environment without encryption; and when the security marker is medium or high and the processing of the task involves any computation, selecting the task for processing in the least costly of the second computing environment with homomorphic encryption or the third computing environment.
US10423448B2
Described herein are techniques and systems for onboarding a service from client-managed computing infrastructure to network computing infrastructure. As part of the onboarding, a database that stores onboarding information is accessed and a set of tasks is identified. A state diagram is generated based on the onboarding information. The techniques and systems are configured to calculate, within the state diagram, a task execution path that is associated with a highest probability of success for moving the client organization from a current environment associated with the client-managed computing infrastructure to a target environment associated with the network computing infrastructure. The task execution path can be used to identify and provide subsets of tasks as part of an autonomously guided onboarding process. The task execution path can be re-calculated based on a determination that an individual task has not been completed within an expected amount of time to complete the individual task.
US10423444B2
A migration system includes a memory, a physical processor, first and second hypervisors, first and second virtual machines, and first and second networking devices. The first hypervisor is located at a migration source location and the second hypervisor is located at a migration destination location. The first virtual machine includes a guest OS which includes a first agent. The second virtual machine includes the guest OS which includes a second agent. The first hypervisor is configured to request the guest OS executing on the first hypervisor to copy a configuration of the first networking device and to store the configuration in a place-holder networking device. The second hypervisor is configured to start the second virtual machine at a destination location, request the guest OS executing on the second virtual machine to copy the configuration from the place-holder networking device and to store the configuration in the second networking device.
US10423440B2
Provided are techniques for an operating system (OS) to be modified on a running system such that running programs, including system services, so not have to be stopped and restarted for the modification to take effect. The techniques include detecting, by a processing thread, when the processing thread has entered a shared library; in response to the detecting, setting a thread flag corresponding to the thread in an operating system (OS); detecting an OS flag, set by the OS, indicating that the OS is updating the shared library; in response to detecting the OS flag, suspending processing by the processing thread and transferring control from the thread to the OS; resuming processing by the processing thread in response to detecting that the OS has completed the updating; and executing the shared library in response to the resuming.
US10423432B2
A dynamic cloud stack testing system comprises a cloud network with cloud components and a cloud stack server coupled to the network. The server includes an interface, a memory, a cloud stack configuration engine, and a cloud stack testing engine. The interface receives a cloud stack request from a user device that includes functionality parameters. The memory stores historic cloud stack combinations. The cloud stack configuration engine identifies cloud components associated with the functionality parameters and determines a cloud stack configuration that incorporates them. It determines whether the configuration is a unique cloud stack configuration by comparing it to the plurality of historic cloud stack configurations. The cloud stack testing engine, in response to determining that the cloud stack configuration is unique, determines a cloud stack configuration test. The cloud stack testing engine executes the test, and stores results and the associated cloud stack configuration in the memory.
US10423424B2
Techniques are disclosed for performing an auxiliary operation via a compute engine associated with a host computing device. The method includes determining that the auxiliary operation is directed to the compute engine, and determining that the auxiliary operation is associated with a first context comprising a first set of state parameters. The method further includes determining a first subset of state parameters related to the auxiliary operation based on the first set of state parameters. The method further includes transmitting the first subset of state parameters to the compute engine, and transmitting the auxiliary operation to the compute engine. One advantage of the disclosed technique is that surface area and power consumption are reduced within the processor by utilizing copy engines that have no context switching capability.
US10423419B2
A computer-implemented method for predicting a taken branch that ends an instruction stream in a pipelined high frequency microprocessor includes receiving, by a processor, a first instruction within a first instruction stream, the first instruction comprising a first instruction address; searching, by the processor, an index accelerator predictor one time for the stream; determining, by the processor, a prediction for a taken branch ending the branch stream; influencing, by the processor, a metadata prediction engine based on the prediction; observing a plurality of taken branches from the exit accelerator predictor; maintaining frequency information based on the observed taken branches; determining, based on the frequency information, an updated prediction of the observed plurality of taken branches; and updating, by the processor, the index accelerator predictor with the updated prediction.
US10423418B2
A method for managing tasks in a computer system comprising a processor and a memory, the method includes performing a first task by the processor, the first task comprising task-relating branch instructions and task-independent branch instructions and executing the branch prediction method, the execution resulting in task-relating branch prediction data in the branch prediction history table. In response to determining that the first task is to be interrupted or terminated, the method includes storing the task-relating branch prediction data of the first task in the task structure of the first task. In response to determining that a second task is to be continued, the method includes reading task-relating branch prediction data of the second task from the task structure of the second task, storing the task-relating branch prediction data of the second task in the branch prediction history table, and ensuring that task-independent branch prediction data is maintained.
US10423416B2
This disclosure provides a computer-implemented method for automatically creating a macro-service. The method includes: converting source code of an analytic program that includes a set of operation units into a graph representation. Each of the set of operation units performs at least an operation to a data object, and the method further includes performing a query associated with the macro-service on the graph representation to determine a subset of the graph representation. The method further includes generating code for the macro-service based on the determined subset of the graph representation.
US10423411B2
A processor includes a decode unit to decode an instruction that is to indicate a first source packed data operand that is to include at least four data elements, to indicate a second source packed data operand that is to include at least four data elements, and to indicate one or more destination storage locations. The execution unit, in response to the instruction, is to store at least one result mask operand in the destination storage location(s). The at least one result mask operand is to include a different mask element for each corresponding data element in one of the first and second source packed data operands in a same relative position. Each mask element is to indicate whether the corresponding data element in said one of the source packed data operands equals any of the data elements in the other of the source packed data operands.
US10423403B1
A device receives historical application creation data that includes data associated with creation of a plurality of applications, and processes the historical application creation data, with one or more data processing techniques, to generate processed historical application creation data. The device trains a machine learning model, with the processed historical application creation data, to generate a trained machine learning model, and receives new application data associated with a new application to be created. The device processes the new application data, with the trained machine learning model, to generate one or more predictions associated with the new application, and performs one or more actions based on the one or more predictions associated with the new application.
US10423398B1
Systems and methods are described for managing computing resources. In one embodiment, groupings of computer resources having common firmware settings are maintained based on an abstraction firmware framework representing associations between vendor-specific firmware settings and abstracted firmware settings that provide a degree of independence from specific vendor-specific firmware settings. In response to a request for a computer resource with a specified abstracted firmware configuration, it is determined which of the groupings can support the specified abstracted firmware configuration based on at least one criterion for managing the computer resources in accordance with the abstraction firmware framework.
US10423382B2
An example operation may include one or more of generating a local audio file comprising audio captured of a user participating in a teleconference, receiving one or more other local audio files of the teleconference captured by one or more other audio devices that participated in the teleconference, determining a synchronized playback order for audio portions of the generated local audio file and audio portions of the one or more received local audio files based on timing information included in the generated local audio file and the received timing information, and outputting a playback of the audio portions of the generated local audio file and the detected audio portions of the one or more received local audio files synchronized together based on the determined synchronized playback order.
US10423381B2
A playback apparatus includes: a storage unit storing music data and group identification information for identifying groups in which the music data are arranged in a predetermined unit; a selection unit selecting the group identification information stored in the storage unit; a notification unit notifying the group identification information selected by the selection unit with a sound; and a playback unit playing back the notification of the group identification information in the notification unit and the music data belonging to the group identified by the group identification information selected by the selection unit.
US10423380B2
A display module and a display apparatus having the same are provided. The display module including a circuit board, a plurality of light emitting device packages disposed on the circuit board and electrically coupled to the circuit board, and a coating unit coated with coating solution containing a light diffusion agent covers the plurality of light emitting device packages and fills in a gap between the plurality of light emitting device packages, wherein the coating unit further includes at least one first light diffusion part that is curvedly formed on a surface of the coating unit onto which light emitted from the light emitting device packages is incident.
US10423376B2
A cooperation system and a program for operating a plurality of apparatuses in cooperation is provided. The program is capable of implementing a user interface for easily adding a necessary operation while one or more first apparatuses and one or more second apparatuses are involved in a cooperation operation, wherein a necessary operation can be added to the cooperation operation at least until the reception of the target data from all the first apparatuses is completed.
US10423373B2
Embodiments of this application relate to the technical field of consumable chips, and provide a regeneration chip and a contact control method therefor. In this way, connection or disconnection between a printer connection contact and a native chip connection contact of the regeneration chip may be controlled, thereby avoiding problems of signal interference and collision that are caused because the regeneration chip and a native chip send signals to a printer at the same time. The regeneration chip comprises a printer connection contact, a native chip connection contact, and a switch signal end, where the native chip connection contact is connected to the printer connection contact via a switch circuit, the switch circuit is further connected to the switch signal end, and the switch circuit is configured to connect or disconnect the native chip connection contact to or from the printer connection contact under control of the switch signal end.
US10423369B2
The disclosure discloses a non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing a printing processing program for executing steps on a CPU. In an editing screen display step, a display device displays an editing screen that includes an appearance virtual image of a printed matter. In a drag operation determination step, it is determined whether or not a text object or a text editing area frame is moved and arranged on an extended line of the appearance virtual image. In a first virtual image expansion step, the display device expands the appearance virtual image to include at least a portion of the text object or the text editing area frame arranged on the extended line, in the case that it is determined that the text object or the text editing area frame is arranged on the extended line.
US10423366B2
An information processing apparatus is connected to an image processing apparatus via a network and includes at least one processor executing instructions to act as an activation control unit configured to activate a status management program for acquiring and displaying information relating to a state of the image processing apparatus, and printer driver configured to generate a print job in the information processing apparatus and unable to activate the status management program in accordance with an instruction to generate a print job. The activation control unit is software that differs from the printer driver and activates the status management program in a case where a print job based on application data issued by an application is generated.
US10423365B2
A request for changing data of a file system data structure stored on a shingled magnetic recording (SMR) drive is received. The data change is logged in a log entry of a log structure stored in a non-volatile random access memory (NVRAM). The log entry is added as a new entry at an end of the log structure. The log entry is marked within the NVRAM as modified and a predetermined criterion is determined to be satisfied. Responsive to determining that the predetermined criterion is satisfied, the NVRAM is searched for log entries marked as modified. The modified log entries are stored to the SMR drive.
US10423359B2
A method for execution by one or more processing modules of one or more computing devices of a dispersed storage network (DSN). The method begins by receiving a data access requests with regards to a data object. The method continues by identifying a vault set based on the data access request, where a plurality of storage vaults includes the vault set. The method continues by obtaining configuration information associated with the vault set and determining whether to process the data access request based on the obtained configuration information associated with the vault set.
US10423358B1
An embodiment may involve receiving a chunk and a chunk index, where the chunk contains packets captured by a network interface unit and the chunk index contains timestamps of first and last packets within the chunk. The chunk may be stored in a first ring buffer of a first memory and the chunk index may be stored in an index buffer of the first memory. A first processor may allocate an entry in an I/O queue of a second memory and an entry in a chunk processing queue of the first memory. The first processor may read the chunk processing queue to identify and copy the chunk from the first ring buffer to a location in a second ring buffer of the second memory, the location associated with the entry in the I/O queue. A second processor may instruct a controller to write the chunk to a non-volatile memory unit.
US10423348B1
Embodiments of the present invention provides methods, computer program products, and a system for improving serial performance of a computer system storage volume. Embodiments of the present invention can be used to reduce a partition scheme of a storage volume to allow for a computer system to read the storage volume using additional system resources that were previously idle during a serial read operation. Embodiments of the present invention can be used to reserve random-access memory (RAM) to store metadata describing data stored on a storage volume that utilizes a reduced partition scheme. Once the serial read of the storage volume is complete, the embodiments of the present invention can revert the partition scheme back to the original partition scheme for normal, non-serial read operations.
US10423347B2
The present invention allows reducing the possibility that an application operating in an information processing apparatus is erased from a memory upon its transfer to background. In a case where a predetermined application is executed in foreground, an OS is caused to execute predetermined processing by using a first size memory area, and in a case where the predetermined application is executed in the background, the OS is caused to execute the predetermined processing by using a second size memory area that is smaller than the first size memory area.
US10423339B2
A method may include writing data to a hard drive. In some examples, the method may include receiving, by an extent allocator module, a command to write data. The command may include data and a logical block address (LBA) specified by the host. The method may also include mapping, by the extent allocator module, the LBA specified by the host to a drive LBA. The method may further include sending, from the extent allocator module, a command to write the data at the drive LBA.
US10423335B2
Systems and methods presented herein provide a controller is operable to increase a number of suspend operations during read Input/Output (I/O) operations of a storage device, and to detect an increase in response times for write commands due to the increased number of suspend operations. The controller is also operable to decrease the number of the suspend operations during the reads of the storage device to decrease the response times of the write commands.
US10423334B2
Embodiments for predetermining optimal demount position for demounting data storage cartridges in an automated data storage library by a processor. A selected demount position may be predetermined, while performing one of a plurality of robotic movements by an accessor, for each mounted data storage cartridge for demounting data storage cartridges in the automated data storage library such that each predetermined selected demount position is stored in a lookup table of predetermined selected demount positions for a subsequent demount operation. The idle time of the accessor during a demount operation may be reduced.
US10423332B2
Storage arrays, systems and methods for processing commands to enable SCSI-level forwarding between an active controller and a standby controller are provided. In one example, the standby controller has ports that operate in an asymmetric logical unit access (ALUA) standby (SB) mode. One such method includes receiving a command by a port of the standby controller, wherein the port operates in the ALUA SB mode. The method includes identifying that the command is of a type that is predefined for forwarding, and forwarding the command from a SCSI layer of the standby controller to a SCSI layer of the active controller. The method further includes processing the command in a user space of the active controller to generate return data and forwarding the return data from the active controller to the standby controller. The method additionally includes sending the return data to the initiator, over the port of the standby controller.
US10423329B2
An apparatus, method and computer program product for information processing and keyboard display are disclosed. The apparatus includes: a touch operation detection unit to detect a touch operation; a determination unit to determine whether the touch operation is a touch operation in a home position; and a control unit that changes a key change area to a correction key if the touch operation is a touch operation in the home position. The method includes: determining a simultaneous touch operation of at least two points in a sensing area; and displaying a correction key in a preset display change area. The computer program product includes software keyboard display processing for: determining a simultaneous touch operation of at least two points in a sensing area, and displaying a correction key in a present display change area.
US10423327B2
A method of processing an input received through a touch screen in a mobile terminal. The method includes displaying, if a first key to which a plurality of key values are allocated is input, a second key to which a plurality of the key values are allocated, on a screen, and determining a first key value displayed at a cursor by an input of the first key as a final input value if the second key is input, moving the cursor to a next first position, and then displaying one of the plurality of key values of the first key.
US10423320B2
A method performed by an electronic device to allow a user to navigate a video. The method includes causing a display of a currently selected thumbnail in a first rectangular area overlaying a bidirectionally scrollable strip of thumbnails in a second rectangular area having the plurality of thumbnails logically arranged in order according to their associated time positions and responsive to data reflecting a swipe gesture in a direction, causing an update to the display of the bidirectionally scrollable strip of thumbnails to reflect inertial scrolling in the direction, where the currently selected thumbnail in the first rectangular area is updated each time the bidirectionally scrollable strip of thumbnails has scrolled past a threshold such that the currently selected thumbnail in the bidirectionally scrollable strip of thumbnails is no longer closest to the center of the first rectangular area.
US10423314B2
Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are provided for generating an arced path of travel for a user interface element. In accordance with one implementation, a method is provided that includes operations performed by at least one processor. The operations of the method include determining coordinates for a start point and an end point of the user interface element corresponding to locations on a user interface. The method may also include determining a minimum arc angle and a maximum arc angle for an arc. Additionally, the method may generate an arced path based on the start point coordinates, the end point coordinates, the minimum arc angle, and the maximum arc angle. The method may also generate commands that move the user interface element along the arced path in the user interface.
US10423313B2
There is provided a method for displaying alarm events to an operator. Alarm events, each being associated with the properties age, state and priority, are received from an alarm generating system. The alarm events are represented by graphical objects which are displayed in a graphical user interface. The sizes of the graphical objects are determined based on at least two of the properties being associated with the alarm event, and the position of the graphical objects is related to the size of the graphical object and/or one or more of the properties being associated with the alarm event represented by the graphical object.
US10423311B2
A system and method is disclosed that provides for character or text selection and editing. The text and character selection is made by user contact with a touch sensitive screen. In order to allow for refinement of the selection, a second expanded view is implemented as compared to the original display configuration of the screen. Furthermore, the selection is described in relation to two endpoints of the block of text. Additionally, a point is specified as the point desired for insertion of the selected text. The expanded view is implemented along with the original view as required when making character selection.
US10423307B2
An electronic device for indicating selection of a data transfer method is disclosed. A processor is coupled to an input interface module and an output interface module. A memory is coupled to the processor and stores an application comprising instructions to cause the device to display indications corresponding to a plurality of data transfer methods via the output interface module, receive a selection of one of the methods for use in making a subsequent data transfer, retrieve a graphical element corresponding to the selected method, configure the device for making data transfers using the selected method, and indicate the device is operable to perform data transfers using the selected method by presenting the graphical element in the interface of the application whenever the interface is displayed via the output interface module or by modifying an icon for launching the application to correspond to the graphical element.
US10423300B2
Content that is significant to a user may be determined. An indication that a user finds content within a document significant may be received. In response to the received indication, the document may be analyzed to identify a set of topics associated with the content of the document. From the set of topics, a subset of topics responsible for the user finding the document significant may be identified. A user profile associated with the user may be updated based on the subset of topics.
US10423290B2
A terminal apparatus including a display screen, a display controller that displays a first display window with a second display window on the display screen in a superposed manner, and an input obtaining unit for obtaining a user's input for moving the first display window on the display screen. The display controller changes, when a user's input for moving the first display window toward an outside of the display screen is obtained during a first display state in which the first display window is displayed in the display screen and the movement satisfies a predetermined criterion, the state of the first display window to a second display state in which the first display window is displayed in a region at an end of the display screen in accordance with a direction of the movement of the first display window.
US10423288B2
Discussed are a display device with an integrated touch screen and a method of operating the same. The display device according to an embodiment includes a display panel including a plurality of pixel electrodes; a touch screen including m number of electrodes which are formed to overlap with the plurality of pixel electrodes, wherein m is a multiple of n, and n is an integer equal to or greater than two, and wherein the m electrodes are divided into n number of electrode groups; a touch driver configured to generate a touch scan signal and to supply the generated touch scan signal to a display driver; and the display driver configured to apply a common voltage or the touch scan signal to one or more of the m electrodes depending on a driving mode of the display device.
US10423284B2
An electronic apparatus includes a housing, a display unit installed in the housing and having a display area to display an image or a menu icon, a sensing unit installed in the housing adjacent to the display unit, having a virtual area to sense an object which is disposed over the display area of the display unit, and having a first camera to photograph and display the virtual area in a photographing mode and a second camera to extract the object from the virtual area and display a sensed image of the extracted object in a sensing mode, and a controller to analyze status of the object according to the sensed image of the object, and to determine the analyzed status of the object as a user input in the sensing mode.
US10423283B2
There is provided an information processing apparatus including circuitry configured to control output of a first content according to first content information, determine information related to a real object which is different from a manipulation body used for content selection or object manipulation by a user, and control output of a second content, which is different from the first content, according to second content information, wherein the second content information is based on the first content information and the determined information related to the real object.
US10423274B2
Methods, device, and computer program product for mitigating pathogen transmission via a touch surface of a touch input device. Mitigation is accomplished through selective touch surface sterilization and through touchscreen user interface reorganization. The touch surface includes a pixel array for illuminating selected portions of the touch surface with ultraviolet light of a sterilization wavelength based upon the received touch inputs. The selective illumination may occur while receiving a touch input or after an accumulation of touch inputs have been received. The user interface may also be reorganized based on received touch inputs in order to locate user interface icons to lesser touched locations of the touch surface.
US10423271B2
A touch control armrest sleeve includes an body and a connecting portion. The body includes a flexible pad, a flexible touch panel and a protective cover. The connecting portion is connected to a first end and a second end of the body. The flexible touch panel includes a flexible substrate and a carbon nanotube touch function layer. The carbon nanotube touch function layer includes a carbon nanotube film, a plurality of first electrodes, and a plurality of second electrodes. The carbon nanotube film is located on the flexible substrate. The plurality of first electrodes and the plurality of second electrodes are electrically connected to the carbon nanotube film. A touch control seat incorporating such touch control armrest sleeve is also provided.
US10423270B2
A mobile terminal includes: a terminal body having a case formed of a metallic material at least partially; a metal key unit formed on one region of the case, and configured to sense a pressure of a touch input; and a controller configured to execute a specific function based on a pressure applied to the metal key unit, wherein the metal key unit includes: a flexible printed circuit board attached to a lower part of the case; and a pressure sensor configured to sense a pressure applied to the case.
US10423268B2
A method includes sampling output from sensor having electrode junctions integrated on a device including a display, detecting capacitance between the device ground and a user (CBD) based on the output sampled and a pre-defined model, and defining one of two grounding states of the device based on the capacitance detected. Output is processed based on the grounding state defined and touch coordinates are determined based on the output processed. The touch coordinates are reported to a controller of the display.
US10423267B2
A conductive thin film, a touch panel and a manufacturing method for the same, and a display device are provided. Material for forming the conductive thin film comprise topological insulator, the conductive thin film has a two-dimensional nanostructure, which solves the technical problem that the resistance of electrodes of the touch panel is relatively harge.
US10423266B2
A self-luminescence display apparatus includes a display panel having a plurality of conductive layers and a supporting frame. One of the conductive layers cooperates with the supporting frame to form a plurality of force sensing capacitors. When a touch action is applied, the display panel deforms according to pressure applied, which cause the capacitances of the force sensing capacitors to alter, which corresponds to a place where the touch operation applied on.
US10423261B2
A tablet terminal device includes a display and a controller. The controller includes a detection section, a first determination section, a duration measuring section, a second determination section, and an execution section. The detection section detects an operation position where a touch operation is performed. The first determination section determines whether or not the operation position is located within a first area of a first object. The duration measuring section measures a first operation duration during which the detection section keeps detecting the operation position in the first area. The second determination section determines whether or not the first operation duration is equal to or longer than a first response period. The execution section executes a function assigned to the first object when the first operation duration is equal to or longer than the first response period.
US10423259B2
A display apparatus includes a display panel and a sensor structure disposed on the display panel. The sensor structure includes a sensing electrode and a connection line connected to the sensing electrode. At least one of the sensing electrode and the connection line includes a conductive pattern layer. The conductive patter layer includes a base part, protrusions randomly disposed on the base part and protruding from the base part, and holes randomly defined in the base part.
US10423250B2
Certain exemplary embodiments relate to entertainment systems and, more particularly, to systems that incorporate digital downloading jukebox features and improved user interfaces. For instance, a smart search may be provided, e.g., where search results vary based on the popularity of songs within the venue, in dependence on songs being promoted, etc. As another example, a tile-based approach to organizing groupings of songs is provided. Groupings may involve self-populating collections of songs that combine centrally-promoted songs, songs in a given genre that are popular across an audiovisual distribution network, and songs that are locally popular and match up with the given genre (e.g., because of shared attributes such as same or similar genre, artist, etc.). Different tile visual presentations also are contemplated, as are different physical jukebox designs. In certain example embodiments, a sealed core unit with the “brains” of the jukebox is insertable into a docking station.
US10423248B2
In one embodiment, computer-readable non-transitory storage media receive one or more signals based on motion of an object, a device, or both. The received signals are compared to a motion profile which defines unintended motion of the object, the device, or both, and this comparison determines whether any of the signals represent unintended motion of the stylus or device. The received signals are then processed to correct for the unintended motion defined by the motion profile.
US10423242B2
A head protection device has a distance-measuring device with a spatial directional characteristic, a light beam generation device as well as at least one control unit. The distance-measuring device is configured to determine distance information relative to a focusing range of the spatial directional characteristic and to provide the determined distance information to the control unit. The light beam generation device is configured to generate a light beam in the direction of the focusing range. The control unit provides a control signal, which indicates a request for a brightness modulation frequency of the light beam as a function of the distance information, to the light beam generation device on the basis of the distance information in a first operating mode.
US10423235B2
An incoming call from a remote device can be received by a primary device. The primary device can determine a numerical count of detected user gestures. Responsive to determining the numerical count of detected user gestures, the primary device can automatically generate an electronic message indicating a user will return the incoming call in a time frame based on the numerical count of detected user gestures. The primary device can automatically communicate the electronic message to the remote device.
US10423230B2
One embodiment provides a multi-directional actuating module capable of moving in various directions and capable of delivering various tactile senses such as knocking or rubbing as well as vibration by controlling at least one of the intensity, direction or frequency of a magnetic field generation unit. Further, the multidirectional actuating module according to one embodiment may comprise: a moving body capable of moving in at least two or more axial directions by means of an external magnetic field; a support for supporting the moving body so as to be movable; and at least two or more magnetic field generation units which are in the form of a coil to generate the magnetic field.
US10423225B2
An input processing system according to one embodiment includes an eye-tracking apparatus configured to generate eye-tracking data by tracking a gaze of a user and transmit the generated eye-tracking data, a voice input apparatus configured to generate a voice input signal by receiving audio from the user and transmit the generated voice input signal, and a display apparatus configured to detect, on a screen, a target associated with input control on the basis of the eye-tracking data, extract a user control command by analyzing the voice input signal, and perform input control for the target associated with input control according to the user control command.
US10423216B2
A processor includes first and second processing cores configured to support first and second respective subsets of features of its instruction set architecture (ISA) feature set. The first subset is less than all the features of the ISA feature set. The first and second subsets are different but their union is all the features of the ISA feature set. The first core detects a thread, while being executed by the first core rather than by the second core, attempted to employ a feature not in the first subset and, in response, to indicate a switch from the first core to the second core to execute the thread. The unsupported feature may be an unsupported instruction or operating mode. A switch may also be made if the lower performance/power core is being over-utilized or the higher performance/power core is being under-utilized.
US10423213B2
An image forming apparatus includes a communication interface configured to communicate with a portable terminal capable of receiving a signal from a transmitter in a detection area. A processor of the apparatus is configured to determine whether to shift to an operable state from a sleep state based on user information contained in proximity information when the proximity information, containing the user information indicating that a user enters the detection area, is received by the communication interface from the portable terminal receiving a signal from the transmitter.
US10423206B2
In one embodiment, a processor includes a plurality of cores and a power controller. This power controller in turn may include a voltage ramp logic to pre-empt a voltage ramp of a voltage regulator from a first voltage to a second voltage, responsive to a request for a second core to exit a low power state. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US10423204B2
A mechanism is provided for enforcing power caps within a power consumption device with multiple power supplies. Utilizing a minimum power error value from a set of error values, the minimum power error value is multiplied by a factor k to translate the minimum power error value to an internal power error value. The internal minimum power error value is multiplied by a number of working power supply units (M) of the power consumption device, resulting in an internal minimum power error value for multiple power supply units. The internal minimum power error value for the multiple power supply units is summed with a present power cap value thereby forming a summed power cap value. Responsive to the summed power cap value being between a power cap maximum and a power cap minimum, the computing load is throttled using the summed power cap value.
US10423203B2
Embodiments include apparatuses, methods, and systems for a flip-flop circuit with low-leakage transistors. The flip-flop circuit may be coupled to a logic circuit of an integrated circuit to store data for the logic circuit when the logic circuit is in a sleep state. The flip-flop circuit may pass a data signal for the logic circuit along a signal path. A capacitor may be coupled between the signal path and ground to store a value of the data signal when the logic circuit is in the sleep state. A low-leakage transistor, such as an IGZO transistor, may be coupled between the capacitor and the signal path and may selectively turn on when the logic circuit transitions from the active state to the sleep state to store the value of the data signal in the capacitor. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.
US10423200B1
Vapor chamber and impeller apparatus and systems for cooling information handling systems and which may be implemented to enable increase in system level airflow and to achieve increased cooling surface for cooling heat generating or heat source components of such systems. In one example, an integrated rotating radial impeller may be mounted to and supported by the vapor chamber, and the vapor chamber apparatus may be coupled to one or more heat pipe extensions and corresponding fin stacks.
US10423198B1
This disclosure relates to casing, including tray, first pivot, guiding component, housing box and handle. The tray has bottom surface and first side surface. The first pivot is fixed on the first side surface. The guiding component disposed on the first side surface includes distal opening and base closed end, which is closer to the bottom surface than the distal opening and located between the distal opening and the first pivot. The housing box includes first side and second side. The first side is pivotably disposed at the first pivot, and the second side has insertion opening. The housing box has second side surface located between the first side and the second side. The handle pivotably disposed on the second side surface includes hold part and pin. The guiding component is located between the hold part and the first pivot. The pin is located at the base closed end.
US10423192B2
It is an object of this invention to provide a display device capable of easily adjusting the height thereof without providing an extension and contraction mechanism. The display device (1) of this invention includes: a casing (3); and a display unit (5) to be installed for use onto the casing (3), the casing (3) and the display unit (5) being available to directly couple to each other. A coupling structure between the casing (3) and the display unit (5) is changeable from a state in which the casing (3) and the display unit (5) are directly coupled to each other to a state in which the casing (3) and the display unit (5) are coupled to each other with a pole (7) having a columnar shape and separable along a center axis thereof, which is mounted between the casing (3) and the display unit (5).
US10423190B1
A computer-implemented method for improving clock synchronization between master and slave devices may include receiving at least one clock-synchronization packet transferred from a master device to a slave device via a network that supports an IP. The method may also include identifying at least one item of IP information added to the clock-synchronization packet during the transfer from the master device to the slave device. The method may further include determining that the clock-synchronization packet experienced a delay that exceeds a predetermined threshold during the transfer based at least in part on the item of IP information. Finally, the method may include discarding the clock-synchronization packet from a set of clock-synchronization packets used to synchronize the slave device with the master device in response to the determination. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
US10423186B2
A building control system is provided that performs validation, estimation, and editing (VEE) on a plurality of interval based energy consumption streams. The system includes a post VEE readings data stores, a rules processor, and a building controller. The post VEE readings data stores is configured to provide a plurality of tagged energy consumption data sets that are each associated with a corresponding one of the plurality of interval based energy consumption streams, each of the plurality of tagged energy consumption data sets comprising first groups of contiguous interval values tagged as having been validated and second groups of contiguous interval values tagged as having been edited. The rules processor is configured to read the post VEE readings data stores upon initiation of an event and, for the each of the plurality of tagged energy consumption data sets, is configured to create a plurality of anomalies having a plurality of different durations using only the first groups of contiguous interval values, and is configured to generate a plurality of estimates for the plurality of anomalies by employing a plurality of estimation techniques and, for each of the plurality of different durations, is configured to select one of the plurality of estimation techniques for subsequent employment when performing VEE of subsequent energy consumption data for the corresponding one of the one or more interval based energy consumption streams. The building controller is coupled to the post VEE readings data stores and to weather stores, and is configured to receive post VEE readings and outside temperatures corresponding to the plurality of interval based energy consumption streams, and is configured to determine and control cumulative energy consumption corresponding to the plurality of interval based energy consumption streams, and is configured to manage the cumulative energy consumption by scheduling run times for a plurality of building elements that are coupled to the building controller.
