US10649552B2
An input method and electronic device using a pen input device are provided. In an embodiment, status information of the pen input device is received, and contact information of a contact point between the pen input device and the terminal is generated, based on the received status information. Expressive effects of a pen input, such as line thickness, density and texture, are varied based on the contact information. Such input method and electronic device using the pen input device can simply and conveniently vary expressive effects of a pen-based input. In other embodiments, contact information is determined from actual contact points and expressive effects are varied as a function of the contact information or pen status information derived from the actual contact information.
US10649551B1
A pen mouse with an inclining compensation function includes an optical sensor, a sensor array, a pen tip and a processor. The optical sensor is adapted to sense a relative movement of an object. The sensor array has a plurality of sensing units. The pen tip is connected to the sensor array and adapted to activate at least one of the plurality of sensing units when being pressed by the object. The processor is electrically connected with the sensor array. The processor is adapted to compute a trace of the pen mouse via analysis of the relative movement and further to compensate the trace via analysis of the activated sensing unit.
US10649544B2
Provided is a data output device that includes an event array including a plurality of sensing elements; a first event identifier connected to a first sensing element among the plurality of sensing elements and configured to identify first element information corresponding to the first sensing element in response to the case where an event is detected by the first sensing element; a second event identifier connected to a second sensing element among the plurality of sensing elements and configured to identify second element information corresponding to the second sensing element in response to the case where the event is detected by the second sensing element; and an event output interface configured to output event information based on at least one of the first element information and the second element information.
US10649543B2
An apparatus and method for arranging a keypad in a wireless terminal, and more particularly, to an apparatus and method for arranging a keypad in a wireless terminal to conveniently perform a key input in the wireless terminal, the apparatus including: a display unit for displaying the keypad in at least one of a right and left side on a screen of the display unit in a horizontal mode of the wireless terminal; and a controller for controlling the display unit to display the keypad in the right and/or left side on the screen of the display unit in the horizontal mode of the wireless terminal.
US10649536B2
Hand dimensions are determined for hand and gesture recognition with a computing interface. An input sequence of frames is received from a camera. Frames of the sequence are identified in which a hand is recognized. Points are identified in the identified frames corresponding to features of the recognized hand. A value is determined for each of a set of different feature lengths of the recognized hand using the identified points for each identified frame. Each different feature length value is collected for the identified frames independently of each other feature length value. Each different feature length value is analyzed to determine an estimate of each different feature length, and the estimated feature lengths are applied to a hand tracking system, the hand tracking system for applying commands to a computer system.
US10649533B2
A touch-control panel includes a display panel and at least one actuator. The display panel includes a touch-control detection device. Each actuator of the at least one actuator includes a first electrode, a second electrode, and an inductive layer sandwiched between the first electrode and the second electrode. In response to the touch-control detection device detecting a touch-control operation, an actuator of the at least one actuator located in a region where the touch-control operation is performed vibrates.
US10649519B2
A computer system includes: a database server configured to execute a database management system; and a storage apparatus configured to store data. The storage apparatus is configured to have a power saving function for switching between a sleep mode for reducing power consumption of the storage apparatus and an active mode for enabling read and write of the data. The database management system is configured to be executed by the arithmetic device, to thereby: receive a query for reading or writing data; analyze the received query to create an execution plan; identify a volume for reading and writing data; and select an execution plan for which power consumption satisfies a predetermined threshold value based on power consumption information on the identified volume.
US10649514B2
A method and apparatus for managing processing power determine a supply voltage to supply to a processing unit, such as a central processing unit (CPU) or graphics processing unit (GPU), based on temperature inversion based voltage, frequency, temperature (VFT) data. The temperature inversion based VFT data includes supply voltages and corresponding operating temperatures that cause the processing unit's transistors to operate in a temperature inversion region. In one example, the temperature inversion based VFT data includes lower supply voltages and corresponding higher temperatures in a temperature inversion region of a processing unit. The temperature inversion based VFT data is based on an operating frequency of the processing unit. The apparatus and method adjust a supply voltage to the processing unit based on the temperature inversion based VFT data.
US10649502B2
An electronic apparatus includes a communicator; and a processor configured to: transmit a message including a communication connection order among a plurality of terminals to the plurality of terminals through the communicator, and control the communicator to sequentially perform connections with the plurality of terminals corresponding to association requests respectively received from the plurality of terminals after transmitting the message.
US10649500B2
Wearable digital buttons can be deployed within an enterprise context, allowing for the centralized distribution of viewable media content (such as images and videos) selected for each of one or more enterprise groups. For instance, a first set of media objects can be selected for a sales team within a company, a second set of media objects can be selected for a marketing team, and a third set can be selected for a tech support team. The media can be distributed by a central server, for instance wirelessly or via a USB-connected hub. The central server can include an interface enabling a user to select the media for distribution to each enterprise group, to edit or format the media, to view the locations of each wearable digital button within the enterprise, and to customize enterprise groups (for instance, by creating new groups and adding or removing users from existing groups).
US10649483B2
Provided is a retractable pedal for an automobile. The pedal comprises a driving support (2), a drive mechanism (4) and a footrest (5), wherein both the driving support (2) and the drive mechanism (4) are installed on the same side of the bottom of an automobile body; the driving support (2) comprises a first transmission mechanism and a first connecting rod (2d), and the front end of the first connecting rod (2d) is fixedly connected to the footrest (5); the first transmission mechanism drives the first connecting rod (2d) to expand and retract; the pedal further comprises at least one driven support (3) which synchronously moves with the driving support (2). According to this pedal, a traditional gear transmission mechanism is omitted so as to reduce manufacturing costs and reduce the generation of abnormal sounds, and the footrest can be ensured to retract in place.
US10649481B2
An electronic circuit includes a driver circuit having an output terminal that can be coupled to a load to drive the load. A control circuit is coupled to the driver circuit for controlling the driver circuit. A transistor is coupled in series between the driver circuit and the output terminal. The transistor has a first terminal coupled to the driver circuit and a second terminal coupled to the output terminal. A biasing circuit is coupled to a gate terminal of the transistor and configured to provide a constant voltage to the gate terminal to bias the transistor to a conducting state to reduce the susceptibility of the electronic circuit to electromagnetic interference. The biasing circuit includes a voltage regulator, a Zener diode, and a capacitor. The Zener diode and capacitor are coupled to the gate terminal and a reference terminal.
US10649480B2
A voltage regulator is arranged to receive an input voltage (Vin) and produce a regulated output voltage (Vout) and comprises: a current source transistor (Msource) and a current sink transistor (Msink) arranged to provide the output voltage at a node therebetween; a first error amplifier; and a second error amplifier. The first error amplifier is arranged to apply a first control voltage to the gate terminal of the current source transistor, wherein the first control voltage is dependent on the difference between the feedback voltage (Vfb) and the reference voltage (Vref). The second error amplifier arranged in parallel to the first error amplifier, the second error amplifier being arranged to apply a second control voltage to the gate terminal of the current sink transistor, wherein the second control voltage is dependent on the difference between the feedback voltage and the reference voltage. The feedback voltage is derived from the output voltage.
US10649455B2
A device, a system and a method for an autonomous vehicle capable of independently travelling along a road and to communicate in a wireless way. The device is configured to determine a route for the autonomous vehicle, and to determine presence of any risk segment along the route. A risk segment is a segment of the road where the autonomous vehicle is determined to be in need of assistance based on characteristics of that road segment. If a risk segment is determined, the device is configured to perform a matching sequence in order to find a pilot vehicle capable of piloting the autonomous vehicle past the risk segment, and to generate information data α about a result of the performed matching sequence.
US10649454B2
An autonomous vehicle having a control unit that is configured to perform autonomous driving in which a steered angle of steered wheels is changed by a steering device so that a steering angle becomes a target steering angle for making the vehicle travel along a target trajectory, and to control the steering device so that a lane change is performed in a standard manner when the lane change is necessary. In a situation where the lane change is necessary and a steering operation is being performed by a driver, when a magnitude of an index value based on a parameter that changes according to the steering operation is smaller than a termination reference value, the control device does not terminate the autonomous driving and changes a target trajectory of the lane change according to the magnitude of the index value.
US10649440B2
A method of designing and manufacturing a replica composite object based on an original object. The method identifies the structure and physical properties of an original object. Base materials, bodies, and structural templates, each of which includes associated physical properties, are utilized to generate a 3-dimensional model. The 3-dimensional model is discretized and tested to determine if the selected combination of base materials and bodies have physical properties that substantially equal the physical properties of the original object. If the physical properties do not equate, the 3-dimensional model is optimized by adjusting the combination of base materials, bodies, and structural templates. When the difference between the measured physical properties of the 3-dimensional model and the identified physical properties of the original object is less than a tolerance value, the method instructs an additive manufacturing system to generate a replica composite object based on the original object.
US10649422B2
A variable height workstation system includes a base, a variable height platform, a lift mechanism, and a sensor arrangement. The lift mechanism is configured to move the variable height platform within a range of motion between a fully lowered position and a raised position. The sensor arrangement is operatively connected to the variable height platform. The sensor arrangement is configured to sense the position and movement of a user on, above and around the variable height platform for outputting data to determine how the user is positioned on, above and around the variable height platform in comparison to a predetermined target position.
US10649416B2
Various neural network models are constructed flexibly on a learning circuit. A machine learning model construction device includes a learning circuit (80) capable of constructed a neural network model according to a setting value, and a control means (11) capable of adjusting the setting value so as to become a value for constructing a predetermined neural network model in the learning circuit (80).
US10649412B2
Methods and systems for operating a process plant include multiple user interface (UI) devices, each accessing a plurality of applications on a server, and operable to store device state on the server and receive device state from the server. The server is coupled to a unitary, logical data storage area and provides functions related to the process data stored in the data storage areas via one or more user interfaces. A first UI device coupled to the server accesses the process data and maintains on the server state information indicative of a state of the user interface executing on the first UI device. A second UI device coupled to the server accesses the process data and the state information to execute a user interface on the second UI device in accordance with the state information indicative of the state of the user interface executing on the first UI device.
US10649409B2
An atomic oscillator includes: a light source; an atom cell containing a gaseous alkali metal atom, and a nitrogen- and argon-containing buffer gas, and through which light from the light source passes; a photodetector that detects light having passed through the atom cell; and a container containing only a mixed gas containing nitrogen and argon, and housing the atom cell.
US10649404B2
An image forming apparatus including a sheet storage portion in which a plurality of sheets is stored; a heater which heats air; a fan which sprays air on the sheet stored in the sheet storage portion; and a controller which controls the heat of the heater and controls the drive of the fan, in which the controller controls the heat of the heater at a first temperature before a drive time of the fan reaches a threshold value set in advance, the drive time being in which the fan sprays air heated by the heater on the sheet, and when the drive time of the fan reaches or exceeds the threshold value set in advance, controls the heat of the heater at a second temperature lower than the first temperature.
US10649393B2
A sheet conveying apparatus to convey a sheet to an image forming unit includes a main body, an opening/closing member, and first, second, and third portions. The opening/closing member can be opened and closed with respect to the main body, and the first, second, and third portions pivotably support the opening/closing member. The second support portion is provided below the first support portion and above the third support portion. Each of the first, second, and third portions include a projecting portion and a hole portion. A difference between a greatest length of the third projecting portion and a diameter of the third hole portion is larger than a difference between a greatest length of the first projecting portion and a diameter of the first hole portion and is larger than a difference between a greatest length of the second projecting portion and a diameter of the second hole portion.
US10649368B2
An image forming apparatus including a first unit having an image bearing member, a second unit having a development member, an apparatus main body which includes an opening portion, an opening-closing member to open or close the opening portion, a first portion contacting with a part of the first unit to position the first unit to the apparatus main body, and a second portion arranged on an opposite side of the first portion with respect to the image bearing member, and a sandwiched unit movable between a first position at which the sandwiched unit is sandwiched between the first unit and the second portion and a second position at which the sandwiched unit is not sandwiched, wherein when the sandwiched unit is located at the first position, a part of the first unit is urged against the first portion by the sandwiched unit.
US10649365B2
A developing device for forming an image by developing an electrostatic latent image formed on an image carrier with a developer, includes: a developing container that accommodates the developer; a developing roller that faces the image carrier, is disposed adjacent to the developing container, and conveys the developer accommodated in the developing container to the image carrier, and a developer discharging part that is provided in the developing container and discharges a part of the developer, wherein a discharge amount of the developer discharged by the developer discharging part is controlled on the basis of a charge amount of a toner included in the developer.
US10649364B1
An image forming apparatus includes a developing device. The developing device transports a two-component developer by a transporting unit so that the two-component developer passes through a developing roller. The two-component developer is stored in a storage chamber provided with a transporting path. The transporting unit rotates in the transporting path. The developing device causes a portion of the two-component developer to overflow from a discharge port provided at the transporting path, and to discharge the two-component developer. The image forming apparatus has a period in which a first operation is executed, the first operation of reversely rotating the transporting unit at a high speed so that a rotational direction of the transporting unit is an opposite direction to that at a time of development and a rotational speed of the transporting unit is higher than that at the time of development.
US10649362B2
An optical scanning device includes light sources, a deflector deflecting light beams emitted from the light sources, a first lens transmitting the light beams deflected by the defector, and second lenses guiding the light beams transmitted from the first lens to respective surfaces to be scanned. The second lenses are arranged so that a first incident position of a first light beam emitted by a first light source and entering one of the second lenses is closer to the respective surface to be scanned along an optical axis of the first lens than a second incident position of a second light beam emitted by a second light source and entering another of the second lenses, and an incident angle of the second light beam with respect to the optical axis along a deflection direction by the deflector is greater than the incident angle of the first light beam.
US10649360B2
In one embodiment, an optical scanning device includes a board and a light receiving member, the positional accuracy of which is improved. When a length in a scanning direction and a length in an intersection direction of a body portion of the light receiving member are denoted by Lx0 and Ly0, respectively, and a length in the scanning direction and a length in the intersection direction of a through-hole formed in the board are denoted by Lx1 and Ly1, respectively, the lengths Lx0, Ly0, Lx1, and Ly1 satisfy the following formula: (Lx1−Lx0)>(Ly1−Ly0).
US10649353B2
Described herein is a photoreceptor and a method of making metal oxide particles having hygroscopic polymers attached to a surface of the metal oxide particles. The photoreceptor includes a conductive substrate and an undercoat layer disposed on the conductive substrate. The undercoat layer includes metal oxide particles having hygroscopic polymers attached to a surface of the metal oxide particles. The undercoat layer includes a binder resin. A photosensitive layer is disposed on the undercoat layer.
US10649328B2
High etch contrast materials provide the basis for using pre-patterned template structure with a template hardmask having periodic holes and filler within the holes that provides the basis for rapidly obtaining high resolution patterns guided by the template and high etch contrast resist. Methods are described for performing the radiation lithography, e.g., EUV radiation lithography, using the pre-patterned templates. Also, methods are described for forming the templates. The materials for forming the templates are described.
US10649319B2
A cap assembly for use with an optical device having an eyepiece includes an attachment member defining a cavity having a first opening and a second opening that are colinear. The first opening is dimensioned such that the eyepiece is insertable into the cavity through the first opening to secure the cap assembly to the eyepiece. A camera holder is rotatably mounted with respect to the attachment member, such as via a hinge, such that the camera holder is selectively movable between a first position in which the camera holder is colinear with the first opening, second opening, and cavity, and a second position in which the camera holder is not colinear with the first opening, second opening, and cavity.
US10649318B2
A monitoring camera which has a lock mechanism, which is capable to unlock a lens 1 even if power supply is stopped due to blackout. The lock mechanism includes a lock member 11 having a region 11b which is pushed by an operation member 3 in a state where a lock pin member 12 engages with the lens 1, a biasing member 13 biasing the lock member 11, and magnetic force generating units 10 generating magnetic forces by electro energization, to move against the biasing force so that the region 11c faces the operation member 3. While the magnetic forces are not generated in a non-electro energization state, the operation member 3 pushes the region 11b and thus moves the lock member 11 and the lock pin member 12 so that the lock pin member 12 is released from the lens 1.
US10649315B2
In a thin flash module for a camera, a rectangular array of LEDs is mounted on a single lead frame. The lead frame connects the LEDs in series. The LEDs are much smaller than conventional LEDs in a flash module. The LEDs may be in 5×3 array or a 4×3 array, for example. An array of reflective cups is molded over the lead frame or attached to the lead frame, where each of the cups has a substantially square aperture to produce a square sub-beam. A layer of phosphor is located within each cup overlying its associated LED to produce white light. The aspect ratio of the array is selected to generally match the aspect ratio of the camera's field of view (e.g., 16:9). Since the LEDs are very small, the height of the cups may be small to form an ultra-thin flash module. Thin lenses may instead be used.
US10649297B2
A pixel structure includes a substrate, a thin film transistor and a common electrode. The thin film transistor is disposed on the substrate, wherein a semiconductive active layer of the thin film transistor has a channel region disposed between a source and a drain, the channel region includes a main channel region and at least one sub channel region, a channel length of the main channel region is less than a channel length of the at least one sub channel region, and the channel length of the main channel region is equal to a minimum of a channel length of the channel region. The common electrode is disposed on the thin film transistor, and the common electrode overlaps at least a portion of the at least one sub channel region, wherein the common electrode has an opening exposing the main channel region.
US10649293B2
A display panel includes a substrate, pixel electrodes, switching components, an electrode, a line, a terminal, an insulating film, and a conductive film. The switching components are disposed in a layer lower than the pixel electrodes. The electrode is disposed in a layer different from a layer in which the pixel electrodes are disposed. The line includes sections disposed in a layer lower than the switching components in a display area. The terminal is disposed in a layer upper than the line in a non-display area. The insulating film includes a section disposed between the line and the switching components in the display area and a section disposed between the terminal and the substrate in the non-display area. The conductive film is disposed on the insulating film in a layer between the line and the terminal to connect the line to the terminal.
US10649292B2
Provided is a liquid crystal display panel and a liquid crystal display device. The liquid crystal display panel includes a substrate and a thin film transistor formed on the substrate, wherein a source and a drain of the thin film transistor have complementary V-shaped structures, so as to form a V-shaped space region between the source and the drain, such that when the thin film transistor is in operation, a V-shaped conductive channel is formed in a semiconductor layer of the thin film transistor. An activation current of the thin film transistor can be increased.
US10649291B2
An array substrate and a method for manufacturing the same, a display panel and a display device are provided. The array substrate includes a gate layer, a gate insulation layer, a source-drain layer, a first passivation layer and an ITO layer successively formed on a base substrate, a first through hole in the first passivation layer and a second through hole in the gate insulation layer, and a second passivation layer; and a part of the second passivation layer is arranged in the first and second through holes to cover a part of the ITO layer in the first through hole and the second through hole.
US10649282B2
A display device includes a plurality of color filters that is disposed on a first base substrate and in pixel regions arranged in a matrix shape, a plurality of driving electrodes that is disposed on the color filters, a plurality of transistors that is provided on the first base substrate and in a non-pixel region between adjacent pixel regions in a second direction and is connected to the driving electrodes, a plurality of blocking column spacers that is provided below a second base substrate and in the non-pixel region between the adjacent pixel regions in the second direction and extending in a first direction, and a plurality of dummy color filters that is provided in a single-layered structure on the transistors. The dummy color filters that has a less number than that of the transistors support the blocking column spacers.
US10649263B2
Disclosed are a touch panel LCD device capable of improving touch sensing performance by preventing non-uniformity of raw touch data of left and right sides and a method of driving the same. In the touch panel LCD device, a plurality of common lines arranged in a non-display area of a panel and configured to check characteristics of the panel is connected to a load free driving (LFD) signal line by a flexible printed circuit board (FPCB) when the common lines are attached to the FPCB.
US10649251B2
A method of manufacturing a curved liquid crystal display is provided. The method includes forming a first display panel including a plurality of first patterns, forming a second display panel including a plurality of second patterns, assembling the first display panel and the second display panel, filling a liquid crystal between the assembled first and second display panels to form a flat liquid crystal display, and curving the flat liquid crystal display in a first direction to form the curved liquid crystal display. The first patterns and the second patterns are mismatched in the flat liquid crystal display, and the first patterns and the second patterns are matched in the curved liquid crystal display.
US10649247B2
The present invention is directed to a method for authenticating a package using a magnetophoretic imaging film. It provides a low-cost method for verifying the authenticity of products in a way that is not immediately evident to counterfeiters. A single pre-patterned magnetic image can be used to display images on any number of individual imaging films.
US10649246B2
A dielectric thin film-applied substrate that suppresses occurrence of cracks when the film thickness of the lithium niobate film is equal to or larger than 1 μm. The dielectric thin film-applied substrate includes a single crystal substrate and a dielectric thin film made of c-axis oriented lithium niobate epitaxially formed on a main surface of the single crystal substrate. The dielectric thin film has a twin crystal structure including first and second crystals 180° apart, centered on the c-axis. In pole figure measurement by X-ray diffraction, the ratio between a first diffraction intensity corresponding to the first crystal and a second diffraction intensity corresponding to the second crystal is equal to or higher than 0.5 and equal to or lower than 2.0, which alleviates distortions accumulated inside the lithium niobate film and supresses occurrences of cracks accompanying increases in the film thickness.
US10649240B2
Switches for electromagnetic radiation, including radiofrequency switches and optical switches, are provided. Also provided are methods of using the switches. The switches incorporate layers of high quality VO2 that are composed of a plurality of connected crystalline VO2 domains having the same crystal structure and orientation.
US10649239B2
A pair of electronic eyeglasses includes an eyeglasses frame and an eyeglasses lens mounted within the eyeglasses frame. At least one femtoprojector is embedded within the eyeglasses lens. The femtoprojector includes an image source and an optical system that projects an image from the image source onto the retina of the wearer. The femtoprojector is small enough that is does not significantly interfere with the wearer's view through the eyeglasses lens.
US10649236B2
The invention relates to a method of selection of an ophthalmic lens suitable for correcting at least an optical impairment of an eye of a wearer who observes a screen. According to the invention the method comprises the steps of: determining at least a characteristic of posture of the wearer observing said screen, determining a dioptric power value associated to said vision zone allowing the wearer when wearing the ophthalmic lens to have an easier reading of said screen, determining at least one characteristic of filtering means to adjust the light exposure of the wearer to said screen, and determining the vision zone based on dioptric power value, characteristic of posture of the wearer and characteristic of filtering means so that the vision comfort of the wearer is optimized when wearing the ophthalmic lens while observing a screen.
US10649232B2
This invention relates to an ophthalmic lens with a low reflection both in the ultraviolet region and in the visible region, comprising a substrate provided on its rear main face with a multilayered antireflective coating (3-7 layers) comprising a stack of at least one layer with a high refractive index and at least one layer with a low refractive index, having a mean reflection factor on the rear face in the visible region Rm lower than or equal to 1.15%, a mean light reflection factor on the rear face in the visible region Rv lower than or equal to 1%, a mean reflection factor RUV on the rear face between 280 nm and 380 nm, weighted by the function W(λ) defined in the ISO 13666:1998 standard, lower than 5%, for angles of incidence of 30° and 45°, the antireflective coating outer layer being a silica-based layer. The lens according to the invention does especially prevent the reflection of the UV radiation produced by light sources located behind the wearer.
US10649231B2
A switchable type touch display device includes: a display panel displaying an image; a touch polarization control panel over the display panel, wherein the touch polarization control panel includes: first and second touch polarization control substrates; a first electrode on an inner surface of the first touch polarization control substrate; a second electrode on an inner surface of the second touch polarization control substrate; a third electrode on an outer surface of the second touch polarization control substrate; and a polarization control liquid crystal layer between the first and second touch polarization control substrates; and a lens panel over the touch polarization control panel.
US10649221B2
An optical processing apparatus includes a light source, a condensing lens, and a light shield. The light source emits a light. The condensing lens converts a light emitted from the light source into a Bessel beam and condenses the light onto a surface of an object. The light shield shields an outer edge portion of the light in a cross section of a direction orthogonal to the optical axis of the light. The light shield may shield the outer edge portion of the light after entering the condensing lens and before condensing onto the surface of the object in the cross section of the direction orthogonal to the optical axis of the light.
US10649220B2
A method includes retrieving personal information relating to a user of a head-worn computer, wherein the personal information provides an indication of a type of physical structure in the environment that interests the user, selecting a geo-spatial location for digital content to be presented to the user based at least in part on the indication of the type of physical structure in the environment that interests the user, selecting a physical attribute proximate the geo-spatial location based at least in part on the personal information and presenting, based on data indicative that the user is near the geo-spatial location, the digital content in a see-through display of the head-worn computer such that the digital content is perceived by the user to be associated with the physical attribute.
