US10509905B2
Endpoints in a network environment include remote file systems mounted thereto that reference a file system generator that responds to file system commands with deception data. Requests to list the contents of a directory are intercepted, such as while a response is passed up through an IO stack. The response is modified to include references to deception files and directories that do not actually exist on the system hosting the file system generator. The number of the deception files and directories may be randomly selected. Requests to read deception files are answered by generating a file having a file type corresponding to the deception file. Deception files may be written back to the system by an attacker and then deleted.
US10509901B2
The invention is a method for managing a secure element that comprises an operating system and a software application including an executable part which is tied to the operating system through a plurality of links. The method comprises the following steps: on receipt of an un-map command, recording in a memory area of the secure element a description of said links using an intermediate language, replacing the operating system by a new operating system by keeping said memory area unchanged, on receipt of a re-map command by the secure element, restoring a new set of links between the executable part and the new operating system by using the description.
US10509900B1
A user account/password manager is presented to protect any of: user accounts, passwords, and devices using security best practices. User account activity information is managed by a user and displayed in a meaningful way on an Account Management Graphical user interface. The user can easily find out who may be attempting to login to their account, when and how the login attempts were made, and where the login attempts originated.
US10509897B2
A wearable device includes a display; a sensor configured to obtain a biometric information of a user; a memory configured to store at least one instruction; and at least one processor configured to execute the at least one instruction to: based on an event related to executing an application, identify execution of biometric authentication associated with the application; based on the identification, display a message indicating information corresponding to the biometric authentication to be performed in the wearable device; obtain, by the sensor, the biometric information of the user wearing the wearable device; identify authority using the obtained biometric information and registered biometric information stored in the memory; and display, by the display, a screen associated with the executed application based on the identified authority.
US10509888B1
A method for forming an integrated device is provided. The method includes the following operations. A first circuit layout having a first power path and a second power path is provided. The first power path and the second power path are aligned in a first direction. A first pitch between the first power path and the second power path is analyzed. It is determined whether the first pitch is less than a threshold pitch. If the first pitch is less than the threshold pitch, the second power path is modified in a second direction. The second direction is perpendicular to the first direction.
US10509883B2
A layout-generation method for an IC is provided. The layout-generation method includes accessing data of a schematic design of the IC; generating a hypergraph from the schematic design; transforming a plurality of constraints into a plurality of weighted edges in the hypergraph; continuing partitioning the hypergraph by the weighted edges until a plurality of multilevel groups are obtained to generate a layout; and verifying the layout to fabricate the IC.
US10509881B2
Implementations of the present disclosure provide coloring methods that sort and pre-color nodes of G0-linked networks in a multiple-patterning technology (MPT)-compliant layout design by coordinate. In one embodiment, a method includes identifying target networks in a circuit layout, each target network having two or more linked nodes representing circuit patterns, and each target network being presented in an imaginary X-Y coordinate plane, assigning a first feature to a first node in each target network, the first node is determined using a coordinate-based method, and assigning the first feature and a second feature to remaining nodes in each target network in an alternating manner so that any two immediately adjacent linked nodes in each target network have different features.
US10509879B2
An optimum stage number calculation method executed by a processor, the optimum stage number calculation method includes extracting information on a signal path between a transmission cell and a reception cell that transmits and receives a signal according to a clock from net information indicating a connection relationship between a plurality of cells arranged and wired in a field programmable gate array, estimating a cell total delay amount indicating a total delay amount of cells allowed to be included in one period of the clock in the signal path from input information including at least clock period information indicating a length of one period of the clock, calculating the number of stages of logic cells included in the signal path from the cell total delay amount, and outputting number-of-stages information indicating the calculated number of stages of the logic cells.
US10509874B2
A method for forecasting thermal runaway safety of a full battery by a computer is provided and including receiving a self heat generation onset temperature T0 of a first power battery, wherein the first power battery is a half cell; calculating a maximum temperature Tmax of thermal runaway of the first power battery based on a thermal runaway reaction kinetic model stored in the computer, calculating a maximum temperature rise ΔT by making difference between the maximum temperature Tmax and the self heat generation onset temperature T0; and judging the thermal runaway safety of the first power battery by the relationship between the self heat generation onset temperature T0 and the maximum temperature rise ΔT.
US10509866B2
An apparatus includes a memory; and a processor coupled to the memory and configured to: specify a shape type of an opening including a series of planes detected from planes of a plurality of second virtual rectangular parallelepipeds obtained by dividing a first virtual rectangular parallelepiped internally containing a virtual object in a simulated space based on a first shape of a first line obtained by projecting the series of planes from a direction based on a specific plane of the first virtual rectangular parallelepiped onto a projection plane which is perpendicular to the direction and located at a position more distant from the specific plane than the series of planes, calculate a resonance frequency of a wave leaking through the opening, based on the specified shape type of the opening; and present the calculated resonance frequency on a display.
US10509857B2
A size reducer for tabular data models. As the tabular data model is being created, the size reducer evaluates one or more columns of the tabular data model. For a given column, the memory burden and data type of the column are determined. Based on this information, the size reducer automatically determines at least one modification that can be made to the column (as compared to the source column at the data source) in order to reduce the size of the column's burden in the tabular data model. Example modifications might include splitting of column as compared to its source column in the data source, removing information (e.g., rounding) from a column as compared to its source column, and even eliminating columns from the tabular data model that are present in the external data source.
US10509840B2
A customizable web site access system is comprised of a software program incorporating both a composing portion and a performing portion. The composing portion of the software program is used to create a presentation. The presentation includes a list of URLs for display, a desired sequence of display of the URLs, and a duration of display of the URLs. The performing portion of the software program operates to load and display the presentation to a user of the web in an automatic slide show presentation.
US10509829B2
A context aware digital assistant supported on devices such as smartphones, tablet computers, wearable computing devices, personal computers (PCs), game consoles, and the like is configured with a natural language interface that enables a user to launch searches for content using contextual references such as time, date, event, location, schedule, activity, contacts, or device. The user can thus use natural language to express the context that is applicable to the sought-after content rather than having to formulate a query that uses a specific syntax. The digital assistant can comprehensively search for the content across applications (i.e., both first and third party applications), devices, and services.
US10509826B2
[Object] To speed up provision of a document to a client by utilizing throughput of a server in a system in which the server provides the document in response to a request from the client.[Solution] Provided is a server device including: a document acquisition unit configured to acquire a document including a reference to a resource in response to a request from a client; an identifier generation unit configured to generate an identifier unique to content of the resource; an identifier writing unit configured to associate the identifier with the reference to the resource in the document; and a document transmission unit configured to transmit the document and the identifier associated with the reference to the resource to the client.
US10509824B1
A processing device and a method are disclosed in which instructions are executed to determine, from a fingerprint of television content being consumed by a user, what program the user is watching so that program information may be sent for use by a smart device streaming the content to the user. The fingerprint may be compared with a database of fingerprints to find a match. The database may include fingerprints of favorite programs or of previously watched programs. The search may be narrowed according to the user's favorite programs or according to a subset of programs most likely to be watched, e.g., from a chronological history of programs the user usually watches and/or those that viewers in general usually watch in chronological order. When narrowed searches fail to find a fingerprint match, larger subsets up to and including the entire database may be searched for a match.
US10509823B2
The information providing system includes the communication unit, the content database, the search unit and the map information generation unit. The communication unit acquires place information indicating a place. The content database stores place information indicating a place and specifying information specifying an expression part where an expression related to the place appears in content in association with each other. The search unit acquires the specifying information stored in association with the place information indicating a place within a specified range from the place indicated by the place information acquired by the communication unit from the content database. The map information generation unit outputs the specifying information acquired by the search unit.
US10509822B2
A method of facilitating video search is disclosed. A video on or linked to by a display page is located. A video search index entry associated with the video is generated, at least in part, using an additional information data, retrieved at least in part programmatically from a location other than the display page.
US10509817B2
Embodiments retrieve a set of search results that have been previously identified as having at least one associated date or location. A timeline or map is displayed that visually represents the distribution of the dates or locations within the results. The timeline is displayed with a histogram graph corresponding to the number of dates in the search results at points along the timeline. The map is displayed with markers at the locations corresponding to the locations in the search results. The user can navigate the result set using the displayed timeline or map.
US10509814B2
System and method for the indexing and retrieval of semantically annotated information units from a collection of semantically annotated indexed information units in response to a query using an ontology-based IR model. The retrieval method comprises: receiving a semantically annotated query with semantic annotations to individuals or classes within a determined populated base ontology; embedding, as a set of weighted-mentions to individuals or classes within the populated base ontology, the semantically annotated query in a semantic representation space of an ontology-based metric space IR model; obtaining the representation in the semantic representation space for every indexed information unit; computing the Hausdorff distance between the space representation of the query and the space representation of all the indexed information units of the collection; retrieving and ranking, the relevant information units based on the computed Hausdorff distance.
US10509811B2
A system and method for refund analysis of travel-indicating unstructured electronic documents. The method includes determining, based on data of a first electronic document, a mileage value-added tax (VAT) refund amount, wherein the first electronic document indicates at least one travel transaction; analyzing at least one second electronic document to determine at least one transaction parameter of each second electronic document, wherein each second electronic document includes at least partially unstructured data; creating a template for each of the at least one second electronic document, wherein each template is a structured dataset including the at least one transaction parameter determined for the respective electronic document; determining, based on the created at least one template, a fuel VAT refund amount; and determining, based on the mileage VAT refund amount and the fuel VAT refund amount, an entitled VAT refund amount.
US10509785B2
A database system stores data as hypertables that represent partitioned database tables. Each hypertable comprises chunks of data that may be distributed across multiple locations, each location comprising at least a storage device. The database system provides an interface that allows database queries seamlessly to hypertables as well as standard tables. The database system dynamically creates chunks as records are added to a hypertable. The database system defines a new partitioning strategy if the storage configuration of the database system is changed by adding new locations or removing existing locations. The records added to the hypertable before the storage configuration was changed continue to be stored as chunks distributed according to the previous partitioning policy.
US10509780B2
An information handling system maintains a log-with-index (LWI) structure that includes a log for inserting and deleting records, each of which includes a key, and a binary index for maintaining an index of log records. The log may be stored to disk for persistence. Insertions of new records into the log may occur sequentially to ensure adequate performance. The index tree may be maintained in memory for performance. When the log is full, log records may be written in key-sorted order to a new tablet in a tablet library. Two tablets may be merged from time to time. Merging may include iteratively performing a plurality of atomic merges for each of a plurality of atomic portions. During atomic merges, tablet index data may be modified in copy-on-write fashion to preserve existing data until the atomic merge completes.
US10509762B2
Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for transferring data between a host platform and modem circuitry are provided. At low data rates, data may be stored by on-chip memory, and data may be transferred from the on-chip memory to the host platform over an interconnect (IX) when a first aggregation period expires. At medium data rates, data may be stored in both the on-chip memory and in in-package or off-chip memory, and the data may be transferred from the on-chip memory and off-chip memory to the host platform over the IX when a second aggregation period expires. At high data rates, the on-chip memory may serve as an elastic buffer, and the data may be streamed directly through the on-chip memory to the host platform over the IX. Other embodiments are described and/or claimed.
US10509758B1
Provided are systems and methods for hot-plugging emulated peripheral devices (e.g., endpoints) into host devices that either have a hypervisor that does not support virtualized peripheral device or that do not include a hypervisor. In various implementations, a configurable peripheral device can emulate a switch that includes upstream ports and downstream ports. When a new endpoint device is requested, the configurable peripheral device can, using an emulation configuration for the new endpoint device, generate an emulation for the new endpoint device. The configurable peripheral device can connect the endpoint device to a downstream port, and then trigger a hot-plug mechanism, through which the host device can add the new endpoint device to the known hardware of the host device.
US10509757B2
Integrated circuits may have programmable logic circuitry and hard-coded circuitry. The hard-coded circuitry may include data circuitry, a processor, and memory. As the hard-coded circuitry has a limited capacity, a portion of the programmable logic circuitry may be configured using configuration data to serve as expanded soft-coded memory for the hard-coded processor. Instructions for controlling settings of the data circuitry may be stored on the hard-coded and soft-coded memory. An additional portion of the programmable logic circuitry may be configured using the configuration data to serve as a soft-coded processor that executes the instructions stored on the soft-coded memory. Use of the soft-coded processor and/or expanded soft-coded memory may allow for more advanced algorithms for initialization and calibration of the data circuitry than when only hard-coded memory is used and may allow for updated processor circuitry to be implemented.
US10509756B2
A circuit device includes first and second physical layer circuits, a bus switch circuit that switches connection between a first bus and a second bus that comply with a USB standard, on in a first period and off in a second period, and a processing circuit that performs, in the second period, processing for transferring packets on a transfer route that includes the first bus, the first and second physical layer circuits, and the second bus. When a host chirp K/J is detected on the first bus by the first physical layer circuit, the second physical layer circuit outputs a host chirp K/J to the second bus in the state where connection between the first bus and the second bus is switched off by the bus switch circuit.
US10509755B2
An automatic switching apparatus and an automatic switching method are disclosed. The automatic switching apparatus includes a universal serial bus Type-C input connector, a plurality of main links, at least one video output connector and at least one USB output connector. The automatic switching method includes the steps of: (a) detecting a use state of the plurality of main links; and (b) automatically switching the specification of the at least one USB output connector.
US10509748B2
Memory sharing techniques are provided for offloading an application from a host processor to an integrated sensor hub (ISH). A methodology implementing the techniques according to an embodiment includes allocating a shared region of memory to be accessed by the host processor and by the ISH, in connection with the execution of a location application. The method also includes storing a location database in the shared region of memory. The location database is divided into segments, where each segment is associated with an area, for example, defined by a range of latitudes and longitudes. The method further includes transferring, through a direct memory access (DMA), one or more of the segments between the shared memory region and a second memory associated with the ISH. The method further includes executing at least a portion of the location application on the ISH, based on the data segments stored in the second memory.
US10509745B2
A method and system for configuring a USB3 input/output port in a camera are disclosed. The method comprises responsive to an indication that a peripheral device is a non-USB3 device, remapping pins of the USB3 input/output port to a first predefined port configuration associated with an I2C protocol by remapping a RX1− pin to communicate a first I2C signal and remapping a RX1+ pin to communicate a second I2C signal, and responsive to successful authentication between the camera and the peripheral device via the I2C protocol, enabling communication with the peripheral device and remapping the pins of the USB3 input/output port to a second predefined port configuration compatible with operation of the authenticated peripheral device by remapping a TX2+ pin to communicate a first general purpose input/output signal and remapping a TX2− pin to communicate a second general purpose input/output signal.
US10509726B2
A processor includes an execution unit to execute instructions to load indices from an array of indices, optionally perform scatters, and prefetch (to a specified cache) contents of target locations for future scatters from arbitrary locations in memory. The execution unit includes logic to load, for each target location of a scatter or prefetch operation, an index value to be used in computing the address in memory for the operation. The index value may be retrieved from an array of indices identified for the instruction. The execution unit includes logic to compute the addresses based on the sum of a base address specified for the instruction, the index value retrieved for the location, and a prefetch offset (for prefetch operations), with optional scaling. The execution unit includes logic to retrieve data elements from contiguous locations in a source vector register specified for the instruction to be scattered to the memory.
US10509725B2
Techniques are provided for performing a flush operation in a non-coherent cache. In response to determining to perform a flush operation, a cache unit flushes certain data items. The flush operation may be performed in response to a lapse of a particular amount of time, such as a number of cycles, or an explicit flush instruction that does not indicate any cache entry or data item. The cache unit may store change data that indicates which entry stores a data item that has been modified but not yet been flushed. The change data may be used to identify the entries that need to be flushed. In one technique, a dirty cache entry that is associated with one or more relatively recent changes is not flushed during a flush operation.
US10509723B1
A computing device includes an interface configured to interface and communicate with a communication system, a memory that stores operational instructions, and processing circuitry operably coupled to the interface and to the memory that is configured to execute the operational instructions to perform various operations. The computing device determines to de-stage information stored in a cache memory to a nonvolatile memory device. The computing device determines whether the de-stage is based on a power interruption and when the de-stage is not based on a power interruption the computing device updates access counters associated with the information and the target location for the information in the nonvolatile memory, updates a data access tracking module and initiates a data relocation function to transfer the information to the nonvolatile memory device. When the de-stage is based on a power interruption the computing device initiates relocation of the information from the cache memory to the nonvolatile memory without updating the access counters.
US10509719B2
Example implementations relate to automatically identifying regressions. Some implementations may include a data capture engine to capture data points during test executions of the application under test. The data points may include, for example, test action data and application action data. Additionally, some implementations may include a data correlation engine to correlate each of the data points with a particular test execution of the test executions, and each of the data points may be correlated based on a sequence of events that occurred during the particular test execution. Furthermore, some implementations may also include a regression identification engine to automatically identify, based on the correlated data points, a regression between a first version of the application under test and a second version of the application under test.
US10509712B2
Automated methods and systems to determine a baseline event-type distribution of an event source and use the baseline event type distribution to detect changes in the behavior of the event source are described. In one implementation, blocks of event messages generated by the event source are collected and an event-type distribution is computed for each of block of event messages. Candidate baseline event-type distributions are determined from the event-type distributions. The candidate baseline event-type distribution has the largest entropy of the event-type distributions. A normal discrepancy radius of the event-type distributions is computed from the baseline event-type distribution and the event-type distributions. A block of run-time event messages generated by the event source is collected. A run-time event-type distribution is computed from the block of run-time event messages. When the run-time event-type distribution is outside the normal discrepancy radius, an alert is generated indicating abnormal behavior of the event source.
US10509708B2
Techniques are disclosed for resynchronizing a node of a distributed storage system with other nodes of the distributed storage system. Some embodiments presented herein include a computer-implemented method for resynchronizing a node of a distributed storage system with other nodes of the distributed storage system. The method comprises identifying an out-of-sync block of the node. The method further comprises determining that the out-of-sync block is a code block, wherein the code block is generated by performing an erasure coding operation on data blocks which are stored in the other nodes. The method further comprises locating a mirrored code block in an address space maintained for mirrored code blocks. The method further comprises storing contents of the mirrored code block in a storage location of the out-of-sync block.
US10509703B1
Improved apparatus and system for the backup and recovery of a computer system with minimized key strokes and steps for a user. The improved apparatus and system includes an external hard drive, power controls, keyboard controller, and flash drive, all of which are referred to as the present invention DittoDrive™, to allow a user to copy the contents of a computer hard drive to a second hard drive and then allow the user to operate the computer from either the first hard drive or the second hard drive.
US10509699B2
A method begins with receiving an encoded data slice that has associated therewith a slice name that is representative of a dispersed storage network (DSN) logical address. The method continues with accessing a DSN address to memory device mapping based on the DSN logical address to identify a memory device of the storage unit. The method continues with retrieving a logical zone to physical address space mapping of the identified memory device. The method continues with determining information regarding the encoded data slice and a logical zone of the memory device from the logical zone to physical address space mapping based on the encoded data slice information. The method continues with generating a physical address within the identified logical zone for storing the encoded data slice. The method continues with storing the encoded data slice within the identified memory device at the physical address.
US10509695B1
Detection of abnormalities in HDBD is performed by processing it to obtain a dictionary from a training data. This is done by computing a low rank randomized LU decomposition which enables constant online updating of the training data and thus gets constant updating of the normal profile in the background.
US10509691B2
A method including retrieving, from an operating system of a client device, a timestamp associated with a physical action on an input device coupled with the client device, is provided. The method includes tagging the timestamp with an action metadata of an application running in the client device, the physical action being associated with the application, and forming an aggregated dataset comprising the timestamp and the action metadata. The method also includes associating an acuity value to the timestamp based on the aggregated dataset, and modifying a display of an application output to indicate the acuity value within the application. A system and a non-transitory, computer readable medium storing instructions to perform the method are also provided.
US10509688B1
A system and method is provided for migrating a virtual machine between servers to access physical resources. An exemplary method includes intercepting a request from a client device to access a physical resource; identifying a virtual machine on a first server that is currently hosting a remote application for the client device; identifying a second server associated with the physical resource; and migrating the virtual machine from the first server to the second server, such that the client device can access the physical resource using the second server.
US10509676B1
Techniques for data processing may include: computing an entropy value for the chunk; determining, in accordance with the entropy value for the data chunk, whether the data chunk is compressible; and responsive to determining the data chunk is compressible based on the entropy value for the chunk, compressing the data chunk. The entropy value may be determined using counters for data items where the counters denote current frequencies of different allowable data items in the data chunk; and performing second processing using the counters to determine an entropy value for the data chunk, wherein said second processing includes selecting a precomputed binary logarithmic value from a table for each of the counters. The table may include integer representations of binary logarithmic values. The second processing may include loading multiple data items of the chunk into a register, extracting each data item from the register and incrementing a corresponding counter.
US10509673B2
The approaches described herein implement synchronous execution of a user space operation from a kernel context. A thread, executing on a computing device, initializes a second kernel stack based on a first kernel stack. The computing device executes an operating system having a user space and a kernel space. The thread, executing in kernel space, performs a non-blocking call (e.g., an upcall) to execute an upcall function in user space. The upcall function may further call other user space functions or system calls. The system calls are performed using the second kernel stack. Upon termination of the upcall function, the thread continues execution on the first kernel stack.
US10509669B2
Techniques for benchmarking pairing strategies in a task assignment system are disclosed. In one particular embodiment, the techniques may be realized as a method for benchmarking pairing strategies in a task assignment system comprising determining first and second pluralities of historical task assignments paired using first and second pairing strategies, respectively, during a first period, determining a value attributable to each task of the first plurality of historical task assignments and the second plurality of historical task assignments during a second period after the first period, determining a difference in performance between the first and second pairing strategies based on the value attributable to each task during the second period, and outputting the difference in performance between the first pairing strategy and the second pairing strategy for benchmarking at least the first pairing strategy and the second pairing strategy.
US10509665B2
Execution of an executable portion of an application source executing in a first computer instance is monitored at least up to a point relative to a variation point. The execution is halted at the point. An application image of the first computer instance usable to instantiate a second computer instance is copied based at least in part on the variation point such that the second computer instance continues execution of the executable portion of the application source from the variation point, and the application image is caused to be stored.
US10509662B1
Providing differing degrees of reliability or security for distinct devices within a reliable distributed system. Allowing virtual machines to operate in a reliable distributed system without either exposing the actual available devices to guest operating systems, or requiring the guest OS to maintain, or to maintain information about, reliability or security. Methods are responsive to a hierarchy of possible reliability or security failures, to guard more carefully against simultaneous failures of reliability or breaches of security, without additional work or delay. Functions invoked by the user that relate to reliability and security are hidden, so the user can specify a degree of reliability or security without having to implement those requirements themselves. Providing a uniform set of resources available to all users, separating out those individual resources that are allocated to particular users, and emulating particular devices at the request of those particular users. Users do not have access to “real” devices the distributed system can use, only “virtual” devices presented by the distributed system, where those virtual devices have properties similar, but not necessarily equal, to real devices.
US10509653B2
Vector processing systems and methods disclosed herein generate efficient vector initialization code that leverages performance advantages of single instruction, multiple data (SIMD) instructions and immediate operands. In some embodiments, a vector processing system scans existing code for initialization syntax that specifies values which match one or more target patterns. Where the vector processing system identifies one or more of these target patterns within the specified values, the vector processing system generates enhanced vector initialization code. This enhanced vector initialization code is configured to outperform vector initialization code that sequentially loads discrete values to discrete channels within a vector register.
US10509648B2
Methods for classifying functions as belonging to a particular software system is disclosed. Various embodiments are also described that use and display the result of the function classification in various ways, regardless of whether the information was generated by any particular of the described methods. One example graph combines function membership data, time interval frame data, and call stack profile data in the form of an Icicle Graph. The Icicle Graph is then distorted into a Sunburst Graph, resulting in an overall Software System Sunburst Icicle Graph.
US10509647B1
Techniques for dynamically building documentation based on installed services are described herein. In an embodiment, a plurality of different electronic documents are stored in a data repository. A server computer system identifies one or more service software components of an application program that have been installed as part of a particular application instance. The server computer identifies a subset of one or more particular documents from the plurality of documents stored in the data repository that correspond to the identified one or more services. Using the subset of one or more particular documents, the server generates a particular customized document which is then stored in association with the particular application instance.
US10509641B2
Variety of approaches to optimize a feature deployment based on an usage pattern are described. A hosted service initiates operations to optimize the feature deployment upon detecting a feature update associated with an application. Next, a target audience for the feature update is identified by processing an usage pattern signal of the application based on information update and an organizational rule associated with the feature update. The feature update is deployed to the target audience.
US10509638B1
A method and system for deploying third party device services through an enclosed appliance interface using containers. Specifically, the disclosed method and system entail employing a generic plugin to facilitate the integration and execution of custom, third-party plugins onto the framework of a platform. The custom, third-party plugins, via the generic plugin, perform hardware device operations as secured and sandboxed computer processes (i.e., containers), which are stateless, and thus, fail to cause idling across computer processor and memory usage.
US10509630B2
A random number acquiring unit 15 obtains a first sequence that comprises values of digits of a random number represented by a binary number as elements. A logical product arithmetic unit 16 obtains a third sequence that is results of elementwise logical product operation between the first sequence and a second sequence that comprises values of digits of one or more Mersenne numbers represented by one or more binary numbers and a zero value as elements.
US10509623B2
An apparatus in which a user can easily check that an appropriate audio file is assigned to an immediate output switch. A system includes a PC connected to a communication line, and an audio interface apparatus connected to the PC and having an immediate output switch that outputs, in response to a user operation and to the PC, a reproduction start instruction signal of an audio file which is assigned in advance. The PC judges whether or not the assignment is normal when an audio file is assigned by a user operation, and displays a judgment result in association with a virtual switch displayed on a display corresponding to the immediate output switch.
US10509615B2
A method and device are provided for managing access of functions in a Multi-Functional Printer (MFP) by an access manager. The access manager receives information regarding occurrence of at least one error in at least one functional unit of the MFP, and identifies one or more functions operably dependent on at least one functional unit one or more functions operably independent of at least one functional unit, based on a pre-defined master error list. The, access manager divides a display screen of MFP into a plurality of display portions, where a first display portion of a plurality of display portions displays one or more functions operably independent of at least the one functional unit and a second display portion of the plurality of display portions displays information associated with at least one error that has occurred in at least one functional unit of the MFP.
US10509613B2
A control device for a vehicle equipped in the vehicle, the control device that includes a first display located in a center fascia of the vehicle, a second display located at a lower side of the first display, a guide configured to guide the second display to be moved in a direction from front to rear sides of the vehicle, and a controller configured to control at least one of the first and second displays such that information output on the at least one of the first and second displays differs according to a position of the second display is disclosed.
US10509607B2
Systems and methods are provided for replacing preprinted forms with blank print media. One embodiment is a system that includes a memory that stores entries which include Page Description Language (PDL) instructions for marking blank print media to match different types of preprinted forms, and an interface that receives a print job comprising PDL print data. The system also includes a controller that determines that the print job includes a media callout referring to one of the types of preprinted forms, consults an entry that corresponds with the type of preprinted form, integrates PDL instructions from the entry into PDL print data for an existing page of the print job to match an appearance of the type of preprinted form at the existing page, selects a printer, and transmits the print job to the printer for printing after the PDL instructions have been integrated.
US10509599B2
A memory system having a stack memory, a set of media. and a controller. The controller divides the stack memory into a plurality of stacks, measures usages of the stacks in a period of time of operating on the set of media, and adjusts partitioning of the stack memory into the plurality of stacks according to the measured usages.
US10509597B2
Technology for a NAND memory is described. The NAND memory can include a first-type dedicated memory block. The NAND memory can include a second-type dedicated memory block. The NAND memory can include logic to perform a data operation on the first-type dedicated memory block using a first first-type access mode. The NAND memory can include logic to perform a data operation on the variable-type memory block using a second first-type access mode.
US10509590B2
Provided are a memory control device and a method. The memory control device may include a memory device, and a controller operatively coupled to the memory device. The controller may include a receiving unit configured to receive a plurality of commands from a host, and a command processing unit configured to process the commands and order the host to transmit next commands when processing of the commands reaches a trigger point.
US10509581B1
Maintaining identifier service consistency within a storage system, including, responsive to a write operation for a dataset: assigning an identifier for the write operation, wherein the identifier is equal to a current identifier from an allowable set of identifiers; storing, within a metadata header for the dataset, metadata indicating the assigned identifier; and incrementing the current identifier; and responsive to determining that the incremented current identifier has caused a reservation event: updating a range corresponding to the allowable set of identifiers.
US10509576B2
Embodiments of systems, apparatuses, and methods for energy efficiency and energy conservation including enabling autonomous hardware-based deep power down of devices are described. In one embodiment, a system includes a device, a static memory, and a power control unit coupled with the device and the static memory. The system further includes a deep power down logic of the power control unit to monitor a status of the device, and to transfer the device to a deep power down state when the device is idle. In the system, the device consumes less power when in the deep power down state than in the idle state.
US10509569B2
Systems and methods for adaptive fetch coalescing are disclosed. NVM Express (NVMe) implements a paired submission queue and completion queue mechanism, with host software on the host device placing commands into the submission queue. The host device notifies the memory device, via a doorbell update, of commands on the submission queue. Instead of fetching the command responsive to the doorbell update, the memory device may analyze one or more aspects in order to determine whether and how to coalesce fetching of the commands. In this way, the memory device may include the intelligence to coalesce fetching in order to more efficiently fetch the commands from the host device.
US10509558B2
In accordance with an embodiment, described herein is a system and method for enabling advertisement interaction with an electronic device, for use in a digital media content environment. A media device includes a touch-sensitive display screen, and user interface that enables access to a stored media application. During the streaming of media content from a media server, an audio advertisement or other type of advertisement can be inserted into a stream, for playback at the media device. Using playback controls provided either by the user interface, or by a headphones, headset, or other type of device, a user can interact with the advertisement (even if the user interface is locked), by performing a defined gesture, which, if received at the media application during a defined time period associated with the advertisement, is interpreted as a signal to select or otherwise interact with the advertisement.
US10509553B1
Disclosed are systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media to perform an interactive image recolorization process. The method includes receiving user input including a single stroke drawn on an image presented on a client device. The method further includes determining a region of interest in the image based on the user input. The method further includes recolorizing the region of interest on the image and causing presentation of a result of the recolorization on the client device.
US10509552B2
One or more computing devices, systems, and/or methods for controlling an output device are provided. For example, features are extracted from data points of an object. A set of data points are identified from the data points based upon the set of data points having features corresponding to target features. Marker elements are assigned to the set of data points. A mapping structure is used to assign output indicators to the marker elements. The output device is controlled to provide output indicators assigned to marker elements as the marker elements become a current focus of the user navigation.
US10509550B2
A display device includes a touch panel, a depressed time measuring section, a determining section, a virtual line displaying section, a display mode changing section, and a virtual line hiding section. The depressed time measuring section measures depressed time on the touch panel. The determining section determines whether the depressed time measured by the depressed time measuring section is longer than a prescribed period of time. The virtual line displaying section displays a virtual line extending in the diagonal direction of the rectangular image if the determining section determines that the depressed time is longer than the prescribed period of time. The display mode changing section changes display modes of the image depending on the depressed state of the virtual line displayed by the virtual line displaying section. The virtual line hiding section hides the display of the displayed virtual line.
US10509539B2
A display control device has a display device, a storage device and a controller. The storage device contains a function selection screen, a function items list screen and a function item setting screen. The controller is configured to set one of the functional items list screen and the functional item setting screen as a first hierarchy screen when one function is selected, retrieve the function selection screen from the storage device and display the same, receive a selection operation to select one of the multiple functions through the function selection screen, and retrieve a screen which is set as the first hierarchy screen from the storage device and displays the retrieved screen on the display device when one of the multiple functions is selected.
US10509518B2
A touch substrate, a manufacturing method thereof and a display device. The touch substrate, comprising a plurality of self-capacitive electrodes; a planar shape of each self-capacitive electrode on a surface provided with the plurality of self-capacitive electrodes includes a body section and a plurality of projections extending from a first side of the body section; the plurality of projections extend along a first direction and sequentially arranged along a second direction. On the surface provided with the plurality of self-capacitive electrodes, a recessed portion is encircled by every two projections and the body portion of each self-capacitive electrode; and in the recessed portion is provided with one of a plurality of projections of another self-capacitive electrode. The touch substrate can reduce the number of leads while ensuring the touch accuracy.
US10509517B2
A switching device according to an embodiment includes a circuit board, a laminated body, and an air layer. The circuit board is provided with an electrode which detects change in electrostatic capacitance that is caused by a touch operation of a user. The laminated body is laminated on the circuit board, and includes a touch panel member that receives the touch operation. The air layer is arranged at a position that corresponds to the electrode between the circuit board and the laminated body.