US10423184B1
A power monitoring system which is communicatively coupled to power sensors in one or more rack computer systems, where the power sensors generate data indicating electrical power consumption by mass storage devices in the racks, can manage a data center design which includes various specifications that a future data center constructed according to the data center design include particular data center components which at least meet one or more specified structural parameters associated with the one or more particular data center components. Such management includes determining a value of at least one structural parameter associated with at least one particular data center component, based at least in part upon electrical power consumption by a set of mass storage devices installed in one or more data centers. The management can include adjusting cooling capacity specifications, power supply capacity specifications, mass storage device maximum operating temperatures, etc.
US10423182B2
Some embodiments include apparatuses and methods of operating such apparatuses. One of the embodiments includes an input node to receive an input voltage, a circuit portion to generate first, second, and third voltages based on the input voltage, a comparator circuit to compare the first voltage with the second voltage to generate a first signal and to compare the first voltage with the third voltage to generate a second signal, and an output circuit to generate an output signal based on the first and second signals.
US10423180B2
Methods of powering a radio that is mounted on a tower of a cellular base station are provided in which a direct current (“DC”) power signal is provided to the radio over a power cable and a voltage level of the output of the power supply is adjusted so as to provide a substantially constant voltage at a first end of the power cable that is remote from the power supply. Related cellular base stations and programmable power supplies are also provided.
US10423177B2
A level shift regulator circuit comprises a level shift transistor (Mls) and an output transistor (Mreg) being arranged in series to the level shift transistor (Mls) in an output path (OP). The circuit comprises a feedback path (FP) being arranged between an input node (IN) of the output path (OP) and a gate connection of the output transistor (Mreg). A current splitter (CS) is provided to split a current of a current source (IS0) coupled to the input node (IN) to reduce the loop gain. A current mirror (CM) is arranged in series to the current splitter (CS) to reduce the signal current provided by the current splitter (CS) to the gate connection of the output transistor (Mreg) to further reduce the gain and to improve stability of the circuit. A first and second filter (F1, F2) may optionally be provided to improve the phase response.
US10423165B2
A system (SC) is intended to control a maneuver of a vehicle (V) via the establishment of two-way wireless communication between a communication module (MC1) of the vehicle (V) and a remote control unit (BC), following the actuation of the latter. This system (SC) includes components designed to determine, over a duration corresponding to a chosen main number (NP) of successive connection events in their respective frequency channels, where the chosen main number (NP) is greater than 2, a first number of failed connection events, and then to compare this first number with a first chosen value and to modify the activated automatic maneuver in a chosen way if the first number is greater than or equal to this first value.
US10423157B2
A process for controlling a plurality of mobile-radio equipped robots in a talkgroup includes receiving, at a mobile-radio equipped robot via a wireless communications interface comprising one of an infrastructure wireless communication interface for communicating with an infrastructure radio access network (RAN) and an ad-hoc wireless communication interface for communicating with an ad-hoc network, a group voice call containing a voice-command. The mobile-radio equipped robot determines that it is a target of the group voice call, and responsively text-converts the voice-command into an actionable text-based command. The mobile-radio equipped robot subsequently operates a mechanical drive element in accordance with the actionable text-based command.
US10423155B2
A self-propelled device includes a spherical housing and an internal drive system. The self-propelled device can further include an internal structure having a magnet holder that holds a first set of magnets and an external accessory comprising a second set of magnets to magnetically interact, through the spherical housing, with the first set magnets.
US10423150B2
A system for order fulfillment using one or more robots includes: a server configured to receive an order comprising an order item; inventory storage operably connected to the server, the inventory storage comprising order items; an actor robot operably connected to and selected by the server, the actor robot configured to perform one or more of picking the order item from inventory storage, moving the order item, and positioning the order item; and an order robot operably connected to the server, the order robot configured to collect the order item, wherein the order item is positioned by the actor robot so as to be accessible to the order robot, so as to perform order fulfillment using one or more robots.
US10423142B2
A thermostat configuration system includes a first thermostat having a processor, a transceiver, a storage area and a control button. The processor generates configuration data for the first thermostat and stores the configuration data in the storage area of the first thermostat. The processor then causes the configuration data to be transmitted to multiple target devices using the transmitter, including at least a second thermostat.
US10423141B2
Systems and methods are disclosed for providing an icon for display by a user interface from an automation device that the icon depicts. Specifically, present embodiments are directed to methods and systems capable of detecting, with processing circuitry of an automation device, a shell program on a workstation via an automation control network. Further, embodiments are capable of providing icon configuration data to the shell program from the automation device, wherein the configuration data controls characteristics of an icon representative of the automation device for display in a visualization of the workstation.
US10423137B2
Devices that transfer and communicate tap dial position changes to a remote location are bulky, cost prohibitive, and electronically noisy. A method and device for providing real-time readings of data from remote utility substation equipment, digitizing respective real-time information, and transmitting said digitized data over a utility provider's secure network to an operations control center, thus making said critical field data immediately available to a utility Operations Control Center and significantly reducing field manpower resources required to monitor critical operational data.
US10423134B2
An intermediate sump warning system having a sensor associated with a gate of an intermediate sump. The sensor is connected to a controller that activates a warning signal when the sensor detects that the gate is in an open position. The controller also deactivates the unloading system when the gate is open.
US10423133B2
A design software, e.g., a graphical user interface (GUI) software, may be used to design and/or configure a load control system. The design software may be executed on a network device (e.g., a personal computer, a laptop, a tablet, or a smart phone). The design software may allow for easy configuration of load control panels and effortless multiplication of configured panels during the design of the load control system. Each load control panel may have a plurality of control devices, such as load control devices (e.g., power modules, dimming modules, and/or switching modules), system controllers, and/or power supplies. The design software may allow for the configuration of load control panels having different types and numbers of control devices. In addition, the design software may allow for the multiplication of load control panels having the same configuration (e.g., the same type and number of control devices).
US10423132B2
An approach for changing behavior of users of a building automation system by employing gaming function logic and providing feedback to the building automation system users.
US10423121B2
The present disclosure provides a developing cartridge, detachably mounted on a photosensitive drum cartridge which is detachably mounted inside an image forming apparatus and includes a drum holder and a photosensitive drum. At least one sidewall of the drum holder is provided with a supporting part. The developing cartridge includes a frame and a developing roller. At least one side-end surface of the frame is provided with a supported element. When the developing cartridge and the photosensitive drum cartridge are mounted, the supported element receives a force applied by a force-applying component of the image forming apparatus, such that the developing roller is maintained pressed against the photosensitive drum. The angle between the direction of the force and the normal direction of the contact interface between the supported element and the supporting part is larger than or equal to the friction angle between the supported element and the supporting part.
US10423118B1
A cleaning member includes a core and first and second foamed elastic layers wound around an outer peripheral surface of the core in a double-helical pattern. The compressive stress F1 of the first foamed elastic layer is greater than the compressive stress F2 of the second foamed elastic layer. The cleaning member cleans a member to be cleaned with the first and second foamed elastic layers in contact with a surface of the member to be cleaned.
US10423114B2
A power supply device includes a DC power supply circuit to output a DC voltage, an AC power supply circuit to generate an AC voltage, and a power supply control circuit to control the DC power supply circuit and the AC power supply circuit. The AC power supply circuit outputs a superimposed voltage in which the DC voltage is superimposed with the AC voltage. The power supply control circuit controls the DC power supply circuit to output the DC voltage according to a DC output value corresponding to the AC voltage.
US10423109B2
Techniques pertaining to printing a document are disclosed. A printer may include a replaceable marking supply that is either an unrestricted trade supply or a restricted subscription supply. The printer may accommodate either of the unrestricted trade supply or the restricted subscription supply at any given moment.
US10423107B2
An object of the present invention is to provide a polyimide tube for a fixing belt, the polyimide tube having good toner fixability. A polyimide tube for a fixing belt of an image-forming apparatus according to the present invention includes a polyimide layer that contains a polyimide as a main component and a needle-like filler, the needle-like filler containing a carbon nanotube and needle-like titanium oxide. A product of a thermal diffusivity (m2/s) of the polyimide layer and a breaking elongation (%) of the polyimide layer in an axial direction is 35×10−7 or more. An orientation direction of the needle-like filler is preferably an axial direction or a circumferential direction.
US10423106B2
A fixing device includes a detecting device including a contact portion contacting one end of an endless belt with respect to a widthwise direction, an urging portion for urging the contact portion toward the one end of the endless belt with respect to the widthwise direction, and a sensor for detecting a position of the contact portion. The detecting device detects a position of the endless belt with respect to the widthwise direction depending on an output of the sensor. A displacing device displaces one end of the roller with respect to a longitudinal direction depending on the position of the endless belt detected by the detecting device. Before rotation of the endless belt is started, the displacing device displaces the one end of the roller with respect to the longitudinal direction so that the contact portion moves against an urging force of the urging portion upon the start of rotation.
US10423098B2
An image formation apparatus according to one or more embodiments may include: a first conveyer; a second conveyer provided downstream of the first conveyer; a detector that detects a deflection of the medium between the first and second conveyers; a speed controller that controls a speed of the second conveyer within a first speed range; a calculator that calculates an average convey speed of the second conveyer. The calculator calculates a first average speed in a first period from when a leading end of the medium reaches the second conveyer to when the medium is conveyed a predetermined distance from the second conveyer. The speed controller changes, after the first period elapses, the speed of the second conveyer within a second speed range with the calculated first average convey speed as a criteria speed of the second conveyer, based on the detection result from the detector.
US10423090B2
Provided is a magenta toner having a magenta toner particle containing a binder resin, a colorant, a wax, a wax dispersant, and a crystalline polyester, wherein the wax dispersant is a graft polymer in which a styrene acrylic resin is grafted to a hydrocarbon compound, and the styrene acrylic resin has a monomer unit having a saturated alicyclic group, the colorant contains C.I. Pigment Red 32, and when observing a cross-section of the magenta toner particle using a transmission electron microscope (TEM), crystals of the crystalline polyester are dispersed in the cross-section, and the number average value of maximum lengths of the crystals is 50 nm or less.
US10423087B2
An electrostatic charge image developing toner includes: a toner particle and a strontium titanate particle that is externally added to the toner particle, in which an average primary particle diameter of the strontium titanate particle that is present on a surface of the toner particle is 30 nm or more and 100 nm or less, and average primary particle circularity is 0.82 or more and 0.94 or less, and in which circularity that becomes 84% of accumulation of the primary particle is greater than 0.92.
US10423079B2
The present disclosure provides a bearing device. The bearing device includes a bearing platform, a lifting passage extending through the bearing platform, a lifting structure in the lifting passage and a light reflection compensating block between the lifting structure and an inner wall of the lifting passage. A difference between a reflectivity ratio of a top surface of the light reflection compensating block and a reflectivity ratio of a bearing surface of the bearing platform is less than or equal to a threshold value. A difference between the reflectivity ratio of the top surface of the light reflection compensating block and a reflectivity ratio of a top surface of the lifting structure is less than or equal to the threshold value. The present disclosure further provides an exposure apparatus including the bearing device.
US10423076B2
A method including: obtaining at least a characteristic of deformation of a resist layer in a first direction, as if there were no deformation in any directions perpendicular to the first direction; obtaining at least a characteristic of deformation of the resist layer in a second direction as if there were no deformation in the first direction, the second direction being perpendicular different to from the first direction; and obtaining at least a characteristic of three-dimensional deformation of the resist layer based on the characteristic of the deformation in the first direction and the characteristic of the deformation in the second direction.
US10423072B2
An exposure apparatus includes an exposure unit for exposing a wafer. The exposure unit includes an illumination system and masks. The illumination system includes a light-homogenizing unit. The light-homogenizing unit includes a light-homogenizing quartz rod having a regular hexagonal cross section. Each of the masks has a regular hexagonal shape matching with the cross section of the light-homogenizing quartz rod. A field of exposure resulting from this arrangement is less affected by objective field of view distortion and allows a higher useful depth of focus (UDoF) when compared to other fields of exposure of the same size. In addition, with the same projection objective DoF, a greater field of exposure can be obtained.
US10423069B2
A non-toxic water soluble photosensitive resin composition able to function as a solder mask coating comprises a polymer containing oxazolinyl, a photosensitive monomer, and a photo-initiator. These elements are all water soluble or water dispersible. The polymer containing oxazolinyl and the photosensitive monomer have a plurality of carbon-carbon double bonds. The polymer containing oxazolinyl and the photosensitive monomer are polymerized to form a dense cross-linking network structure when the water soluble photosensitive resin composition is exposed to ultraviolet radiation. A film using the water soluble photosensitive resin composition is also provided.
US10423061B2
A multilayer photochromic article can include a photochromic substrate, which may include a first photochromic layer defining a surface of the substrate, and a second photochromic layer positioned between the surface of the photochromic substrate and a source of actinic radiation, and in which the photochromic substrate and the second photochromic layer are selected such that the fade half-life of the photochromic substrate or the half-life of the first photochromic layer defining the surface of the substrate are greater than the fade half-life of the second photochromic layer.
US10423056B2
A light source unit includes a plurality of light sources that light source elements which emit laser beams and collimator lenses which collect the laser beams emitted from the light source elements are combined therein. Pencils of light emitted from the light source elements are made to be collected in different collecting degrees between the light sources respectively.
US10423055B2
This invention is concerning an illumination device that can obtain illumination light efficiently. An illumination device 1 used in, for example, a projection display apparatus includes a light source and a light tunnel 14. The light tunnel 14 includes a light incident port 15, a light emission port 16, a light guide path 17, a reflection surface 20 surrounding the light guide path 17, a phosphor layer 19 that generates fluorescent light LF having a different wavelength range from that of excitation light LE when being excited by the excitation light LE, a condensing optical system 13 that diverges the excitation light LE in the vicinity of the light incident port 15 and guides the diverged light into the light tunnel 14 to irradiate the phosphor layer 19, and a wavelength selection element that reflects the fluorescent light LF toward the light emission port 16.
US10423054B2
A wavelength conversion structure and a projection device are provided. The wavelength conversion structure is disposed on a transmission path of an illumination light beam emitted by a light source of the projection device, and includes a rotary disc, a wavelength conversion material, and a scattering-reflective material. The rotary disc has a light-conversion region and a non-light-conversion region. The light-conversion region surrounds the non-light-conversion region. The wavelength conversion material is disposed on the rotary disc, and is aligned to the light-conversion region. An energy gap of the wavelength conversion material is smaller than photon energy of the illumination light beam. The scattering-reflective material is disposed on the rotary disc, and is aligned to the light-conversion region and not aligned to the non-light-conversion region. An energy gap of the scattering-reflective material is larger than the photon energy of the illumination light beam.
US10423050B2
An illumination apparatus which is capable of appropriately determining whether or not a radiating direction of a flash is deviated from a direction targeted by a user and preventing degradation in user convenience. The illumination apparatus has a movable unit that has a light-emitting unit, and a main body unit that holds the movable unit rotatably in a predetermined direction. A present angle of the movable unit with respect to the main body unit is detected, and a difference between the present angle and a target angle to which the movable unit is to be moved is obtained. When the difference is smaller than a threshold value, it is determined that there is no angular deviation of the movable unit. The threshold value used in the determination varies with the target angle.
US10423043B2
The present invention relates to a liquid crystal display including: a lower electrode including a unit pixel electrode; an upper electrode including an upper unit electrode facing the unit pixel electrode; and a liquid crystal layer between the lower electrode and the upper electrode and including a plurality of liquid crystal molecules aligned approximately perpendicular to the surfaces of the lower electrode and the upper electrode in the absence of an electric field, wherein the unit pixel electrode includes a stem forming a boundary between a plurality of sub-regions and a plurality of minute branches extending in different directions in two different sub-regions, the upper unit electrode includes an opening facing the stem and extending parallel to the stem, any alignment aid to pretilt the liquid crystal molecules is absent, and a length of the minute branches is equal to or less than about 53 μm.
US10423036B2
A display device according to an exemplary embodiment includes: a substrate; a thin film transistor; a pixel electrode; a common electrode; an insulation layer disposed between the pixel electrode and the common electrode; a roof layer spaced apart from the pixel electrode with a plurality of microcavities disposed therebetween; and a liquid crystal layer disposed in the microcavities; wherein the pixel electrode includes n branch electrodes that extend parallel with each other, a first connection electrode that connects a first end of a first branch electrode and a first end of a second branch electrode, and a second connection electrode that connects second ends of the n branch electrodes, where the n branch electrodes each has a shape that is bent at least once on a plan view, and the first branch electrode includes a first sub-branch electrode and a second sub-branch that are spaced apart from each other.
US10423034B2
A column for defining the interval between a TFT substrate and an opposed substrate is formed at a crossing point between a drain line and a scanning line. At the crossing point where the column is formed, the drain line is formed to have a wider width to prevent light leakage. Further, at the crossing point where the column is formed, the scanning line is formed to have a narrower width to prevent increase of capacitance between the drain line and the scanning line. The column is formed at a crossing point corresponding to a specific color, e.g., a blue pixel B, so that a difference in transmittance and in characteristic of thin film transistors due to formation of the column is initially compensated.
US10423028B2
A display apparatus includes a first substrate, a plurality of sub-pixel structures, a color filter array, and a display layer. The sub-pixel structures are disposed on the first substrate, and each of the sub-pixel structures includes at least two sub-pixel sub-structures. The color filter array is disposed above the sub-pixel structures, and includes a plurality of filter units. The filter units are divided into a plurality of groups having different colors, and the filter units belonging to the groups having different colors are alternately disposed above the sub-pixel structures. Each of the filter units corresponds to the at least two sub-pixel sub-structures of at least one sub-pixel structure, and the at least two sub-pixel sub-structures of the same sub-pixel structure are adapted to be applied different voltages. The display layer is disposed on the sub-pixel structures.
US10423027B2
A display device panel includes a display area including pixels and a non-display area. Each pixel is connected to one of gate lines and one of data lines. The non-display area includes data pad sections. The non-display area further includes a depiction of a first information code and a depiction of a second information code. The depiction of the first information code is disposed between first two adjacent data pad sections and is apart from an outline of the non-display area by a first distance. The depiction of the second information code is disposed between second two adjacent data pad sections and is apart from the outline of the non-display area by a second distance different from the first distance.
US10423025B2
The present application discloses a curved display panel having an array of a plurality of pixels along a first direction and a second direction intersecting the first direction. Each of the plurality of pixels includes at least three subpixels of different colors, the at least three subpixels in a same pixel are consecutively along the first direction, a plurality of subpixels consecutively along the second direction in a same row are of a same color from different pixels. The curved display panel includes a display surface curved along a curvature direction. The curvature direction is substantially parallel to the second direction.
US10423022B2
A light shielding apparatus that may transmit or shield light by using a plurality of PDLC layers, a method of fabricating the light shielding apparatus, and a transparent display device including the light shielding apparatus are discussed. The light shielding apparatus can include first and second substrates facing each other; a first electrode on the first substrate; a second electrode on the second substrate; and first and second polymer dispersed liquid crystal layers between the first electrode and the second electrode, wherein the first polymer dispersed liquid crystal layer includes first droplets having first liquid crystals, and the second polymer dispersed liquid crystal layer includes second droplets having second liquid crystals and first dichroic dyes.
US10423018B2
A display panel includes a plurality of amplifying circuits arranged in a non-display area and a plurality of gate lines. An input terminal of the amplifying circuit is connected to an output terminal of one or more cascade circuit. An output terminal of the amplifying circuit is connected to a gate line. The amplifying circuit is configured to adjust an output signal from the connected cascade circuit to be a scanning signal and output the scanning signal to the gate line. A liquid crystal display using the display panel is also proposed. The present disclosure simplifies the gate driving circuit, thereby solving the problem of unstable signal transmitting among various stages in the gate driving circuit.
US10423016B2
A modulator drive circuit, including: a first transistor having: a first output terminal connected to a first reference voltage, a second output terminal connected to a first output terminal of the modulator drive circuit, and a control terminal; and a second transistor having: a first output terminal connected to a second reference voltage different from the first reference voltage, a second output terminal connected to the first output terminal of the modulator drive circuit, and a control terminal.
US10423013B2
Clip-on sunglasses for plastic eyeglass frames are shaped more like a bracket, with a nearly 90° bend to accommodate the thickness of plastic eyeglass frames. The ends of the bracket also angle for 45° towards each other to avoid hitting the nose piece of the plastic eyeglass frame. In the clip-on sunglasses, a latch controls two arms to rotate the arms up to a 45° angle with respect to a pair of plastic eyeglass frames. The arms are formed in three bent portions so as to extend away from an interconnecting rod portion. The three bent portions of the arms allows the latch to fit the shape of the plastic eyeglass frame along the bridge portion of the eyeglass frame as effectively as possible and minimizes movement of the clip-on sunglasses relative to the eyeglass frame.
US10423009B1
Glasses having a frame and two lenses. Each of the lenses is attached to the frame. A distance measurement module determines a distance to an object viewed from the glasses. The glasses also include a motion control module for raising and lowering the first and second lens and a controller for determining when it is appropriate to raise the first and second lenses. When the controller determines that it is appropriate to raise the first and second lenses to a raised position, the controller directs the motion control module to raise the first and second lenses. In one embodiment, each lens has a plurality of lens sections which may provide different types of focus. The lenses may be raised or lowered appropriately to allow view through one of the lens sections.
US10423008B2
The present description provides an eyewear lens attachment assembly that provides easy and secure attachment between a lens in a frame. An exemplary eyewear lens attachment assembly described herein includes a lens having a lens opening proximate a nose region, a frame holder having a frame engagement feature and a retainer engagement feature, and a slidable retainer including an outer surface, an inner surface, and a flanged projection extending outwardly from the inner surface. When the flanged projection is positioned through the lens opening, the retainer is slidable between an engaged position in which the retainer is secured to the frame holder and a disengaged position in which the retainer and frame holder may be separated.
US10423004B2
Provided is a telescope (TSC) having: an objective optical system (OB); an erecting optical system (PR) for erecting an image formed by the Objective optical system (OB); and an eyepiece optical system (EP) for observing the image which is formed by the Objective optical system (OB) and erected by the erecting optical system (PR). The objective optical system (OB) includes, in order from an object, a first lens group (G1) having positive or negative refractive power, a second lens group (G2) having positive refractive power, and a third lens group (G3) having negative refractive power. The second lens group (G2) and the third lens group (G3) rotate together around a point (O) on the optical axis of the Objective optical system (OB) in order to correct the image.
US10422999B2
A freeform surface off-axial three-mirror image-side telecentric optical system comprises a primary mirror, a secondary mirror, a tertiary mirror and an image sensor. The secondary mirror is the aperture stop. A reflective surface of the primary mirror is a fourth-order polynomial freeform surface of xy. Each of a reflective surface of the secondary mirror and a reflective surface of the tertiary mirror is a sixth-order polynomial freeform surface of xy.
US10422996B2
Disclosed is an electronic device. The electronic device comprises: a display for displaying virtual reality (VR) content; a detection unit for detecting a distance between the electronic device and at least one from among a user and a terminal device held by the user; and a processor for determining a virtual field of view corresponding to the distance detected by the detection unit, and controlling the display to display a screen including a VR content area corresponding to the virtual field of view.
US10422993B2
An image display device includes a transparent plate which may be disposed in an inclined manner with respect to a display section of a portable terminal provided with the display section. A display displayed on the display section may be reflected on the transparent plate. A space behind the transparent plate may be viewed through the transparent plate and, at the same time, an image on the display section of the portable terminal may also be viewed while being reflected on the transparent plate.
US10422992B2
A compact camera lens washing device received in a shroud for mounting to a vehicle. The device includes a washer housing disposed in the shroud. The washer housing includes a ring portion and a fluid source attachment. The ring portion has a main opening that is generally aligned with a lens opening of the shroud for receiving the camera lens, an attachment side that is configured to mount the washer housing to the shroud, and a washing side that is configured to frame the camera lens. The washing side is in fluid communication with the fluid source attachment. Nozzles are disposed in a transition portion of the washer housing between the ring portion and the fluid source attachment of the washer housing. The nozzles are configured to discharge fluid from the washer side and radially inwardly towards the main opening that receives the camera lens.
US10422984B2
A method for flexible inspection of a sample includes forming an input beam using a beam source, blocking a portion of the input beam using an input mask, and forming a shaped beam from a portion of the input beam. The shaped beam is received at a first portion of an objective lens and focused onto a sample. A reflected beam is collected at a second portion of the objective lens. Scattered light is collected at the first and second portions of the objective lens and at a third portion of the objective lens. The scattered light is received at a dark-field detector module and a portion of the scattered light is directed to a dark-field detector. The dark-field detector module includes an output mask having one or more output apertures that allow at least part of the scattered light that passes through the third portion of the object lens to pass as the portion of the scattered light that is directed to the dark-field detector.
US10422978B2
A camera lens is disclosed. The camera lens includes, in an order from an object side to an image side, a first lens with a positive refractive power, a second lens with a negative refractive power, and a third lens with a positive refractive power. The camera lens further satisfies specific conditions.
US10422976B2
An optical system includes, from an image side to an object side, a first lens having a positive refractive power, a second lens having a positive refractive power, and a third lens having a negative refractive power. The first lens, the second lens, and the third lens form an optical path with the object side facing a screen and the image side adapted to provide an image from the screen to a user. In one aspect, the optical system is adapted to correct at least one of a group of aberrations including astigmatism and field curvature; or, lateral color.
US10422972B2
Drop cable assemblies that can be routed from an outdoor terminal directly to an indoor wall outlet without disruption, and adhered to the interior of a dwelling after removal of the drop cable jacket and utilization of a pre-applied adhesive layer are described. Additionally, telecommunications systems utilizing such assemblies, methods of routing such assemblies and methods of making such assemblies are described.
US10422971B2
High-connection density and bandwidth fiber optic apparatuses and related equipment and methods are disclosed. In certain embodiments, fiber optic apparatuses are provided and comprise a chassis defining one or more U space fiber optic equipment units. At least one of the one or more U space fiber optic equipment units may be configured to support particular fiber optic connection densities and bandwidths in a given 1-U space. The fiber optic connection densities and bandwidths may be supported by one or more fiber optic components, including but not limited to fiber optic adapters and fiber optic connectors, including but not limited to simplex, duplex, and other multi-fiber fiber optic components. The fiber optic components may also be disposed in fiber optic modules, fiber optic patch panels, or other types of fiber optic equipment.
US10422970B2
A wall box includes an enclosure having a base and a cover connected to the base. The base and the cover enclose an interior region. The wall box further includes a plurality of fiber optic adapters mounted to the enclosure. The fiber optic adapters include an inner port positioned inside the interior region and an outer port positioned at an outer surface of the enclosure. A tray stack is mounted within the interior region. The tray stack includes a tray mount pivotally connected to the enclosure. The tray mount includes a top surface and an oppositely disposed bottom surface. A first splice tray mounting area is disposed on the top surface and a second splice tray mounting area is disposed on the bottom surface. A plurality of trays is disposed in the first splice tray mounting area. A tray is disposed in the second splice tray mounting area.
US10422960B2
This application discloses an optical switch and an optical switching system. The optical switch includes a first waveguide, a second waveguide, and a movable waveguide, the first waveguide and the second waveguide are immovable relative to a substrate and are located in a plane, and an optical coupling relationship exists between the first waveguide and the second waveguide; the movable waveguide is movable relative to the substrate, and the movable waveguide is optically coupled to an input section or an output section of the first waveguide; when the movable waveguide is located at a first location, the movable waveguide is optically decoupled from the first waveguide, and the optical switch is in a through state; and when the movable waveguide is located at a second location, the movable waveguide is optically coupled to the input section or the output section, and the optical switch is in a drop state.
US10422949B2
An optical fiber includes a core, a depressed inner cladding surrounding the core, and an outer cladding surrounding the inner cladding, where a refractive index profile of the core includes an α power distribution in which an index α is 3.5 or more and 6 or less, a relative refractive index difference Δ− of the inner cladding with respect to the adding is set such that an absolute value |Δ−| thereof is 0.01% or more and 0.045% or less, a radius r1 of the core and an outer circumference radius r2 of the inner cladding are set such that a ratio r1/r2 thereof is 0.2 or more and 0.6 or less, a cable cutoff wavelength λcc of 22 m is 1260 nm or less, and a mode field diameter MFD at a wavelength of 1310 nm is 8.6 μm or more and 9.5 μm or less.
US10422944B2
According to one aspect, an optical waveguide includes a first waveguide portion and a second waveguide portion adjacent to and separate from the first waveguide portion. The waveguide portions include light coupling portions that are at least partially aligned and adapted to receive light developed by a light source. The first waveguide portion further has a first major surface with light direction features and a second major surface opposite the first major surface. The second waveguide portion further has a third major surface proximate the second major surface with an air gap disposed therebetween and a fourth major surface opposite the third major surface wherein the fourth major surface includes a cavity extending therein.
US10422942B2
An illumination device in dudes a luminescent concentrator with a waveguide having a radiation converter element distributed in the waveguide, and a solid state light source configured to irradiate a radiation input face of the waveguide. The radiation converter element is configured to absorb at least part of the light source radiation and to convert into radiation converter element radiation, wherein the concentration of the converter element in the waveguide is at least three times higher than necessary to absorb 98% of the light source radiation over the width of the waveguide.
US10422937B2
To provide a wavelength converting member in which the occurrence of blackening can be suppressed compared to the prior art; and a light emitting device, a light emitting element, a light source unit, and a display device using the wavelength converting member. The wavelength converting member includes: a receptacle including a light entrance plane and a light exit plane opposite to the light entrance plane and provided with a receiving space inside the light entrance plane and the light exit plane; and a wavelength conversion layer having quantum dots that is placed in the receiving space. The distance between the light entrance plane and the wavelength conversion layer is longer than the distance between the light exit plane and the wavelength conversion layer.
US10422936B2
Alighting device includes an optical fiber having a first end portion from which a light emitted by a light source is introduced, and a second end portion, the optical fiber allowing the light to pass therethrough while radiating from a side surface of the optical fiber to an outside; a tube having light-transmissivity and covering the side surface of the optical fiber, such that a gap is located between the side surface of the optical fiber and the tube; a light-shielding cylindrical body covering the second end portion of the optical fiber, such that a space is located between the second end portion of the optical fiber and the cylindrical body, at least a portion of the light-shielding cylindrical body being disposed in the tube; and a light conductive part on a side surface of the cylindrical body, the light conductive part allowing light radiated from the second end portion of the optical fiber to be conducted to a portion of the tube at an outside of the cylindrical body in a diametrical direction of the cylindrical body.