US10649217B1
A variable-resolution screen apparatus and methodology for transforming an image from a microdisplay, display or projector into a variable-resolution image is described herein. The apparatus and methodology could take a high resolution part and a low resolution part, which could be created as a continuous stream of images that are masked to split into two, or as two interleaved images separated by time (or both). The two image streams are reassembled, the high resolution portion into the low resolution background, using various optical embodiments. The various embodiments use beam splitters, beam combiners, shutters, optical masks, lenses, mirrors, optical slabs, lens arrays and other optics in various combinations to create the variable-resolution image. The image from the microdisplay, display or projector is split (in some embodiments), transformed, and recombined to display on a screen or viewer's retina. This apparatus could be implemented in a virtual reality headset.
US10649214B2
An optical device, including a light waves-transmitting substrate has two major surfaces and edges, optical means for coupling light into the substrate by total internal reflection, and a plurality of partially reflecting surfaces (22a, 22b) carried by the substrate. The partially reflecting surfaces (22a, 22b) are parallel to each other and are not parallel to any of the edges of the substrate, one or more of the partially reflecting surfaces (22a, 22b) being an anisotropic surface. The optical device has dual operational modes in see-through configuration. In a first mode, light waves are projected from a display source through the substrate to an eye of a viewer. In a second mode, the display source is shut off and only an external scene is viewable through the substrate.
US10649208B2
A head-up display device, a head-up display method and a vehicle are provided. The head-up display device includes: a light source configured to generate a to-be-modulated light beam; a phase spatial light modulator configured to modulate a phase of the to-be-modulated light beam and emit at least two phase-modulated light beams; a reproduction component configured to perform image reproduction on the at least two phase-modulated light beams, so as to generate at least two reproduced images; at least two diffusers configured to receive and diffuse the at least two reproduced images generated by the reproduction component respectively; and a reflector assembly configured to guide the at least two light beams diffused by the at least two diffusers to a projection region, so as to form at least two projection images at different spatial positions.
US10649202B2
A micro-electro-mechanical (MEMS) device is formed in a first wafer overlying and bonded to a second wafer. The first wafer includes a fixed part, a movable part, and elastic elements that elastically couple the movable part and the fixed part. The movable part further carries actuation elements configured to control a relative movement, such as a rotation, of the movable part with respect to the fixed part. The second wafer is bonded to the first wafer through projections extending from the first wafer. The projections may, for example, be formed by selectively removing part of a semiconductor layer. A composite wafer formed by the first and second wafers is cut to form many MEMS devices.
US10649193B2
A detector device is designed to capture light and to generate electrical signals. The detector device includes a housing and a detector disposed in the housing so as to be moveable at least partially in the housing and with respect to the housing. The detector device is useable in a detection system and/or in a microscope.
US10649189B2
A device for imaging the surfaces of a sample having topography with the aid of confocal microscopy, in particular confocal Raman and/or fluorescence microscopy, comprising a first light source, in particular a laser light source for generating excitation radiation, in particular Raman radiation and/or fluorescence radiation anda second light source, wherein the first laser light source emits radiation in a first wavelength range and the second light source emits radiation in a second wavelength range, wherein the first wavelength range and the second wavelength range do not overlap.
US10649177B2
The present disclosure provides a small-sized camera lens with good optical properties, and comprises four lenses having a bright F-number. The camera lens includes, from an object side to an image side, a first lens having a positive refractive power, a second lens having a negative refractive power, a third lens having a positive refractive power and a fourth lens having a negative refractive power. The camera lens satisfies specified relational expressions.
US10649164B1
According to an embodiment, an apparatus comprises a fiber-breakout transition configured to break out optical fiber sets from a first end of an optical fiber cable. The fiber-breakout transition comprises a first channel configured to receive an end segment of the optical fiber cable. The fiber-breakout transition further comprises a plurality of second channels. Each of the plurality of second channels is configured to receive and mechanically attach a buildup tube for holding one or more optical fibers. The transition has an interior cavity connecting the first channel to the plurality of second channels. Some of the channels have cross-sections whose diameters increase in a stepped manner with distance away from the interior cavity of the transition.
US10649160B2
The present disclosure relates to optical systems and methods for their manufacture. An example system includes a first substrate that has at least one bridge structure. The bridge structure has a first surface with one or more light-emitter devices disposed on it. The system also includes a second substrate that has a mounting surface that defines a reference plane. The second substrate includes a structure and an optical spacer on the mounting surface. The first and second substrates are coupled together such that the first surface of the first substrate faces the second substrate at an angle with respect to the reference plane. The system also includes at least one spacer coupled to the mounting surface. The at least one spacer is in physical contact with the one or more light-emitter devices.
US10649150B1
A fiber optic interface includes a first fiber optic connector and a second fiber optic connector. The first fiber optic connector has a ferrule extending from a distal end to a proximal end. The ferrule includes a contact interface defined at the proximal end of the ferrule. A first optical fiber extends within the ferrule and terminates at a first fiber end. The first fiber end is spaced apart from the contact interface towards the distal end of the ferrule by a distance of at least five microns. The second fiber optic connector includes a second optical fiber extending within the second fiber optic connector and terminating at a second fiber end. The ferrule of the first fiber optic connector includes an end face which faces the second fiber optic connector when mated and consists of a single face.
US10649148B2
A device is provided for optical mode spot size conversion to optically couple a semiconductor waveguide with an optical fiber. The device includes a waveguide comprising a waveguide taper region, which comprises a shoulder portion and a ridge portion above the shoulder portion. The ridge portion has a width that tapers to meet a width of the shoulder portion. The waveguide taper region comprises a first material. The device also has a mode converter coupled to the waveguide. The mode converter includes a plurality of stages, and each of the plurality of stages tapers in a direction similar to a direction of taper of the waveguide taper region. The mode converter is made of a second material different from the first material.
US10649142B2
Systems and methods are disclosed for splicing crystal fibers to silica glass fibers. Embodiments of the present disclosure provide mechanically stable bonds with negligible optical transmission loss by splicing fibers through a thermally enhanced reaction bonding process at lower temperatures than the melting point of the crystal. In an embodiment, mixing of the materials at elevated temperatures forms a stable intermediary material which enhances strength and reduces the transmission losses.
US10649130B2
The present invention relates to a louvre lighting unit which contains a plurality of louvre cells for beam shaping the lighting unit light. The plurality of louvre cells comprises a plurality of n subsets, each comprising a respective plurality of m louvre cells. The louvre cells of each subset are configured as a domain of adjoining louvre cells, wherein a respective plurality of k louvre cells within each domain have mutually differing louvre cell cross-sections.
US10649127B2
Lens device that includes converging lens having light output surface being spaced apart along lens axis from light input surface. Converging lens has total internal reflection side surface being spaced apart around lens axis and having frusto-conical shape extending between light input and output surfaces of the converging lens. Portion of light input surface of converging lens includes light input cavity being bounded by perimeter and having central axis and being generally shaped as portion of spheroid. Light input cavity has plurality of grooves each respectively following spline along light input surface that intersects with central axis of light input cavity and with respective point on perimeter, wherein each of respective points are mutually spaced apart around perimeter of light input cavity. Lighting system including lens device.
US10649125B2
A lighting device installed in a vehicle for optimized light distribution includes a substrate having quantum dots which are adapted to emit light, a reflecting layer which may be arranged on the bottom side of the substrate, and a transparent layer which may be arranged on the top side of the substrate.
US10649120B2
An optical element includes a conversion layer and a metal piece layer. The conversion layer is provided with a light-incidence surface including an uneven surface, the conversion layer being configured to receive light incident on the uneven surface and output the light from the uneven surface as light in a different state than the incident light. The metal piece layer is configured by a plurality of metal pieces to cover at least part of the uneven surface.
US10649112B2
A tape format magnetoelastic resonator device comprises a continuous ribbon of amorphous magnetic material having a plurality of separate, hinged magnetoelastic resonator strips formed from the ribbon, linearly displaced along a longitudinal axis of the ribbon, wherein each magnetoelastic resonator strip is configured to couple to an external magnetic field at a particular frequency and convert the magnetic energy into mechanical energy, in the form of oscillations.
US10649111B2
The invention discloses an air-ground integrated geomagnetic field combined observation method and system. The method comprises the following steps of validating local geomagnetic field model parameters using the geomagnetic field data collected by a mobile earth station before the geomagnetic field survey mission is executed; getting a dynamic model along the flight path using the geomagnetic field data collected by the airborne console over the flight path and the model parameters when the geomagnetic field survey mission is executed; getting a measuring error model along the flight path using the attitude measuring error obtained by the airborne console when the aircraft flies as per the preset attitude; getting the estimation of the geomagnetic field data collected over the flight path in a geographic coordinate frame using the dynamic model and the measuring error model. In the invention, the measuring accuracy of a geomagnetic field vector expressed in the geographic coordinate frame can be improved, and the geomagnetic field anomaly detection can be implemented.
US10649105B1
An acoustic vector sensor (“AVS”) includes one or more sensitive elements arranged in an orthogonal configuration to provide high-sensitivity directional performance. The one more sensitive elements may be seismometers arranged in a pendulum-type configuration. The AVS further includes a hydrophone.
US10649102B2
Apparatus and method for analyzing an electron beam including a circular sensor disk adapted to receive the electron beam, an inner semi-circular slit in the circular sensor disk; an outer semi-circular slit in the circular sensor disk wherein the outer semi-circular slit is spaced from the first semi-circular slit by a fixed distance; a system for sweeping the electron beam radially outward from the central axis to the inner semi-circular slit and outer second semi-circular slit; a sensor structure operatively connected to the circular sensor disk wherein the sensor structure receives the electron beam when it passes over the inner semi-circular slit and the outer semi-circular slit; and a device for measuring the electron beam that is intercepted by the inner semi-circular slit and the outer semi-circular slit.
US10649094B2
A method for detecting a multipath effect in a GNSS receiver which is designed to receive different signals from a GNSS satellite and includes a parameter which is determined from directly received signals and has a substantially constant target value, including the steps receiving at least two mutually independent signals; determining a current parameter value from at least the first and the second signal; evaluating the parameter value in relation to the target value, and detecting a multipath effect when the parameter value has a deviation (ΔK) which deviates from the already known target value.
US10649091B2
A Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver, a control method of the GPS receiver, and a GPS system are provided, which are capable of reducing an initial position check time using an SBAS signal transmitted from a SBAS satellite. The control method of a GPS receiver includes receiving an SBAS signal from a SBAS satellite and calculating a satellite clock and a satellite position of the GPS receiver using the received SBAS signal. The SBAS signal may contain a difference value between the ephemeris data and the almanac data of the GPS satellite. The difference value between the ephemeris data and the almanac data may include a satellite clock difference value and a satellite position difference value for the GPS satellite. Accordingly, it is possible to acquire the current position and time information more quickly and accurately, by shortening the initial position check time using the difference value between the ephemeris data and the almanac data included in the SBAS signal.
US10649086B2
The present disclosure provides a mobile machine including a laser diode based lighting system having an integrated package holding at least a gallium and nitrogen containing laser diode and a wavelength conversion member. The gallium and nitrogen containing laser diode is configured to emit a first laser beam with a first peak wavelength. The wavelength conversion member is configured to receive at least partially the first laser beam with the first peak wavelength to excite an emission with a second peak wavelength that is longer than the first peak wavelength and to generate the white light mixed with the second peak wavelength and the first peak wavelength. The mobile machine further includes a light detection and ranging (LIDAR) system configured to generate a second laser beam and manipulate the second laser beam to sense a spatial map of target objects in a remote distance.
US10649083B2
An ultrasound imaging system (100) includes at least first and second arrays (108) of transducer elements, which are angularly offset from each other in a same plane. Transmit circuitry (112) excites the first and second arrays to concurrently transmit over a plurality of angles. Receive circuitry (114) controls the first and second arrays to concurrently receive echo signals over the plurality of angles. An echo processor (116) processes the received signals, producing a first data stream for the first array and a second data stream for the second array. The first and second data streams include digitized representations of the received echo signals. A sample matcher (118) compares samples of the first and second data streams and determines a cross-correlation there between. A correlation factor generator (120) that generates a correlation factor signal based on the determined cross-correlation. A scan converter (122) generates a 3D image for display based on the correlation factor signal and the first and second data streams.
US10649077B2
There are provided a signal transmitter that generates a signal indicating execution of distance measurement and transmits the signal to a plurality of antennas, a combiner that adds a plurality of received signals that are radio signals including a response signal from the mobile station and each of which is correspondingly received by each of the antennas, a timing detector that detects a timing at which reception power for a signal added by the combiner is maximized and determines a reception timing of the response signal, a base station time calculator that determines a round trip time from transmission of the signal indicating execution of distance measurement to reception of the response signal on the basis of the reception timing and a timing of the transmission of the signal indicating execution of distance measurement, a power detector that identifies one of the antennas that has received a received signal with highest reception power among the plurality of received signals, and a distance calculator that calculates a distance between the distributed antenna base station and the mobile station on the basis of the round trip time, a delay in signal transmission to the antenna identified by the power detector, and a distance to the identified antenna.
US10649064B2
Disclosed are methods for aiding a mobile device in the acquisition of positioning reference signals (PRSs) transmitted in a cellular network in support of OTDOA positioning. In one implementation, a mobile device receives an offset parameter from a location server indicative of a difference in timing between transmission of a first PRS positioning occasion for a reference cell and transmission of a second PRS positioning occasion for a neighboring cell that supports multiple PRS configurations, where the second PRS positioning occasion is for a PRS configuration with a longest periodicity. The mobile device may determine an expected timing of PRS positioning occasions for other PRS configurations for the neighboring cell based on the offset parameter and may measure a Reference Signal Time Difference for the neighboring cell using the expected timing.
US10649059B2
A multi-channel detecting system is disclosed. The multi-channel detecting system includes one or more signal-generating units, one or more detecting units, one or more amplifying units, and a calibration unit; the one or more signal-generating units are configured to provide a plurality of signals, the one or more detecting units are configured to detecting a plurality of signals from the one or more signal-generating units and transmitting through a plurality of calibration samples and generating corresponding quantized values; the one or more amplifying units electrically connected to the one or more detecting units are configured to amplify the quantized values; the calibration unit electrically connected to the one or more amplifying units is configured to calibrate the one or more amplifying units to make amplified quantized values provided by the amplifying units to be equal to one or more specific values.
US10649029B2
Control events may be signaled to a target system having a plurality of components coupled to a scan path by using the clock and data signals of the scan path. While the clock signal is held a high logic level, two or more edge transitions are detected on the data signal. The number of edge transitions on the data signal is counted while the clock signal is held at the high logic state. A control event is determined based on the counted number of edge transitions on the data signal after the clock signal transitions to the low logic state.
US10649026B2
A method in which connectivity tests of integrated circuit structures in a die are performed. The connectivity tests are performed at a first level of the die. Potential defect locations are identified in the die indicating via locations susceptible to systematic failure due to via opens or via shorts. The potential defect locations are translated to via locations for a second level of the die. The second level is below the first level. After translating the hot spot, the second level is inspected for defects. The via locations on the first level are inspected for defects. All defects for the second level are translated to the via locations for the first level. A net trace of defects is created using prior level subtraction of the translated defects for the second level and the defects for the first level.
US10649023B2
A radio test system for testing a device under test is described, comprising a signal generation unit configured to generate a downlink signal to be transmitted to the device under test for over-the-air testing. The radio test system has at least one antenna configured to transmit the downlink signal via an over-the-air transmission channel to the device under test. Further, a receiver is provided that is configured to receive a response signal via the over-the-air transmission channel from the device under test. In addition, the radio test system has at least one over-the-air adapter that is connected to the signal generation unit wherein the over-the-air adapter is configured to adapt the downlink signal to be transmitted such that the over-the-air transmission channel is equalized. Further, a method for testing a device under test is described.
US10649020B2
A conductor-mounted device (CMD) used to signal an intelligent electronic device (IED) of the existence of a fault on a portion of the electric power delivery system is described herein. The CMD may provide a heartbeat signal to the IED. The CMD may provide a fault signal to the IED. The CMD may be powered via a parasitic current draw on the conductor to which it is mounted. An IED may use a fault signal and/or LOC signal from a CMD to coordinate a high-impedance fault detection and/or downed line events.
US10649015B1
A method may include applying an excitation signal to a capacitor of the capacitive sensor which causes generation of a modulated signal from an input signal indicative of a variance in a capacitance of the capacitor, detecting the modulated signal with a detector to generate a detected modulated signal that has a phase shift relative to the excitation signal, demodulating the detected modulated signal into an in-phase component and a quadrature component using a reference signal, nullifying the quadrature component by setting a phase of the reference signal relative to the excitation signal to compensate for the phase shift, and outputting the in-phase component as an unmodulated output signal representative of the capacitance.
US10649012B1
A transmission interface module includes a receiving unit, a transmitting unit, a multiplexer, and a processing unit. An output terminal and a control terminal of the receiving unit are electrically connected to the processing unit. The input terminal and the control terminal of the transmitting unit are electrically connected to the processing unit, and the control terminal of the multiplexer is electrically connected to the processing unit. The transmission interface module respectively adjusts a turn-on state or a turn-off state of the analog power terminal, the digital power terminal, the processing unit, the receiving unit, the transmitting unit, and the multiplexer through a plurality of operation modes to transmit the detecting signals.
US10649010B2
Methods and devices related to current sensing are provided. Magnetoresistive sensor elements are provided on opposite sides of a conductor.
US10649003B2
Disclosed herein are devices, systems and methods for in-line, nanoscale metrology. One system comprises monolithic flexure mechanisms with integrated actuators that allow movement and positioning in two axes, with an extremely high degree of accuracy, of a structure comprising one or more scanning probes. This structure is suspended to prevent any destructive interference from a sample, which can be stationary or moving at a nonzero rate, and rigid or flexible in mechanical behavior. This system can be activated at startup and quickly actuate the structure to approach the surface of the sample. Once the system achieves the desired proximity between the one or more probes and the sample, the system maintains that position of the structure to a high degree of accuracy regardless of any disturbances. This array can be moved at varying speeds laterally to match the velocity of any continually moving substrates, thus enabling scanning of moving substrates.
US10648991B2
A method for predicting the level of epicardial adipose tissue (EAT) in a subject comprising: (a) determining a level of one or more lipid biomarkers in a sample from the subject, wherein the biomarkers are selected from the following: (i) phosphatidylcholine (PC) [16:1/16:1] (ii) diacylglycerol (DAG) [42:8] (iii) phosphatidylethanolamine-ether (PE-O) [32:5] (iv) phosphatidylcholine (PC) [18:0/22:5] (v) phosphatidylinositol (PI) [18:0/16:1] (vi) phosphatidylglycerol (PG) [20:3/20:3] (vii) phosphatidylglycerol (PG) [22:5/18:1] (b) comparing the levels of the biomarkers in the sample to reference values; wherein the levels of the biomarkers in the sample compared to the reference values are indicative of levels of EAT fat in the subject.
US10648990B2
Methods, kits and compositions for diagnosing and treating autoimmue diseases such as rheumatiodi arthritis, Crohn's disease, and ulcerative colitis.
US10648981B2
Provided herein are multiplex assays for detecting antibodies indicative of presence and stage of syphilis infection in an individual. Individuals infected with syphilis produce antibodies directed to syphilis components and the lipid cellular debris associated with the infection. The present disclosure represents the first combination of these diverse antibody targets in a single assay.
US10648976B2
Lateral flow immunoassay devices for determining the concentration of an analyte in a sample and methods for measuring analyte concentration in sample using such lateral flow immunoassay devices.
US10648975B2
Provided is a single-channel chemiluminescent micro-fluidic chip, including a chip body with a quantification-reaction cavity and a waste liquid cavity. The quantification-reaction cavity is composed of a quantification-reaction pool on a lower portion and a reaction pool cover plate, the quantification-reaction pool is equally divided into three cavities by two partition plates, a labeled antibody is placed in the middle cavity, coated antibodies are placed in the others, a surface, facing the quantification-reaction pool, of the reaction pool cover plate is equally divided into two parts. In result, the coated antibodies and the labeled antibodies are physically separated to effectively avoid nonspecific binding. Due to a special structure of the reaction tank, wavy fluid flow is generated to fully mix the coated antibodies and the labeled antibodies, which improves testing efficiency and sensitivity.
US10648974B2
Ethyl glucuronide (EtG) lateral flow immunoassay test strips, devices, and methods, useful for testing for alcohol ingestion for alcohol abuse or related diseases and treatment monitoring.
US10648973B2
An immunoassay apparatus may include: a sample dispenser part that dispenses a sample into a first reaction container; a reagent dispenser part that dispenses, into the first reaction container,: a solid-phase reagent containing a solid-phase carrier; a labeled reagent; and a releasing reagent that releases, from the solid-phase carrier, an immune complex including a target substance and a labeled substance; a measurement part that measures a signal based on the labeled substance in the immune complex in a second reaction container; a container supply part that stores a plurality of reaction containers; a transfer part that transfers the first reaction container so that the sample dispenser part and the reagent dispenser part perform a dispensing operation to the first reaction container, and that transfers the second reaction container so that the immune complex dispended from the first reaction container is dispensed into the second container.
US10648969B2
A method and device for quality controlling a blood-based product. In order to control the quality of a blood-based product which comprises an erythrocyte concentrate, a thrombocyte concentrate, a granulocyte concentrate, a leukocyte concentrate, whole blood and/or blood plasma, a Raman spectrum is recorded. By means of evaluating the Raman spectrum, it is determined whether the blood-based product can be used for a transfusion.
US10648968B2
A method for evaluating in vitro the effect of a xenobiotic (e.g., a drug) on drug metabolism in hepatocytes. The kit comprises a first culture of hepatocytes, a portion of in vitro xenobiotic-stimulated biological sample, and instructions for incubating the first culture of hepatocytes with the portion of in vitro xenobiotic-stimulated biological sample, and analyzing the activity, expression, or a combination thereof of a biomarker in the hepatocytes to evaluate the effect of the xenobiotic on drug metabolism in the hepatocytes.
US10648960B2
Various embodiments disclosed herein describe an infrared (IR) imaging system for detecting a gas. The imaging system can include an optical filter that selectively passes light having a wavelength in a range of 1585 nm to 1595 nm while attenuating light at wavelengths above 1600 nm and below 1580 nm. The system can include an optical detector array sensitive to light having a wavelength of 1590 that is positioned rear of the optical filter.
US10648958B2
An interconnected corrugated carbon-based network comprising a plurality of expanded and interconnected carbon layers is disclosed. In one embodiment, each of the expanded and interconnected carbon layers is made up of at least one corrugated carbon sheet that is one atom thick. In another embodiment, each of the expanded and interconnected carbon layers is made up of a plurality of corrugated carbon sheets that are each one atom thick. The interconnected corrugated carbon-based network is characterized by a high surface area with highly tunable electrical conductivity and electrochemical properties.
US10648945B2
In one general aspect, an electrophoretic measurement method is disclosed that includes providing a vessel that holds a dispersant, providing a first electrode immersed in the dispersant, and providing a second electrode immersed in the dispersant. A sample is placed at a location within the dispersant between the first and second electrodes with the sample being separated from the electrodes, an alternating electric field is applied across the electrodes, and the sample is illuminated with temporally coherent light. A frequency shift is detected in light from the step of illuminating that has interacted with the sample during the step of applying an alternating electric field, and a property of the sample is derived based on results of the step of detecting.
US10648938B2
A method for determining optimum parameters with respect to transmission and/or reflection of a surface is provided. The method comprises the steps of applying the surface to a transformer material in order to form a sample arrangement, and obtaining at least one measurement parameter of electromagnetic relevance with respect to the surface of the sample arrangement with the aid of an electromagnetic excitation signal generated by a measurement equipment. In this context, the transformer material comprises at least two dimensions for varying a contribution of at least one sample parameter of electromagnetic relevance over the surface.
US10648934B2
A method includes applying, to a sample exhibiting optical scattering and having a emission particles distributed therein that exhibit spin-dependent fluorescence, a magnetic field to shift a resonance frequency of each emission particle in a position-dependent manner. The method also includes exciting the sample with an excitation beam that causes at least one emission particle to emit spin-dependent fluorescence and detecting the emitted spin-dependent fluorescence. The method also includes estimating a position of the emission particle(s) within the sample based on the spin-dependent fluorescence, the resonance frequency, and the magnetic field. The method also includes estimating optical transmission information for the sample based on a wavefront of the excitation beam and the estimated position. The optical transmission information including a measure of an optical field at each position of an emission particle.