US10509514B2
A touch device includes a cover plate, a first piezoelectric element, and a second piezoelectric element. The cover plate has a first surface and a second surface. The first piezoelectric element is disposed on the second surface of the cover plate. The second piezoelectric element is adjacent to the first piezoelectric element. The method for operating the touch device includes outputting a first detection voltage signal to the first piezoelectric element to cause the first piezoelectric element to vibrate, receiving a second detection voltage signal from the second piezoelectric element, and determining that a touch event on the first surface of the cover plate has occurred when an energy level of the second detection voltage signal is lower than a predetermined value. The first detection voltage signal has a specific frequency which can cause the greatest vibration of the first piezoelectric element.
US10509506B2
According to an aspect, a display device with a touch detection function includes: a plurality of pixel electrodes arranged in a matrix; a plurality of scanning signal lines; a drive electrode that faces the pixel electrodes; and a plurality of touch detection electrodes including a detection electrode pattern of a transparent conductive body that faces the drive electrode. The detection electrode pattern includes one or more slits each of which is a region where the transparent conductive body is not present. The slits of the detection electrode pattern of the touch detection electrodes extend in a direction different from an extending direction of the scanning signal lines with a slit pitch having a predetermined interval therebetween in the extending direction of the scanning signal lines. The slit pitch is multiples of a natural number of a predetermined pixel pitch in which the pixel electrodes are arranged.
US10509502B2
An operating device includes a planar operating element that includes at least one large surface and that is operable by an operator with the aid of an input element, and the operating device includes a mounting that enables a stroke movement of the operating element perpendicular to the large surface and that sets the operating element into a rotation in parallel to its large surface during the stroke movement.
US10509499B2
A TFT substrate defines a display area and a non-display area surrounding the display area. The TFT substrate includes a substrate and a conductive layer on the substrate. The conductive layer includes a plurality of touch driving electrodes, a plurality of touch sensing electrodes, and a plurality of common electrodes. The touch sensing electrodes are arranged in rows along a first direction and in columns along a second direction. Each touch driving electrode and each common electrode extend as strips along the first direction, the touch driving electrodes and the common electrodes are arranged in one column along the second direction. One common electrode and one row of the touch sensing electrodes are arranged at each side of each touch driving electrode along the second direction. The TFT substrate further includes a plurality of sensing lines.
US10509497B2
To acquire touch position data with a good SN ratio without affecting a display action of a display element, a touch panel includes a non-drive region and a drive region. The non-drive region moves so as to correspond to one of a plurality of scanning signal lines selected and driven in order in a display period included in each frame of a display element. The drive region represents a region except for the non-drive region. A touch panel controller drives a signal line corresponding to the drive region and stops driving a signal line corresponding to the non-drive region.
US10509491B2
A position indicator that can be used with a plurality of types of position detection systems. The position indicator includes a first transmitter, a second transmitter, an input circuit which, in operation, accepts an input from outside of the position indicator, a signal generation circuit which, in operation, generates a position detecting signal, a plurality of additional information generation circuits which, in operation, generate a plurality of types of additional information, and a controller. The controller controls, based on the input accepted by the input circuit, transmission of the position detecting signal through the first transmitter and controls, based on the input accepted by the input circuit, transmission of additional information generated by the plurality of additional information generation circuits from the first transmitter or the second transmitter.
US10509490B2
A touch module includes an upper plate, a lower plate, a hinge structure, an elastomer and a touchpad assembly. The touchpad assembly is located over the upper plate. A first end of the upper plate and a first end of the lower plate are pivotally coupled to each other through the hinge structure. While the touchpad assembly is pressed down, a second end of the upper plate is swung downwardly relative to a second end of the lower plate and a switch element of the touchpad assembly is triggered. When the touchpad assembly is no longer pressed, the elastomer provides an elastic force to the upper plate. In response to the elastic force, the second end of the upper plate is swung upwardly relative to the second end of the lower plate and the touchpad assembly is returned to an original position.
US10509487B2
A system for combining a gyromouse input with a touch surface input in an augmented reality (AR) environment and/or a virtual reality (VR) environment, a virtual display of virtual items and/or features may be adjusted in response to movement of the gyromouse combined with touch inputs, or touch and drag inputs, received on a touch surface of the gyromouse. Use of the gyromouse in the AR/VR environment may allow touch screen capabilities to be accurately projected into a three dimensional virtual space, providing a controller having improved functionality and utility in the AR/VR environment, and enhancing the user's experience.
US10509484B2
In some examples, a first keyboard includes a plurality of light-sensing electrodes, where individual ones of the light-sensing electrodes correspond to individual keys of the first keyboard. The first keyboard includes a microprocessor electrically coupled to individual ones of the light-sensing electrodes. A second keyboard comprised of light-transmitting material may be placed on top of the first keyboard. The second keyboard may include a plurality of keys, with individual keys including a keycap having opaque material attached to a bottom surface and a scissors mechanism to lower the opaque material when a predetermined amount of pressure is applied to the keycap. The microprocessor is configured to perform operations including determining that the opaque material is obstructing light to a first particular light-sensing electrode of the plurality of light-sensing electrodes and sending a signal indicating a selection of a first key corresponding to the first particular light-sensing electrode.
US10509481B2
A key inputting apparatus includes: a substrate provided with a switch; a key having a depression surface and a back surface on an opposite side to the depression surface, and a contacting section projecting from the back surface in a first direction from the depression surface toward the back surface; a panel having an opening in which the key is arranged; a first plate arranged between the substrate and the key in the opening of the panel; a second plate supported by the first plate between the key and the first plate; and a third plate arranged between the first plate and the substrate. The first to third plates are formed with first to third through portions, respectively, through each of which the contacting section is passable. The second plate is formed with a leaf spring section urging the key in a second direction opposite to the first direction.
US10509478B2
This document describes techniques and devices for radar-based gesture-recognition through a wearable device. The techniques enable an easy-to-use input interface through this wearable radar device, in contrast to small or difficult-to-use input interfaces common to wearable computing devices. Further, these techniques are not limited to interfacing with wearable computing devices, but may aid users in controlling various non-wearable devices, such as to control volume on a stereo, pause a movie playing on a television, or select a webpage on a desktop computer.
US10509475B2
An input/output interface for an electronic device receives touch and/or force input and, additionally provides haptic output to a user. In particular the input/output interface is operated in conjunction with an input surface and includes at least one input sensor and at least one haptic output element. In typical embodiments, the input sensor is ground-shifted to prevent damage to the input sensor when the haptic output element is driven.
US10509471B2
A control device for an automotive vehicle has a touch surface with a plate bearing a contact sensor that detects contact of a finger of a user, a haptic feedback module that vibrates the touch surface, which includes actuators positioned below the touch surface and linked to the plate of the touch surface, and a driver unit configured to drive the haptic feedback module to generate haptic feedback in response to a press on the touch surface. The haptic feedback is composed of a vibratory signal produced by control signals including one or more succession of pulses sent to the actuators, wherein each of the plurality of control signals generates one individual haptic pattern, a repetition of at least two identical individual haptic patterns, generated successively, and a period with no haptic feedback between two successive individual haptic patterns. A method of control of such a device is also disclosed.
US10509467B1
A virtual reality (VR) or augmented reality (AR) head mounted display (HMD) includes multiple image capture devices positioned within the HMD to capture portions of a face of a user wearing the HMD. Images from an image capture device include a user's eye, while additional images from another image capture device include the user's other eye. The images and the additional images are provided to a controller, which applies a trained model to the images and the additional images to generate a vector identifying a position of the user's head and positions of the user's eye and fixation of each of the user's eyes. Additionally, illumination sources illuminating portions of the user's face include in the images and in the additional images are configured when the user wears the HMD to prevent over-saturation or under-saturation of the images and the additional images.
US10509465B1
A mouth operated input system that includes a controller and a mouth operated input device that is operably coupled to at least one device so as to provide input control thereof. The mouth operated input device includes a joystick module and an activation module operably coupled thereto. The activation module includes an activation module control board and further has mounted thereto a first actuator and a second actuator. The first actuator is mounted to be engaged by a user's mouth. The second actuator is mounted to the housing of the activation module and is configured as an optical switch. The activation module is movable in all directions so as to provide movement of the joystick operably coupled thereto. The controller of the present invention includes a database that stores input data from the joystick module and the first and second actuators. Multiple modes of operation are provided by the controller.
US10509464B2
A system including a plurality sensor modules, each having an inertial measurement unit and attached to a portion of a user (e.g., upper arm, hand, and/or head) to measure the current orientation of the corresponding portion of the user. A computing device coupled to the sensor modules is configured to identify a type of the current pose of the user, compute a front facing direction of the torso of the user from the sensor measurements, select a torso leaning model based on the pose type, project onto a vertical plane the lengthwise directions of the arms of the user as tracked by the sensor modules attached to the upper arms of the user, and calculate a torso leaning angle from the projected lengthwise directions of the arms.
US10509455B2
A method is provided for controlling a link. This may include determining a condition of a first device coupled to the link, receiving, at the first device, a request for a specific link state from a second device coupled to the link, and determining a power state of the link based on the determined condition of the first device.
US10509452B2
Techniques for managing power distribution amongst processors in a massively parallel computer architecture are disclosed. The techniques utilize a hierarchy that organizes the various processors of the massively parallel computer architecture. The hierarchy groups numbers of the processors at the lowest level. When processors complete tasks, the power assigned to those processors is distributed to other processors in the same group so that the performance of those processors can be increased. Hierarchical organization simplifies the calculations required for determining how and when to distribute power, because when tasks are complete and power is available for distribution, a relatively small number of processors are available for consideration to receive that power. The number of processors that are grouped together can be adjusted in real time based on performance factors to improve the trade-off between calculation speed and power distribution efficacy.
US10509446B2
A cooling apparatus that includes a base plate configured to dissipate heat and including a heat exchange unit, and a cover member coupled to the base plate and at least partially enclosing the heat exchange unit. The cover member and the base plate define a heat exchange chamber that includes the heat exchange unit. The cover member defines a first opening and a second opening, and at least one of the first and second openings are above the heat exchange unit. The cooling apparatus further includes a flow guidance plate disposed on the cover member and a housing disposed on the flow guidance plate.
US10509444B2
The present application provides a docking station and a POS machine using the same. The docking station includes a housing, a mainboard mounted inside the housing, a display device mounted on the housing, and a support configured to detachably support a card swiping device; the display device is mounted on the housing, the support is fixed on the housing, a data plug for connecting with the card swiping device is mounted inside the support, and the data plug is electrically connected with the mainboard. Such that the function of the card swiping device can be expanded and the docking station of the card swiping device is formed. By using the support to support the card swiping device, the occupied space can be reduced, and the use is convenient.
US10509437B2
One embodiment provides an electronic device, comprising: a housing comprising a fixed pyramidal-shaped base, each side of the pyramidal-shaped base having different dimensions allowing for different viewing angles than other sides of the pyramidal-shaped base; the housing comprising a display; the housing comprising an integrated speaker; at least one sensor; and at least one processor operatively coupled to the display, integrated speaker, and at least one sensor. Other aspects are described and claimed.
US10509436B2
A display panel is provided. The display panel includes a display area including four sides and four corners, and all of the corners are not right angles; and a border area surrounding the display area, wherein four fold lines respectively parallel to the four sides are arranged in the border area, the four fold lines enclose a fold frame, the fold frame divides the border area into a first border area and a second border area, the second border area includes four borders and a turning portion connecting every two of the four borders, and the turning portions makes the four borders be independently folded along the fold frame. The display panel of the disclosure adopts a special display area design and a special border area wiring method to ensure the reliability of the thin film encapsulation and achieve the ultra-narrow border or even borderless border of the flexible display.
US10509434B1
The amount of drift in an oscillator, as a function of temperature, can be profiled by adjusting the temperature and monitoring the corresponding change in frequency of the oscillator. Temperature sensors on a computing device can provide the temperature readings for the profiling, as well as readings during operation. A system clock on the computing device can be synchronized with a reliable external clock at a regular interval, such as every fifteen minutes. Between those synchronizations, the temperature values provided by the temperature sensors can be determined and the corresponding oscillator drift determined according to the oscillator profile. The drift value can be used to adjust the output of the system clock to account for variations that may become present between the synchronization times. Effects of factors such as voltage and humidity can also be profiled to provide a more accurate timing signal.
US10509432B2
A toy construction system comprising toy construction elements (60) and at least one remote control device (10) and one or more remote controllable actuators (50); said remote control device (10) being configured for transmitting signals for controlling said one or more remote controllable actuators (50); said toy construction elements (60) comprising coupling members for detachably interconnecting the toy construction elements to create spatial structures comprising said one or more remote controllable actuators (50); said remote control device comprising one or more control units (21) configured such that a user may activate the remote control device by activating said one or more control units (21); wherein said one or more control units (21) are adjustable, such that a user can change the orientation of the control unit with respect to the housing of the remote control device.
US10509430B2
The embodiments of the present disclosure disclose a reference circuit, comprising a current control sub-circuit, a voltage control sub-circuit and a voltage adjustment sub-circuit, wherein the current control sub-circuit outputs current to a first terminal and a second terminal of the voltage control sub-circuit and a first terminal of the voltage adjustment sub-circuit at a ratio of 1:1:n respectively, and the first terminal and the second terminal of the voltage control sub-circuit may cause a voltage at a second terminal of the voltage adjustment sub-circuit to be equal to a voltage at a third terminal of the voltage adjustment sub-circuit upon receiving equal current output by the current control sub-circuit, and the voltage adjustment sub-circuit may adjust a voltage output at an output terminal of the reference circuit to be independent of a temperature when the voltage at the second terminal is equal to the voltage at the third terminal.
US10509428B1
A first voltage scaling power switch is coupled to a first power supply terminal for providing power to a first circuit portion, and a second voltage scaling power switch is coupled between the first power supply terminal providing power to a second circuit portion. A common power rail is coupled the first and second power input nodes during respective voltage scaling modes of the first and second circuit portions. A feedback circuit coupled to the common power rail provides a feedback signal to a control input of the first voltage scaling power switch to regulate a voltage provided by the first power switch, and to a control input of the second voltage scaling power switch to regulate a voltage provided by the second voltage scaling power switch.
US10509426B2
Methods, systems and circuits for controlling the power available to the load, by reducing the power available to the load, and additionally or alternatively, limiting the current available by pre-establishing a maximum reference current. The reference current is compared to the actual or estimated current drawn by the load or part of the load. The comparison result is used to control a device or switch which disconnects the power supply or power supply regulator, whether connected directly to the load or connected via voltage dropping device, to one or more or a plurality of the load blocks when the maximum current is exceeded.
US10509404B2
A controller of a mobile object causes the mobile object to move by a first control amount corresponding to a first velocity absolute value and a first velocity direction. If the controller detects that first information indicating a first velocity of a first communication-partner mobile object is ceased to be received, the controller decides on a second control amount by which the mobile object is to be moved based on the first information that has already been received, the second control amount corresponding to a second velocity absolute value and a second velocity direction. The controller decides on, based on the first control amount and the second control amount, a third control amount corresponding to a third velocity absolute value and a third velocity direction, and causes the mobile object to move by switching from the first control amount to the third control amount.
US10509398B2
A manufacturing management apparatus includes an operation information acquisition unit, a trace information acquisition unit, a storage unit, a manufacturing device determination unit, and a transfer destination indication unit. The storage unit stores inspection information on each article in association with the trace information. The manufacturing device determination unit creates combinations of the manufacturing devices that can perform manufacturing processes in consideration of operation information and trace information, determines a quality index from the inspection information for each of the created combinations, and determines, based on the quality index determined for each of the combinations, a combination of the manufacturing devices to be used. A transfer destination indication unit indicates a transfer destination of a part to a transfer device based on the determined combination of the manufacturing devices.
US10509389B2
A warm up operation planning device that generates a warm up operation plan for a machine tool comprises: a warm up operation program memory in which at least one warm up operation program is stored; a machining plan input unit that inputs a machining plan for a work in a predetermined period; a warm up operation program selection unit that selects the warm up operation program responsive to the state of the machine tool; a warm up operation duration determination unit that determines a warm up operation duration in response to the work; and a warm up operation planning unit that calculates start time and finish time of warm up operation based on the machining plan. The warm up operation program selection unit selects the warm up operation program responsive to the work from the warm up operation program memory.
US10509388B2
There is described a method and system for reshaping a component for assembly that may have been deformed pre-assembly and post-fabrication. As-fabricated measurements are used to determine a baseline for the component and as-mounted measurements are used to determine a deformation parameter as a function of the baseline. The component may be reshaped using correction displacements applied to a positioning device of an assembly tool to which the component is mounted for assembly.
US10509386B2
The present invention is a method for the control of power ramp-rates minimizing energy storage requirements in intermittent power generation plants, such as for example a photovoltaic solar plant, which minimizes the energy storage requirements approximately halving the size of storage systems necessary to comply with a maximum allowable ramp-rate given by a grid code regulation regarding the state of the art, reducing thus investment costs in the plant and/or carrying out a rationalized use of the energy storage system, in such a way that in order to achieve the same maximum fluctuation ramp, a minor use is done of the energy storage system, minimizing the losses and extending its working life, and therefore reducing the plant operational costs.
US10509385B2
Disclosed embodiments include methods of controlling an encoder principle axis speed synchronization for controlling a motor, which may be executed by a microprocessor. In some embodiments, the microprocessor includes latching a count value to a specific memory at an input time of an encoder pulse signal when a control period is commenced and the encoder pulse signal is received, generating an output pulse using the count value latched to the specific memory, and mapping the output pulse to an output during a next control period. In some embodiments, an interval between encoder pulse signals is calculated using a count value at an input time of the encoder pulse signal and an encoder input speed is measured according to the interval therebetween so that an encoder speed may be exactly measured.
US10509373B2
This invention discloses a controller and method for a cyber synchronous machine (CSM, in short, cybersync machine), namely, a power electronic converter that is seamlessly equipped with computational algorithms (i.e., the controller) to represent the intrinsic and fundamental principles of physical synchronous machines. The CSM can be operated in the grid-connected mode or the islanded mode to take part in the regulation of the frequency and the voltage. The controller also includes auxiliary blocks to achieve self-synchronization without measuring or estimating the grid frequency and the regulation of real power and reactive power to the given reference values without static errors. The control signal for the power electronic converter can be the output voltage generated by the engendering block or the sum of the output voltage and the virtual current. A unique feature of the disclosed CSM is that, if the system it is connected to is passive, then the whole system is passive and, hence, is guaranteed to be stable.
US10509372B2
Provided herein is a method for automated control of the gas turbine fuel composition through automated modification of the ratio of fuel gas from multiple sources. The method includes providing first and second fuel sources. The method further includes sensing the operational parameters of a turbine and determining whether the operational parameters are within preset operational limits. The method also adjusting the ration of the first fuel source to the second fuel source, based on whether the operational parameters are within the preset operational limits.
US10509368B2
The invention concerns a box including a device for retaining in position a timepiece component. The device includes: —a base (2); —a support (3, 4) comprising a first part (3) and a second part (4), the first part being mounted to be mobile relative to the second part; —a first contact element (3a, 3b) intended to come to bear against the timepiece component, the first contact element (3a, 3b) being mounted on the first part, and a second contact element (4a) intended to come to bear against the timepiece component (5), the second contact element (4a) being mounted on the second part (4); and—a control member (1) mounted to pivot on the base (2) about a first axis (1a) on the one hand and pivoting the first part about a second axis (1b) on the other hand.
US10509365B2
A display hand intended to equip a timepiece, including a body and a pipe, providing an arbor hole arranged for fitting the display hand onto a drive arbor. The body is made of a composite material, the pipe includes, over all or part of the outer periphery, a surface for connection to the hand body to ensure the adhesion of the composite material to the pipe.
US10509359B2
An image forming apparatus includes a charging member, a light source, and a light quantity lowering member. The light quantity lowering member is provided so that a lowering amount of a quantity of a part of light reflected by a surface of a member at each of end portions of a charging region where the surface of the image bearing member is charged by the charging member is larger than that at a portion inside an associated end portion with respect to a rotational axis direction of the image bearing member.
US10509350B2
An image forming apparatus which can accurately predict occurrence of damage to a fixing rotary member due to passage of a recording material and prevent consequential deterioration of a formed image. The image forming apparatus includes: a pair of fixing rotary members constituting a nip part for nipping a recording material on which a toner image is formed; a surface homogenizing member for homogenizing the surface of the fixing rotary member; a hardware processor that acquires physical property information of the recording material; and a controller for controlling drive of the surface homogenizing member according to the physical property information of the recording material acquired by the hardware processor that acquires the physical property information.
US10509348B2
A fixing device fixes a toner image to a paper sheet, and the fixing device includes: a pressure roller; and a heating member, wherein the heating member includes: a pressure pad; a heating roller including a heater; and a fixing belt, the fixing device further includes a drive mechanism that controls rotation of the pressure roller and the heating roller, the fixing belt is driven while sliding on a surface of the pressure pad, when the heating roller rotates, and the drive mechanism applies pressure to the paper sheet, fixes the toner image to the paper sheet, switches between a contact state in which the pressure roller and the fixing belt are in contact with each other, and a separated state in which the pressure roller and the fixing belt are separated from each other, and switches to the contact state when a predetermined condition is satisfied.
US10509345B1
An image forming apparatus includes a fixing unit that transports a sheet of paper carrying an unfixed image through a nip part to fix the unfixed image to the sheet, a first guide unit coming into contact with a side of the sheet that guides transport of the sheet, and a second guide unit coming into contact with an opposite side of the sheet that guides transport of the sheet. The first guide unit has a recess serving as a guide part, the recess being recessed in a direction away from a transport path of the sheet. The second guide unit has a bending part serving as a guide part, the bending part having a shape of a circular arc in cross-section, the bending part being disposed such that at least a portion of the bending part lies inside the recess.
US10509343B2
A belt driving device includes a plurality of rollers, an endless belt, a contact surface, and a non-contact surface. The rollers include a driving roller that is rotationally driven. The endless belt is stretched between the rollers such that a predetermined tension is applied to the endless belt, and the endless belt protrudes from opposite end portions of the rollers in an axis direction of each of the rollers. The contact surface is formed at a first end portion of at least one of the rollers and comes in contact with the endless belt. The first end portion is located on a meandering direction side of the endless belt. The non-contact surface is formed at each of second end portions of the rollers and doesn't come in contact with the endless belt. The second end portions are located on a side opposite to the meandering direction of the endless belt.
US10509330B2
In an aspect, a plurality of parameters characteristic of the patterned wafer are determined based on measurements of the intensity of electromagnetic radiation after the diffraction thereof at the patterned wafer. The intensity measurements are carried out for at least one used structure and at least one auxiliary structure. The parameters are determined based on intensity values measured during the intensity measurements for respectively different combinations of wavelength, polarization and/or order of diffraction, and also on the basis of correspondingly calculated intensity values, with a mathematical optimization method being applied.
US10509328B2
Systems and methods discussed herein relate to patterning substrates during lithography and microlithography to form features to a set or sets of critical dimensions using dose. The dose maps are generated based upon images captured during manufacturing to account for process variation in a plurality of operations employed to pattern the substrates. The dose maps are used along with imaging programs to tune the voltages applied to various regions of a substrate in order to produce features to a set or sets of critical dimensions and compensate for upstream or downstream operations that may otherwise result in incorrect critical dimension formation.
US10509322B2
A method includes patterning a layer over a substrate with a first metal pattern; using a cut mask in a first position relative to the substrate to perform a first cut patterning for removing material from a first region within the first pattern; and using the same cut mask to perform a second cut patterning while in a second position relative to the same layer over the substrate, for removing material from a second region in a second metal pattern of the same layer over the substrate.
US10509321B2
A temperature controlling apparatus includes a platen, a fluid source, a chiller, a first conduit and a second conduit. The fluid source supplies a fluid. The chiller is coupled to the fluid source to cool the fluid in the fluid source to a cooling temperature. The first conduit includes a first inlet in communication with the fluid source, a first outlet and a first heater that heats the fluid from the cooling temperature to a first heating temperature. The fluid heated by the first heater is dispensed on the platen through the first outlet. The second conduit includes a second inlet in communication with the fluid source, a second outlet and a second heater that heats the fluid from the cooling temperature to a second heating temperature different from the first heating temperature. The fluid heated by the second heater is dispensed on the platen through the second outlet.
US10509317B2
A negative type photosensitive resin composition includes a polymer compound which has, in a main chain thereof, a constitutional unit A represented by Formula A-1, a constitutional unit B that is at least one of constitutional units represented by Formulae B-1, B-2, B-3, B-4, B-5, B-6, or B-7, and a constitutional unit C containing an ethylenically unsaturated group; and a polymerization initiator. A negative type planographic printing plate precursor includes an image recording layer containing the negative type photosensitive resin composition. A method of preparing a planographic printing plate includes, in order, an exposure step of image-exposing the negative type planographic printing plate precursor; and a development step of performing development by removing a non-exposed portion of the exposed negative type planographic printing plate precursor using a developer.
US10509315B2
A photoacid generator compound having Formula (I): wherein, EWG, Y, R, and M+ are the same as described in the specification.
US10509312B2
A method for forming a pellicle apparatus involves forming a device substrate by depositing one or more pellicle layers defined over a base device layer, where a release layer is formed thereover. An adhesive layer is formed over a transparent carrier substrate. The adhesive layer is bonded to the release layer, defining a composite substrate comprised of the device and carrier substrates. The base device layer is removed from the composite structure and a pellicle frame is attached to an outermost one of the pellicle layers. A pellicle region is isolated from a remainder of the composite structure, and an ablation of the release layer is performed through the transparent carrier substrate, defining the pellicle apparatus comprising a pellicle film attached to the pellicle frame. The pellicle apparatus is then from a remaining portion of the composite substrate.
US10509306B1
A monolithic liquid crystal display (LCD) projector includes a light emitting diode (LED) light source, a condenser, a collimating lens, an LCD light valve, a field lens and a projection lens. The LCD light valve is disposed between the collimating lens and the field lens. The condenser is disposed between the LED light source and the collimating lens. The projection lens is disposed behind the field lens. A first reflector is disposed between the field lens and the projection lens. The first reflector conducts mirror reflection along a long axis thereof. The present disclosure has the characteristics of small volume, novel shape, good color uniformity of the image, good radiating performance and long service life.
US10509296B2
Systems, methods, and apparatus are disclosed for attenuating an incident polarized light beam using a plurality of Liquid Crystal Polarization Gratings (“LCPGs”) and one or more switchable liquid crystal layers. When four LCPGs are used, a spacing between first and second LCPGs can be equal to a spacing between third and fourth LCPGs. Pi and FCL cells can also be used in place of more traditional LC switches. Switching of the LC switch can be imparted via an AC bias.
US10509295B2
An optical waveguide modulator with automatic bias control is disclosed. A dither signal is applied to the modulator bias and its signature detected in light tapped from an output of the modulator using a phase sensitive dither detector such as a lock-in amplifier. The detected signal is processed using pre-recorded information defining the direction of the detected signal change relative to a change in the modulator bias, and the bias is adjusted in the direction determined using the information. An IQ bias of a quadrature modulator is controlled by dithering bias settings of two inner modulators at different dither frequencies, and detecting an oscillation at a sum frequency.
US10509284B2
A liquid crystal display device according to an aspect of the disclosure includes a liquid crystal panel including an element substrate, a counter substrate facing the element substrate, a liquid crystal layer sandwiched between the element substrate and the counter substrate, an incident-side linear polarizing plate arranged on a light-incident side of the liquid crystal layer, and an emission-side linear polarizing plate arranged on a light-emission side of the liquid crystal layer. Each of the element substrate and the counter substrate uses a resin film as base material. A plurality of insulating films are formed on the base material. A contact hole is formed in the plurality of insulating films, the contact hole being rectangular in plan view. Either a long side or a short side of the contact hole is parallel with an absorption axis of the incident-side linear polarizing plate or the emission-side linear polarizing plate.
US10509280B2
A liquid crystal panel includes a plurality of color resist blocks and a plurality of spacers arranged at one side of the color resist blocks. Each color resist block includes a first zone and a second zone arranged in sequence in the first direction. The plurality of color resist blocks include a first color resist block, a second color resist block, and a third color resist block arranged in sequence in the first direction. The first zone of the third color resist block is formed with a first through hole. The third color resist block includes a first extension extending from the second zone of the third color resist block in a first direction. The plurality of spacers include a first spacer, which is set at a location corresponding to and the first extension section or the second zone of the third color resist block.
US10509278B2
The present disclosure relates to a chip on film (COF) single-layer flexible printed circuit board, including: a flexible packaging substrate including a bonding area and a controlling chip being packaged on the flexible packaging substrate. The bonding area of the flexible packaging substrate is configured to bond with a bonding area of an array substrate. The controlling chip electrically connects to the bonding area of the flexible packaging substrate. The controlling chip and the bonding area of the flexible packaging substrate are configured on the same side of the flexible packaging substrate, and a portion of the flexible packaging substrate is bent at least one time. As such, the controlling chip faces away the array substrate, the cost and the complexity of the post-process may be reduced, and the COF single-layer flexible printed circuit board may be shipped in the folding manner.
US10509274B2
A blue phase liquid crystal display panel and a liquid crystal display device are disclosed, including a first and a second substrates disposed at an interval and parallel. Blue phase liquid crystal is disposed between the first and second substrates. The first substrate includes a first base. The second substrate includes a second base. The blue phase liquid crystal display panel includes a transmissive display region having multiple first base platforms, multiple first electrodes, each of which is disposed on each of the first base platform, and second electrodes disposed on the first base and the second base. A reflective display region has fourth electrodes only disposed on the second base. The first substrate is provided with a reflective layer corresponding to the reflective display region. When light passes through the transmissive display region and the reflective display region, phase delays of the light in the two regions are identical.
US10509269B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure disclose an array substrate, a liquid crystal display panel and a display device. A strip shaped transparent and electrically conductive shielding electrode is arranged above a gate line, and an outer contour of a projection of the shielding electrode on a base substrate surrounds a projection of the gate line on the base substrate, and the shielding electrode is insulated from both a pixel electrode and the gate line. The shielding electrode can shield the electrical field above the gate line.
US10509254B2
The present disclosure discloses a method for manufacturing a display substrate, a display substrate, a display panel and a display apparatus. The method comprises: forming a black matrix and a plurality of black matrix alignment marks; providing a color film mask having a plurality of color film layer alignment marks associated with the black matrix alignment marks; and forming the color film layer on the black matrix by aligning the black matrix alignment marks with the associated color film layer alignment marks respectively, wherein the black matrix has a group of N first black matrix alignment marks and a group of N second black matrix alignment marks formed on ends of opposing edges thereof, respectively, and a spacing between adjacent first black matrix alignment marks different from that between adjacent second black matrix alignment marks.
US10509251B2
A polymerizable composition provides a high brightness and suppressed decrease in brightness in an outer peripheral region when used in a wavelength conversion member, a wavelength conversion member, a backlight unit, and a liquid crystal display device. The polymerizable composition includes quantum dots having surfaces coordinated with a ligand, a polymerizable compound, and a dispersant, in which the ligand is a molecule that includes a saturated hydrocarbon chain having 6 or more carbon atoms and a coordinating group, a LogP value of the polymerizable compound is 3.0 or lower, the dispersant has a nonpolar and a polar portion in a molecule, and the nonpolar portion is at least one selected from the group consisting of a saturated hydrocarbon chain having 6 or more carbon atoms, an aromatic ring, and a saturated aliphatic ring. The wavelength conversion member, the backlight unit, and the liquid crystal display device include the polymerizable composition.
US10509250B2
A cholesteric liquid crystal writing board comprises a cholesteric liquid crystal device, a photo-sensing array layer and a mode control unit. The photo-sensing array layer is disposed at one side of the light-emitting surface of the cholesteric liquid crystal device. The photo-sensing array layer comprises a plurality of gate control lines and a plurality of mode control lines. The mode control unit comprises a main control circuitry and a plurality of mode switches coupled to the main control circuitry. Each mode switch is coupled to one of the mode control lines correspondingly. The gate control lines intersect with the mode control lines so as to define a plurality of light sensing areas arranged in an array. Each light sensing area has a switch element and a light-sensing element. The main control circuitry controls each mode switch to be switched between a voltage output mode and a voltage write mode.
US10509249B2
A display apparatus includes a display panel and an optical member disposed on the display panel. The optical member includes a base substrate on which a plurality of first areas including a plurality of first sub-areas and a plurality of second sub-areas surrounding the first sub-areas, respectively, and a second area around each of the first areas are defined, and a first insulating layer disposed on the base substrate, where the first insulating layer includes an inclined portion disposed in the second sub-areas and forming an angle with a top surface of the base substrate.