US10422932B2
The present disclosure provides a dual-molded circular optical element including an outer plastic peripheral portion and an inner sheet portion. The outer plastic peripheral portion locates at an outer annular surface of the circular optical element. The inner sheet portion is enclosed in the outer plastic peripheral portion, and the inner sheet portion forms a minimal central opening of the circular optical element. Two sides of the outer plastic peripheral portion are disposed with a flat plane, and each of the flat planes is perpendicular to a central axis of the circular optical element.
US10422919B2
The present specification discloses systems and methods for integrating manifest data for cargo and light vehicles with their X-ray images generated during scanning Manifest data is automatically imported into the system for each shipment, and helps the security personnel to quickly determine the contents of cargo. In case of a mismatch between cargo contents shown by manifest data and the X-ray images, the cargo may be withheld for further inspection. In one embodiment, the process of analyzing the X-ray image of the cargo in conjunction with the manifest data is automated.
US10422896B1
Improved, high count rate thermal neutron counters and electronics enabling new, higher measurement capabilities are disclosed. Next generation 3He and 10B tubes may include an electronics package capable of operating at higher count rates and in higher gamma fields and providing more efficient use of 3He gas. Conventional detector systems may also be upgraded, providing a possible solution to measure spent nuclear fuel with high neutron efficiency previously not possible in 235U fission counter systems. Switching the number of tubes per amplifier allows use of the measured nuclear material for a calibration standard for dead time correction, increasing accuracy of neutron measurements systems. An optimized detector geometry and advanced electronics with double pulse filtering and a dual channel readout may be provided. A bipolar shaper may improve dead time, provide efficient detector use, reduce double pulsing, facilitate high count rate measurements, and allow remote threshold setting.
US10422895B2
Passive components adapted for integration with at least one active semiconductor device, in an embodiment, comprise at least one metallic structure dimensioned and arranged to absorb and/or reflect a major fraction of incident electromagnetic radiation received at one or more wavelengths of a first group of wavelengths. This prevents radiation within the first group of wavelengths from being received and/or processed by the at least one active device. In an embodiment, one or more metallic structures are dimensioned and arranged to direct an amount of incident radiation, received at one or more wavelengths of a second group of wavelengths, sufficient to enable receiving or processing of incident radiation within the second group of wavelengths by the at least one active semiconductor device. In some embodiments, the passive component comprises a passive optical filter for use in spectroscopic applications, and the active semiconductor device is a detector or sensor.
US10422890B2
A radiation imaging apparatus includes an imaging unit having sensors configured to detect radiation, and configured to output an analog signal from each sensor, an AD converter configured to, in each AD conversion period corresponding to a frame, convert the analog signals from the imaging unit into digital signals and output the digital signals as a serial data string of bits, a serial-parallel conversion unit configured to convert, into parallel data, the serial data string of the bits from the AD converter, and an alignment unit configured to perform alignment for the serial-parallel conversion unit to identify the serial data string. The alignment unit performs the alignment in at least a period between one AD conversion period and another analog-to-digital conversion period, in addition to performing the alignment before a first AD conversion period.
US10422888B1
Devices/apparatuses are disclosed that include a photoemitting component, a photosensitive component deposited on the photoemitting component, a charge collection component, and a hollow enclosure for housing the photoemitting component, the photosensitive component, the charge collection component, or combinations thereof. Methods for making and using the apparatuses are also disclosed.
US10422887B2
Disclosed is a photon-counting x-ray detector system having a plurality of photon-counting channels, and at least one anti-coincidence circuit, each of which is connected to least two of the channels and configured to detect coincident events in the connected channels. The x-ray detector system further includes an anti-coincidence controller configured to control the operation of the at least one anti-coincidence circuit based on photon count information by gradually adapting the operation of the at least one anti-coincidence circuit with increasing count rates, starting from a threshold count rate.
US10422881B1
Methods and systems for light steering are proposed. In one example, an apparatus comprises: a light source; a receiver; a microelectromechanical system (MEMS) and a controller. The MEMS comprises: an array of first rotatable mirrors to receive and reflect the light beam from the light source and a second rotatable mirror to receive the light beam reflected by the array of first rotatable mirrors. The controller is configured to rotate, respectively, the array of first rotatable mirrors and the second rotatable mirror to set a first angle of light path with respect to a first dimension and to set a second angle of the light path with respect to a second dimension orthogonal to the first dimension to perform at least one of: reflecting light from the light source along the light path, or reflecting input light propagating along the light path to the receiver.
US10422864B2
A 3D measurement device is provided that includes a base and a measuring head that can be rotated relative to the base about a first axis. A light emitter is provided which emits an emission light beam and a light receiver which receives a reception light beam. A control device determines the distance to an object. The mirror assembly is provided includes a motor housing and a shaft coaxial with the second axis. A motor is provided having a rotor and a stator, the rotor being coupled to the shaft, the stator coupled to the motor housing. A support structure has a body and a sidewall, the sidewall defining a hollow interior region that receives the rotor and the stator, the support structure further having a slanted section. A reflecting mirror is coupled to the slanted section for deflecting the emission light beam and the reception light beam.
US10422859B2
In a distance measuring device, a drive controller generates an emission timing signal and an exposure timing signal in accordance with a measurement condition. A light source irradiates light in response to the emission timing signal. A solid-state image sensor has a group of pixels arranged in a matrix pattern and divided into a plurality of regions on a line-by-line basis, and performs an exposure process on a selected one of the regions in response to the exposure timing signal. An imaging signal processor obtains distance information by performing an arithmetic operation on a signal output from the solid-state image sensor. The drive controller generates mutually different measurement conditions to the plurality of the regions of the solid-state image sensor.
US10422853B2
A method and system for oversampling a waveform with variable oversampling factor is suggested. The method and for dynamic selection of the oversampling factor are based on a modified equivalent time sampling approach. Multiple waveforms are transmitted, which are separated by a variable delay. The method permits that a receiver selects a different oversampling factor for the received waveform. As a result the method and system provide for oversampling a waveform with a variable, dynamically selectable oversampling factor.
US10422851B2
Aspects described herein provide a method for generating a directional context for measured environmental condition values. A Target device may measure at least one environmental parameter using at least one Environmental Sensor in the Target. The Target may communicate wirelessly with a Looker device to transmit the measured environmental data. The Looker device may determine a relative location of the Target versus a location of the Looker device and associate the environmental data with the relative location. The Looker device may generate a directional indication according to the received environmental data, where the directional indication associates the Target's relative location with the received environmental data.
US10422841B2
Described here are systems and methods for designing and implementing spatially selective, multidimensional adiabatic radio frequency (“RF”) pulses for use in magnetic resonance imaging (“MRI”). Spatially selective inversion can be achieved adiabatically in both two-dimensional (“2D”) and three-dimensional (“3D”) regions-of-interest. The multidimensional adiabatic pulses are generally designed using sub-pulses that are adiabatically driven using a parent adiabatic pulse.
US10422835B2
Aspects of the present disclosure describe a single battery degradation model and methods that considers both CYCLING and CALENDAR aging and useful in both energy management and battery management systems that may employ any of a variety of known battery technologies.
US10422819B2
The invention relates to a measuring arrangement having a two-wire field device comprising a control unit, a sensor, and a radio module, a superordinate unit to which the field device is connected via a two-wire line, wherein signals from the field device are transmitted to the superordinate unit at least as a current injected by the field device in a predetermined range to the superordinate unit, wherein an error current below the predetermined range signals an error, and a maintenance current above the predetermined range signals a maintenance mode, and the field device is designed in such a manner that the maintenance current feeds the radio module in the radio operation.
US10422814B2
A method and system for fall detection using machine learning are disclosed. The method comprises detecting at least one signal by a wireless sensor device and calculating a plurality of features from the at least one detected signal. The method includes training a machine learning unit of the wireless sensor device using the features to create a fall classification and a non-fall classification for the fall detection. The system includes a sensor to detect at least one signal, a processor coupled to the sensor, and a memory device coupled to the processor, wherein the memory device includes an application that, when executed by the processor, causes the processor to calculate a plurality of features from the at least one detected signal and to train a machine learning unit of the wireless sensor device using the features to create a fall classification and a non-fall classification for the fall detection.
US10422805B2
Disclosed is an invention in the field of conducting an immunoassay of 25(OH) vitamin D in blood or blood components, notably serum or plasma. The invention employs a perfluoro alkyl acid, or a salt thereof, to release 25(OH) vitamin D from vitamin D binding protein. Thereafter the binding protein comprising the 25-OH vitamin D is subjected to a competitive binding assay with a labeled vitamin D compound.
US10422800B2
A method for treating a respiratory conditions comprises applying peripheral blood from a patient or subject to an apheresis column loaded with a solid support comprising one or more binding reagents capable of specifically binding to a chemokine receptor, optionally the chemokine receptor CCR2, CCR1, CCR3, CCR5, CXCR1, CXCR2 and/or CCR7 immobilized directly or indirectly on the support thus removing one or more chemokine receptor, optionally CCR2, CCR1, CCR3, CCR5, CXCR1, CXCR2 and/or CCR7 expressing cells from the peripheral blood of the patient or subject. Various companion diagnostic methods and useful binding reagents are also described.
US10422794B2
The present disclosure describes methods, devices, reagents, and kits for the detection of one or more target molecules that may be present in a test sample. In one embodiment, a test sample is contacted with an aptamer that includes a tag and has a specific affinity for a target molecule. An aptamer affinity complex that includes an aptamer bound to its target molecule is allowed to form. If the test sample contains the target molecule, an aptamer affinity complex will generally form in the test sample. The aptamer affinity complex is optionally converted to an aptamer covalent complex that includes an aptamer covalently bound to its target molecule. The aptamer affinity complex (or optional aptamer covalent complex) can then be detected and/or quantified using any of a variety of methods known to one skilled in the art.
US10422793B2
The invention provides arrays of compound for use in profiling samples. The arrays include compounds bind to components of the samples at relatively low affinities. The avidity of compounds binding to components of the samples can be increased by forming arrays such that multivalent components of the samples (e.g., antibodies or cells) can bind to more than one molecule of a compound at the same time. When a sample is applied to an array under such conditions, the compounds of the array bind to component(s) of the sample with significantly different avidities generating a profile characteristic of the sample.
US10422791B2
The present invention relates to a compound of general formula I and to the use thereof as a hapten. An object of the present invention is also a conjugate of said compound I with a carrier protein or fragment thereof, with a detectable labelling agent, or with a polymer or support, and to the use thereof for producing antibodies. Furthermore, the present invention also relates to a method for the detection and/or quantification of 1-hydroxyphenazine and/or pyocyanin using said antibodies and conjugates for the detection of infections caused by Pseudomonas aeruginosa.
US10422778B2
A method for determining dimethyl disulphide proceeds by carrying out a chromatographic separation of an analyte containing at least dimethyl disulphide and methanesulphonic acid, and determining the dimethyl disulphide by pulsed amperometric detection.
US10422776B2
A method of preparing a liquid mixture for use in a liquid chromatography system is provided. The mixture comprises one or more acids, one or more bases, one or more solvents and water, and the method comprises the steps of: calculating pH and/or solvent concentration at a particular time t from a user-determined gradient function; and, based on the values obtained, calculating percent acid, percent base, percent solvent and percent water in the liquid mixture at time t. A liquid chromatography system incorporating such method is also provided.
US10422774B2
A system for detecting an abnormality of rotating machines includes two or more devices for detecting an abnormality and a computer. The respective devices include a sensor for detecting vibration of the respective rotating machines and generating signals indicative of the vibration, and a transmitting unit for transmitting the signals to the computer. The computer includes a sampler for sampling the signals with a sampling frequency and outputting, at a time at intervals of a predetermined period, a plurality of the data detected and sampled within the predetermined period, a storage for storing the data, a frequency analyzer for analyzing the frequencies of the data, a determination unit for determining whether the machines have an abnormality based on the results of the frequency analysis, and a display unit for displaying, in chronological order and in real time, the results of the frequency analysis and displaying the results of the determination.
US10422771B2
Embodiments provide an odor identification system including an operation array unit including at least two or more sensors which interact with odor causative substances included in an odor factor of a gas sample, a sensor data processing unit processing data obtained by interaction with the odor factor in the operation array unit, an odor factor information storing unit storing information of the odor factor and the interaction pattern information of the odor factor in advance, and a pattern identification unit identifying the odor factor on the basis of an interaction pattern while referring to the pattern processed by the sensor data processing unit and the information of the odor factor information storing unit, and collating the interaction pattern with the known odor information, wherein the odor of the object to be measured is contained.
US10422770B2
In at least one illustrative embodiment, a system may include a basin that includes an index plate positioned at a bottom of the basin. The basin is configured to receive a liquid analyte, such as a liquid food product or a nutrient broth. The index plate includes an array of multiple wells. Each well opens into an interior of the basin and is sized to receive a magnetostrictive sensor in a predetermined orientation. One or more sensor coils is positionable beneath each well. The basin may be filled with liquid analyte and magnetostrictive sensors may be positioned in the wells. The liquid analyte may be allowed to incubate at a controlled temperature. A controller may position a sensor coil beneath a well, apply a varying magnetic field to a magnetostrictive sensor in the well, and detect a frequency response of the magnetostrictive sensor. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US10422759B2
NMR logging of hydrocarbon formations may be performed with a gradient multi-frequency NMR technique using an increased packing density of the sensitive volumes such that the radiofrequency (RF) pluses for adjacent sensitive volumes interfere. An exemplary method may include applying first and second sequences of RF pulses at first and second frequencies, respectively, the second sequence being applied at a time interval following the first sequence; acquiring the NMR relaxation data from first and second sensitive volumes corresponding to the first and second frequencies, respectively; and selecting the first and second frequencies and the time interval to allow for interference between the first sequence of RF pulses and the NMR relaxation data from the second sensitive volume in order to increase a signal-to-noise ratio and a signal-to-noise ratio per square root of time of the NMR relaxation data.
US10422753B2
Various embodiments of a light detection device and a system that utilizes such device are disclosed. In one or more embodiments, the light detection device can include a housing that includes a port disposed in a top surface, a receptacle disposed within the housing and adapted to receive a sample, a detector disposed within the housing along an optical axis and including an input surface having an active area, and a reflector disposed within the housing along the optical axis between the receptacle and the input surface of the detector. The reflector can include an input aperture disposed adjacent the receptacle, an output aperture disposed adjacent the input surface of the detector, and a reflective surface that extends between the input aperture and the output aperture.
US10422746B2
A method of forming a semiconductor structure includes patterning one or more fin structures disposed over a top surface of a substrate, a given one of the fin structures comprising a first semiconductor layer comprising a first material disposed over the top surface of the substrate and a second semiconductor layer comprising a second material disposed over a top surface of the first semiconductor layer. The method further includes forming a liner over the one or more fin structures, and performing an anneal process to form one or more nanoscale features in a top surface of the second semiconductor layer. The second material exhibits enhanced diffusion, relative to the first material, at an interface of the liner and sidewalls of the given fin structure.
US10422737B2
A system and method for sorting sperm is provided. The system includes a housing and a microfluidic system supported by the housing. The system also includes an inlet providing access to the microfluidic system to deliver sperm to the microfluidic system and an outlet providing access to the microfluidic system to harvest sorted sperm from the microfluidic system. The microfluidic system provides a flow path for sperm from the inlet to the outlet and includes at least one channel extending from the inlet to the outlet to allow sperm delivered to the microfluidic system through the inlet to progress along the flow path toward the outlet. The microfluidic system also includes a filter including a first plurality of micropores arranged in the flow path between the inlet and the outlet to cause sperm traveling along the flow path to move against through the filter and gravity to reach the outlet.
US10422718B2
A test appliance and a method for testing a mirror, e.g., a mirror of a microlithographic projection exposure apparatus. The test appliance has a computer-generated hologram (CGH), and a test can be carried out on at least a portion of the mirror by way of an interferometric superposition of a test wave that is directed onto the mirror by this computer-generated hologram and a reference wave. Here, the computer-generated hologram (CGH) (120, 320) is designed in such a way that, during operation of the appliance, it provides a first test wave for testing a first portion of the mirror (101, 301) by interferometric superposition with a reference wave in a first position of the mirror (101, 301) and at least a second test wave for testing a second portion of the mirror (101, 301) by interferometric superposition with a reference wave in a second position of the mirror (101, 301).
US10422704B2
Systems and methods for sensing, measuring, or monitoring the temperature of an electrical transmission line of an electrical cable, are provided. A temperature sensitive inductor is disposed in thermal contact with the electrical transmission line. The temperature of the electrical transmission line can be sensed, measured, or monitored by measuring the inductance of the temperature sensitive inductor. Mechanisms and methods to eliminate, minimize, or account for the magnetic coupling between the current carried by the electrical transmission line and the temperature sensitive inductor are provided.
US10422697B2
An image processing apparatus including a display unit includes a processor and a memory storing instructions, when executed by the processor, causing the image processing apparatus to function as a detection unit that detects occurrence of a sheet jammed inside the image processing apparatus and a display control unit that displays a screen based on detection of the occurrence of the jammed sheet. The screen includes a first region for displaying work that a user carries out to remove jammed sheets from inside the image processing apparatus and a second region for displaying work that the user carries out after removing the jammed sheets from inside the image processing apparatus.
US10422695B2
There is provided an optical characteristic measurement system that can be set up in a relatively short time and can increase a detection sensitivity. The optical characteristic measurement system includes a first measurement apparatus. The first measurement apparatus includes: a first detection element arranged in a housing; a first cooling unit at least partially joined to the first detection element that cools the detection element; and a suppression mechanism that suppresses temperature variations occurring around the detection element in the housing.
US10422694B2
There is provided an optical characteristic measurement system that can be set up in a relatively short time and can increase a detection sensitivity. The optical characteristic measurement system includes a first measurement apparatus. The first measurement apparatus includes: a first detection element arranged in a housing; a first cooling unit at least partially joined to the first detection element that cools the detection element; and a suppression mechanism that suppresses temperature variations occurring around the detection element in the housing.
US10422693B2
Described herein are optical sensing devices for photonic integrated circuits (PICs). A PIC may comprise a plurality of waveguides formed in a silicon on insulator (SOI) substrate, and a plurality of heterogeneous lasers, each laser formed from a silicon material of the SOI substrate and to emit an output wavelength comprising an infrared wavelength. Each of these lasers may comprise a resonant cavity included in one of the plurality of waveguides, and a gain material comprising a non-silicon material and adiabatically coupled to the respective waveguide. A light directing element may direct outputs of the plurality of heterogeneous lasers from the PIC towards an object, and one or more detectors may detect light from the plurality of heterogeneous lasers reflected from or transmitted through the object.
US10422686B2
Described is unit for weighing containers (2) comprising a line (4) for transporting the containers (2) extending along a first path (P) which passes through a region (R1) for weighing and provided with a plurality of seats (5) for supporting the containers (2) arranged in succession along the first path (P); a plurality of elements (6) for vertical movement of the containers (2), each configured at the weighing region (R1) to make contact with and move vertically one of the containers (2) so as to place it in a raised position (PS1) disengaged from the corresponding supporting seat (5); a plurality of elements (7) for retaining the containers (2), each configured for retaining one of the containers (2) in the raised position (PS1); a plurality of weighing devices (8), each associated to, and carrying, a retaining element (7) for measuring the weight of a container (2) retained by the retaining element (7).
US10422683B2
An apparatus for determining the fill level of a fill substance in a container, comprising at least one antenna element. The at least one antenna element has a hollow conductor, wherein there is arranged at a first end region of the hollow conductor a coupling element for the out-coupling of transmission signals and for the in-coupling of received signals, wherein there is arranged at a second end region of the hollow conductor a radiating element directed toward the fill substance, a transmitting/receiving unit having a signal generator for producing the transmission signals. The transmitting/receiving unit determines the fill level of the fill substance in the container based on the travel time of the transmission- and received signals. The connecting line and/or the hollow conductor are/is embodied in such a way that the transmission signals are transmitted time delayed, so that the distance between the at least one antenna element and the surface of the fill substance is virtually increased and the received signal is isolated in time from disturbances of the transmitting/receiving unit, which arise in the case of producing the transmission signals.
US10422678B2
Provided is a Coriolis flow sensor assembly that includes a fluid flow assembly, including a flow tube, wherein the fluid flow assembly is configured to provide a flow path through the flow tube. The flow tube has at least one region of increased stiffness, which may be a result of a structural support component coupled to the flow tube. In another embodiment, the increased stiffness is caused by integral properties of the flow tube.
US10422676B2
A flow rate meter has (i) a housing therein defines a bypass path in which a part of the main flow flows, and (ii) a flow rate sensor that is arranged in the bypass path. The housing has a sidewall arranged to extend along a main flow direction. The bypass path has, as an outlet, a through-hole that is defined in the sidewall. The flow rate meter further has a plate member that is arranged to face the sidewall and defines a space into which a part of the main flow flowing outside of the housing flows. The plate member is arranged parallel with the sidewall and intersects with a center line that is perpendicular to the main flow direction and passes through a center of the through-hole.
US10422675B2
A flow monitoring system for monitoring fluid flow. The flow monitoring system including a conduit, a first transducer, a second transducer, and a flow diverter. The conduit has an inner surface that defines a flow channel extending through the conduit. The conduit defines a bore extending from the inner surface to an outer surface. The first transducer is positioned within the bore of the conduit, such that at least a portion of the first transducer extends into the flow channel. The second transducer is positioned such that the second transducer can send and receive signals propagating through at least a portion of the flow channel to and from the first transducer. The flow diverter is positioned within the flow channel of the conduit adjacent to the first transducer and the second transducer.
US10422674B2
A fluid flow meter system for monitoring fluid flow through a lumen includes a first ultrasonic transducer configured to transmit one or more versions of a transmit (TX) signal through a fluid flowing within the lumen, and a second ultrasonic transducer configured to receive one or more respective receive (RX) signals. The fluid flow meter system includes an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) configured to sample, at a first frequency, the one or more RX ultrasonic signals and a processor configured to generate a fine resolution signal based on the one or more RX ultrasonic signals. The fine resolution signal is associated with a second sampling rate higher than the first sampling rate. The processor is also configured to compute a cross-correlation signal indicative of cross-correlation between the fine resolution signal and a waveform and determine an estimated fluid flow parameter based on the computed cross-correlation signal.
US10422671B2
A water usage monitor can include a housing having a fluid flow path, a fluid inlet in fluid communication with the fluid flow path, and a fluid outlet in fluid communication with the fluid flow path. The housing can include a dry housing interior fluidly isolated from the fluid flow path. The monitor preferably includes a power generator configured to generate a voltage when fluid flows through the fluid flow path and at least one sensor configured to measure at least one characteristic of a fluid flowing through the fluid flow path. The monitor can include a signal generator configured transmit signals from the power generator and from the at least one sensor to a remote processor. The power generator can be configured to power both the at least one sensor and the signal generator in response to fluid flow through the fluid flow path.
US10422668B2
Provided is a method for angle calibration of a rotary shaft, including: attaching a calibrating angular sensor to a first rotary shaft of an industrial machine including a plurality of rotary shafts and a control unit that controls the rotary shafts based on an angle detected by a controlling angular sensor provided for each rotary shaft, the calibrating angular sensor being more precise than the controlling angular sensor; connecting the calibrating angular sensor in place of the controlling angular sensor of a second rotary shaft; rotating the first rotary shaft; calculating a difference between a first angle of the first rotary shaft detected by the controlling angular sensor and a second angle of the first rotary shaft detected by the calibrating angular sensor; and storing the calculated difference as a calibration value for an angle of rotation of the first rotary shaft.
US10422666B2
An electronic position encoder comprises a scale including a periodic scale pattern along a measuring axis direction having a scale period Ps, and a detector portion comprising a first group of sensing elements, a second group of sensing elements, and a signal processing configuration. The second group of sensing elements is located at a group position which is equal to K2*Ps+PS/M relative to the first group of sensing elements along the measuring axis direction, where K2 and M are integers. The signal processing configuration independently acquires a first set of detector signals from the first group of sensing elements, and a second set of detector signals from the second group of sensing elements, and determines a relative position between the detector portion and the scale pattern based on the first set of detector signals and the second set of detector signals.
US10422663B2
A displacement sensor includes a resistive element and a wiper element. The wiper element is separated from the resistive element in a parked mode the wiper element is in sliding electrical contact with the resistive element in a sensing mode. A user input interface may be coupled to at least one of the resistive element and the wiper element, wherein whether the displacement sensor is in the parked mode or the sensing mode is dependent on actuation of the user input interface.
US10422661B2
A device for measuring an angular position, comprising a rotating body (3) that oscillates relative to a supporting body (2) between two limit positions which are rotated one relative to the other by an angle of oscillation θ with amplitude that is less than or equal to 150°, a permanent magnet (5) that extends along an arc of extension that corresponds to an arc of a circle centred on the main axis of rotation (4), the arc of extension subtending an angle of extension α, and a magnetic sensor (6) positioned eccentrically relative to the main axis of rotation (4); the permanent magnet (5) and the magnetic sensor (6) being fixed one to the rotating body (3) and the other to the supporting body (2), and always being magnetically coupled; the following relation applying between the angle of extension α of the permanent magnet (5) and the angle of oscillation θ: α>θ−30°, and the permanent magnet (5) being diametrally polarized and having a direction of polarization (12) that forms an angle that is less than or equal to 10° relative to a straight line perpendicular to the main axis of rotation (4) and passing both through the main axis of rotation (4), and through a first end of the arc of extension.
US10422655B2
A vehicular display device includes a display configured to display an image in a display area that overlaps a position of a windshield of a vehicle, a display processor configured to display a direction guide image in the display area in a manner superimposed on a road on which the vehicle is traveling, the direction guide image being an image showing a turn position where the vehicle is to make a turn on the road, and a display pattern determiner configured to determine a display pattern of the direction guide image based on a traveling speed of the vehicle. The display pattern determiner determines the display pattern such that, the higher the traveling speed is, the longer a length from a top end to a bottom end of the direction guide image is.
US10422626B2
A position measuring apparatus instructs a first node to emit light by transmitting a first light emission pattern to the first node, instructs a second node to emit light by transmitting the first light emission pattern to the second node, when light emission following the instructed first light emission pattern is detected, and instructs the second node to emit light by transmitting a second light emission pattern that is different from the first light emission pattern, when light emission following the instructed first light emission pattern is not detected.
US10422625B1
A modular interferometric telescope including a base and an optical detector. A mounting beam has a first end, a second end, and a length, and is connected rotatably to the base at a point between the first and second end. The mounting beam is rotatable about a first axis extending in a direction of an object to be observed. A first light-collecting assembly is connected to the mounting beam proximal to the first end relative to the second end. The first light-collecting assembly directs light from the object to the optical detector. A second light-collecting assembly connected to the mounting beam is proximal to the second end relative to the first end. The second light-collecting assembly directs the light from the object to the optical detector. A first optical assembly is configured to receive the light from the object and direct the light to the optical detector.
US10422615B2
A military standard-1760 (MIL-STD-1760) interface bridge for storing mission planning data can include a housing, a translator device, a ground support equipment (GSE) connector, and non-volatile memory. The housing can include a MIL-STD-1760 connector on a first end and a weapon side connector on a second end. The translator device can translate a MIL-STD-1553 remote terminal (RT) protocol to a weapon side signaling protocol and translate the weapon side signaling protocol to the MIL-STD-1553 RT protocol. The GSE connector can be coupled to the housing and translator device for downloading mission planning data for a weapon. The non-volatile memory can be configured to store the mission planning data.
US10422612B2
A warhead assembly is provided for a projectile includes a forward module having a precursor warhead, and an aft module including a main warhead. The warhead assembly includes a deployment system for selectively deploying the warhead assembly from a retracted configuration to a deployed configuration, at predetermined conditions, to thereby provide a longitudinal displacement between the forward module and the aft module. The deployment system includes an expansion member accommodated between the forward module and the aft module, and configured for being longitudinally expanded under the predetermined conditions to thereby increase a longitudinal dimension of the expansion member and thereby urge the forward module and the aft module away from one another to provide said longitudinal displacement. A corresponding deployment system and projectile are also provided.
US10422610B2
Systems, methods and apparatus are provided through which in some implementations an ammunition cartridge includes a cartridge casing having a longitudinal center axis, a powder pocket positioned adjacent to the cartridge casing, a piston bore positioned adjacent to the powder pocket, a piston in the piston bore, and a payload bay positioned adjacent to the payload bay, wherein the piston is not coupled to the cartridge, wherein the piston is in direct contact with the payload bay wherein a diameter of the powder pocket is less than an inside diameter of the cartridge casing to provide a reduced velocity to the payload.
US10422608B2
A gun-clearing box, which has: a box-body having a gun-clearing space inside, a cover opening and an assembly opening connecting the gun-clearing space to the outside; a cover-body; a gun-placing barrel having an placing entrance, a shot exit, and a barrel wall connected between, such that the diameter of the placing entrance is larger than which of the shot exit; such that the gun-placing barrel is fixed in the assembly opening, and the placing entrance is faced toward the outside of the box-body, and the shot exit is inclined to face toward the gun-clearing space; and a sliding-sleeve abutting assembly set in the gun-placing barrel, such that the sliding-sleeve abutting assembly has two adjacent abutting surfaces with a gap between; such that the gap is inclined and reduced along the direction from the placing entrance to the shot exit; thereby improving the convenience and safety of the use.
US10422600B2
A collapsible pistol features enhanced safety, ease of use, and improved performance as compared to prior designs. The pistol is easily reconfigured from an open, ready-to-fire position to a closed or collapsed position that makes the pistol quite compact, safe, and readily concealable. The overall design of the pistol is such that the manipulation of the pistol into and out of the open, ready-to-fire position can be accomplished with a user having relatively small hands and/or relatively low grip strength.
US10422592B2
A cooler includes a coolant flow path between a first cooling plate and a second cooling plate segmented into a plurality of flow path segments along a flow-path traverse direction. The plurality of flow path segments includes at least one first flow path segment and at least one second flow path segment. Each first flow path segment includes: a first inner plate partitioning an internal space thereof into a first space and a second space and having a first nozzle that jets the coolant from the first space toward the second cooling plate. Each second flow path segment includes: a second inner plate partitioning an internal space thereof into a first space and a second space and having a second nozzle that jets the coolant from the second space toward the first cooling plate. The first inner and second inner plates are aligned in the flow-path traverse direction.