US10648932B2
A high resolution grazing incidence X-ray diffraction technique for measuring residual stresses and their gradients as a function of depth in thin film materials on substrates or in bulk materials is disclosed. The technique includes positioning a material relative to an X-ray source and an X-ray detector, performing an Omega scan to determine an Omega offset, setting the incidence angle at a first target incidence angle based on the Omega offset and greater than the critical angle of the material, performing a grazing incidence X-ray diffraction scan, analyzing the results to identify diffraction peaks, selecting a diffraction peak, setting the incidence angle at a second target incidence angle based on the Omega offset and a desired penetration depth, performing two theta scanning on a range of two theta values around the selected diffraction peak, performing refraction correction, and determining residual stress values for the material.
US10648926B2
A method for detecting degree of particulate contamination on a flat panel mainly includes the following steps: illuminating a to-be-detected flat panel (40) by using a light source module (10), to form an illumination field; adjusting a half width of the illumination field; adjusting a luminous intensity at a center of the illumination field and a luminous intensity at an edge of the half width of the illumination field; adjusting a light intensity and a position of the light source, as well as a position of a detector (20); and acquiring signals from foreign objects on the flat panel by using the detector (20). This method greatly alleviates particle mirror crosstalk and crosstalk of patterns on the lower surface of the flat panel, and improves the SNR, thus enhancing the accuracy in detection of foreign objects on the flat panel.
US10648922B2
A crack analysis device includes a captured image acquiring unit, a crack detecting unit, and a crack ratio calculator. The captured image acquiring unit acquires a captured image which is obtained by imaging a road surface. The crack detecting unit detects cracks in the imaged road surface on the basis of the captured image. The crack ratio calculator calculates a crack ratio indicating a ratio of an area of the cracks to a predetermined area on the basis of the detected cracks.
US10648920B2
A method for detecting a defect on a surface (12) by multidirectional lighting includes acquiring a plurality of images of the surface (12) using an optical device (14) having an optical axis, each image being acquired with a lighting of the surface along a lighting direction (E, E′) given for each point of the surface (12) and an optical direction (O), the images being acquired with different lighting directions (E, E′) or different combinations and/or with different optical directions (O); for each point, calculating a plurality of parameters, the parameters including coefficients of an equation characterizing the response of said point of the surface as a function of the lighting direction (E, E′) and an observation direction (B, B′); and deducing from the calculated parameters whether the surface (12) has a defect at said point.
US10648918B2
In one aspect, the invention relates to system comprising: a processor configured to receive a first optical coherence tomography (OCT) data set obtained during a pullback of a data collection probe along a first length of a first blood vessel; determine a minimum lumen area disposed along the first length using the first OCT data set; and determine a first FFR value along the first length based on the minimum lumen area. In one embodiment, the first FFR value is an estimated FFR. In another aspect, the invention relates to a method that includes measuring, using OCT, the area of a lumen of a vessel for which the vessel's FFR is to be determined; and calculating, using a computer, A2m/(A2m+k) or YA2min/(YA2min+k) as a FFR value. In one embodiment, k is about 0.7 mm2 and γ is patient-specific variable that depends on the coronary branch in which the images were obtained.
US10648914B2
An optical sample detection system includes: a sensor chip including a dielectric member, a metal film adjacent to an upper surface of the dielectric member, a reaction layer adjacent to an upper surface of the metal film, and a lid member disposed on an upper surface of the reaction layer; a chip holding unit for holding the sensor chip; and a light projecting unit that irradiates the metal film with excitation light through the dielectric member. A sample is detected by irradiating the metal film with excitation light through the dielectric member. The lid member is wider than the dielectric member in an optical path cross section of the excitation light.
US10648913B2
A system for detecting signal components of light induced by multiple excitation sources, which includes a flow channel having two spatially separated optical interrogation zones; a light illumination subsystem that directs each of two light beams of different wavelengths to a different zone of the optical interrogation zones; a detector subsystem that converts detected light into a total electrical signal having both modulated and unmodulated electrical signals; and a processor that determines signal components from the light detected from each of the optical interrogation zones.
US10648911B2
A light emitting device includes a fluorescent material, a first laser element and a second laser element. The first laser element is configured to emit a first laser light to excite the fluorescent material. The first laser light having a first peak wavelength that is shorter than an excitation peak wavelength of the fluorescent material. The second laser element is configured to emit a second laser light to excite the fluorescent material. The second laser light has a second peak wavelength that is longer than the excitation peak wavelength of the fluorescent material.
US10648904B2
Polarized light characteristics are detected and mapped to an application, such as product identification. A process of reflecting a directed light emission through a polarizing filter, and sensing the processed light emission having particular characteristics is provided. The characteristics of the sensed light emission is associated with a “color code” that is cross-referenced within a database of color codes.
US10648896B2
An apparatus for assessment of a fluid system includes a scaffold housing with a plurality of internal cavities; a debris monitor module assembly to be selectively inserted into a first cavity of the plurality of internal cavities, the debris monitor module assembly to determine wear debris information in a lubricant; a lubricant condition monitor module assembly to be selectively inserted into a second cavity of the plurality of internal cavities, the lubricant condition monitor module assembly to determine lubricant condition information in the lubricant; and a processing module assembly that is configured to be selectively inserted into a third cavity of the plurality of internal cavities, the processing module assembly to provide communication to an external interface of at least one of the wear debris information and the lubricant condition information.
US10648895B2
A device and a method for testing tablets are disclosed. The device for testing tablets includes a test chamber, which has a crusher jaw and, lying opposite the latter, a counter-jaw. The device has a movable sheet metal strip, which is designed to position a tablet for testing. The longitudinal axis of the movable sheet metal strip is at an angle of less than 90° to the longitudinal axis of the direction of movement of the crusher jaw, and the direction of movement of the sheet metal strip corresponds to the longitudinal axis of the sheet metal strip.
US10648893B2
The present invention is related to a method for obtaining dental pulp and root cement in the forensic dentistry field, wherein the method comprises the steps of: (a) obtaining a tooth; (b) taking a digital radiography to the tooth; (c) external rehydrating of the tooth; (d) perforating the rehydrated tooth; (e) internal rehydrating of dentin pulp complex (f) obtaining rehydrated root cement; (g) obtaining rehydrated dental pulp content with a low speed rotation tool; and (h) storing, preservation, processing and/or analyses of the rehydrated dental pulp content and rehydrated root cement, and the use of this method and kits thereof for forensic identification, estimation of post mortem interval (early and late) and determination of possible causes of death.
US10648886B2
In adjustment processing executed at the same period as waveform analysis processing, a CPU of a microcomputer permits an execution of the waveform analysis processing on condition that the waveform analysis processing has been completed. Thus a period of non-execution of the waveform analysis processing is ensured between a completion of preceding waveform analysis processing to an execution of next waveform analysis processing. Since low priority processing, which has been disabled to be executed, is enabled to be executed, it is possible to stop continuation of disablement of execution of the low priority processing.
US10648883B2
A method for developing a virtual testing model of a subject for use in simulated aerodynamic testing comprises providing a computer generated generic 3D mesh of the subject, identifying a dimension of the subject and at least one reference point on the subject, imaging the subject to develop point cloud data representing at least the subject's outer surface and adapting the generic 3D mesh to the subject. The generic 3D mesh is adapted by modifying it to have a corresponding dimension and at least one corresponding reference point, and applying at least a portion of the point cloud data from the imaged subject's outer surface at selected locations to scale the generic 3D mesh to correspond to the subject, thereby developing the virtual testing model specific to the subject.
US10648876B2
Disclosed herein is an optical cable comprising a plurality of cable sensors helically wound around a support; and an outer jacket that is disposed on the plurality of cable sensors and surrounds the plurality of cable sensors; where each cable sensor comprises an optical fiber; where the optical fiber comprises an optical core upon which is disposed a cladding; a primary coating; a deformable material surrounding the optical fiber; and an outer tube surrounding the deformable material; where the optical fiber is of equal length to the outer tube; and where an allowable strain on the optical cable with zero stress on the optical fiber is determined by equations (1) and (2) below: ɛ = π 2 ( D + d 2 ) 2 + p 2 p - π 2 ( D - d 2 ) 2 + p 2 p = π 2 dD p 2 = 10 dD p 2 ( 1 ) ɛ × 100 = Percent elongation or contraction ; ( 2 ) where d is the amount of optical fiber clearance for free movement within the loose tube, D is an average pitch diameter of the plurality of cable sensors and p is an average pitch length of a helical turn of the plurality of cable sensors wound around the central strength member.
US10648875B2
The present disclosure relates to force sensors and force sensor substrates for use with surgical devices. A force sensor includes a substrate, a plurality of sensing elements, a distal plate, and a pin block assembly. The substrate includes a proximal portion and a distal portion including a proximally-facing surface in fluid communication with a distal surface via an opening extending therebetween. The plurality of sensing elements are mounted on a sensing area of the distal surface of the substrate. The distal plate is welded to the distal surface of the substrate, hermetically sealing the plurality of sensing elements between the distal plate and the distal surface of the substrate. The pin block assembly is welded to the proximally-facing surface of the distal portion of the substrate, hermetically sealing distal ends of a plurality of conductive pins between the pin block assembly and the substrate.
US10648874B1
A rotary device includes a stationary member, a rotary member, a sensor device including a sensor rotor, a first sensor, and a second sensor, and a processing device. The first sensor is configured to output a waveform signal that is delayed in phase when the rotary member is displaced relative to the stationary member. The second sensor is configured to output a waveform signal that is advanced in phase when the rotary member is displaced relative to the stationary member. The processing device is configured to calculate a displacement of the sensor rotor based on a difference between a first rotation angle and a second rotation angle, to correct the calculated displacement, and to calculate a load acting on the rotary device from the corrected displacement.
US10648868B2
Provided is a surface acoustic wave device using a novel and steadily suppliable piezoelectric material that is resistant to a high-temperature environment and enables the surface acoustic wave device to use a 2 GHz to 2.5 GHz band or higher. The surface acoustic wave device includes: a piezoelectric substrate formed from a monocrystal of gehlenite (CAS: Ca2Al(AlSi)O7); and interdigital transducers formed on a surface acoustic wave propagation plane of the piezoelectric substrate.
US10648861B2
A protective sheath having a closed end and an open end is sized to receive a hand held spectrometer. The spectrometer can be placed in the sheath to calibrate the spectrometer and to measure samples. In a calibration orientation, an optical head of the spectrometer can be oriented toward the closed end of the sheath where a calibration material is located. In a measurement orientation, the optical head of the spectrometer can be oriented toward the open end of the sheath in order to measure a sample. To change the orientation, the spectrometer can be removed from the sheath container and placed in the sheath container with the calibration orientation or the measurement orientation. Accessory container covers can be provided and placed on the open end of the sheath with samples placed therein in order to provide improved measurements.
US10648859B2
Provided is a printer system for printing a repositionable note. The system includes a printer that prints a repositionable note and a cartridge that accommodates the repositionable note and is coupled to the printer. The cartridge includes an indication unit that indicates color information previously defined for the repositionable note accommodated in the cartridge, and the printer includes a sensing unit matched with the indication unit included in the cartridge to sense color information of the repositionable note indicated by the indication unit and recognizes a color of the repositionable note accommodated in the printer and changes a Bluetooth search name according to the color of the repositionable note. The system further includes a user client that can be linked to the printer via Bluetooth and is connected to a predetermined printer by using the Bluetooth search name.
US10648858B2
A UV exposure dosimetry system includes at least one UV sensor that measures the UV irradiance intensity. The system can generate extrapolated UV intensity data based on measured UV intensity data to correct unreliable UV measurement due to inconsistent irradiation of UV light. The system integrates the extrapolated UV intensity data over time to calculate real-time UV dosage and vitamin D production by taking into account factors including UV sensor location, body surface area, clothing coverage, and sunscreen usage. Based on the measurement, the system can predict the time remaining to skin burn and the time remaining to reach daily goal of vitamin D production. The system is also adapted to measure sun exposure time based on the corrected UV intensity over a period of time. The UV dosimetry system supports multi-user control through an advanced and user friendly input and output interface.
US10648855B2
A method of detecting a spot shape of a pulsed laser beam, includes applying a pulsed laser beam having a wavelength absorbable by an inspection wafer held on a chuck table continuously to the inspection wafer with a focused point on an upper surface of the inspection wafer thereby to form a plurality of laser spots on the upper surface of the inspection wafer. An image of the laser spots is captured, and profiles of shapes of the laser spots are extracted from the captured image of the laser spots. A degree of similarity between the captured image and the profile of an ideal laser spot shape is calculated and stored in a memory. The shapes of the laser spots are found to be improper if the calculated degree of similarity is lower than a threshold value.
US10648845B2
A display device includes: a first display area displaying first characteristics digitally, a second display area displaying each of second characteristics as a scalar value, and a third display area displaying each of third characteristics as a rotational angle, and the first to third characteristics are displayed on a same display.
US10648843B2
A measurement system for providing real-time tracking. The measurement system includes a system tracking measurement unit, a system tracking processing unit, and a user interface device for receiving data corresponding to one or more system conditions over an electronic communications channel, the user interface device including a display. The system tracking measurement unit calculates temporal flow data when the orientation of one or more objects corresponds to an event trigger value and transmits the data to the system tracking processing unit. The system tracking processing unit determines one or more tracking parameters based on the temporal flow data. In addition, the system tracking processing unit determines one or more system conditions based on the one or more tracking parameters. The system tracking processing unit transmits data corresponding to the system conditions for display on a user interface device.
US10648839B2
Provided is a photoelectric encoder that can achieve higher accuracy while maintaining reliability by reducing stray light. An encoder 1 is a photoelectric encoder including a light source device 2 that emits parallel light, a scale 3 having calibrations C provided along a measurement direction, and a light receiving unit 4 that receives light being emitted from the light source device 2, and transmitted through the scale 3. The encoder 1 includes an antireflection member 30 that prevents stray light generated by being reflected on the scale 3, from entering the light receiving unit 4. Because the encoder 1 includes the antireflection member 30, the encoder 1 can achieve higher accuracy while maintaining reliability by reducing stray light entering the light receiving unit 4.
US10648838B2
An optical encoder configuration comprises a cylindrical or planar rotary scale including yawed grating bars, an illumination source, a structured illumination generating arrangement (SIGA) and a detector arrangement including a photodetector. The SIGA is configured to input source light to a first illumination region on the rotary scale which diffracts light to a beam deflector configuration which transmits the diffracted light in a form that provides a particular fringe pattern proximate to a second illumination region on the scale. The scale filters and outputs that light to form a detector fringe pattern of intensity bands that are long along the rotary measuring direction and relatively narrow and periodic along a detected fringe motion direction (DFMD) transverse to the rotary measuring direction. The photodetector is configured to detect a position of the intensity bands as a function of rotary scale displacement and provide corresponding displacement or position signals.
US10648837B2
An encoder includes a light emitting portion emitting light, an optical element portion splitting the light into a first beam and a second beam, an optical scale receiving the first beam and the second beam from the optical element portion, and a light receiving portion receiving the first beam and the second beam from the optical scale and outputting a signal in accordance with intensity of the received light, in which the optical element portion includes a prism on which the light is incident, a beam splitter disposed on the prism and splitting the light incident on the prism into the first beam heading for the optical scale and the second beam heading for an inside of the prism, and a first mirror portion disposed on the prism and reflecting the second beam from the beam splitter toward the optical scale.
US10648832B2
System, methods, and other embodiments described herein relate to improving situational awareness of occupants of a vehicle. In one embodiment, a method includes analyzing, using at least a processor of the vehicle, scan data from a sensor of the vehicle to detect at least one object within the surrounding environment. The method includes converting the scan data into converted data that represents the at least one object with a reduced quantity of data. The method includes rendering, using the converted data, at least one graphic that is a visual representation of the at least one object. The method includes displaying the at least one graphic within a display of the vehicle at a location within the display that represents a location of the at least one object relative to the vehicle in the surrounding environment.
US10648827B2
A system that automatically communicates the event or potential event of a blocked railroad grade crossing to various users, including but not limited to emergency dispatchers and drivers, news media, traffic management systems, and the general public, specifically the location, time, and duration of the event or potential event. The system applies multiple technologies to detect the presence of activity on a rail line, transmits this detection data to a database, performs various analyses on the data, and communicates the status of grade crossings (blocked, potentially blocked, upcoming blockage, or clear) to assist various users with information to make more informed decisions.
US10648823B2
A computer-implemented method and system for providing a geo-fence are disclosed.The method for providing a geo-fence includes collecting and storing route information for one or more mobile devices; analyzing the route information for the one or more mobile devices to determine optimum route; and creating the geo-fence around a route to be monitored based on the route information for the optimum route.The system for providing a geo-fence includes one or more mobile devices, a user interface and a data processing system. The data processing system includes a learning database, wherein the learning database collects and stores route information for the one or more mobile device; and an analytics engine, wherein the analytics engine analyzes the route information to determine optimum route, and create the geo-fence around a route to be monitored based on the route information for the optimum route.
US10648821B2
Systems and methods for route planning. The method includes acquiring, using processing circuitry, travel information. The travel information includes a user destination. Further, the method includes determining, using the processing circuitry, an emotional state of a user based on at least one of a plurality of factors, determining a route plan based on the user destination and the emotional state of the user; and control an aspect of the vehicle based on the route plan.
US10648819B2
A method of displaying a map on a device includes determining position information of a position on the map, displaying a graphical position indicator representing the position on the map, determining address information corresponding to the position on the map, and presenting the address information via a user interface of the device by displaying a street number on the map adjacent to the graphical position indicator.
US10648816B2
An integration navigation device and method in which wireless signal strength data collecting and processing module obtains first position information of a target to be detected; a MEMS sensor data collecting and processing module obtains, according to state change information of the target to be detected, second position information of the target to be detected; a data integration module integrates the first position information and the second position information and feeds back the integrated result to the wireless signal strength data collecting and processing module and the MEMS sensor data collecting and processing module to perform data processing of the next moment.
US10648813B2
A demodulator demodulates an in-phase component of an input signal which is in-phase and quadrature modulated. The demodulator includes a register storing a phase calibration value having an integer part and a fractional part. A noise-shaping modulator generates a succession of quantized values of integer type, the quantized values having a mean equal to the phase calibration value. A generating stage generates a demodulating signal phase locked with the input signal, the demodulating signal having a phase which depends linearly on the quantized values. A demodulating stage demodulates the input signal by means of the demodulating signal.
US10648808B2
Optoelectronic measuring device having an electronic magnetic compass and a compensation device assigned to the magnetic compass for compensating device-fixed interference fields and is designed to occupy at least two defined, repeatable operating states and generates a different device-fixed interference field in each of the operating states. The measuring device is designed to occupy at least two defined, repeatable application states, the magnetic compass being exposed to a different external magnetic interference field in each of the application states. The compensation device being designed to measure a first, second and third magnetic field set in a first, second and third overall state of the measuring device, and to determine by means of the processing unit a first, second and third set of parameters based on the first, second and third magnetic field set respectively, and to derive a fourth parameter set based on the first, second and third parameter set.
US10648794B2
A method of inspecting the wear of a turbine engine part includes, by means of a calculator: a reference plane is defined; by measuring said part to be inspected, a modelling of at least a portion of said part is acquired in the form of a three-dimensional inspection grid; the three-dimensional inspection grid is inspected with the reference plane, using a dedicated algorithm using a projection of points (10; 10.1, 10.2, . . . , 10.n); if the result of the comparison is included in a predetermined tolerance range, the part is defined as compliant; otherwise, the part is non-compliant.
US10648793B2
A library expansion system, method, and computer program product for metrology are provided. In use, processing within a first multi-dimensional library is performed by a metrology system. During the processing within the first multi-dimensional library, a second multi-dimensional library is identified. The processing is then transitioned to the second multi-dimensional library. Further, processing within the second multi-dimensional library is performed by the metrology system.
US10648771B2
The present application is directed to a firearm reticle operationally configured to correlate one or more of horizontal range estimation information, vertical range estimation information, bullet drop compensation information, wind adjustment information, target travel speed lead information, fire correction information, and combinations thereof for a target object. The firearm reticle is operationally configured for target acquisition of a target object that may be oriented in a plurality of firing positions.
US10648767B2
A toy projectile launcher for launching projectiles, e.g, toy foam darts, from a hopper. One or more agitating members inside the hopper to enable the projectiles to drop into a firing chamber under the hopper. A hopper cover has a collapsible ceiling with nested members and a ceiling plate to maintain the projectiles toward the bottom of the hopper. A catch coupled to the ceiling plate engages an opening in a hopper wall to prevent the ceiling from collapsing when the hopper cover is closed. Where there are multiple vertically spaced-apart openings in the hopper wall, the catch may disengage from a first opening, and then engage a lower, second opening in the hopper wall, as the number of projectiles in the hopper drops and the ceiling plate descends in the hopper. A rotating track and a push rod advance projectiles from the firing chamber to flywheels for launch.
US10648765B2
A large capacity magazine apparatus for spherical projectiles, such as toy foam balls that may be used in conjunction with a launcher. The magazine includes drum and clip housings and a rotatable sprocket with longitudinal flutes that together form a smooth pathway for the foam balls to travel in the magazine and to alleviate jams. The smooth pathway includes a helical path, a transition path and a linear path within the housings. A constant force spring provides a rotational force for the sprocket and a plurality of articulated rigid balls function to push the foam balls out of the magazine and into a firing chamber of the launcher.
US10648757B2
Firearms have an alignment element configured to connect to the barrel with the threaded muzzle portion exposed forward of the alignment element, the alignment element having a lock element movable between a release position and an engaged position, a muzzle device having internal threads configured to mate with the threaded portion of the barrel, the muzzle device defining a lock channel adapted to receive the lock element in the engaged position, the lock channel including wall portions configured to contact the lock element in the engaged position to prevent rotation of the muzzle device, and the lock element in the release position being clear of the lock channel to enable the muzzle device to rotate for removal from the threaded muzzle portion. The alignment element may define a first bore portion configured to closely receive a selected barrel portion immediately aft of the shoulder surface.
US10648756B2
A suppressor assembly for a firearm includes a diffusor assembly with a body extending along a central axis. At least one diffusor baffle extends across an inside of the body in a direction transverse to the central axis. The diffusor baffle defines a diffusor central opening and a plurality of outer diffusor openings positioned radially outside the diffusor central opening. Signature-reduction baffles include a first baffle portion that extends across the inside of the body and that defines a central baffle opening and a baffle port positioned radially outside of the central baffle opening. A second baffle portion is connected to the first baffle portion opposite the baffle port and radially outside of the central baffle opening. The second baffle portion extends at an angle to the body sidewall.
US10648751B1
For dissipating heat a cladding includes a dissipation tape and a particle coating. The dissipation tape includes dissipation ridges that dissipate infrared radiation at a dissipation angle. The particle coating is deposited on the dissipation tape.
US10648748B2
Provide is a cooler in which the number of components can be decreased and the space can be reduced. The cooler includes: a cooling plate (10) having a flat shape and including a plurality of refrigerant passages (14) partitioned by a plurality of partition walls (13, 13A) parallel to each other along a longitudinal direction; a first cutout portion (11), which is formed at one end of the cooling plate in the longitudinal direction, and is opened on an upper side and at an end portion in the longitudinal direction while leaving both side walls (10c, 10d) in a width direction and one (13A) of the plurality of partition walls; a second cutout portion (12), which is formed at another end of the cooling plate in the longitudinal direction, and is opened on the upper side and at an end portion in the longitudinal direction while leaving both the side walls in the width direction; a first upper lid member (20), which is joined to the first cutout portion, and has a refrigerant inlet port (25) and a refrigerant outlet port (27) respectively communicating to a refrigerant inlet side and a refrigerant outlet side partitioned by the one of the plurality of partition walls; and a second upper lid member (30), which is joined to the second cutout portion, and forms, between the second upper lid member and the second cutout portion, a flow passage space (35) causing the refrigerant inlet side and the refrigerant outlet side to communicate to each other.
US10648747B2
A factory-assembled or packaged cooling tower/cell having screwless (and boltless) exterior side panels is provided. The exterior panels are double-walled and are fastened to an outer support member, such as a corner end cap. Only fasteners extending through the outer support member and through only one of the walls of the panels are utilized. This eliminates the possibility of leaking fluid emanating from use of the fasteners.
US10648730B1
Disclosed herein is a novel medical implement drying apparatus and a method for holding and drying certain medical implements during a reprocessing sequence. This is accomplished by forcing air through the apparatus. The apparatus and method disclosed herein is useful for many medical implements having a hollow casing. The medical implement drying apparatus is particularly well suited for use with a drying cabinet containing one or more of the medical implements during the drying process which will facilitate drying of the exterior of each medical implement, while the disclosed apparatus removes water and water vapor from the interior of each medical implement. Specialized holders, racks, and drying gas pumping systems are also disclosed.