US10509246B2
A display panel and a driving method and manufacturing method thereof, and a display device. The display panel includes a base substrate, a dielectric layer provided on the base substrate, and a refractive index variable layer provided on a side of the dielectric layer away from the base substrate; the refractive index variable layer is in contact with the dielectric layer and has a contact surface with the dielectric layer, and the refractive index variable layer can change the refractive index so that the light entering from the light incident side is totally reflected or transmitted at the contact surface.
US10509245B2
A method may include generating a laser light beam, stabilizing the laser light beam using a beam stabilizer, splitting the laser light beam using a first beamsplitter into a first front side laser light beam and a back side laser light beam for a back side of an ion trap, directing the front side laser light beam to a second beamsplitter using an input telescope, and splitting the first front side laser light beam using the second beamsplitter into second front side laser light beams. The method may further include receiving the front side laser light beams at a common acousto-optic medium, generating respective RF drive signals for electrodes coupled to the common acousto-optic medium for each of the second front side laser light beams using RF drivers, and directing the second front side laser light beams to a front side of the ion trap using an output telescope.
US10509239B2
An accessory mount for goggles is disclosed which may be attached to the strap or straps of goggles worn on the face of a person. The accessory mount may include a body and a mounting structure. The body may include one or two slits through which the strap or straps of the goggles may be inserted. The body may also include a facial section contoured to fit a person's face, and the facial section may have a cushion configured to rest against the face. The mounting structure may be configured so that different types of accessories, such as a camera or flashlight, may be removably affixed to the mounting structure.
US10509228B1
A head-mounted display (HMD) presented herein comprises an electronic display and an optical assembly. The electronic display is configured to emit image light. The optical assembly is configured to direct the image light to an eye-box of the HMD corresponding to a location of a user's eye. The electronic display is positioned with respect to an optical axis of the HMD such that a first portion of the image light emitted by a first portion of the electronic display and a second portion of the image light emitted by a second portion of the electronic display appear to originate at different distances from the optical assembly such that the optical assembly generates at least a first image plane associated with the first portion of the electronic display and a second image plane associated with the second portion of the electronic display.
US10509227B2
The present disclosure provides a head up display device and system, relating to the field of display technology. The head up display device includes: a first display image generator, configured to generate a first linearly polarized light containing a first image; a second display image generator configured to generate a second linearly polarized light containing a second image; wherein the polarization direction of the first linearly polarized light is perpendicular to the polarization direction of the second linearly polarized light; a first polarizing beam splitter configured to combine the first linearly polarized light and the second linearly polarized light; and an optical component containing a plurality of reflective imaging elements, wherein the optical component is configured to reflect the first image and the second image into a user's eye.
US10509219B2
The present disclosure relates to the display technical field and discloses specifically an electrowetting display apparatus, comprising: an electrowetting casing including a black oil layer to which an ultraviolet absorbing material is added; an ultraviolet light source arranged at a lower side of the electrowetting casing, for emitting ultraviolet (UV) light upwards; and a colored fluorescent layer arranged at an upper side of the electrowetting casing. By means of the electrowetting display apparatus in the present disclosure, wherein the ultraviolet light source emits UV light, the ultraviolet absorbing material in the black oil layer absorbs the UV light when the black oil layer spreads, and the colored fluorescent layer displays colors when the black oil layer is applied with electric power and then contracts, such that no colored membrane is necessary to achieve a colored display, and thus an outstanding display effect can be realized.
US10509216B2
A specimen processing system is capable of processing specimens carried on slides. The specimen processing system can sequentially deliver slides and opposables to specimen processing stations. The specimen processing stations can use the opposables to apply a series of liquids to the specimens. The applied liquid can be moved along the slide using capillary action while the specimen processing stations control the processing temperatures.
US10509210B2
A dual-band refractive optical system having an eyepiece-type arrangement and configured for mid-wave infrared and long-wave infrared operation. In one example the optical system includes a plurality of lenses, each constructed from a material that is optically transparent in the mid-wave infrared and long-wave infrared spectral bands. The lenses are arranged to receive infrared electromagnetic radiation in an operating waveband that includes at least a portion of the mid-wave infrared and at least a portion of the long-wave infrared spectral bands via a front external aperture stop and to focus the infrared electromagnetic radiation onto a rear image plane, the lenses being positioned between the front external aperture stop and rear image plane. The optical system can further include a corrector plate positioned coincident with the front aperture stop.
US10509206B2
An optical imaging lens includes a first, a second, a third, a fourth, a fifth, a sixth, a seventh and an eighth lens elements from an object side to an image side in order along an optical axis. The first lens element and the second lens element both have positive refracting power. An optical axis region of an object-side surface of the fifth lens element is concave. A periphery region of an image-side surface of the fifth lens element, an optical axis region of an object-side surface of the sixth lens element and an optical axis region of an object-side surface of the seventh lens element are convex. Materials of the third, the fourth and the eighth lens elements are plastic. The eight lens elements are the only lens elements having refracting power in the optical imaging lens.
US10509205B2
The present disclosure discloses a camera optical lens. The camera optical lens including, in an order from an object side to an image side, a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens, a fifth lens, a sixth lens and a seventh lens. The camera optical lens further satisfies specific conditions.
US10509196B2
A lens barrel includes at least one lens, the optical axis of the lens; the first frame (the fixed frame 900) having the first restricting portion (901, 902) and having an approximately cylindrical shape about the optical axis; the second frame (1000) having the cam groove (1036) and having an approximately cylindrical shape about the optical axis; the third frame (510) having the guide portion (511) which restricts inclination thereof with respect to the first contact portion (514) and the optical axis and having an approximately cylindrical shape about the optical axis; the drive arm (520) having a cam follower (523), the second restricting portion (524, 525) and the second contact portion (526), and having an approximately arcuate shape constituted of a portion of a circular cylinder about the optical axis or an approximately plate shape; the guide shaft (601) for guiding the guide in a movable manner in the optical axis direction; and the spring (603). The first restricting portion engages with the second restricting portion. The cam engages with the cam groove (1036). The drive arm moves approximately parallel to the optical axis due to the relative rotation of the second with respect to the first frame, the third is biased by the thus bringing the first contact portion and the second contact portion into contact with each other, and the third frame moves in the optical axis direction in an interlocking manner with the drive with the inclination of the guide being restricted by the guide.
US10509194B2
The present embodiment relates to a dual camera module comprising: a substrate; a first image sensor disposed on the substrate; a second image sensor disposed on the substrate while being spaced apart from the first image sensor; a housing disposed on the upper side of the substrate; a first bobbin disposed on the upper side of the first image sensor inside the housing; a second bobbin disposed on the upper side of the second image sensor inside the housing; a first coil disposed in the first bobbin; a second coil disposed in the second bobbin; and a first magnet which is disposed between the first coil and the second coil and faces the first coil and the second coil.
US10509177B2
A connection module includes a module body and a module circuit board arrangement. The module body defines a first port and an open first end providing access to the first port. The module circuit board arrangement extends across the open first end within a peripheral boundary defined by the module body. The module circuit board arrangement includes at least a first contact set that extends into the first port of the module body; an electronic controller that is electrically connected to the first contact set; and a circuit board connector facing outwardly from the module board arrangement. Example connection modules include optical adapters and electrical jacks.
US10509173B2
In the examples provided herein, a system has a first racetrack resonant waveguide structure, positioned to enable an input light signal to couple from a first waveguide; and a second racetrack resonant waveguide structure, positioned to enable the input light signal to couple between the first racetrack resonant waveguide structure and the second racetrack resonant waveguide structure, and further positioned to enable an output light signal to couple from the second racetrack resonant waveguide structure to a second waveguide. The system also has a primary heating unit, positioned to heat a primary region including a first portion of the first racetrack resonant waveguide structure and a first portion of the second racetrack resonant waveguide structure, to change a central frequency and a passband width for the system.
US10509171B2
Disclosed is an optical fiber probe for an optical treatment including a core, to which incident light is guided, a cladding disposed to surround the core, a side surface divergence part connected to the core and configured to diverge the incident light guided to the core to a side surface of a cylindrical column, a diffusion layer disposed to surround the side surface divergence part, a distal end divergence part connected to the side surface divergence part, having a cylindrical shape, and configured to diverge the incident light guided to the side surface divergence part to the outside, and a coating layer disposed to surround the cladding and the diffusion layer and configured to seal the cladding and the diffusion layer, wherein the refractive index of the cladding is lower than the refractive index of the core, the refractive index of the diffusion layer is higher than the refractive index of the core, and the refractive index of the coating layer is higher than the refractive indices of the cladding and the diffusion layer.
US10509168B2
According to one aspect, the invention concerns a system (100) for the in-depth optical functionalization of a sample (10) made of semiconductor material, comprising: a source (20) for emitting a laser beam formed by pulses of effective duration between 1 ps and 100 ns, having a wavelength in the spectral transparency band of the material; a microscope objective (40) for deep focusing in the sample of the laser beam in a predetermined pattern, the light intensity per pulse in a focal volume of the laser beam being adapted for multiphoton absorption in the semiconductor material; a device (30) for measuring the real part of the refractive index of the sample at each point of the pattern; a control unit (60) for controlling the number of pulses received per pattern point as a function of said measurement of the real part of the refractive index so as to obtain, at each pattern point, a progressive modification of the real part of the refractive index of the material until a relative variation of the real part of the refractive index greater than 10−3 in absolute value is obtained.
US10509142B2
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.
US10509134B2
A Compton camera system and method for detecting gamma radiation, comprising a gamma radiation source, at least one fast scintillator plate P1 of which the rise time to peak light is less than 1 ns, having a thickness greater than or equal to 5 mm, equipped with an array of segmented photodetectors (5) and a dedicated fast-reading microelectronic means. The system is characterised in that it is capable of measuring the spatial and temporal coordinates (X, Y, Z, T) and energy E at at least two successive positions of a gamma photon when said photon undergoes Compton scattering at a first point A before being absorbed at a second point B, by recognising circles of non-scattered photons corresponding to each scintillation interaction. The system has a module for estimating a valid Compton event. The detection system has two scintillator plates P1 and P2.
US10509129B2
Systems and methods for maintaining a health-related action database are disclosed. The method may include receiving first information corresponding to a health-related action of a first user on a first computing device; wirelessly transmitting the first information from the first computing device; receiving second information corresponding to a health-related action of a second user on a second computing device; wirelessly transmitting the second information from the second computing device; receiving the first information and the second information using a third computing device; and updating a database on the third computing device with the first information and the second information, where the first information comprises a description of the health-related action of the first user, and the second information comprises a description of the health-related action of the second user.
US10509128B1
In an embodiment, an optical projector is provided with a laser array. Each laser is either collimated or focused to a fixed distance. At least one multiple beam grating (MBG) is placed in front of the laser array. The light pattern from the laser array is duplicated by the MBG, and cast on an object to be measured. The pattern on the object is changed by rotating the MBG. As a result, the number of patterns of structured dots that can be projected on the object is nearly unlimited. The optical projector can be used to provide depth perception to motion detection systems, to vehicle self-driving systems, and for many other uses.
US10509119B2
A system for virtual aperture array radar tracking includes a transmitter that transmits first and second probe signals; a receiver array including a first plurality of radar elements positioned along a first radar axis; and a signal processor that calculates a target range from first and second reflected probe signals, corresponds signal instances of the first reflected probe signal to physical receiver elements of the radar array, corresponds signal instances of the second reflected probe signal to virtual elements of the radar array, calculates a first target angle between a first reference vector and a first projected target vector from the first reflected probe signal, and calculates a position of the tracking target relative to the radar array from the target range and first target angle.
US10509116B2
An ultra-wideband (“UWB”) communication system comprising a transmitter and a receiver having two antennas. An UWB signal transmitted by the transmitter is received at each of the antennas. By comparing the carrier phases of the received signals, the phase difference can be determined. From this phase difference and the known distance, d, between the antennas, the Cartesian (x,y) location of the transmitter relative to the receiver can be directly determined.
US10509105B2
The present invention relates to a radar device and a frequency interference cancellation method thereof, and arranges a configuration comprising: an antenna unit for transmitting a radar transmission signal to a periphery and receiving a signal reflected from a target; an RF unit for generating the transmission signal, converting frequencies of a transmission signal and a reception signal, and amplifying a reception signal; a signal processing unit for generating a control signal to generate the transmission signal and cancelling frequency interference from a reception signal of the RF unit; and a control unit for generating radar detection information by using an output signal of the signal processing unit, and tracking information by accumulating the radar detection information. The present invention enables real time changing of a hopping pattern according to a radar frequency interference environment, thereby achieving operation of the hopping pattern adaptively optimized to the frequency interference environment.
US10509100B1
Disclosed herein are techniques and systems for tracking assets using wireless beacons attached to the assets. In some embodiments, an asset tracking system may receive asset tracking data from a mobile device. The asset tracking data may include a device identifier (ID) of a wireless beacon and GPS data (e.g., location and accuracy) of a mobile device in the vicinity of the beacon. The asset tracking system may determine whether the accuracy of the GPS location satisfies an accuracy threshold, and, if so, the asset tracking system may identify a site and determine whether the GPS location reported by the mobile device is within a static radius assigned to the site. If the GPS location is within the static radius assigned to the site, the asset tracking system may associate the wireless beacon to the site.
US10509099B2
Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer readable media are disclosed for improving, in some examples, real time location systems with multiple location technologies. In one embodiment, a method is provided including receiving blink data from a location tag associated with a first sensor; receiving proximity data generated based on communications between the first sensor and a second sensor, the proximity data including a sensor identifier; calculating location data associated with the location tag based on the blink data; and determining sensor position calculation data associated with the first sensor based on the proximity data.
US10509096B2
A system and method determining an error radius reflecting the accuracy of a calculated position of a processing device is provided. A data structure includes an error radius mapped to a scaled geographic area or “tile” comprising an area in which a calculated position may be determined. The data structure may include a plurality of first fields identifying a scaled geographic area based on a global projection reference system, and a plurality of second fields identifying, for each of the first fields, a position error radius associated with a scaled geographic area and level. For any calculation of an inferred position based on beacon observations, a rapid lookup of the corresponding scaled area including the new inferred position in the data structure returns an error radius for the new inferred position.
US10509094B2
The invention relates to a method for determining the direction of a source of waterborne sound that emits a waterborne acoustic signal, by means of a hydrophone arrangement which forms a linear antenna or a virtual linear antenna, as well as to a computer program product, a computer, a sonar, and a watercraft.
US10509092B2
A dosimeter for EPR dosimetry systems includes a carbonated hydroxyapatite cement formed by mixing a cement powder and a cement liquid in a ratio of a range of about 0.5 to 5.0 powder-to-liquid ratio. The cement powder includes one or more calcium phosphate compounds and one or more carbonate compounds. The cement liquid includes a sodium phosphate solution. The cement, when irradiated by a radiation source, is capable of producing a measurable signal as a spectrally clean EPR spectrum. Furthermore, the measurable signal is proportional to the received radiation dose.
US10509090B2
The invention provides for a method of operating a magnetic resonance imaging system. The method comprises the steps of: acquiring (200) first magnetic resonance data (142) by controlling the magnetic resonance imaging system with pulse sequence instructions (140), reconstructing (202) one or more first image (144) from the first magnetic resonance data, and assigning (204) the one or more first image to a first memory group of a set of memory groups (300). The method further comprises repeatedly performing the following steps: acquiring (206) sequential magnetic resonance data (148) by controlling the magnetic resonance imaging system with the pulse sequence instructions, reconstructing (208) one or more sequential image (150) from the sequential magnetic resonance data, computing (210) a distance measure (152) between the one or more sequential image and each of the set of memory groups, assigning (214) the one or more sequential images to a chosen memory group if the distance measure between the chosen group and the one or more sequential images is within a predetermined range, creating (216) a subsequent memory group (304) in the memory if the one or more sequential images is not assigned to the chosen memory group, and assigning (218) the one or more sequential image to the subsequent memory group if the subsequent memory group is created.
US10509086B2
The invention provides for a method of operating an instrument (100). The instrument comprises a magnetic resonance system (102) for measuring dictionary magnetic resonance data (154) from a measurement zone (108). The magnetic resonance system comprises a magnet (104) for generating a main magnetic field within the measurement zone. The magnetic resonance system comprises a test fixture (124) for holding a test sample (132) within the measurement zone. The test fixture comprises a supplementary magnetic field coil (126) and a magnetic resonance antenna (128). The method comprises the steps of repeatedly: choosing (200) an electrical current; supplying (202) the electrical current to the supplementary magnetic field coil to adjust the main magnetic field within the measurement zone; acquiring (204) the dictionary magnetic resonance data from the test sample with the magnetic resonance antenna by controlling the magnetic resonance system according to a magnetic resonance fingerprinting technique; and appending (206) the dictionary magnetic resonance data to a magnetic resonance fingerprinting dictionary (156).
US10509077B2
A battery state estimation method and apparatus are provided. Sensing data of a battery is received, and feature information is acquired by preprocessing the sensing data. The preprocessed sensing data is selected based on the feature information, and state information of the battery is determined based on at least one of the selected preprocessed sensing data or previous state information of the battery.
US10509068B2
A bypass diode with a disconnection fault is identified. A test device includes: a signal introduction circuit that applies a disconnection position identification signal to between a positive electrode and a negative electrode of a solar battery string; and a fault calculating part that identifies the bypass diode with a disconnection fault on the basis of an AC component of a voltage between a frame ground and the positive electrode or an AC component of a voltage between the frame ground and the negative electrode when the disconnection position identification signal is applied.
US10509047B2
A method and a device for handling sample tubes are presented. A position of the sample tube is identified and the sample tube is handled depending thereon.
US10509046B2
Components for enabling immunodection of indazole synthetic cannabinoids are described including immunogens, haptens, antibodies, methods and kits.
US10509045B2
The disclosure provides methods for the diagnosis of Huntington's disease. In some embodiments, the method comprises detecting one or more repeat associated non-ATG (RAN) proteins in a biological sample.
US10509029B2
Provided is a measurement device, including: a droplet forming part configured to form aerosol-like liquid droplets from a liquid in which a fluorescent substance specifically bondable to detection target particles and a specimen are mixed with each other; a droplet sorting part configured to sort droplets having a diameter smaller than a predetermined value from the droplets formed by the droplet forming part; and a measurement part configured to irradiate light onto the droplets sorted by the droplet sorting part and configured to measure the fluorescence intensity of the droplets.
US10509028B2
The present disclosure relates to a device for detecting an analyte in a sample, and especially for detecting antigen/antibody reactions, wherein said device comprises a layer composed of a low-density immiscible compound. The disclosure also relates to a method for detecting an analyte in a sample and especially for detecting antigen/antibody reactions in a device comprising a layer composed of a low-density immiscible compound. The disclosure further relates to the uses of such low-density immiscible compound.
US10509023B2
An image processing apparatus contains an input unit to input a fluorescent image and a morphological image of a tissue. A biological substance expressed at a first structure of a cell in the tissue is stained by a fluorescent substance. The fluorescent image illustrates a fluorescent bright point which represents expression of the biological substance. The morphological image illustrates a morphology of a second structure of a cell in the tissue and contains the same range of the tissue as the fluorescent image. The apparatus further contains a feature amount extraction unit to extract a feature amount of the second structure from the morphological image, a bright point extraction unit to extract the fluorescent bright point from the fluorescent image, and a region of interest determination unit to determine a region of interest based on the feature amount of the second structure and a distribution of the fluorescent bright point.
US10509014B2
There is provided a device for testing ultrasound probes comprising a plurality of transducing elements, said device comprising a plurality of ultrasound transmitter/receiver circuits, a computing device and a control device arranged to control the transmitter/receiver circuits and the computing device arranged to select an interrogation protocol from a plurality of different interrogation protocols, where each interrogation protocol comprises instructions for the order in which the plurality of transmitter/receiver circuits shall send voltage pulses to the transducers of the ultrasound probe.
US10509012B2
Examples of collecting and analyzing acoustic data for condition assessment within a fluid distribution system are disclosed. In one example implementation according to aspects of the present disclosure, a method for collecting and analyzing acoustic data for condition assessment within a fluid distribution system includes: receiving pipe segment criteria for a pipe segment, the pipe segment including a length of a pipe between a first computing node and a second computing node; determining a predicted parameter based on the received pipe segment criteria for the pipe segment; utilizing the predicted parameter to measure an actual speed of sound for the pipe segment between the first computing node and the second computing node; and comparing the actual speed of sound and a theoretical speed of sound to calculate a predicted pipe degradation for the pipe segment.
US10509011B2
Ion modification An ion mobility spectrometer (100) comprising a sample inlet (108) comprising an aperture arranged to allow a sample of gaseous fluid to flow from an ambient pressure region to a low pressure region of the ion mobility spectrometer to be ionised; a controller (200) arranged to control gas pressure in the low pressure region to be lower than ambient pressure; and an ion modifier (126, 127, 202) configured to modify ions in the low pressure region, wherein the ions are obtained from the sample of gas.
US10509004B2
Sensor elements are disclosed for the electrochemically analyzing a body fluid, as well as methods of producing and using the same. The sensor elements include an electrically conductive layer structure applied to a non-conductive carrier substrate, where the layer structure includes a continuous base layer of tantalum, niobium or an alloy thereof, and a metallic cover layer formed on the base layer that covers the base layer either over the entire surface or in some regions. The metallic cover layer includes a more noble metal when compared to the base layer.
US10508996B2
An apparatus for inspecting an integrated circuit is an apparatus for inspecting an integrated circuit having a semiconductor substrate and a circuit portion formed on a front face a side of the semiconductor substrate. The apparatus comprises a light generation unit for generating light L for irradiating the integrated circuit, a wavelength width adjustment unit, for adjusting the wavelength width of the light irradiating the integrated circuit, an irradiation position adjustment unit for adjusting the irradiation position of the light irradiating the integrated circuit, and a light detection unit for detecting the light from the integrated circuit when the light from the light generation unit irradiates the circuit portion through a rear face of the semiconductor substrate.
US10508983B2
A method for counting blood cells in a sample of whole blood. The method comprises the steps of: (a) providing a sample of whole blood; (b) depositing the sample of whole blood onto a slide, e.g., a microscope slide; (c) employing a spreader to create a blood smear; (d) allowing the blood smear to dry on the slide; (e) measuring absorption or reflectance of light attributable to the hemoglobin in the red blood cells in the blood smear on the slide; (f) recording a magnified two-dimensional digital image of the area of analysis identified by the measurement in step (e) as being of suitable thickness for analysis; and (g) collecting, analyzing, and storing data from the magnified two-dimensional digital image. Optionally, steps of fixing and staining of blood cells on the slide can be employed in the method.
US10508978B2
A portable resilience testing apparatus for lost circulation materials (LCMs) is provided. The portable resilience testing apparatus includes a test cell and a probe that moves and applies a force to a sample of LCM contained in the test cell. The portable resilience testing apparatus may be used to perform a compression cycle and decompression cycle on the LCM sample. A coefficient of resilience of the LCM sample is determined from the desorbed strain energy released during the decompression and the absorbed strain energy stored during the compression cycle. A method of determining the coefficient of resilience is also provided.
US10508976B1
A sampling device for a gas comprises a block member that includes a gas passageway that defines a flow path for the gas through the block member that has a length less than 36 inches. A liquid collection chamber within the block member along the flow path has therein a deflection plate that directs any liquid in the gas onto a surface of the plate downward into a lower sink zone of the chamber. The chamber includes a porous membrane along the flow path that acts as a barrier to liquid, allowing gas to flow through the membrane and into a passageway segment downstream of the membrane. A pair of mirrors at opposed ends of a light collection block are shaped to reflect multiple passes of light between the mirrors. At one end of the light collection block is a lens that focuses light on the mirror at the other end of the light collection block. A light detector near one end of the light collection block collects light after multiple reflections of the light off the mirrors.
US10508950B2
The invention relates to a measuring probe for scanning light beams (10) or laser beams. The measuring probe is suitable for scanning laser beams with very high power and for determining geometric parameters of a light beam (10) with high spatial resolution. For this purpose, a device is proposed which comprises a body (20), a probe area (30) and a detector (40). The body (20) is made of an optically transparent material and has a light beam entry surface (22), a light beam exit surface (23) and a detection light exit surface (25). The light beam entry surface (22) and the light beam exit surface (23) are for the most part smooth and polished. The body (20) includes the probe area (30) having light-deflecting structuring. The detector (40) is designed to detect at least part of the beam portion (15) deflected from the light beam (10) by the probe area (30). The body (20) and the light beam (10) are movable in two different directions of movement (51, 52) perpendicular to the direction of the axis (11) of the light beam (10) relative to each other. The probe area (30) has a shape whose two-dimensional projection on a surface perpendicular to the axis (11) of the light beam (10) approximately the same dimensions in the two different directions of movement (51, 52) perpendicular to the axis (11) of the light beam (10).
US10508933B2
A composite detection sensor includes a sensor cable including not less than three conductive electrode wires and a resilient insulation covering collectively the electrode wires and holding the electrode wires that are circumferentially spaced from each other, and a capacitance measurement unit for measuring capacitance between each two electrode wires and between each electrode wire and the ground. The capacitance measurement unit may include plural inter-wire capacitance measuring portions for measuring capacitance between the electrode wires, a wire-ground capacitance measuring portion for measuring capacitance between the electrode wires and the ground, and a switching means switchable between a first connection state and a second connection state, the first connection state being a state in which the electrode wires are connected to the inter-wire capacitance measuring portions, and the second connection state being a state in which the electrode wires are connected to the wire-ground capacitance measuring portion.
US10508919B2
A composite sensor includes a first shield pattern that functions as a noise shield of a circuit board, a second shield pattern that functions as a noise shield of a first sensor, and a third shield pattern that functions as a noise shield of a second sensor. The first shield pattern has an impedance lower than the second shield pattern and the third shield pattern. The second shield pattern and the third shield pattern are electrically connected to each other through the first shield pattern. Accordingly, deterioration of detection accuracy caused by electrical noise is restricted.
US10508917B1
Exemplary practice of the present invention provides a carriage including a body having a void, a vertical rod passing through the void, four legs arranged rectangularly and projecting obliquely downward and outward from the body, and a vertical coil spring coaxially encompassing a lower portion of the vertical rod. The carriage is coupled with a retroreflective laser target at the bottom of the vertical rod whereby the top of the spring pushes against the bottom of the body and the bottom of the spring pushes against the top of the target. The target continuously adjusts in height so that the bottom of the target remains in constant spring-tension contact with the surface on which the carriage sits or travels, supported by its legs. The carriage is electromechanically propelled, and laser tracking is conducted to direct laser beams at and receive laser retroreflections from the target at various surface locations. According to some inventive embodiments, one or more weights are implemented, in lieu of or in addition to a spring, to exert a downward force upon the target.
US10508912B2
A device configured to apprehend a road surface shape by using data measured by a measuring device appropriately apprehends a road surface shape. A road surface shape measuring device is provided with a road surface information acquiring unit and a road surface shape determining unit. The road surface information acquiring unit acquires road surface information about each of multiple points on a road surface, the road surface information including: a road surface position which is the position, of the road surface, on a reference plane divided into a plurality of sectioned regions; and a road surface height which is the height of the road surface at the road surface position. The road surface shape determining unit estimates respective surface shapes of the sectioned regions by using the road surface information included in the corresponding sectioned regions, and thereby determines a partial shape or the entire shape of the road surface.
US10508906B2
A method of determining a parameter of a patterning process applied to an object comprising two features (for example an overlay of the two features) comprises: irradiating the two features of the object with a radiation beam and receiving at least a portion of the radiation beam scattered from the two features of the object. The at least a portion of the radiation beam comprises: a first portion comprising at least one diffraction order and a second portion comprising at least one diffraction order that is different to a diffraction order of the first portion. The method further comprises moderating a phase difference between the first and second portions and combining the first and second portions such that they interfere to produce a time dependent intensity signal. The method further comprises determining the parameter of the patterning process from a contrast of the time dependent intensity signal.
US10508905B2
A device for measuring cavities has a main body, at least one first distance sensor mounted on the main body and rotatable about an axis of rotation for contactlessly measuring distances in a radial direction with respect to the axis of rotation, a holder for fixing the device within the cavity in a position in which the main body assumes an orientation in which the axis of rotation of the first distance sensor coincides substantially with a center axis of the cavity, and at least one second distance sensor, arranged on the main body, for contactlessly measuring distances in a direction parallel to the axis of rotation, the axis of rotation passing through a detection area of the second distance sensor.
US10508904B2
This marker comprises a plurality of convex-surface section disposed along the X-axis direction and a plurality of detection sections disposed so as to face the convex-surface sections. Each of the detection sections is located, in the protruding direction of the convex-surface sections, closer to the convex-surface section side than a focal point on an image surface of the convex-surface section of the first optical unit in the X direction and is located on a single plane located further on the opposite side from the protruding direction than the edge of the image surface. The image surface extends from the first optical unit to the nth optical unit in the X direction, where n is at least 2.
US10508903B2
A three-dimensional measurement device includes: a projector including: a light source that emits a predetermined light; a grid that converts the light from the light source into a predetermined striped pattern; and a driver that moves the grid, and the projector projecting the striped pattern onto a measurement object; an imaging device that takes an image of the measurement object on which the striped pattern is projected; and a controller that: controls the projector and the imaging device to obtain a plurality of image data having different light intensity distributions; executes three-dimensional measurement of the measurement object by phase shifting based on the image data having different light intensity distributions; and obtains each of the image data among the image data having different light intensity distributions.
US10508901B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a functional assembly, a display device and a terminal. The functional assembly includes a sensor unit, a first light-guiding component and a camera. The sensor unit includes an emitter and a receiver. The emitter is configured to emit probe light. The first light-guiding component is configured to introduce the probe light and transmit the probe light to the outside through the camera. The receiver is configured to receive detection light through the camera, the detection light being formed by reflection of the probe light against an obstacle.
US10508899B2
A method for providing information about a sensor chain of a coordinate measuring machine is disclosed. The coordinate measuring machine may include a drive mechanism for moving a tool carrier relative to a base for approaching a measurement point. The CMM also may also include a sensor chain carried by the tool carrier and an arrangement of sensor chain components providing a particular sensor configuration for measuring the measurement point, and a camera for providing an image of at least a part of the sensor chain. The method may include capturing an image of at least a part of the sensor chain, deriving at least one sensor chain property from the image by image processing, comparing the sensor chain property with reference data which relates to a set of known sensor chain components and providing an output relating to the comparison of the sensor chain property with the reference data.
US10508892B1
A submunition delivery device including a master electronics module; a submunition module operatively connected to the master electronics module and including a plurality of submunition banks separated by bulkheads. Each of the submunition banks includes a plurality of submunitions; a base plug module operatively connected to the submunition module; and a distributed fuze module operatively connected to the master electronics module to limit a detrimental effect of the plurality of submunitions upon a collision by arming the plurality of submunitions before a dispense action.
US10508891B2
Stoppage-inducing ammunition cartridges have a case having a rear head surface, a circumferential extractor groove forward of the rear head surface, a body portion forward of the circumferential extractor groove defining a case axis perpendicular to the rear head surface, and a forward mouth, a primer received in the case, a propellent within the case, a bullet received in the forward mouth, and the circumferential extractor groove being defined in part by a rear extractor surface angularly disposed with respect to a plane perpendicular to the case axis, such that an extractor adapted to engage a groove surface perpendicular to the case axis will have limited effect at extracting the cartridge from a firearm chamber after discharge. The rear extractor surface may be a frustoconical surface. The rear extractor surface may be a tapered surface acutely angled with respect to the case axis.
US10508890B2
A toy may include a target having a target magnet and a first color configured to become a second color when the target is activated. The toy also may include a backing having a backing magnet configured to be mounted to an interior of a garment. The backing may be magnetically attracted to the target magnet through the garment when the target is on an exterior of the garment. The target may be configured to be retained on the garment only via magnetic force between the target magnet and the backing magnet. The target and the backing may be configured to be readily removed from the garment and have numerous re-uses for future play.
US10508888B1
A reinforced fabric is used in the making of clothes and bags and mainly includes a bulletproof cloth configured between a protective cloth attached to an inner lining cloth and an outer lining cloth opposite to the inner lining cloth, which can not only block the impact of bullets through the bulletproof cloth but facilitate blocking any slashing and stabbing of weapons with the high density of the protective cloth. The present invention can not only protect a wearer's personal safety but improve a user's wearing comfort.