US10422590B2
The various technologies presented herein relate to fabrication and operation of a heat exchanger that is configured to extract heat from an underlying substrate. Heat can be extracted by way of an air gap formed between an impeller and a baseplate. By utilizing a pump to create an initial air gap that is further maintained by rotation of the impeller relative to the baseplate, a spring can be utilized that can apply a force of greater magnitude to the impeller than is used in a conventional approach, thus enabling the weight of the impeller to be negligible with respect to a width of the air gap, thereby conferring the desirable feature of orientation independence with respect to gravity with no performance degradation.
US10422588B2
Apparatuses, systems and methods are directed to heat exchangers that are made of microchannel tubes and that have offset fins of various geometries and density. The heat exchanger coils can be implemented in various refrigeration and/or heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) units or systems thereof.
US10422587B2
The present invention relates to a vertical relay fluid storage barrel installed with fluid inlet and fluid outlet for whole or in part placement into natural thermal energy body in vertical or downward oblique manner, wherein a thermal energy exchanger is installed inside the relay fluid storage barrel temporarily storing thermal conductive fluid for external flow, the thermal energy exchanger is installed with fluid piping for the thermal conductive fluid passing through, to perform heat exchange with the fluid in the relay fluid storage barrel, and the fluid in the relay fluid storage barrel performs heat exchange with the natural thermal energy body.
US10422583B2
This invention provides a method for recycling residual heat and dust in flue gas during reclaimed copper refining that can be used for recycling of high-temperature residual heat and moderate and low-temperature residual heat with high recycling rate, complete dust recycling and low costs.
US10422570B2
A guide assembly for use in a door of a refrigerator comprises: a sliding rail; a movable member located above the sliding rail; and a connection member connected and fixed to the door. The sliding rail comprises a slide and a track both extending in the left and right direction. The movable member can move along the slide in a reciprocating motion in the left and right direction. The movable member also has a sliding groove extending in the frontward and rearward direction. The connection member comprises a first roller disposed at the sliding groove and capable of moving along the sliding groove in the frontward and rearward direction. The guide assembly further comprises a guide structure disposed under the connection member. The guide structure is movably disposed in the track to guide the movement of the door.
US10422562B2
An apparatus includes a first compressor, a first load, a second compressor, a second load, and a heat exchanger. The first compressor compresses a first refrigerant. The first load uses the first refrigerant to remove heat from a space proximate the first load. The first load sends the first refrigerant to the first compressor. The second compressor compresses a second refrigerant. The second load uses the second refrigerant to remove heat from a space proximate the second load. The second load sends the second refrigerant to the second compressor. The heat exchanger receives the first refrigerant from the first compressor and receives the second refrigerant from the second compressor. The heat exchanger transfers heat from the first refrigerant to the second refrigerant. The heat exchanger discharges the first refrigerant to the first load and discharges the second refrigerant to the second compressor.
US10422561B2
The present invention relates to a recuperative trapping stage (3) for a refrigerator or refrigerator system. The recuperative trapping stage (3) comprises at least one first portion and at least one second portion configured for conveying fluids, wherein the first portion is in fluid communication with the second portion and wherein at least one part of the second portion is arranged within the first portion. Further the present invention relates to a refrigerator with at least one recuperative trapping stage (3) according to the present invention and with at least one cooler (1), the cooler (1) having at least one cold stage, wherein at least a part or section of the first portion of the at least one recuperative trapping stage (3) is thermally coupled, or at least configured to be thermally coupleable, to the at least one cold stage. Finally the present invention relates to a method of cleaning at least one recuperative trapping stage (3) in a refrigerator according to the present invention.
US10422555B2
A refrigerator appliance includes a fresh food working fluid circuit and a freezer working fluid circuit. The fresh food working fluid circuit couples a fresh food cold side heat exchanger and a first chamber of a regenerator housing such that a first working fluid is flowable between the fresh food cold side heat exchanger and the first chamber. The freezer working fluid circuit couples the freezer cold side heat exchanger and a second chamber of the regenerator housing such that a second working fluid is flowable between the freezer cold side heat exchanger and the second chamber. A liquid-to-liquid heat exchanger connects the fresh food working fluid circuit and the freezer working fluid circuit for heat transfer between the first and second working fluid. A freezing temperature of the first working fluid is greater than a freezing temperature of the second working fluid.
US10422551B2
A control device configured to control a power to be supplied to a heater unit. The control device cuts off the power to be supplied to a heating portion when it is determined that an event where a maximum temperature that the processing liquid within the heater unit reaches exceeds a processing liquid upper limit temperature is likely to occur even when a supply of the power to the heating portion is stopped based on an actual temperature of the processing liquid measured by a temperature detector under an assumption that a flow of the processing liquid flowing in a processing liquid supply line is stopped.
US10422549B2
The invention discloses a movement mechanism for a panel mechanism of a household appliance wherein, the movement mechanism includes: a rotary disc (21), rotatably provided, a first support (22) is fixedly provided on the rotary disc (21), and a free end of the first support (22) having a first connection portion; and a second support (23), the second support (23) and the rotary disc (21) being hinged to a second connection portion, a first end of the second support (23) having a third connection portion, and the third connection portion being movable along a predetermined track when the rotary disc (21) rotates.
US10422548B2
An air-conditioning apparatus determines whether or not to permit an air-conditioning operation based on refrigerant amount information stored in an outdoor unit and installation height information stored in an indoor unit.
US10422543B2
An HVAC system includes an HVAC unit having a cooling mode and a heating mode for conditioning the air in an inside space, and a programmable thermostat located remotely from the HVAC unit. The HVAC unit may have an onboard controller configured to control when the HVAC unit is in the cooling mode or heating mode, and whether the HVAC unit is activated or not. In some cases, the onboard controller of the HVAC unit may use a common temperature setpoint when controlling in the cooling mode and the heating mode. The programmable thermostat may have a programmable schedule with a plurality of time periods, where each time period has a heating setpoint and a cooling setpoint separated by a dead band. The onboard controller of the HVAC unit may be configured to accept input signals from the remotely located thermostat. The remotely located thermostat may send one or more input signals to the onboard controller of the HVAC unit in accordance with the programmable schedule, where the one or more input signals cause the onboard controller of the HVAC unit to set the HVAC unit to a particular one of the cooling mode and the heating mode, and to activate the HVAC unit so as to condition the air in the inside space in the particular one of the cooling mode and the heating mode.
US10422539B2
An air conditioner includes: a suction body having an air suction hole formed therein; a heat exchanger in which air sucked into the air suction hole is heat-exchanged; and a pair of blow discharge units through which the air heat-exchanged in the heat exchanger is passed and discharged. In the air conditioner, each of the pair of blow discharge units includes: a discharge body in which an air inflow hole and an air discharge hole are formed to be spaced apart from each other, and a discharge passage is formed between the air inflow hole and the air discharge hole; a rotation mechanism for rotating the discharge body about a vertical center axis; a cross flow fan rotatably positioned in the discharge passage, the cross flow fan being disposed vertically long in the discharge passage; and a fan motor having a vertical rotational shaft for rotating the cross flow fan. When the cross flow fan is mounted between the discharge body and the heat exchanger, the air conditioner can become more compact, and the utilization of space between the discharge body and the heat exchanger can be enhanced.
US10422537B2
A cooking device includes a frame forming a cooking chamber; a door opening and closing the cooking chamber; a burner cover disposed in the cooking chamber; and a burner located in the burner cover, the burner generating a flame, wherein the burner cover is provided with a first hole providing a path through which air flows, and the frame is provided with a second hole communicating with the first hole, the second hole providing a path through which the air flows.
US10422526B2
A wall-fired burner includes a fuel tip defining a fuel direction axis and a fuel tip pivot axis perpendicular thereto. A first air tip is adjacent to the fuel tip. The first air tip defines a first air direction axis and a first air tip pivot axis perpendicular thereto. A second air tip is adjacent to the fuel tip, opposite from the first air tip across the fuel tip. The second air tip defines a second air direction axis and a second air tip pivot axis perpendicular thereto. A mechanism operatively connects the fuel tip, the first air tip and the second air tip for at least one of independent and/or joint movement of the fuel tip, the first air tip and the second air tip.
US10422521B2
The present application relates to apparatus for generating steam. The apparatus comprises an evaporation surface (24), a heater (26) disposed adjacent to the evaporation surface to heat the evaporation surface, a water inlet (19) positioned relative to the evaporation surface so that water is fed onto the evaporation surface from the water inlet and forms a film on the evaporation surface such that the film is evaporated from the evaporation surface, and a scale collection region (23) positioned such that, during use of the apparatus, scale dislodged from the evaporation surface falls away from the evaporation surface into the scale collection region. The apparatus is configured so that the flow of water through the water inlet (19) and onto the evaporation surface (24) is controlled in dependence on the temperature of the evaporation surface (24) so that substantially all the water fed onto the evaporation surface is evaporated from the evaporation surface without flowing from the evaporation surface into the scale collection region (23).
US10422516B1
A lamp structure contains a lamp head and a magnetic seat. The lamp head includes a lampshade, a light transmission cover, and a light emitting element. The magnetic seat includes a holding member, at least one magnet, a first electrode plate, and a second electrode plate. The lampshade includes a first light exit, a second light exit, and a reflective face, wherein a gap is defined between the light transmission cover and the reflective face. The first electrode plate and the second electrode plate are electrically connected with the light emitting element via a wire, and the first and second electrode plates are made of metal material consisting of iron. The magnet magnetically attracts and produces magnetic force on the first and second electrode plates which magnetically attract on a conductive component consisting of iron by using the magnetic force so as to form a power circuit.
US10422515B2
Methods and apparatus for illuminating decorations according to various aspects of the present invention may comprise a light source and a diffuser. A connector may connect the light source to the decoration. A reflector may reflect light from the light source towards an anticipated observer.
US10422510B2
A light module for a light fixture includes a light assembly, a bezel extending at least partially around the light assembly and secured to the light assembly, and a pinion. The bezel and the light assembly are at least partially pivotable about a first axis. The bezel includes an outer surface and a first gear surface extending along at least a portion of the outer surface. The pinion includes a second gear surface engaging the first gear surface, and rotation of the pinion causes the bezel and the light assembly to rotate about the first axis.
US10422498B2
A lighting assembly that includes an LED source that generates a light cone (solid angle); and a transparent near field lens having a front surface, a collimating surface, and an aspherical groove. The collimating surface collimates the light cone into a beam that reflects off of the front surface toward the aspherical groove, and the aspherical groove directs the beam away from the lens as an exit cone from a virtual focal point, positive virtual focal ring or a negative virtual focal ring. The exit cone may be evenly distributed, substantially forward or substantially rearward from the virtual focal point or virtual focal ring. Parabolic or aparabolic reflectors can be employed with lighting assemblies having a virtual focal point or virtual focal ring, respectively, to reflect the exit cone in a vehicular exterior lighting pattern.
US10422483B2
A well isolation unit has an inlet, an outlet, at least one flow pathway connected between the inlet and the outlet, and at least one bleed-off manifold connected between the inlet and the outlet. A method includes isolating well-side equipment of a wellbore operation system from pump-side equipment of the wellbore operation system, wherein the pump-side equipment is connected to a well isolation unit via a single primary inlet to the well isolation unit and the well-side equipment is connected to the well isolation unit via a single primary outlet of the well isolation unit.
US10422482B2
A device for supplying pressurized fluid including a pressurized fluid cylinder, at least one first tap connected to the pressurized fluid cylinder, the tap including an internal fluid circuit including an isolation valve, the device including an electronic apparatus for the wireless remote communication of data via electromagnetic waves, the electronic communication apparatus including a communication element designed to communicate wirelessly using at least one of the following frequency-modulation and/or phase-modulation low-consumption and long-range communication technologies: LoRa communication technology, communication technology from Sigfox, where the device includes a protective cap mounted on the cylinder in order to protect the first tap and a second tap connected detachably to the first tap, and the electronic communication apparatus being situated either on the cylinder, on the cap, on the first tap, or on the second tap.
US10422481B2
In one aspect, a system for controlling the temperature within a gas adsorbent storage vessel of a vehicle may include an air conditioning system forming a continuous flow loop of heat exchange fluid that is cycled between a heated flow and a cooled flow. The system may also include at least one fluid by-pass line extending at least partially within the gas adsorbent storage vessel. The fluid by-pass line(s) may be configured to receive a by-pass flow including at least a portion of the heated flow or the cooled flow of the heat exchange fluid at one or more input locations and expel the by-pass flow back into the continuous flow loop at one or more output locations, wherein the by-pass flow is directed through the gas adsorbent storage vessel via the by-pass line(s) so as to adjust an internal temperature within the gas adsorbent storage vessel.
US10422480B2
The invention is related to a storage vessel (1) comprising a shaped body (3) of a porous solid, wherein the storage vessel (1) comprises a wall (5) with a section (7) comprising at least one inlet (9), wherein the storage vessel (1) has a central axis (11) and the central axis (11) is a longitudinal axis of the storage vessel (1) and/or perpendicular to a cross-sectional area of the at least one inlet (9), wherein the shaped body (3) covers at least 85% of an inner volume (13) of the storage vessel (1) and the shaped body (3) comprises an opening (19) in an axial direction (17), axial referring to the central axis (11) of the storage vessel (1), wherein the opening (19) extends from a first end (21) of the shaped body (3) to an opposing second end (23) of the shaped body (3) and wherein the storage vessel (1) comprises exactly one shaped body (3), which is formed in one piece. The invention is further related to a shaped body and use of the shaped body.
US10422477B2
A composite vessel assembly includes a circumferentially continuous wall and an end cap. The wall includes a plurality of layers, and the end cap includes a plurality of steps. Each step of the plurality of steps is engaged to a respective layer of the plurality of layers.
US10422476B2
A method of deaerating a mixture of fluid and air according to an example of the present disclosure includes the steps of communicating a mixture of a fluid and air into an open area of a reservoir directly against a wall of the reservoir to separate at least some of the fluid from at least some of the air. The reservoir is disposed about an axis of a rotatable shaft, and the reservoir has a curved radially outer wall and a curved radially inner wall joined by curved end walls that face circumferentially relative to the axis. The mixture is communicated against a first one of the curved end walls. The fluid is held within the reservoir after the separating.
US10422454B2
A support coupling which provides a frangible point for a lighting fixture, and which prevents water from accumulating at the frangible point and from penetrating an inner chamber of the lighting fixture where electronic components are disposed includes an inner wall and an outer wall. The inner wall has a higher grade (i.e., is taller) than the outer wall. A space between the inner wall and the outer wall receives an extension column. Water running down the sides of the extension column is collected in the space and pours out of the coupling over the shorter outer wall before the water reaches the top of the inner wall.
US10422452B2
Fluidic connection assemblies, ports, unions and other components are provided that are well-suited for use in HPLC and UHPLC, as well as in other analytical instrument systems. Such assemblies, ports, unions and components can be biocompatible.
US10422448B2
A double-walled pipe includes an inner wall, which bounds a flowpath for a first fluid such as air, an outer wall radially spaced from the inner wall so that there is an annular gap between the inner wall and the outer wall; and walls extending in the annular gap between the inner wall and the outer wall, such that flow passages are formed in the annular gap, through which a temperature-controlled fluid can be circulated to control the temperature of the inner wall. The double-walled pipe is formed by an additive manufacturing process. The walls may be helical walls, defining helical flow passages.
US10422436B2
A fluid housing in the form of a valve or sensor housing has a plastically shaped outer housing body made of metal with a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet, which have protruding tubular ports. On the outer circumference of the ports clamping rings are seated, which are welded to the associated port without the port being welded through.
US10422431B2
An assembly for rotational equipment includes a plurality of seal shoes, a seal base, a plurality of spring elements and a frangible element. The seal shoes are arranged around an axis in an annular array. The seal base circumscribes the annular array of the seal shoes. Each of the spring elements is radially between and connects a respective one of the seal shoes and the seal base. A first of the spring elements includes a first mount, a second mount and a spring beam. The first mount is connected to a first of the seal shoes. The second mount is connected to the seal base. The spring beam extends longitudinally between and connects the first mount and the second mount. The frangible element is configured to restrict radial outward movement of the first of the seal shoes.
US10422417B2
A pulley assembly for a high-speed continuously variable transmission includes a drive pulley, a shaft sleeve, a movable pulley, rollers, and a back pressure disc. The movable pulley has a shaft portion fitted on the shaft sleeve. The movable pulley has a disc chamber radially formed with multiple pairs of retaining wall pieces. A receiving room is defined between each pair of the retaining wall pieces. The bottom of the receiving room has an inclined push surface. The rollers are received in the receiving rooms. The back pressure disc includes a disc body having a complete inner conical surface. The back pressure disc is subject to the shaft sleeve and unable to be axially displaced along an output shaft. The peripheral edge of the disc body is embedded into the disc chamber of the movable pulley. The inner conical surface is pressed against the rollers.
US10422415B2
A method for operating a multispeed transmission in a motor vehicle, provided with planetary gearings which can be switched with four switching elements to different gear ratios, and which can be connected by input elements and output elements to a driven input shaft and to an output shaft. The reaction elements can be coupled or locked with a brake, wherein the four planetary gearings can be switched by two brakes and by three shifting clutches to eight forward gear ratios. In the higher gear ratios, at least one first shifting clutch is connected to produce a force flow in the transmission, and in the lower gear ratios, at least a second shifting clutch is connected to produce a force flow in the transmission.
US10422411B2
A rope termination device. The device includes a cylindrical body having a first opening in a first axial end of the body. A second opening in an opposed, second end of the body is connected by a passageway through the body to the first opening. At least one circular channel is in communication with the second opening. A continuous helical groove is provided around a circumference of the cylindrical body. An attachment connector is provided near the second end of the body.
US10422410B2
The present invention relates to a flywheel apparatus for energy storage and recovery including a housing within which there is a chamber in which a flywheel on a shaft rotates. The chamber is evacuated to at or near vacuum pressure, so that air resistance-related energy losses of the flywheel as it rotates are reduced. Maintaining near-vacuum pressure within the chamber requires an effective seal between the housing and the shaft. The effective seal must be maintained despite any relative movement (in particular translational movement) of the flywheel and the housing. To this end, the shaft is mounted via a bearing arrangement on a carrier on which is also mounted a sealing arrangement. The carrier is mounted on the housing such that the carrier, the bearing arrangement and the sealing arrangement move substantially together relative to the housing.
US10422404B2
A liquid-sealed antivibration device is equipped with a shaft member and a sleeve member, an antivibration base body constituted by a rubber-like elastic body which elastically supports the sleeve member relative to the shaft member and which defines a first liquid chamber and a second liquid chamber between the shaft member and the sleeve member, and an orifice forming member made of a synthetic resin and disposed inside the sleeve member. The orifice forming member is formed with end surfaces on which a hole portion piercing along the axis of the shaft member opens, and an outer peripheral surface adhered closely to the sleeve member to form a groove portion becoming an orifice which makes the first liquid chamber communicate with the second liquid chamber, and recesses formed at corner portions defined by the end surfaces and the outer peripheral surface are connected to the hole portion.
US10422401B2
An energy-absorbing structure includes a first mounting fixture having a base and a cavity formed in the base. The cavity is structured to receive a portion of an energy-absorbing member therein. The cavity has at least one wall, a bottom, and at least a pair of opposed crush initiator portions extending between the at least one wall and the bottom. A portion of an energy-absorbing member is inserted into the cavity. The energy-absorbing member is in contact with the first mounting fixture along the first mounting fixture crush initiator portions.
US10422397B1
A variable stiffness structure configured to isolate a mass from unwanted vibrations includes a negative stiffness element and an actuator operatively coupled to the negative stiffness element. The actuator is configured to be actuated to control a stiffness of the negative stiffness element. The variable stiffness structure may also include a positive stiffness element coupled to the negative stiffness element.
US10422393B2
An anchor bracket for use in a disc brake assembly comprises first and second arms, first and second windows, and first and second rotor channels. The first arm has a first rotor notch and the second arm has a second rotor notch. The first window is cast in the first arm and the second window is cast in the second arm. The first rotor channel is machined from the first rotor notch to the first window and the second rotor channel is machined from the second rotor notch to the second window.
US10422390B2
A method for forming a friction facing comprises placing a bonding powder mix in to a die, and placing a performance powder mix in to the die. Pressing the performance powder mix and the bonding powder mix creates a compact. Sintering the compact forms a friction facing. A clutch disc assembly can be formed. A clutch disc can comprise a mounting hole for securing a friction facing and a backer plate can comprise a pass-through hole. A mounting mechanism joins the mounting hole to the pass-through hole. The mounting mechanism comprises a head-height for a portion of the mounting mechanism that is mounted near the sintered compact. The bonding layer comprises a thickness corresponding to the head-height of the mounting mechanism.
US10422380B2
A sliding member includes a sliding layer including graphite particles dispersed in a synthetic resin matrix. The graphite particles have a volume ratio of 5% to 50% and are composed of spheroidal particles and flake-like particles, respectively having a graphitization degree K1 and K2. The flake-like particles have a volume ratio of 10 to 40% with respect to a total volume of the graphite particles. The spheroidal particles have a cross-sectional structure with AB planes of a graphite crystal laminated from a surface toward a center. The flake-like particles have a cross-sectional structure with the AB planes laminated in a thickness direction. The spheroidal particles and the flake-like particles have an average particle size of 3 to 50 μm, and 1 to 25 μm respectively. K1 is 0.80 to 0.97 and K2 is greater than K1, and a difference K2 −K1 is 0.03 to 0.15.
US10422377B2
A rolling device includes: an inner member that has a raceway face; an outer member that has a raceway face facing the raceway face; and rolling elements that are disposed between both raceway faces in a rollable manner, wherein at least one of the inner member and the outer member has a space formed therein. Further, a method for manufacturing a rolling device including an inner member that has a raceway face, an outer member that has a raceway face facing the raceway face, rolling elements that are disposed between both raceway faces in a rollable manner, and a space that is formed inside at least one of the inner member and the outer member by a 3D printer.
US10422369B2
Certain shear bolts described herein provide failure bending resistance when torque is applied to members being connected by the bolts, while maintaining shearability. Certain other shear bolts described herein provide a shear region having different shear limits dependent upon the direction of force being applied to the shear region.
US10422361B2
An agricultural, construction, or industrial vehicle or machine has a driveline including an engine, a power-shuttle transmission connected to the engine, and at least one drive axle driven by an output shaft of the power-shuttle transmission. The power-shuttle transmission has an input shaft, a forward shuttle gear train, and a reverse shuttle gear train. Each shuttle gear train has a shuttle clutch selectively coupling it with the input shaft. The forward shuttle gear train drives the output shaft when the forward shuttle clutch is engaged, and the reverse shuttle gear train drives the output shaft when the reverse shuttle clutch is engaged. The at least one drive axle has at least one service brake. A hydraulic energy recapture system is coupled to the output shaft of the power-shuttle transmission and works in cooperation with the shuttle clutches and with the service brakes.
US10422358B2
A method for controlling a valve spool that includes providing a control valve having a first end and a second end with a spool disposed therebetween, a hydraulic component, a controller, a first control circuit and a second control circuit, selectively controlling the pressure in the first end and the second end with the controller, identifying an active state, with the controller, and applying an active pressure to both the first end and the second end with the corresponding first control circuit and second control circuit during the active state, and identifying a first command, with the controller, and providing a command pressure to the first end through the first control circuit and a release pressure to the second end through the second control circuit during the first command. Wherein, the spool is moved within the control valve and the hydraulic component is engaged during the first command.
US10422357B2
A remote controlled demolition robot (10) comprising a controller (17) and at least one actuator (12) controlled through a hydraulic system (400) comprising at least one valve (13a) connected to a corresponding actuator for a tool (11b) and a pump (410). The controller (17) is configured to operate in a first mode wherein the fluid flow is controlled through the at least one valve (13a), wherein said valve (13a) is a proportional valve, receive a pressure indication indicating a pressure in the hydraulic system (400) and determine if the pressure in the hydraulic system (400) is above a first mode threshold and/or if a pressure change fulfills a first mode condition, and if so operate in a second mode wherein the at least one valve (13a) is in an opened state and the fluid flow is controlled through the pump (410).
US10422349B2
A propeller fan includes a rotary blade hub driven in rotation about a rotation axis, and a rotary blade installed at an outer periphery of the rotary blade hub. The rotary blade includes a rotary blade body protruding from an outer peripheral surface of the rotary blade hub, and a rib formed on an outer peripheral edge portion of a pressure surface of the rotary blade body so as to extend along an outer peripheral edge of the rotary blade body.
US10422343B2
A system is provided, including an airfoil. The airfoil includes a first suction portion of a nominal airfoil profile substantially in accordance with Cartesian coordinate values of X, Y, and Z of a suction side as set forth in TABLE I to a maximum of three decimal places, wherein the X and Y values of the suction side are coordinate values that couple together to define suction side sections of the first suction portion of the nominal airfoil profile at each Z coordinate value, the suction side sections of the first suction portion of the nominal airfoil profile are coupled together to define the first suction portion, the airfoil includes an airfoil length along a Z axis, the first suction portion comprises a first portion length along the Z axis, the first portion length is less than or equal to the airfoil length, and the Cartesian coordinate values of X, Y, and Z are non-dimensional values convertible to dimensional distances.
US10422342B2
A system is provided, including an airfoil. The airfoil includes a first suction portion of a nominal airfoil profile substantially in accordance with Cartesian coordinate values of X, Y, and Z of a suction side as set forth in TABLE I to a maximum of three decimal places, wherein the X and Y values of the suction side are coordinate values that couple together to define suction side sections of the first suction portion of the nominal airfoil profile at each Z coordinate value, the suction side sections of the first suction portion of the nominal airfoil profile are coupled together to define the first suction portion, the airfoil includes an airfoil length along a Z axis, the first suction portion comprises a first portion length along the Z axis, the first portion length is less than or equal to the airfoil length, and the Cartesian coordinate values of X, Y, and Z are non-dimensional values convertible to dimensional distances.
US10422339B2
A body outer shell includes a plurality of first body legs and a plurality of second body legs protruding outward and being disposed at a peripheral edge of an end of the body outer shell, and the end is near the bracket. The bracket includes a plurality of first bracket legs and a plurality of second bracket legs protruding outward and being disposed at a peripheral edge of the bracket. The body outer shell and the bracket are fastened together using the first body legs and the first bracket legs via fixing members. The body outer shell, the bracket, and a support member are fastened together using the second body legs and the second bracket legs via fixing members in a state where the bracket is disposed between the body outer shell and the support member, and the motor and the support member are fixed together.
US10422338B2
A vacuum pump system for evacuating at least five volumes comprising a turbomolecular pump and a forevacuum pump arranged to pump an output of the turbomolecular pump arrangement to atmosphere. The turbomolecular pump has at least five pumping stages separated by rotor blades. Not more than three pumping stages have pumping speeds in excess of ⅓ of the highest pumping speed when under vacuum and/or a pumping port cross section in excess of ⅓ of the highest pumping port cross section, and at least two pumping stages have pumping speeds less than ¼ of the highest pumping speed when under vacuum and/or a pumping port cross section of less than ¼ of the biggest pumping port cross section. The ratio of pressures between the pumping stage with the highest pressure and the pumping stage with the lowest pressure is at least 100000:1 when under vacuum.
US10422326B2
An ultrahigh pressure generator is disclosed. The ultrahigh pressure generator has a pressure intensifier that discharges a fluid at ultrahigh pressure. The pressure intensifier uses a working medium and includes a double acting drive cylinder with a first compartment and a second compartment that are separated by a piston. A closed-circuit working medium pump drives the pressure intensifier by sucking and discharging the working medium from and to the first and second compartments. A collector collects the working medium from the first and second working medium channels into a tank. A low-pressure selector selects whether the working medium is discharged from the first or second compartment when the pressure of the working medium discharged toward the first or second compartment exceeds a predetermined threshold, and directs the selected working medium to the collector. The pressure generator manages the temperature of the working fluid appropriately.
US10422325B2
A pump draws fluid from a reservoir and drives the fluid downstream to a spray tip where the fluid is applied to a surface. A piston is driven in a reciprocating manner to pump the fluid. A check valve is disposed downstream of the piston to regulate a flow of the fluid downstream from the piston. The pump is initially dry and is primed with fluid prior to operation. To facilitate priming, the piston is dimensioned to impact the ball and unseat a valve member of the check valve during a priming stroke, thereby ejecting any air from the pump through the check valve. With the air ejected from the pump, a vacuum is formed during a suction stroke of the piston, which draws fluid downstream from the reservoir to prime the pump.
US10422318B2
Wind turbine blades comprising one or more deformable trailing edge sections having a multistable sheet comprising a plurality of bistable elements, each bistable element having two stable positions, wherein the multistable sheet is attached in a cantilever manner to a structural portion of the blade and extends in a chordwise direction, and the multistable sheet is connected to a skin of the blade such that upon changing one or more bistable elements from one stable position to the other stable position a shape of the trailing edge section changes. The application further relates to wind turbines comprising such blades and methods of controlling loads on the blades.
US10422306B2
An air filter cartridge for use with an air cleaner assembly is provided. A variety of features for the air filter cartridge are characterized. An example air filter cartridge is depicted, which includes opposite flow faces. A preform secured to the media pack, with a seal member is described.
US10422301B2
An aircraft includes a jet engine and a telescopic tube assembly positioned on the jet engine. The telescopic tube assembly includes one end portion of the telescopic tube assembly which is associated with a thrust reverser translating sleeve of the jet engine and an opposing end portion of the telescopic tube assembly which is associated with a fixed portion of the of the jet engine. A jet engine includes a telescopic tube assembly positioned on the jet engine. The telescopic tube assembly includes one end portion of the telescopic tube assembly which is associated with a thrust reverser translating sleeve of a jet engine and an opposing end portion of the telescopic tube assembly which is associated with a fixed portion of the of the jet engine.
US10422294B2
A method for regulating a fuel delivery system without a pressure sensor. The fuel delivery system has a fuel delivery pump, an electric motor, and an evaluation unit. The fuel delivery pump is driven by the electric motor, which is actuated using control variables such that a prespecifiable fuel delivery is achieved. At least two different submethods are executed for ascertaining control variables, which are ascertained in the respective submethod and are supplied to an evaluation unit. The control variables are evaluated regarding their plausibility in the evaluation unit and the electric motor is actuated based on the ascertained control variables from only one or a plurality of submethods.