US10648729B2
There is provided a system and method for producing liquefied natural gas (LNG). An exemplary method includes flowing a high-pressure stream of LNG through a first series of liquid turbines. The exemplary method also includes generating electricity by reducing the pressure of the high-pressure stream of LNG to form a low-pressure stream of LNG. The exemplary method additionally includes bypassing any one the liquid turbines that has a failure while continuing to produce electricity from the first series.
US10648710B2
A heat pump system generates cooling by evaporating a refrigerant using an evaporator, and generates cooling by using a compressor to desorb refrigerant that has been evaporated by the evaporator and adsorbed at an adsorption device.
US10648693B2
A heating, ventilation, and/or air conditioning (HVAC) system includes: a furnace having a furnace heat exchanger; and an indoor HVAC unit having a refrigerant heat exchanger. At least one of a component of the furnace and a component of the indoor HVAC unit are selectively removable from an airflow path of the HVAC system.
US10648689B2
An environment control system and a method of guiding occupant to make demand response to environment status thereof are provided. The system includes an external apparatus, a wireless apparatus, a control host and an electronic apparatus. The external apparatus adjusts an environmental status, and the wireless apparatus broadcasts a trigger message in a wireless network. The electronic apparatus outputs a feedback notification after receiving the trigger message, generates corresponding feedback data, and transfers the feedback data to the control host. The control host receives a plurality of the feedback data from the electronic apparatus and executes a statistic analysis process for obtaining analysis data. The present disclosed example has ability of making people with stronger intention in response to environment status and improving accuracy of the responses via actively giving notice for assisting people in instant feedback when people are in the environment.
US10648687B1
Systems and method for retrofitting heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) systems with a variable speed electronically commutated motor (ECM) are provided. A speed setting controller is adapted to be connected with a furnace main control board and a motor controller, and provides detecting, speed setting, and control functions that are required to operate the ECM.
US10648686B2
The present disclosure includes a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system having a control system suitable to control operation of a device in the HVAC system. The control system may include a zone control panel that may control operation of the device using power-line communication. Accordingly, the zone control panel and the device may be both communicatively and electrically coupled via one or more power lines. To that end, the zone control panel may determine a primary address identifying the device and/or a secondary address indicating the one or more power lines electrically coupled to the device. Further, the zone control panel may communicate with and/or coordinate operation of the device by transmitting data messages to the device via the one or more power lines based on the primary address and/or the secondary address.
US10648683B2
The systems and methods described herein may automatically sense varying environmental factors in an area of interest managed by a climate management system. The systems and methods described herein may adaptively control motors, inlets, outlets, other components of the climate control system, time delay(s), hours of operation, etc. to optimize the performance of the climate control system for the environmental factors. In some implementations, the systems and methods described herein may allow a user full control of climate management systems based on external sensors, building and/or other operational requirements for specific applications/contexts, etc. The systems and methods described herein may support one or more present sequences of operations used for various applications/contexts, and/or may allow users to customize various aspects of operation.
US10648680B2
A hot water supply system according to the present invention includes: a hot water supply unit configured to supply hot water; an opening and closing valve configured to connect a hot water supply pipe, which is configured to supply hot water to a user from the hot water supply unit, and a cold water supply pipe, which is configured to supply cold water introduced from a cold water inflow pipe to the user, to allow water to flow or configured to disconnect the hot water supply pipe from the cold water supply pipe to block the water from flowing; a circulation pump configured to circulate water supplied from the hot water supply unit through the hot water supply pipe, the opening and closing valve, the cold water supply pipe, and the hot water supply unit; and a control unit configured to, when a water-preheating signal of the user is input, open the opening and closing valve, and operate the circulation pump to preheat water which is to be supplied to the user.
US10648677B2
Fan for ovens, which comprises a support plate and multiple blades projectingly fixed on the support plate and arranged around the rotation axis of the fan. Each blade is provided with a rear edge fixed to the support plate, with an external edge and with an internal edge placed to connect between the rear edge and the external edge and facing the front side of the fan. The fan also comprises a ring fixed to the blades, positioned in a position substantially intermediate between the internal edge of the blades and the support plate in order to create a non-interference zone.
US10648675B2
The household appliance of the present invention relates to a control panel by which the user can control the functions of the household appliance; at least one opening disposed on the control panel; a shaft that is disposed behind the control panel so as to extend towards the opening and that enables the related function to be realized; a knob that is disposed on the shaft and that enables the user to move the shaft; a sealing element that is disposed on the opening so as to almost completely surround the shaft.
US10648666B2
A wall assembly for use in a combustor of a gas turbine engine includes a transverse structure with at least one effusion passage that extends at an angle α therethrough. The effusion passage includes an inlet in an outer periphery of a wall. A wall assembly within a gas turbine engine include a liner panel generally parallel to a support shell and a transverse structure with at least one effusion passage that extends at an angle α therethrough. The effusion passage includes an inlet in an outer periphery of a wall that is transverse to the liner panel and the support shell.
US10648665B2
A pocket lighter with a snap-in burner assembly unit has been developed. The pocket lighter includes a snap-in burner assembly unit comprising: a fuel input port, a fuel regulator, a jet nozzle, and a burner cylinder. The pocket lighter additionally includes a lighter base comprising: a fuel tank, a fuel output port, a fuel ignition source, a fuel lever, and a push button mechanism for actuating the fuel lever and creating a spark; and wherein the fuel input port and the fuel output port mate together forming an airtight seal when the snap-in burner is installed within the lighter base.
US10648663B2
A turbocharged burner has a burning unit and a turbocharger. The burning unit is installed with a fuel bucket for storing fuel and a burning chamber having a tubular shape, and interior of the burning chamber is installed with at least one nozzle. At least one fuel tube coupled to the fuel bucket is disposed at each nozzle, and the turbocharger is coupled to the burning chamber. Under the reaction of the turbocharger, the gas fluid of the burning chamber is increased, a flowing speed and a flowing flux of the gas fluid are increased, and thus the burning further entirely achieves the objective of increasing fuel burning efficiency.
US10648659B2
Patient handling equipment, such as a hospital bed, is provided with a propulsion system and a status indicator light system incorporated in the propulsion system and operable to generate at least two light beams beyond a perimeter of the bed. The light indicator, which may have different colors, shapes or intensities, can indicate the state of propulsion of the system and generates light beams which are visible all around the equipment so as to be visible to a carer from any angle. The apparatus may include an ambient light sensor disposed to detect floor level lighting conditions rather than general ambient light.
US10648658B1
A salt lamp includes a main housing having a receiving cavity, a lighting arrangement and an audio arrangement. The lighting arrangement is provided underneath the main housing for generating illumination toward the receiving cavity. The audio arrangement includes a first speaker assembly provided in the receiving cavity. The first speaker assembly includes a first acoustic chamber secured on a top portion of the main housing, a second acoustic chamber extended from the first acoustic chamber, and a speaker provided on the acoustic chamber and arranged to position adjacent to a plurality of through audio holes formed on the main housing. The salt lamp is arranged to deliver an optimal mix of negative ions, lighting effect and audible sound to ambient environment.
US10648657B2
An LED lamp includes: a lamp shell; a passive heat dissipating element having a heat sink, wherein the heat sink comprises fins and a base; a power source; a light emitting surface connected to the heat sink of the passive heat dissipating element and comprising LED chips; a first heat dissipating channel formed in a first chamber of the lamp shell; a second heat dissipating channel formed in the heat sink and between the fins and the base of the heat sink; and a lamp cover connected with the heat sink and having a light output surface and an end surface; wherein the light emitting surface include at least two LED chip sets having the LED chips, an open region is formed between adjacent two LED chips of the same LED chip set on the light emitting surface, the open region between any two adjacent LED chips of one of the two adjacent chip sets on the light emitting surface interlaces to and communicates with the open region between any two adjacent LED chips of another one of the chip sets on the light emitting surface in a radial direction of the light emitting surface.
US10648649B2
A light fixture assembly includes a base including a recessed surface, an outer wall, and a base connecting member extending from the outer wall. A light emitter is connectable to the recessed surface of the base. An inner lens is connectable to the base over the light emitter. An outer lens is configured to be selectively connected to the base. The outer lens includes a lens connecting member configured to connect to the base connecting member. An accessory mount is configured to be selectively connected to the base. The accessory mount includes an accessory mount connecting member configured to connect to the base connecting member.
US10648645B2
The present invention relates to technical filed of display and discloses a reflective assembly, a backlight module and a display device which can effectively enhance the reflective effect at the edge area of the reflective assembly to improve the display brightness thereof to be in close proximity to the central area so as to achieve a uniform display. The reflective assembly comprises a first reflective plate and a second reflective plate configured along an edge of the first reflective plate, wherein the second reflective plate is inclined towards a direction facing away the first reflective plate with respective to a plane perpendicular to the edge of the first reflective plate, and wherein a reflective surface of the first reflective plate and a reflective surface of the second reflective plate are located at a same side.
US10648644B2
A cover for a light source for use in a lamp or luminaire. An outer surface of the cover, opposite the light source, comprises a rounded shape and includes a protrusion extending from the cover. The protrusion extends substantially in a light emission direction and is shaped the protrusion to direct light emitted from the light source in a desired direction.
US10648642B2
The specification and drawings present a new apparatus such as a lighting apparatus, the apparatus comprising at least one LED (or OLED) module configured to generate a visible light such as white light, and at least one component such as an optical component comprising multiple (two or more) compounds, each containing neodymium (Nd) and at least one compound including fluorine (F) for imparting a desired color filtering effect to provide a desired light spectrum, where a color of the desired light spectrum in a color space is determined by relative amounts of the two or more compounds in the at least one component.
US10648640B2
A lighting assembly includes a heat sink including a pad surface, and an LED mounted on the pad surface. An optical device is optically coupled to the LED, and a support structure is provided for connecting the optical device to the heat sink. The support structure includes fixation spacers to connect the supporting structure to the heat sink, and both the LED and the fixation spacers contact the pad surface on a common plane.
US10648639B2
The present invention relates to a general-purpose dehumidifying apparatus in which a housing having a dehumidifying member therein is applied to an object to be dehumidified (an electric light (such as a street lamp, a vehicle lamp, etc.), an outdoor or indoor electronic enclosure (such as power distributing equipment, communication equipment, security equipment, a solar system, etc.), and the like), and the dehumidifying apparatus removes internal moisture through an outer valve that opens and closes an outer communicating part of the housing (by closing the outer valve) in a case where the temperature of the object to be dehumidified is low and discharges the moisture of the dehumidifying member to the outside by opening the outer valve when the temperature in a lamp module rises in a case where the temperature of the object to be dehumidified is high. The dehumidifying apparatus, according to the present invention, comprises: a housing installed in an object to be dehumidified and having inner and outer communicating parts connected to the outside; a dehumidifying member mounted in the housing; and an outer valve that opens and closes the outer communicating part of the housing.
US10648622B2
Provided is a pipeline network diagnosing device in which: a pressure measurement value is stored upon being acquired by a pressure gauge; a pipeline network is divided into sub-networks at the installation positions of an air compressor, a terminal device, and a pressure gauge installed partway along a pipeline channel, after which a sub-network model is generated; the flow of air within a sharing sub-network configured from two sub-networks that share the pressure gauge is calculated and stored, the pressure measurement value at an end part of the sharing sub-network serving as a calculation criterion; the pressure measurement value and a pressure calculation value at a shared pressure measurement point are compared to each other, the shared pressure measurement point being a pressure measurement point shared by the two sub-networks within the sharing sub-network; an assessment is made for each of the sub-networks with regard to whether air has leaked or a device has clogged; and any sub-networks in which air leakage or device clogging is assessed to have occurred are displayed on a display device using the results of the aforementioned assessment.
US10648616B2
A pressure vessel assembly includes a plurality of lobes, each lobe having at least one vertically arranged interior wall, the lobes positioned in a side by side arrangement such that a first interior wall of a first lobe is positioned adjacent a second interior wall of a second lobe, the first interior wall having a first wall top and bottom side, the second interior wall having a second wall top and bottom side, the first wall top side joined to the second wall top side and the first wall bottom side joined to the second wall bottom side. Also included are first and second end wall surfaces of each of the plurality of lobes. Further included is a plurality of end caps, each of the end caps joined to the end wall surfaces of the lobes, each of the end caps joined to at least one adjacent end cap.
US10648615B1
A device mounting system used for wireless and sensing devices. The device mounting system includes a device bracket adapted to receive a device by attachment of the device to the device receiver bracket. The device mounting system includes a housing assembly to receive and support said device receiver bracket. The device mounting system includes a mounting interface to act as an interface to attach said device bracket to said housing assembly.
US10648611B2
A metal extrusion plate for a display stand and the display stand are provided. The metal extrusion plate extends along a first direction and comprises N of flat plate sections and N−1 of connecting sections, wherein the flat plate sections are integrally formed with the connecting sections, and N is a positive integer greater than 1. The flat plate sections are interlaced with the connecting sections, and each of the connecting sections is connected to the two adjacent flat plate sections therebetween. Each of the connecting sections has a groove extending along a second direction being perpendicular to the first direction and forming a first incline and a second incline opposite to the first incline. The metal extrusion plate is capable of being bent at the connecting section so that the two adjacent flat plate sections form a first included angle. The metal extrusion plate is bent to form as a supporting frame to be disposed on a base. The flat plate sections and the connecting sections encompass and form a receiving space for an elevating module disposed therein so as to move up and down with respect to the supporting frame.
US10648604B2
A contoured branch fitting for reducing stress in a header pipe caused by acoustic induced vibration that includes a maximum width, a maximum length, a thickness that is greater along the maximum length and a constant radius between the branch connection and the header connection.
US10648600B2
A swivel includes an inner and an outer ring. The rings are coaxial and rotatable relative to one another around a central axis, and define a toroidal chamber and an axial seal annulus gap between the rings. The inner and outer rings are rotatably interconnected via a bearing structure. The swivel includes an upper bearing structure and a lower bearing structure on each side of the toroidal chamber. Each bearing structure interconnects the inner and outer rings. An upper and a lower sealing member is situated in the seal annulus gap near a respective upper and lower bearing structure. At least one of the inner and outer rings includes an upper member, a lower member and a central member. The upper and lower members are fixedly attached to the respective upper and lower bearing structures and the central member is independently displaceable relative to the upper and lower ring members.
US10648597B2
A pipe connector structure includes a base, having a through hole and a revealed upper surface, comprising a first thread portion for connecting to an intercommunicating device and a second thread portion located on the first thread portion; a lid, having a central through hole; a sleeve, accommodated in the lid; and a first O-ring, disposed at the revealed upper surface and encircling the through hole. The lid includes an inner thread structure corresponding to a thread of an outer sidewall of the second thread portion. Accordingly, a user is capable of accurately cutting a water cooling pipe having an appropriate length according to the revealed upper surface of the pipe connector structure, thereby effectively solving issues of being uncertain whether the water cooling pipe is completely inserted into the base and being likely inserted in an unaligned manner as well as reducing risks of liquid leakage.
US10648593B2
A pipe clamp for a main pipe conveying a medium. The pipe clamp includes a saddle member and bearing elements, wherein the bearing elements are arranged on the saddle member. The pipe clamp further includes a tension unit, wherein the tension unit comprises at least one band for encircling the main pipe, a band linkage, and a clamping lever. The band linkage and the clamping lever are each arranged at one end of the at least one band and are opposite one another. An extension is arranged on the clamping lever, and the extension is configured to be removed from the clamping lever after the tension unit is firmly clamped on the main pipe.
US10648592B2
An air duct support for supporting flexible air ducts and similar pipes without constricting airflow through the pipes. The support has an arcuate main body portion for receiving a portion of the conduit therein and an upright support attached to a bottom of the top portion and supporting the conduit at an elevated position in relation to a base surface, where said arcuate main body portion includes strengthening beads that run the length of said main body. The top portion rotates 360 degrees in relation to the support member to accommodate any direction of extension of the conduit.
US10648586B1
An automated thermally responsive valve with an internal reset function is disclosed. The cartridge latching mechanism can be retracted at a target temperature and manually reset at the target temperature to engage an ejector cap. The reset mechanism of the cartridge automatically returns to a latching configuration upon warming. The cartridge thermal actuator can be configured to retract the latching mechanism at a target temperature near freezing to provide a freeze protection drain valve that is ejected from a sealing element in the ejector cap and allows a fluid system to drain.
US10648582B2
A check valve is provided with a rectilinear flow passage having a liquid inlet and a liquid outlet and allowing a liquid to flow therethrough in one direction, and a first valve body, a first valve seat, a second valve body, and a second valve seat are provided in the rectilinear flow passage. A first drive body is provided in the rectilinear flow passage at a position closer to the liquid inlet than the first valve body so as to be movable in one direction. The first drive body is driven in one direction by the drive mechanism. The drive mechanism is adapted to set the first drive body either to an open state in which the first drive body presses the first valve body toward the liquid outlet side to detach the first valve body from the first valve seat or to a closure state in which the first drive body does not press the first valve body toward the liquid outlet but allows the first valve body to be seated on the first valve seat. A second drive body is provided in the rectilinear flow passage at a position between the first valve body and the second valve body so as to be movable in one direction. When the first drive is set to the open state, the second drive body is pressed by the first valve body toward the liquid outlet to press the second valve body toward the liquid outlet, thereby detaching the second valve body from the second valve seat, and when the first drive body is set to the closure state, the second drive body is moved away from the second valve body to allow the second valve body to be seated on the second valve seat.
US10648578B2
A sanitary fitting with a fitting body with a hollow cylindrical mixing shaft chamber in which a mixing shaft is rotatably supported about an axis of rotation. A hot and cold water inlet and a mixed water outlet open into the hollow cylindrical mixing shaft chamber, and wherein the mixing shaft has a control contour on the outer circumference which delimits a mixing chamber, which as a function of the rotational position of the mixing shaft fluidically connects the hot water inlet and/or the cold water inlet to the mixed water outlet in order to adjust a mixed water temperature. The mixing chamber of the mixing shaft is fluidically decoupled from the hot water or cold water inlet port while forming a fluid-tight valve gap between a sealing surface of the control contour of the mixing shaft and the inner peripheral wall of the hollow cylindrical mixing shaft chamber.
US10648576B1
A water valve may comprise a valve shell, and a rotating base is installed in the valve shell. A lower end of the rotating base is sequentially connected to a driving valve piece and a fixed valve piece which are installed in the valve shell. A center of a top portion of the rotating base comprises a valve rod upwardly protruding out of the valve shell. The rotating base is configured to engage with the driving valve piece, and through operating the valve rod, the rotating base driven by the valve rod is adapted to drive and have synchronous rotation with the driving valve piece so as to change the relative positions between the driving valve piece and the fixed valve piece and then to control on/off operation of a faucet, ratio of hot and cold water and the amount of water flow.
US10648575B2
A hydraulic valve is provided that includes an interior spool and a surrounding cage. A supply port and a return port are connected to the cage and the interior of the cage is in fluid communication with a control port. The interior spool is positioned between an on and off position using a solenoid and a spring. In the off position, slots in the spool and cage align to place the return port in fluid communication with the interior of the spool. Conversely, in the on position, different slots in the spool and cage align to place the supply port in fluid communication with the interior of the spool.
US10648568B2
A sealing arrangement includes: a sealing ring having at least one dynamically loaded sealing lip, the sealing ring including a core comprised of an electrically conductive material and a casing comprised of an electrically insulating material, the casing having a material thickness, surrounding the core at least in part and including the sealing lip; a machine element to be sealed that has a surface to be sealed, which surface is electrically conductive and surrounded by the sealing lip in a radially prestressingly sealing manner; and a wear detector, which has an electric measurement device for detecting a state of wear of the sealing ring. When viewed in section, the material thickness of the sealing lip is smaller in a radial direction than the material thickness of a remainder of the casing.
US10648563B2
Bearings for fire retardant dryer seals, fire retardant dryer seals, and related methods are provided herein. A fire retardant dryer seal can include an elongate, flexible base substrate having a first end and a second end. The base substrate can also have a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface. A fire retardant dryer seal can include a bearing having a first end and a second end with the bearing including a needlepunched nonwoven having a reinforced scrim and fibers with silicon therein. The first end and the second end of the base substrate secured to the first end and the second end of the bearing so that the bearing and the base substrate forms an annular shape. A heat resistant coating can be disposed on at least the first surface of the base substrate.
US10648562B2
A rubber gasket is interposed between opposing two members in a state of being held in a fitting groove formed in one of two members, and includes a concave surface located in a central area in a width direction thereof and extending in a circumferential direction thereof, and seal beads located on both sides of the concave surface in the width direction thereof. The concave surface and the seal beads are formed in each of a surface of the rubber gasket facing a bottom surface of the fitting groove and a surface of the rubber gasket facing the other of two members. Assuming that a maximum depth of the concave surface is D, and a height between the seal beads facing the bottom surface of the fitting groove and the seal beads on an opposite side thereto is A, the expression D=0.025A˜0.075A (1) is satisfied.
US10648561B2
Piston rings are disclosed that relate to seal performance in piston containing machines such as piston driven engines. The piston rings may include a piston ring contact side for contact with a cylinder wall in which the piston ring contact side has multiple cavities configured on alternating edges of the piston ring contact side. Certain examples of these piston rings have cavities with an average depth that is less than 1/300th of the piston ring width and which collectively occupy a cavity area percentage of the piston ring contact side that is between 20% and 30% of the total area of the piston ring contact side.
US10648558B2
A hydrostatic propulsion drive for a vehicle is disclosed including an electronic control unit and a hydrostatic transmission having a hydraulic pump with an adjustable swept volume and a hydraulic motor with an adjustable swept volume, the hydraulic pump being arranged in a closed hydraulic circuit. The swept volumes of the hydraulic pump and the hydraulic motor are changeable in accordance with a correction factor which is stored in a characteristic diagram and is dependent on the rotational speed and the drive torque of the hydraulic motor, the operating pressure at the hydraulic motor being increased if the correction factor is used. Due to the increased operating pressure, flow-induced pressure drops are reduced by way of volumetric flows, and leakage flows via gaps between moving parts of the hydraulic pump and the hydraulic motor are kept large enough to avoid excessive friction and loss of efficiency.
US10648555B2
A method of controlling the gear shifting of an automatic range-change transmission, which is arranged between a drive engine and a final drive in a drive train of a motor vehicle and includes at least one multi-stage main transmission, a two-stage front-mounted group upstream of the main transmission, and a transmission brake. The main transmission can be shifted, via unsynchronized clutches, and the front-mounted group can be shifted, via synchronized clutches. Upon upshifting in the range-change transmission including at least one change of a transmission ratio stage of the front-mounted group, synchronization of the front-mounted group is effected via actuation of the synchronized clutch of the front-mounted group and supportingly via at least intermittently parallel actuation of the transmission brake. Actuation of the transmission brake, for supporting the synchronization of the front-mounted group, is effected on the basis of a prevailing driving or operating situation.
US10648549B2
A drive device for a motor vehicle, includes a differential gearing and a torque vectoring unit having an electric machine, wherein the differential gearing has a first and a second planet set, which are rotatably supported on a common planet carrier, wherein the first planet set meshes at least with a first sun, the second planet set meshes at least with a second sun, and the two planet sets at least mesh with each other in pairs, and wherein at least the second sun is connected to the torque vectoring unit in order to redistribute the torque between the first and the second suns.
US10648544B2
A variable belt tensioner for an engine includes: a first damper; and a second damper connected to the first damper through a driver. The first damper, the second damper, and the driver causes a belt connected to a crankshaft pulley and a starter-generator pulley to have a first tensile strength when the engine including the crankshaft pulley starts, the first damper, the second damper, and the driver causes the belt to have a second tensile strength that is less than the first tensile strength when an electric power is generated by the starter-generator pulley, and the first damper, the second damper, and the driver causes the belt to have a third tensile strength that is less than the second tensile strength when the vehicle is accelerated by the engine.
US10648541B2
An actuator includes a manually operable portion that is operable to transmit rotation to an output shaft. The manually operable portion is provided such that the manually operable portion extends through a housing while at least a portion of the manually operable portion is exposed to an outside of the housing. In this way, even in a case where the actuator becomes inoperable, it is possible to change a shift range by rotating the output shaft through operation of the manually operable portion. It is only required to have a connection hole, which is conventionally provided at an outer wall of a transmission case, as a hole, which connects this rotary actuator to a shift range change mechanism. Therefore, it is sufficient to perform only a relatively small improvement, such as providing screw holes for fixing the actuator in a preexisting transmission.