US10508886B2
A bedside or chairside holster support for safely supporting a handgun in its holster on the side of a bed, or on the side of a chair or sofa, to provide rapid access to the handgun. The holster support includes a holster support bracket, and a T-shaped member that is held trapped between a mattress and a box spring, or under the seat cushion of a chair or sofa. The holster support maintains a handgun in a holster pointed downward at an angle of 15 degrees from straight downward for rapid access to the firearm, while keeping the muzzle of the handgun pointed in a safe direction. The holster support can be easily stored anywhere, and can be easily packed in a suitcase for travel.
US10508884B1
A crossbow includes a stock, a bow connected to the stock, a string connected to the bow, a string loader for loading the string, and a trigger and safety apparatus for controlling the string. The trigger and safety apparatus includes a trigger unit, a trigger safety unit and a string safety unit. Due to the use of the string safety unit, loading and locking of the string are synchronously executed, and loading of the arrow and disabling of the string safety unit are synchronously executed. The trigger safety unit is movable between a locking position and an unlocking position. In the locking position, the trigger safety unit unlocks the trigger unit.
US10508877B2
An example embodiment of a sound suppressor includes a shroud tube slidably and rotationally coupled to a vent tube. The vent tube is formed with a plurality of vent tube apertures in fluid communication with a bore extending from a first end to a second end of the vent tube. The shroud tube is formed with a plurality of shroud apertures in fluid communication with an interior void formed in the shroud tube. A rear cap attached to the vent tube is configured for attachment to the muzzle of a firearm. An indexing mechanism is configured for selectively holding the vent tube and shroud tube in an open-vent configuration with the apertures on both tubes overlapping one another, or in a closed-vent configuration with the apertures not overlapping. Sound suppression is enabled in the closed-vent configuration and minimized in the open-vent configuration.
US10508868B2
A protection element for heat dissipation unit includes a main body and a protection element. The main body is divided into a working zone and a sealing zone. The sealing zone is located around an outer periphery of the working zone and is provided with a notch area, to which a fluid-adding and air-evacuating pipe is connected. The protection element is a ductile structure correspondingly arranged at the notch area to contact with the sealing zone of the main body and the pipe. With the arrangement of the protection element, the fluid-adding and air-evacuating pipe is protected against collision and impact and accordingly, the main body of the heat dissipation unit is protected against vacuum and working fluid leakage.
US10508867B2
A heat exchanger assembly is provided which includes a coaxial heat exchanger that is formed, at least in part, of a more corrosion resistant material such as, but not limited to stainless steel, titanium and/or alloys thereof. The assembly further includes a condenser tee connected at each end of the coaxial conduit or tubing defining the heat exchanger. The assembly allows for a non-brazed connection of the condenser tee to an inner tube of the coaxial heat exchanger. In some embodiments, the compression fitting may be connected directly to the heat exchanger without the use of a tee.
US10508864B2
A heat exchanger includes a plate with an external surface, a channel, and a nozzle. The external surface bounds an interior of the plate. The channel is disposed in the heat exchanger and passes through a portion of the interior. The nozzle is integrally disposed in the heat exchanger, extends through a portion of the external surface, and is fluidly connected to the channel. The nozzle is configured to transport a liquid from the channel, through the external surface, and to distribute the liquid onto a portion of the heat exchanger.
US10508854B2
The invention relates to a cooling device 1, in particular a freezer 2, having a cooling circuit 3, wherein the cooling circuit 3 has a compressor 4, at least one evaporator 5, and a condenser 44, and a closable cooling space 6 with a plurality of cooling space sidewalls 7, a cooling space base 8, at least one cooling element 9, and an insulation vessel 10. In the cooling device 1 the evaporator 5 and the cooling element 9 are disposed within the cooling space 6 such that the back of the cooling element 11 at least partially abuts on the evaporator 5 and the front of the cooling element 12 faces the insulation vessel 10, and the insulation vessel 10 is closed at least towards the at least one cooling element 9 and forms a space for cooling goods 13. The back of the cooling element 11 abutting the evaporator 5 has at least one recess 14 into which at least one removable cold accumulator 15 can be inserted. Preferably in the region of the downwardly facing end 16 of the insulation vessel 10 at least one heating element 17 and at least one storage element 18 are arranged.
US10508838B2
A radiative cooler is provided having a thermally insulated vacuum chamber housing that is configured to support a vacuum level of at least 10−5 Torr, an infared-transparent window that is sealably disposed on top of the thermally insulated vacuum chamber and is transparet in the range of 8-13 μm, a selective emitter disposed inside the chamber, a mirror cone on the infared-transparent window, a selective emitter inside the chamber and is configured to passively dissipate heat from the earth into outer space through the infared-transparent window and is thermally decoupled from ambient air and solar irradiation but coupled to outer space, a heat exchanger with inlet and outlet pipes disposed below the selective emitter to cool water flowing through the pipe, a sun shade disposed vertically outside the chamber to minimize direct solar irradiation, and a mirror cone to minimize downward atmospheric radiation.
US10508835B2
A refrigeration cycle apparatus includes at least a compressor, a condenser, an internal heat exchanger configured to exchange heat between parts of refrigerant each having a different pressure, a refrigerant reservoir configured to store the refrigerant, a first pressure reducing device, an evaporator. The compressor, the condenser, the internal heat exchanger, the refrigerant reservoir, the first pressure reducing device, and the evaporator are sequentially connected to each other. The refrigeration cycle apparatus also includes a first pipe connecting the condenser and the refrigerant reservoir, and a second pressure reducing device provided to the first pipe between the internal heat exchanger and the refrigerant reservoir.
US10508830B2
A water heater has a tank, a burner, and a heat exchanger within the tank interior volume that has three tubes. The burner exhausts gas into the first tube. The second tube is non-linear, and the third tube connects the first tube with the second tube. The cross-sectional area of the first tube is greater than the cross-sectional area of the third tube. The cross-sectional area of the third tube is greater than the cross-sectional area of the second tube.
US10508816B2
An interlock switch structure and a microwave oven are disclosed. The interlock switch structure includes a substrate, a sliding latch, a tactile disk member, a door hook, a first elastic member, and multiple micro-switches. The substrate is provided with a chute structure, the sliding latch slidably matches with a chute of the chute structure, the sliding latch is provided with a sliding surface to match with the door hook. The tactile disk member is pivotally communicated with the substrate, the micro-switch is located on a periphery of the tactile disk member, and contact points of the micro-switches are toward the tactile disk member. The tactile disk member is provided with a seesaw to match with the door hook; a circumferential surface of the tactile disk member is provided with a rotating surface to match with the sliding latch.
US10508813B2
A plurality of gas turbine combustors having a cross fire tube assembly that connects adjacent combustors. The combustors include combustion chambers having annular combustion air passages on outer peripheries thereof. The cross fire tube assembly has a dual pipe configuration including an inner tube that connects the combustion chambers of the adjacent combustors and an outer tube that covers therein the inner tube and connects the combustion air passages of the adjacent combustors. The cross fire tube assembly further has openings disposed between the inner tube and the outer tube of outer peripheral partition walls of the combustion air passages that are connected with the outer tube of the cross fire tube assembly centering on the inner tube. The openings allow combustion air to flow in areas upstream and downstream of the inner tube with respect to a flow of the combustion air flowing through the combustion air passages.
US10508792B1
An apparatus and method for covering the optical system of a moving head light fixture with a filter or diffuser when the lighting fixture is turned off is provided. The filter or diffuser is positioned in the optical path between a lighting element and a lens. A retraction device is energized to retract the filter or diffuser from the optical path during normal operation. Upon removal of power to the fixture, the filter mechanism automatically returns the filter or diffuser to its position in the optical path. In this way, the optical system of the fixture can be protected from damage caused by impinging strong light and/or sunlight when the fixture is not in use.
US10508782B2
The present disclosure relates to LED lighting that can be used for retrofit applications. In some examples, an LED light source is attached to a heat sink assembly. A housing assembly includes an LED driver connected to the LED light source. A mounting bracket is attached to an anterior of the heat sink assembly and to an anterior plate of the housing assembly.
US10508779B2
A projector includes: an illumination device; first color separation device that separates first and second color light from light emitted from the illumination device; second color separation device that separates third and fourth color light from the second color light; plurality of light modulation devices that modulate the lights separated by the first and second devices; projection optical device that projects an image based on the modulated lights; first and second filters provided on optical paths of the third and fourth color lights, respectively. A wavelength of the third color light is shorter than that of the fourth. The first filter attenuates light at a wavelength exceeding a first threshold set in a dimming wavelength region between a wavelength region of the third and fourth color lights. The second filter attenuates light at a wavelength equal to or less than a second threshold set in the dimming wavelength region.
US10508777B2
Retrofit kits for retrofitting LED light engines into existing light fixture housings. The retrofit kit includes a hook bracket that may be mounted in the housing and from which an end of the LED light engine can be suspended so as to permit an installer to electrically connect the LED light engine. The retrofit kit also includes a mounting bracket to secure the free end of the LED light engine into the housing after the LED light engine has been rotated upwardly into the housing from the hanging position.
US10508754B2
A valve device includes a valve body that forms a throttle cross section and a valve element that sets the throttle cross section depending on the pressure. To avoid pulsation-induced noises, the valve element is configured with a flow-deflecting member that causes action upon the valve element with a transverse force. The flow-deflecting member prevents noise-causing vibrations of the valve element and permits a lower throttling effect of the valve device, in particular when volumetric flows are increased. A damping device, in particular for damping pressure pulsations in a brake circuit of a slip-controllable vehicle brake system, includes the valve device.
US10508747B2
Apparatus to bias spool valves using supply pressure are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a sleeve of a spool valve, and a spool within the sleeve to control a flow of fluid at a supply pressure through the spool valve as the spool is moved relative to the sleeve in response to a variable input force. A biasing force is to bias the spool opposite the variable input force. The biasing force is to be generated from a biasing pressure of the fluid within a chamber adjacent a biasing end of the spool. The biasing pressure is to be based on the fluid at the supply pressure provided directly to the chamber from a supply of the fluid independent of the flow of the fluid through the spool valve.
US10508744B2
A gate valve adapted for use in oil and gas operations, such as, for example, fracturing or gravel-packing operations. In an exemplary embodiment, the gate valve includes a valve body, which defines an internal region; a first fluid bore intersecting the internal region and defining a first interior surface in the valve body; and a first annular recess formed in the first interior surface and adjoining the internal region. A first seat element defines a second fluid bore and extends within the first annular recess. A first protective sleeve extends between respective portions of the first seat element and the valve body. The first and second fluid bores have first and second full-bore inside diameters, respectively. The first protective sleeve has a third full-bore inside diameter that is substantially equal to each of the first and second full-bore inside diameters.
US10508740B2
A rotary seal arrangement has a rotatably mounted machine part and a machine part that forms a bearing for the rotatably mounted machine part. One of the machine parts forms a seal accommodating structure and the other one of the machine parts has a surface forming a sealing surface. At least one rotary seal is arranged in the seal accommodating structure. The rotary seal seals off a high-pressure area from a low-pressure area between the machine parts.
US10508732B2
In a shift lever device, a first facing cavity and a second facing cavity of a lever, and a first facing hole and a second facing hole of a printed wiring board, respectively face each other when the lever is disposed in an “H” position. Thus, in a state in which the lever is disposed in the “H” position when the shift lever device is being assembled, the first facing cavity and the second facing cavity respectively face the first facing hole and the second facing hole, thereby enabling the accuracy of relative assembly positions of a magnet of the lever and detection elements of the printed wiring board to be increased, and enabling the detection accuracy of a shift position of the lever to be improved.
US10508731B2
A planet gear includes a pin and an annular planet gear rim. The pin has a pin radius. The pin includes a pin outer surface. The annular planet gear rim has an inner radius and an outer radius. The annular planet gear rim includes an inner surface and an outer surface. The inner surface and the pin outer surface define a clearance therebetween. The clearance is greater than 0 when a radial force is applied to the planet gear.
US10508708B1
A torque fluctuation inhibiting device is disclosed. The device includes a mass body, centrifugal elements, guide members, and cam mechanisms. The mass body is rotatable in accordance with and relative to the rotor. The centrifugal elements are radially movable, and disposed to receive a centrifugal force by the rotor and the mass body. The guide members are provided on circumferential ends of each centrifugal element, and guide movement of each centrifugal element while supported by one of the rotor and the mass body. The cam mechanisms convert the centrifugal force into a circumferential force when a relative displacement occurs between the rotor and the mass body while the centrifugal force acts on each centrifugal element. The cam mechanisms each include a cam provided on the other of the rotor and the mass body, and a cam follower disposed on a straight line connecting the guide members in each centrifugal element.
US10508703B2
Lateral support elements include an element wall with an exterior surface dimensioned to abuttingly engage an associated flexible wall and an interior surface that at least partially defines an element chamber within the lateral supporting element. Gas spring assemblies include a flexible spring member that at least partially defines a spring chamber. The lateral support element is disposed along and operatively connected to the flexible spring member. The element chamber can, optionally and in some cases, be disposed in fluid communication with the spring chamber. The gas spring assembly can include one or more end members operatively connected to the flexible spring member. Suspension systems and methods of assembly are also included.
US10508699B2
A floating disc brake assembly, and method of assembly, comprising a disc brake rotor comprising an outer friction ring, an inner circumferential flange having a plurality of rotor tabs spaced about the flange and a circumferential groove about the inner circumferential flange, a hat comprising a cylindrical axial body, an outer circumference, a rotor mounting flange extending radially about the outer circumference and having a plurality of rotor mounting tabs spaced about the rotor mounting flange and forming slots interspersed therebetween structured and arranged for receiving the rotor tabs, and a circumferential groove about the outer circumference of the axial body, structured and arranged to align with the circumferential groove of the disc brake rotor, and at least one expander ring structured and arranged to fit within the circumferential grooves of both the rotor and the hat.
US10508696B1
A selectable one-way clutch can be equipped in a vehicle powertrain assembly. The selectable one-way clutch can include a notch plate and a pocket plate. The pocket plate has a pocket, and the notch plate has a notch. A coupling mechanism is disposed in the pocket and is moveable in the pocket. The coupling mechanism is used to bring about engagement between the notch and pocket plates and, in an example, is a strut-type coupling mechanism. A pair of damper springs is disposed in the pocket. A selector plate is situated between the pocket plate and the notch plate. The selector plate includes a window.
US10508691B1
A linear guideway is characterized in that it is capable of determining whether there is abnormal displacement of the return member based on the open or close of the circuit, and can output the abnormal signal immediately when the circuit is open. Compared with the conventional structure, since the present invention can be disposed only at one end of the slide block, both the number of components and assembly time can be reduced, and the diagnosis with precision and immediacy can be performed without high-deep algorithm, which can play a role of instant reminding before the linear guideway completely loses function. Therefore, the service life of the linear guideway can be known early to avoid the loss caused by the shutdown.
US10508689B2
A thrust bearing for a vehicle includes an upper case that abuts against a vehicle body-side attaching portion and a lower case on which the upper case is provided so that the lower case is rotatable with respect to the upper case about an axial center AX of a piston rod used in a shock absorber of a suspension of the vehicle, characterized in that the thrust bearing further includes a load sensor for measuring a load vertically acting on the suspension.
US10508686B2
Disclosed is a securing device for providing a movable unit of a linear guiding mechanism with additional safety in that the securing device prevents the movable unit from coming off a guiding rail in case of a bearing malfunction. The securing device comprises at least one securing portion and a coupling portion for coupling the at least one securing portion to the movable unit. The securing portion is engageable with the guiding rail in case of a failure of the movable unit.
US10508682B2
A low-cost method of manufacturing a composite tube assembly having a composite fiber tube connected to metallic end fittings includes placing at least one end fitting on a mandrel, the end fitting including a grip region having a plurality of external surfaces, wrapping a fiber tow around the grip region of each end fitting and the mandrel to form a fiber-wrapped assembly, curing the fiber tow, and removing the mandrel to yield a completed tube assembly. The method may include positioning a plurality of compression inserts around the grip region after some of the fiber tow has been wrapped around the grip region, and wrapping additional fiber tow around the compression inserts and the grip region. The compression inserts may have a rounded outer surface such that an end portion of the tube wound around the compression inserts has a round outer cross-sectional shape.
US10508678B2
A linking block includes a top panel, an inner perimeter wall downwardly extended from the middle of the top panel, a bottom panel connected to the bottom edge of the inner perimeter wall, an outer perimeter wall downwardly extended from the outer edge of the top panel and one or multiple holes located in the bottom panel. The invention also provides a method of forming the linking block, which includes a first step of providing a sheet material, a second step of stamping the sheet material into a shape having a top panel, an inner perimeter wall downwardly extended from the middle of the top panel, a bottom panel connected to the bottom edge of the inner perimeter wall and an outer perimeter wall downwardly extended from the outer edge of the top panel, and a third step of creating one or multiple holes in the bottom panel.
US10508671B2
A strut channel support system including a first brace, a second brace, and a fastening mechanism connects at least two channel struts in a multi-orientable fashion. The first brace and the second brace both possess a U-shaped channel, a base, a fastener-engagement point, and a strut-engagement point. The base is terminally connected to the U-shaped channel, the fastener-engagement point is centrally integrated into the base, and the strut-attachment feature is integrated into the U-shaped channel. This permits the base to retain the rear portion of a strut channel. The U-shaped channel perimetrically braces the lateral sides of the strut channel. The first brace and the second brace attach to each other via the fastener-engagement point. The fastener-engagement point of the first brace and the fastener-engagement point of the second brace are mechanically coupled to each other. This enables a user to adjust the orientation between at least two strut channels.
US10508669B2
A method and apparatus for reworking a composite structure. A fastener is cooled from a first temperature to a second temperature at which a diameter of a post of the fastener is reduced by a desired amount. The post of the fastener is placed into a channel in a bushing such that a desired interference fit occurs when the fastener is at the first temperature. The bushing with the fastener is positioned in a hole in the composite structure. A gap is present between an outer surface of the bushing and an inner surface of the hole. A gap is also present between an end of the bushing and a second structure.
US10508665B2
In a rod hole (19) of a holding rod (18) held in a guide hole (17) of a piston (10), a limit switch (20) is fixed and a detection rod (21) is inserted. A first engagement ball (30) and a second engagement ball (40) are configured to be in contact with a first cam surface (32) and a second cam surface (42), respectively, which are provided at an outer periphery of the detection rod (21). The first engagement ball (30) and the second engagement ball (40) are configured to be in contact with a first pushing portion (35) and a second pushing portion (45), respectively, which are provided inside the guide hole (17). The position of the piston (10) is detected by electrically or electronically detecting the movement of the detection rod (21) by the limit switch (20).
US10508661B2
A compressor for a gas turbine, in particular of an aircraft engine, having a plurality of arrays (10-25) of flow-directing elements that are serially disposed in a through flow direction from a compressor inlet to a compressor outlet (1, 2); at least one upstream, mistuned array (20) of flow-directing elements and at least one downstream, mistuned array (22) of flow-directing elements each having at least two types of flow-directing elements that differ structurally from one another; and at least 80%, in particular at least 95% of the rotor blades (45) of a furthest downstream rotor blade array (25) that, in the through flow direction, is configured downstream of the downstream, mistuned array (22) of flow-directing elements, being mutually identically constructed.
US10508651B2
An automatic inflation device includes a valve body, a miniature motor and a centrifugal impeller. The valve body is provided with an air inlet and an inflation inlet, a check valve that is unidirectionally opened outwards the valve body is provided at the inflation inlet, a wind chamber and a wind guide path connected with the wind chamber are configured in the valve body, the miniature motor and the centrifugal impeller are installed in the wind chamber, the centrifugal impeller is actuated by the miniature motor, the wind chamber is communicated with the inflation inlet via the wind guide path, and the air inlet is communicated with a wind inlet of the wind chamber. The structure of the device is compact and reduced, which is applicable to directly install into inflation products. The device can inflate automatically and efficiently, and the structure is simplified and easy to actualize.
US10508642B2
A blade pitch arrangement of a wind turbine is provided having a number of blade shafts extending radially outward from a hub and a rotor blade mounted around each blade shaft, which blade pitch arrangement includes a toothed ring arranged at the root end of each rotor blade; and a pitch drive unit for each rotor blade, having a driver body and a pinion realized to engage with the toothed ring of a rotor blade; wherein a pitch drive unit is arranged relative to its corresponding rotor blade such that the pinion is positioned closest to the hub, and the driver body extends in a direction radially outward from the hub. A wind turbine is also described.
US10508638B2
An ignition device includes an ignition coil, an ignition plug and ignition control unit. The ignition control unit includes a secondary current adjusting unit that adjusts, in each cycle, an amount of the secondary current after initiating the discharge, a discharge extension detecting unit that detects an amount of extension of the discharge, and a short determination unit that determines whether a discharge-short has occurred. The ignition control unit controls the secondary current control unit such that a first step and a second step are repeatedly executed. The first step decreases the secondary current while keeping the secondary current higher than a predetermined lower current limit, when the extension amount detected by the discharge extension detecting unit is a predetermined extension amount or more. The second step increases the secondary current when the short determination unit determines that a discharge-short has occurred.
US10508634B2
The invention relates to an injection nozzle (1) for fuels, comprising a nozzle body (2), in which a pressure chamber (4) that can be filled with fuel under high pressure is formed, in which pressure chamber a piston-shaped nozzle needle (3) is arranged in such a way that the nozzle needle can be moved longitudinally. A sealing surface (6) is formed at one end of the nozzle needle (3) and an end face (9) is formed at the opposite end, wherein the sealing surface (6) interacts with a nozzle seat (5) in order to open and close at least one injection opening (8). A control chamber (10) that can be filled with fuel under changing pressure is bounded by the end face (9) of the nozzle needle (3) such that a force can be applied to the end face (9) in the direction of the nozzle seat (5) by means of the hydraulic pressure. The nozzle needle (3) has an elastic longitudinal segment (25), which has a longitudinal stiffness of less than 40,000 N/mm.
US10508629B2
An assembling structure for an intake manifold includes: a first downstream portion; a second downstream portion; an upstream portion; a connecting member that connects the first downstream portion and the second downstream portion with each other; and a plate-shaped stay. The connecting member is fixed to the first downstream portion and the second downstream portion by a bolt, and an other member that is a member other than the intake manifold is fixed to the intake manifold through the stay at least either between the connecting member and the first downstream portion, or between the connecting member and the second downstream portion.
US10508621B2
Various methods and systems are provided for an exhaust gas recirculation system. In one example, an exhaust gas recirculation cooler includes a first section, arranged proximate to an exhaust gas inlet of the EGR cooler and including a first plurality of tubes and a first plurality of fins coupled to the first plurality of tubes, where at least one of the first plurality of tubes and the first plurality of fins are comprised of a first material that has a first coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE); and a second section, arranged downstream of the first section and including a second plurality of tubes and a second plurality of fins coupled to the second plurality of tubes, where the second plurality of tubes and the second plurality of fins are comprised of a second material that has a second CTE, the second CTE greater than the first CTE.
US10508617B2
An internal combustion engine includes a combustion chamber. The chamber includes a body that is movable in the chamber to vary the chamber volume and contains a catalyst. First valving is operable to admit an intake gas into the chamber and second valving connected with an aqueous fluid supply system is operable to admit an aqueous fluid and a steam reforming fuel into the chamber. A controller is configured to cause the second valving to admit a aqueous fluid and an amount of the steam reforming fuel into the chamber and when a predetermined condition exists in the chamber during compression of the intake gas to absorb heat generated by the compression of the intake gas in the presence of the catalyst to promote a steam reformation process to separate hydrogen from the steam reforming fuel or the aqueous fluid.
US10508613B2
A direct injection engine includes a fuel injection valve configured to inject fuel into a cylinder, a water injection valve configured to inject water into the cylinder, and a valve variable mechanism configured to change an operation timing of each of an intake valve and an exhaust valve. During an operation in a low load range, a negative overlap period when both of the intake valve and the exhaust valve are closed across an exhaust top dead center is formed by the valve variable mechanism, and fuel is injected from the fuel injection valve and water is injected from the water injection valve respectively during the negative overlap period. This causes a steam reforming reaction such that at least a part of injected fuel and injected water turns to hydrogen and carbon monoxide within the cylinder during the negative overlap period.
US10508612B2
Methods and systems are provided for an engine to infer fuel temperature from a measured rate of change in a pressure of a fuel passage between a low pressure fuel pump and a high pressure fuel pump during certain operating conditions, including when the low pressure fuel pump is switched off. The operation of the low pressure fuel pump may be adjusted responsively to a change in the inferred fuel temperature.
US10508604B2
In various described embodiments skip fire control is used to deliver a desired engine output. A controller determines a skip fire firing fraction and (as appropriate) associated engine settings that are suitable for delivering a requested output. In one aspect, the skip fire controller is arranged to select a base firing fraction that has a repeating firing cycle length that will repeat at least a designated number of times per second at the current engine speed. Such an arrangement can be helpful in reducing the occurrence of undesirable vibrations.
US10508602B2
A sealing arrangement for sealing between a first stage nozzle and a plurality of aft frames includes a first inner seal and a second inner seal which are circumferentially oriented and circumferentially aligned. Each of the inner seals includes a wing extending radially inward at an oblique angle. A side seal is radially disposed between the first inner seal and the second inner seal. The side seal includes a first wing extending radially outward at an oblique angle and a second wing extending radially outward at an oblique angle, the first wing of the side seal sealingly interfaces with the wing of the first inner seal and the second wing of the side seal sealingly interfaces with the wing of the second inner seal.
US10508594B2
Provided is an actuator for a link mechanism for an internal combustion engine, which can be prevented from being increased in size in an axial direction. The actuator for a link mechanism for an internal combustion engine of the present invention includes: a wave gear type speed reducer configured to reduce a rotation speed of an electric motor, and to transmit the rotation speed to the control shaft; and a housing to which the electric motor and the wave gear type speed reducer are fixed, the wave gear type speed reducer including: an inner gear, which is fixed to the housing, has inner teeth meshed with the flexible outer gear, and is made of an iron-based metal material, the actuator including a stopper mechanism, which is provided to each of the inner gear and the control shaft, and is configured to restrict relative rotation of a predetermined amount or more when the inner gear and the control shaft are held in abutment against each other.
US10508592B2
A variable geometry turbocharger (VGT) for a vehicle, may include a turbine wheel; a turbine housing configured to rotatably support the turbine wheel, and provided with a passage for receiving exhaust gas from a radially external side of the turbine wheel and discharging the exhaust gas in an axial direction of the turbine wheel; a disk body provided in the passage of the turbine housing, and provided therein with a bypass line such that the exhaust gas bypasses the turbine wheel; and a plurality of vanes provided between the disk body and the turbine housing to form a variable nozzle for controlling a flow of the exhaust gas flowing radially inwardly of the turbine wheel.
US10508589B2
A method for controlling a cooling system delivering coolant to a heat exchanger (18) in a vehicle (1). During operating conditions when a thermostat (6) in the cooling system is in the partly open position, the method comprises the steps of estimating a desired cooling temperature (T) of a medium in the heat exchanger (18), calculating the coolant flow rate ({dot over (m)}1) through a radiator (7b) and the coolant flow rate ({dot over (m)}2) through a radiator bypass line (9), calculating a coolant flow rate ({dot over (m)}3) and coolant temperature (t3) combination at 10 at which the medium in the heat exchanger (18) is cooled to a desired temperature (T), adjusting the flow regulating mechanism (23) such that coolant at the selected flow rate ({dot over (m)}3) and temperature (t3) combination is directed to the heat exchanger (18).
US10508587B2
Examples of techniques for controlling coolant flow in a vehicle cooling system for an internal combustion engine using a secondary coolant pump are provided. In one example implementation, a computer-implemented method includes receiving, by a processing device, engine operation data about the internal combustion engine. The method further includes detecting, by the processing device, a shutdown of the internal combustion engine. The method further includes calculating, by the processing device, an engine flow based at least in part on the block flow request and the head flow request. The method further includes, subsequent to detecting the shutdown of the internal combustion engine determining, by the processing device, an after-run condition based at least in part on the engine operation data. The method further includes activating, by the processing device, a secondary coolant pump based at least in part on determining the after-run condition.
US10508585B2
An exhaust manifold mounting structure for an engine includes: a bolt fixed to the engine; a flange integrally formed with the exhaust manifold or disposed inside the exhaust manifold and including a bolt hole through which the bolt penetrates; a nut engaged with the bolt that penetrates the flange; and a loosening prevention plate through which the bolt penetrates, and which is disposed between the nut and the flange. The loosening prevention plate extends in a length direction of the flange.
US10508579B2
A mixer device for introducing and distributing a liquid into a gas flow comprises a mixing chamber which can be flowed through by the gas flow, an overflow pipe which is arranged at least partly in the mixing chamber and which has a jacket surface and a first and a second pipe end, and at least one injector associated with the first pipe end of the overflow pipe to inject the liquid into the overflow pipe. The jacket surface of the overflow pipe has at least one inflow opening through which gas can flow from the mixing chamber into the overflow pipe for a subsequent mixing with the injected fluid. The overflow pipe is configured such that inflowing gas in its interior can have two swirl components of opposite senses imparted onto it.
US10508566B2
Pin latch assemblies and cam latch assemblies are disclosed. A pin latch assembly is provided comprising a pin housing at least partially enclosing a pin, an actuating device coupled to the pin, and a retaining feature comprising an aperture.
US10508564B2
A bearing housing for an exhaust gas turbocharger may include a bearing housing cover arranged on a bearing housing wall. The bearing housing cover may include a penetrating rotation-symmetrical sealing recess with a centre axis and may have a locating surface facing the bearing housing wall and radially extending from the centre axis. The bearing housing may include a sealing bush arranged in at least one region of the sealing recess. The sealing bush may have a stop surface arranged opposite the locating surface and may include a penetrating shaft recess disposed rotation-symmetrical relative to the centre axis. The bearing housing cover may further include an at least partly circulating groove disposed on the locating surface radially spaced from the centre axis. The groove may include a drainage region arranged below the centre axis and extending from the centre axis radially to an outside.
US10508559B2
A fiber preform for a turbine engine blade or vane obtained by single-piece three-dimensional weaving. The preform includes a first longitudinal segment suitable for forming a root; a second longitudinal segment extending the first longitudinal segment and suitable for forming an airfoil portion; and a first transverse segment extending transversely from the junction between the first and second longitudinal segments and suitable for forming a first platform.
US10508558B2
A blade for a ram air turbine includes a pitch rotation connector configured to connect to a pitch rotation device configured to control rotation of the blade about a pitch axis and an airfoil rotationally fixed to the pitch rotation connector. The pitch rotation connector is positioned on the airfoil to reduce pitch dependent moment about the pitch axis such that a maximum pressure moment about the pitch axis is less than a torque supplied to the blade via the pitch rotation device. The position of the pitch rotation connector can be configured to prevent and/or dampen pitch oscillation due to a changing load on the spring and mass governor.
US10508553B2
A component includes an outer wall that includes an exterior surface and an opposite interior surface. The component also includes at least one internal void defined adjacent the interior surface and configured to receive a cooling fluid therein. The component further includes a plurality of openings defined in and extending through the outer wall such that the outer wall defines an edge of each of the plurality of openings. Additionally, the component includes a plurality of separable plugs each positioned in a corresponding opening. Each of the separable plugs is sized to fit within the corresponding opening such that a clearance gap is defined between the separable plug and the edge of the corresponding opening. Each of the separable plugs is coupled to the outer wall by at least one tab that extends across the clearance gap from the each separable plug to the edge of the corresponding opening.
US10508546B2
A turbomachine includes a turbine section including a turbine, the turbine having a plurality of turbine rotor blades spaced along the axial direction, each turbine rotor blade extending generally along the radial direction between a radial inner end and a radial outer end. The plurality of turbine rotor blades includes a first turbine rotor blade; and a second turbine rotor blade spaced from the first turbine rotor blade along the axial direction, the radial outer end of the first turbine rotor blade coupled to the radial outer end of the second turbine rotor blade. The plurality of turbine rotor blades additionally includes a third turbine rotor blade spaced from the second turbine rotor blade along the axial direction, the radial inner end of the second turbine rotor blade coupled to the radial inner end of the third turbine rotor blade.
US10508544B2
A rotary device (e.g., a rotary jet), power generation system, and methods of manufacturing and using the same are disclosed. The rotary jet includes a central axle or shaft, an inlet configured to receive at least one fluid, and a plurality of radial arms in fluid communication with the inlet, configured to rotate around the central axle or shaft. Each radial arm has a nozzle at a distal end thereof and an arc between the inlet and the nozzle. The radial arms extend radially from the central axle or shaft at least in part, and are configured to rotate when the fluid enters the inlet and passes through the radial arms, or when a rotational force is applied to the central axle or shaft. Each nozzle may have an opening facing away from a direction of rotation of the radial arms or facing in a direction parallel with the central axle or shaft.