US10422293B2
A method and apparatus to predict and enable control of misfire that influences combustion cyclic variation and COV of IMEP in spark-ignited (SI) engine. The method includes obtaining engine data and determining temperature and pressure within a cylinder in response to engine data; determining crank angle resolved flame velocity evolution based on the engine data; comparing the crank angle resolved flame velocity to predetermined turbulent combustion regime data to determine a misfire occurrence; and updating a misfire occurrence indicator and outputting a control signal when the misfire occurrence indicator is greater than a predetermined limit, the control signal being capable of adjusting any engine actuators, such as external ignition source, of the spark-ignited engine on a cycle to cycle basis. The method and apparatus further includes correlating the crank angle resolved flame velocity to combustion phasing when the misfire occurrence indicator is less than the predetermined limit.
US10422291B2
A method for injecting gaseous fuel directly into a combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine in order to heat a catalytic converter, the method including: carrying out a main injection of gaseous fuel directly into the combustion chamber; carrying out a first post-injection following the main injection but prior to an ignition, and following the ignition and preferably following the end of combustion in the combustion chamber, carrying out a second post-injection of gaseous fuel into the combustion chamber.
US10422288B1
A vehicular propulsion system, a vehicular fuel system and a method of operating an internal combustion engine. A separation unit that makes up a part of the fuel system may selectively receive and separate at least a portion of onboard fuel and a flowable adsorbent in order to separate the fuel into octane-enhanced and cetane-enhanced fuel components. A controller may be used to determine a particular operating condition of the internal combustion engine such that the onboard fuel can be sent to one or more combustion chambers within the internal combustion engine without first passing through the separation unit during one operating condition, or instead to the separation unit in situations where the internal combustion engine may require an octane-rich or cetane-rich mixture in another operating condition.
US10422286B2
A turbine engine equipped with an electrical apparatus with rotor and an epicyclic reduction gear train, includes a sun gear driven by a drive shaft about an axis of rotation, a ring gear surrounding the sun gear and configured to drive a fan shaft about the axis, and an annular row of planet gears interposed between the sun gear and the ring gear and held by a planet carrier fixed to a stator housing of the turbine engine. The stator of the electrical apparatus is fixed to the stator housing with an annular member for apparatus support. The annular member includes elongate legs that axially traverse the reduction gear. The annular member includes a first annular element for fixing to an annular flange integral with the stator housing. The stator of the apparatus has a first annular fixing flange connected integrally to opposed longitudinal extremities of the legs of the annular member.
US10422274B2
A control device for an actuator learns a reference position of a shaft when the operation of the engine of a vehicle is not obstructed in a period during which the engine is operating, and performs feedback control by using the reference position learned thereby in such a way that the position of the shaft detected by a position sensor gets close to a target position.
US10422268B2
An exhaust gas treatment assembly comprises a housing which is radially inwardly deformed in a clamping region to retain a block of ceramic or other material which may be arranged as a filter or catalyst within the housing. The clamping region is deformed to a first surface level and includes local protuberances which extend radially outwardly to a second surface level and support a mounting surface for mounting the assembly in a mounting connector. The first surface level may vary to accommodate the dimensions of each individual block while the second surface level is fixed so that the mounting surface can fit in a mounting assembly with standardized dimensions.
US10422263B2
An exhaust system for an internal combustion engine, especially for the internal combustion engine of a vehicle, includes an exhaust gas duct (12) carrying an exhaust gas stream (A) and a reactant release arrangement (18) for releasing a reactant ® into the exhaust gas stream (A). A bypass flow generation arrangement (25) generates a bypass flow (M) surrounding the reactant stream ® that is released from the reactant release arrangement (18).
US10422258B2
Provided is a PCV valve assembly that includes a fluidic geometry that allows for the flow of combustion fluid/gas to flow between an inlet and an outlet and switch between two modes of operation, (i) a radial or high flow mode, and (ii) a tangential or low flow mode, as dictated during the operation of the engine. At low vacuums, the fluidic equipped PCV valve assembly has been tuned to operate in the radial mode producing high flow rates due to low flow resistance. As vacuum increases, the PCV valve assembly is tuned to automatically switch modes. This may be enabled due to the shape of the fluidic geometry and the bypass channel which is adapted to vary the amount of flow between a first and a second control ports. The bypass channel allows the geometric fluidic pattern to switch between the high flow mode and the low flow mode.
US10422252B2
The present disclosure relates to systems and methods useful for power production. In particular, a power production cycle utilizing CO2 as a working fluid may be combined with a second cycle wherein a compressed CO2 stream from the power production cycle can be heated and expanded to produce additional power and to provide additional heating to the power production cycle.
US10422246B2
A bearing housing configured to enclose a bearing assembly rotatable supporting a shaft coupled to a rotating assembly of a turbine engine, may include a housing base and a housing cover each including a flange for coupling the housing base to the housing cover. The housing cover may include an inner shell and an outer shell radially spaced outward of the inner shell to provide a cavity therebetween. The bearing housing may include a plurality of outlets arranged along an outer surface of the inner shell and configured to spray the pressurized cooling fluid to an inner surface of the housing cover defining the cavity. At least one of the outlets may be configured to spray the pressurized cooling fluid to a region of the inner surface of the housing cover that is adjacent to the flange of the housing cover.
US10422239B2
A gas turbine engine seal assembly (160) including: a rigid seal (58) cooperatively configured with a structure (14, 42) of a gas turbine engine to define a leakage path (102, 130) including a flow-controlling section (106, 134); and a compliant seal (162, 164) positioned in the leakage path.
US10422238B2
A gas turbine engine according to the present disclosure includes a first component, a second component coupled to the first component, and a pilot unit. The pilot unit provides means for maintaining a pilot-setting force between the first and second component to retain alignment of the first component with the second component.
US10422235B2
An engine component assembly is provided with an insert having cooling features. The engine component comprises a cooled engine component surface having a flow path on one side thereof and a second component adjacent to the first component. The second component, for example an insert, may have a plurality of openings forming an array wherein the openings extend through the second component at a non-orthogonal angle to the surface of the second component. The second engine component has a plurality of discrete cooling features disposed on a surface facing the first component and near the plurality of cooling openings.
US10422234B2
A compliant attachment for an organic matrix composite component that is configured to interface with a mating component is disclosed. The compliant attachment may comprise an inner surface configured to bond to an interfacing surface of a body portion of the organic matrix component, and an outer surface configured to interface with the mating component. The compliant attachment may have a coefficient of thermal expansion intermediate between a coefficient of thermal expansion of the body portion of the organic matrix composite component and a coefficient of thermal expansion of the mating component.
US10422232B2
A component for a gas turbine engine includes a wall that has an exterior surface and an interior surface spaced from the exterior surface. A cooling circuit extends from the interior surface to the exterior surface. The cooling circuit includes a feed passage that has a first end defining an inlet at the interior surface and a second end spaced from the first end. At least one second passage is in fluid communication with the feed passage. At least one slot passage is in fluid communication with the second end of the feed passage and a cooling slot in the exterior surface.
US10422229B2
An airfoil may include an external airfoil surface and an airfoil body. The airfoil body may include an external wall structure and an internal wall structure. The external airfoil surface may be adjacent the external wall structure. The airfoil body may define a skin core that is at least partially defined by a first section of the external wall structure and a first section of the internal wall structure. The airfoil body may also define an embedded core that is at least partially defined by the first section of the internal wall structure. An embedded core heat transfer augmentation feature may be formed within the embedded core on an embedded core surface of the first section of the internal wall structure.
US10422220B2
Various methods and well systems are provided for characterizing a hydraulically-fractured hydrocarbon-bearing formation that is traversed by a well partitioned into a number of intervals. The methods and well systems analyze surface flow characteristics of fluid that flows from the well (for example, using a multiphase flow meter) in order to characterize local formation properties for one or more intervals for one or more intervals (or other sections) of the well.
US10422218B2
A method for configuring transmission signals is disclosed. The method includes receiving a signal from a downhole tool in a wellbore. The signal may include a telemetry portion and a noise portion. The method also includes reproducing the telemetry portion based at least partially on the signal. Further, the method includes subtracting the telemetry portion from the signal. The method includes estimating, based at least partially on the subtraction, the noise portion of the signal. The method also includes altering a transmission configuration of the downhole tool based at least partially on the noise portion of the signal.
US10422216B2
A method of hanging an inner tubular string from an outer tubular string cemented in a wellbore includes running the inner tubular string and a deployment assembly into the wellbore using a deployment string, wherein a running tool of the deployment assembly longitudinally and torsionally fastens the liner string to the deployment string; plugging a bore of the deployment assembly; hanging the inner tubular string from the outer tubular string by pressurizing the plugged bore; and after hanging the inner tubular string, sending a command signal to the running tool, thereby unlocking or releasing the running tool.
US10422215B2
A completion tool locating arrangement includes, an anchor attachable within a completion structure having a bore extending through the anchor, a seat disposed at the anchor receptive to a plug runnable thereagainst, and an attachment feature positioned at the anchor. The attachment feature is configured to allow at least one tool to be attached thereto for positioning the at least one tool with the anchor within the completion structure.
US10422213B2
A method for use in measuring a property of an environment or an object in, or adjacent to, an elongated space (10), comprises unspooling and/or spooling a line (6) attached to a tool (4) so as to move the tool along an elongated space. The method may comprise using the tool to measure a property of an environment or an object in, or adjacent to, an elongated space during movement of the tool along the elongated space. The method may comprise, determining an acceleration of the line, measuring an acceleration of the tool along the elongated space, and controlling damping of the movement of the tool along the elongated space according to the measured acceleration of the tool and the determined acceleration of the line. The elongated space may be located downhole or may be defined in, or adjacent to, an oil or gas well.
US10422211B2
An alignment apparatus for aligning drilling machines, the alignment apparatus comprising a casing and mounting means. The mounting means allowing, in use, for a true north seeking sensing means to be aligned with the drilling machinery to be aligned. The alignment apparatus being capable of displaying azimuth and pitch information to a user, so that the drilling machinery can be aligned as required.
US10422209B2
The present application relates to compositions and methods for enhancing fracturing operation. In some embodiments, the present application includes compositions and methods that are used to minimize clustering of proppants or introduce proppants into narrow fractures. In some embodiments, the compositions and methods involve magnetic proppants.
US10422194B2
A method of conversion of a water-based mud to a gel-based LCM quickly to control lost circulation in a lost circulation zone in a wellbore during continuous drilling with a drilling mud, the drilling mud comprises a volcanic ash, water, a de-foamer, a pH buffer, and a polymer. The method comprises the steps of entering the lost circulation zone, determining a lost circulation volumetric flow rate, metering a first amount of a binder into the drilling mud to create a binder containing mud, pumping the binder containing drilling mud into the wellbore, and suspending metering of the first amount of the binder to the drilling mud after a pre-defined regulating period of time effective to permit the binder containing drilling mud to create a gel-based LCM operable to alter the lost circulation zone.
US10422190B2
A tubular connection assembly that maybe quickly connected and with improved capacity for axial loads is disclosed. The tubular connection assembly may include a box end member having a first groove formed in an inner surface, a pin end member having a second groove formed in an outer surface, and a load transfer assembly comprising two or more segments. When the pin end member is inserted in the box end member and the first groove aligns with the second groove, the load transfer assembly is at least partially disposed in both the first groove and the second groove.
US10422188B2
Pipes, drill strings including pipes, and methods for use on a drilling rig. The method includes obtaining pipe data for individual drill pipes of a drill string, obtaining a well trajectory for a well, obtaining one or more drilling measurements to be used when drilling the well, planning a first drill string based on the pipe data, the well trajectory, and the one or more drilling measurements, predicting an aging of the individual drill pipes in the first drill string while drilling the well using the first drill string, determining that a risk of failure of one or more individual pipes in the first drill string is unacceptable based on the aging of the individual pipes; and planning a second drill string in response to determining that the risk of failure is unacceptable in the first drill string.
US10422184B1
A downhole steering tool includes one or more steering blades selectively extendable from a housing. Each steering blade may be extended by fluid pressure within a steering cylinder. Each steering cylinder may be coupled to the interior of a mandrel positioned within the housing through an adjustable orifice. The adjustable orifice may be moved between an open and a partially open position. The adjustable orifice may be controlled by a ring valve.
US10422182B2
An improvement in a rolling shutter assembly for covering an opening of a structure defined by a top wall, a bottom wall and oppositely disposed side walls. The rolling shutter assembly includes a shutter housing, a shutter support member rotatably disposed within the shutter housing, a shutter coupled to the shutter support member, the shutter comprising a plurality of individual slats and a plurality of hinges interconnecting the slats, and a pair of side tracks. The shutter rolls between a rolled position wherein the shutter is rolled onto the shutter support member and an unrolled position wherein the shutter covers the opening and the ends of the slats are disposed within the channels of the corresponding side tracks. The improvement comprises a support frame having top, bottom and side rails mounted to the walls defining the opening with the side tracks each mounted to a corresponding one of the side rails of the support frame. The support frame reduces or eliminates the transmission of torsion loads from the shutter to the framing elements of the walls during positive and negative pressure conditions.
US10422176B2
A device for opening a door includes an electric motor on a base, a slider movable relative to the base along a rectilinear direction between a rest position and an open position, and a rod pushing against the door and movable relative to the base and the slider along the rectilinear direction between a retracted position and an extracted position. An actuating element resiliently pushes the rod towards the extracted position. A gearwheel transmission is arranged between the electric motor and a transmission device to cause movement of the slider into the open position. The gearwheel transmission includes a gearwheel having a non-toothed segment which disengages the slider from the electric motor when the slider reaches the open position. A recall element recalls the slider towards the rest position or the rod towards the retracted position when the non-toothed segment disengages the slider from the electric motor.
US10422174B2
A vehicle liftgate assembly according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a vehicle body, a liftgate bracket, a liftgate rotatably mounted to the vehicle body by way of the liftgate bracket, and a strut connected to the liftgate bracket to regulate rotational movement of the liftgate bracket. This disclosure also relates to a method and a rotation assembly, which may include a liftgate bracket and a flipglass bracket.
US10422172B2
The present disclosure envisages a tool-less hinge mechanism for coupling a first element and a second element. The tool-less hinge mechanism comprises at least one lug integrally extending from one of the first element and the second element, and at least one loop integrally extending from remaining one of the first element and the second element. The at least one lug is configured to be received in the at least one loop, thereby providing hingeable coupling between the first element and the second element.
US10422169B2
A flexible hinge assembly for aircraft interior components and the like, including: a first structural component, wherein the first structural component includes a core material and one or more skin layers coupled to the core material; a second structural component, wherein the second structural component includes a core material and one or more skin layers coupled to the core material; wherein the one or more skin layers of the first structural component and the one or more skin layers of the second structural component are one or more of coupled together and integrally formed; and a flexure disposed between the first structural component and the second structural component, wherein the flexure is formed by the coupled together and/or integrally formed skin layers.
US10422167B2
An operating system for a motor vehicle door includes a handle that is displaceable between a latching position, a first unlatching position and a second unlatching position. The operating system also includes a latch mechanism including a latch and a cooperating receiver. The operating system further includes a mechanical connection feature connecting the handle to the latch whereby the motor vehicle door may be unlatched by displacing the handle.
US10422156B1
Column and panel concrete fence systems and related methods of construction. Such a method may include placing posts into respective concrete footings, and attaching a 4-arm bracket to each post. The concrete column may be provided in two initially separate portions e.g., each corresponding to a “front” or “back” face of the fence. One of the portions (e.g., corresponding to the front or back of the fence) is attached to a given post, supported on one lateral arm of each bracket. The concrete panel may then be advanced into place, and the other portion of the column is attached to the post, over the first column portion that was already attached to the post. The 2nd portion of the concrete panel is supported on the other lateral arm of the brackets. The panel itself is supported on a middle arm of the bracket, between the lateral column-supporting arms.
US10422149B1
A waterjet apparatus can be installed a wall for containing an artificial body of water, such as a pool bottom and/or sidewalls. The waterjet apparatus can be used with an intermittently operated water delivery system to clean pool bottom and/or sidewalls. The waterjet apparatus has a plaster attachment device for securing a plaster mixture to the waterjet apparatus The plaster attachment device can protrude from or be substantially flush with the pool bottom and/or sidewalls.
US10422148B2
[Summary]A shell element that can be formed simply and in a short time, a shell structure using the shell element, and a structure forming set that can form the shell element simply and in a short time are provided.Resin material is foamed on the inside of thin film, a foamed material portion with bubbles being mixed is in the state of being sandwiched by the thin film and a solid layer, and tensional stress is applied to the thin film and the solid layer and compressive stress is applied to the foamed material portion, thus the shell element is difficult to be cracked or split, and the shell structure is formed by the shell element. And, the shell structure forming set forms the shell structure easily.
US10422147B2
A bracket to hold a bricklayer's speed lead in position on a wall. The bracket, which is contoured to fit the speed lead, has two vertical flanges, one of which has the same or a larger vertical dimension than the other, a horizontal flange extending perpendicularly between the vertical flanges, and a stepped block beneath part of the horizontal flange at right angles to the horizontal flange and one of the vertical flanges. The bracket is also provided with a rotatably mounted cam and a rotatably mounted bushing.
US10422142B2
A simulated brick includes a polymeric core member (20), a mesh layer (30) adhered to the core member, a basecoat layer (43) covering an entirety of the mesh layer, and a finish layer (46) covering an entirety of the basecoat layer. The core member, the mesh layer, the basecoat layer, and the finish layer together define a brick profile portion (11) having first and second lateral sides extending to a planar outer surface to define a first thickness, and an offset portion (12) extending from the first lateral side of the brick profile portion to a lateral end surface and having an outer surface defining a second thickness smaller than the first thickness, the brick profile portion and the offset portion together defining a planar rectangular base surface (16) extending from the second lateral side of the brick profile portion to the lateral end surface of the offset portion.
US10422134B2
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.
US10422133B2
A precast concrete wall structure and method for forming a wall structure are disclosed. A forming member is positioned within a casting bed. The forming member comprises a layer of insulating material defining a plurality of integrally-formed rectangular protrusions extending in a parallel and spaced-apart relationship to one another to define a plurality of rectangular-shaped channels therebetween. The forming member also defines at least one cutout for defining a first portion of a fastener for securing the wall structure to a support structure. A second portion of the fastening member is positioned within the cutout. Uncured concrete is placed within the casting bed and allowed to cure.
US10422127B2
A water resistant expansion joint system for installation into a building joint in vertical and horizontal configurations is designed such that it can be used for either an inside or outside corner. According to an aspect, the system comprises open celled foam having a water-based acrylic chemistry infused therein. A layer of an elastomer is disposed on the open celled foam and is tooled to define a profile to facilitate the compression of the expansion joint system when installed between coplanar substrates. The system is delivered to a job site in a pre-compressed state ready for installation into the building joint.
US10422113B2
An assembly for a shower system having first and second shower members and connectable to a water supply with a supply pipe having a pipe outlet. The assembly includes an adjustable supply assembly and a diverter valve. The adjustable supply assembly includes an adapter coupleable to the pipe outlet, a supply member having a supply outlet and coupled to the adapter for movement along the axis, and a seal positioned to provide a sealed connection in adjusted positions. The diverter valve includes a valve inlet in fluid communication with the supply outlet, and first and second valve outlets in fluid communication with the first and second shower members, respectively. The shower system is mounted in an enclosure having a wall. The adapter connects to the pipe outlet on one side of the wall, and the diverter valve is located on another side of the wall.
US10422108B2
A cabin includes: a panel disposed on a side of an operator seat, the panel including: a plurality of cross members extending in a first direction; and a plurality of transverse members intersecting with the plurality of cross members each other and extending in a second direction; a glass panel disposed on a side of the panel; a window frame disposed on the glass panel; a window panel disposed on the window frame, the window panel being configured to move in the first direction or in the second direction; a projecting member disposed on a side of the window panel, the side being an identical side to the operator seat, the projecting member being configured to move together with the window panel; and a guide portion configured to accept insertion of the projecting member and to limit a moving distance of the window panel.
US10422107B2
A system for uncovering a trench. The system comprises several subsystems, including a work machine and a frame for providing a seal with the surface to be trenched with a saw blade contained therein. The blade is supported on a hub which is slidably movable relative to the frame by operation of a linear actuator, which may be a hydraulic cylinder or the like. The vertical location of the blade within the frame is continuously adjustable to create a deeper or shallower trench. A monitoring system is provided to monitor the vertical location from an operator station.
US10422100B2
A foundation for a tower, the foundation including a main pedestal support structured to engage to a base of the tower. A floor structure surrounds and is secured to the main pedestal support. A wall structure surrounds the floor structure proximate a perimeter thereof, secured to the perimeter of the floor structure and extending upwardly from the floor structure. The main pedestal support is located generally centrally in the floor structure.
US10422096B2
A method, a waterproof liner and waterproof panels for installations in basins and canals) both dry and with stationary and flowing water. The liner consists of a plurality of prefabricated panels, including at least one flexible waterproof membrane, made of geosynthetic material, provided with side anchor bands for anchoring to the ground and with side sealing flaps. The panels that are rolled up into rolls are sequentially unrolled and extended by fixing provisionally along at least one anchor band, by joining simultaneously the flaps of adjoining panels by means of an intermediate zip fastener. Subsequently, the individual panels are firmly anchored by friction to the bottom and/or to the banks of the basin or canal, by means of a permanent ballast. The individual panels can be removed and replaced by operating underwater, restoring the seal between panels of the entire waterproof liner.
US10422092B1
A system for displaying a desired reflective sheeting striping pattern on a traffic management device includes providing a portable panel having reflecting sheeting affixed to a face thereof, orienting the portable panel as desired, and affixing the panel to the device using fastener holes disposed about a perimeter of the panel. The displayed striping pattern may be easily changed by removing the panel from the device, turning the panel over to display an opposing side, on which is displayed a different striping pattern, and reattaching the panel to the traffic management device so that the opposing side of the panel is displayed, or by removing the panel from the traffic management device, rotating the panel by 90 degrees, 180 degrees, or 270 degrees, and then reattaching the panel to the traffic management device so that the same particular striping pattern is oriented in a different direction.
US10422088B2
A saw blade for a sawing machine for cutting micro trenches for receiving at least one duct or cable. The saw blade includes coding elements such as holes, depressions or protrusions. The holes, depressions or protrusions form at least one code symbol representing a unique identity (ID) for the saw blade.
US10422087B2
A compact paver comprising a machine frame, drive motor, travel units, receiving container at the front in relation to the paving direction for receiving paving material, longitudinal conveying device with which the paving material can be conveyed from the receiving container in a rearward direction in relation to the paving direction, transverse distribution device with which the paving material can be distributed on the ground surface transversally to the paving direction, a height-adjustable paving screed for compacting and smoothing the paving material distributed on the ground surface behind the transverse distribution device in the paving direction, an operating platform mounted on the machine frame and arranged behind the receiving container in the paving direction, and an operating platform. And a method for coordinating the operating position of the operating console of the operating platform of the compact paver with a rear operating step and a higher front operating step of the operating platform.
US10422069B2
A bulk dispenser for a fabric treating appliance wherein the fabric treating appliance has a tank defining a bulk dispensing reservoir and a timer valve that is fluidly coupled to the bulk dispensing reservoir. A time selector is located on the tank and operably coupled to the timer valve. The time selector has non-time selection indicia such as load amount, liquid volume, or soil level. The timer valve is a mechanical timer valve.
US10422058B2
A knitted-fabric part including a basic part knitted with at least one knitted-fabric thread, and at least one extension part attached to the basic part to form a contiguous and intact structure. At least one unravelable connecting thread attaches the basic part to the at least one extension part, such that removal of the at least one unravelable connecting thread separates the basic part from the at least one extension part.
US10422057B2
A method of manually forming a knitted product without tools includes forming a knitting yarn having a thread with a plurality of loops extending outwardly of the thread in spaced relationship to each other, arranging the knitting yarn into a plurality of rows, threading one loop of the plurality of loops of one of the plurality of rows through an interior of another loop of the to another loop of another plurality of rows, and repeating the steps until the knitted product is formed. The knitting yarn has a thread and a plurality of loops affixed to or formed with the thread. These loops are in spaced relationship to each other along the length of the thread. The loops extend outwardly of only one side of the thread.
US10422054B2
A method of producing doped carbon fibers, doped systems to prepare graphene-fiber hybrid structures, or doped carbon nanostructures, includes forming doped polymer precursors and decomposing at least a portion of the polymeric precursors to form carbon fibers. The decomposition may be accomplished by treating the doped polymer precursors with acid vapor from an aqueous acid solution at a temperature of less than 250° C.
US10422050B2
Anode foil, preferably aluminum anode foil, is etched using a process of treating the foil in an electrolyte bath composition comprising a persulfate, a halide, an oxidizing agent, and a sulfate. An etch resist can be added to the anode foil prior to etching. The anode foil and the attached etch resist can be heated prior to immersing both in an electrolyte bath composition. The anode foil is etched in the electrolyte bath composition by passing a charge through the bath, while maintaining a constant level of persulfate. The etched anode foil is suitable for use in an electrolytic capacitor.
US10422043B2
The invention relates to a composition for inhibiting corrosion of the upper part (or roof) of a pipeline for conveying wet hydrocarbons, i.e. hydrocarbons comprising a variable amount of water, said composition comprising at least one Amine 1 with vapor pressure greater than or equal to 10 mmHg, and at least one. Amine 2 with vapor pressure greater than or equal to 0.1 mmHg and strictly less than 10 mmHg.The invention also relates to the use of such a composition, and also to the method of inhibiting top-of-line corrosion employing said inhibitor composition.
US10422042B2
Methods comprising: (a) providing a coating composition comprising a fluoroacid compound of the general formula (I): XpMqFrOs (I) wherein each of q and r independently represents an integer of 1 to 10; each of p and s independently represents an integer from 0 to 10; X represents at least one cation selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, ammonium, alkaline earth metals and alkali metals; and M represents at least one element selected from the group consisting of Ti, Zr, Hf, Si, Sn, Al, Ge, and B; (b) contacting a metal substrate with the coating composition; and (c) adding to the coating composition a component selected from the group consisting of fluorine-free compounds of an element M, Group 2 metal compounds, Group 12 metal compounds, Group 13 compounds, Group 14 compounds, and combination thereof.
US10422036B2
In an example of a method for suppressing aging of platinum group metal (PGM) particles in a catalytic converter, PGM particles are applied to a support. A surface of the PGM particles is passivated by exposing the PGM particles to carbon monoxide at a temperature equal to or less than 200° C. to introduce —CO groups to the surface. Atomic layer deposition (ALD) is performed to selectively grow a barrier on the support around the PGM particles.
US10422026B2
A process is disclosed comprising heating a powder mixture (212) with an energy beam (304) to melt only a portion of a first powder (202) of the mixture and to melt all or most of a second powder (204) of the mixture, wherein the second powder includes a gamma prime forming constituent and the first powder includes elements of a desired precipitation strengthened superalloy composition less the gamma prime forming constituent; allowing the melted portions to mix and to cool to form a deposit layer (208) including a beta phase alloy surrounding unmelted first powder of the mixture. The process may further include heat treating the deposit layer to transform it into a gamma plus gamma prime layer (210) of the desired precipitation strengthened superalloy composition.
US10422020B2
Provided is a method for melting copper scrap and/or refining blister copper, comprising the steps of: (a) charging of copper scrap into an empty anode furnace and melting the copper scrap; (b) charging molten blister copper into the anode furnace; (c) optionally charging more copper scrap into the anode furnace and melting the copper scrap; (d) optionally repeating steps (b) and/or (c) one or more times until the anode furnace is full and a desired amount of copper scrap has been charged and melted until a final copper batch is obtained; and (e) refining the final copper batch to obtain anode copper.
US10422015B2
Provided are a high-strength galvanized steel sheet containing 0.12% to 0.25% C, 0.01% to 1.00% Si, 1.5% to 4.0% Mn, 0.100% or less P, 0.02% or less S, 0.01% to 0.10% Al, 0.001% to 0.010% N, 0.005% to 0.100% Ti, and 0.0005% to 0.0050% B, the remainder being Fe and inevitable impurities, Ti>4N being satisfied. The high-strength galvanized steel sheet contains 80% to 100% martensite in terms of area fraction, 5% or less (including 0%) polygonal ferrite in terms of area fraction, and less than 3% (including 0%) retained austenite in terms of area fraction. The average hardness of martensite is 400 to 500 in terms of Vickers hardness (Hv). The average grain size of martensite is 20 μm or less. The standard deviation of the grain size of martensite is 7.0 μm or less.
US10422008B2
Provided herein are methods for detecting and discriminating BRAF V600 mutations. Also provided herein are methods for diagnosis, prognosis, management, and treatment decisions of BRAF V600 mutation-related diseases or conditions.
US10421995B2
Described herein are methods and devices for capturing and determining the identity of molecules using nanopores. The molecules can be counted, sorted and/or binned rapidly in a parallel manner using a large number of nanopores (e.g., 132,000 nanopores reading 180 million molecules in 1 hour). This fast capture and reading of a molecule can be used to capture probe molecules or other molecules that have been generated to represent an original, hard to detect molecule or portions of an original molecule. Precise counting of sample molecules or surrogates for sample molecules can occur. The methods and devices described herein can, among other things, replace flow cytometers and other counting instruments (e.g., while providing increased precision and throughput relative to a flow cytometer). In some cases, the devices and methods capture and hold particular molecules or surrogates of molecules in the nanopores and then eject them into clean solution to perform a capture, sorting, and binning function similar to flow cytometers.
US10421993B2
Methods, compositions, systems and kits to amplify or improve amplification of target-specific amplification products by reducing non-specific amplification products (e.g., primer-dimers) when amplifying multiple different nucleotide regions. The methods, compositions, systems and kits described herein may include, or include the use of, one or more resolvases that recognize and bind to and/or cut an aberrant DNA structure.
US10421980B2
The present disclosure provides a DNA-targeting RNA that comprises a targeting sequence and, together with a modifying polypeptide, provides for site-specific modification of a target DNA and/or a polypeptide associated with the target DNA. The present disclosure further provides site-specific modifying polypeptides. The present disclosure further provides methods of site-specific modification of a target DNA and/or a polypeptide associated with the target DNA The present disclosure provides methods of modulating transcription of a target nucleic acid in a target cell, generally involving contacting the target nucleic acid with an enzymatically inactive Cas9 polypeptide and a DNA-targeting RNA. Kits and compositions for carrying out the methods are also provided. The present disclosure provides genetically modified cells that produce Cas9; and Cas9 transgenic non-human multicellular organisms.
US10421970B2
Efficient sequence specific gene silencing is possible through the use of siRNA technology. Be selecting particular siRNAs by rational design, one can maximize the generation of an effective gene silencing reagent, as well as methods for silencing genes. Methods compositions, and kits generated through rational design of siRNAs are disclosed, including those directed to the nucleotide sequences for COX-2.