US10648540B2
A dual-clutch transmission assembly and method for controlling the same is provided where the torque generated by an engine is split between first and second shafts. Torque is supplied to the first shaft by a first clutch and torque is supplied to the second shaft by a second clutch. A first gearset is carried on the first shaft and a second gearset is carried on the second shaft. The first gearset includes a primary first gear and the second gearset includes a duplicate first gear. The first and second shafts receive torque from a transmission input shaft in response to contemporaneous engagement of the primary first gear, the duplicate first gear, and the first and second clutches, which can be used during vehicle launch to split the torque applied to the first and second clutches.
US10648532B2
A damper device is capable of attenuating fluctuations in torque. The damper device includes a first rotor and a second rotor rotatable relatively to the first rotor. The damper device also includes a plurality of elastic members elastically coupling the first rotor and the second rotor. The second rotor is rotatable relatively to the first rotor while held by the first rotor with use of the plurality of elastic members.
US10648509B2
A bearing housing assembly featuring a bearing housing having a bearing housing wall portion with a bearing assembly chamber for receiving a bearing assembly and a shaft to be rotated, an oil sump for receiving and containing oil for lubricating the bearing assembly when the shaft is rotated, an oil path channel formed as an oil path for receiving dirty oil from the bearing assembly chamber for traveling down the oil path, and a filter assembly wall portion forming a filter assembly cavity coupled fluidically between the oil sump and the oil path channel; and a filter assembly arranged in the filter assembly cavity, to couple to the filter assembly wall portion, receive the dirty oil traveling down the oil path, filter the dirty oil and provide filtered oil to the oil sump, so the filtered oil can be recirculated to lubricate the bearing assembly when the shaft is rotated.
US10648500B2
A blind rivet nut includes a rivet sleeve having a set head, a deformation region for forming the closing head, and a threaded section having a female thread. The female thread comprises maximally four complete thread turns, which produces a blind rivet nut with a low mass.
US10648497B2
A pair of connectable box carcass framework members for the fabrication of non-panel constructed furniture carcasses. They simplify the construction of a furniture carcass with a minimal of tools and skill required to produce a dimensionally square, precisely sized, box that accepts an abundance of aesthetic and functional options. They are based on a pair of mechanical fastener connectable vertical and horizontal members that have connectable zipper channels, linear rabbets for the retention of side panels, screw busses, and open channels with series of spaced orifices therein for the passage of mechanical connectors.
US10648491B2
A stress-engineered frangible structure includes multiple discrete glass members interconnected by inter-structure bonds to form a complex structural shape. Each glass member includes strengthened (i.e., by way of stress-engineering) glass material portions that are configured to transmit propagating fracture forces throughout the glass member. Each inter-structure bond includes a bonding member (e.g., glass-frit or adhesive) connected to weaker (e.g., untreated, unstrengthened, etched, or thinner) glass member region(s) disposed on one or both interconnected glass members that function to reliably transfer propagating fracture forces from one glass member to other glass member. An optional trigger mechanism generates an initial fracture force in a first (most-upstream) glass member, and the resulting propagating fracture forces are transferred by way of inter-structure bonds to all downstream glass members. One-way crack propagation is achieved by providing a weaker member region only on the downstream side of each inter-structure bond.
US10648490B2
A fluid end with an internal bellows can be used in high pressure environments. The bellows is disposed within a plunger bore, and has an interior isolated from a working chamber of the fluid end. An end of a plunger is received in the interior of the bellows. The bellows contains an incompressible fluid at a constant volume. As the plunger extends into the interior of the bellows, the fluid it contains is displaced. Such fluid displacement causes the bellows to extend. As the plunger is retracted, the fluid replaces the volume formerly displaced by the plunger, and causes the bellows to accordion to a retracted position.
US10648488B1
An example valve includes: a piston movable between a neutral position and an actuated position, wherein in the neutral position: a second port of the valve is fluidly coupled to a first port, and a third port is fluidly decoupled from the second port; a solenoid actuator sleeve movable between an unactuated state and an actuated state, wherein in the actuated state, the solenoid actuator sleeve allows pilot fluid to apply a fluid force on a piston in a distal direction; a first feedback spring; and a second feedback spring disposed in series with the first feedback spring, wherein the first feedback spring and the second feedback spring cooperate to apply a biasing force in a proximal direction on the piston against the fluid force, wherein the piston is configured to move to the actuated position based on a relationship between the fluid force and the biasing force.
US10648486B2
A fan for cooling an electronic device is described, wherein the fan can include an enclosure and a motor secured within the enclosure. The fan can also include an impeller to be turned by the motor, the impeller having a plurality of blades, wherein an angular spacing of the blades results in an audio spread-spectrum within a range of audio frequencies. In some examples, an arrangement of the blades has a center of mass below a threshold, and the angular spacing of the blades and a blade pass frequency (BPF) results in sound that is distributed in the range of audio frequencies.
US10648485B2
An ceiling fan comprising a motor system. The motor system is mounted around a motor shaft. The motor shaft couples to a downrod for suspending the ceiling fan from a structure. The motor shaft and motor are encased by a motor housing. The motor housing comprises hub arms for mounting a plurality of blade holders. The blade holders coupled to a plurality of blades rotatable about the motor during operation. The downrod comprises a wire disk mounting guy wiring to the downrod. A retention rod is utilized internal of the motor and downrod as a secondary retention method. An electrical connector is internal of the motor shaft and electrically couples to the stator to power the motor.
US10648482B2
The present disclosure relates to a method of manufacturing composite airfoils bonded to a metallic root. A composite body may be formed with a metallic co-molded member. The co-molded member may be transient liquid phase (TLP) bonded to a metallic root. The metallic root may allow the composite body to be attached to a rotor. The airfoil may also have a metallic edge which is TLP bonded to the composite body via a co-molded edge.
US10648475B1
A gas turbine engine for an aircraft includes an engine core including a turbine, compressor, and core shaft connecting turbine to compressor; a fan located upstream of the engine core and including a plurality of fan blades each having a leading and trailing edge. The turbine includes a lowest pressure turbine stage having a row of rotor blades, each rotor blades extending radially and having a leading and trailing edge. The engine has a fan tip axis that joins a radially outer tip of the leading edge of a fan blade and the radially outer tip of the trailing edge of a rotor blade of the lowest pressure stage. The fan tip axis lies in a longitudinal plane which contains a centreline of engine. A fan axis angle is defined as the angle between fan tip axis and centreline, and is in a range between 10 and 20 degrees.
US10648474B2
A vacuum pump drive having an electric motor and a frequency converterelectrically connected to the electric motor and arranged at a distance to the motor, wherein in the electric feed line from the frequency converter to the electric motor a transformer in the form of a transmitter of ferrite or sinter material is arranged.
US10648472B2
In order to further improve the sound damping in a refrigerant compressor comprising a common housing, a screw-type compressor in a common housing has a compressor housing that is formed as part of the common housing with a first sound absorber unit which is arranged in the common housing. The first sound absorber unit is arranged adjacent a housing window, and the sound absorber unit comprises at least one chamber which is located between an inlet opening and an outlet opening and which widens out relative to the inlet opening and to the outlet opening in a direction transverse to a direction of flow.
US10648470B2
A scroll compressor is provided that may include an orbiting scroll having an orbiting wrap, and which performs an orbiting motion; and a fixed scroll having a fixed wrap to form a compression chamber including a suction chamber, an intermediate pressure chamber, and a discharge chamber, by being engaged with the orbiting wrap. In a state in which the orbiting scroll and the fixed scroll are concentric with each other, when a distance between the orbiting wrap and the fixed wrap is defined as an orbiting radius, there exists an offset section having an interval larger than the orbiting radius, between a side surface of the orbiting wrap and a side surface of the fixed wrap which faces the orbiting wrap. With such a configuration, even if the fixed scroll or the orbiting scroll is transformed due to thermal expansion, interference between the fixed wrap and the orbiting wrap at a portion having a large transformation amount may be prevented. This may prevent a frictional loss or abrasion between the fixed wrap and the orbiting wrap. Further, this may restrict or minimize a gap between the fixed wrap and the orbiting wrap at an opposite side to the suction chamber, resulting in enhanced compression efficiency.
US10648468B2
An adjustable vane pump, in particular an oil pressure pump, with a suction side and a pressure side, with a housing and a rotor supported in the housing so as to be rotatable about a rotor axis. At least one vane is supported for movement in a radial direction. The housing comprises a housing floor and a housing cover transversely to the rotor axis, and an adjustment cage is arranged between the housing floor and the housing cover.
US10648465B2
Methods and systems for pumping fluid through tubing are provided. Methods include orbiting one or more first rollers at multiple angular speeds around the periphery of a substantially circular first disk having a first radius with each first roller travelling at the same angular speed as the other first rollers, orbiting second rollers at a second angular speed around a substantially circular second disk having substantially the first radius, and increasing the pressure of fluid in tubing between one first roller and one second roller by causing the one or more first rollers to orbit at a first angular speed greater than the second angular speed so the one first roller moves along and fully compresses the tubing in a first section of the first disk, and simultaneously causing the one second roller to move along and fully compress the tubing in a first section of the second disk.
US10648459B2
An SMA actuator arrangement is assembled using a strut element shaped to comprise a sacrificial strut body and crimp tabs held apart by the sacrificial strut body. A SMA wire is laid across the crimp tabs which are folded and pressed to form crimps holding the SMA wire. The crimps are then attached to static and moving parts, after which the sacrificial strut body is removed. The method allows the crimping to be performed without hindrance from the static and moving parts, the sacrificial strut body holding the relative locations of the crimps prior to attachment.
US10648451B2
A method for manufacturing a rotor blade of a wind power plant which has an area close to the blade root in which the rotor blade has an obtuse rear edge. The method includes manufacturing a half-shell on the pressure side and a half-shell on the suction side, introducing and adhesively bonding filler bodies into at least one section of the area of the obtuse rear edge of the pressure-side half-shell and the suction-side half-shell, wherein the sections with the filler bodies lie opposite one another in the assembled rotor blade, assembling and positioning the half-shells relative to one another, wherein an adhesive gap which is delimited by the first adhesive surfaces of the filler bodies remains between the filler bodies, and introducing an adhesive medium into the adhesive gap. Also a rotor blade manufactured according to the method, and a wind power plant including such a rotor blade.
US10648449B2
A hydroelectric power generation apparatus includes a hydroelectric power generation module, a supporting part, and a bar. The hydroelectric power generation module includes a rotary blade and a power generator that generates power by rotation of the rotary blade. The supporting part supports the hydroelectric power generation module. The supporting part can be installed at a water channel. The bar is connected to the supporting part to protrude from the supporting part. With one end of the bar closer to the supporting part or a portion of the supporting part serving as a center, the other end of the bar opposite to one end of the bar can be pivoted to switch a first state to a second state and vice versa.
US10648438B2
An insulating element for a fuel injection apparatus is notable in particular for the fact that a low-noise design is achieved. The fuel injection apparatus encompasses at least one fuel injection valve and one receiving bore in a cylinder head for the fuel injection valve, and the insulating element between a valve housing of the fuel injection valve and a wall of the receiving bore. The insulating element possesses an inner insulating ring that is present in encapsulated fashion between an outer ring and an inner ring. The outer ring is directed toward the fuel injection valve and the inner ring is directed toward the wall of the receiving bore, so that corresponding abutment of these components occurs with the insulating element in the installed state. The fuel injection apparatus is suitable in particular for direct injection of fuel into a combustion chamber of a mixture-compressing spark-ignited internal combustion engine.
US10648436B2
A fuel supply device configured to supply fuel from an inside of a fuel tank to an internal combustion engine includes: a cover body that is installed to an upper wall of the fuel tank; a pump unit that is placed on a bottom wall of the fuel tank and is configured to discharge the fuel from the inside of the fuel tank toward the internal combustion engine; and a coupling stay that couples between the cover body and the pump unit. The coupling stay includes: an upper stay that extends on a lower side of the cover body; and a lower stay that is installed to the pump unit and is slidably fitted to the upper stay in a top-to-bottom direction. A stress concentrating portion, which reduces a section modulus to concentrate a stress around the stress concentrating portion, is formed at a specific location of the lower stay.
US10648434B2
An intake device is provided for the combustion air of a motorcycle, including an air filter box and an air guide intake duct which extends from the air filter box in a defined orientation to an intake chamber and at least sections of which are formed by parts of the air filter box.
US10648432B2
The present disclosure relates to a device for attaching a control unit, preferentially an electronic engine control unit, to a component of an internal combustion engine. The device includes a first connecting component which is designed in order to be attached to the component of the internal combustion engine the first connecting component comprising a first fluid duct. The device further includes a second connecting component, which, via at least one damping element, is attached, spaced from the first fluid duct, to the first connecting component and is designed for mounting the control unit.
US10648431B2
An air intake structure for an automobile includes an intake duct provided in an engine compartment that is located below an engine hood of the automobile. The intake duct includes an inlet opening, an outlet opening, and a duct body. Air is configured to be sucked in from the engine compartment through which the inlet opening. The air is configured to be supplied to a casing of an air cleaner provided in the engine compartment. The duct body connects the inlet opening and the outlet opening. The duct body has a contact portion that is configured to be in contact with the casing of the air cleaner.
US10648419B2
A fuel injection control device includes an electric controller controlling an opening and closing of an injector by energizing a coil in the injector, and a booster circuit boosting a battery voltage to generate a boost voltage. The electric controller includes a valve-opening control unit applying the boost voltage and then applying the battery voltage to the coil to execute a valve-opening control to generate a required valve-opening force, an open valve maintenance control unit applying the battery voltage to the coil to execute an open valve maintenance control to generate an open valve maintenance force and is smaller the required valve-opening force, after the valve-opening control, and a current correction control unit executing a current correction control to correct a maximum value of a current flowing through the coil when the boost voltage is applied in the valve-opening control, according to a decreasing quantity of the battery voltage.
US10648416B2
An internal combustion engine is provided. The internal combustion engine includes a control device, and at least one injector for liquid fuel that includes a discharge opening for the liquid fuel. The at least one injector is connected to a collection volume by means of a line for liquid fuel. Liquid fuel can flow through the line for liquid fuel from the at least one injector to the collection volume. A control element that can be adjusted by the control device via a control signal is also provided. Via the control element, a back pressure in the line for liquid fuel can be adjusted in order to adjust an amount of liquid fuel discharged through the discharge opening of the at least one injector. Also provided is a method for operating an internal combustion engine and an injector.
US10648413B2
Methods and systems are provided for determining a dilution of recirculated gases, including blowthrough air, combusted exhaust gas, and fuel vapor, in a split exhaust engine. In one example, the dilution rate may be calculated using a steady state model based on temperature measurements from an intake region of the engine. The steady state model may be further used in combination with a feedforward model adapted to estimate engine dilution during engine transients as a correction factor.
US10648412B2
A control method of an internal combustion engine and an internal combustion engine applying the same. Each cylinder is provided with a throttle valve, or a plurality of paralleled throttle valves are employed to supply air for different cylinders or cylinder groups, so that different cylinders are provided with different inlet pressure and inlet airflow, different spark ignition timing (phase angle), different injection timing (phase angle), and different injection quantity, and in a complete work cycle, some cylinders of the engine operate under a compression ignition combustion mode, and some cylinders of the engine operate under a spark ignition combustion mode. When the conditions for compression ignition combustion mode are satisfied, the cylinders adopt the compression ignition combustion mode as much as possible, so as to improve the thermal power efficiency of the engine. The internal combustion engine or vehicle installed with the control method has wide adaptability to different fuel with different ignition points, can detect the octane number of gasoline, and consume various octane number gasoline.
US10648408B2
A fire seal structure prevents flame from coming out of a fire-prevention region of an aircraft. The fire seal structure includes: a plurality of walls including: a first wall provided on a first partitioning member; and a second wall provided on a second partitioning member. One of the plurality of walls is a spring wall that functions as a spring. The first and the second partitioning members define the fire-prevention region. The plurality of walls forms a labyrinth-shaped gap between the first and the second partitioning members. Each of the plurality of walls contains a refractory material and includes a front end part. When the first and the second partitioning members are stationary with respect to each other, the front end part is not in contact with another member, and the spring wall is disposed closest to a facing member, among the plurality of walls.
US10648406B2
A controller for controlling a system for changing the pitch of blades of a turbine engine propeller, the controller includes a fixed member (28) and a member (29) which is movable in translation along a longitudinal axis (X) relative to the fixed member (28), and an anti-rotation device (33) configured so as to prevent the rotation of the movable member (29) relative to the fixed member (28) about the axis (X). The anti-rotation device includes a longitudinal structural crossmember (35) which is mounted by a first and a second end (36, 37) on the fixed member, and support and guide unit (57) integrally in translation the movable member along the axis (X), the crossmember extending radially outside the movable member and the fixed member relative to a radial axis (Y) which is perpendicular to the axis (X) and being guided through the support and guide unit.
US10648404B2
A vent insert is disclosed for use with an automotive turbocharger system. The vent has a substantially cylindrical hollow tube with a first end for seating the vent and a second open end. The first end has a rim around an opening. The second end of the vent has an angled opening that faces away from the direction of the gas flow when the vent insert is operating within the turbocharger system. There are a plurality of protrusions extending outward from the outside surface of the vent to assist in keeping the vent insert in place in the turbocharger system.
US10648400B2
A dual, dual-pass intercooler assembly for an intercooler supercharger system comprising an intercooler lid mountable to a supercharger housing; a pair of intercooler cores coupled mountable to and within at least one of the intercooler lid and the supercharger housing; wherein the pair of intercooler cores configured to receive and cool supercharger air upon a first pass through the pair of intercooler cores and receive and further cool the supercharger air upon a second pass through the pair of intercooler cores prior to receipt by an engine.
US10648396B1
A general purpose engine includes: a crankcase to support an engine rotary shaft; a cylinder unit extending from the crankcase in a direction perpendicular to an axis of the engine rotary shaft; a cooling fan fixed to one of opposite ends of the engine rotary shaft; and a fan housing configured to have an air induction opening defined therein for the cooling fan and to cover the crankcase and the cylinder unit from one side of the engine rotary shaft. At a position of the fan housing which is opposed to the cooling fin of the cylinder unit, a cleaning access window is defined. The cleaning access window is covered by a debris covering that is capable of being selectively opened and closed. The debris covering has one end portion engaged with the fan housing and the other end portion removably mounted on the fan housing by a magnetic body.
US10648380B2
A honeycomb structure body has an outer skin, cells arranged in an inside of the outer skin, and partition walls having pores. The partition walls are arranged in the inside of the outer skin. Each of the cells is surrounded by the partition walls. The pores have communicating pores which communicate with each other adjacent cells. Exhaust gas emitted from an engine passes adjacent cells through the communicating pores. The number of the communicating pores is at a density of not less than 18000 [pores/0.25 mm2] before a catalyst is supported in the pores. An exhaust gas purification filter having the honeycomb structure body with the catalyst is arranged in an exhaust gas pipe to purify exhaust gas containing PM emitted from an engine.
US10648374B2
A spark-ignited gas engine system comprises a combustion chamber defined by a piston, a head with a spark plug mechanism, and a cylinder having an associated intake valve and an associated exhaust valve, into which a mixture of combustible gas and air is entered via an intake manifold of the engine to drive a crankshaft. The system further comprises at least one turbocharger to compress the mixture. The system further comprises at least one camshaft, driven by the crankshaft via a gear assembly connected to the crankshaft, that comprises at least one cam that actuates the intake valve and the exhaust valve, at least one camphaser, coupled to the crankshaft via the gear assembly, and a controller to adjust a cam angle operation of the intake valve and the exhaust valve by adjusting the camphaser to a desired phase position to meet a target rotational phase of the camshaft.
US10648372B2
A sliding cam system for an internal combustion engine. The sliding cam system includes a cam shaft and a cam carrier, arranged rotationally fixedly and axially movably on the cam shaft. The cam carrier including a first shifting gate and a second shifting gate. The sliding cam system includes a first actuator with an element able to move along a longitudinal axis of the cam shaft, especially a pin, which can be brought into contact with the first shifting gate for the axial movement of the cam carrier in a first direction. The sliding cam system includes a second actuator with an element able to move along the longitudinal axis of the cam shaft, especially a pin, which can be brought into contact with the second shifting gate for the axial movement of the cam carrier in a second direction which is opposite to the first direction.
US10648366B2
The invention relates to an exhaust casing for a turbine engine of an aircraft, including: a collar (4), a hub (5), hollow arms (63) connecting said collar (4) to said hub (5), and an opening piece (3) which is located on the collar (4) and is suitable for being connected to an outlet tube (30) of a transient-operation valve of the turbine engine. In said exhaust casing, said opening piece (3) is attached onto the collar (4) and forms an extension of a hollow arm (63) such that an air flow (7) leaving the outlet tube (30) of the transient-operation valve penetrates the hollow arm (63) and flows into the hub (5).
US10648360B1
A turbocharger can include a center housing; a bearing disposed in a through bore of the center housing where the through bore of the center housing defines a longitudinal axis; a shaft rotatably supported by the bearing; a compressor wheel operatively coupled to the shaft; a turbine wheel operatively coupled to the shaft; and a turbine housing assembly operatively coupled to the center housing where the turbine housing assembly includes: a turbine housing; and a cartridge that includes a nozzle wall component and a plate component that are spaced axially by spacers, where the nozzle wall component includes spacer bores for the spacers and where the nozzle wall component has a non-circular outer perimeter defined at least in part by arcs where adjacent arcs intersect at intersection points, and where each of the intersection points is radially outwardly from a respective one of the spacer bores.
US10648352B2
A turbine blade sealing structure for a ceramic matrix composite component is provided. The turbine sealing structure includes at least one top ply abutting a top portion of a shank. The at least one top ply extends out over the top portion of the shank. The turbine sealing structure includes at least one side ply abutting a side portion of the shank. The at least one side ply extends along a side portion of the shank. The at least one top ply and at least one side ply form an angel wing and a skirt with on the shank of the ceramic matrix composite component.
US10648350B2
A retainer for a gas turbine blade that inhibits deviation of a rotating blade mounted on a rotor of a gas turbine, can include: a retainer frame disposed at one side of the rotating blade and configured to form an inside chamber through which cooled air is introduced, between the retainer frame and the rotating blade; a barrier wall formed between the retainer frame and the rotating blade and configured to divide the inside chamber into a plurality of cooling chambers; and a fixing unit disposed at one side of the retainer frame and configured to fix the retainer frame to the rotor.
US10648348B2
A coated ceramic matrix composite component and a gas turbine assembly are provided. The coated ceramic matrix composite component comprises a substrate comprising an endface surface and a hot gas path surface. The hot gas path surface is arranged and disposed to contact a hot gas path when the component is installed in the gas turbine assembly. The endface surface is disposed at an endface angle to the hot gas path surface and opposing at least one adjacent component when the component is installed in the gas turbine assembly. The coated ceramic matrix composite component further comprises an environmental barrier coating on at least a portion of the endface surface.
US10648339B2
A blade/vane cascade segment for a blade/vane cascade of a turbomachine includes a stage and at least two blade/vane elements that define a blade/vane intermediate strip with an axial cascade span on the stage surface by their leading and trailing edges. A stage edge on the inflow side has a contour with a depression. In the axial direction, this depression extends at most by 10% of the cascade span into the blade/vane intermediate strip. Also provided is a corresponding stage, a blade/vane cascade, a blade/vane channel, and a turbomachine.
US10648330B1
Embodiments of the invention are directed to cutting tool assemblies, cutting tool mounting assemblies, material-removing machines that include cutting tool assemblies and/or cutting tool mounting assemblies, and methods of use and operation thereof. In some embodiments, the various assemblies described herein may be used in material-removing machines that may remove target material.
US10648329B2
A method of estimating one or more properties of an earth formation includes acquiring formation fluid data indicative of a qualitative property of a formation fluid in a near-field region of an earth formation surrounding a borehole, the near field region including a surface of the borehole, and acquiring acoustic data based on acoustic signals transmitted into a far-field region of the formation, and estimating a property of one or more fractures in the far-field region based on the acoustic data. The method also includes combining the formation fluid data and the acoustic data, and estimating, by a processing device, at least one fracture characteristic of the formation in the near-field region and the far-field region based on the combined data.
US10648327B2
The flow control device includes a flow path, a compensation chamber and a regulator assembly defining a first surface exposed to the flow path and an opposing second surface which is exposed to the compensation chamber. A drive arrangement is provided for moving the regulator assembly to vary the flow path. Fluid flowing through the flow path establishes a pressure which varies across the first surface of the regulator assembly. The compensation chamber is in pressure communication with a localised region of the first surface which is selected to establish a compensation chamber pressure which acts against the second surface of the regulator assembly to bias the regulator assembly in a desired direction. The first surface of the regulator assembly may define a profile configured to minimise the variation in pressure applied over the first surface by action of fluid flowing through the flow path.