US10508538B2
A fluid pressure pulse generator for a downhole telemetry tool comprising a stator and a rotor. The stator comprises a stator flow diverter radially extending across a flow path for fluid flowing through the fluid pressure pulse generator and having one or more than one stator flow channel therethrough through which the fluid flows. The rotor comprises a rotor flow diverter radially extending across the flow path for fluid flowing through the fluid pressure pulse generator and having one or more than one rotor flow channel therethrough through which the fluid flows. The rotor flow diverter is axially adjacent the stator flow diverter and the rotor flow diverter is rotatable relative to the stator flow diverter to move the one or more than one rotor flow channel in and out of fluid communication with the one or more than one stator flow channel to create fluid pressure pulses in the fluid flowing through the fluid pressure pulse generator. A rotor/driveshaft coupling releasably couples the driveshaft of a probe of the tool and the rotor such that the probe can be decoupled from the rotor and removed from a sub housing the fluid pressure pulse generator.
US10508534B2
Planning and real time optimization of one or more modules of a downhole tool provide efficient and cost-effective deployment of a measurement system, for example, for a ranging tool. Considerations of the environment and type of operation may be considered prior to the deployment of a downhole tool such that the downhole tool comprises modules that may be optimized. Certain modules may be activated for specific operations without having to extract the downhole tool as all modules necessary to perform the specific tasks for a given operation are included prior to deployment of the downhole tool. The one or more modules may be optimized in real time based, for example, on received measurements or previous survey results. The modularity of the downhole tool allows for flexibility in fine tuning the tool according to a varying formation environment and other parameters.
US10508526B2
An apparatus for use in forming a plug during hydraulic fracturing of a subterranean soil formation comprising a top tubular retaining body extending between top and bottom ends and having a frustoconical outer surface extending from the bottom end thereof. The apparatus further includes a plurality of slip arms located around the outer surface of the retaining body, each slip arm extending between top and bottom ends and having an inner surface extending from the top end corresponding to the outer surface of the retaining body and an exterior surface adapted to frictionally engage a wellbore; and a seal element located around the outer surface of the retaining body above the plurality of slip arms adapted to be displaced towards the top end of the retaining body by the plurality of slip arms so as to seal an annulus between the retaining body and the wellbore.
US10508519B2
An adjustable tubular string nose uses axially relatively movable wedge segments to form a variable diameter ring shape using technology described in U.S. Pat. No. 7,128,146 in another context. The nose has a seat around a passage therethrough. After insertion of the nose into a first bore, typically a main bore, the nose is retracted out of the main bore and pressure against a seated bore in the nose expands the nose radially to a degree where re-entry into the main bore is precluded but entry into a lateral bore is still possible. The string advances onto a lateral no-go. This signals surface personnel to pick up and raise pressure to blow the seated ball through the seat to again open the passage in the nose. A seal stack behind the nose in advanced into a lateral seal bore and the treatment can then commence.
US10508510B2
A bottom hole assembly (BHA) incorporates a tubular cutter driven by a downhole motor. A scraper moves into a smaller tubular to clean an area where a spear will later be engaged to the cut tubular portion. The scraper has a relatively movable mandrel that allows straight through flow into the motor or closes flow to build pressure to a telescoping jack to exert a pull force on the cut tubular after the cut is made. The spear is articulated with mandrel manipulation to grab the cut segment and weight is set down to shift the mandrel in the scraper to allow pressure buildup with rig pumps turned on to retract the jack as the BHA is held with anchors in the larger tubular. The cut segment is pulled uphole to loosen it so it can be removed from the borehole.
US10508508B2
A quick release die block system for the gripper of a backup wrench is disclosed. The quick release die block system can include a die block releasably coupled to a die block support. A lock mechanism can include one or more lock pins moveably supported and can be operable with the die block and the die block support, The lock mechanism can also include a lock mechanism interface accessible via a passage in the die block, and can be adapted to releasably secure the die block to the die block support.
US10508504B2
An example slip-ring interface may include a first section and a second section rotationally independent from the first section. At least one conductor path between the first section and the second section may be selectively associated with and dedicated to the transmission of signals with a first signal type. At least one conductor path between the first section and the second section may be selectively associated with and dedicated to the transmission of signals with a second signal type. If error conditions occur, the signal types associated with one or more of the conductor paths may be changed so that signals of both the first and second signal types are transmitted across the interface.
US10508492B2
A coated component for use in a fluid energy device includes a coating system with multiple layers of coating material, including a soft material such as a polymer coated over a hard material such as a metal. The fluid energy device can be a fluid motor or fluid pump, and the coated component can be a rotor or a stator. The hard and soft materials may be interlocked with each other and/or with an interposed porous layer. The presence of the soft material can reduce or eliminate the need for meticulous polishing operations typically required with as-applied hard materials while improving the longevity of mating fluid energy device components. The mating components are exposed only to the soft material in the initial stages of operation, after which the soft material wears away to gradually expose the mating components to the hard material in a less abrasive manner.
US10508491B2
A retaining device for an operating member of a window shade includes a casing having an opening, a sliding part having a first and a second inner cavity, and a spring respectively connected with the sliding part and the casing. The sliding part is assembled with the casing, and is movable between a first and a second position, wherein the sliding part in the first position occludes the opening and has the first inner cavity exposed for insertion of an operating member of a window shade, and the sliding part in the second position has the first inner cavity retracted toward an interior of the casing while the second inner cavity overlaps with the opening for facilitating travel of an operating member of a window shade through the opening and the second inner cavity. The spring is operable to urge the sliding part to move toward the first position.
US10508485B2
Methods and systems for opening an access point of a vehicle. A system and a method may involve receiving wirelessly a signal from a remote controller carried by a user. The system and the method may further involve receiving audio or video data indicating the user approaching the vehicle. The system and the method may also involve determining an intention of the user to access an interior of the vehicle based on the audio or video data. The system and the method may also involve opening an access point of the vehicle responsive to the determining of the intention of the user to access the interior of the vehicle.
US10508482B1
Provided herein is a doorstop that may be utilized to prevent opening of a door. Generally, the doorstop is configured for attachment near a bottom edge of a pull side of a door. The doorstop has a deployable wedge or stop element (e.g., stop cylinder) that moves from a suspended position, above a floor surface, to a deployed position in contact with a floor surface. After contacting the floor surface, any attempt to open the door imparts a rotation on the stop element. A radial dimension of the stop element increases along a length of a surface that contact the floor surface. In this regard, rotating the stop element provides an upward lift to the door, which is counteracted by hinges of the door. That is, rotating the stop element results in the door wedging, which prevents opening the door.
US10508461B1
An above-ground pool insulation assembly and method of insulating an above-ground pool provides at least one modular panel fabricated from perimeter and reinforcement steel bar that form a rectangular frame. The frame is encapsulated by a metallic sheet to create a pocket of insulating air. An adhesive metallic tape secures the metallic sheet to the frame. Resilient strips attach to the edges of the cover panel to help prevent moisture from entering the mount side. The modular panel mounts mechanically and magnetically to the peripheral sidewall of an above-ground, metal sided swimming pool, so as to insulate the pool, and thereby reduce heat loss from the body of water in the pool due to efficiency of conservation of energy exchange with the environment.
US10508460B2
A wall repair apparatus comprising a body, a top surface, a bottom surface, and an edge or a perimeter comprising a plurality of irregularly spaced protrusions of variable length and variable depth. The plurality of irregularly spaced protrusions or variable length and variable depth may form a rag edge or a deckled edge that allows for a seamless transition between the repaired wall and the undamaged wall when painted.
US10508448B2
A lightweight and strong tile constructed of a composition of cement, cellulous, perlite powder iron oxide and water is disclosed. The cellulous may include recycled paper products such as paper and cardboard that may be shredded. Excess water is removed by a vacuum and the composition is pressed to form a tile.
US10508445B2
A preferably prefabricated and generally rigid recessed housing that may be inserted into a ceiling, wall, or floor to facilitate installation of various electrically powered apparatuses such as ceiling fans, exhaust fans, lighting fixtures, speakers, etc. is provided. Combining the various electrically powered apparatuses with the various embodiments of the prefabricated recessed housing provides additional advantages that include: the creation of a work space large enough for a person to install, from inside the room, a variety of electrically powered apparatuses. The housing may be designed in various shapes, and the generalized construction of the recessed housing comprises a top surface, side walls, and a bottom that is open but that may feature a full perimeter close out lip that extends beyond the side walls. The housing may further include a plurality of securing flanges for engaging bendable securing fins that may be present on the housing apparatus.
US10508439B2
To provide a rotary inertia mass damper, which is capable of reducing an axial reaction force that is generated due to vibration having an excessive acceleration to the extent possible when the vibration is input, and of preventing breakage of the damper itself or a construction, provided is a rotary inertia mass damper, including: a first coupling portion, which is fixed to a first structure; a second coupling portion, which is coupled to a second structure; a screw shaft, which has one axial end connected to the first coupling portion and retained so as to be non-rotatable; a fixed barrel, which has a hollow portion for receiving the screw shaft, and is connected to the second coupling portion; and a rotary body, which is retained so as to be freely rotatable relative to the fixed barrel, is threadedly engaged with the screw shaft, and is configured to reciprocally rotate in accordance with advancing and retreating movement of the screw shaft relative to the fixed barrel. A torque limiting member is provided between an axial end of the screw shaft and the first coupling portion, and is configured to, when a rotational torque that exceeds a predetermined value is applied to the screw shaft, allow rotation of the screw shaft relative to the first coupling portion to reduce a rotation angle of the rotary body.
US10508422B2
An automatic valve actuator unit and method for use with an associated manual shutoff valve configured to permit or restrict the flow of fluid through an associated supply pipe. The unit comprises a housing, an attachment mechanism for securing the housing to at least one of the associated supply pipe or manual shutoff valve, and an actuator at least partially supported in the housing and having an output shaft extending from the housing. The output shaft includes a locating member supported at a distal end thereof for non-rotatingly engaging a surface of a valve handle of the associated manual shutoff valve adjacent a point of attachment of the handle to the associated manual shutoff valve, the locating member configured to center the output shaft over an axis of rotation of the handle of the associated manual shutoff valve.
US10508418B2
A wear member assembly may include a nose attachable to a bucket lip. The nose may include a rear portion having a first set of substantially planar surfaces including a first, second, and third subset of surfaces. The third subset of surfaces may be angled and positioned between the first subset of surfaces and the second subset of surfaces. The nose may also include a forward portion positioned forwardly adjacent to the rear portion, the forward portion having a second set of substantially planar surfaces including a fourth, fifth, and sixth subset of surfaces. The sixth set of surfaces may be angled and positioned between the first subset of surfaces and the second subset of surfaces. The wear member assembly may also include a wear member having a cavity comprising rear and forward bearing surfaces corresponding to the third and sixth subset of surfaces.
US10508410B2
An automatic swing device for a work machine is capable of performing a sieve operation in the posture where a work device is always at a posture suitable for sieve operation. An automatic swing device includes a posture sensor that detects a posture of a work device, and a controller that outputs signals to operate at least a stick cylinder and a bucket cylinder of the work device. The controller has an automatic swing mode in which the work device is automatically swung while the posture detected by the posture sensor is maintained to be in the range of a predetermined posture.
US10508406B1
A device for stabilizing a metal pier installed in the ground. The device includes a device to provide lateral support to the pier and a shaft configured so that a force imposed, parallel to an axis of the pier, on the device is not imposed on the pier. A method of stabilizing a pier installed in ground to support a structure. The method includes determining the location of an unstable soil zone of the ground and a stable soil zone of the ground. The method also includes placing a stabilizing plate in the unstable soil zone to provide lateral support to the pier. A device configured to lift a foundation slab above the ground. The device includes a lifting bolt and apparatus that restricts lateral deflection of the pier when a torque is applied to the lifting bolt to raise the slab. A method of stabilizing soil around a pier.
US10508405B2
A temporary manhole cover includes a hinge to permit a portion of the cover to be pivoted open and closed. And a roller for use with a hose or rope facilitates cleaning and inspection of the manhole.
US10508403B2
A double raft foundation for buildings includes: a lower raft, a layer of a material with a low friction coefficient applied on the lower raft, a platform having slabs of material with a low friction coefficient, slidingly disposed on the layer, an upper raft joined with the slab platform and a superstructure joined with the upper raft; wherein the upper raft is disposed on the lower raft in such manner that, in case of an earthquake, the platform of slabs of the upper raft can slide slidingly on the layer of the lower raft, allowing the upper raft to move relatively with respect to the lower raft.
US10508401B2
A depth vibrator for compacting soil, comprising a rotary drive (3); a drive shaft (4), which is rotatingly drivable about a rotary axis (A) by the rotary drive (3) in a first rotation direction (R1) and in an opposite second rotation direction (R2); a primary mass body (5) connected non-rotatably to the drive shaft (4) and rotates together with the latter about the rotary axis (A); a secondary mass body (6), which is movable into a first rotation position (P1) relative to the primary mass body (5) by rotation of the drive shaft (4) in the first rotation direction (R1) and which is movable into a second rotation position (P2) by rotation of the drive shaft (4) in the second rotation direction (R2). In the first and second rotation position (P1) the secondary mass body (6) can be rotated together with the primary mass body (5) about the rotary axis (A); and the center of mass (S6) of the secondary mass body (6) and the center of mass (S5) of the primary mass body (5) have different radial distances from the rotary axis (A).
US10508394B1
A device for vehicle hindrance and rainwater treatment including a vehicle hindrance body and a well pit. The vehicle hindrance body includes a lower sidewall, the well pit includes a top opening, and the lower sidewall encloses the top opening. The lower sidewall includes a plurality of water inlet holes. The well pit includes an upper part, a lower part, and a partition disposed between the upper part and the lower part. The partition includes a plurality of leaking holes. The upper part of the well pit includes an outer ring belt filled with a rainwater pretreatment filler, a center ring belt filled with soil, and a rainwater collection ring belt disposed between the outer ring belt and the inner ring belt. The lower part includes a water-sand separating folded plate, a water-sand discharging channel, a rainwater collecting tank, and a rainwater storage chamber.
US10508390B2
A method for making a plural-component, composite-material, highway dowel-bar including (1) preparing an elongate core train possessing endo-abutting, longitudinally alternating, (a) elongate, high-shear-strength, cylindrical cores having a common cross section, and (b) elongate, but shorter, cylindrical, fibre-reinforced plastic-resin end-plug blanks having opposite ends, and each having a cross section matching the cross section of the cores, (2) using the core train as a longitudinally moving mandrel, pultrusion-forming a fibre-reinforced plastic-resin sleeve continuously and bondedly around the core train so as to produce a pultrusion-result, intermediate, dowel-bar product, and (3) following pultrusion-forming, cross-cutting the intermediate, dowel-bar product at each longitudinal location therein which is intermediate the opposite ends of the end-plug blanks, thereby to form completed dowel bars.
US10508388B1
Dyeing of yarn to create indigo colored outer ring surrounding a white core. The techniques describe ways to keep the white core.
US10508363B2
A vapor phase growth apparatus according to an embodiment includes a reaction chamber, a ring-shaped holder provided in the reaction chamber, the ring-shaped holder configured to hold a substrate, the ring-shaped holder including an outer portion, and an inner portion on which a ring-shaped protrusion is provided and surrounded by the outer portion, the ring-shaped protrusion being separated from the outer portion, an upper surface of the outer portion being higher than an upper surface of the ring-shaped protrusion, and a heater provided below the ring-shaped holder.
US10508348B2
Environmentally friendly nickel electroplating compositions enable the electroplating of nickel deposits which are bright and uniform and inhibit corrosion of gold layers deposited on the bright and uniform nickel deposits. The environmentally friendly nickel electroplating compositions can be used to electroplate bright and uniform nickel deposits on various substrates over a wide current density range.
US10508347B2
A photovoltaic apparatus comprising: at least one photovoltaic surface electrically connected to a set of photovoltaic electrodes; and a chemical reactor electrically connected to the set of photovoltaic electrodes. The chemical reactor enables N pairwise fluid contacts among k chemical fluids, with k≥2 and N≥4 and comprises: a reaction layer extending in a plane subtended by two directions; N chemical cells, each including two circuit portions, designed for enabling circulation of two of the k chemical fluids, respectively, the two circuit portions intersecting each other, thereby enabling one pairwise fluid contact for the two of the k chemical fluids; and a fluid distribution circuit comprising: k sets of inlet orifices sequentially alternating along lines parallel to one of the two directions; and k sets of outlet orifices sequentially alternating along lines parallel to the inlet orifices, and wherein, each circuit portion connects an inlet orifice to an outlet orifice.
US10508342B2
A method for manufacturing a diamond-like carbon film is described, which includes the following steps. A substrate is disposed into a chamber. An aromatic cyclic hydrocarbon is introduced into the chamber. A diamond-like carbon film is grown on the substrate by using the aromatic cyclic hydrocarbon as a reaction precursor The step of growing the diamond-like carbon film includes controlling a substrate temperature at 200 Celsius degrees to 800 Celsius degrees.
US10508341B2
Embodiments of the invention provide methods for processing a substrate within a processing chamber. In one embodiment, the method comprises providing a precursor gas mixture into the processing chamber, the precursor gas mixture comprising a deposition precursor gas and an etch precursor gas, subjecting the precursor gas mixture to a thermal energy from a heat source to deposit a material layer on a surface of the substrate, wherein the thermal energy is below the minimum required for pyrolysis of the etch precursor gas, and after the material layer is formed on the surface of the substrate, subjecting the precursor gas mixture to a photon energy from a radiation source, the photon energy having a wavelength and a power level selected to promote photolytic dissociation of the etch precursor gas over the deposition precursor gas and etch a portion of the material layer from the surface of the substrate.
US10508339B2
Embodiments of a blocker plate for use in a substrate process chamber are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, a blocker plate for use in a substrate processing chamber configured to process substrates having a given diameter includes: an annular rim; a central plate disposed within the annular rim; and a plurality of spokes coupling the central plate to the annular rim.
US10508338B2
A device for atomic layer deposition includes: an injector installed to an opening of a film deposition chamber; and an injector adhesion preventive member installed by insertion into the opening, wherein the injector includes an injector raw material gas supply path, an injector reactant gas supply path, and an injector inert gas supply path, the respective paths being partitioned from each other, the injector adhesion preventive member includes an adhesion preventive member raw material gas supply path, an adhesion preventive member reactant gas supply path, and an adhesion preventive member inert gas supply path, the respective paths being partitioned from each other, and the adhesion preventive member inert gas supply path is provided such that the inert gas flows in a clearance between an outer peripheral side of the injector adhesion preventive member and an inner peripheral side of the opening.
US10508331B2
A method for manufacturing a ferritic stainless steel product includes forming a carburized layer on a workpiece made of ferritic stainless steel, and forming a nitrided layer on a surface of the workpiece by heating the workpiece at a temperature equal to or higher than a transformation point of the ferritic stainless steel in an atmosphere containing an N2 gas.
US10508330B2
A quasicrystal-containing plated steel sheet including: a plating layer positioned on at least one surface of a steel sheet; and an alloy layer positioned at an interface between the plating layer and the steel sheet and composed of an Al—Fe intermetallic compound. A chemical composition of the plating layer contains at least, in atom %, Zn: 28.5% to 50%, Al: 0.3% to 12%, and the balance: Mg and impurities, and the plating layer includes, in order from the steel sheet side, a first plating layer which is composed of a structure containing an MgZn phase, an Mg phase, and a quasicrystal phase, and a second plating layer which is positioned on the first plating layer and is composed of a structure containing an Mg51Zn20 phase, a Zn phase, and a quasicrystal phase.
US10508329B2
An aluminum alloy material for use in thermal conduction to which improved castability has been imparted by silicon addition. It has improved thermal conductivity and improved strength. The material has a composition containing 7.5-12.5 mass % Si and 0.1-2.0 mass % Cu, the remainder being Al and unavoidable impurities, wherein the amount of copper in the state of a solid solution in the matrix phase is regulated to 0.3 mass % or smaller. The composition may further contain at least 0.3 mass % Fe and/or at least 0.1 mass % Mg, provided that the sum of (Fe content) and (content of Mg among the impurities)×2 is 1.0 mass % or smaller and the sum of (Cu content), (content of Mg among the impurities)×2.5, and (content of Zn among the impurities) is 2.0 mass % or smaller.
US10508326B2
There is provided a high-manganese steel with superior coating adhesion and a method of producing a hot-dip galvanized steel sheet from same. According to an aspect of the present disclosure, a high-manganese steel is characterized by including, by weight, C: 0.3-1%, Mn: 8-25%, Al: 1-8%, Si: 0.1-3.0%, Ti: 0.01-0.2%, Sn: 0.06-0.2%, B: 0.0005-0.01%, with the remainder being Fe and inevitable impurities. The present disclosure can provide a high-manganese and hot-dip galvanized steel sheet with superior surface quality as well as with high strength and workability by preventing coating failures that may be caused by manganese.
US10508325B2
An extrudable aluminum alloy for a micro channel and round tube heat exchanger application including silicon in an amount that ranges between 0.15 and 0.30 wt %, iron in an amount that is less than or equal to 0.15 wt %, manganese in amount that ranges between 0.50 and 0.90 wt %, zinc in amount of no greater than 0.03 wt %, copper in amount of no greater than 0.03 wt %, and nickel in an amount of no greater than 0.01 wt %.
US10508323B2
A tool for forming or servicing a wellbore includes a first body, a second body, and a retaining member located between a surface of the first body and a surface of the second body. The retaining member at least partially retains the second body with respect to the first body. The retaining member comprises a shape memory material configured to transform, responsive to application of a stimulus, from a first solid phase to a second solid phase. A method of forming a tool for forming or servicing a wellbore includes disposing a retaining member comprising a shape memory material in a space between a first body and a second body and transforming the shape memory material from a first solid phase to a second solid phase by application of a stimulus to cause the retaining member to create a mechanical interference.
US10508318B2
When a plurality of outer rings (R) are sequentially and inductively heated to a target temperature by energizing a heating coil (2) elongated more than each of the plurality of outer rings (R), which are made of steel and retained coaxially by a retaining unit (3), while relatively moving the outer rings (R) and the heating coil (2) in an axial direction, an output of the heating coil (2) is varied in consideration of the number of outer rings (R) present in an opposing region of the heating coil (2).
US10508311B2
The present invention provides a method of detecting a heteroresistant population of a pathogen in a sample, the method comprising: a) providing a sample comprising a population of a pathogen; b) extracting nucleic acids from the sample; c) amplifying a target locus of the genome of the pathogen in the extracted nucleic acids, wherein the target locus comprises at least one minor variant associated with drug resistance in the pathogen; d) consecutively sequencing both overlapping nucleic acid strands from a single DNA molecule amplified from the target locus on a Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) platform; e) applying an alignment algorithm to sequencing data from the overlapping nucleic acid strands; and f) performing an analysis of the aligned sequencing data to detect the at least one minor variant and heteroresistant population of the pathogen.
US10508304B2
Provided are methods for high-throughput screening to determine locations of double-stranded DNA breaks (DSBs) and translocations in genomes caused by different agents, such as enzymes.
US10508302B2
The invention relates to a control preparation (e.g. comprising microorganism control cells embedded in a cold polymerising resin or plastic) for use in a method for detection of a target microorganism in microbiological pathology, comprising a plurality of section bodies joint by a joining polymer, wherein each section body comprises a matrix polymer (e.g. a cold polymerising resin or plastic). A first section body comprises a nucleic acid sequence specific for the target microorganism (e.g. microorganism cells used as positive control). A second section body comprises a second nucleic acid sequence, which in comparison to said first nucleic acid sequence, contains a deletion, an additional nucleoside or a different nucleoside in one, two, three or four positions of said second nucleic acid sequence and which does not hybridize to said first nucleic acid sequence under stringent conditions (e.g. cells from a related microorganism having 1-4 mismatches as compared to the target region of a FISH probe for the target microorganism). The invention further relates to methods for detection and discrimination of two microorganism species of the same genus in tissue sections, and to kits for use in this method.
US10508300B2
This disclosure provides, inter alia, a probe system probe system for analyzing a nucleic acid sample. In some embodiments, the probe system may comprise: a set of identifier oligonucleotides of sequence B, a set of splint oligonucleotides of formula X′-A′-B′-Z′, wherein sequence A′ is complementary to a genomic fragment and sequence B′ is complementary to at least one member of the set of identifier oligonucleotides, and one or more probe sequences comprising X and Z. Each splint oligonucleotide is capable of hybridizing to the probe sequences, a member of the set of identifier oligonucleotides and a genomic fragment, thereby producing a ligatable complex of formula X-A-B-Z. The probe system can be used to identify a chromosome aneuploidy in cell free DNA, for example.
US10508297B2
The present invention provides an insoluble enzymatic reagent for detecting products derived from glucuronide metabolites in a sample, containing an enzyme with glucuronidase activity immobilized on a resin comprising a polysaccharide modified with chemical groups, and optionally a cationic polymer. Additionally, it provides methods for preparing said enzymatic reagent and for detecting derivatives of glucuronide metabolites in a sample, using said reagent.
US10508292B2
A method of producing a lipid, containing the steps of culturing a transformant obtained by introducing a gene encoding the following protein (a) or (b) into cyanobacteria, and producing a lipid: (a) a protein consisting of the amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 1; and (b) a protein consisting of an amino acid sequence having 60% or more identity with the amino acid sequence of the protein (a), and having β-ketoacyl-ACP synthase activity.
US10508265B2
The iCP-RF recombinant protein of present invention could mediate generation of the induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) from terminally differentiated somatic cells.
US10508263B2
The present invention provides methods for isolating human cardiac ventricular progenitor cells (HVPs), wherein cultures of day 5-7 cardiac progenitor cells are negatively selected for one or more first markers expressed on human pluripotent stem cells, such as TRA-1-60, to thereby isolate HVPs. The methods can further include positive selection for expression of a second marker selected from the group consisting of JAG1, FZD4, LIFR, FGFR3 and TNFSF9. Large populations, including clonal populations, of isolated HVPs that are first marker negative/second marker positive are also provided. Methods of in vivo use of the HVPs for cardiac repair or to improve cardiac function are also provided. Methods of using the HVPs for cardiac toxicity screening of test compounds are also provided.
US10508262B1
Bone marrow containers are described herein. Separation systems for separating activated immune cells from other components are described herein. Methods of activating an immune cell are described herein.
US10508259B2
An improved system and process for rapidly producing distilled spirits having characteristics associated with a much longer maturation process is provided. The method involves contacting wood with an unmatured distilled spirit under heated conditions and contacting the resulting heat-treated spirit with actinic light. The disclosure provides embodiments where a spirit is sequentially processed through heat and actinic light treatment. The disclosure also provides embodiments where a heat-treated spirit is mixed with a spirit that has been separately treated with light to give characteristics of a mature spirit. Air may also be percolated through a mature spirit in a container with a headspace at a gauge pressure between about −25 inHg and about −30 inHg, until the alcohol concentration of the mature spirit is reduced by between about 1% to about 2% by volume, and until the total volume of the mature spirit is reduced by about 10% or less.
US10508258B2
Process for the stabilizing of alcoholic drinks and precursors and derivatives thereof, consisting in adding thereto a solution containing polyglutamate and/or polyaspartate. The stabilization obtained is not only against tartrate precipitation, but also for colour stability and against oxidation. Such process basically provides the use of a composition containing polyglutamate, polyaspartate or a mixture of the two substances.
US10508253B2
The present invention relates to a process for producing perfume- or flavor-containing polyurea microcapsules with improved deposition of encapsulated actives on targeted surfaces such as fiber, hair and skin, which can be used in home or personal care products, as well as to microcapsules obtainable by such a process and consumer products comprising these microcapsules.
US10508252B2
A method for releasing one or more active volatile aldehydes or ketones from a delivery system based on photosensitive acetal or ketal compounds capable of liberating upon exposure to light an active volatile carbonyl compound in a controlled manner from a surface into the surrounding environment. The delivery system can be used to release active substances such as flavors, fragrances, malodor counteractants, insect attractants or insect repellents. The invention also relates to the use of such acetal or ketal compounds in perfumery, as well as in perfuming compositions or perfumed consumer articles.
US10508250B2
The present disclosure relates to novel compositions of additives that result from mixing at least two thermoassociative and exchangeable copolymers and at least one compound for controlling the association of these two copolymers. A lubricant composition results from mixing at least one lubricating base oil, at least two thermoassociative and exchangeable copolymers and at least one compound for controlling the association of these two copolymers. The present disclosure also relates to a process for modulating the viscosity of a lubricant composition that results from mixing at least one lubricating base oil, at least two thermoassociative and exchangeable copolymers; as well as the use of a diol compound for modulating the viscosity of a lubricant composition.
US10508247B2
The invention provides a process of maximizing production of chemical raw materials by gaseous phase catalytic cracking crude oil with multi-stages in milliseconds in combination with hydrogenation, comprising: a high-efficiency atomizing nozzle sprays the preheated crude oil into an upper portion of the downflow modification reaction tube, the produced oil mist is mixed with a high temperature heat carrier flowing downward from a first return controller for pyrolysis in milliseconds and then the pyrolysis products are subject to a gas-solid separation; the coked heat carrier obtained by the separation enters into a modification regeneration reactor to conduct a regeneration reaction, the obtained high temperature heat carrier returns to a top of the downflow reaction tube to participate in circulation, the regeneration gas is subject to heat exchange and then output; the high temperature oil and gas produced by the pyrolysis reaction directly flow into the millisecond cracking reactor and conduct a cracking reaction with the regenerated cracking catalyst and subject to a gas-solid separation; then the cracking catalyst to be regenerated enters the crack regeneration reactor and performs a regeneration reaction and then are subject to a gas-solid separation, the obtained high temperature crack catalyst passes through a second return controller and flows into the millisecond cracking reactor to participate the circulation reaction, the obtained flue gas is subject to heat exchange and then output; the cracked oil and gas produced by the cracking reaction enter into a fractionation tower for separation, thereby obtain the cracked gas, gasoline fraction, diesel fraction, recycle oil and oil slurry; furthermore, the diesel fraction, recycle oil and oil slurry are subject to saturation or open-ring in a hydrogenation reactor, return and mix with crude oil such that the mixture is used as a raw material.
US10508243B2
The present invention relates to a method for producing liquid or solid hydrocarbons from a synthesis gas via Fischer-Tropsch synthesis which does not carry out a separate reduction pre-treatment for catalyst activation. The method for producing liquid or solid hydrocarbons from a synthesis gas using Fischer-Tropsch synthesis according to the present invention comprises: a first step of applying an iron-based catalyst for the Fischer-Tropsch synthesis in which the number of iron atoms in the ferrihydrite phase fraction equals 10 to 100% and the number of iron atoms in the hematite phase fraction equals 0 to 90%, with respect to 100% of the number of the number of iron atoms, to a Fischer-Tropsch synthesis reactor; and a second step of activating the catalyst for the Fischer-Tropsch synthesis by a synthesis gas which is a reactant under the conditions of the Fischer-Tropsch synthesis and carrying out the Fischer-Tropsch synthesis by means of the activated catalyst for the Fischer-Tropsch synthesis. As such, the present invention is capable of efficiently producing liquid or solid hydrocarbons from a synthesis gas via Fischer-Tropsch synthesis, even without a separate reduction pre-treatment.
US10508237B2
Provided is a liquid crystal composition, comprising: 1-30% of one or more compounds of general formula I; 1-50% of one or more compounds of general formula II; 1-20% of one or more compounds of general formula III; 20-70% of one or more compounds of general formula IV; and 1-30% of one or more compounds of general formula V. The liquid crystal composition has properties such as a large maximum absolute transmittance, a high voltage holding ratio, better anti-UV properties, and high temperature reliability, and has a suitable optical anisotropy, a suitable dielectric anisotropy, and a relatively high clearing point, and is environmentally friendly. The liquid crystal composition is suitable for use in a liquid crystal display device, especially a transmissive liquid crystal display element, enabling the liquid crystal display device to have properties such as a high maximum absolute transmittance, a high voltage holding ratio, good anti-UV properties and high temperature reliability, and to be energy-saving and environmentally-friendly.
US10508217B2
The invention is directed to a polyimide-based polymer thick film paste composition for forming a polyimide-based polymer thick film resistor, a process for forming the resistor and an electrical device containing a resistor formed using the paste composition The paste composition comprise a functional component, a polyimide, and an organic solvent and can be cured by heating.
US10508210B2
An actinic ray-curable-type inkjet ink set for three-dimensional printing and a three-dimensional printing system are provided. The actinic ray-curable-type inkjet ink set for three-dimensional printing includes a white ink composition W and a color ink composition C. The three-dimensional printing system includes printing means for jetting out, a plurality of times, each of a white ink composition W and a color ink composition C using an inkjet head so as to form a color layer on a white modeled object, based on cross-sectional information of a three-dimensional modeled object.