US10421964B2
This invention encompasses compounds and compositions useful in methods for medical therapy, in general, for inhibiting expression of a TTR gene in a subject. The compounds have a first strand and a second strand, the monomers comprising UNA monomers and nucleic acid monomers, and the compounds are targeted to a sequence of a TTR gene.
US10421962B2
Provided herein are double stranded nucleic acid molecules, compositions comprising same and methods of use thereof for the treatment of a subject wherein expression of DDIT4 is associated with the etiology or progression of a disease or disorder in the subject. The compounds are preferably chemically synthesized and modified dsRNA molecules.
US10421958B2
The present invention relates to methods of screening libraries of chimeric molecules comprising ribotoxic polypeptides, where screening is based on the interim reduction or elimination of ribotoxicity and the methods can identify cytotoxic molecules, each comprising a binding region and a ribotoxic region which jointly possess a desired assay-selectable characteristic, such as, e.g., binding to a target biomolecule, binding to a target cell, and/or cellular internalization.
US10421953B2
Various aspects and embodiments herein relate to recombinant proteins with at least one protease recognition sequence, wherein the recombinant proteins can be inactivated by a cognate protease and methods of preparing such proteins. In some embodiments, recombinant phosphoglucose isomerase (Pgi) proteins are provided. In other embodiments, recombinant phosphotransacetylase (Pta) proteins are provided. In yet other embodiments, recombinant transketolase A (TktA) proteins are provided.
US10421951B2
Unnatural, mutated thioesterases having an amino acid sequence that is at least 80% identical to SEQ. ID. NO: 1 and having substitutions at one or more of amino acid positions I107, R108, L109, S122, M141, E142, Y145, and L146, gene constructs encoding and configured to express the mutated thioesterases in a transformed host cell and host cells transformed to contain the gene constructs.
US10421950B2
Disclosed is a new process for the production of recombinant proteins, by transient transfection of suspension-grown human embryonic kidney cells (293 cell line and its genetic variants) with an expression vector, using polyethylenimine (PEI) as a transfection reagent. In a preferred embodiment, the process uses 293E cells expressing the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) EBNA 1 protein, in combination with an oriP-based episomal expression vector having an improved cytomegalovirus expression cassette comprising the CMV5 promoter. The process combines in a single step the cell growth, transfection and protein expression, is carried out without changing the culture medium, and allows to achieve high expression levels in a short period of time. The process may be carried out in a serum-free, low-protein culture medium, is easily scalable, compatible with continuous production processes, and fully adapted to high-throughput production of milligram quantities of recombinant proteins.
US10421940B2
An automated biological sample collection system and methods are disclosed. The system comprises an incubator, an applicator and a sampler. The incubator is configured to control the environment of a plurality of eggs, the applicator is configured to deliver exogenous material to the plurality of eggs, at least one sampler is configured to collect samples from the plurality of eggs, invasively or non-invasively and a system controller is operable to drive the various components of the system automatically according to assay specifications and configuration.
US10421931B2
Cleaning compositions that include an insoluble cationically-modified cellulose and external structurant. Methods of making and using such cleaning compositions.
US10421909B2
The invention relates to mixed alkali-aluminum phosphites of the formula (I) Al2.00Mz(HPO3)y(OH)vx(H2O)w (I) in which M represents alkali metal ions, z is 0.01 to 1.5, y is 2.63 to 3.5, v is 0 to 2, w is 0 to 4; to a process for preparation thereof and to the use thereof.
US10421904B2
A semiconductor structure and a light-emitting device having a light-emitting diode and a plurality of semiconductor structures are disclosed. In an embodiment, the semiconductor structure includes an elongated seed particle including a first semiconductor material, wherein the seed particle has an aspect ratio of greater than 2.0, and wherein the semiconductor structure is part of or forms a quantum dot.
US10421903B2
Disclosed is a carrier particle, comprising a sphere and a sub-sphere on the surface of the sphere; the sphere and/or at least one sub-sphere comprise at least one type of quantum dots. Also disclosed is a method for preparing the carrier particle, mainly by connecting at least one nanosphere to a microsphere, and the microsphere and/or the nanosphere are loaded with at least one type of quantum dots.
US10421889B2
A pressure-sensitive adhesive comprising at least 60 wt % of a polymer blend, where the polymer blend consists of a first polymer component A, a second polymer component B, and optionally one or more further polymer components (C, D, . . . ), where the first polymer component A is present at not less than x wt % in the polymer blend, where 90≤x≤99, and where the second polymer component B and any further polymer components C, D, . . . present are present in total at y wt % in the polymer blend, where y=100−x, where each polymer component (A, B, C, . . . ) derives to an extent of at least 60 wt % from (meth)acrylic monomers, wherein none of the polymer components (A, B, C, . . . ) is homogeneously miscible at room temperature with any of the other polymer components (A, B, C, . . . ), and so a multi-phase system is present.
US10421888B2
A method for manufacturing a touch panel and a conductive strippable adhesive are provided. The method for manufacturing the touch panel including forming a touch electrode and forming a conductive strippable adhesive layer on the touch electrode, wherein the conductive strippable adhesive layer is electrically connected with the touch electrode. The conductive strippable adhesive layer enables charges to flow freely in the touch electrodes, so as to balance the electric potential in the touch electrodes, and improve the ability of resisting electrostatic breakdown of touch panel products in the production process, and effectively eliminate risk of ESD in a manufacturing process of a touch panel, and hence improve the product yield, and reduce the cost.
US10421876B2
The present invention provides an electronic or electrical device or component thereof comprising a cross-linked polymeric coating on a surface of the electronic or electrical device or component thereof; wherein the cross-linked polymeric coating is obtainable by exposing the electronic or electrical device or component thereof to a plasma comprising a monomer compound and a crosslinking reagent for a period of time sufficient to allow formation of the cross-linked polymeric coating on a surface thereof,wherein the monomer compound has the following formula: where R1, R2 and R4 are each independently selected from hydrogen, optionally substituted branched or straight chain C1-C6 alkyl or halo alkyl or aryl optionally substituted by halo, and R3 is selected from: where each X is independently selected from hydrogen, a halogen, optionally substituted branched or straight chain C1-C6 alkyl, halo alkyl or aryl optionally substituted by halo; and n1 is an integer from 1 to 27; and wherein the crosslinking reagent comprises two or more unsaturated bonds attached by means of one or more linker moieties and has a boiling point at standard pressure of less than 500° C.
US10421868B2
Water-based compositions containing a low VOC coalescent, a latex or water-dispersible polymer are described.
US10421863B2
A method of producing the composite reinforcing material includes a step of kneading at least a graphite-based carbon material and a reinforcing material into a base material. The graphite-based carbon material is characterized by having a rhombohedral graphite layer (3R) and a hexagonal graphite layer (2H), wherein a Rate (3R) of the rhombohedral graphite layer (3R) and the hexagonal graphite layer (2H), based on an X-ray diffraction method, which is defined by following Equation 1 is 31% or more: Rate(3R)=P3/(P3+P4)×100 (Equation 1) wherein P3 is a peak intensity of a (101) plane of the rhombohedral graphite layer (3R) based on the X-ray diffraction method, and P4 is a peak intensity of a (101) plane of the hexagonal graphite layer (2H) based on the X-ray diffraction method.
US10421862B2
The present invention relates to [1] a process for producing pigment-containing modified polymer particles, including the step of reacting pigment-containing polymer particles (A) containing a functional group and a compound (B) containing a reactive group capable of reacting with the functional group of the polymer particles (A) in a medium under such a condition that a ratio [(B)/(A)] of total moles of the reactive group of the compound (B) to total moles of the functional group of the polymer particles (A) is from 0.10 to 0.62; [2] a pigment water dispersion including an aqueous medium and the modified polymer particles produced by the aforementioned process which are dispersed in the aqueous medium; and [3] an ink including the aforementioned pigment water dispersion and an organic solvent. The modified polymer particles are free from formation of coarse particles upon production of pigment particles, so that an ink obtained by using the modified polymer particles can be prevented from suffering from increase in viscosity thereof when the ink is being concentrated by evaporation of water from the ink, and is excellent in rub fastness when printed on a low-water absorbing recording medium.
US10421851B2
Disclosed is a scorch inhibitor composition comprising (A) one or more 2,2,4-trimethyl-1,2-dihydroquinoline compound, (B) one or more lactone, (C) one or more phenolic compound, (D) optionally one or more tocopherol, and (E) optionally one or more phosphite compound.
US10421848B2
Unexpectedly unique and environmentally friendly composite material structures, storage articles fabricated therefrom, and related methods. The composite structure includes at least one or more fiber-containing layers, such as fiberboard or other layers having fibers from natural and/or synthetic sources, and one or more mineral-containing layers. The mineral-containing layer(s) comprises a thermoplastic bonding agent fixing the mineral particles in place. The fiber-containing layer(s) and mineral-containing layer(s) can be shaped, sized, and manufactured such that the composite structure formed therefrom is capable of being machined to form the storage article. The composite structure can be repulped and recycled without the use of dispersions, emulsions, or aqueous solutions. Further, the composite reduces layer mass requirements for heat seal, barrier, and fiber adhesion compared to polymer layers. The composite structure further has tensile strength and other structural characteristics that allow it to be readily machined into desired storage article forms.
US10421843B2
Amino acid-based poly(ester amide) (PEA) macromers (e.g., functional PEA macromers) and methods for preparing amino acid-based poly(ester amide) (PEA) macromers. The functional PEA macromers can comprise functional groups such as hydroxyl, amine, sulfonic acids, carboxyl, thiol and acryloyl at the two terminuses of the PEA macromers. The content of the terminal functional groups on the macromers can be precisely controlled by adjusting the molar ratio of reactive monomers. The resulting versatility of these new functional PEA macromers can be used to fabricate a wide range of PEAs and PEA hybrid derivatives with very different chemical, physical, mechanical, thermal and biological properties. The functional PEA macromers can also be polycondensed into forming block PEA polymers.
US10421839B2
One of the purposes of the present invention is to provide an aminoalkyl group-containing siloxane, in particular an aminoalkyl group- and polyoxyalkylene group-containing siloxane, in which an amount of a cyclic siloxane as an impurity contained is decreased, and a method for preparing the same. The present invention is to provide a method for preparing an aminoalkyl group-containing siloxane represented by the following general formula (1): (R13SiO1/2)k(R12SiO2/2)p(R11SiO3/2)q(SiO4/2)r (1), wherein R1 is, independently of each other, a hydroxyl group, an alkoxyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted monovalent hydrocarbon group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, or a group represented by the following formula (2), (3) or (6); —(CR2H)a—(NHCH2CH2)b—NH2 (2), —(CR2H)c—O—(C2H4O)d—(C3H6O)e—R3 (3), —(CR2H)f—(R52SiO)s—SiR53 (6); provided that at least one of R1 is the group represented by the formula (2); comprising a step of addition reacting (A) a hydrogensiloxane represented by the following general formula (9): (R83SiO1/2)k(R82SiO2/2)p(R81SiO3/2)q(SiO4/2)r (9) with (B) a compound represented by the following formula (10) and having a protected amino group: CHR2═CR2—(CR2H)a′—(NQCH2CH2)b—NQ2 (10) and optionally (C) a polyether represented by the following formula (11): CHR2═CR2—(CR2H)c′—O—(C2H4O)d—(C3H6O)e—R3 (11) and (D) a (poly)siloxane represented by the following formula (12): CHR2═CR2—(CR2H)f′—(R52SiO)s—SiR53 (12); and a step of removing the silyl group from the amino group, hereinafter referred to as deprotection, to thereby provide said aminoalkyl group-containing siloxane represented by the formula (1).
US10421829B2
Catalyst systems and methods for making and using the same. A method of methylating a catalyst composition while substantially normalizing the entiomeric distribution is provided. The method includes slurrying the organometallic compound in dimethoxyethane (DME), and adding a solution of RMgBr in DME, wherein R is a methyl group or a benzyl group, and wherein the RMgBr is greater than about 2.3 equivalents relative to the organometallic compound. After the addition of the RMgBr, the slurry is mixed for at least about four hours. An alkylated organometallic is isolated, wherein the methylated species has a meso/rac ratio that is between about 0.9 and about 1.2.
US10421810B2
Chimeric antigen receptors containing tumor necrosis factor receptor superfamily member transmembrane domains are disclosed. Nucleic acids, recombinant expression vectors, host cells, antigen binding fragments, and pharmaceutical compositions, relating to the chimeric antigen receptors are also disclosed. Methods of treating or preventing cancer in a subject, and methods of making chimeric antigen receptor T cells are also disclosed.
US10421804B2
The present invention provides monoclonal antibodies, or antigen-binding fragments thereof, that bind to ZIKV glycoproteins, pharmaceutical compositions comprising the antibodies and methods of use. The antibodies of the invention are useful for inhibiting or neutralizing ZIKV activity, thus providing a means of treating or preventing ZIKV infection in humans. In some embodiments, the invention provides for use of one or more antibodies that bind to the ZIKV for preventing viral attachment and/or entry into host cells. The antibodies of the invention may be used prophylactically or therapeutically and may be used alone or in combination with one or more other anti-viral agents or vaccines.
US10421796B2
Lysine-depleted variants of fragment crystallizable (Fc) regions of immunoglobulins are disclosed. Also disclosed are fusion proteins comprised of N-terminal targeting or active peptide domains fused with such lysine-depleted variant IgG-Fc domains. Polynucleotides encoding such proteins, compositions and kits containing such proteins, and methods of using such proteins are also disclosed.
US10421794B2
Fusion peptide comprising: i) an amino acid sequence as defined in SEQ ID No.: 1 or a related homolog having at least 90% identity with SEQ ID No.: 1 and having the ability of the sequence SEQ ID No.: 1 to inhibit the kinase-independent function of PI3Kγ, and ii) a peptide having the ability to penetrate a cell.
US10421783B2
Described herein is the discovery of novel PSMA-specific peptides, which were identified through a novel combinatorial biopanning method. One of the novel PSMA-specific peptides discovered, GTIQPYPFSWGY (or GTI) (SEQ ID NO: 2), exhibits high binding affinity and selectivity to PSMA and PSMA-positive prostate cancer cells. It was found that GTI can mediate internalization of the apoptotic KLA peptide (SEQ ID NO: 10) to PSMA-positive LNCaP cells and induce cell death. Moreover, a FAM-labeled GTI peptide shows a high and specific tumor uptake in nude mice bearing human prostate cancer xenografts. It was demonstrated that the GTI peptide can be employed as a PSMA-specific ligand for prostate cancer diagnosis and/or for targeted drug delivery to prostate cancer cells.
US10421777B2
Polyelectrolyte based bioactive super-absorbent material ionotropically crosslinked/neutralized involving polyvalent carboxylic acids, citrate, Kojic Acid, Alpha Arbutin along with fish scale collagen cross linked with other polyelectrolyte biopolymers preferably selected from chitosan, alginate or their combinations is used in this invention. The advancement is also directed to process of extraction of collagen of high purity from fresh water fish scale by salt and alkaline washing, crushing followed by continuous dialysis thereby minimizing the chance of collagen degradation. Also disclosed are different forms of collagen-chitosan composite biomaterial using citrate as the neutralizing buffer in combination with antimicrobial agent, antioxidant, skin plumper and melanin reducer wherein the different forms of collagen chitosan particularly sheet, flakes, powder, gel, particles, fiber, film, spray etc. reveal efficient wound healing properties. The advancement is thus directed to find wide application in various dermal wound healing, tissue engineering, 3D cell culture, cell expansion and cell delivery vehicle, mimicking the in vivo situation in dynamic condition, cosmetics and different other health care applications.
US10421774B2
Compounds having drug and bio-affecting properties, their pharmaceutical compositions and methods of use are set forth. In particular, betulinic acid derivatives that possess unique antiviral activity are provided as HIV maturation inhibitors, as represented by compounds of Formula I: These compounds are useful for the treatment of HIV and AIDS.
US10421773B2
Oxysterol-bisphosphonate and oxysterol-alendronic acid compounds, compositions including them, and methods using them for the treatment of bone disorders.
US10421765B2
The present invention relates to tetrahydropyrido[4,3-d]pyrimidine based compounds and methods which may be useful as inhibitors of ATR kinase for the treatment or prevention of cancer.
US10421753B2
The present invention includes novel RAD51 inhibitors. The compounds of the invention may be useful in preventing or treating cancer in a subject in need thereof. The present invention also includes methods of preventing or treating cancer in a subject in need thereof by administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of a compound of the invention.
US10421749B2
The present invention relates to compounds and compositions for use in methods of treating and/or preventing conditions, disorders or diseases that are mediated or caused by a virus.
US10421742B2
The invention relates to substituted oxopyridine derivatives and to processes for their preparation, and also to their use for preparing medicaments for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of diseases, in particular cardiovascular disorders, preferably thrombotic or thromboembolic disorders, and oedemas, and also ophthalmic disorders.
US10421741B2
The present invention relates to a process for preparing compound 1 that is useful as an antifungal agent. In particular, the invention seeks to provide new methodology for preparing compound 1 and substituted derivatives thereof.
US10421739B2
The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of racemic nicotine from 3-pyridylaldehyde using a one-pot or step-wise method. The process comprises the following steps: Stetter reaction, reduction-cyclization and methylation.
US10421737B2
The invention provides a new process for the preparation of optically active Beraprost of formula (I) starting from racemic Beraprost alkyl ester through hydrolysis, enantiomer esterification, preparation of diacyl-Beraprost ester diastereomers and their separation and hydrolysis.
US10421733B2
Methods of synthesizing and purifying certain 3,7-diamino-phenothiazin-5-ium compounds (referred to herein as “diaminophenothiazinium compounds”) including Methylthioninium Chloride (MTC) (also known as Methylene Blue) are provided.
US10421731B2
The present disclosure relates to inhibitors of zinc-dependent histone deacetylases (HDACs) useful in the treatment of diseases or disorders associated with an HDAC, e.g., HDAC6, having a Formula I: where R, L, X1, X2, X3, X4, Y1, Y2, Y3, and Y4 are described herein.
US10421723B2
Described herein are alkylated imino sugars derivatives having a disease-modifying action in the treatment of diseases associated with glucosidase activity that include viral hemorrhagic fevers and other enveloped viruses, and any other diseases involving glucosidase activity.
US10421722B2
The present invention generally relates to various compounds that are useful as vesicular acetylcholine transporter (VAChT) ligands. The invention further relates to methods of using these compounds and their radiolabeled analogs for the detection of neurodegenerative diseases including Parkinson's disease (PD), and Alzheimer's disease (AD).
US10421708B2
The present disclosure provides a sensitizer for UV-LED photocuring, having a chemical structure as represented by formula (I). This sensitizer has a very good adaptability to existing photoinitiators, can significantly improve the curing efficiency under the irradiation of a UV-LED light source when used in a photocurable composition, and has excellent application properties.
US10421707B2
Methods and compositions comprising an emulsion or a microemulsion for use treating an oil and/or gas well are provided. In some embodiments, the emulsion or the microemulsion comprises an aqueous phase, a solvent, a surfactant comprising alkyl polyglycoside, an alcohol, and, optionally, one or more additives.
US10421706B2
The invention relates to a conversion method that is fed with a diol feedstock that comprises at least 90% by weight of diol and a carboxylic acid feedstock that comprises at least 80% by weight of carboxylic acid. The method comprising at least: An esterification step which is fed with at least the diol feedstock and at least the carboxylic acid feedstock, wherein the carboxylic acid/diol molar ratio at the inlet of the esterification step is between 2 and 6, the esterification step comprises at least one reactive distillation column that has a mixed reaction/separation zone located between two separation zones; and A water elimination step that is fed with distillate from the esterification step that comprises water and producing at least one water effluent.
US10421703B2
The present invention is directed towards a catalyst which is obtainable by contacting in situ a ruthenium precursor and a phenol derivative. Furthermore, the present invention is directed towards the use of said catalyst in transfer hydrogenation reactions. In particular, the present invention is directed to a method for preparing menthone starting from isopulegol.
US10421701B2
A support structure for a reconfigurable molecule includes a first support portion having a first mounting region; a second support portion having a second mounting region; and a rotatable molecule anchored between the first support portion and the second support portion on the first mounting region and the second mounting region, the rotatable molecule having an internal rotational axis extending from the first mounting region to the second mounting region; wherein the first support portion and the second support portion are mirror images of one another.
US10421697B2
The invention relates to a thermally-integrated method for producing butadiene from butanol that comprises at least the following steps: a) Dehydration of butanol, fed by a dehydration feed that is formed from at least said n-butanol feedstock that is diluted with at least a portion of the purified water effluent that is obtained from step c), leading to a butene effluent in at least one reactor, in the presence of a catalyst that comprises an alumina, b) Oxidizing dehydrogenation of said butene effluent, diluted with at least a portion of the purified water effluent that is obtained from step c), into butadiene, with said butene effluent not having undergone any treatment following the dehydration step a), c) Separation of the effluent that is obtained from step b) into at least one butadiene effluent and one purified water effluent.
US10421696B2
Enantioselective synthesis of α-quaternary mannich adducts by palladium-catalyzed allylic alkylation
This invention provides enantioenriched Mannich adducts with quaternary stereogenic centers and novel methods of preparing the compounds. Methods include the method for the preparation of a compound of formula (I): comprising treating a compound of formula (II): with a transition metal catalyst under alkylation conditions.
US10421680B2
Described herein are attached growth reactor systems which increase nitrifying bacteria biomass through a variety of means during warm weather. As a consequence, the attached growth reactor system contains sufficient nitrifying bacteria biomass to remove ammonia from wastewater in cold to moderate climates. In one example, there are two attached growth reactors into which wastewater is distributed discontinuously. Specifically, wastewater is transferred to the first attached growth reactor for a first period of time and then is transferred to the second attached growth reactor for a second period of time during warm weather which effectively doubles the nitrifying bacteria biomass in the system. During cold weather, approximately half of the wastewater is applied to each reactor simultaneously.
US10421679B2
Aerobic processes are disclosed for the treatment of wastewater which contains at least one substrate comprising at least one of organocarbon component and ammonium cation. A bioreactor is used for the treatment which contains ME biocatalysts to provide high bioreactor bioactivity density. The processes reduce sludge generated and are capable of effecting the metabolic oxidation at low dissolved oxygen concentrations.
US10421678B2
Embodiments described methods, systems and apparatuses to utilize a plurality of membrane cartridges and a housing frame comprising a lightweight corrosion resistant material (e.g., non-corrosive metals, non-corrosive composites such as PVC, HDPE and FRP). The anti-corrosive properties of said frame allow of it to be re-used (e.g., with replaced MBR filters). Said MBR frame may be used in a single function or multi-function wastewater treatment container. Said container may also include a corrosion resistant liner coupled to interior portions of each of the base and side walls of the basin, an inlet to receive wastewater treatment influent into the basin, and an outlet to output wastewater treatment process material from the basin.
US10421677B2
Systems and methods for watercraft and marine propulsions systems having marine environment enhancement capabilities are disclosed.
US10421673B2
A simple and efficient electrolysis device for making electrolyzed water from pure water, comprising a controllable electrolysis power supply, an electrolytic electrode plate assembly connected to said power supply, said component being immersed within the to-be-electrolyzed water when in operation. A gap is provided between an anode and a cathode of the electrolytic electrode plate assembly, the gap distance being greater than 0 mm and less than 10 mm, said gap being designed according to the principle of optimal minimization, being less than 0.1 mm when necessary. The area of the surfaces, on either side of the gap, of the anode and the cathode of the electrolytic electrode plate assembly are designed according to the principle of optimal maximization, within the occupied set space. Also disclosed is a simple electrolysis method for making electrolyzed water from pure water.
US10421671B2
The present disclosure provides a particulate matter comprising a combination of crystalline manganese oxide and amorphous manganese oxide, the crystalline form being present and forms passages throughout a cross section of said particulate matter, wherein said crystalline form define a specific surface area that is greater than the outer surface of said particulate matter. Also provided herein is a process for removing chemical contaminants from flowing water making use of the particulate matter and a device and a system comprising the particulate matter.
US10421665B2
A process for the formation of a graphene membrane component includes arranging a graphene membrane in a relaxed condition of the graphene membrane on a surface of a supportive substrate. The graphene membrane extends across a cut-out with an opening at the surface of the supportive substrate. The graphene membrane is moreover arranged so that a first portion of the graphene membrane is arranged on the surface of the supportive substrate and a second portion of the graphene membrane is arranged over the opening of the cut-out. The process further includes tensioning of the second portion of the graphene membrane, in order to convert the second portion of the graphene membrane to a tensioned condition, so that the second portion of the graphene membrane is permanently in the tensioned condition in an operating temperature range of the graphene membrane component.
US10421659B2
A microelectromechanical system (MEMS) sensor includes a MEMS layer that includes fixed and movable electrodes. In response to an in-plane linear acceleration, the movable electrodes move with respect to the fixed electrodes, and acceleration is determined based on the resulting change in capacitance. A plurality of auxiliary electrodes are located on a substrate of the MEMS sensor and below the MEMS layer, such that a capacitance between the MEMS layer and the auxiliary loads changes in response to an out-of-plane movement of the MEMS layer or a portion thereof. The MEMS sensor compensates for the acceleration value based on the capacitance sensed by the auxiliary electrodes.
US10421655B1
A portable hydration system and various components are disclosed. The system utilizes a pump to transfer potable liquid (e.g. water) from a liquid container to a user during challenging activities (e.g. endurance motorcycle riding).
US10421653B2
A manhole cover moving assembly and method for moving a manhole cover works to lift, lower, rotate, extend, retract, and laterally displace a manhole cover over a short distance and in difficult to access areas. The moving assembly detachably attaches a hitch to a mobile mount for portability. The moving assembly provides a mast and a shaft that operate at adjustable relative to create mechanical advantages while moving the manhole cover. A telescoping support arm adjusts the angle of the shaft relative to the mast. The shaft carries a pulley apparatus and a cable that suspends the manhole cover. The mast rotates about a hitch. The shaft pivots about the mast. The shaft also extends and retracts. Further, as the angle of the shaft is changed through manipulation of the telescoping support arm, the mechanical advantage is increased for facilitating movement of the manhole cover.
US10421644B2
A lifting point for lifting loads having a swivel body with which is associated an attaching loop capable of cooperating with a lifting accessory, and a fixing member for fixing said lifting point to a load, the fixing member and the swivel body being joined together by a swivel linkage allowing the body to swivel relative to the fixing member about an axis. The parts of the fixing member and of the swivel body cooperating in the swivel linkage are each made in one piece, so as to form a linkage which cannot be dismantled, one and/or the other of these parts being manufactured by metallic additive manufacturing.
US10421643B2
A passenger conveyor includes a semi-fixing mechanism, which restrains movement of a truss in a direction toward one floor and releases the restraint of the movement of the truss in the direction toward the one floor, and a truss-position recovery mechanism, which moves the truss in the longitudinal direction with respect to the one floor to set a dimension between the truss and the one floor to a preset specified dimension before the truss is moved in the longitudinal direction with respect to another floor when a separating force in a direction in which the truss is separated from the one floor is exerted between the truss and the one floor after the restraint of the movement of the truss in the direction toward the one floor is released.
US10421642B2
An elevator component separation assurance system includes a controller, and a brake controller. The controller includes an electronic processor, a computer readable storage medium, a safety motion state estimator, and a safety assurance module. The safety motion state estimator is configured to identify velocity and position of each one of a plurality of elevator components. The safety assurance module is configured to select a separation map from a plurality of pre-pre-programmed separation maps for each one of an adjacent component pair of the plurality of elevator components for initiating a Ustop that maintains elevator component separation. The brake controller is carried by each one of the plurality of elevator components, and is configured to actuate a secondary brake upon detection of a loss of communication with at least a portion of the controller.
US10421619B2
A method for placing packets having a length different from the width into and out of storage in a storage rack in which the packet is oriented extending longitudinally and transversely as selected and the orientation can be changed between a distribution path and it being placed into or out of storage. The orientation of the packet can be changed by 90 degrees between a distribution path and the storage rack, for which purpose in each case two incoming paths and/or outgoing paths are disposed in a crossing arrangement between the distribution path and the storage rack, wherein via each incoming path and/or outgoing path at least two storage rack aisles can be reached or emptied, and a 90 degree deflector is disposed at the crossing point in order to change the incoming or outgoing path as selected.
US10421612B1
A slat for a conveyor where the conveyor has one or more curves. The slat has landing gears carrying wheels set apart from the slat, and the wheels are capable of engaging a surface distinctive from the landing gears.
US10421609B2
A variety of vehicle-based and warehouse-based solutions are provided to increase the adaptability, utility, and efficiency of materials handling vehicles in the warehouse environment, such as a materials handling vehicle comprising a hand-held drive unit comprising a user interface and an operational command generator responsive to the user interface. The hand-held drive unit is configured to send operational commands generated in response to user input at the user interface to the vehicular controller(s) to control operational functions of the traction control unit, the braking system, the steering assembly, the mast assembly, the picking attachment, or combinations thereof.
US10421606B2
In some embodiments, a debris bundling device can include a substrate including at least one edge. The substrate may be formed from a flexible material. The debris bundling device may further include a plurality of strings and a plurality of fasteners coupled to the substrate. Each string may include a first end coupled to the substrate and may include a second end. Each fastener may be configured to engage the second end of one of the plurality of strings to secure the substrate in a wrapped state.
US10421601B2
Processor tray for displaying tubular meat products in an arcuate configuration, and designed to help guide the packer to mold and place curved meat products in the tray. The filled tray is wrapped in film, and the configuration of the filled tray maintains the film taut to avoid leakage. The tray includes a rectangular upper shaped cavity, and a plurality of curved recessed pockets extend below the upper cavity to define a lower cavity. The tray is designed to provide structural rigidity that resists warping and breakage, thus enabling the overwrapped tray to be handled, shipped, and displayed with minimal leakage or breakage. In some embodiments the tray includes features that facilitate de-nesting of a stack of empty trays, and is adapted to facilitate movement of the wrapped package on a moving conveyor line. The tray is easy to manufacture and provides a lightweight and cost effective packaging product. Preferably the tray has a rectangular shape that provides for consistent wrapping strength and can be handled on standard processing equipment.
US10421592B2
A closure cap assembly for a container having a spout is described. The closure cap assembly includes a spout adapter and a cap. The spout adapter has a tubular body portion and a pull portion. The body portion is configured to be fixed to the spout of the container, and the pull portion is positioned in a flow passage of the body portion. A proximal end of the pull portion is connected to the body portion to form a seal across the flow passage. The distal end extends beyond the distal end of the body portion. The cap has a top end and a bottom end, is connected to the external surface of the body portion, and is connected to the pull portion in a way that the pull portion separates from the body portion as the cap is removed from the body portion.