US10648319B2
A rotary steerable bottom hole assembly includes a drill bit disposed at a distal end thereof, and azimuthal resistivity antennas and electronics configured to measure a distance to a formation boundary.
US10648313B2
A process for producing hydrocarbon material from a subterranean formation comprising: injecting a first conditioning material, via a wellbore, to effect fracturing of a subterranean formation such that a hydraulically fractured formation, including an induced fracture, is obtained; after the fracturing, injecting post-fracturing conditioning material, via the wellbore, into hydraulically fractured formation; and after the injecting of the post-fracturing conditioning material, producing, via the wellbore, hydrocarbon material from the hydraulically fractured formation; wherein: the pressure of the post-fracturing conditioning material is less than the pressure of the injected fracturing fluid; and the post-fracturing conditioning material includes proppant.
US10648310B2
A wellbore apparatus positionable within a wellbore with a tubular string includes a fracturing assembly and a latch. The fracturing assembly includes a housing comprising a flowbore formed therein and a port, a flow control device configured to move with respect to the housing to selectively allow fluid communication from the flowbore to an exterior of the housing through the port, and a wellbore securing device configured to secure the fracturing assembly within the wellbore. The latch is configured to removably couple the fracturing assembly to the tubular string.
US10648309B2
Methods including introducing a high-viscosity treatment fluid into a subterranean formation through an opening and applying incrementally increased fracturing rate steps (IIFRSs) to create or enhance a dominate fracture, wherein between each IIFRS a downhole pressure slope over time will increase, decline, or stabilize at a HVTF measured pressure slope. Further evaluating the HVTF measured pressure slope prior to applying a subsequent IIFRS. Performing a particulate sequence transport operation with a first, second, and third low-viscosity treatment fluid (LVTF), wherein the LVTFs collectively create or enhance at least one near-wellbore secondary azimuth fracture and at least one far-field secondary azimuth fracture extending from the dominate fracture, and further propping the dominate fracture, near-wellbore, and far-field secondary azimuth fractures with the particulates.
US10648305B2
The present disclosure relates to the recovery of oil from an underground hydrocarbon reservoir, and more particularly to systems and methods for carbonated water flooding of an underground reservoir for enhanced oil recovery.
US10648294B2
A method for replacing a first control pod of a BOP stack includes (a) lowering a control pod exchange device subsea. In addition, the method includes (b) coupling the control pod exchange device to the BOP stack. Further, the method includes (c) transferring the first control pod from the BOP stack to the control pod exchange device after (b). Still further, the method includes (d) lifting the control pod exchange device to the surface after (c).
US10648284B2
Systems and methods to maintain constant pressure within a chamber within a tool via a sliding seal, wherein the seal moves to increase or decrease the size of the chamber.
US10648279B2
A method for creating access to annular spacing during P&A operations is described. Specifically, helical coils are cut into one or more casings before the plugging material is set. The plugging material is able to exit the helical coils, forming multiple, small rock-to-rock seals.
US10648275B2
A frac plug that is energized by a ball member, the frac plug comprising an upper mandrel having a tapered outer surface, a seal member coupled to the upper mandrel, and a lower mandrel coupled to the upper mandrel. A button ring having one or more buttons is disposed about the upper mandrel. The lower mandrel is movable relative to the upper mandrel to move the button ring along the tapered outer surface and force the buttons into gripping contact with a surrounding wellbore. The seal member is movable into sealing contact with the surrounding wellbore by the ball member.
US10648270B2
An apparatus and associated method is disclosed for a riser hanging system. The apparatus includes a first elongated member with a provision for a first external mechanical coupling at a distal location on the first elongated member. A second elongated member is mechanically coupled to the first elongated member at proximal locations on the first elongated member and the second elongated member. A third member is mechanically coupled to a first portion of the first elongated member. The third member includes a fourth member to move through at least a second portion of a length of the second elongated member. Mechanical couplers associated with the second elongated member are provided for a second external mechanical coupling of the riser to the apparatus. The riser may be hoisted using the apparatus for better control during coupling to the wellhead.
US10648261B2
The present invention relates to acirculation subassembly (circsub) for incorporation in a drill pipe. The circsub has a flow through condition in which the circsub allows fluid to flow through a bore of the circsub and does not allow fluid communication between the bore of the circsub and an annulus located outside the drill pipe, a partial bypass condition in which the circsub allows fluid to flow through the bore of the circsub and allows fluid communication between the bore of the circsub and the annulus, and a full bypass condition in which the circsub does not allow fluid to flow through the bore of the circsub and allows fluid communication between the bore of the circsub and the annulus. An actuator is provided to change the circsub between conditions under the control of a controller.
US10648260B2
A downhole tool having a flapper valve assembly for controlling the backflow of fluid into a tubing string that includes at least one flapper. The downhole tool also includes a deformable element that maintains the at least one flapper in an open position after the deformable portion is deformed. A downhole tool having a flapper valve assembly for controlling the backflow of fluid into a tubing string that includes at least one flapper. The downhole tool also includes a sleeve slidably disposed within at least a portion of the flapper valve assembly and the downhole tool. The downhole tool includes a deformable and dissolvable seat disposed uphole and adjacent to the sleeve and a dissolvable fluid blocking member to engage with the seat to shift the sleeve from first position to a second position within the downhole tool. Methods of using these downhole tools are provided.
US10648257B2
This disclosure is generally drawn to systems, devices, apparatuses, and/or methods, related to monitoring a shaker and monitoring a room in which shaker(s) operate. Specifically, the disclosed systems, devices, apparatuses, and/or methods relate to controlling an actuated arm to inspect, remove, replace, repair, clean the shaker and/or screen assemblies based on monitoring the shaker and its screen assemblies, and to adjust or maintain shaker(s) in a defined area such as the room in which shaker(s) operate. While the examples disclosed herein generally describe shakers for separating solids from fluids, the present disclosure contemplates that other separation equipment (e.g., machines for separating solids from other solids) may also be monitored and controlled by the systems and methods described herein.
US10648251B2
A directional drill stem loader and associated methods are shown. In one example, the drill stem loader operates in a linear motion. In one example, a drill stem gripper is configured to move the completely to one side of a drill stem during a retraction operation.
US10648238B2
An apparatus for boring a wellbore, including a bit body having a first end, an inner cavity, and a second end. The first end is connected to a workstring that is configured to deliver a rotational force to the bit body. The inner cavity contains a profile having a first radial cam surface. The second end includes a working face containing a cutting member. The apparatus also includes a pilot bit rotatively connected within the inner cavity. A second radial cam surface is contained on a first end of the pilot bit. The first and second radial cam surfaces are operatively configured to deliver a hammering force. A second end of the pilot bit may include an engaging surface configured to engage a formation surrounding the wellbore. The bit body rotates relative to the pilot bit.
US10648228B2
A system for biasing or encouraging a sheet of material to gather in one direction when one edge of the sheet of material is moved toward an opposite edge of the sheet of material is provided. A plurality of strips of material may extend along a face of the sheet of material and may be laminated to the face of the sheet of material. The plurality of strips of material may overlap each other and may define stiffened regions extending along the overlapped interface between the plurality of strips of material. When the covering is moved from an extended position to a retracted position, the sheet of material may gather in loops of material that may have apexes defined at or adjacent the overlapped interfaces of the plurality of strips of material.
US10648227B2
The present disclosure is directed to a flood barrier designed for the dry-flood proofing of door and window openings in a building. The flood barrier includes a rigid frame, preferably formed of metal extrusions. To this frame are clamped a water-impervious barrier and a sacrificial bladder to protect the water-impervious barrier from impacts by wind- or water-borne, debris and impacts. A number of webbings may be provided on the side of the water-impervious barrier opposite the sacrificial bladder to further support the water barrier layer. Sealing gaskets are provided on the rigid frame where the frame contacts the building, or in case of a door opening, also the floor. The sacrificial bladder permits water to accumulate between the sacrificial bladder and the water-impervious layer thereby utilizing the non-compressible nature of the water to attenuate the impacting force.
US10648226B2
A main-frame bar and/or to a wing-frame bar for a main frame and/or a wing frame of a window, of a door, or of a façade element includes a main profiled element having a substantially U-shaped cross-section in single- or multi-piece design, which has, as viewed in a cross-section, a short leg, a long leg, and a transverse leg formed therebetween. A free intermediate space is formed between the ends of the short leg and of the long leg facing away from the transverse leg, a cover element and/or a fitting part extending over the intermediate space at least in some sections. The short leg and the long leg of the main profiled element have multi-function contours on the inner sides thereof facing each other, which multi-function contours completely or partially bound at least the following groove: in each case, a fastening groove open in the same direction on the side facing away from the transverse leg for fastening a corresponding fastening means of the fitting part or of the cover element.
US10648214B2
An electromechanical door supporting system for temporarily maintaining a door in an open position having: a) a housing with an electric motor in communication with a power source; b) a base plate sized to pass underneath a swinging door; c) the base plate extending away from the housing; d) the electric motor causing rotational movement in a rod extending from inside the housing, to outside the housing and over a surface of the base plate; e) a door supporting element extending perpendicular to the extended rod; and f) the door supporting element being attached to the extended rod at a proximal location and extending over the surface of the base plate to a distal end so that rotation of the extended rod causes the distal end of the door supporting element to elevate above the base plate to secure an opened door.
US10648210B1
A multi-linkage vehicle door hinge and door hinge system for use in passenger vehicle entry/exit doors. The door hinge includes a first four bar linkage connected to a second four bar linkage. The door hinge operates to move a vehicle door panel between a closed position and an open position along a path of travel in a movement envelope that is parallel to the exterior surface of the vehicle. In one aspect, the door hinge provides twice as much lift as is required to package the door hinge in the vehicle. In another aspect, the door panel further rotates toward the vehicle centerline for applications having low vertical clearance. In another aspect, the door hinge includes a six-bar linkage.
US10648208B2
A door closer system having a door closer that includes at least one sensor configured to sense an operating characteristic or condition relating to the door closer including a position or speed of displacement of at least a portion of the door closer or an associated entryway device. The sensor(s) can also provide information relating to the performance or condition of one or more components of the door closer, such as the operation of a backcheck mechanism, as well as tracking the number of door cycles. Information obtained by the sensor(s) of the door closer system can be communicated to a lockset device of an entryway control system. The lockset device can be configured to communicate information received from the door closer system to an access control system, which can in turn provide the communicated information to a management system.
US10648200B2
An exit device assembly for use in association with a door having a top, a bottom and a generally vertical surface. The exit door assembly includes an exit device configured to be mounted on the surface of the door, the exit device including a manually movable member, a latch mechanism configured to be mounted adjacent one of the top and the bottom of the door, the latch mechanism including a latch movable between a locking position and a non-locking position, and a non-rigid device for causing movement of the latch in response to movement of the manually movable member.
US10648193B2
A portable protective enclosure and a method of using the enclosure is presented. The enclosure may include a plurality of walls extending around and at least partially defining an interior space for being occupied by a user, and a top panel overlying and at least partially defining the space. The plurality of walls may include an entry wall and side walls. The entry wall may include a door flap moveable between open and closed positions. The side wall may include a window having a see-through material, and a window flap in a facing relationship with the window and moveable between open and closed positions. The enclosure may include a floor panel detachably joined to at least one of the walls by a fastener that is accessible from within the interior space, so that the floor panel is detachable from the walls from within the interior space.
US10648192B2
A funerary structure for containing funerary objects, which comprises a base framework provided with a plurality of profiled elements which are arranged along at least two directions and can be fixed to a supporting wall. The profiled elements delimit laterally at least one containment recess for funerary objects. There is at least one slab for closing the recess, which can be fixed, by virtue of fixing elements, to the base framework on the opposite side with respect to the supporting wall.
US10648188B1
A drain assembly can be installed in a wall for containing an artificial body of water, such as a pool bottom and/or sidewalls. The drain assembly can be used with a water circulation system for the artificial body of water. The drain assembly has a plaster attachment device for securing a plaster mixture to the drain assembly. The plaster mixture can substantially match or look similar to the surface of the pool bottom and/or sidewalls.
US10648182B2
A floor panel for forming a floor covering, wherein the floor covering consists of floor panels, which, on at least one pair of edges, are provided with coupling parts. The coupling parts substantially are manufactured from the material of the floor panel, and the coupling parts are configured such that two such floor panels, at the pair of edges, can be installed and locked to each other by means of a downward movement and/or by means of the fold-down principle.
US10648162B2
A precision ceramics control balance valve includes a valve housing, a rotary base mounted in the valve housing, a valve lever mounted on the rotary base and protruding upward from the valve housing, a movable valve plate mounted in the valve housing and located under the rotary base, a fixed valve plate mounted in the valve housing and located under the movable valve plate, a valve seat mounted on a lower end of the valve housing to stop the fixed valve plate, the movable valve plate and the rotary base, a temperature limiting device mounted in the valve seat, a pedestal connected with the valve seat, and a balance unit mounted in the pedestal.
US10648158B1
This cage routes and contains flexible lines cleanly, and secures them in a manner such that the flexible lines will not snag on loader treads, or other obstacles. The cage is formed by distinct placement of straight pins and angle pins in a flat bed. The support holder may be used independently, or in sets, to contain ⅜″, ½″, and ¾″ flexible line. Placement is accomplished by an operator placing the line past and over pins and then bending over a final angle pin to finally contain the line within the cage. The line remains contained until an operator extracts the line, when the process is reversed.
US10648150B2
A retrofit reinforcing structure addition and method for an existing gravity spread foundation for a wind turbine or the like having a central pedestal and a spread section is provided. The retrofit structure addition includes a collar formed around the pedestal of the spread foundation. The collar is formed by a shape sustaining member, such as a CMP, placed around the pedestal to define an annular ring between the CMP and the pedestal that is filled with cementitious material. Radial bolts extend horizontally through the collar and into the side of the pedestal. Soil and/or rock anchor bolts extend vertically through the collar, the spread portion of the foundation and into the underlying soil and/or rock substrate. The radial and anchor bolts are post-tensioned to ensure that the cementitious material of the collar remains in compression and the bolts are always in static tension, strengthening the original gravity spread foundation and extending the fatigue life thereof.
US10648149B1
A fiber block system suitable for check dam applications is described that comprises a central section flanked by two shorter wing sections. Each section comprises a fiber block enclosed in a sleeve of mesh. The fiber block, mesh, and ties can be made of coir fibers.
US10648148B2
A sheet for use in ground works, the sheet having an upper face with an plurality of openings therein, a lower face configured so as to permit liquid to drain through the sheet and a spacing arrangement to separate the upper face from the lower face and define a volume therebetween, where the volume is capable of receiving an infill material via the openings in the upper face. The lower face of the sheet is configured to be interengageably secured to an upper face of a similar further sheet.
US10648143B2
Provided are a deicing unit adjustment mechanism, a deicing unit, a deicing vehicle, and a deicing method. The adjustment mechanism comprises sub-adjustment unit(s) comprising a positioning wheel, a screw rod, a guide rod having one end connected with the screw rod, an upper-end cover slidably arranged at one end of the screw rod away from the guide rod, a lower-end cover fixedly arranged at one end of the screw rod close to the guide rod, a positioning wheel-adjustment spring sleeved outside the screw rod and having two ends abutting against the upper- and lower-end covers and a pressure-adjusting nut at one end of the screw rod away from the guide rod and one side of the upper end cover away from the guide rod. The positioning wheel is rotatably-arranged at other end of the guide rod, with an axis of the positioning wheel perpendicular to that of the guide rod.
US10648140B2
A bridge laying device (2) for laying a bridge (3), in particular a single-piece bridge, includes a main part (5) for arranging on a load transport vehicle (7), in particular a hook-lift vehicle, a laying arm (12) for setting down the bridge (3), and an extending device (6) for moving the laying arm (12) from a transport position into an extended placing position. In certain embodiments, a bridge laying system (1) includes a load transport vehicle (7), in particular a hook-lift vehicle, and a bridge laying device, (2) which can be arranged on the load transport vehicle (7). A method for laying a bridge (3), in particular a single-piece bridge, using a bridge laying device (2) includes moving an extending device (6) for moving the laying arm (12) from a transport position into an extended placing position.
US10648135B2
Fibrous structures that exhibit a Geometric Mean Elongation of greater than 14.85% as measured according to the Elongation Test Method are provided.
US10648132B2
Fibrous structures having thereon a surface softening composition containing a glyceride copolymer, sanitary tissue products made from such fibrous structures and methods for making same are provided.
US10648120B2
A method and apparatus for a laundry treating appliance dispense treating chemistry into a rotating basket. A dispenser can be a centrifugal dispenser adapted to move or dispense treating chemistry based upon rotational movement of a basket. The dispenser can include a holding pocket to hold a volume of treating chemistry, a transferring pocket to centrifugally receive the treating chemistry, and a dilution pocket to dilute the treating chemistry and dispenser the treating chemistry.
US10648117B2
A laundry treating apparatus is provided. The laundry treating apparatus includes a cabinet, a drum accommodated in the cabinet, a tub accommodating the drum, and a dynamic absorber provided to absorb oscillation of the cabinet. The dynamic absorber includes a support plate coupled to the cabinet, a first moving mass movably provided on the support plate to absorb oscillation transmitted to the cabinet, and a second moving mass movably provided on the support plate to absorb oscillation transmitted to the cabinet. To absorb the oscillation, a time point at which the second moving mass starts relative motion with respect to the support plate is different from that at which the first moving mass starts relative motion with respect to the support plate.
US10648112B2
A cloth washing device contains a washing machine and a fiber opener. The washing machine includes multiple transmission rollers arranged on water and multiple bearings fixed in the water. The fiber opener includes multiple transmission rollers arranged on the water, multiple bearings fixed in the water, and at least two mesh wheels arranged in the water. The fiber opener is mounted behind the washing machine, and a cloth is delivered between the washing machine and the fiber opener by way of the multiple transmission rollers and the multiple bearings of the washing machine and the fiber opener and the least two mesh wheels.
US10648111B2
The present disclosure provides a stain removal device capable of performing partial beating and washing on a cloth product, automatically supplying liquid and applying a beating force to a stain portion appearing on the cloth product, preventing liquid leakage and realizing miniaturization. The stain removal device includes: a cassette mechanism, which includes a head portion having a beating surface and a water supply bottle for accommodating liquid, where water supply paths are from the water supply bottle and throughout the head portion; and a device main body, which includes a vibration unit mountable by pressing the cassette mechanism and detachable by pulling out the vibration unit and is configured to apply a vibration to the cassette mechanism towards a direction substantially orthogonal to the beating surface of the head portion through supplied electric power.
US10648107B2
A fabric for a thermal protective application includes: 5-40 weight % PBI-p fiber and the balance being conventional fibers, where the fabric has equal or better flame-resistant and/or heat-resistant properties, and a fabric weight less than an equivalent fabric made with a like amount of PBI-s fiber in place of the PBI-p fibers. The fabric for a thermal protective application includes: 5-40 weight % of a blend of PBI-p fiber and PBI-s fiber, and the balance being conventional fibers, where the fabric has equal or better flame-resistant and/or heat-resistant properties and a fabric weight less than an equivalent fabric made with a like amount of PBI-s fiber in place of the PBI-p fibers.
US10648076B2
A method performed by a film deposition apparatus including a process chamber and a rotary table that is disposed in the process chamber and includes a substrate-mounting surface on which a substrate is placeable. The method includes a first cleaning process of supplying a cleaning gas from above the substrate-mounting surface of the rotary table while rotating the rotary table in a first cleaning position, and a second cleaning process of supplying the cleaning gas from above the substrate-mounting surface of the rotary table while rotating the rotary table in a second cleaning position that is lower than the first cleaning position.
US10648074B2
In a plasma enhanced physical vapor deposition of a material onto workpiece, a metal target faces the workpiece across a target-to-workpiece gap less than a diameter of the workpiece. A carrier gas is introduced into the chamber and gas pressure in the chamber is maintained above a threshold pressure at which mean free path is less than 5% of the gap. RF plasma source power from a VHF generator is applied to the target to generate a capacitively coupled plasma at the target, the VHF generator having a frequency exceeding 30 MHz. The plasma is extended across the gap to the workpiece by providing through the workpiece a first VHF ground return path at the frequency of the VHF generator.
US10648073B2
The present invention relates to a sputtering method, which is placing and fixing a fiber Bragg grating base material in a vacuum sputtering cavity, then pumping in a first gas or a second gas or both in the sputtering cavity and maintaining at the best set temperature, pressure and electric field intensity, sputtering a Cr-, Zr-, Ti- or AlTi-contained metal compound target with a sputtering current to the surface of the fiber grating base material to form a high-temperature-resistant film containing said metal nitride, which can enable the sensor to tolerate a working environment with a temperature of over 500° C. and still maintain its efficiency.
US10648062B1
The present disclosure is a method and system for the processing of ore and ore tailings to recover metals, minerals and rare earth elements, and more particularly to a method and system for treating the ore and ore tailings using a closed loop chlorine gas oxidant treatment system using an electrochemical cell and the co-addition of an additional oxidizer such as chloric acid to enhance the dissolution of the metals from the ore which is then further processed to separate and recover the metals.
US10648038B2
The invention relates to methods for using biomarkers to identify cancer patients that will or are likely to respond to treatment. Specifically, the invention relates to the use of one or more of three association studies of cancer types, gene mutations, or gene expression levels in order to identify cancer patients that will or are likely to respond to treatment with a histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitor, alone or in combination with another cancer treatment. The methods may, optionally, further include treating such patient with an HDAC inhibitor, alone or in combination with another cancer treatment.
US10648036B2
The invention provides the nucleotide sequence and amino acid sequence of the CDR3 domain of the T cell receptor (TCR) gene of a WT1-specific cytotoxic T cell (CTL) against WT1 protein. Also provided are a method for testing for and treating cancer using the nucleotide sequence and amino acid sequence, and a chip, primer set, kit, and device for testing for cancer comprising the nucleotide sequence and amino acid sequence.
US10648034B2
The present invention relates to mutations associated with neoplasia, such as meningioma. Thus, the invention relates to compositions and methods useful for the assessment, characterization, classification and treatment of neoplasia, including meningioma, based upon the presence or absence of mutations that are associated with neoplasia, including meningioma.
US10648028B2
This invention provides methods for attaching a nucleic acid to a solid surface and for sequencing nucleic acid by detecting the identity of each nucleotide analogue after the nucleotide analogue is incorporated into a growing strand of DNA in a polymerase reaction. The invention also provides nucleotide analogues which comprise unique labels attached to the nucleotide analogue through a cleavable linker, and a cleavable chemical group to cap the —OH group at the 3′-position of the deoxyribose.
US10648023B2
The invention provides systems and methods for processing samples. In a method, a reaction card is provided that has a channel network, a valve, and a micropump, all disposed within the card. The reaction card also has a collection well disposed on a surface of the card and a tubular member extending out from the card. A reaction vessel is provided and affixed to the reaction card such that the tubular member is inserted into the reaction vessel. Amplification reaction reagents and a sample are delivered into the reaction vessel, and an amplification reaction is initiated within the reaction vessel, resulting in an amplification product being disposed within the reaction vessel. The valve is opened to atmosphere, and the first micropump is activated to pump an aliquot of reaction product from the reaction vessel into the tubular member, through the channel network, and into the collection well.
US10648018B2
Aspects of the present disclosure include systems that include reaction vessels and reaction vessel caps. In certain aspects, the reaction vessels include a reaction chamber and a groove disposed around a top opening of a reaction chamber. The system also includes a RV cap that includes a cap body, a RV plug, and a lower wall that includes an outer radial groove disposed above an outward projecting ridge of the lower wall. When the cap is inserted into the RV, the RV plug of the RV cap is sealingly inserted into the reaction chamber of the RV, a ridge of the RV mates with the outer radial groove of the RV cap, and an outward projecting ridge of the RV cap mates with the radial groove of the RV. Also provided are methods and sample analysis systems, which may employ the RV/RV cap systems of the present disclosure.
US10648016B2
A method of detecting a state of a lipid membrane in a cell of a nanopore based sequencing chip is disclosed. A lipid membrane is coupled with an integrating capacitor, wherein the lipid membrane is between a working electrode and a counter electrode. An alternating current (AC) voltage is applied to the counter electrode. A voltage across the integrating capacitor is periodically sampled by an analog-to-digital converter (ADC). A change in the sampled voltage across the integrating capacitor in response to an intermediate change in the AC voltage is determined. A state of the lipid membrane is determined based on the determined change in the sampled voltage across the integrating capacitor in response to the intermediate change in the AC voltage.