US10508206B2
The present disclosure provides a method for coating a composite structure, comprising applying a single pretreating composition on a surface of the composite structure, the single pretreating composition comprising a first acid aluminum phosphate comprising a molar ratio of aluminum to phosphate between 1 to 2 and 1 to 3, and heating the composite structure to a first temperature sufficient to form an aluminum phosphate polymer layer on the composite structure.
US10508199B2
The invention is directed to a photocurable epoxy resin composition that is tougher and more flexible and contains 30 to 90 wt % of at least one aromatic epoxy resin; 2 to 30 wt % of at least one core-shell rubber (CSR); up to 20 wt % of at least one flexibilizer comprising reactive functional groups selected from among epoxy groups, carboxylate groups, amino groups and/or hydroxyl groups; and 1 to 4 wt % of at least one cationic photoinitiator. Also disclosed are the use of said composition for sealing and/or coating materials as well as corresponding coating/sealing processes.
US10508196B2
A rubber composition is provided which exhibits a high level of flex fatigue resistance, ozone resistance, building tack, bondability to diene based rubbers, and low temperature resistance. The rubber composition contains EPDM rubber, natural rubber, high cis-1,4-polybutadiene rubber, and from 5 phr to 30 phr of a butyl ionomer.
US10508192B2
In order to suppress such a situation that polyglyceryl fatty acid ester bleeds out at the time of melting of a thermoplastic resin while improving an impact resistance, a thermoplastic resin composition contains a high impact polystyrene, a calcium carbonate as a filler, and polyglyceryl fatty acid ester as a dispersing agent, and a fatty acid constructing the polyglyceryl fatty acid ester is an unsaturated fatty acid.
US10508180B2
The invention relates to a method for producing thermoplastic fibre composites made from a thermoplastic matrix (M) comprising a thermoplastic moulding compound (A) and reinforcing fibres (B). Said method has technical advantages when it comprises the following steps: i) a flat structure (F) made of reinforcing fibres (B) is provided, ii) the flat structure (F) is introduced into a matrix M, iii) functional groups of the matrix are reacted with polar groups of the reinforcing fibres (B), iv) the fibre composite materials is consolidated.
US10508178B2
The invention relates to a polymeric composition, comprising: at least one thermoplastic resin having a glass transition temperature of at least about 220° C.; inorganic particulates having an average particle size in the range up to about 100 nanometers dispersed in the thermoplastic resin, the inorganic particulates having an index of refraction in the range from about 1.4 to about 3; and an effective amount of at least one dispersant to disperse the inorganic particulates in the thermoplastic resin. The polymer composition may be a high temperature thermoplastic suitable for forming, such as by molding, optical articles such as lenses.
US10508175B2
A composition including a polyamideimide precursor modified with an alkoxysilane group and an oligosilica compound, wherein the oligosilica compound is a condensation reaction product of an organosilane diol and an alkoxysilane compound.
US10508172B2
The present invention relates to binder compositions with an improved amine component, and a method of manufacturing a collection of matter bound by said binder compositions.
US10508169B2
A curable resin obtained by reacting a polybasic anhydride with a reaction product of an epoxy resin with a phenol compound having an alcoholic hydroxyl group and an unsaturated monobasic acid, wherein an epoxy resin having a softening point of 93° C. or higher is used as the epoxy resin.
US10508167B2
Provided is a graft copolymer (A) obtainable by graft-polymerizing, in the presence of 30 to 80 parts by mass of an ethylene-based polymer (a), an aromatic vinyl-based monomer (b) and, if necessary, another vinyl-based monomer (c) copolymerizable with the aromatic vinyl-based monomer (b) in a total amount of 20 to 70 parts by mass (provided that the sum of the components (a), (b) and (c) is 100 parts by mass), in which the ethylene-based polymer (a) has a density of 0.900 g/cm3 or more and less than 0.966 g/cm3, a number average molecular weight of 10,000 to 50,000, and a molecular weight distribution of 5 to 15, and the proportion of the ethylene-based polymer (a) molecules having a molecular weight of 10,000 or less is 5.5% or more.
US10508165B2
The present invention provides an olefin-based polymer which satisfies the following conditions of (1) to (4) and is capable of exhibiting improved impact strength without degrading mechanical properties such as tensile strength:(1) density (d): from 0.850 to 0.910 g/cc, (2) melting index (MI, 190° C., 2.16 kg load conditions): from 0.1 to 100 g/10 min, (3) molecular weight distribution (MWD): from 1.5 to 3.0, and (4) two peaks are shown in a temperature range of −20° C. to 120° C. when taking measurements of temperature rising elution fractionation (TREF), and a relation of T(90)−T(50)≥60° C. is satisfied (where T(90) is a temperature at which 90 wt % of the olefin-based polymer is eluted, and T(50) is a temperature at which 50 wt % of the olefin-based polymer is eluted).
US10508163B2
A conjugated diene polymer having a high content of cis-1,4-structures with a high activity, a conjugated diene polymer and a modified conjugated diene polymer using the same, a rubber composition for a tire, and a rubber composition for a rubber belt. Described are a catalyst for a conjugated diene polymerization including: a non-metallocene type gadolinium compound (A) represented by the general formula (1); an ionic compound (B) formed of a non-coordinating anion and a cation; and an organic metal compound (C) of an element selected from the group consisting of a group 2, a group 12, and a group 13 of the periodic table, a conjugated diene polymer and a modified conjugated diene polymer obtained using the same, a rubber composition for a tire, and a rubber composition for a rubber belt.
US10508153B2
The present invention relates to novel antibodies, particularly antibodies directed against deletion mutants of epidermal growth factor receptor and particularly to the type III deletion mutant, EGFRvIII. The invention also relates to human monoclonal antibodies directed against deletion mutants of epidermal growth factor receptor and particularly to EGFRvIII. Diagnostic and therapeutic formulations of such antibodies, and immunoconjugates thereof, are also provided.
US10508151B2
The present invention relates to anti-transferrin receptor antibodies and methods of their use.
US10508143B1
Compositions, e.g., compositions comprising cellular therapeutics and/or protein therapeutics, and methods of using such compositions for treating cancer are described.
US10508142B2
The present invention relates to compounds comprising a quaternary ammonium group, their use in skin diseases, and their preparation.
US10508141B2
The invention provides a human cytotoxic T lymphocyte (CTL) agonist epitope from the C-terminal subunit of mucin 1 (MUC1-C), which can be used as a peptide, polypeptide (protein), and/or in vaccine or other composition for the prevention or therapy of cancer. The invention further provides a nucleic acid encoding the peptide, protein, or polypeptide, a vector comprising the nucleic acid, a cell comprising the peptide, polypeptide, nucleic acid, or vector, and compositions thereof.
US10508140B2
The present invention provides: a peptide which shows a hair growth-promoting activity and/or a melanin generation-promoting activity; a composition for preventing and/or alleviating hair loss, comprising the peptide as an effective ingredient; a composition for promoting hair growth, comprising the peptide as an effective ingredient; a use of the peptide for preventing and/or alleviating hair loss; a use of the peptide for promoting hair growth; a pharmaceutical composition for preventing and/or treating hypomelanosis, comprising the peptide as an effective ingredient; a cosmetic composition for preventing and/or treating hypomelanosis, comprising the peptide as an effective ingredient; and a use of the peptide for preventing and/or treating hypomelanosis.
US10508139B2
The use of HspBP1 protein or part thereof for the preparation of an anti-tumor pharmaceutical composition, and its optional combination with one or more chemotherapeutic agents. A gene construct for the expression of said protein; a production process; a process of evaluation of tumor cells; and a method of sensitization of tumors to chemotherapeutic agents. A new experimental model in vivo and in vitro for the development/evaluation of anti-tumor agents. The pharmaceutical compositions provide anti-tumor action and have high specificity to neoplastic cells, resulting in less cytotoxicity to normal dividing cells, in part as a solution to the drawbacks of currently known chemotherapy therapeutic regimens.
US10508138B2
The present disclosure relates to a novel polypeptide capable of binding specifically to vascular endothelial growth factor, a polynucleotide encoding the polypeptide, a vector comprising the polynucleotide, a recombinant microorganism including the expression vector, a method of producing the polypeptide using the recombinant microorganism, a composition for treating or preventing age-related macular degeneration or cancer, which comprises the polypeptide, and a method for preventing or treating age-related macular degeneration or cancer, which comprises administering the composition for treating or preventing age-related macular degeneration or cancer, which comprises the polypeptide. The disclosed polypeptide is capable of binding to vascular endothelial growth factor to inhibit the activity thereof, and thus can be widely used as an agent for treating and preventing various diseases associated with vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF).
US10508132B2
A method for producing aerobic-type single cell protein using the autolysis process, comprising the following steps: precipitation and concentration, centrifugal dewatering, drying, sterilization, smashing and packaging. The materials with moisture content of 78%˜85% after centrifugal dewatering are dried after the autolysis. The present invention and its products employ the autolysis process. During the autolysis, macromolecular nutrients and cell walls are decomposed by autolytic enzymes, to produce high content of free amino acids, free nucleotides; besides, cell wall polysaccharides are decomposed and the cells produce permeability to ensure an active material can flow out of the cell which can be directly absorbed by animals.
US10508130B2
Provided is a crystalline polymorphic form A of 15β-hydroxy-osaterone acetate having an improved stability (storage stability, pulverization stability, and absorption characteristics). In a powder X-ray diffraction spectrum, characteristic diffraction peaks of the crystalline polymorphic form A of 15β-hydroxy-osaterone acetate appear at diffraction angles 2θ of 9.6°±0.2°, 17.1°±0.2°, and 20.2°±0.2°. The crystalline polymorphic form A has a melting point of 280 to 283° C. and is a prism crystal.
US10508112B2
Intermediate compounds for the preparation of Praziquantel are provided. In particular, the intermediate compounds provided include a compound of formula (IV) and a compound of formula (V). Also provided are processes for preparing the intermediate compounds. Additionally, the raw materials are inexpensive and easy to obtain, the key intermediates are easy to prepare, and the total reaction yield and purity of the obtained target compound Praziquantel is high, so that industrialized mass production of Praziquantel using the intermediate compounds is easy to achieve.
US10508093B2
The inventive subject matter provides compounds, compositions and methods for lowering serum acid (sUA) for the treatment of gout, and having reduced liver toxicity, associated with CYP2C9 metabolic pathway.
US10508089B2
Use of N-(1,3,4-Oxadiazol-2-yl)arylcarboxamides of formula (I) or salts thereof with R, X, A, and Z having the meaning as defined in the description, for controlling unwanted plants in areas of transgenic crop plants being tolerant to HPPD inhibitor herbicides by containing one or more chimeric gene(s) comprising (I) a DNA sequence encoding hydroxyphenylpyruvate dioxygenase (HPPD) derived from a member of a group of organisms consisting of (a) Avena, (b) Pseudomonas, (c) Synechococcoideae, (d) Blepharismidae, (e) Pseudomonas, (f) Picrophilaceae, (g) Kordia, or (II) one or more mutated DNA sequences of HPPD encoding genes of the before defined organisms, preferably from Pseudomonas, or (III) one or more DNA sequences encoding mutated maize (Zea mays) or soybean (Glycine max) HPPD each being mutated as described in WO 2012/021785.
US10508086B2
The present invention relates to compounds of formula I that function as inhibitors of PARG (Poly ADP-ribose glycohydrolase) enzyme activity: wherein R1a, R1b, R1c, R1d, R1e, W, X1, X2, X3, X4, X5, X6, X7, c are each as defined herein. The present invention also relates to processes for the preparation of these compounds, to pharmaceutical compositions comprising them, and to their use in the treatment of proliferative disorders, such as cancer, as well as other diseases or conditions in which PARG activity is implicated.
US10508081B2
The present invention relates to intermediates of Formula I and to methods of synthesizing and purifying calicheamicin derivatives.
US10508075B2
The present invention provides a process for preparation of trientine dihydrochloride (1) comprising reaction of protected triethylene tetramine with hydrochloric acid in an aqueous system to yield the dihydrochloride salt wherein the formation of inorganic impurities and undesired salts is controlled significantly.
US10508074B2
The subject of the invention is a process for recovering/purifying a C1-C4 (meth)acrylic ester from a crude reaction mixture comprising said ester, the process being carried out using a purification system comprising a divided wall column and a decanter, resulting in a simplification of the process and in a high productivity of the ester produced corresponding to the standards in terms of purity. The invention also relates to a process for producing C1-C4 (meth)acrylic ester comprising this recovery/purification process.
US10508071B2
Process for methoxycarbonylation with formic acid and methanol.
US10508070B1
The instant disclosure discloses a method for preparing 3-hydroxybutyrate salts, which includes: (1) providing ethyl 3-hydroxybutyrate or methyl 3-hydroxybutyrate, and hydrolyzing through a basic catalyst to obtain 3-hydroxybutyric acid; (2) making 3-hydroxybutyric acid reacted with an inorganic base to give 3-hydroxybutyrate. The instant disclosure adopts salt formation in water to make the reaction proceed more thoroughly, and also to save reaction time, to reduce energy consumption and material loss, to improve product yield and to lower production cost. The concentration process of the roughing (i.e. crude preparation) of 3-hydroxybutyrate is omitted. During the series of processes of refining and concentrating 3-hydroxybutyrate with anhydrous ethanol, performing crystallization with adding acetone, filtering, washing and drying, the use of acetone as an organic solvent is decreased, material loss and energy consumption of the corresponding process is saved, production costs of 3-hydroxybutyrate is reduced as well. The heating processes of roughing and refining 3-hydroxybutyrate is decreased. The salt formation in water also avoids the problem that the produced 3-hydroxybutyrate is easy to absorb moisture, and the quality of the 3-hydroxybutyric acid salt is ensured.
US10508066B2
Provided here are systems and methods that integrate a hydrodearylation process and a transalkylation process into an aromatic recovery complex. Various other embodiments may be disclosed and claimed.
US10508065B2
Methods of preparing oligomers of an olefin are provided. The methods can include providing an alkylaluminum compound and irradiating the alkylaluminum compound with microwave radiation to provide an irradiated alkylaluminum compound. The methods can further include mixing the irradiated alkylaluminum compound with a chromium compound, a pyrrole compound, and a zinc compound to provide a catalyst composition. The methods can further include contacting an olefin with the composition to form oligomers of the olefin. The olefin can include ethylene, and the oligomers of the olefin can include 1-hexene.
US10508063B2
Process for converting an olefin containing hydrocarbon feed into an oligomerization product or a hydrogenated oligomerization product, comprising contacting the feed in a reactor with an oligomerization catalyst under conditions suitable to oligomerize the olefin to obtain an oligomerization product and optionally hydrogenating the oligomerization product wherein the content of the at least one C4-, C5-, C6- or C7-cyclic olefin in the feed is controlled.
US10508056B1
Disclosed herein are methods of forming substantially crystalline, dense silicon carbide fibers from infusible polysilazane fibers by utilizing a single stage pyrolysis. The pyrolysis is performed using a continuous process in a single furnace with a constant atmospheric condition. Also disclosed are substantially crystalline, dense silicon carbide fibers formed by these methods.
US10508048B2
Methods and systems for processing production fluid include embodiments for removal of injected chemicals from the production fluid. An embodiment of a method includes receiving production fluid from a borehole in an earth formation, the production fluid including surfactants injected into the earth formation to stimulate production of hydrocarbons therefrom. The method also includes processing the production fluid to separate the production fluid into at least an oil phase and produced water, introducing a treatment fluid from a treatment fluid source into at least one of the production fluid and the produced water, and removing the surfactants from at least the produced water. The treatment fluid includes a concentration of multivalent cations, the multivalent cations configured to reduce water solubility of the surfactants.
US10508044B2
A water purification system includes a high temperature water tank, a flameless heat source, a cylindrical vessel (hydrocyclone nest), a first pump, a steam production meter, and a steam condenser and heat exchanger. The contaminated water is heated within the high temperature water tank using the flameless heat source. The heated contaminated water heats the cylindrical vessel and one or more sets of hydrocyclones. The heated contaminated water is pumped into the cylindrical vessel such that the heated contaminated water enters a tangential inlet of the hydrocyclones, the hydrocyclones separate the heated contaminated water into steam and solids/concentrate, the steam exits through an overflow of the hydrocyclones and a first outlet of the cylindrical vessel, the solids/concentrate exit through an underflow of the hydrocyclones and a second outlet of the cylindrical vessel. The steam is condensed into purified water using the steam condenser and heat exchanger.
US10508043B2
A superstructure for thermal desalination is optimized by controlling various parameters, wherein the variable parameters include a feed routing for flow of a liquid feed; brine routings for flow of concentrated brine from the liquid feed; vapor routings for vapor generated from the liquid feed; a series of multi-effect distillation effects, each of the effects coupled with at least one routing selected from the feed routing and the brine routings and with one of the vapor routings; and a series of multi-stage flash stages coupled with at least one routing selected from the feed routing and the brine routings and with one of the vapor routings. The superstructure may or may not contain a thermal vapor compressor.
US10508041B2
An X-ray amorphous magnesium carbonate is disclosed that is characterized by a cumulative pore volume of pores with a diameter smaller than 10 nm of at least 0.018 cm3/g, and a specific surface areas of at least 60 m2/g. The X-ray amorphous magnesium carbonate is produced by reacting an inorganic magnesium compound with alcohol in a CO2 atmosphere. The X-ray amorphous magnesium carbonate can be a powder or a pellet and acts as a desiccant in, for example, production of food, chemicals or pharmaceuticals.
US10508040B2
The present disclosure provides for silicon nanoparticles, safety devices, solid propellants, and the like.
US10508034B2
A process for recovering sulfur in a sulfur recovery unit comprising the steps of reacting hydrogen sulfide and oxygen in the reaction furnace at a minimum reaction temperature to produce a reaction effluent; reducing the temperature of the reaction effluent from the minimum reaction temperature to a boiler section outlet temperature to produce a cooled effluent, the cooled effluent comprises hydrogen sulfide, sulfur dioxide, and sulfur-containing contaminants; reacting the hydrogen sulfide, sulfur dioxide, and sulfur-containing contaminants in the catalytic extension to produce a boiler catalytic effluent; reducing the boiler catalytic effluent temperature such that the elemental sulfur condenses to form liquid sulfur and a gases stream; reacting the hydrogen sulfide and sulfur-containing contaminants with the oxygen to produce an oxidizer outlet stream comprises sulfur dioxide; and separating the sulfur dioxide in the scrubbing unit to produce a recycle stream and an effluent gases, the recycle stream comprises sulfur dioxide.
US10508033B2
A method for increasing sulfur recovery from an acid gas feed comprising the steps of introducing the acid gas feed and a sulfur dioxide enriched air stream to a Claus process to produce a product gas stream, introducing the product gas stream to a thermal oxidizer to produce a flue gas stream, cooling the flue gas stream to produce a cooled take-off stream, separating the cooled take-off stream into a saturated gas stream, heating the saturated gas stream to produce a membrane gas stream, introducing the membrane gas stream to a membrane sweeping unit, the membrane sweeping unit comprises a membrane, the sulfur dioxide in the membrane gas stream permeates the membrane of the membrane sweeping unit, introducing a sweep air stream, the sweep air stream collects the sulfur dioxide to create the sulfur dioxide enriched air stream.
US10508022B2
MEMS device for low resistance applications are disclosed. In a first aspect, the MEMS device comprises a MEMS wafer including a handle wafer with one or more cavities containing a first surface and a second surface and an insulating layer deposited on the second surface of the handle wafer. The MEMS device also includes a device layer having a third and fourth surface, the third surface bonded to the insulating layer of the second surface of handle wafer; and a metal conductive layer on the fourth surface. The MEMS device also includes CMOS wafer bonded to the MEMS wafer. The CMOS wafer includes at least one metal electrode, such that an electrical connection is formed between the at least one metal electrode and at least a portion of the metal conductive layer.
US10508019B2
A listing bead for use in securing upholstery trim covers to upholstery clips embedded in a foam substrate that includes finger-friendly formations on its surface. The formation in an illustrative embodiment defines a flat top at the upper end of a neck that extends between the bead and the top. Illustratively, the top is formed in two outwardly bent L-shapes extending at right angles in opposing directions from the neck. The bead, neck and flat top define confronting halves, joined at the bottom edge, which encase a web that is constructed and arranged to be secured to the trim cover by adhesives, and/or welding stitching. The web illustratively includes punched and/or cut holes (tactile indicia) at predetermined intervals therealong that provide visual and tactile feedback to the installer on the approximate location of clips in the substrate during assembly.
US10508011B2
An apparatus for unloading and installing palletized filter tubes which includes a rack having an attachment for a roller cage assembly. The cage includes at least one roller and is positioned horizontally and outward from the rack. The filter tube is positioned through the cage and over at least one roller and fastened at the free end to the ground or other filter tubing. The apparatus is attached to a skid steer, truck bed or other movable machinery and as the machinery moves forward the palletized filter tube is pulled through the cage assembly. Retention bars may be provided to retain the palletized filter tube in place as the vehicle moves. In one iteration, the retention bars are hydraulically operated and can be opened for loading of palletized filter tube.
US10508008B2
A pneumatic jacking assembly for lifting a vehicle includes an air bag that is selectively inflated. A first plate is coupled to the air bag. The first plate is positioned on a support surface such that the first plate is positioned beneath a vehicle. A second plate is coupled to the air bag and the second plate abuts the vehicle when the air bag is inflated. In this way the air bag lifts the vehicle for servicing the vehicle. A pump is coupled to the first plate and the pump is in fluid communication with an interior of the air bag. The pump inflates the air bag when the pump is turned on. The second plate is urged away from the first plate when the air bag is inflated to lift the vehicle.
US10508006B1
The truck bed cargo hoist is configured for use with a load. The truck bed cargo hoist is configured for use with a pickup truck. The pickup truck is further defined with a bed. The truck bed cargo hoist is mounted in the bed of the pickup truck. The truck bed cargo hoist is configured for use in raising the load in the superior direction. The truck bed cargo hoist comprises a slewing structure, a stanchion, a jib, a plurality of gussets, and a hoist system. The slewing structure, the stanchion, the jib, and the plurality of gussets form the framework that supports the hoist system. The hoist system raises and lowers the load. The stanchion, the jib, and the plurality of gussets are interconnected. The slewing structure attaches the stanchion to the bed of the pickup truck such that the yaw angle of the jib is adjustable.
US10508005B2
Provided herein is an assembly for carrying or supporting a load. The assembly comprises a plurality of members connectable in an assembled arrangement for carrying or supporting the load. Each member comprises a first end and a second end, at least one of the first end and the second end has a pair of connecting members comprising two lugs that each has defined therein two holes. The lugs are configured for alignment with a corresponding pair of lugs formed on another member in the assembly. Fasteners extend through the holes formed in the lugs when the holes are aligned. Further provided are members for use in the assembly and connector elements for attaching two or more members in the assembly.
US10508004B2
An elevator system includes an elevator car for travel in a hoistway; a stator positioned along the hoistway; and a magnetic screw assembly coupled to the car, the magnetic screw assembly coacting with the stator to impart motion to the elevator car; the stator including a service section having a plurality of poles to coact with the magnetic screw assembly; the stator including a transfer station section, the transfer station section of the stator including a plurality of stator permanent magnets.
US10508000B2
A cable containing an optical fiber is used to transmit data between an underwater remotely operated vehicle (ROV) and a support vessel floating on the surface of the water. The ROV stores the cable on a spool and releases the cable into the water as the ROV dives away from the support vessel. The ROV detects the tension in the cable and the rate that the cable is released from the ROV is proportional to the detected tension in the cable. After the ROV has completed the dive and retrieved by the support vessel, the cable can be retrieved from the water and rewound onto the spool in the ROV.
US10507994B2
A paper feeder for transporting paper sheets, includes: a head fan that blows air on the paper sheets; a suction fan that applies negative pressure to the paper sheets blown by the head fan; a switching member that changes the direction of the air from the head fan; a head shutter that blocks the flow of the air directed by the switching member; and a hardware processor that determines the blocking time of the airflow, wherein the switching member changes the air direction between a first direction for floating the paper sheets and a second direction toward the suction fan, and the hardware processor determines stop timing of the air blow in the second direction directed by the switching member as the start timing of clocking the blocking time of the airflow, based on the weight and the resistance to an external force of the paper sheets.
US10507993B2
A method of leveling a parked freight trailer at a loading dock, the method comprising: (a) positioning a portable stabilizing device at least partially underneath a forward portion of the parked freight trailer; (b) positioning a lift associated with the portable stabilizing device to bear weight of the forward portion of the parked freight trailer; (c) reorienting the parked freight trailer so a floor of the parked freight trailer goes from a substantially non-parallel orientation to an approximately parallel orientation with respect to a floor of the loading dock by repositioning at least one of the jack and a landing gear of the parked freight trailer; and, (e) maintaining the lift in a weight bearing position while goods are at least one of unloaded from or loaded onto the parked freight trailer.
US10507982B2
Described are systems, methods, and apparatus for managing the movement of inventory items within a materials handling facility using rollable containers and a gravity feed conveyance system. Inventory items are placed in the rollable containers and are routed to different locations within the materials handling facility along the gravity feed conveyance system, through use of gravitational forces that cause the rollable containers to roll. By using gravity to route inventory items within the materials handling facility, the energy and power requirements for the materials handling facility are reduced, which reduces overhead costs and which is better for the environment.
US10507977B2
Locking roller assemblies for locking and unlocking a roller of a roller conveyor. The disclosed locking roller assemblies include rollers that, by default, are locked from rotation in the absence of a transferred object such as a container, crate, or pallet. When an object is present over the roller, the roller is passively actuated by the object to unlock and release the roller, enabling the roller to rotate. When the package or article has passed by the roller, the locking roller assembly resumes the default configuration of locking the roller to prevent rotation. In some embodiments, actuation of the locking mechanism is parallel to the roller axis and accomplished by a lever and cam arrangement. In other embodiments, actuation of the locking mechanism is in a direction that is orthogonal to the roller axis and accomplished by a plunger arrangement.
US10507974B2
A portable securing apparatus which is readily secured to a manway of a vessel having a portal intended to enable entry of service personnel into the vessel is described. The securing apparatus affords an improved grip to assist service personnel to enter the vessel. The securing apparatus is for temporary mounting to the manway. The securing apparatus includes a mounting plate mountable to a flange conventionally provided as part of the manway, and a handle for accommodating manual grasp of the securing apparatus.
US10507967B2
In a vacuum insulating container, an outer cylinder has a first annular wall that extends radially inward so as to be inclined with respect to an aperture plane of the outer cylinder at an open end of the outer cylinder and has a tip end part spaced apart from an outer peripheral surface of the inner cylinder; an inner cylinder has a second annular wall that extends radially outward so as to be inclined with respect to the aperture plane of the inner cylinder at an open end of the inner cylinder and faces the first annular wall; and an annular sealing member formed of an elastic body having a low thermal conductivity is compressed between the first annular wall and the second annular wall.
US10507966B2
A beverage pouch includes: a first fluid compartment defined within the beverage pouch; a second fluid compartment also defined within the beverage pouch, the second fluid compartment located at least partially below the first fluid compartment; a first divider forming a barrier between the first fluid compartment and the second fluid compartment located below the first fluid compartment; an outer frangible portion located on an upper portion of the beverage pouch adjacent the first fluid compartment; a first inner frangible portion located on the first divider between the first fluid compartment and the second fluid compartment, the first inner frangible portion vertically aligned with the outer frangible portion. A straw is insertable through the outer frangible portion into the first fluid compartment, and wherein the straw is further insertable through the first inner frangible portion and into the second fluid compartment.
US10507964B2
Cushioning supports a bottom corner section of an article being packed. The corner section has a bottom face, a first side face, and a second side face. The cushioning includes a first cushioning member and a second cushioning member that are separable from each other. The first cushioning member includes a bottom section that faces the bottom face of the corner section of the packed article and a first side section that faces the first side face of the corner section of the packed article. The second cushioning member includes a second side section that faces the second side face of the corner section of the packed article.
US10507952B2
A three-door storage box, includes one integrally-formed box body and side frame part. The integrally-formed box body includes the front box panel, the rear box panel, the bottom box panel, the top box panel as well as the buckle panel. The side frame part includes the outer frame, the inner frame, and the frame door. Horizontal and vertical fixed jacks are arranged on the outer frame. Spacer pins are arranged on both upper and lower ends of the outer frame. The storage box can be opened in three directions from left, right and the front to conveniently access the contents in the box. In addition, through installation of fixed jacks and spacer pins, the storage box can be easily assembled/disassembled with all the parts tightly connected, which extends the usage life.
US10507948B2
A hollow molded container of the present invention has a resin layer forming its inner surface, and droplets of an oily liquid are distributed on the surface of the resin layer. In the hollow molded container, slipperiness to a less flowable liquid is enhanced remarkably and the slipperiness is exhibited for a long period of time.
US10507946B2
A method for operating a production and packaging installation for hygiene products, wherein the hygiene products are produced by a production machine, and the hygiene products produced are packaged by at least two packaging machines which are assigned to the production machine and are intended for packaging the hygiene products in particular so that they are ready for dispatch. At least two packaging machines assigned to a grouping conveyor form a machine group, wherein the performance of the packaging machines of the machine group are adapted automatically in accordance with the performance of the production machine and/or the individual performances available for the packaging machines of the machine group, and/or wherein the number of hygiene products with which the holders of the grouping conveyor are filled is selected automatically for each holder in dependence on which of the packaging machines the hygiene product of the respective holder is intended.
US10507942B2
A form-fill-seal machine is configured to adjust for changes in the thickness of bags within a short time, and is provided with seal jaws, gas removal members, an air cylinder, and a control unit. The seal jaws transverse-seal a cylindrical film in a widthwise direction forming a bag. The gas removal members come into contact against the bag prior to transverse sealing of an upper edge part, discharging a gas upward from the bag. The air cylinder moves the gas removal members, switching the position of the gas removal members between a first position and a second position with respect to the seal jaws. The control unit, in a time slot just prior to the start of a transverse sealing action performed by the seal jaws, changes the timing of switching between the first position and the second position, and adjusts the amount of gas discharged from the bag.
US10507941B2
A stand-alone manually operated device for capping a filled beverage container with a lid. Lids are staged within the apparatus in a bulk storage queue and are individually transferred from a bulk storage queue and applied to a beverage container by physical contact to the application mechanism. The mechanism ensures the sealing rim of the lid is completely engaged on the beverage container without human contact on hygienic surfaces. Once the operator disengages, the mechanism automatically retracts to a resting position and the next lid is engaged.
US10507940B2
A method for building an aerodynamic structure, an aerodynamic structure, and a vehicle that includes the aerodynamic structure are provided. The method includes providing a structure with at least one substantially-flat exterior surface. The method also includes attaching blocks of rigid fibrous insulation to the at least one substantially-flat outer surface of the structure. Outward-facing surfaces of the blocks of rigid fibrous insulation extend past a target outer mold line of a final aerodynamic shape. The method also includes machining the outward-facing surfaces of the attached blocks to the outer mold line.
US10507938B2
An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) ground station, comprising: a landing surface having a perimeter and a center; a plurality of pushers held above the landing surface by a plurality of linear actuators; at least one electro-mechanical connector attached to one of the plurality of pushers, mechanically adapted to be electrically connected to a compatible electro-mechanical connector of a UAV; and a landing detection controller adapted to instruct the plurality of linear actuators to move the plurality of pushers simultaneously from the perimeter toward the center when a landing event related to the UAV is detected.
US10507932B2
A nacelle may include a pylon and a thrust reverser having an inner fixed structure. A locking mechanism may automatically engage and prevent relative movement between thrust reverser halves. A bumper may be coupled to the inner fixed structure. The locking mechanism may limit deflections between the thrust reverser and the pylon in response to a burst duct. A locking mechanism in the inner fixed structure may include a pressure relief door and an arrestor which hooks onto a retaining bar in a pylon bracket. The locking mechanism may allow the thrust reverser halves to be opened for access to the engine.
US10507928B2
An environmental control system includes a pair of parallel operating environmental air compressors (EACs) that receive a first outside air, wherein each EAC includes a respective EAC compressor and EAC turbine. A first regenerative heat exchanger is downstream of the EAC compressors and upstream of the EAC turbines, wherein the first regenerative heat exchanger receives environmental air from an enclosure for occupants. A primary heat exchanger is downstream of the first regenerative heat exchanger, wherein the primary heat exchanger receives a second outside air. An air cycle machine (ACM) is downstream of the primary heat exchanger. A condenser is downstream of the ACM, wherein a conditioned air exits the condenser and into the enclosure. A water extractor is downstream of the condenser. A reheater is downstream of the water extractor and upstream of the ACM. A secondary heat exchanger is downstream of the ACM, wherein the secondary heat exchanger receives the second outside air. An actuated door that controls an amount of second outside air to the primary heat exchanger and to the secondary heat exchanger, wherein, in a second outside air flow, the primary heat exchanger is downstream of the secondary heat exchanger.