US10421585B2
A bottle includes a body and an overcap that covers the shoulder and neck of the bottle. The overcap includes an outer skirt and an inner skirt. The inner skirt engages the closure for the bottle. The outer skirt extends outwardly from the inner skirt. The inner skirt includes a first engaging lip and a second engaging lip that secure the overcap to the body of the bottle. The first engaging lip is located below the cover of the closure while the second engaging lip is located below the tamper-proof band of the closure.
US10421582B2
A modular reconfigurable vehicle assembly pallet system and method are disclosed. In one example, a plurality of modular assembly plates are assembled having vehicle locators positioned specifically for a particular model vehicle. The assembled vehicle-specific plates are easily installed on a universal pallet positioned along an assembly line in an assembly sequence. The vehicle-specific modular plates can be quickly interchanged on the assembly pallet to thereby reconfigure the assembly pallet to coordinate with changing vehicle build assembly sequences.
US10421580B2
A package assembly suitable for use in storing and shipping a plurality of product containers includes a shipping configuration and a display configuration. In the shipping configuration the package assembly is constructed from a single blank of packaging material and formed into a case into which a plurality of product containers are inserted. In the display configuration a top portion of the case is removed from a bottom portion of the case along one or more tear lines on the blank.
US10421574B2
A container and associated closure provide an angled spout with a leak free seal. The container and closure are disposed about a longitudinal axis. A neck finish extending from a body of the container includes a spout establishing an axial end surface of the finish located in a plane disposed at a non-perpendicular angle relative to the axis. The finish further includes a radially inner surface including a sealing surface located axially between the axial end surface and the body and disposed at an angle with respect to the axis. The closure includes an annular base wall facing the axial end surface of the finish, radially outer and inner walls extending away from the base wall and a transverse wall extending radially inwardly from the radially inner wall and axially spaced from the base wall. The transverse wall defines a sealing surface configured to seal against the container sealing surface.
US10421571B2
A system for sensing element adjustment and material belt detection comprises a machine body, adjustable clamping device, material disk and sensing system. The adjustable clamping device being configured on a material belt of said machine body, an adjustable plate being configured on an adjusting element of a main body of the adjustable clamping device, and an adjustable rod being configured on the adjustable plate allow forming a triangle pivot support with two fixing rods of the main body. Furthermore, an elastic element is configured between the adjustable plate and main body to allow the adjustable plate to drive the adjustable rod to achieve an elastic adjustment support in such a way to allow the mounting of the material disks of different hole diameters through the adjustable rod. Furthermore, a material belt detection device of the present invention may detect the material belt stably and effectively.
US10421560B2
A bond fixture includes a frame defining a chamber for receiving a component. At least one bladder assembly is connected to the frame. The at least one bladder assembly includes a pad for contacting the component. A position of the pad relative to the component is controlled by a pressure of the bladder assembly. A caul assembly is adapted to thermally couple to the component to heat a localized portion of the component.
US10421558B2
A launch canister for ejection from a submerged launch platform, the launch canister being adapted for ejection in a direction substantially along a first axis of the launch canister and comprising: an enclosure for carrying a UAV; a nose cap releasably located in a launch opening at a forward end of the launch canister; a launch mechanism for driving a UAV carried in the enclosure out of the launch canister through the launch opening in a direction substantially along said first axis; and a water surface sensor for detecting when the nose cap of the canister broaches the surface of the water; wherein the launch canister is configured to, on the water surface sensor detecting that the nose cap of the canister has broached the surface of the water, immediately release the nose cap and initiate the launch mechanism to drive a UAV carried in the enclosure out of the launch canister through the launch opening.
US10421557B2
An electric conduction structure for conducting and diverting electric current from a vane main body of an cutlet guide vane into en exterior support structure is comprised of: a sheath of a metal covering a leading edge of the vane main body; and an electrically conductive pad of the metal comprising a contact portion so dimensioned as to have an overlap with an end of the sheath, and a washer portion into which a bolt for being tightened into the support structure is insertable, wherein any joints of a weld, a spot-weld, a solder, a bond by an electrically conductive paste and a crimp establish connection between the end of the sheath and the contact portion.
US10421556B2
A variety of refueling devices, systems and methods are disclosed for use in in-flight refueling. In one example one such device is towed by a tanker aircraft via a fuel hose at least during in-flight refueling, and has a boom member with a boom axis. The boom member enables fuel to be transferred from the fuel hose to a receiver aircraft along the boom axis during in-flight refueling. The device maintains a desired non-zero angular disposition between the boom axis and a forward direction at least when the refueling device is towed by the tanker aircraft in the forward direction via the fuel hose.
US10421552B2
The present invention relates to a parachute deploying apparatus, comprising: a) a manifold with which is releasably coupled a single vessel within which pressurized gas is generated; b) a gas generator which cooperates with said vessel; c) a plurality of hollow tubes which extend obliquely and upwardly from, and are in communication with, said manifold; and d) a plurality of projectiles, each of which formed with a rod that is receivable in a corresponding tube and to each of which is connected a cord that is also connected to a corresponding portion of an undeployed parachute, wherein the pressurized gas which is generated upon triggering of said gas generator is flowable through each of said tubes to propel said plurality of projectiles in different directions and to cause said parachute to become deployed.
US10421539B2
An actuator for a rotor blade adjustment having an electromechanical drive unit may be connected with an output drive via a gearbox. The drive unit may have at least two partial drives that can be operated independently from one another. The gearbox may be located at least partially between the at least two partial drives such that the at least two partial drives are spaced apart from one another.
US10421537B2
A locking mechanism for a driveshaft disconnect coupling includes an input jaw member defining a rotation axis, an output jaw member connectable to the input jaw member for common rotation with the input jaw member, and a cartridge assembly. The cartridge assembly is fixed to the input jaw member, includes a pin, and defines a pin movement axis. The pin is movable along the pin axis between a radially inner position and a radially outer position, the pin being disengaged from the output jaw member in the radially inner position and the pin being engaged to the output jaw member in the radially outer position.
US10421534B2
Systems and methods for tuning power transmission circuits may sweep a power frequency applied to a transmission coil across a plurality of frequencies. The transmission coil may be inductively coupled to a receiving coil and separated from the receiving coil by an air gap. A current and/or voltage at the transmission coil may be measured in response to the power frequency being at each frequency of the plurality of frequencies. A transmission frequency may be selected based at least in part on the measured current and/or the measured voltage.
US10421533B2
In one embodiment, an airfoil includes a first end and a second end opposite the first end. The airfoil also includes a first side and a second side opposite the first side. The airfoil includes a continuous panel coupled to the first side of the airfoil. The continuous panel includes a first edge having a first uneven edge pattern. The first edge has at least four vertices disposed thereon. The continuous panel extends from the first end of the airfoil to a second end of the airfoil.
US10421529B2
An aircraft including a wing 10 having a fixed wing 12 and a swing wing tip device 14 pivotably mounted about a pivot 16 at the tip of the fixed wing, wherein the swing wing tip device 14 is configurable between a flight configuration for use during flight and a ground configuration for use during ground-based operations, where the span of the aircraft wing is reduced. The swing wing tip device 14 includes a receiving portion 48 arranged such that in the ground configuration, portions of the upper wing skin and lower wing skin of the fixed wing which are exposed in the flight configuration are at least partially received within the receiving portion 48 of the swing wing 14.
US10421528B2
Systems and methods are provided for structurally supporting an aircraft wing. The system comprises a section of aircraft wing that includes skin. The skin surrounds an internal volume of the wing and comprises layers of Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymer (CFRP) having fiber orientations aligned to bear shear stresses applied to the wing. The section of aircraft wing also includes planked stringers that are laterally oriented within the wing, contact the skin within the internal volume, are attached to the skin, and comprise layers of CFRP having fiber orientations that are aligned to bear bending at the wing. Furthermore, the section includes spars that are positioned between planked stringers on an upper portion of the wing and planked stringers on a lower portion of the wing, wherein the spars are aligned with the planked stringers.
US10421524B2
A floating connector of an offshore energy device and a method for connecting the floating connector is provided. The floating connector includes a buoy having a long spar like floater, where the buoy provides buoyancy to the floating connector. The floating connector further includes at least two cables for connecting to the offshore energy device. The floating connector also includes a joint box for coupling to the offshore energy device and for providing an electrical connection of the at least two cables to a switchgear of the offshore energy device. When the joint box is coupled to the offshore energy device, an electrical circuit with the at least two cables is completed through the offshore energy device via the switchgear.
US10421522B2
The invention relates to a cover device for at least sectional closing of an underwater opening in a hull of a watercraft, in particular an opening of a transverse channel of a thruster. According to the invention the cover device includes at least one variable-volume hollow chamber lip including at least one buoyancy body, and the at least one hollow chamber lip is shiftable into an expansion state or into a shrinkage state by supplying or removing a fluid, in particular air. As a result of the variable-volume or inflatable cover device a more reliable and simultaneously lower-maintenance operation of the cover device is given. In addition, the invention has a thruster, in particular a bow or stern-thruster, as subject matter.
US10421506B2
A cantilever extension for a primary trailer is provided. The primary trailer includes a frame that extends from a hitch end to a rear end, and a primary trailer deck coupled to the primary trailer frame. The cantilever extension includes a cantilever deck. The cantilever extension is rotatably coupled to the primary trailer frame proximate to the rear end, and the cantilever extension is rotatable between a stow position, wherein the cantilever deck is oriented in a substantially face-to-face relationship with the primary trailer deck, and a deployed position, wherein the cantilever deck is oriented substantially co-planar with, and aft of, the primary trailer deck. The cantilever extension in the deployed position is supported solely via coupling to the primary trailer.
US10421500B2
A vehicle framework structure includes: a pair of rockers extending in a front-rear direction along outer periphery edge portions of a floor portion; plural cross-members that extend in a width direction and span between the rockers, width direction outer end portions of the cross-members being joined to the respective rockers; and a linking cross-member that spans between a first side wall portion of one cross-member and a second side wall portion of another cross-member, the one cross-member and the another cross-member being adjacent in the front-rear direction, the second side wall portion opposing the first side wall portion in the front-rear direction, an end portion at one side in the front-rear direction of the linking cross-member being joined to the first side wall portion, and an end portion at the other side in the front-rear direction of the linking cross-member being joined to the second side wall portion.
US10421499B2
An automotive splash guard includes first and second molded pieces. The first molded piece has a shape configured to have at least a portion thereof installed outside an automobile wheel well, and the second molded piece has a shape configured to be installed in an automobile wheel well. The first piece has an exterior painted surface, the first piece is separate from the second piece while the first piece is being painted and is attached to the second piece after being painted by mechanical joining or adhering. A method for manufacturing a splash guard includes molding the first piece; molding the second piece; painting the first piece while it is separate from the second piece; and then attaching the second piece to the first piece.
US10421494B2
A support structure for a vehicle includes a first longitudinal node and a second longitudinal node. The second longitudinal node is disposed rearward of the first longitudinal node along a central longitudinal axis of the vehicle. The first longitudinal node is disposed inboard of the second longitudinal node relative to the central longitudinal axis. A deflector rail is positioned adjacent to the support structure, between the first longitudinal node and the second longitudinal node. The deflector rail is operable to increase a stiffness of the support structure in response to a load applied to a front of the vehicle offset from the central longitudinal axis, and not increase the stiffness of the support structure in response to a load applied to the front of the vehicle that includes the central longitudinal axis.
US10421484B2
The disclosure relates to a steering system useful for providing stable control during rear axle steering of harvesters, such as self-propelled windrowers. The steering system utilizes a single steering cylinder and retracted caster cylinders to regulate rotation of the casters during rear axle road operation mode. The steering system locks the steering cylinder and uses the caster cylinders for damping during in-field operation mode.
US10421482B2
An electronic control unit includes: inverter circuits of first and second systems driving a multiphase motor with coil sets on a coil set basis; first and second phase potential detecting circuits detecting potentials of at least one phase of current supply paths from the inverter circuits to the coil set; and a diagnosis apparatus detecting a failure based on potentials detected by the first and second phase potential detecting circuits. Under condition that the inverter circuit of the first system turns ON the upper or lower arm switching element corresponding to one phase of the first coil set and turns OFF the other one so that the inverter circuit of the second system has a high-impedance output, when the potential detected by the second phase potential detecting circuit corresponds to an output potential of the inverter circuit of the first system, the diagnosis apparatus determines that a short-circuit failure occurs.
US10421481B2
A utility vehicle steering system includes a steering gear for transmitting a manual torque from a steering wheel to a steering drop arm. An electric motor provides an auxiliary torque for the steering boost, which is provided exclusively electrically over the entire operating range of the steering system. An input shaft and an output shaft have axes of rotation that are skewed with respect to each other. A first gear device couples the input shaft to the output shaft. A second gear device has the electric motor connected to the input side and has at least one speed-reduction gear stage in the form of a coaxial gear with a high transmission ratio. The output side of the second gear device is coupled to the output shaft and its speed reduction gear stage, a coaxial gear with a high transmission ratio, is coaxial with the output shaft.
US10421470B2
The present invention defines a method of determining a vertical profile signal of a rail surface that includes, obtaining a vertical acceleration signal acc1, by measuring vertical acceleration of a bogie of a rail vehicle that runs on the rail surface; processing the vertical acceleration signal to obtain a vertical velocity signal; determining the vertical profile signal of the rail surface, by using the vertical acceleration signal and the vertical velocity signal as inputs to a simulation model of the bogie, the model having an unsprung mass connected to a sprung mass, the vertical acceleration signal acc1 represents the vertical acceleration of the unsprung mass; and measuring a linear velocity signal of the rail vehicle, the linear velocity signal is used in the step of determining to convert the vertical profile signal from the time domain to the distance domain.
US10421469B2
An apparatus and method for applying lubricant to a rail road track. The apparatus comprising a control module; a housing; a lubricant distribution block; and a plurality of tubes for connecting the control module to the housing wherein the housing houses the lubricant distribution block. The control module is positionable in close proximity to the rail road track and the housing is positionable adjacent to and along a section of rail road track to be lubricated. The lubricant is stored in a vessel in the control module and pumped from the control module to a lubricant distribution nozzle connected to the housing and wherein sliding the lubricant distribution nozzle along the section of rail road track in a first or second direction distributes lubricant along the section of rail road track.
US10421463B2
In one embodiment, a request is received to turn the autonomous driving vehicle (ADV) from a first direction to a second direction. In response to the request, a number of segment masses of a number of segments of the ADV are determined. The segment masses are located on a plurality of predetermined locations within a vehicle platform of the ADV. A location of a mass center for an entire ADV is calculated based on the segment masses of the segments of the ADV, where the mass center represents a center of an entire mass of the entire ADV. A steering control command based on the location of the mass center of the entire ADV for steering control of the ADV.
US10421462B2
A torque-speed curve or data of load that is used as a standard to determine an external condition in which an electric vehicle is operating such as incline or no incline, head wind or no headwind, high temperature or low temperature. The system compares samples of actual torque-speed of load data to the standard. Based on the comparison, the system determines the external condition (going up a hill, traveling into a headwind, operating at high temperature) or an abnormal operation of the vehicle powertrain, for example, low tire pressure, elevated friction, wheels out of alignment. Based on the determination, the system takes an action to govern a maximum torque output of the motor to control temperature of the vehicle battery; to raise a wind deflector; to govern maximum speed of the vehicle to reduce danger resulting from low tire pressure, elevated powertrain friction or out of alignment wheels; or to initiate an indication of abnormal conditions.
US10421456B2
A vehicle control method includes, by a controller, while an engine is auto-stopped and an electric parking brake is engaged, auto-starting the engine without releasing the electric parking brake responsive to application of an accelerator pedal less than a predefined amount, and auto-starting the engine and releasing the electric parking brake responsive to application of the accelerator pedal greater than the predefined amount. The method also includes comprising auto-stopping the engine and engaging the electric parking brake responsive to vehicle speed being less than a predefined threshold speed.
US10421452B2
A vehicle, system and method of driving the vehicle. A radar system obtains a measured location of an object in an environment of the vehicle. A processor predicts a location of the object, determines a distance between the predicted location of the object and the measured location of the object, determines a confidence level for the predicted location the object based on the determined distance, selects a tracking state for the object based on the confidence level, and drives the vehicle to avoid the object according to the tracking state of the object. The processor and radar system may be onboard the vehicle.
US10421446B2
A spindle nut assembly for an electric parking brake has a spindle and a spindle nut. The spindle has a plurality of spindle stops and a plurality of external threads. The plurality of external threads has at least two threads. The spindle nut is operatively connected to the spindle, has a plurality of stop cams, and has a plurality of internal threads. At least one of the plurality of stop cams is engaged with at least one of the plurality of spindle stops when a first thread of the plurality of internal threads is started on any external thread of the plurality of external threads.
US10421444B2
Disclosed is a brake system. The brake system includes a pulsation attenuation device configured to attenuate pressure pulsation of brake oil discharged from a pump, wherein the pulsation attenuation device includes a first damping device, wherein the first damping device includes: a first damping member inserted into a first bore in communication with an in-port through which brake oil is introduced and an out-port through which brake oil is discharged and having a hollow formed therein; a second damping member inserted into the hollow to form a damping space between the second damping member and an inner circumferential surface of the first damping member; and a sealing member coupled to the first damping member and configured to seal the first bore, wherein the damping space is formed by a plurality of grooves formed in the hollow.
US10421436B2
System, methods, and other embodiments described herein relate to surveillance of a vehicle. In one embodiment, a method includes, in response to detecting a surveillance event associated with the vehicle, collecting information from one or more sensors of the vehicle about the surveillance event. The method includes classifying the information according to a security profile to identify a threat type and a threat level of the surveillance event. The method includes controlling the vehicle to provide a response to the surveillance event according to the threat type and the threat level.
US10421435B2
A vehicle authentication system may include a controller configured to detect a trigger event, activate at least one camera, transmit a unique identifier to a mobile device, receive an image from the at least one camera, and grant access to the vehicle in response to the image including the unique identifier.
US10421431B2
A webbing take-up controlling device including: a motor that is configured to operate a centrifugal clutch; and a controller that controls a voltage applied to the motor such that, in the case of operating the centrifugal clutch, a first voltage lower than a target voltage to operate the centrifugal clutch is applied to the motor, and then the target voltage is applied to the motor.
US10421429B2
A seatbelt retractor includes a housing and a spool rotatably supported by the housing. A torsion bar has a first end and a second end. The first end of the torsion bar is fixed to the spool, and the second end of the torsion bar is fixable relative to the housing. The seatbelt retractor includes a magnet and a rotor disposed adjacent the magnet. One of the magnet and the rotor being fixed relative to the spool and the other of the magnet and the rotor being rotatable relative to the spool. The rotor includes a conductive material.
US10421428B2
A method for cushioning a pedestrian during contact with a moving vehicle. The method includes steps providing an energy-absorbing pedestrian interface structured to cushion the pedestrian during contact, providing an interface deployment mechanism operatively coupled to the interface and structured to move the interface between a stowed position and a deployed position, and moving the pedestrian interface to the deployed position when the vehicle is in motion and prior to contact between the pedestrian and the vehicle.
US10421422B2
A system and method for tuning an audio system based on a seat position. The system senses and measures any change in seat position from a default seat position and adjusts a set of modified tuning parameters to be applied to the audio system based on the modified seat position. The modified tuning parameters may be mapped to a set of tuning parameters depending on the sensed and measured seat position. Alternatively, the modified tuning parameters may be set somewhere between a minimum set of tuning parameters and a maximum set of tuning parameters based on the sensed and measured seat position.
US10421416B2
A trim panel such as an end panel for an instrument panel of a motor vehicle, has a body including an exposed face and a flange that interfaces with an elastomeric seal on the motor vehicle. At least one tubercle is provided on that flange. A method of installing a trim panel on a motor vehicle adjacent to an elastomeric seal is also disclosed. Tubercles on the flange gently push the elastomeric seal away from the flange during installation protecting the surface of the elastomeric seal from marring or other damage during the installation process.
US10421412B2
A camera assembly in a vehicle includes a housing installed in the vehicle. A camera is mounted to the housing and movable relative to the housing between a first position where the camera can take an image of an occupant of the vehicle and a second position where the camera is blocked by a portion of the housing. In one example, the camera can be moved from the first position to the second position by rotating a knob mounted to the housing.
US10421409B2
An apparatus for holding various items such as a drink cup and a smart phone, includes a plunger and a holding device. The plunger includes a proximal end and a distal end. The holding device is carried on the distal end of the plunger. The holding device includes a first jaw and a second jaw opposed to the first jaw. A method of gripping an item in the apparatus is also disclosed.
US10421406B2
A luggage box for storage in a luggage space of a motor vehicle comprises a container open at a top and adapted to be held slideably by a respective pair of guide elements between a pair of parallel guide rails secured one each to a respective side wall of the luggage space. The container is coupled to a lid via a hinge portion. The lid has a size and shape complementary to the open top of the container, which size and shape corresponds to an area behind one or more backrests of a row of vehicle seats between second guide rail sections, which extend along the backrests towards a floor of the luggage space. The luggage box is translatable in the guide rails, to a position adjacent the backrests of the vehicle seats.
US10421403B2
A wind noise reduction apparatus for a motor vehicle includes a mirror housing, a mirror held in the mirror housing and a control module. That control module is configured to displace the mirror housing to reduce wind noise while simultaneously displacing the mirror to maintain a constant visual field.
US10421395B2
A retrofit trailer board system for vehicles is disclosed, including a trailer board carrying a plurality of signalling lights on a surface thereof, and a relaying control unit which is connected between the trailer board and a plurality of optical sensors. Each optical sensor is arranged for removable connection to the exterior surface of respective vehicle lights, each sensor being configured to issue a signal responsive to operation of a vehicle light.
US10421391B2
A vehicle control device includes a plurality of lamps provided on a vehicle; a sensing unit configured to sense information related to the vehicle; and at least one processor. The at least one processor is configured to, based on a determination, through the sensing unit, that at least a portion of the vehicle has entered a first area that is adjacent to an available parking space, activate, in a first illumination mode, at least one lamp among the plurality of lamps that has entered the first area that is adjacent to the available parking space.
US10421389B2
A vehicle lighting system includes: a lighting device that emits a first light and a second light to a periphery of an own vehicle, the second light having a higher directivity than the first light; a camera to acquire image information; a detector to emit an electromagnetic wave and acquire a reflection wave; and an electronic control unit configured to detect a physical body using the image information, detect the physical body using information of the reflection wave, control the lighting device such that the first light is emitted to the physical body detected by the reflection wave, determine whether the physical body detected using the image information in a state where the first light is being emitted is an target object, and control the lighting device such that the lighting device emits the second light toward a predetermined range around the target object.
US10421387B2
A winch apparatus for mounting to a load bed comprises a mounting bracket adapted to be mounted to a side edge of the load bed, and a pivot bracket pivotally mounted to the mounting bracket about a substantially vertical winch swivel axis. A winch is attached to the pivot bracket and configured such that, when the mounting bracket is mounted to the side edge of the load bed, a winch shaft of the winch is oriented substantially horizontally and a bottom of the winch is at a vertical location that is above a top surface of the load bed such that the winch can pivot over the top surface of the load bed. The winch can be configured to be conveniently driven by a conventional and commonly available ratchet wrench of a size appropriate to the particular winch.
US10421378B2
A vehicle seat including: a decorative body provided alongside a seat cushion in a seat width direction; a side frame serving as a side framework of one side portion of the seat cushion which is closer to the decorative body than another side portion of the seat cushion; and a side cover covering a peripheral side surface of the seat cushion facing the decorative body, wherein the side frame is disposed at an offset position which is away from the one side portion of the seat cushion to a side where the decorative body is provided in the seat width direction, and wherein the side cover is branched into a drawn-in portion which is drawn downward beyond a gap between the seat cushion and the decorative body, and a cover portion which is connected to the drawn-in portion and covers the side frame from an upper side.
US10421375B2
A reclining device includes: an internal gear; an external gear; a first wedge and a second wedge; a biasing member; and a striker, which has a pressing portion capable of pressing the first wedge and the second wedge, wherein a concave portion recessed with passing though in a diameter direction is formed on the first wedge and the second wedge, wherein the pressing portion of the striker is superimposed on an upper surface of the concave portion, and wherein the pressing portion presses a pressed portion that is provided on the concave portion on at least one of the first wedge and the second wedge to move the one of the first wedge and the second wedgepressed portion in a direction in which the wedge is pulled out from or in a direction in which the wedge is pushed.
US10421372B2
An electric power trade brokering system includes: a task information acquiring unit that acquires task information about a plurality of tasks of a moving body on which a storage battery is mounted and that is movable by utilizing electric power provided from the storage battery; and a trade counterparty determining unit that determines, based on the task information acquired by the task information acquiring unit, a counterparty to trade electric power with the moving body at a position where at least one task among the plurality of tasks is carried out.
US10421370B2
A coordinated control method for a distribution network with DER and EV and coordinated control system thereof includes acquiring information from at least one DER controller, at least one EV controller and/or at least one load controller; calculating P/Q references and/or circuit breaker control commands for the DER, the EV and the load based on active/reactive power balance, voltage and/or frequency requirement; allocating the references and/or the control commands to the DER, the EV and the load based on their locations and available capacity; and outputting the allocated references and/or control commands to the DER, the EV and the load. The solutions minimize negative impacts from DER and EVs and maintain a controllable voltage and frequency stabilization.
US10421368B2
Certain aspects of the present disclosure are generally directed to apparatus and techniques for apparatus for wireless charging. The apparatus generally includes a first wireless charging element, and transmit circuitry coupled to the first wireless charging element and configured to supply power to the first wireless charging element to transmit a wireless charging field to a vehicle. In certain aspects, the apparatus also includes a controller coupled to the transmit circuitry and configured to determine a charging condition indicative of a speed of the vehicle, and adjust the power supplied to the first wireless charging element via the transmit circuitry based on the determination.
US10421353B2
A fuel supply apparatus comprises a filler neck body including a hollow fuel passage-forming structure configured to form a fuel passage and a fuel vapor port branched off from the fuel passage-forming structure; and a nozzle guide formed in a tubular shape to introduce a fueling nozzle. The nozzle guide includes a vapor flow path portion configured to introduce fuel vapor flowing into the fuel vapor port in a tank direction. The vapor flow path portion has a slow-down portion configured to slow down the fuel vapor introduced in the tank direction.
US10421348B2
An ACM-ECU executes an amplitude variable-phase variable control for variably controlling both the amplitude and phase of active vibrations generated by an actuator according to rotation information, in the case that an engagement rate Lr detected by an LC engagement rate detecting function is greater than or equal to a predetermined engagement rate Lr_th.
US10421338B2
There is disclosed a vehicle air-conditioning device in which a refrigerant subcool degree in a radiator is appropriately controlled, so that comfortable and efficient vehicle interior air conditioning is achievable. The vehicle air-conditioning device executes a heating mode in which a controller lets a refrigerant discharged from a compressor 2 radiate heat in a radiator 4, decompresses the refrigerant by which heat has been radiated by an outdoor expansion valve 6, and then lets the refrigerant absorb heat in an outdoor heat exchanger 7. In the heating mode, the vehicle air-conditioning device controls a refrigerant subcool degree SC of the radiator 4 by the outdoor expansion valve 6. On a basis of a radiator inlet air temperature THin that is a temperature of the air flowing into the radiator 4, the controller corrects a target subcool degree TGSC that is a target value of the refrigerant subcool degree SC in the radiator 4 in a lowering direction, as the radiator inlet air temperature THin rises.
US10421331B2
The invention proposes a method of supplying with hydraulic fluid a hydraulic motor (2) of a drive wheel supporting a vehicle by means of a cylinder-type suspension system (1). The hydraulic fluid passes through a feed duct (25) extending longitudinally through a cylinder (3) of the cylinder-type suspension system (1). The invention also relates to the use thereof in order to eliminate the need for hoses.
US10421322B1
Pairing information signals are transmitted for a selected period of time after the transceiver powers up. Generally identical heartbeat signals are transmitted by the transceiver for a longer period of time than the pairing information signals. When the monitor receives the pairing information, it will connect to the transceiver; however, if the monitor does not receive a selected number, e.g. 3, of heartbeat signals, it will disconnect from the transceiver and enter a standby mode, whereupon if the required heartbeats are received, the monitor will connect to the transceiver emitting them. Once connected in this manner, the monitor is able to process the tire sensor data relayed by the transceiver.
US10421320B2
A pneumatic vehicle tire has a carcass, a belt and a profiled tread. The belt includes four belt plies wherein the third belt ply and the fourth belt ply are working plies. The reinforcement members of the working plies are arranged at an angle to the circumferential direction of 10° to 45° and the reinforcement members of the fourth belt ply at an angle of 10° to 45°. The reinforcement members of the third and fourth belt plies are arranged such that they cross one another. The reinforcement members of the first belt ply are arranged at an angle of 40° to 75° and the reinforcement members of the second belt ply are arranged at an angle of 0° to 5° to the circumferential direction. The reinforcement members of the third belt ply and the reinforcement members of the first belt ply have the same direction of inclination.
US10421315B2
The invention relates to a device for tensioning a canvas on a frame, which is for assembling two bars the ends of which comprise a groove. The device comprises: an optional sheath intended to be immobilized in a groove; a spacer comprising a central portion from which extend two lateral portions each having a bearing face coming to abut against the bottom of the sheath; a tensioner comprising a central portion from which extend securing means for securing the tensioner to the bars, via the sheath; a connecting member for connecting the spacer to the tensioner, and means for bringing the spacer closer to the tensioner, wherein the spacer being brought closer to the tensioner will cause each bar to translate along its longitudinal axis so as to space the bars apart from each other while keeping them perpendicular to each other.
US10421314B2
A herringbone surface decorative material includes two different types of rectangular shaped surface decorative sections, i.e. type-B1 and type-B2 decorative sections. Each of the decorative sections includes a plurality of parallel oblique pattern stripes and boundary lines are formed between adjacent pattern stripes. The boundary lines of the type-B1 and the type-B2 decorative sections are mirrored each other. The present invention further provides a method for manufacturing the same.
US10421309B2
The distance between the first reflection surfaces and the third reflection surface in the thickness direction of a substrate is a distance that is able the obverse surface of the reflection layer to emit light of a first color by interference between light reflected from the first reflection surfaces and light reflected from the third reflection surface. The distance between the second reflection surfaces and the third reflection surface in the thickness direction of the substrate is a distance that is able the obverse surface to emit light of a second color by interference between light reflected from the second reflection surfaces and light reflected from the third reflection surface. The obverse surface emits light of a third color that includes the light of the first color and the light of the second color.