US10648011B2
The present invention provides members that produce on a large scale a coenzyme-linked glucose dehydrogenase which has excellent substrate-recognizing ability toward glucose while providing low action on maltose. The present invention relates to a polynucleotide encoding a soluble coenzyme-linked glucose dehydrogenase that catalyzes the oxidation of glucose in the presence of an electron acceptor and has an activity toward maltose of 5% or lower; a polypeptide encoded by the nucleotide sequence of the polynucleotide; a recombinant vector carrying the polynucleotide; a transformed cell produced using the recombinant vector; a method for producing a polypeptide comprising culturing the transformed cell and collecting from the cultivated products a polypeptide that links to FAD to exert the glucose dehydration activity; a method for determination of glucose using the polypeptide; a reagent composition for determination of glucose; and a biosensor.
US10648008B2
The present invention relates to a process for the production of second generation biofuels and/or sugar based chemicals—for example ethanol, butanol etc—and/or materials—for example plastics, single cell proteins etc.—together with sulfonated lignin from lignocellulosic biomass, in particular from lignocellulosic biomass comprising, among others, annual plants, agricultural waste, or wood. In particular, the present invention relates to a process for the production of sugar based chemicals, biofuels or materials together with sulfonated lignin from lignocellulosic biomass comprising the pretreatment of a lignocellulosic biomass in a sulfite cooking step.
US10648006B2
This invention relates to modified hydroxylases. The invention further relates to cells expressing such modified hydroxylases and methods of producing hydroxylated alkanes by contacting a suitable substrate with such cells.
US10648001B2
Nucleases and methods of using these nucleases for inserting a sequence encoding a therapeutic protein such as an enzyme into a cell, thereby providing proteins or cell therapeutics for treatment and/or prevention of a lysosomal storage disease.
US10648000B2
Disclosed are capsid-modified rAAV expression vectors, as well as infectious virions, compositions, and pharmaceutical formulations that include them. Also disclosed are methods of preparing and using novel capsid-protein-mutated rAAV vector constructs in a variety of diagnostic and therapeutic applications including, inter alia, as delivery agents for diagnosis, treatment, or amelioration of one or more diseases, disorders, or dysfunctions of the mammalian vascular system, and complications from Type I diabetes. Also disclosed are methods for systemic and tissue-localized delivery of therapeutic rAAV-based gene expression cassettes to vascular endothelial cells, tissues, and organs, as well as use of the disclosed compositions in the manufacture of medicaments for a variety of in vitro and/or in vivo applications including the treatment of vasculitis, and complications arising from Type I diabetes, such as macular edema, nephropathy, diabetic retinopathy, and the like.
US10647997B2
A modified effector cell includes a non-reversibly produced vector-encoded anti-GD2-BB-ζ chimeric receptor for use in disialoganglioside GD2-expressing neoplasia, which is inserted in the cell, to obtain an effector cell that stably produces the anti-GD2-BB-ζ chimeric receptor, the chimeric receptor having two distinct mutually fused portions, i.e. an intra-cytoplasmic portion and an extra-cytoplasmic portion.
US10647996B2
Compositions and methods for conferring pesticidal activity to bacteria, plants, plant cells, tissues and seeds are provided. The toxin coding sequences can be used in DNA constructs or expression cassettes for expression in plants and bacteria. Compositions include transformed bacteria, plants, plant cells, tissues, and seeds. In particular, polynucleotide sequences and the toxin proteins encoded thereby are provided. Also provided are antibodies specifically binding to those amino acid sequences. In particular, the invention encompasses nucleotide sequences encoding fusion proteins, as well as biologically active variants and fragments thereof, wherein the fusion protein contains the C-terminal portion of SEQ ID NO:43. The fusion protein may also contain the N-terminal portion of SEQ ID NO:45. The invention also includes the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO:47 and 1-14, or a nucleotide sequence encoding the amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:2, 3, 7-14 and 47, including biologically active variants and fragments thereof.
US10647987B2
The present invention relates to a novel approach for treating inflammatory disorders and other diseases, which is based on targeting ROR gamma t mRNA. The invention is directed to oligonucleotides comprising 10 to 22 modified or unmodified nucleotides complementary to specifically selected regions of the RORC, transcript variant 2 mRNA (RORC2), which codes for the ROR gamma t protein.
US10647978B2
A solution for extracting substantially pure RNA from a biological sample is disclosed. The solution for extracting RNA from a biological sample containing RNA and at least DNA comprises: (a) phenol in an amount of more than 50% by volume based on the total amount of the solution; (b) a polyol in an amount of 3 to 10% by volume based on the total amount of the solution; (c) a guanidinium salt at a concentration of 0.5 to 2.0 M based on the total amount of the solution; (d) a thiocyanate at a concentration of 0.1 to 0.5 M based on the total amount of the solution; and (e) a buffer for maintaining the pH of the solution at 4 to 6.
US10647975B2
Disclosed herein are modified strains for reducing degradation of recombinantly expressed products secreted from a host organism and methods of using the modified strains. In some embodiments, to attenuate a protease activity in Pichia pastoris, the genes encoding enzymes the degrade proteases are inactivated or mutated to reduce or eliminate activity. In preferred strains, the protease activity of proteases encoded by PAS_chr4_0584 (YPS1-1) and PAS_chr3_1157 (YPS1-2) (e.g., polypeptides comprising SEQ ID NO: 66 and 67) is attenuated.
US10647973B2
A novel mannanase. A polypeptide having a specific amino acid sequence such as the amino acid represented by SEQ ID NO:2 exhibits a mannanase activity. Although this mannanase does not have homology with known mannanase at the amino acid level, the polypeptide has a mannanase activity as well as heat resistance.
US10647970B2
The present invention discloses an L-type amylase variant and use thereof. The α-amylase variant is obtained by deleting the first N-terminal amino acid residue V from the α-amylase of B. licheniformis and replacing it with three other amino acid residues DGL. The α-amylase variant provided by the present invention has high catalytic activity under the acidic conditions of pH 5.0-5.8 and a high temperature of 100° C. or above. The acid resistance and thermal stability of these α-amylase variants are suitable for starch liquefaction.
US10647965B2
The present invention relates to a hetero-transglycosylase protein having cellulose:xyloglucan endotransglucosylase (CXE) activity in addition to mixed-linkage beta-glucan:xyloglucan endotransglucosylase (MXE) activity. The protein may comprise the amino acid sequence of any one of SEQ ID NOs: 2, 6 and 8 or a functional fragment thereof; or an amino acid sequence having at least 60% sequence identity to any one of SEQ ID NO: 2, 6 and 8, or to SEQ ID NO: 2 from amino acid 22 to 280, to SEQ ID NO: 6 from amino acid 26 to 283, or to SEQ ID NO: 8 from amino acid 29 to 287. The invention furthermore relates to an isolated nucleic acid encoding the protein described herein, a chimeric gene comprising, inter alia, the nucleic acid described herein, a vector comprising said chimeric gene, a host cell comprising said vector or said chimeric gene and an according transgenic plant. Further disclosed herein in are a method of producing a transgenic plant and a method of improving properties of cellulosic material.
US10647964B2
Provided herein are compositions and methods for vaccination and research applications. In particular, provided herein are non-neuroinvasive herpesviruses and alpha herpesviruses and uses thereof.
US10647954B1
A cell culture cartridge is provided comprising a plurality of zones geometrically configured to provide for symmetrical fluid flow with each of the plurality of zones to avoid dead areas in flow within each of the plurality of zones. In certain embodiments, at least eight inlets are provided, with an inlet positioned at each corner of the cell culture cartridge. In certain embodiments, a shared outlet is positioned on a top surface of the cell culture cartridge.
US10647952B1
An all-natural fruit juice, vegetable juice or blend of fruit juice and vegetable juice and alcohol composition, including a mixture of all-natural fruit juice, vegetable juice or blend of fruit juice and vegetable juice and alcohol having a pH of less than or equal to 4.6, wherein the mixture has an alcohol content of 2-20% by volume, and wherein the mixture has been subjected to a high-pressure processing such that the mixture has been subjected to a pressure range of 70,000-95,000 psi for a time period of 1 to 5 minutes.
US10647950B2
A composition and method for removing copper-containing post-etch and/or post-ash residue from patterned microelectronic devices is described. The removal composition includes water, a fluoride ion source, an alkanolamine, sulfuric acid, and an organic acid. The compositions effectively remove the copper and cobalt-containing post-etch residue from the microelectronic device without damaging exposed low-k dielectric and metal interconnect materials.
US10647948B2
The need for a fast acting and broad spectrum antimicrobial composition which does not reduce surface shine and does not leave visible residues on the surface, while also providing greater residuality of the actives can be met by formulating antimicrobial compositions as described herein.
US10647947B2
The present invention concerns a detergent comprising a polypeptide having galactanase activity. It further concerns a laundering method and the use of galactanases. The present invention further relates to polypeptides having galactanase activity, nucleotides encoding the polypeptide, as well as methods of producing the polypeptides.
US10647945B2
The invention relates to the use of a gel-like polymer composition, which is produced by means of a radical polymerization of an [alpha],[beta]-ethylenically unsaturated acid in the presence of at least one polyether component, in formulations for automatic dishwashing (ADW).
US10647938B2
The presently disclosed technology relates to a nano-additives to improve the performance of lubricants, oils, and greases. More specifically, the presently disclosed technology relates to applying capped metal oxide nanoparticles, such as capped zirconia nanoparticles, in the lubricants to produce a tribofilms on the lubricating surfaces to provide wear protection to the said surfaces. Also, the interaction of the capped zirconia nanoparticles with other commonly used additives in lubricants may further optimize the performance of the resulting tribofilms.
US10647917B2
A method of producing a quantum dot comprising zinc selenide, the method comprising: providing an organic ligand mixture comprising a carboxylic acid compound, a primary amine compound, a secondary amide compound represented by Chemical Formula 1, and a first organic solvent: RCONHR Chemical Formula 1 wherein each R is as defined herein; heating the organic ligand mixture in an inert atmosphere at a first temperature to obtain a heated organic ligand mixture; adding a zinc precursor, a selenium precursor, and optionally a tellurium precursor to the heated organic ligand mixture to obtain a reaction mixture, wherein the zinc precursor does not comprise oxygen; and heating the reaction mixture at a first reaction temperature to synthesize a first semiconductor nanocrystal particle.
US10647916B2
A scintillation compound can include a rare earth element that is in a divalent (RE2+) or a tetravalent state (RE4+). The scintillation compound can include another element to allow for better change balance. The other element may be a principal constituent of the scintillation compound or may be a dopant or a co-dopant. In an embodiment, a metal element in a trivalent state (M3+) may be replaced by RE4+ and a metal element in a divalent state (M2+). In another embodiment, M3+ may be replaced by RE2+ and M4+. In a further embodiment, M2+ may be replaced by a RE3+ and a metal element in a monovalent state (M1+). The metal element used for electronic charge balance may have a single valance state, rather than a plurality of valence states, to help reduce the likelihood that the valance state would change during formation of the scintillation compound.
US10647915B2
A converter assembly for converting a primary light into a secondary light includes at least one element which has a light-converting structure with open pores and which is laterally held by a frame. The surfaces of both the light-converting structure as well as of the inner face of the frame are covered with a transparent layer such that each of the afore-mentioned elements forms a region in which a property of the incident light and preferably of the wavelength thereof is changed. In specific embodiments, the converter assembly can be part of display assemblies or of miniaturized components for example. There is also described a method for producing the converter assembly.
US10647903B2
The present application discloses drilling fluid compositions, methods for making drilling fluids, and methods for drilling subterranean wells utilizing the drilling fluids. According to one embodiment, a drilling fluid composition may include an oil phase, an aqueous phase, an emulsifier, and a rheology modifier. The emulsifier may include an amino amide, and the rheology modifier may include a layered double hydroxide, such as Mg/Al-Myristate layered double hydroxide.
US10647898B2
Disclosed are an adhesive composition for polarizing plates, a polarizing plate using the same, a method for preparing the same, and an optical member including the same. The adhesive composition includes (A) a (meth)acrylic radical compound, (B) a cationic epoxy compound, (C) a phenoxy resin, and (D) a photoinitiator.
US10647896B2
The present invention relates to a hydrogenated petroleum resin, and to a manufacturing method and use thereof. More specifically, it relates to a hydrogenated petroleum resin manufactured by subjecting dicyclopentadiene and an olefinic monomer to thermal polymerization and then carrying out a hydrogenation reaction, and to a manufacturing method and use therefor. The hydrogenated petroleum resin has the advantage of being useful in practical applications, since the petroleum resin is manufactured via thermal polymerization using inexpensive raw materials and on the contrary to conventional catalytic polymerization, a catalyst elimination process can be excluded. The hydrogenated petroleum resin produced in this way can be applied to, for example, an adhesive agent used in environmentally friendly sanitary goods, because the petroleum resin has excellent compatibility, adhesiveness and heat resistance, and has no bad odor.
US10647894B2
Provided is an adhesive composition for an optical use, including: a first isobutylene-isoprene-based rubber having a weight average molecular weight (Mw) of 100,000 g/mol to 1,000,000 g/mol; and a second isobutylene-isoprene-based rubber having a weight average molecular weight (Mw) of 5,000 g/mol to 100,000 g/mol, in which the first isobutylene-isoprene-based rubber and the second isobutylene-isoprene-based rubber each include a hydroxy group. Further, provided is an adhesive layer including a thermally cured product of the adhesive composition for optical use.
US10647891B2
Provided is a PSA sheet that has a high level of moisture resistance while maintaining good holding power with reduced gas emission. The PSA sheet provided by this invention comprises a moisture-impermeable layer and a PSA layer provided to one face of the moisture-impermeable layer. The PSA layer comprises a polymer A having a weight average molecular weight of 5×104 or higher as a base polymer and a polymer B having a number average molecular weight of 1000 or higher and a weight average molecular weight lower than 5×104.
US10647890B2
The present application relates to an adhesive composition comprising a curable oligomer and a polymer derived from butylene, an adhesive film comprising same, an organic electronic device comprising same, and a lighting apparatus and a display device comprising same. The adhesive film comprising the adhesive composition shows excellent moisture-blocking properties and enables an organic electronic device to have flexibility as well as excellent and reliable durability at high temperature and high humidity.
US10647889B2
A two-component (meth) acrylic adhesive excellent in peel strength at low temperature and impact resistance is provided. A composition comprising components of (1) to (4): (1) a polymerizable vinyl monomer comprising (1-1) to (1-4); (2) a polymerization initiator; (3) a reducing agent; and (4) an elastomer having no polymerizable unsaturated double bond at the end and having 10 to 30 mol % of a (meth) acrylonitrile. A composition comprising components of (1) to (4): (1) a polymerizable vinyl monomer comprising (1-1) to (1-4); (2) a polymerization initiator; (3) a reducing agent; (4) an elastomer having a polymerizable unsaturated double bond at the end and having 10 to 30 mol % of a (meth) acrylonitrile; and (5) an elastomer having no polymerizable unsaturated double bond at the end.
US10647886B2
A water-based hydrogel polymer coating and a method of application to natural rubber or other elastomeric latex products are provided. The water-based hydrogel polymer is mixed with a blend of at least one elastomeric material to provide a hydrogel polymer blend composition. The water-based hydrogel polymer blend composition is applied in a single application to an elastomeric article, such as gloves, without additional solvents in the polymer blend composition and without a separate acid or chemical priming step. The water-based hydrogel coating herein provides increased lubricity to facilitate improved wet and dry donning of the elastomeric article.
US10647879B2
A polymerizable liquid, or resin, useful for the production by additive manufacturing of a three-dimensional object of polyurethane, polyurea, or a copolymer thereof, is described. The resin includes at least one of (i) a blocked or reactive blocked prepolymer, (ii) a blocked or reactive blocked diisocyanate, or (iii) a blocked or reactive blocked diisocyanate chain extender.
US10647869B2
A peelable coating composition capable of providing coating films with good peelability particularly after UV exposure and desirable mechanical properties.
US10647865B2
An ink composition includes 3-methyl-1,5-pentanediol; trimethylolpropane; water; and a pigment, in which no more than 0.5% by mass of 1,2-hexanediol is contained, and a mass ratio of the trimethylolpropane to the 3-methyl-1,5-pentanediol is 0.12 or more and 2 or less.
US10647864B2
An object of the present invention is to provide an aqueous pigment dispersion that provides an aqueous ink for inkjet recording that contains a reduced number of coarse particles, is excellent in ejection stability, and is applicable to a printer equipped with a high-resolution inkjet head and to provide the aqueous ink for inkjet recording. The present invention relates to an aqueous pigment dispersion containing: a polymer (A) that has anionic groups, has a solubility in water of 0.1 g/100 mL or less and a number average molecular weight within the range of 1,000 to 6,000, and forms fine particles in water when the degree of neutralization of the anionic groups with a basic compound is 100%; a polyhalogenated metal phthalocyanine pigment or a diketopyrrolopyrrole pigment; and water. The invention also relates to an aqueous ink for inkjet recording.
US10647852B2
The present invention relates to photochromic polyfused naphthopyrans having very long-wave absorption of the closed form extending well into the visible wavelength range, and to the use thereof in all kinds of plastics, especially for ophthalmic purposes, preferably in driving glasses.
US10647850B2
A carbodiimide-based aqueous resin crosslinking agent excellent in the storage stability in the coexistence of an aqueous resin, comprising a polycarbodiimide (A) having substituents derived from hydrophilic organic compounds at both terminals thereof, at least one of the substituents being a substituent derived from a hydrophilic organic compound having a molecular weight of 340 or more, and a polycarbodiimide (B) having substituents derived from organic compounds having a molecular weight of 300 or less at both terminals thereof, wherein the mass ratio [(B)/(A)] of the polycarbodiimide (B) to the polycarbodiimide (A) is from 20/80 to 95/5.
US10647849B2
The present invention provides an epoxy resin composition comprising at least the following component [A], component [B] and component [C], the epoxy resin composition being characterized in that: the mixture of component [A] and component [B] is a mixture that, when temperature is increased at 2° C./min, begins to thicken at temperature (T1) and completes thickening at temperature (T2), temperature (T1) being 80-110° C. and temperature (T1) and temperature (T2) satisfying the relationship of expression (1) 5° C.≤(T2−T1)≤20° C. expression (1); and the mixture of component [A] and component [C] is a mixture that, when temperature is increased at 2° C./min, begins to cure at temperature (T3), temperature (T1) and temperature (T3) satisfying the relationship of expression (2) 5° C.≤(T3−T1)≤80° C. expression (2). Component [A]: epoxy resin Component [B]: thickening particle Component [C]: curing agent.
US10647848B2
A rubber composition comprises at least one phenol-aldehyde resin based on: at least one aromatic polyphenol comprising at least one aromatic ring bearing at least two —O—H groups in the meta position relative to one another, the two positions ortho to at least one of the —O—H groups being unsubstituted; and at least one aldehyde of formula W: wherein each Ar1 and Ar2 group represents, independently of one another, an optionally substituted aromatic ring; and wherein SP is a connecting group that connects at least the Ar1 and Ar2 groups to one another, SP separating the Ar1 and Ar2 groups by at least 2 covalent bonds.
US10647846B2
An electrochemical sensor system comprises an electrochemical sensor and a hydrogel composition. The electrochemical sensor has at least a counter electrode and a working electrode. The hydrogel composition contacts the working electrode. The hydrogel composition comprises a first monomer, a second monomer, a cross-linking agent, and a solvent. The first monomer has hydrophilic characteristics. The second monomer has hydrophobic characteristics. The ratio of the first monomer to the second monomer is from about 0.1:99.9 to about 99.9:0.1.
US10647840B2
A thermoplastic composition includes from about 50 wt. % to about 90 wt. % of a polymeric base resin and from about 10 wt. % to about 50 wt. % of a low dielectric constant (Dk)/low dissipation factor (Df) glass fiber component. The low Dk/low Df glass fiber component has a Dk of less than about 5.0 at a frequency of from 1 MHz to 1 GHz and a Df of less than about 0.002 at a frequency of from 1 MHz to 1 GHz. In certain aspects the thermoplastic composition has a Dk that is at least about 0.1 lower than a substantially identical reference composition that does not include the low Dk/low Df glass fiber component.
US10647827B2
Provided are an engineering plastic composite and a method for producing the same. The engineering plastic composite includes a carbon fiber having a surface modified by a hydrogen plasma and including a functional group and an engineering plastic. The carbon fiber is mixed with the engineering plastic to constitute a composite.
US10647823B2
The current process relates to an adiabatic gel polymerization process for the production of water-soluble polyelectrolytes using UV LED modules or a combination of a UV tube light sources and UV LED modules wherein the resulting polymer has increased throughput, lower residual monomer content as well as lower insolubles compared with current photoinitiated polymerization processes.
US10647822B2
Synthesis of organyloxyfunctional organosilicon compounds is facilitated by a two-step process using a basic lithium, guanidine or amidine catalyst in the first step, and a phosphorus compound having a P═O linkage in a second step.
US10647819B2
According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a photocurable composition which comprises a cyclic compound (a) represented by formula (1), an episulfide compound (b), and a photopolymerization initiator (c). In a preferred embodiment, the proportion of the cyclic compound (a) in the photocurable composition is 5-80 mass %, the proportion of the episulfide compound (b) is 20-95 mass %, and the proportion of the photopolymerization initiator (c) is 0.1-10 parts by mass per 100 parts by mass of the sum of the cyclic compound (a) and the episulfide compound (b). In the formula, C represents a carbon atom, X represents S, Se, or Te, and a to f are integers of 0-3, provided that 8≥(a+c+e)≥1, 8≥(b+d+f)≥2, and (b+d+f)≥(a+c+e).
US10647812B2
Described are shape-memory polymers that have a composite prepolymer crosslinked with a stoichiometric amount of a multifunctional crosslinker, the composite prepolymer having a branched or telechelic prepolymer having a low polydispersity reacted with a non-crystalline chain extender. Also described are methods of making shape-memory polymers by reacting a branched or telechelic prepolymer having a low polydispersity with a non-crystalline chain extender to form a composite prepolymer, and crosslinking a stoichiometric amount of a multifunctional crosslinker with the composite prepolymer, thereby forming the shape-memory polymer.
US10647807B2
A polyaldimine of the formula (I) with advantageous properties in use as latent hardener for compositions including isocyanate groups, and compositions containing the polyaldimine of the formula (I) and at least one polyisocyanate and/or at least one polyurethane polymer containing isocyanate groups. The polyaldimine of the formula (I) is odourless, pH-neutral, liquid at room temperature, has low viscosity, has little sensitivity to heat and moisture, and is stable in storage together with isocyanates. It can provide odourless single-component polyurethane compositions which have good stability in storage and which do not produce bubbles when hardened in the presence of moisture, and which cause no problematic odour emissions, giving a hardened elastic material with good mechanical properties and surprisingly little tendency towards plasticizer migration.
US10647798B2
Disclosed herein are spray-dried catalyst compositions including one or more olefin polymerization catalysts and at least one support of an organosilica material, optionally, with at least one activator. The spray-dried catalyst compositions may be used in polymerization processes for the production of polyolefin polymers.
US10647797B2
The disclosure provides a procatalyst for the polymerization of ethylene and optionally one or more alpha-olefins having the structure shown in formula (I) below: wherein at least two of Y1-Y3 and at least two of Y4-Y6 are fluorine atoms and when only two of Y1-Y3 and only two of Y4-Y6 are fluorine atoms, the non-fluorine Y1-Y6 are selected from the group consisting of H atom, alkyl groups, aryl groups, heteroaryl groups, and alkoxy groups. Also provided is a polymerization process using the procatalyst.
US10647790B2
The present invention relates to an improvement for gas-phase olefin polymerization process having relatively high bed bulk density. The improvement involves the use of mixed external electron donors when polymerizing propylene in a gas-phase reactor having a polymer bed with a bulk density greater than 128 kg/m3, optionally with one or more comonomers, wherein the mixed electron donor system comprises at least a first external electron donor and a second external electron donor, and wherein the first external electron donor is a carboxylate compound.
US10647789B2
A composition comprising an ethylene-based polymer is made by a process comprising the steps of: (A) contacting under first polymerization conditions at least ethylene and at least one molecular catalyst to form a first ethylene-based polymer, and (B) contacting under second polymerization conditions the first ethylene-based polymer of (A) with at least additional ethylene and a carbon-carbon free radical initiator of Structure (I): wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5 and R6 are each, independently, hydrogen or a hydrocarbyl group and wherein, optionally, two or more R groups (R1, R2, R3, R4, R5 and R6) form a ring structure, with the proviso that at least one of R2 and R5, and at least one of R3 and R6 is a hydrocarbyl group of at least two carbon atoms, to form the composition.