US10507923B1
A device may include a body, springs, and a plunger. The body may include a back wall and a front wall. The body may have a cavity forming spring channels and at least one rail. The front wall may have an aperture extending into the cavity. Each spring may be implemented in one of the spring channels. The plunger may include a plunger head and a plunger rod extending from the plunger head and through the aperture. The plunger head may be configured to engage the springs. The plunger head may have at least one rail guide channel, each configured to accommodate one rail. When a compressive force is applied to the plunger rod, the plunger head compresses the springs as the plunger head travels in a first direction within the cavity. When the compressive force is reduced, the plunger head travels in a second direction opposite the first direction.
US10507919B2
Longitudinal lock devices for cargo in aircraft having a locking box fastened beneath the floor of an aircraft include a locking latch connectable to the cargo and coupled to a bar mechanism disposed inside the locking box. The locking latch is moveable in a direction towards extraction of the cargo in flight. The bar mechanism is fixed to the locking box and includes a puppet arm articulated on a second pivot wand a puppet follower articulated on a first pivot, whereby each of the pivots is operably fastened to the locking box (9). The puppet arm comprises a cam profile on a face there of which is cooperative with a puppet roller connected to an electro-mechanical actuator linear by means of a drive rod. The articulations moving the bar mechanism responsively determine locked, armed and released positions for the device.
US10507917B2
Systems, apparatuses, and methods are provided herein for unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) control. A system for UAV control comprises a flight control system of a UAV, an image sensor on the UAV, an aircraft marshaling signal database, and a control circuit coupled to the flight control system, the image sensor, and the aircraft marshaling signal database. The control circuit being configured to: detect, with the image sensor, a gesture from a ground crew member, verify that the ground crew member is an authorized controller of the UAV, compare the gesture with marshaling signals in the aircraft marshaling signal database to determine a corresponding marshaling signal, determine a flight command based on the corresponding marshaling signal, and execute the flight command with the flight control system of the UAV.
US10507914B2
In an aspect, in general, a spooling apparatus includes a filament feeding mechanism for deploying and retracting filament from the spooling apparatus to an aerial vehicle, an exit geometry sensor for sensing an exit geometry of the filament from the spooling apparatus, and a controller for controlling the feeding mechanism to feed and retract the filament based on the exit geometry.
US10507912B2
A proprotor system for a tiltrotor aircraft includes a yoke having a plurality of blade arms each having an inboard pocket. Each of a plurality of bearing assemblies is disposed at least partially within one of the inboard pockets. Each of a plurality of inboard beams is disposed at least partially between a centrifugal force bearing and a shear bearing of each bearing assembly and has a proprotor blade coupled thereto. Each of a plurality of latch assemblies selectively couples one of the bearing assemblies to the yoke. Each latch assembly is rotatable relative to the yoke between an engaged position wherein the latch assembly is engagable with one of the bearing assemblies to couple the bearing assembly to the yoke and a disengaged position wherein the latch assembly is disengaged from the respective bearing assembly enabling installation and removal of the respective bearing assembly relative to the respective pocket.
US10507902B2
An aerodynamic dome component that is placed in front of a wind turbine hub includes an outer ring, a central axle disposed relative to the outer ring, a plurality of radially extending tensioning members and a skin-like covering. The plurality of radially extending tensioning members are coupled to the outer ring at a first end and to the central axle at a second end. The outer ring, the plurality of radially extending tensioning members and the central axle together form an underlying dome support structure. The skin-like covering is configured to envelop at least a portion of the underlying dome support structure to form at least a portion of the aerodynamic dome component and define a front dome portion. The skin-like covering enveloping at least a portion of the underlying dome support structure may further define a rear dome portion, wherein the rear dome portion is configured downwind from the front dome portion.
US10507901B2
A computing device obtains environmental data, capability data corresponding to a vehicle, and a readiness criteria specifying a maximum time to transition the vehicle from an idle state to an active state. The computing device determines an action that satisfies the readiness criteria and protects the vehicle from a forthcoming environmental condition indicated by the environmental data. In particular, determining the action is based on the environmental data, the capability data, and the readiness criteria. The computing device outputs a control signal, to an actuator, that controls the actuator to mechanically orient part of the vehicle and/or part of a structure in which the vehicle is located to at least partly implement the action.
US10507896B2
Provided is a maneuvering device including: an input device (101) configured to detect an input operation for instructing movement of a mobile body to generate input information, a calculator (11) configured to change the input information so as to acquire an effect equivalent to a case in which a dead zone is set to the input operation, to thereby generate changed input information; and a controller (103) configured to control the movement of the mobile body (100a) based on the changed input information. The calculator is configured to change a range of the dead zone in accordance with a detection parameter detected in relation to the movement of the mobile body.
US10507894B2
There is provided a self-restoring motion compensating mooring system for a floating unit. The mooring system includes a plurality of mooring anchors, a plurality of top fairleads attached near the top edges of the floating unit, a plurality of bottom fairleads attached near bottom edges of the floating unit, a stabilizer, a plurality of mooring cables passing through the respective top and bottom fairleads, connected between the plurality of mooring anchors and the stabilizer. Further, in respective equilibrium positions of the floating unit and the stabilizer, the center of gravity of the stabilizer is located directly below the center of gravity of the floating unit.
US10507888B2
A bicycle crank assembly comprises a crank arm, a first sprocket, and a second sprocket. One of the first sprocket and the second sprocket comprises a first shifting facilitation area to facilitate a first shifting operation in which a bicycle chain is shifted from the second sprocket toward the first sprocket in a first chain-phase state in which a reference tooth of a plurality of second sprocket teeth is received in an outer link space, and a second shifting facilitation area to facilitate a second shifting operation in which the bicycle chain is shifted from the second sprocket toward the first sprocket in a second chain-phase state in which the reference tooth of the plurality of second sprocket teeth is received in an inner link space.
US10507887B2
The invention relates to a drive unit for fitting or retrofitting a two-wheeled vehicle (1), preferably a bicycle, having an electric motor which is designed as a disc motor (10), comprising a rotor disc (11) having permanent magnets (12) and an annular stator (13) with windings, which generate an electrical alternating field for driving the rotor disc (11), wherein the rotor disc (11) can be fastened non-rotatably to a receptacle (6) on the front or rear wheel of the two-wheeled vehicle (1) and the annular stator (13) can be fastened to a frame part (4, 5) of the two-wheeled vehicle (1). For tool-free dismantling the annular stator (13) can be unfolded in the circumferential direction and can be removed or pulled off from the rotor disc (11).
US10507885B2
An automatic control method suitable for a bicycle system is provided. The bicycle system has a gear ratio and a toque ratio formed by an auxiliary torque and a pedaling torque. The automatic control method includes following steps: sensing a pedaling cadence and the pedaling torque of the bicycle system in a riding state; setting a first cadence threshold and a second cadence threshold according to a preset pedaling cadence while the first cadence threshold is greater than the second cadence threshold; and determining whether the pedaling cadence is greater than the first cadence threshold or less than the second cadence threshold so as to set to increase or decrease the gear ratio. In addition, a bicycle system suitable for the automatic control method is also provided.
US10507875B1
A trailer wall apparatus includes at least one logistics post. In another aspect, a vertically elongated cargo-securing or logistics post is attached adjacent to a vertically elongated depression within a sandwich panel of a cargo container, the sandwich panel employing at least one core sheet including alternating peaks and valleys therein in addition to attached interior and exterior face sheets. A further aspect employs a logistics post including internal lips which contact against and/or assist with alignment to diagonal surfaces of a depression in a container or trailer wall.
US10507869B2
A vehicle body structure includes a load transmission member, a first engagement portion, and a second engagement portion. The load transmission member is disposed at a position overlapping with the power unit in a vehicle front view. The first engagement portion is provided between the load transmission member and the power unit. The second engagement portion is provided between the suspension member and the power unit.
US10507868B2
Method and apparatus are disclosed for tire pressure monitoring for vehicle park-assist. An example vehicle includes tires, pressure sensors, and a controller. The controller is to identify a target position within a parking spot for park-assist, determine a tire index based on tire pressure measurements, and identify whether the tire index is within a low range, a caution range, or a normal operating range. The controller also is to adjust, responsive to the tire index being within the caution range, the target position to facilitate access to one of the tires having low pressure.
US10507865B2
A steering apparatus includes a steering shaft; a steered shaft; a ball screw mechanism; and a motor. A plurality of rolling elements includes large-diameter rolling elements and small-diameter rolling elements. A prescribed diameter difference is set such that when a magnitude of power transmitted between a first screw groove and a second screw groove is a prescribed value or less, only the large-diameter rolling elements transmit the power between the first screw groove and the second screw groove, and when the magnitude of the power transmitted between the first screw groove and the second screw groove exceeds the prescribed value, both the large-diameter rolling elements and the small-diameter rolling elements transmit the power.
US10507862B2
A steering device includes a column pipe, an outer column A, a fixed bracket, a stopper bracket, and a tightening tool. The stopper bracket has a first suspended plate-like portion and a second suspended plate-like portion. A telescopic long hole and an impact absorbing long hole into which a bolt shaft can be inserted from the front side toward the rear side are formed in each of the first and second suspended plate-like portions. A first collapse portion that is bent by colliding with the bolt shaft is provided between the telescopic long hole and the impact absorbing long hole of either the first suspended plate-like portion or the second suspended plate-like portion. A second collapse portion is provided as an inclined side on either the top sides or the bottom sides of the impact absorbing long holes of the first and second suspended plate-like portions.
US10507861B2
The invention is directed to a lock for an adjustable steering column. The lock has a first member having at least one tooth disposed in a first direction. The lock has a second member having at least one tooth disposed in a second direction. A moveable locking device having a first recess disposed to engage at least one tooth on the first member and a second recess positioned to engage the at least one tooth on the second member. A releasable clamping device is positioned to be moved into and away from an engagement position with the first and second members. The first recess restricting movement in the first direction and the second recess restricting movement in the second direction when the moveable locking device is engaged with the first and second members.
US10507856B1
A beach cart is formed from a frame that has a pair of wheel trucks depend downwardly from either end thereof. A handle is attached at one end of the frame, either to the frame or to the wheel truck thereat, to pull the cart. A pair of chairs is attached to the frame and each has a base, a back, and a leg rest with the back capable of reclining and the leg rest capable of rotating with respect to the base. A table is located on either end of the frame and each rotates between an upright folded position and a deployed horizontal position. The chair back and leg rest as well as the tables act as sidewall when items are being transported by the cart between two locations.
US10507840B2
Methods, systems, and computer program products are provided for control of a combustion engine in a vehicle. At least one future speed profile for an actual speed of the vehicle during a road section is simulated based on information about the road section, and that coasting will be applied during the road section. An applicability for coasting during the road section is evaluated. Subsequently, it is evaluated whether the combustion engine may be shut down during a coasting for at least a part of the road section. The evaluation of the shutdown of the combustion engine is based on whether one or several system conditions for engine shutdown have been met, on one or several properties for one or several brake systems in the vehicle, and on a shutdown period, when the combustion engine could be shut down. The combustion engine is then controlled based on this evaluation.
US10507836B2
A method of drivingly engaging a first motor of a dual motor drive unit with an output shaft driven by a second motor of the dual motor drive unit includes actuating a clutching device for drivingly engaging the first motor with the output shaft. Next, a rotational speed of the first motor is synchronized with a rotational speed of the output shaft. When the rotational speed of the first motor and the rotational speed of the output shaft are synchronized, an output torque of the first motor is reduced. When the clutching device drivingly engages the first motor with the output shaft, the output torque of the first motor is increased. The invention further relates to a dual motor drive unit for carrying out the method.
US10507835B2
The present disclosure provides a system for controlling cornering of a vehicle and a method thereof. The method of controlling cornering of a vehicle may include: determining whether a cornering control condition is satisfied based on a lateral acceleration; detecting a displacement of an accelerator pedal when the cornering control condition is satisfied; calculating a sport index based on the displacement of the accelerator pedal and a predetermined value; and setting operating modes of a power train and a suspension system based on at least one of the sport index or the lateral acceleration.
US10507832B2
In a drive control device, a controller automatically stops an engine if an execution condition of an idling stop is satisfied, and an electric oil pump is driven during an automatic stop of the engine. A first friction engaging element establishes a starting gear position and a second friction engaging element is released when a vehicle starts. A second solenoid drains oil to be supplied to the second friction engaging element according to an indicator current. A drain degree becomes smaller by reducing the indicator current. The controller reduces the indicator current below a minimum value during the automatic stop of the engine.
US10507825B2
A system for vehicle pitch control during braking includes a pitch component and a rebound component. The pitch component is configured to determine that a vehicle has a forward pitch during braking. The rebound component is configured to, in response to the vehicle achieving a substantially zero forward velocity, apply brake pressure to one or more non-driven wheels using one or more brakes and apply reverse torque to one or more driven wheels using a motor or engine.
US10507815B2
A brake system includes: brake cylinders; electromagnetic valve devices respectively corresponding to the brake cylinders and capable of individually controlling hydraulic pressures in the respective brake cylinders; pumps respectively connected to the brake cylinders; one pump motor driven in common with the pumps; and a brake-hydraulic-pressure controller that controls the electromagnetic valve devices and the one pump motor to control the hydraulic pressures in the respective brake cylinders. The brake-hydraulic-pressure controller includes: a first pressure-increase controller that controls the one pump motor to bring the hydraulic pressures in the respective brake cylinders closer to respective target hydraulic pressures; and a second pressure-increase controller that controls the one pump motor based on a greatest one of the target hydraulic pressures for the respective brake cylinders and control the electromagnetic valve devices to bring the hydraulic pressures in the respective brake cylinders closer to the respective target hydraulic pressures.
US10507809B2
A method of controlling the brake system of a vehicle. The method includes receiving one or more electrical signals each indicative of a value of a respective vehicle-related parameter. The method further includes detecting that the vehicle is traveling across a slope based on the value(s) of one or more of the vehicle-related parameters. The method still further includes automatically modifying the amount of brake torque being applied to at least certain of the wheels of the vehicle in response to the detection of the vehicle traveling across a slope by increasing the amount of brake torque being applied to one or more wheels on one side of the vehicle, and decreasing the amount of brake torque being applied to one or more wheels on the other side of the vehicle.
US10507807B2
A traffic light detection system for a vehicle is provided. The system may include at least one processing device programmed to receive, from at least one image capture device, a plurality of images representative of an area forward of the vehicle, the area including a traffic light fixture having at least one traffic light. The at least one processing device may also be programmed to analyze at least one of the plurality of images to determine a status of the at least one traffic light, and determine an estimated amount of time until the vehicle will reach an intersection associated with the traffic light fixture. The at least one processing device may further be programmed to cause a system response based on the status of at least one traffic light and the estimated amount of time until the vehicle will reach the intersection.
US10507806B2
A modular, environmentally friendly mobile fuel distribution station includes a fuel tank, a support structure having a plurality of legs for supporting an operation platform in an elevated position a predetermined distance above ground, an alternative power generation device, the alternative power generation device being one of a solar power generator and a wind power generator for providing primary power to the mobile fuel distribution station and a central platform operatively connected to at least two of the legs, the at least two of the legs bearing the weight of the central platform, wherein the fuel tank and the alternative power generation device are disposed on the operation platform.
US10507803B2
A nozzle unit 34 which jets washer fluid toward a windshield is fixed to an arm piece 33 whose front end side is fitted to a hook fixing member 23e. As a result, the nozzle unit 34 can be fixed without using the fitting member adopted in the conventional case, and located closer to the hook fixing member 23e. This reduces a positional shift of the nozzle unit 34 relative to the wiper blade 20 to the minimum, thus stabilizing the injection-target locations of washer fluid on the windshield.
US10507795B1
A vehicle computer includes a memory and a processor. The processor is programmed to execute instructions stored in the memory. The instructions include to obtain input of one or more values displayed on a vehicle instrument panel and generate a password by combining the one or more input values and a stored secret key.
US10507794B2
A system and method for a vehicle control are provided. The system provides a smartkey-free starting function of a vehicle and includes a communicating unit that has a radio frequency (RF) antenna and a low frequency (LF) antenna and connects wireless communication with a user terminal which is within a predetermine sensing distance through the RF antenna. A body controller executes a door unlock according to a remote control signal of the user terminal. A door sensor senses door open and door closed signals and a start stop button generates a start on signal based on a button input. A controller initiates a starting of the vehicle when vehicle start condition of a state in which the user terminal is connected through the LF antenna of the communicating unit forming a communication region in the vehicle is satisfied, when the start on signal is input.
US10507773B2
A tractor including: a condenser frame disposed ahead of an engine body; a support plate fixed to the condenser frame; and an engine controller supported by the support plate with vibration-isolating rubber members interposed therebetween. The engine controller is disposed ahead of and above the engine body in a hood. The engine controller declines forward. At least one of the plurality of vibration-isolating rubber members is oriented in a direction perpendicular to a thickness direction of the engine controller, and at least one of the plurality of vibration-isolating rubber members is oriented in a direction parallel to the thickness direction.
US10507766B1
An vehicle overhead clearance detector devised to prevent a collision between an overhead obstruction and a vehicle and a cargo carrier attached to the vehicle by providing at least one sensor and a laser finding device operative to detect the overhead obstruction, a digital camera, and a visual flashing alarm disposed on a waterproof housing body disposed on a rotatable mounting base and in communication with a central processor unit operable by a driver. A monitor with integral speakers displays images captured by the digital camera to permit the driver to see any detected overhead obstructions. The housing body is disposed atop a motorized telescopic pole between a cab of a semi-tractor and a semi-trailer is operable via the central processor unit. The housing body is mounted atop the telescopic pole for proper positioning.
US10507757B2
A luminous motor-vehicle device. The luminous device includes: a segmenting part including a plurality of through-cavities; a plurality of light sources upstream of the segmenting part; a mask that blocks at least one through-cavity of the segmenting part, said mask being able to be partially passed through by light. The luminous device is arranged so that each through-cavity directly or indirectly receives light from at least one separate light source.
US10507754B2
A method and system for providing cargo or product to an individual. The system may be a vehicle and include a plurality of bays, at least one of the plural bays having two rectangular frames, each frame having two horizontal members and two vertical members and each frame opposing and facing the other. The vehicle may also include a holding structure engaged by both of the rectangular frames, the structure comprising a plurality of trays wherein the structure is adaptable to provide vertical movement of the plural trays within the confines of the two rectangular frames. The vehicle may also include one or more mechanisms positioned between the lower horizontal members of the two rectangular frames, the one or more mechanisms adaptable to provide lateral movement within the confines of the two rectangular frames.
US10507749B1
A system for mitigating electrostatic discharge (ESD) that may occur during egress from vehicles is provided. One embodiment comprises a narrow conductive electrode that is galvanically connected to the vehicle chassis, and that is applied to that one edge of a seat which is next to the door nearest that seat. For example, in the U.S., this edge will normally be the left edge of the driver's seat, or the right edge of the front passenger's seat. The electrode is substantially located on a normally unoccupied surface of the seat cushion. Other embodiments further include pointed shapes on the electrode to increase the electric field intensity, which may promote more complete discharging.
US10507742B2
Described is recline mechanism for a comfort seating assembly such as a theater seat which can be mounted on a sloped surface. In a fully recline position, the seating assembly is compact with a layout that falls generally within its profile. The recline mechanism includes a pair of each of: seat rail brackets, front pivot links, rear pivot upper lift link to control the motion of the rear end of the assembly, rear pivot links each attached to one rear pivot upper lift link, carrier links, each carrier link attached to one front pivot link and to a rear pivot link and a pair of rear pivot upper lift control links, attached to a pivot upper lift link and to a carrier link. A linear actuator attached by motor drive tubes at two ends of the linkage system transitions the recline mechanism between the closed and recline positions.
US10507740B2
A control device for the comfort equipment of a passenger transport vehicle seat module includes a casing having a control unit and an USB port, a transmitter/receiver having an electrical plug to be plugged into the USB port, the transmitter/receiver to receive an adjusting command and to transmit the received adjusting command to the control unit, the control unit to transmit the received adjusting command to the one piece of comfort equipment. The control device further includes a locking device having a maneuvering member. When the maneuvering member is actuated, the locking device prevents the transmission of the adjusting command from the transmitter/receiver to the piece of comfort equipment.
US10507739B2
A ground device includes a control unit, a storage unit, and a ground transmitting and receiving unit. A ground antenna is connected to the ground transmitting and receiving unit. Train information from an on-board device is received by the ground transmitting and receiving unit via the ground antenna, and is then transmitted to the control unit. Meanwhile, information from the control unit is transmitted to the on-board device via the ground transmitting and receiving unit and the on-board antenna. The control unit accumulates the train information on a train in the storage unit, and also transmits, to the on-board device, command information for a device installed in the train.
US10507726B2
A pop-up device of a fuel door may include a fuel door configured to be rotatably provided on one side of a vehicle body to open or close a fuel inlet and have a locking portion formed on an internal side thereof, a cable housing configured to be disposed on an internal side of the fuel inlet and include a stopper connected to a cable, and a catch configured to be formed on one end portion of the cable housing and open or close the fuel door by a reciprocating movement of the pop-up rod.
US10507725B2
A filler neck housing arrangement for mounting on a body opening of a motor vehicle includes a housing body (12) which forms a passage opening for the insertion of at least one tank filler pipe. An annular sealing and holding body (10) is configured for holding the sealing and holding body on the body opening and for holding the sealing and holding body on the housing body. The sealing and holding body includes a first sealing member which, in the state of the sealing and holding body being held on the body opening, lies in a sealing manner against a surface (30) of a body part (28) bounding the body opening, and a second sealing member which, in the state of the sealing and holding body being held on the housing body, lies in a sealing manner against the housing body (12).
US10507724B2
A fuel filling neck includes a closure flap pivotably mounted thereon to be pivoted between a neck closed position and a neck open position. The flap is preloaded into the closed position by spring pretension. A mis-filling prevention device is in the filling neck between the closure flap and an insertion opening for a fuel pump nozzle and has a closed position that prevents the closure flap from being pivoted into the open position, and an enabling position permitting the closure flap to be pivoted into the open position. The mis-filling prevention device is mounted with axial play so as to be first axially forced against the closure flap by the fuel pump nozzle as the nozzle is inserted, the closure flap being moved into a partly open position, and, during subsequent further insertion of the nozzle, the mis-filling prevention device being moved into the enabling position.
US10507721B2
There is described a closure unit (14) for an air inlet of a motor vehicle which comprises three closure flaps (18, 22, 26) which can be pivoted about a rotation axis (16, 20, 24). In a closed position, the closure flaps (18, 22, 26) close the air inlet and a closure flap which is referred to as a second closure flap (22) abuts a closed position stop (36). In an open position, the closure flaps (18, 22, 26) release the air inlet and a closure flap which is referred to as the third closure flap (26) abuts an open position stop (40). Furthermore, a method for detecting defective closure flaps (18, 22, 26) of such a closure unit (14) is explained. Furthermore, a motor vehicle having one or more air inlets is presented, wherein at least one of the air inlets is provided with such a closure unit (14).
US10507720B2
A flap control device spring driven toward open position upon actuator failure.
US10507719B2
A front-end part (12) for a motor vehicle (10) has an inlet opening (14) for the introduction of headwind. An air duct adjoins the inlet opening (14) for supplying the headwind to a radiator and/or to an air conditioning device. An air-directing element (16) directs the headwind into the air duct. A sound generator (18) outputs an acoustic signal along a sound path. The air-directing element (16) at least partially covers the sound generator (18) in the sound path. The air-direction element (16) has a textile material that is sound-permeable for the acoustic signal of the sound generator. The textile material conducts headwind away and also covers the sound generator (18) without significantly affecting the perception of the acoustic signal. Therefore, a simple design of a front-end part (12) for a motor vehicle (10) is provided with a small number of components.
US10507714B2
The present disclosure can reduce a force required for the attachment of a sealing member to a flange of a body of an automobile, thereby facilitating the attachment, and can reduce the separation of the attached sealing member from the flange to ensure good seal.An outer foam 25 which comes into contact with an exterior face of a flange 110 facing the outside of a cabin is provided for an inner face of an outer wall 20. A flexible seal lip 21a is provided for an inner face of an inner wall 21. A bottom foam 26 bulges from an inner face of a bottom wall 22. A distance between the outer and bottom foams 25 and 26 in a width direction of the automobile is smaller than a thickness of a thinnest portion of the flange 110.
US10507713B2
A wind deflector assembly for a roof of a vehicle, with the vehicle roof including a sunroof that is openable and closable relative to an aperture in the vehicle roof, includes a wind deflector having a frame and a screen. A pair of tracks is disposed at an inner surface of the vehicle roof at or near the aperture. The wind deflector is movably and pivotally mounted at the tracks via a pair of mounting arms. The mounting arms are movable along the tracks and pivot to pivot the frame and the wind deflector between a retracted position, where the wind deflector is disposed at the inner surface of the vehicle roof and between the tracks, and an extended position, where the wind deflector is disposed partially at the opening and is pivoted upward so as to protrude above an outer surface of the vehicle roof.
US10507709B2
Provided are a vehicle windshield equipped with a transparent film at a visual field area, where a negative effect on a driving visibility due to a boundary line between a forming area and a non-forming area of the transparent film is improved, and a vehicle component having the vehicle windshield. The vehicle windshield includes: a window plate; and a transparent film provided at a surface on a vehicle-interior side of the window plate, wherein the vehicle windshield includes a first area where the transparent film is not provided and a second area where the transparent film is provided, at a central area when viewed from a front side, and a boundary between the first area and the second area has no perspective distortion and is constituted by a boundary line having line width visually recognized by scattering of irradiated light of 10 μm to 200 μm.
US10507705B2
A triple-zone heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) apparatus for an automotive vehicle may be configured to mix cold air passing through an evaporator and warm air passing through a heat exchanger with each other and blow the mixed air to a front seat foot vent through a front seat foot door and to a rear seat vent through a rear seat door.
US10507695B2
Provided is a bias tire includes a carcass extending between a pair of bead portions, a pair of sidewall portions, a tread, and a reinforcement layer (5), formed by cords (5Cb), disposed so as to cover at least a portion of a tire circumferential edge (BEi) on the inner side, in the tire radial direction, of the innermost ply (2Bi) of the carcass in a tire half portion (HFa) on a side where, as a cord (Cb) of a tire circumferential end on the inner side, in the tire radial direction, of the innermost ply (2Bi) approaches the tire circumferential edge on the inner side, in the tire radial direction, of the innermost ply (2Bi) along the tire circumferential direction, the cord (Cb) is inclined so as to separate from the tire equator (CL).
US10507693B2
Provided is a non-pneumatic tire having excellent durability performance. This non-pneumatic tire is provided with an annular tread portion which contacts the road surface, an annular inner peripheral portion which is positioned radially inward of the tread portion, and multiple linking units which join the tread portion and the inner peripheral portion. The tread portion includes a first portion which contacts the road surface, and a second portion which includes an inner peripheral surface facing the inner peripheral portion. The thermal conductivity of the second portion is greater than that of the first portion.
US10507690B2
A bicycle hub assembly comprises a hub axle, a hub body, and a sprocket support body. The hub body includes a first spoke-mounting portion, a second spoke-mounting portion, and a first axial length. The first axial length is defined between a first axially outermost part of the first spoke-mounting portion and a second axially outermost part of the second spoke-mounting portion in an axial direction and is equal to or larger than 55 mm. The sprocket support body includes a plurality of external spline teeth. The plurality of external spline teeth includes a plurality of external-spline driving surfaces. The plurality of external-spline driving surfaces each includes a radial length defined from a radially outermost edge to a radially innermost edge. A total of the radial lengths of the plurality of external-spline driving surfaces is equal to or larger than 7 mm.
US10507662B2
A print module may include a printhead die. The printhead die may include a chamber layer having ink chambers and micro-channels formed in the chamber layer. The print module may further include a die carrier including manifold passages through which ink flows to and from the printhead die and dual pressure regulators to flow fluid through the micro-channels of the printhead die.
US10507658B2
A liquid ejection apparatus includes: channel rows each including individual channels; piezoelectric elements each constituted by an individual electrode, a common electrode, and a piezoelectric layer; and individual wires respectively extending from the individual electrodes to an outside connecting region, connectable to an external circuit board, and each having a contact connectable to an individual terminal of the external circuit board. A portion of each of the channel rows has an intra-row void between adjacent two of the individual channels. Each of the individual wires extends to a portion of the outside connecting region which corresponds to one of the individual channels. A first common wire extending from the common electrode and connectable to a common terminal of the external circuit board is provided at a portion of the outside connecting region which corresponds to the intra-row void.
US10507648B2
A liquid ejecting head includes: a piezoelectric element driven with a drive signal; a switch circuit which is provided on a circuit substrate; a pressure chamber which is filled with liquid and changes pressure inside in accordance with the drive by the piezoelectric element; and a reserve chamber which reserves the liquid to be supplied to the pressure chamber. The piezoelectric element is provided in a sealed space defined by a plurality of members including the circuit substrate. The reserve chamber includes a first flow channel and a second flow channel. A first end of the first flow channel communicates with a first end of the second flow channel. A second end of the first flow channel communicates with a second end of the second flow channel. The circuit substrate and switch circuit are provided between the first flow channel and the second flow channel.
US10507646B2
Priority order is updated so that an ejection port that is selected as an ejection port subjected to ejection failure determination in a pixel row in which a previous ejection operation is to be performed has the lowest priority order, which is used for selecting an ejection port subjected to ejection failure determination, in a pixel row in which a subsequent ejection operation is to be performed.
US10507640B2
A three-dimensional printer includes: a machine mainframe, formed with a carrying plane; a three-dimensional printing module, installed on the machine mainframe, and used for forming a three-dimensional object on the carrying plane according to a three-dimensional model data; and a color spraying nozzle module, installed on the machine mainframe and used for coloring a surface of the three-dimensional object according to the three-dimensional model data, wherein the color spraying nozzle module includes at least one color spraying nozzle and at least one screen member, the color spraying nozzle is formed with at least one nozzle hole, the screen member is formed with at least one screen hole, the screen hole is arranged corresponding to the nozzle hole, and the area of the screen hole is smaller than the area of the nozzle hole thereby enabling the color spraying nozzle module to more efficiently color the three-dimensional object.
US10507639B2
A printing apparatus including a manifold shaped as a rectangular parallelepiped having three pairs of parallel faces and including (i) a body thereof defining a plurality of fluidic channels, (ii) a bottom portion thereof defining a slot configured to accommodate insertion of a printing element; and (iii) at least one face defining a plurality of fluidic connections in fluidic communication with the fluidic channels. A method for manufacturing a printing apparatus includes the steps of a) manufacturing a manifold by manufacturing a parallelepiped and defining a slot therein configured to hold a printing element; b) machining features into the manifold for mechanical mounting, electronic connection, and fluid connection; and (c) assembling the manifold with the printing element and a gasket to form the printing apparatus.
US10507637B2
A peeling apparatus includes an ingot holding unit holding an ingot in a hanging state where a portion of the ingot to be peeled off as the wafer is directed downwardly, a water container containing water therein, an ultrasonic unit immersed in the water in the water container, a moving unit moving the ingot holding unit vertically into a position where the ingot holding unit faces the ultrasonic unit and at least the portion of the ingot to be peeled off as the wafer is immersed in the water in the water container, and a nozzle ejecting water to the portion of the ingot to be peeled off as the wafer thereby to promote the peeling of the wafer from the ingot.
US10507628B1
A component for a vehicle interior is disclosed. The component may comprise a structural substrate comprising a fiber panel with at least one hole and a resin-formed structure; and a cover coupled to the fiber panel or the resin-formed structure. The fiber panel may be formed into a compression-formed component; the resin-formed structure may comprise a molded feature formed in the hole of the fiber panel. The resin-formed structure may reinforce the structural substrate. The fiber panel and the resin-formed structure may provide a substantially continuous structure. The resin-formed structure may extend along a surface of the fiber panel to form the resin-formed structure to the fiber panel. The cover may be applied to the fiber panel during compression molding. The component may comprise a trim panel, instrument panel, door panel, or other interior trim part. A method of manufacturing a vehicle trim component is also disclosed.