US10421293B2
A tablet printing apparatus and a tablet manufacturing method are provided which are capable of distinguishing and collecting a preceding tablet and a following tablet from each other when two or more tablets in contact with each other are carried. A tablet printing apparatus includes a carrying device 20 carrying tablets Tb, a sensor 30 detecting the tablet Tb being carried by the carrying device 20, a printing unit 50 performing, when the status changes from the status in which the sensor 30 the tablet Tb is not detected to the status in which the tablet Tb is detected, printing on the tablet Tb that has changed the status, and a collecting unit R distinguishing and collecting, when the time length at which the sensor 30 is detecting the tablet Tb is longer than the predetermined setting value because two or more tablets Tb in contact with each other are carried, the preceding tablet Tb and the following tablet Tb following thereto among two or more tablets Tb.
US10421288B2
A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a liquid ejecting section from which liquid is ejected. A return passage has a first end connected to a supply passage at a first location and a second end connected to the supply passage at a second location. The second location is positioned closer to the liquid ejecting section than the first location. The return passage and the supply passage constitute a circulating passage. A pump can cause fluid to flow through the circulating passage. A replaceable filter unit is a portion of the return passage. A discharge passage through which the fluid is discharged to the outside is connected to the return passage. An inflow controller can suppress external fluid from entering the discharge passage.
US10421281B2
A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a casing, a liquid ejecting head configured to eject a liquid in the casing, an absorber capable of absorbing a portion of the liquid that has leaked into the casing, and a detector capable of detecting the portion of the liquid absorbed by the absorber. The absorber includes a detection portion to be detected by the detector and a plurality of extension portions extending from the detection portion.
US10421279B2
In one example, a molded printhead includes a printhead die in a molding having a channel therein through which fluid may pass directly to a back part of the die. The front part of the die is exposed outside the molding surrounding the die. Electrical connections are made between terminals at the front part of the die and contacts to connect to circuitry external to the printhead.
US10421272B2
A control method of a liquid ejection head, in which the liquid ejection head having first and second heat generating resistors that generate thermal energy for ejecting liquid, includes first covering portion covers the first heat generating resistor. A second covering portion is electrically connected to the first covering portion and covering the second heat generating resistor. An insulating layer is provided between the first heat generating resistor and the first covering portion and between the second heat generating resistor and the second covering portion. Surface potentials are set of the first and second covering portions to be equal to or less than a ground potential in a state where drive voltage is not applied to the first and second heat generating resistors, is accomplished in accordance with application of drive voltage to at least either the first heat generating resistor or the second heat generating resistor.
US10421250B2
Disclosed is a composite gypsum board comprising a board core and a concentrated layer of substantial thickness (e.g., at least about 0.02 inches). The concentrated layer includes a higher weight percentage of an enhancing additive than the board core. The board core has a thickness greater than the thickness of the concentrated layer and forms the bulk of the board volume. The concentrated layer has a higher density (e.g., at least about 1.1 times greater) than the density of the board core. Also disclosed is a method of preparing a composite gypsum board.
US10421248B2
A system, method and apparatus for forming a flex-column includes a three-sided column having a triangular cross-sectional shape, an open first end, an open second end, and three corners, each one of the three sides including a flex line dividing each of the three sides into two portions, at least one perforation along an edge of each one of the two portions wherein the edge of each one of the two portions coincides with one of the three corners and at least one non-perforation along an edge of each one of the two portions.
US10421244B2
A feeder system for advancing a compressible material has a hydraulic circuit associated with a final compression stage. The hydraulic circuit includes a platen attached to a primary ram configured to travel within a primary cylinder. The platen is operatively connected to a main piston cylinder assembly and at least two ancillary piston cylinder assemblies. In a first mode of operation, the hydraulic circuit forces the ancillary piston cylinder assemblies to advance the platen and ram in a forward compression direction until they reach a first predetermined position between travel extremes, while the main piston cylinder assembly passively travels along in the forward compression direction. Once the first predetermined position is reached, in a second mode of operation, the hydraulic circuit additionally forces the main piston cylinder assembly to compress the compressible material. In a third mode of operation, the hydraulic circuit retracts the platen and primary ram.
US10421239B2
It is an object of the invention to provide an optical laminate-producing method in which a polarizing film having the desired optical properties can be conveniently formed on a resin film as a substrate without performing any surface alignment treatment such as rubbing on the resin film. The invention relates to a method for producing an optical laminate comprising a stretched resin film and a polarizing film, the method comprising the steps of: preparing a stretched resin film; applying a solution of a liquid crystal compound in an isotropic phase state to the stretched resin film; and forming a polarizing film in which the liquid crystal compound is aligned by solidifying the applied liquid crystal compound solution, wherein a slow axis of the stretched resin film is substantially parallel to an absorption axis of the polarizing film, and the stretched resin film undergoes no surface alignment treatment.
US10421238B2
The hardware and software properties of a three-dimensional printer can be queried and applied to select suitable directly printable models for the printer, or to identify situations where a new machine-ready model must be generated. The properties may be any properties relevant to fabrication including, e.g., physical properties of the printer, printer firmware, user settings, hardware configurations, and so forth. A printer may respond to configuration queries with a dictionary of capabilities or properties, and this dictionary may be used to select suitable models, or determine when a new model must be created. Similarly, when a printable model is sent to the printer, metadata for the printable model may be compared to printer properties in the dictionary to ensure that the model can be fabricated by the printer.
US10421233B2
The present disclosure provides a system for printing a three-dimensional object. The system may comprise an open platform configured to hold a film of a viscous liquid comprising a photoactive resin. The open platform may comprise a print window. The system may comprise a deposition head comprising a nozzle in fluid communication with a source of the viscous liquid. The deposition head may be configured to move across the platform and deposit the film over the print window. The system may use multiple viscous liquids. The system may comprise an optical source that provides light through the print window for curing at least a portion of the film of the viscous liquid. The system may comprise a controller operatively coupled to direct movement of the deposition head and projection of the light, thereby printing at least a portion of the 3D object.
US10421231B2
The invention provides a heat-shrinkable polyester film which has sufficient heat shrinkage properties in the main shrinkage direction that is the longitudinal direction without containing a monomer component that can form an amorphous component in a large amount, and which has a low heat shrinkage and a low shrinkage stress in the width direction orthogonal to the main shrinkage direction. The film has a heat shrinkage of 15-50% in a main shrinkage direction of the film and 0-12% in a direction orthogonal to the main shrinkage direction of the film, when treated for 10 seconds in hot water of 90° C., and a maximum shrinkage stress of 2-10 MPa in the main shrinkage direction of the film when measured under hot air of 90° C. The film contains 7-30 mol % of a constituent unit derived from diethylene glycol in 100 mol % of the whole polyester resin component.
US10421229B1
A paint roller manufacturing system and method are described. In an embodiment, an inner strip of material and an outer strip of material are wound about a mandrel in offset relation. The inner strip of material and the outer strip of material each comprise material that results in a final paint roller which shrinks by less than 2.5 percent of the final paint roller axial length, or which has shrinkage that varies by less +/−0.1%, upon hardening and setting. An adhesive is applied to at least a portion of the outer strip as it is wound about the mandrel. A length of fabric is wound about at least the outer strip to form a paint roller tube, and compression is applied to the paint roller tube while advancing the paint roller tube in a direction parallel to the mandrel. A precision measuring or sensing device is used to control a cutting device causing the cutting device to cut the advancing paint roller tube into pre-selected lengths prior to the paint roller tube hardening and setting.
US10421225B2
A method of manufacturing an assembly with a housing part and at least two conductors of shape sheet metal parts may include providing at least one first conductor formed from at least one sheet metal part and at least one second conductor formed from at least one sheet metal part. The method may then include arranging the first and second conductors in an injection mold in such a way that the first conductor may come into mechanical contact with the second conductor in a common contact zone to produce an electrical connection. The method may then include at least partially overmolding the first and second conductors with a plastic to form a joint housing part. The method may further include bonding the first and second conductors in a region of the common contact zone after at least partially overmolding the first and second conductors.
US10421221B2
A foamed article is made by infusing the article of thermoplastic elastomer with a supercritical fluid, then removing the article from the supercritical fluid and either (i) immersing the article in a heated fluid or (ii) irradiating the article with infrared or microwave radiation.
US10421216B2
A method is provided for manufacturing a rigid object from a powder produced from shear stirred brown macroalgae so as to extract proteins, such as actin, from the brown macroalgae, the powder consisting of particles having an equivalent diameter smaller than or equal to 1.5 millimeters and having a residual moisture content smaller than or equal to 45%. The method includes thermo-compression of the powder in a mould, the powder being brought to a temperature between 50 and 100° C. and subjected to a pressure of between 150 and 4000 bars for 50 seconds to 45 minutes. Also provided is a method for preparing the powder.
US10421193B2
To provide a robot system capable of reducing the burden of a setting operator regardless of conditions such as setting conditions of a robot and the complexity of a work space at the time of setting an operable-inoperable area of the robot. A robot system has a robot capable of detecting contact with an obstacle. The robot moves inside a predetermined search area in a predetermined posture along a previously-determined scheduled search route and sets an operable-inoperable area of the robot inside the search area based on position-posture data with respect to the robot having come into contact with the obstacle during moving of the robot.
US10421188B2
Novel tools and techniques for the automated tracking of services performed on machines by service robots, technicians, and other devices are provided. A system includes a robot fingerprint reader, service tool, and robot fingerprint database. The robot fingerprint reader may be associated with a machine receiving service and configured to receive a robot fingerprint from the service tool. The service tool may be associated with the device performing the service, and include an interface that is configured to allow the robot fingerprint to be obtained by the robot fingerprint reader. The service robot may be configured to register the robot fingerprint with the robot fingerprint database, and the robot fingerprint database may be configured to create an entry associated with the robot fingerprint of the device performing the service.
US10421187B2
A robot program modification device including a program storage unit that stores an operation program for a robot, a program execution unit that executes the stored operation program, a stop position estimation unit that estimates, at each operation position of the robot during execution of the operation program, a stop position of the robot in a case of cutoff of power, based on a movement speed of the robot, a stop position determination unit that determines whether the estimated stop position is in a predetermined region or not, and a speed modification unit that modifies, in a case where the stop position is determined to be outside the region, a set speed in the operation program such that a movement speed at the operation position corresponding to the stop position is reduced.
US10421181B1
A multiple tool includes a flat assembly having at least a first flat handle portion and a second flat handle portion and at least one removable tool bit. The first and second flat handle portions both present first corresponding engageable features which are able to be interconnected at least indirectly in a flat relationship to at least partially assemble the flat assembly. The first engageable features may also be disconnected so that the first and second flat handle portions are able to be separated. The separated first and second flat handle portions each present second corresponding connectable features which are able to be interconnected with each other in order to assemble a non-flat handle assembly. The non-flat handle assembly also presents at least one tool bit recess which is suitable for receiving the at least one tool bit thereby providing a tool which includes a handle and a tool bit.
US10421177B2
According to an embodiment, an extraction device includes an elastic body, first and second pressing units, and a pulling unit. The elastic body includes a first end facing a first direction, a second end, and a contact face facing a second direction intersecting with the first direction. The elastic body can expand in the second direction. The first and second pressing units press the first and second end. The pulling unit pulls the second pressing unit toward the first direction. The contact face comes into contact with an object when the elastic body compressed by pressing forces of the first pressing unit and the second pressing unit expands in the second direction. The pulling unit pulls the object with friction between the object and the contact face when the pulling unit is pulled in the first direction while the contact face of the elastic body is in contact with the object.
US10421167B2
A movable stand with casters for installing each of a plurality of separate type control panels that correspond to a plurality of machine tools disposed in parallel and are disposed to be separated from the machine tools, is provide. The stand includes a top plate sections on which the separate type control panel is installed, a plurality of leg sections that support the top plate section, and horizontal sections that are provided to attach the casters to bottom sections of the leg sections and are horizontal to a floor, in which, out of the horizontal sections, a height from the floor of one horizontal section is different from a height from the floor of another horizontal section.
US10421163B2
An insertion assembly (1) includes a frame (11), having a longitudinal passage (13) for the thermocouple (3); a device (15) for blocking the pipe (5) in position relative to the frame (11); a device (17) for guiding the thermocouple along the passage (13); and a device (19) for driving the thermocouple (3). The driving device (19) includes at least a first drive belt (21) having a first longitudinal segment (25) pressed against the thermocouple (3), and a motor member driving said first segment (25) of the first belt (21) longitudinally relative to the frame (11).
US10421160B2
A self-shielded flux cored arc welding electrode is disclosed including a ferrous metal sheath and a core within the sheath enclosing core ingredients comprise a composition window of aluminum, manganese and rare earth metals in wires of about 2.0-3.0 wt. % [Al], 1.0-2.0 wt. % [Mn] and 0.001-0.11 wt. % rare earth metals or 0.001-0.5% rare earth metal oxides, such as, but not limited to, La, Ce, etc. Resulting welds include 0.7-1.0 wt. % [Al] and 1.1-1.5 wt. % [Mn]. Resulting welds have a maximum diffusible hydrogen content of 5 mL/100 g or less, Resulting welds also have a Charpy V-notch toughness at −40° F. of at least 100 ft-lbs.
US10421151B2
Apparatus and methods for measuring the temperature of a substrate are disclosed. The apparatus includes a source of temperature-indicating radiation, a detector for the temperature-indicating radiation, and a decorrelator disposed in an optical path between the source of temperature-indicating radiation and the detector for the temperature-indicating radiation. The decorrelator may be a broadband amplifier and/or a mode scrambler. A broadband amplifier may be a broadband laser, Bragg grating, a fiber Bragg grating, a Raman amplifier, a Brillouin amplifier, or combinations thereof. The decorrelator is selected to emit radiation that is transmitted, at least in part, by the substrate being monitored. The source is matched to the decorrelator such that the emission spectrum of the source is within the gain bandwidth of the decorrelator, if the decorrelator is a gain-driven device.
US10421150B2
The invention is directed to a friction stir welding device which can realize appropriate friction stir welding while preventing a welding tool from being worn out and damaged. Therefore, the friction stir welding device is provided with a welding tool which rotates while abutting on a member to be welded to cause a plastic flow phenomenon in the member to be welded, a tool holder which grasps the welding tool and rotates together with the welding tool, supply paths which are formed in the tool holder and supply a refrigerant to the welding tool.
US10421146B2
Systems and methods for producing mesh from wires or rods with programmed changeable steps for the longitudinal and transverse wires. The longitudinal wires (1) and the transverse wires (12) may be fed from coils or be precut. The longitudinal wires are fed in receptacles (2) on carriers (3) with the carriers being found on prefeeder carrier (4), a feeder carrier (6) with grippers (7) transports them towards the welding heads (10) and the produced mesh (20) is received by a mesh carrier (14). The carriers (3) with the receptacles (2) for the longitudinal wires on the prefeeder carrier (4), the grippers for the longitudinal wires (7) at the feeder carrier (6) and the welding heads (10) are displaced in the direction of the transverse wire without restrictions, generally in an unrestricted fashion, so as to correspond to the longitudinal wires being subjected to welding. The transverse wires are fed towards the welding heads to be welded with the longitudinal wires. The machine produces meshes with openings, grouping the longitudinal wires in groups and feeding the groups of longitudinal wires towards the welding heads, adjusting the position of the related mechanisms to the position of the longitudinal wires.
US10421139B2
A method for producing a tapped bore in a workpiece with a tap drill bit, which, at its drill bit tip, has a primary cutting edge and a thread profile trailing in a tap drilling direction. The method has a tap drilling stroke, in which the tap drill bit is driven into the workpiece with a tap drilling advance in the tap drilling direction and at a tap drilling rotational speed synchronized therewith, and the tool-primary cutting edge produces a core-hole bore, and the thread profile of the tool bit forms an inner thread at the inner wall of the core-hole bore. In the tap drilling stroke, shavings are produced, which are conveyed in a shavings discharge direction, which is oppositely directed to the tap drilling direction, out from the tapped bore and collide here with thread flanks of the inner thread that face the shavings that are discharged.
US10421135B2
A method of manufacturing a rotary cutting tool is described. The rotary cutting tool defines a central longitudinal axis and includes a shank portion and a cutting portion adjoining the shank portion. The shank portion has a shank end and the cutting portion has a cutting end opposite the shank end. One or more blades are separated by a flute. A main, internal coolant passage extends from the shank end, through the shank portion, and into the cutting portion. The method includes forming at least one secondary coolant passage in fluid communication with the main, internal coolant passage in which the at least one secondary coolant passage is formed by using electro-magnetic radiation.
US10421131B2
A drill includes a drill body rotatable about a drill axis, and a cutting portion. The cutting portion includes a first grinding face having first and second chisel edges defining an angle therebetween, and a second grinding face having third and fourth chisel edges defining an angle therebetween, the second grinding face being point-symmetrical with the first grinding face. A first relief face associated with a first cutting edge extends from the first and fourth chisel edges and a second relief face associated with a second cutting edge extends from the second and third chisel edges. A first intersection line is formed where the first and second relief faces meet; a second intersection line is formed where the third and fourth relief faces meet. The first and second intersection lines are spaced apart from an imaginary center line passing through the rotational axis and the first and third relief faces.
US10421127B2
A method includes exposing a non-aqueous solution to ultraviolet illumination, where the non-aqueous solution includes one or more lanthanide elements and one or more photo-initiators. The method also includes producing lanthanide nanoparticles using the non-aqueous solution. The non-aqueous solution could be formed by mixing a first non-aqueous solution including the one or more lanthanide elements and a second non-aqueous solution including the one or more photo-initiators. The non-aqueous solution could include one or more metallic salts, where each metallic salt includes at least one lanthanide element. The one or more metallic salts could include erbium chloride, and the one or more photo-initiators could include benzophenone. The non-aqueous solution could include an organic solvent, such as an alcohol.
US10421125B2
An additive manufacturing apparatus includes a platform, a dispenser to dispense layers of feed material on the platform, and a fusing system including an energy source to generate an energy beam having an adjustable intensity profile, an actuator to cause the energy beam to traverse across an outermost layer of feed material, and a controller coupled to the actuator and the energy source. The controller is configured to cause the energy source to adjust the intensity profile of the energy beam on the outermost layer of feed material based on a traversal velocity and/or a traversal direction of the light beam across the outermost layer of feed material.
US10421124B2
A debinder provides for debinding printed green parts in an additive manufacturing system. The debinder can include a storage chamber, a process chamber, a distill chamber, a waste chamber, and a condenser. The storage chamber stores a liquid solvent for debinding the green part. The process chamber debinds the green part using a volume of the liquid solvent transferred from the storage chamber. The distill chamber collects a solution drained from the process chamber and produces a solvent vapor from the solution. The condenser condenses the solvent vapor to the liquid solvent and transfer the liquid solvent to the storage chamber. The waste chamber collects a waste component of the solution.
US10421116B2
A method of casting valve seat inserts comprises pouring molten metal into a gating system of a mold plate stack wherein mold plates are located between top and bottom molds wherein the gating system includes a casting header, down-sprue, horizontal sprue, up-sprues, runners, and gates in fluid communication with mold cavities configured to form the valve seat inserts. The method includes filling the mold cavities with the molten metal, and controlling solidification of the molten metal in the mold cavities by means of an outer thermal barrier which retards heat transfer in mold plate material between the mold cavities and an outer periphery of the mold plate stack. An inner thermal barrier can be used to further control solidification of the molten metal. Valve seat inserts produced using the thermal jacket molds can exhibit an improved microhardness distribution which provides improved machining and higher yield.
US10421115B2
The invention discloses a hard-rolling roller head with two separate housings for deep rolling the outside radii of adjoining crankpins of a split-pin crankshaft. The hard-rolling roller head provides an effective support of the two housings against one another, when machining split-pin crankshafts, and simultaneously prevents the upper areas of these housings from drifting apart.
US10421112B2
A mold for hot stamping is disclosed. The mold may include: a base plate configured to receive and exhaust coolant, at least one lower mold and at least one upper mold. The at least one lower mold may be mounted at a surface of the base plate, and configured to receive the coolant from the base plate. The lower mold may also have the same shape as a lower shape of a product so as to form the lower shape of the product during hot stamping. The upper mold is made of material different from that of the lower mold, coupled to an upper portion of the lower mold, has the same shape as an upper shape of the product so as to form the upper shape of the product, and is configured to receive the coolant from the lower mold such that the coolant flows in the upper mold.
US10421104B1
Embodiments of an automatic seam fitter attachment for use with an automatic welding machine are designed to automate the plate edge cleaning, tight seam fitting, and tacking or welding of metal lapped or butted plates. The seam fitter attachment can be used on any product or in any industry where metal lap or butted plates seam together. The attachment may be provided with a power cleaning brush that cleans the edges of the plates and mechanically forces plate tightness as they are being tacked or welded.
US10421098B2
A PET container comprising a wall having an inside surface and an outside surface wherein the inside surface is coated with a silicon oxide barrier coating and having a barrier improvement factor (BIF) for oxygen as a result of the silicon oxide barrier coating, wherein the coated PET container retains at least 17% of BIF after the PET container is exposed to a thermal sterilization process.
US10421095B2
A fluid application device includes one or more applicator heads. each applicator head includes a service block configured to receive a fluid from a fluid supply source, a manifold secured to the service block and configured to receive the fluid from the service block, the manifold having a seat, a module secured to the manifold at the seat, the module including a valve configured to selectively control flow of the fluid in the manifold, and a nozzle having a first configuration removably securable to the manifold, the nozzle configured to receive the fluid from the manifold, the nozzle having a first interface for interfacing with the manifold.
US10421093B2
A glue coating device for laying stealth optical cables, comprising an outer housing and an inner housing sheathed inside the outer housing. A glue chamber is provided inside the inner housing. One end of the outer housing is a mounting end and the other end is a glue injection end by which the device is mounted on a glue injection gun. A glue injection zone is provided at an end surface of the glue injection end and runs through the glue chamber. The glue injection end has a front preprocessor which comprises two separating and guiding sides forming an angle of 120° therebetween and protruding from the outer housing. A cable positioning groove is provided on the end surface of the outer housing. The device is simple in structure, convenient for constructing, and provides quantitative glue injection and has a favorable coating effect.
US10421084B2
An outlet device provides vortex rotating water and includes a diverter having a side surface disposed with at least two spiral accelerating grooves extending along an axial direction and having a bottom surface disposed with a collision chamber, the at least two spiral accelerating grooves being evenly arranged about an axis of the collision chamber and having respective ends that connect to the side walls of the collision chamber; and an outlet body disposed with an accommodating chamber and a vortex rotating chamber connected to each other in the axial direction. The diverter is disposed in the accommodating chamber. The vortex rotating chamber is a dome shaped body having a flat end face that is connected to a bottom end of the accommodating chamber and has an external protruding surface. The outlet body has an outlet connected to the external protruding surface of the vortex rotating chamber.
US10421074B2
The present invention provides a microplate comprised of multiwell strips connected in such a way as to permit the microplate to unfold and to pass in a linear fashion past a fraction collector and then re-fold back into a microplate configuration. Furthermore, the invention provides for the use of the microplates of the invention in a variety of different laboratory methods.
US10421069B2
A multifunctional system for particle separation and/or treatment for the usage in biological and medical research, to detect and to treat diseases with a modular system consisting out of the filter/strainer device and the auxiliary devices lower connector with tube adaptor and upper screw cap connector. All parts of the modular system can be airtight connected and by means of a valve used with higher pressure, lower pressure or without pressure equalization.
US10421068B2
A method and assembly for utilizing open-cell cellular solid material in a component separation unit to separate one or more process streams into component process streams having desired compositions. A method and assembly for using said open-cell cellular solid material to separate process streams into desired component process streams in a component separation unit, wherein the open-cell cellular solid material can include oxides, carbides, nitrides, borides, ceramics, metals, polymers, and chemical vapor deposition materials.
US10421063B2
A new family of crystalline microporous silicometallophosphate designated SAPO-69 has been synthesized. These silicometallophosphate are represented by the empirical formula of: Rp+rMm+ExPSiyOz where M is an alkali metal such as potassium, R is an organoammonium cation such as ethyltrimethylammonium and E is a trivalent framework element such as aluminum or gallium. The SAPO-69 family of materials represent the first phosphate-based molecular sieves to have the OFF topology and have catalytic properties for carrying out various hydrocarbon conversion processes and separation properties for separating at least one component.
US10421057B2
A reforming tube including a cavity emerging on either side of the tube, an external wall, an internal wall, a protection element for protecting against corrosion inserted into the cavity mirroring at least a portion of the internal wall, a space between the internal wall and the protective part, and a refractory material which fills in the space between the internal wall and the protection element.
US10421053B2
A reactor as a heat treatment device includes heat transfer structures removably placed in first flow channels, a first information acquisition unit connected to the inlet side of the first flow channels to acquire information for specifying a temperature and a flow rate of the first fluid which are reference conditions after lapses of time, a second information acquisition unit connected to the outlet side of the first flow channels to acquire the information for specifying the temperature of the first fluid after each lapse of time, and a control unit that calculates a heat exchange amount after each lapse of time in accordance with the temperature and the flow rate specified according to the information acquired by the first information acquisition unit and the second information acquisition unit, so as to estimate a service life of the heat transfer structures in accordance with the heat exchange amount.
US10421036B2
This invention relates to a system for continuously dehumidifying humid gas. More particularly, this invention relates to a system that continuously dehumidifies gas using a liquid desiccant dehumidifying module, a regeneration modules utilizing a membrane distillation module to regenerate diluted liquid desiccant and means for connecting the two modules together.
US10421027B2
An interactive robotic toy including: a body section and a head section rotatably coupled with the body section. The head section includes a fixed jaw. A motor operates to rotate the head section relative to the body section. At least one touch sensor is provided for detecting touch. A processor is coupled with the motor and the touch sensor. The processor controls the motor to rotate the head section relative to the body section in response to the actuation of the touch sensor. A jaw is pivotally mounted to the head section and moveable between an open position remote from the fixed jaw and a closed position proximate the fixed jaw as the head section is rotated relative the body section by the motor.
US10421025B1
In an aspect, a kit of parts is provided for assembling at least a portion of a character figure. The kit includes first and second kit member each having a body having a representation of a body portion of the character figure thereon. The first kit member has a hook extending outwardly from the body, and the second kit member body has a first hook-receiving aperture which has an interior surface that frictionally engages the exterior surface of the first hook, and is free of any bight pass-through members that engage the bight of the first hook to prevent removal of the first kit member from the second kit member. The kit members are joinable together to form at least a portion of a character figure. The bight of the first hook permits the first kit member to be hung on a first storage bar.
US10421020B2
In one embodiment, a method is provided for transmitting participant data relating to one or more participants that are available in a fantasy game, the fantasy game is at least partially related to a players performance in a sporting event; receiving a selected participant data indication from at least one user, the selected participant data indication provides selection of at least one participant from the participant data; generating a participant data update for one or more participants based on the selected participant data indication; the participant data is defined by a time period comprising an event and is calculated based on blink data transmitted from a location tag mounted to the participant; and transmitting the participant data update, the participant data update is viewable via a user interface.
US10421011B2
User action data characterizing action by a player in a game environment executing at a user client is received at a server. The game environment is created by the user client separate from the server. Data characterizing a selected viewing position is received. The selected viewing position is different than a player viewing position. The selected viewing position characterizes a viewing location within the game environment. A recreated game environment is generated from the user action data at the server. A video stream of the recreated game environment is generated. The video stream includes video from a perspective of the selected viewing position. The video stream is transmitted to a viewing client. Related apparatus, systems, articles, and techniques are also described.
US10421003B2
Electronic tracking systems are disclosed for assisting users with locating objects in a sporting environment. One such system includes a ball tracking component that tracks a game ball while moving in the sporting environment, and a heads up display that is worn by the user. This heads up display has an electronic display screen with a transparent display area that dynamically displays images within the user's field of view. A processor, which communicates with the ball tracking component and heads up display, is programmed to detect movement of the game ball, and responsively determine launch characteristics and/or flight characteristics of the moving game ball. The heads up display displays the launch/flight characteristics contemporaneous with an object indication adjacent to or superimposed over the moving game ball as the game ball is visible through the transparent display area of the display screen within the user's field of view.
US10420994B2
A golf club head comprises a body and at least one self-extracting pressed weight assembly. The body comprises a face plate positioned at a forward portion of the golf club head, a sole positioned at a bottom portion of the golf club head, a crown positioned at a top portion of the golf club head and a skirt positioned around a periphery of the golf club head between the sole and the crown. The body defines an interior cavity. The weight assembly comprises at least three components and is configured for a press fit engagement with the golf club head. The assembly has a drive portion and a threaded portion.
US10420989B2
Embodiments of golf club heads and methods to manufacture golf club heads are generally described herein. In one example, a golf club head may include a body portion having a first interior cavity portion, a second interior cavity portion, a toe portion, a heel portion, a top portion, a bottom portion, a rear portion, a front portion, and a structural support portion formed in the bottom portion. The second interior cavity portion may include a filler material. Other examples and embodiments may be described and claimed.
US10420979B2
A modular fitness system and associated methods of use are disclosed. In at least one embodiment, the system provides a plurality of elongate weighted segments, and a plurality of handle links sized and configured for accommodating a hand of a user. The segments and handle links are removably engagable with one another in series so as to form an exercise structure. Thus, the user is capable of selectively engaging at least one of the segments having a desired weight with at least one of the handle links in order to form an appropriate configuration of the exercise structure for performing one or more desired exercises therewith.
US10420976B2
A system to facilitate stretching for a user, including a force-applying component and a subject-engaging surface, such that the force applying element is attached to a first end of a rotatable element that rotates about a first point of secured support, or fulcrum, and the subject engaging surface is operatively connected to a second end of said rotatable element, such that application of force via the force-applying component causes rotational movement of the subject-engaging surface toward the user.
US10420972B2
A dummy head temporality replaces a sprinkler head in a sprinkler system. The dummy head provides for accurate alignment and sizing of a hole in a drywall and in relation to a sprinkler conduit in the sprinkler system. The dummy head is used to prevent breaking an actual sprinkler head while construction workers do an installation of a ceiling to be painted or covered by drywall joint compound of mud, which saves in service fees and redoing the location of the drywall hole for the inner ring to be placed in the drywall hole.
US10420968B2
A fire protection sprinkler includes a sprinkler body having a boss including a circumferential portion having flat edges, and including a cavity on one of the flat edges, a closure element configured to be held in an output orifice to seal a flow of fluid from the output orifice, and a clip. The clip has a first portion that is engaged with the closure element, and a second portion configured to be inserted into the cavity on the one of the flat edges of the circumferential portion of the boss of the sprinkler body, and configured to contact the cavity such that, upon actuation of the fire protection sprinkler, the clip rotates about an axis passing through two points of contact between the cavity and the second portion, and moves the closure element moves away from the sprinkler body to permit the flow of fluid from the output orifice.