US10507615B2
An information processing apparatus includes a setting unit that sets, as an attribute to be used for manufacture of a 3D modeled object, an attribute of a 2D image to be used for forming the 2D image on a recording medium, when the 3D modeled object is manufactured by laminating recording media together.
US10507614B2
A method and device of providing a replica masturbation device is disclosed. Users upload images of their body parts to a central database, and other users use data sets generated based on these images from the central database to produce replica masturbation devices of the user's body parts.
US10507604B2
A nanotransfer printing method, including the steps of coating a polymer thin film on a template substrate where a surface pattern is formed, fabricating the polymer thin film into a thin-film replica mold by using the polymer thin film and an adhesive film, forming nanostructures on the thin-film replica mold, selectively weakening an adhesive force between the adhesive film and the thin-film replica mold, and transferring the nanostructures into a target object, is provided.
US10507601B2
Disclosed is an elastomeric bladder tool and related systems and methods. In one embodiment, the elastomeric bladder tool comprises an elastomeric inner layer substantially defining an inner cavity of the elastomeric bladder tool, an elastomeric outer layer substantially defining an outer surface of the elastomeric bladder tool, and a permeable middle layer positioned between the elastomeric inner layer and the elastomeric outer layer. The permeable middle layer has greater permeability than both the elastomeric outer layer and the elastomeric inner layer to allow for evacuating of gases that have entered the permeable middle layer.
US10507600B2
A method of manufacturing a monolithic component having internal wall(s), including separately placing uncured composite material on a mold parts, placing the mold parts on a support plate with a portion of the uncured composite material extending between and in contact with the adjacent mold parts, interconnecting the adjacent mold parts through a connection allowing limited relative movement on the support plate along a direction corresponding to a thickness of the uncured composite material therebetween, biasing the adjacent mold part toward each other along the limited relative movement to provide a compressive force on the uncured composite material extending therebetween, and curing the composite material to obtain the monolithic component with each internal wall being formed between adjacent mold parts. The bias causes the adjacent mold parts to move toward each other as the thickness of uncured material extending therebetween reduces during curing. A tool assembly is also discussed.
US10507591B2
A workpiece manufacturing apparatus includes a punch, which is provided in a lower die assembly and punches out a workpiece from an unprocessed material, and an ejector, which is provided in an upper die assembly so as to be capable of approaching and moving away from the lower die assembly. The manufacturing apparatus further includes a spring, which is provided in the upper die assembly and urges the ejector toward the lower die assembly, and a locking device, which locks the ejector with respect to the upper die assembly at a position at which the punch punches out the workpiece and releases the ejector when the die assemblies are opened. The locking device includes an actuator, which is provided in the upper die assembly and slides a slider between a locking position, at which the ejector is locked, and a releasing position, at which the ejector is released.
US10507588B2
Shaving assemblies are disclosed that include a blade unit, an interface element configured to connect the blade unit to a handle, on which the blade unit is pivotably mounted, and an return element disposed between the blade unit and interface element. The return element serves as interface piece, connector and pivot all in one. Shaving systems including such shaving assemblies are also disclosed, as are methods of using such shaving systems.
US10507574B2
A seat assembly. The seat assembly is adapted for use in entering confined spaces or otherwise entering spaces through confined entryways. The seat assembly includes a seat that is slidably disposed along a track. In one embodiment, the seat is rotatable. The seat assembly further includes a wire or tether that has multiple clamps positioned along its length. The assembly is utilized by placing the track such that it extends through a confined entryway and then securing the clamps about the perimeter edge of the opening such that the tether is held taut. The tension in the wire exerts a force that maintains the track, the seat, and a user or any equipment thereon in a horizontal position through the opening. Users can the utilize the slidable seat to enter and exit the confined opening with minimal difficulty.
US10507572B2
A workbench comprising a first support, a second support and a first work surface, in which said first support comprises a leg structure with an upper end, in which said first work surface comprises a first end, in which said upper end and said first end comprise a connection means to releasably connect them together, and in which said connection means comprises a first pair of parallel elongate troughs provided on either said upper end or said first end, and a first pair of parallel elongate flanges provided on the other of said upper end or said first end, which first pair of flanges is shaped and configured to be releasably engagable in said first pair of troughs.
US10507571B2
An apparatus, having: a panel (100) comprising a top surface (102), a bottom surface (104), and a side surface (106) spanning the top and bottom surfaces; plural upper retaining slots (110), each upper retaining slot recessed into the panel through the top surface, extending parallel to the top surface, and opening through the side surface in at least one location (112), wherein each upper retaining slot comprises a trapezoidal shape; and a dog hole (122) extending through the panel from the top surface to the bottom surface.
US10507569B1
The pipe-cleaning attachment is a kit. The pipe-cleaning attachment is configured for use with a copper pipe. The pipe-cleaning attachment is a tool that cleans the interior surface and the exterior surface of the copper pipe in preparation for processing. By processing is meant one of several plumbing procedures including, but not limited to, soldering the copper pipe or cutting the copper pipe. The pipe-cleaning attachment is an electrically powered rotating brush that physically cleans the copper pipe. The pipe-cleaning attachment comprises a plurality of cleaning kits and a drive system. The plurality of cleaning kits comprises a collection of brushes. The drive system rotates a brush selected from the plurality of cleaning kits to clean the copper pipe.
US10507567B2
According to one or more embodiments, a hand-held, portable opener for a hopper trailer and method of opening is described. The hopper trailer opener comprises a base tool assembly coupled with an extension shaft assembly and can be adapted for use with a variety of different trailer opening mechanisms.
US10507566B2
In-line processes for producing scrubby substrates, and related scrubby substrate cleaning articles. The process may include melting a polymer resin material, and extruding or otherwise dispensing the molten polymer resin material through one or more orifices of a heated nozzle, into a stream of hot inert gas, which attenuates the molten resin, so that the resin forms into elongated globules (rather than fibers or filaments). Such globules may have irregular cross-section and/or irregular thickness along a length of the globules. Alternatively, the molten resin may be formed into substantially continuous or discontinuous string or chain pattern of abrasive fibers, exhibiting a high frequency, low amplitude substantially linear pattern on the base substrate. In either case the globules or abrasive fibers are collected onto at least a portion of a base substrate layer to form a scrubby substrate that is more abrasive than typical meltblown materials.
US10507559B2
A machine tool for detecting a brake failure more reliably in a mechanism that stops the rotation of a vertical shaft by at least two brakes includes a ball screw extended in a vertical direction, a driving motor that rotates the ball screw, a movable part that vertically moves along the ball screw in accordance with the rotation of the ball screw driven by the driving motor, at least two brakes that prevent a fall of the movable part while power supply to the driving motor is stopped, a brake controller that releases at least one of the at least two brakes while power supply to the driving motor is stopped, and a detector that detects presence/absence of a fall of the movable part or a fall distance of the movable part resulting from the release of the at least one brake, thereby detecting a trouble of an unreleased one of the at least two brakes.
US10507550B2
A work region evaluating system includes an imaging unit and a processing unit. The processing unit includes an image processing section that converts a three-dimensional image of a vehicle body component recorded by the imaging unit to three-dimensional image data, an extraction section that extracts work regions and reference regions respectively from both the three-dimensional image data and three-dimensional design data, an alignment section that aligns the three-dimensional image data with the three-dimensional design data with reference to the reference regions, and an evaluation section that evaluates a relation between the work region extracted from the three-dimensional image data and the work region extracted from the three-dimensional design data, based on the three-dimensional image data and the three-dimensional design data which are aligned with each other by the alignment section.
US10507549B2
The present disclosure provides three-dimensional (3D) objects, 3D printing processes, as well as methods, apparatuses and systems for the production of a 3D object. Methods, apparatuses and systems of the present disclosure may reduce or eliminate the need for auxiliary supports. The present disclosure provides three dimensional (3D) objects printed utilizing the printing processes, methods, apparatuses and systems described herein.
US10507548B2
An apparatus for fabricating a part, comprising a curved shaft; a build plate connected to the curved shaft; a motor; and a transmission connecting the motor and the curved shaft. The build plate moves along a curved path having a radius of curvature originating on an axis when the transmission transfers power from the motor to the curved shaft. Material deposited on the build plate along the curved path forms the part comprising a solid of revolution around the axis. In one or more examples, the part is an aircraft engine inlet.
US10507547B2
The invention relates to a device for inductive heating of a component, having a component placement unit for the component, an induction coil, with which the component can be heated inductively, at least in regions, an electrical lead for the induction coil, and a positioning unit, at which the induction coil is arranged in such a way that it can be brought into different relative arrangements with respect to the component placement unit by way of the positioning unit, wherein the electrical lead is guided over a contact, which is formed by contact surfaces that rest against each other and are shifted in position in relation to each other in the contact position when the induction coil is shifted in position by means of the positioning unit.
US10507545B2
The invention relates to a machine for labeling “blank-labeled” cryogenically-frozen vials or ampoules, which contain heat-labile biological materials, and to which a laser-light sensitive material had been applied prior to freezing. Accordingly, the machine has been designed to maintain the integrity of the biological materials throughout all phases of the labeling process. The machine generally comprises a master control system; a programmable user interface; a frame; cryogenic freezer assemblies, for keeping the vials at the required low temperatures; an infeed assembly, configured to receive and position blank-labeled cryogenic vials; a cryostatic labeling/quality control tunnel, wherein the vials are maintained at the required temperature, labeled by laser ablation, and checked for quality; and, an outfeed assembly. The machine further comprises a means for transporting the vials from the infeed assembly to the tunnel, and from the tunnel to the outfeed assembly. Vials labeled according to the instant disclosure are ultimately manually or automatically loaded into cryogenic shipping containers.
US10507542B2
Systems and methods for pairing welding devices in a welding system. In one method, the method includes sending a pairing request from a first welding device to a second welding device. The method also includes receiving, at the first welding device, a response to the pairing request from the second welding device. The second welding device is physically connected to the first welding device. The pairing request or the response includes a change in welding power, welding consumables, or any combination thereof. The method includes pairing the first welding device and the second welding device after the first welding device receives the response to the pairing request from the second welding device.
US10507540B2
Tooling (10) for making slots in a multistage disk (1) by electrochemical machining. The tooling comprises first and second rings (20) arranged coaxially about a disk axis and configured to act as cathodes, each ring having an inside periphery with a plurality of radial machining projections. The first and second rings (20) are rigidly secured relative to each other. A method of making slots in a multistage disk by electrochemical machining using such a tool.
US10507536B2
In a cutting insert of an embodiment of the present invention, an upper surface includes a first corner, and a second corner and a third corner respectively adjacent to both sides of the first corner. The upper surface sequentially includes a rake surface located along an upper cutting edge and inclined toward a lower surface as going inward from the upper cutting edge at a rake angle on a basis of a perpendicular plane perpendicular to a central axis extending between the upper and lower surfaces, and a connection surface located more inward than the rake surface and inclined toward the lower surface as going inward at a connection angle on the basis of the perpendicular plane. An intersecting part of the rake surface and the connection surface includes a highest position in a portion of the intersecting part corresponding to the minor rake surface. A cutting tool with the cutting insert, and a method of producing a machined product by using the cutting tool are also provided.
US10507526B2
The invention relates to a method for the additive manufacture of at least one region of a component. Here, at least the following steps are carried out: a) layer-wise application of at least one powder-form component material onto a component platform in the region of a build-up and joining zone; b) layer-wise and local solidifying of the component material by selective exposure of the component material by at least one high-energy beam in the region of the build-up and joining zone, with the formation of a component layer; c) layer- wise lowering of the component platform by a pre-defined layer thickness; and d) repeating steps a) to c) until the component region or the component has been completely fabricated.
US10507524B2
The purpose of the present invention is to provide a metallic copper dispersion: capable of maintaining dispersion stability of metallic copper particles for a long period of time; suitable for inkjet printing, spray coating, or the like; and capable of allowing a metallic copper-containing film having an excellent electrical conductivity and metallic color tone to be manufactured in a simple manner by performing low-temperature heating or plasma irradiation after application. The metallic copper dispersion is a dispersion containing at least an organic solvent, a polymer dispersant, and metallic copper particles having gelatin on the particle surface, wherein the metallic copper particles in the dispersion have a cumulative 50% particle size (D50) of 1-130 nm and a cumulative 90% particle size (D90) of 10-300 nm, and the polymer dispersant has an amine number of 10-150 mgKOH/g. The metallic copper dispersion is manufactured by reducing copper oxide in an aqueous solvent in the presence of gelatin, then performing solid-liquid separation, and then mixing the obtained metallic copper particles having gelatin on the particle surface and the polymer dispersant into the organic solvent.
US10507518B2
A process for forming a component is provided. The process includes providing a cooling channel flow definition at least partially about a core including a ceramic matrix composite material. A metal material is cast about the core and the cooling channel flow definition to form an outer metal shell. In addition, a cooling channel is formed from the cooling channel flow definition in the component.
US10507507B2
In order to widen the field of application of a stretcher-leveller having a minimum nominal width, at least one gripping head of the stretcher-leveller is connected to an adapter having clamping elements for clamping a plate to be stretched, the adapter having a nominal width that is smaller than the minimum nominal width of the stretcher-leveller, and a plate being stretched is connected to the gripping head via the adapter clamping elements and the adapter, before starting the stretching process.
US10507501B2
According to the embodiment of the present disclosure, it provides a method of manufacturing a piston of a pump for brake system, the piston fabricated using a piercing process by press forming to have an inlet path communicating with a suction port through which oil is introduced.
US10507496B2
Disclosed herein are embodiments of a cleaning apparatus having an adjustable exposed surface area, the cleaning apparatus including: a flexible body with a predetermined flexible body area, the flexible body having a flexible body collapsible portion; and a panel with a predetermined panel area which is lesser than the predetermined flexible body area, the panel coupled to the flexible body to form a receptacle sized to receive the flexible body collapsible portion when the flexible body collapsible portion disposes in a collapsed condition; wherein the cleaning apparatus is adjustable between a first configuration, in which the cleaning apparatus has a lesser exposed surface area, and a second configuration, in which the cleaning apparatus has a greater exposed surface area; and wherein the first configuration is generated by removably inserting the flexible body collapsible portion disposed in the collapsed condition into the receptacle.
US10507495B2
The disclosure is directed at a method and apparatus for cleaning a surface having multiple protruding studs. The apparatus includes a top plate portion and a bottom plate portion along with a drive assembly which assists in moving the bottom plate portion with respect to the top plate portion. The drive assembly also translates rotational forces applied by a rotary tool to linear forces which are then applied to the bottom plate portion to clean the surface.
US10507494B2
A material processing vibrating screen with diverting systems configured to deliver material, via a plurality of material diverters, to locations closer to a feed end of the screen than would otherwise be done in the absence of the diverters. The diverters can be fixed to a cross member, the underside of a screen, and may be adjustable and easily replaceable. The materials for the deflectors can vary depending upon the material being screened. The screen may also be a variable sloped vibrating screen.
US10507488B2
A deposition apparatus includes a dome rotatable around the central axis; a loop chain surrounding the central axis on the dome; a power transmission shaft transmitting rotational motion of the dome; a first gear section transforming the rotational motion of the dome to rotational motion of the shaft; a second gear section provided with a chain-driving sprocket and configured to transform the rotational motion of the shaft to rotational motion of the sprocket; and a tray holder located beside the loop chain, the tray holder including a first internal power transmission shaft and a rotating portion holding a tray. The sprocket is rotated through the rotation of the dome to drive the loop chain, the first internal power transmission shaft of the tray holder is rotated by motion of the loop chain, and the rotating portion is rotated through rotation of the first internal power transmission shaft.
US10507486B2
Example embodiments relate to a component support device for supporting components when painting the components, the component support device including at least one support member for supporting one of the components and supported by a substantially vertical support mast. The support mast includes at least one lower portion and one upper portion which can be assembled and disassembled.
US10507483B2
A coating method for coating components, e.g. motor vehicle bodywork components in a painting installation, is provided. The coating method includes moving an application device over a component surface to be coated along a pre-determined coating path, and applying a coating medium stream onto the component surface by means of an application device. The coating medium stream is not rotationally symmetrical relative to its stream axis and therefore generates on the component surface an elongate spray pattern with a particular longitudinal direction. The method further includes rotation of the application device about the stream axis relative to the coating path during the movement of the application device so that the angular position of the longitudinal direction of the spray pattern relative to the path transverse direction changes along the coating path.
US10507474B2
A nozzle for fast inflation and deflation includes a flexible plastic body, an air tube, and a sealing plug. The flexible plastic body is connected to a bottom of the air tube, and the sealing plug is flexibly connected to an outer port of the air tube. A valve sheet is in the flexible plastic body. For air inflation or deflation, a gap as an air channel is formed between the valve sheet and the air tube for inflation or deflation without pressing the flexible plastic body. To store air, the air tube is bent downward until the flexible plastic body is deformed to cause the valve sheet to contact the inner port of the air tube so as to avoid air leakage. Then, the air tube is allowed to be slowly plugged by the sealing plug. The problem of internal air leaking out is thus fully solved.
US10507471B2
Provided is a gravity separation device wherein occurrences of shelving, flashing, and the like inside the device can be suppressed, variations in the flow rate of underflow obtained by gravity separation can be minimized and underflow can be stably extracted. This gravity separation device, which separates overflow and underflow using differences in specific gravity from mixed material, is provided with a separation section that has a supply pipe for supplying a slurry of the mixed material at the top and separates that slurry into overflow and underflow, and a deposition section that is positioned below the separation section and wherein the underflow that has been separated by precipitation is deposited. An extraction pipe for extracting the underflow is connected to the deposition section, and a valve for extracting the underflow and a metering pump for quantitatively extracting the underflow are provided in the extraction pipe.
US10507470B2
Methods and apparatuses can be configured to facilitate sorting of paper from garbage and/or single stream recycling and subsequently process that separated paper to remove the contaminants from the paper so that the paper is in an acceptable condition for recycling. In some embodiments, the apparatus and method may utilize at least one dryer device that is configured to heat the paper without combusting the paper to remove water from the paper. The dryer device can also be configured to mix the paper as it is dried while also removing particulate contaminants off of the paper to clean the thrown away paper sufficiently so that the paper is in a condition that is acceptable for recycling into a paper product (e.g. a cardboard box, paper plate, sheets of paper, etc.).
US10507457B2
The present invention relates to a honeycomb structure having promoter particles and a binder phase interposed between the promoter particles, and a method for manufacturing the same. The promoter particles contain at least first promoter particles made of a ceria-zirconia solid solution. The binder phase, in each of which a number of inorganic binder particles are aggregated with each other, with α-alumina being a main component, contain one or two of Fe and Cr dissolved in α-alumina. The honeycomb structure has a specific surface area at a ratio of 90% or more of after heating to before heating at a temperature of 1200° C.
US10507455B2
A photocatalyst, represented by the following general formula (1): X(VO4)6(OH)2 General Formula (1) wherein X represents Za1Tib1 or Za2Tib2Agc2 (where Z is Ca or Sr; a1 is 7.0 to 9.5; b1 is 0.5 to 3.0; a2 is 7.0 to 9.5; b2 is 0.4 to 1.5; c2 is 0.1 to 2.0; a1+b1 is 9.0 to 10.0; and a2+b2+c2 is 9.0 to 10.0) in the general formula (1).
US10507448B2
According to one or more embodiments of the present disclosure, a fluid catalytic reactor may be scaled-up by a method that includes one or more of constructing, operating, observing, or obtaining data related to a template fluid catalytic reactor comprising a template riser, a template lower reactor portion, and a template transition portion connecting the template riser and the template lower reactor portion. The method may further include one or more of constructing or operating a scaled-up fluid catalytic reactor based on the template fluid catalytic reactor.
US10507447B1
Device for distributing a light fluid phase (2) in a heavy phase (4) in the fluidized state in a reaction chamber (5), comprising: a pipe (1) for transporting the light fluid phase; first and second windows (7, 8) created in the pipe, the second windows opening into the reaction chamber; and branches (6) extending each first window and splitting into: a central passage opening into the reaction chamber via an intermediate window (9) created in the upper wall of the branch (6); and at least two distinct lateral branches forming two lateral passages (10) opening into the reaction chamber via end-of-branch windows (11).
US10507445B2
Methods for simultaneously determining the concentrations of transition metal compounds in solutions containing two or more transition metal compounds are described. Polymerization reactor systems providing real-time monitoring and control of the concentrations of the transition metal components of a multicomponent catalyst system are disclosed, as well as methods for operating such polymerization reactor systems.
US10507441B2
A container for self-gassing liquids, the container comprising a receptacle and an insert arranged to seat within a neck of the receptacle, the insert being further arranged to engage and seal directly or indirectly with a connector extending across the neck of the receptacle. The insert defines a void defined by a base portion of the insert and a peripheral side wall of the insert extending within the neck of the receptacle, the insert comprising a hole in the base portion. The container further comprises a dip tube extending from a lower surface of the base portion to, or towards, the bottom of the receptacle. The dip tube defines a passageway through the base portion, or is connected and sealed to the lower side of a passageway through the insert, the passageway terminating in said void such that the hole and the passageway are in fluid communication with each other through the void. Self-gassing liquids may be safely stored and transported in the container without risk of over-pressurisation of the internal volume of the container, which may also be quickly and easily installed into a dispensing device by the end user, requiring minimal handling by the user.
US10507424B1
A device for cleaning air laden with CO2 present in an enclosed space, including at least one adsorption device for adsorbing CO2 from the air supplied to the adsorption device, a desorption device associated with the adsorption device for desorbing adsorbed CO2, and a removal device for removing the desorbed CO2.
US10507413B2
An apparatus configured to engage a filter housing and an end of filter media includes an endcap and at least one biasing portion. The endcap includes a first axial surface, a second axial surface arranged opposite said first axial surface, and an outer radial surface transverse to the first and second axial surfaces. The first axial surface is configured to engage the end of the filter media. The at least one biasing portion includes a proximal end integrally formed with the endcap, and a distal end extending radially outward of the outer radial surface.
US10507409B2
A hyper-productive chromatography technique includes providing a scalable and stackable chromatographic cassette, loading a sample to be processed, operating the scalable chromatographic cassette having an adsorptive chromatographic bed having a volume greater than 0.5 liter by establishing a flow at a linear velocity greater than 500 cm/hr with a residence time of the loading step of less than one minute.
US10507405B1
Process for separating a highly pure propylene product from a liquefied petroleum gas stream is disclosed, which eliminates a C3 splitter having over 120 trays and the additional equipment that a C3 splitter requires. The process includes passing a feed stream to a dividing wall column to produce an overhead stream, a first side draw stream, a second side draw stream, and a product stream. The first side draw stream is passed to a treatment unit to produce a treated stream. The treated stream is passed to a membrane unit and a permeate stream is passed from the membrane unit to produce a polymer grade propylene stream.
US10507400B2
A robot includes a control circuit that detects a changing maximum value of a pitch angle, when the robot moves to a predetermined target point by rotating its main body. The control circuit determines a minimum control amount corresponding to the maximum value of the pitch angle, when the robot arrives at a predetermined distance short of the predetermined target point. The control circuit generates a deceleration control amount for the second drive mechanism that is greater than or equal to the minimum control amount, according to a remaining distance to the predetermined target point. The control circuit decelerates the rotation of the main body by controlling the second drive mechanism in accordance with the deceleration control amount.
US10507395B2
Systems and related methods related to structures with large-scale rotatable elements. Some of the present systems comprise: a tower defining a plurality of human-habitable spaces; a tower hub coupled to the tower and having a transverse dimension of at least 50 feet; an observation wheel rotatably coupled to the tower and having a central wheel hub; and one or more bearings disposed between the tower hub and the wheel hub to rotatably support the observation wheel relative to the tower.
US10507394B2
A children's entertainment device with a water slide is provided, including: a water slide having a first chamber; and a first water spray pipe provided with a plurality of first water spray holes; wherein the water slide includes an upper sheet and a lower sheet, an edge of the upper sheet and an edge of the lower sheet are jointed to form the first chamber for containing water or air, the edge joint of the upper sheet and the lower sheet defines an outer boundary of the water slide, there is no connection of the upper sheet and the lower sheet within the outer boundary so as to form a flat and smooth surface of the upper sheet for sliding; and the first water spray pipe is connected with the edge joint of the upper sheet and the lower sheet or disposed on the upper sheet of the water slide.
US10507383B2
An information processing method and apparatus, an electronic device, and a storage medium are provided. The method includes: a touch area is provided on a graphical user interface, and a virtual character is configured to move in a game scene according to a first touch operation in the touch area; when a second touch operation of which a starting touch point is in the at least one signal icon is detected, a position of a current touch point of the second touch operation is detected in real time; when the position of the current touch point satisfies a preset condition, a mini-map is provided on the graphical user interface; and when the end of the second touch operation is detected, and a position of an ending touch point of the second touch operation is in the mini-map, a prompt signal corresponding to at least one signal icon is sent, the prompt signal including position indication information of the game scene.
US10507380B2
A method of rewarding players for performing actions with respect to computer-implemented games is disclosed. An action by a user with respect to a computer game is detected. It is identified that the performing of the action by the user qualifies the user to participate in a mini game, the mini game having a plurality of stages. A reward to associate with a winning by the user of a stage of the plurality of stages is determined. The winning by the user of the stage of the plurality of stages is detected. Under certain circumstances, the user is provided with an option to participate in the additional stage of the plurality of stages in exchange for the user not receiving the reward, the additional stage of the plurality of stages being associated with an additional reward, the additional reward being greater than the reward.
US10507377B2
Rate of deceleration is an important factor in determining the severity of injuries possibly sustained when participants collide with a wall assembly while playing, for example, ice hockey. Decreasing the rate of deceleration of the participant during such a collision with a wall assembly, by extending the distance over which a participant decelerates, is a key factor in reducing head and spinal injuries. The present disclosure provides apparatuses for decreasing the rate of deceleration by providing a wall assembly having a moveable piece that includes a first position and a plurality of second positions with a bias of the moveable piece to the first position. The movable wall assembly can move independently of a support frame, thereby further decreasing the rate of deceleration of a participant in a collision. The movable wall assembly can be supported on a base and slidable with respect to the base.
US10507375B2
Exemplary embodiments are directed to a base plate for a skateboard that includes a body, and first and second pivot cups. The body includes a proximal end and a distal end. The first pivot cup extends from the body at or near the distal end. The second pivot cup is spaced from the first pivot cup and extends from the body at or near the proximal end. The second pivot cup defines an outer perimeter surface having an uninterrupted height. The second pivot cup includes an opening extending therethrough and surrounded by the outer perimeter surface of the second pivot cup. The second pivot cup includes one or more channels extending from the opening and through at least a portion of the second pivot cup. The one or more channels extend through at least the portion of the second pivot cup without extending through the outer perimeter surface.
US10507374B2
The two-part system includes a modified hockey puck and a set of goal units that can be mounted on a hockey goal. Within the puck are light sources, motion sensors, infrared transmitters, and a power source. Within the goal units are light sources, infrared sensors, and a microcontroller. When the goal units are mounted on the hockey goal, the infrared sensors form a detection area through which the puck must pass in order to count as a goal. The infrared transmitter of the puck and the infrared sensors of the goal units communicate with one another, and when an infrared signal is received the microcontroller triggers the light sources mounted to the goal to illuminate and indicate that a goal has been scored. Additionally, both the puck and the goal units are designed to reduce power consumption by switching between a low-energy mode or an active mode of operation.
US10507369B2
A basketball performance monitoring system comprising a local microprocessor in communication with a remote computational system. At least one sensor is coupled to the microprocessor. The at least one sensor is coupled to a basketball goal and is configured to sense at least one of an attempt to score a goal and a successful goal. A first display is coupled to the microprocessor and a second display is coupled to the remote computational system.
US10507363B2
A golf ball comprising: (a) a core: (b) an outer cover layer; and (c) optionally, at least one intermediate layer, wherein at least the outer cover layer or the intermediate layer comprises a blend composition of: (i) a metallic coagent; and (ii)(a) at least one polyolefin or (ii)(b) at least one ionomer.
US10507357B2
A foot stretching device having a base member, an upright member and a heelpiece. The base member has a top face, a bottom face, a first end, and a second end. In an assembled state, the upright member extends from the first end in a direction opposite the bottom face. The upright member and base member form a right angle. The heelpiece is removably attached to the top face of the base member between the first and second ends. During use, the device is arranged relative to a corner formed between a floor and wall of a room such that the bottom face of the base member rests on the floor and the upright member bears against the wall.
US10507353B2
This invention relates to an ergonomic strap for weight lifting and fitness exercises, comprising a first strap for encircling a wrist, a second soft strap, facing the wrist, attached to the first strap, a third strap incorporating a Velcro fabric, attached externally to the first strap and a fourth strap secured to the first and third straps under an inclination of α45 degrees; such an inclination precludes the portion of the fourth strap, facing a palm, during wrapping around a weight lifting bar, to form several consecutive loops, so that a succeeding loop does not overlap a preceding loop, thereby a helical wrapping is resulting; i.e. the inclination of the fourth strap at α45 degrees, prevents a part of the fourth strap that is closest to the wrist, from overlapping itself.
US10507349B2
The present invention discloses a new, more stable locking pin system for use in constructing adjustable exercise machine designs.
US10507347B2
A method of treating, stabilizing, precipitating, or otherwise removing heavy metal ions contained in a contaminated media, which method includes: providing a sodium-iron-sulfide mineral or crystalline phase, either alone or in combination with a pH adjusting substance; contacting said contaminated media containing heavy metal ions with the sodium-iron-sulfide mineral or crystalline phase, either alone or in combination with a pH adjusting substance; and allowing the contaminated media containing the heavy metal ions to react with said sodium-iron-sulfide mineral or crystalline phase, either alone or in combination with a pH adjusting substance, such that the contaminated media containing heavy metal ions form single or mixed metal-sulfide precipitates or co-precipitates.
US10507331B2
In embodiments, a wearable cardiac defibrillator system includes an energy storage module configured to store a charge. Two electrodes can be configured to be applied to respective locations of a patient. One or more reservoirs can store one or more conductive fluids. Respective fluid deploying mechanisms can be configured to cause the fluids to be released from one or more of the reservoirs, which decreases the impedance at the patient location, and decreases discomfort for the patient. In some embodiments an impedance is sensed between the two electrodes, and the stored charge is delivered when the sensed impedance meets a discharge condition. In some embodiments, different fluids are released for different patient treatments. In some embodiments, fluid release is controlled to be in at least two doses, with an intervening pause.
US10507330B2
A kit of parts and a system for centering an external element with respect to an implantable medical device is provided that includes: •An implantable medical device (20) for being implanted under the skin of a patient and having an internal housing with a light source (22) positioned such as to emit a light beam coaxial to a secondary axis (Z2), •An external element (10) having —a number, N>2, of photodetectors (12a-12d) forming a polygon of N edges, normal to a primary axis (Z1), and —an indicator (4) indicating how the external element is to be displaced over the the skin to position the external element with the primary axis (Z1), being coaxial with the secondary axis (Z2), as a function of the energy received by each of the N photodetectors. A corresponding method for aligning the external element and the implantable medical device are provided.
US10507319B2
A multi-use disposable set (MUDS) has at least one syringe having a proximal end and a distal end spaced apart from the proximal end along a longitudinal axis. The MUDS further has a plunger reciprocally movable within a syringe interior between the proximal end and the distal end. A manifold is in fluid communication with the distal end of the at least one syringe. At least one valve is in fluid communication with the syringe interior. The at least one valve is operable between a filling position for filling the syringe interior with fluid and a delivery position for delivering the fluid from the syringe interior. At least one connection port is in fluid communication with the manifold and the syringe interior when the at least one valve is in the delivery position. A multi-fluid delivery system having the medical convector and MUDS is also provided. Various features of the MUDS system are also described.
US10507315B2
A catheter system including an elongate tubular member having a proximal end portion, a distal end portion and a lumen extending through at least a portion of a length of the elongate tubular member. The distal end portion of the elongate member is dimensioned and adapted to advance to or in proximity to a treatment site of a subject. A microbubble device is in fluid communication with the lumen. The microbubble device includes at least one input port for receiving a flow of material into the device and an output port configured to output microbubbles from the microbubble device. A second tubular member is in fluid communication with one of the at least one input ports. A pressure fitting arrangement is adapted to maintain a seal between the second tubular member and the input port.
US10507309B2
Embodiments herein include apparatus and methods for coating medical devices. In an embodiment, a coating apparatus is included having a coating application unit including a movement restriction structure, a fluid applicator having a lengthwise major axis, a fluid distribution bar having a body angled with respect to the major lengthwise axis of the fluid applicator between 0 and 20 degrees, a rotation mechanism and an axial motion mechanism. The axial motion mechanism configured to cause movement of at least one of the coating application unit and the rotation mechanism with respect to one another. Other embodiments are also included herein.