US10647775B2
Provided herein are de novo binding domain containing polypeptides (DBDpp) that specifically bind a target of interest. Nucleic acids encoding the DBDpp, and vectors and host cells containing the nucleic acids are also provided. Libraries of DBDpp, methods of producing and screening such libraries and the DBDpp identified from such libraries and screens are also encompassed. Methods of making and using the DBDpp are additionally provided. Such uses include, without limitation, affinity purification, and diagnostic and therapeutic applications.
US10647769B1
To provide a novel antibody. Provided is a monoclonal antibody or a binding fragment thereof that binds to domain 3 of human LAG-3 and has one or more of the properties described in (ii) to (v), and the properties described in (i) and (vi) below: (i) having in vitro ADCC activity; (ii) reducing the number of LAG-3 positive cells in vivo in low fucose form; (iii) suppressing experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis in vivo in low fucose form; (iv) binding to human activated T cells; (v) human LAG-3 binds to human major histocompatibility complex class II molecules in the presence of the antibody or the binding fragment thereof; and (vi) the presence of the antibody or the binding fragment thereof allowing human LAG-3 to exert a human T cell suppression function.
US10647768B2
The present invention relates to Tri-Specific Binding Molecules, which are multi-chain polypeptide molecules that possess three Binding Domains and are thus capable of mediating coordinated binding to three epitopes. The Binding Domains may be selected such that the Tri-Specific Binding Molecules are capable of binding to any three different epitopes. Such epitopes may be epitopes of the same antigen or epitopes of two or three different antigens. In a preferred embodiment, one of such epitopes will be capable of binding to CD3, the second of such epitopes will be capable of binding to CD8, and the third of such epitopes will be capable of binding to an epitope of a Disease-Associated Antigen. The invention also provides a novel ROR1-binding antibody, as well as derivatives thereof and uses for such compositions.
US10647765B2
Herein is reported a fusion polypeptide according to formula I NH2—S2—X1—S1—COOH (formula I) wherein X1 comprises either a random amino acid sequence or an amino acid sequence derived from a first polypeptide, S2 and S1 are non-overlapping amino acid sequences derived from a second polypeptide, and — denotes a peptide bond, wherein the second polypeptide is a polypeptide with peptidyl-prolyl cis/trans-isomerase activity (PPIase activity) or is derived from the FKBP-fold domain family, wherein X1 is inserted in place of the insert-in-flap-domain of the second polypeptide.
US10647762B2
The present invention relates to a class of monoclonal antibody that specifically binds the phosphorylated serine 396 residue on pathological hyperphosphorylated (PHF) tau (pS396) with improved affinity, as well as to methods of using these molecules and their tau binding fragments in the treatment of Alzheimer's disease and other tauopathies.
US10647761B2
The invention provides anti-human alpha-synuclein antibodies and methods of using the same.
US10647759B2
Antibodies to human N3pGlu Aβ, compositions comprising such N3pGlu Aβ antibodies, and methods of using such N3pGlu Aβ antibodies for the treatment of a disease characterized by deposition of Aβ including clinical or pre-clinical Alzheimer's disease, Down's syndrome, and clinical or pre-clinical cerebral amyloid angiopathy.
US10647758B2
A recombinant adeno-associated virus (AAV) having an AAV capsid and packaged therein a heterologous nucleic acid which expresses two functional antibody constructs in a cell is described. Also described are antibodies comprising a heavy chain and a light chain from a heterologous antibody. In one embodiment, the antibodies are co-expressed from a vector containing: a first expression cassette which encodes at least a first open reading frame (ORF) for a first immunoglobulin under the control of regulatory control sequences which direct expression thereof; and a second expression cassette which comprises a second ORF, a linker, and a third ORF under the control of regulatory control sequences which direct expression thereof, wherein the second and third ORF for a second and third immunoglobulin construct. The vector co-expressing these two antibody constructs is in one embodiment an AAV, in which the 5′ and 3′ ITRs flank the expression cassettes and regulatory sequences.
US10647756B2
Disclosed herein are humanized antibodies in which human germline residues are introduces to the complementarity determining regions (CDRs) of a non-human donor antibody. Also described herein are libraries of antibody variable domains (e.g., phage-display libraries) and methods for screening for humanized antibodies.
US10647750B2
Engineered clostridial toxins comprising an amino acid modification that increases the isoelectric point of the engineered clostridial toxin to a value that is at least 0.2 pI units higher than the isoelectric point of an otherwise identical clostridial toxin lacking the modification, wherein the modification is not located in the clostridial toxin binding domain (HC domain).
US10647744B2
Provided herein are tripeptide epoxy ketone protease inhibitors, methods of their preparation, related pharmaceutical compositions, and methods of using the same. For example, provided herein are compounds of Formula (X): and pharmaceutically acceptable salts and compositions including the same. The compounds and compositions provided herein may be used, for example, in the treatment of diseases including inflammation and neurodegenerative disease.
US10647739B2
The invention relates to a method for producing derivatives of O-α-glucosylated flavonoid, comprising at least one step of incubating a glucansucrase with a flavonoid and at least one sucrose, the flavonoid being a flavonoid which is monohydroxylated or hydroxylated in a non-vicinal manner on the B cycle. The invention also relates to novel O-α-glucosylated flavonoid derivatives, and to the use thereof.
US10647732B2
PDI derivatives useful as opto-electronically active materials or for the synthesis of such materials. Certain compounds herein function as efficient electron acceptors and are useful as electron active components of electronic devices.
US10647731B2
The present invention relates to certain thiazolopyrimidinone compounds, pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds, and methods of treatment using such compounds.
US10647729B1
The present invention relates to novel crystalline forms of dolutegravir, process for its preparation and pharmaceutical composition comprising them.
US10647726B2
The present disclosure relates to novel compounds and pharmaceutical compositions thereof, and methods for promoting healthy aging of skin, the treatment of skin disorders, the treatment of cardiovascular disorders, the treatment of renal disorders, the treatment of angiogenesis disorders, such as cancer, treatment of tissue damage, such as non-cardiac tissue damage, the treatment of evolving myocardial infarction, the treatment of ischemic injury, and the treatment of various other disorders, such as complications arising from diabetes with the compounds and compositions of the invention. Other disorders can include, but are not limited to, atherosclerosis, coronary artery disease, diabetic nephropathy, diabetic neuropathy, diabetic retinopathy, diabetic cardiomyopathy, infections of the skin, peripheral vascular disease, stroke, asthma, and the like.
US10647724B2
The present disclosure provides compounds of Formula (I) and Formula (II). The compounds described herein may be useful in treating proliferative diseases (e.g., cancer). Also provided in the present disclosure are pharmaceutical compositions, kits, methods, and uses including or using a compound described herein.
US10647719B2
The invention provides novel compounds having the general formula (I) wherein R1, R2, Y, W, m, n, p and q are as defined herein, compositions including the compounds and methods of using the compounds.
US10647712B2
A compound of general formula I: is disclosed. The compound be used to prevent or treat hepatitis B virus infection.
US10647710B2
Disclosed in the present invention are a new thiazole compound, particularly a compound represented by formula (I), a pharmaceutical composition thereof and applications thereof in the preparation of drugs for the treatment of diseases related to herpes simplex viruses.
US10647707B2
Provided herein are benzimidazole derivatives, for example, of Formula I, and pharmaceutical compositions thereof. Also provided herein are methods of their use for treating, preventing, or ameliorating one or more symptoms of a proliferative disease.
US10647703B2
Compounds having activity as inhibitors of G12C mutant KRAS protein are provided. The compounds have the following structure (I): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, tautomer, stereoisomer or prodrug thereof, wherein A, X, R3a, R3b, R4a, R4b, G1, G2, G3, G4, L1, L2, m1, m2, m3, m4, and E are as defined herein. Methods associated with preparation and use of such compounds, pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds and methods to modulate the activity of G12C mutant KRAS protein for treatment of disorders, such as cancer, are also provided.
US10647694B2
A diphenylaminopyrimidine and triazine compound of Formula I, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, stereoisomer, hydrate or solvate thereof is disclosed In formula I, A is C or N; X and Y are independently selected from hydrogen, halo, cyano, trifluoromethyl, alkoxy, alkyl, aryl, alkenyl, alkynyl and nitro; or X and Y, together with the atoms to which they are attached, form a phenyl or an heteroaromatic ring; R1 is R2 is CD3 or CD2CD3; R3 is R4 is hydrogen, methyl, trifluoromethyl, cyano or halo; R5 is hydrogen, alkyl, substituted and unsubstituted phenyl, allyl or propargyl; R6 and R7 are independently selected from hydrogen, alkyl, substituted and unsubstituted phenyl, allyl and propargyl; or R6 and R7, together with the nitrogen atom to which they are attached, form a substituted or unsubstituted heterocycloalkyl group. The compound has pharmacodynamic and pharmacokinetic properties and ALK kinase inhibitory activity.
US10647689B2
Provided herein are agonists of the apelin receptor for the treatment of disease. The compounds disclosed herein are useful for the treatment of a range of cardiovascular, renal and metabolic conditions.
US10647686B2
The present invention relates to compounds represented by Formula 1 or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein: R1 is chloro or methyl; R2 is hydrogen or chloro; R3 is hydrogen, fluoro, chloro, bromo, methyl, ethyl, isopropyl, pentyl, hexyl, octyl, methoxy, phenoxy, (4-nitrophenyl)sulfonyl, piperidin-4-yl, or piperazin-1-yl; R4 is hydrogen, chloro, methyl or trifluoromethyl, phenoxy, (4-nitrophenyl)sulfonyl or piperidin-4-yl; or R3 and R4, together with the carbons to which they are attached, form a fused ring selected form the group consisting of: n is 1 or 2. These compounds according to the present invention remarkably inhibits activity of DRAK that inhibits signal systems of TGF-β, which is known to suppress cancer growth, and thus the novel pyrimidine compounds can be used as a pharmaceutical composition for preventing or treating cancer and can be used as a pharmaceutical composition for preventing or treating inflammatory disease.
US10647681B2
The present invention relates to an amidine of the formula (I) and its use as a catalyst for crosslinking a curable composition. The amidine of the formula (I) contains at least one aliphatic amidine group. It is substantially odorless and nonvolatile at room temperature and accelerates the crosslinking of curable compositions very efficiently, without impairing the storage stability of the compositions. It is particularly suitable for compositions based on polymers containing silane groups, with which it is compatible, as a result of which such compositions do not have a tendency to separation or migration or evaporation of the catalyst.
US10647675B2
Provided is a compound showing excellent Antifungal activity against Trichophyton fungus, which is a major causative microorganism of superficial mycosis, and high effectiveness on diseases caused by Trichophyton fungi. A biaryl derivative represented by the formula (I) or a salt thereof: wherein ring A is an optionally substituted phenyl, or an optionally substituted 5- or 6-membered ring heteroaryl (ring A may be further condensed to form an optionally substituted fused ring); Q is CH2, C═O, NH, O, S or the like; X1, X2 and X3 are CR1 or N; Y is CH or N; Z is CR2b or N; R2a and R2b are each a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, an optionally substituted C1-C6 alkyl group, a C1-C6 haloalkyl group or the like; R2a and R2b may form, together with carbon atoms bonded thereto, an optionally substituted carbocycle, or an optionally substituted heterocycle.
US10647650B2
The invention relates to a process for hydroformylating short-chain olefins, especially C2 to C5 olefins, in which the catalyst system is in heterogenized form on a support of a porous ceramic material, and to plants for performing this process.
US10647649B2
The present invention provides processes for the preparation of 3, 5-Dihydroxy-4-isopropyl-trans-stilbene or a salt or solvate thereof and novel intermediates used therein. In some embodiments the 3, 5-Dihydroxy-4-isopropyl-trans-stilbene is prepared from (E)-2-chloro-2-isopropyl-5-styrylcyclohexane-1,3-dione. Also disclosed are crystal forms of 3, 5-Dihydroxy-4-isopropyl-trans-stilbene or a salt or solvate thereof and pharmaceutical compositions comprising same.
US10647642B2
Provided is a method for industrially advantageously producing a fluorinated hydrocarbon (3). The disclosed method for producing a fluorinated hydrocarbon represented by formula (3) includes bringing into contact, in a hydrocarbon-based solvent, a secondary or tertiary ether compound represented by formula (1) below with an acid fluoride represented by formula (2) in the presence of lithium salt or sodium salt (in the formulae, R1 and R2 each represent a C1-3 alkyl, and R1 and R2 may be bonded to each other to form a ring structure; R3 represents a hydrogen atom, methyl, or ethyl; and R4 and R5 each represent methyl or ethyl).
US10647637B2
Large pill dehydrogenation catalysts and large screens slot width are combined in dehydrogenation units to reduce the pressure drop across the catalyst bed and reactor screens compared to conventional screen and catalyst size combinations. The catalyst has an average pill diameter in the range of 1.6 mm to 3.0 mm, and the slot width of the screen is in the range of about 30% to about 60% of the pill diameter.
US10647636B2
Processes for dehydrogenation of a hydrocarbon feedstock are described. The process can be run at lower H2/HC ratios and lower RITs while maintaining coke production at the same level as operation at higher H2/HC ratios and higher RITs without decreasing the yield per pass. Acceptable levels of coke were achieved when operating the process at low hydrogen to hydrocarbon molar ratio in the range of 0.01 to 0.40 and reactor inlet temperatures in the range of 500°-645° C. The process uses a low coke catalyst.
US10647635B2
In some embodiments provided herein are processes for controlling carbon dioxide output levels coming from an oxidative dehydrogenation (ODH) process. Carbon dioxide output from an ODH process includes that produced in the ODH reaction and carry over when carbon dioxide is used as an inert diluent. Under certain circumstances carbon dioxide can also be consumed in the ODH process by acting as an oxidizing agent. By varying the amount of steam introduced into the ODH process an operator may alter the degree to which carbon dioxide acts as an oxidizing agent. This in turn allows a level of control in the degree to which carbon dioxide is consumed in the process, effecting overall carbon dioxide output. Minimizing the carbon dioxide output provides an opportunity to limit or eliminate the requirement for release of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.
US10647634B2
A process for catalytic dehydrogenation comprising mixing fluidization gas a fluidization gas which comprises methane, natural gas, ethane, hydrogen, nitrogen or any combination thereof with a fluidized catalyst stream that has passed through a catalytic dehydrogenation reactor and has exited a catalyst separation zone to form a catalyst recycle stream; and recycling the catalyst recycle stream either directly or indirectly into a catalytic dehydrogenation reactor is provided.
US10647630B2
A process for the combined preparation of at least butene and octene from ethane, proceeds by a) providing an inert solvent having a boiling point or boiling range below the boiling point of butene; b) providing a first feed mixture comprising at least the inert solvent and ethene dissolved therein; c) converting the first feed mixture in a first synthesis; d) in the first synthesis, oligomerizing at least a portion of the ethene present in the first feed mixture in the presence of a first heterogeneous catalyst and in the presence of the inert solvent to obtain a first reaction mixture comprising at least the inert solvent, butene, hexene and octene; e) working-up of the first reaction mixture and/or a substance stream based thereon into a low boiler fraction comprising the inert solvent, at least one C4-fraction comprising butenes, a C6-fraction comprising hexenes, a C8-fraction comprising octenes and into a C8+-fraction comprising hydrocarbons having more than eight carbon atoms; f) using at least a portion of the low boiler fraction for providing the first feed mixture; g) providing a second feed mixture comprising at least hexene and ethene dissolved in the hexene using at least a portion of the C6-fraction; h) converting the second feed mixture in a second synthesis, wherein the second synthesis is spatially separated from the first synthesis; i) in the second synthesis, reacting at least a portion of the ethene present in the second feed mixture with at least a portion of the hexene present in the second feed mixture in the presence of a second heterogeneous catalyst to obtain a second reaction mixture comprising at least octene; and k) joint working-up of the second reaction mixture with the first reaction mixture or with the substance stream based thereon.
US10647626B2
A composition comprising olefin oligomers of one or more olefin monomers, the olefin monomers comprising a branched C10 olefin monomer comprising i) 3-propyl-1-heptene, ii) 4-ethyl-1-octene, iii) 5-methyl-1-nonene, or iv) any combination thereof. A composition comprising substantially hydrogenated olefin oligomers, wherein the olefin oligomers are oligomers of one or more olefin monomers, the olefin monomers comprising a branched C10 olefin monomer comprising i) 3-propyl-1-heptene, ii) 4-ethyl-1-octene, iii) 5-methyl-1-nonene, or iv) any combination thereof. A process comprising a) contacting 1) a catalyst system and 2) a monomer feedstock comprising a branched C10 olefin monomer comprising i) 3-propyl-1-heptene, ii) 4-ethyl-1-octene, iii) 5-methyl-1-nonene, or iv) any combination thereof in a reaction zone; and b) forming olefin oligomers.
US10647618B2
A thermal and environmental barrier coating composed of ceramic hollow microspheres sintered together. In one embodiment the microspheres are sintered together with a powder of another material that acts as a binder, or with a powder of a material that may be the same as the material of the hollow microspheres, forming a matrix in which the hollow microspheres are embedded. The hollow microspheres may be composed of a material with a high temperature capability, and with a low coefficient of thermal expansion.
US10647611B2
An insulating glass (IG) window unit including first and second glass substrates that are spaced apart from each other. At least one of the glass substrate has a triple silver low-emissivity (low-E) coating on one major side thereof, and a dielectric coating for improving angular stability on the other major side thereof.
US10647608B2
Provided is a super low melting SnO—SnF2—P2O5-based glass frit for which the firing temperature can be set to 200° C. or less and which has high water resistance and transparency. The fluorinated tin-based glass frit includes, in mol %, 30 to 70% of SnF2, 10 to 30% of P2O5, 10 to 40% of SnO, 0.1 to 10% of SnO2, 0 to 5% of In2O3, 0 to 5% of B2O3, and 0 to 5% of SiO2, and has a glass transition point of 160° C. or lower, a softening point of 180° C. or lower, and a maximum particle size of 100 μm or less. The fluorinated tin-based glass frit has a visible light transmission rate of 80% or more at 200° C. and a thickness of 0.6 mm of a fired product thereof, and a rate of volume reduction of the fired product due to soaking in hot water at 85° C. for 24 hours is 2 vol. % or less.
US10647599B2
An apparatus comprising copper and zinc adhered to reticulated foam is useful for repelling or preventing mollusk infestation.
US10647585B2
The present invention relates to a method for the preparation of a synthetic crystalline zeolite material, to said synthetic crystalline zeolite material, and to the uses of said method and said synthetic crystalline zeolite material in various applications.
US10647564B2
An adapter having a female coupling configured to receive and establish a friction seal with a male coupling of an external device for inserting or extracting a liquid to or from a container, by applying a load to the male coupling after inserting it into the female coupling, the load being provided by the weight of a portion of the external device, the adapter being configured for insertion in a mouth of the container and secured therein using a stretchable membrane that fits snugly around the mouth of the container for obtaining a tight seal, the stretchable membrane having tabs for a user to grasp.
US10647557B2
A control device configured to control a winch assembly having a supporting structure has a guide, which engages a cable extending along a path in a sliding manner, and is configured to follow the movements of the cable crosswise to the path; a first control chain activated by movements of the guide in a first direction crosswise to the path; and a second control chain activated by movements of the guide in a second direction crosswise to the first direction and the path.
US10647555B2
A lift crane includes a carbody and movable ground engaging members mounted on the carbody. A rotating bed is rotatably connected to the carbody and includes a counterweight support frame including a rack coupled directly to a lower surface of the rotating bed. A boom is pivotally mounted to the rotating bed. A counterweight unit includes a trolley, the counterweight unit being in a movable relationship with respect to the rotating bed. A counterweight unit movement device is configured to move the counterweight unit toward and away from the boom. Other embodiments include a counterweight support beam movably connected to the rotating bed, the counterweight support beam including another rack coupled to a lower surface of the counterweight support beam. A counterweight support beam movement device is connected between the counterweight support beam and the counterweight support frame.
US10647553B2
A mobile crane having a main jib that is mounted thereupon for luffing and that can be oriented by means of a luffing cylinder, and a main jib extension which is detachably connected to a main jib head of the main jib by upper and lower bolts, it being possible to angle the main jib extension about a luffing axis relative to the main jib proceeding from a base position following release of the upper or lower bolts and using an angle drive, the angle drive engaging with a foot of the main jib extension, a maximum angling angle being delimited by an adjustable angling plate, and the angling plate engaging with the foot of the main jib extension and the main jib head. The angle drive is a component of an angling plate in the form of a combi-angling plate.
US10647543B2
An elevator system with an elevator car 14, a linear propulsion system to impart force to the elevator car in a hoistway 11, a hoistway communication network 106, 206, a local communication network 110, 210, 310 and motion controls. One of the motion controls proximate to the elevator car is designated as a primary control 61 operable to command at least one drive 42A-42F via the local communication network. The at least one drive is coupled to one or more motor segments 22 of the linear propulsion system. The elevator system further includes a controller 46 operable to command the primary control via the hoistway communication network to reposition the elevator car within the hoistway. The designation of the primary control transitions between the motion controls as the elevator car moves in the hoistway.
US10647541B2
A knot-tying head adapted to form a knot with a filament around a cylindrical part, and wherein the knot-tying head includes a first body and a second body, wherein both bodies are configured such that when they are attached they form a hollow space between one another for receiving the part; wherein the first body and the second body include at least one conduit forming a path substantially around the hollow space, and the conduit being adapted to receive the filament, and at least one groove communicating the conduit with the hollow space along all or part of its path, the width of the groove being less than the width of the conduit and greater than the width of the filament used to form the knot.
US10647537B2
A conveying apparatus, including: a conveyor mechanism; a housing; a first tray configured to receive a medium conveyed by the conveyor mechanism; an image reader disposed above the first tray, wherein a first discharge opening for discharging the medium outside the housing is formed in an upper surface of the housing so as not to overlap the image reader when viewed from above, and wherein the conveying apparatus further includes: a switcher for switching a destination of the medium selectively between the first tray and the first discharge opening; and a tray unit removably mountable on the upper surface of the housing and including a first introduction opening opposed to the first discharge opening, a second conveyance path for conveying the medium passed the first discharge opening and the first introduction opening, and at least one second tray for receiving the medium conveyed through the second conveyance path.
US10647534B2
A sheet transport device includes a sheet transport path along which at least one sheet is transported to a nip defined by a fixing roller and a displacement roller, a sensing unit disposed on the sheet transport path, an opening and closing member that is movable between a closed position at which the sheet transport path is formed and an open position at which the sheet transport path is exposed, and a guide member that is attached to the opening and closing member and that moves by following displacement of the displacement roller in such a manner as to maintain a certain distance from the sensing unit.
US10647528B1
A robotic system for arranging packages at a destination in a specified arrangement. The robotic system processes incoming packages, stores the packages in a temporary storage area, executes a simulate function to generate or update a simulated stacking plan, determines the occurrence of a palletizing trigger, and places the packages on the pallet according to the simulated stacking plan upon determining the occurrence of the palletizing trigger. The palletizing trigger can be one of a time limit trigger, a uniform layer trigger, a storage capacity trigger, or receiving a placement initiation command.
US10647526B1
Embodiments herein describe a decline station for moving items between two structures at different heights. In one embodiment, the decline station includes a receiving ramp which receives an item from the first, upper structure. The receiving ramp is aligned with a pivot ramp so that items can be transferred from the receiving ramp onto the pivot ramp. The pivot ramp includes at least two positions: a receiving position where the pivot ramp is coplanar with the receiving ramp and a discharge position where the pivot ramp is aligned with another, lower ramp in the station—e.g., another pivot ramp or a discharge ramp. The item is transferred between ramps until it is eventually discharged onto a second, lower structure.
US10647512B2
A modular conveyor belt constructed of a series of hingedly interconnected belt modules, one or more modules comprises a base conveyor belt module and an insert for integrating a side wall and drive structure. The insert is received in a socket of an associated module. The insert comprising a plug portion received in the socket, a planar portion extending up from the plug portion to form a side guard above the top surface and drive structure for engaging a drive.
US10647503B2
The invention relates to a capsule for preparing a beverage, for example, coffee, including a hollow element intended to contain one serving, for example, ground coffee. The hollow element includes a side wall, an upper surface, a lower surface comprising an extraction membrane, and a lip in the shape of a collar. The latter is oriented according to a plane that cuts through the side wall. The lip comprises a material that becomes softened when it is placed in contact with a liquid.
US10647498B1
Insulated shipping container with rabbet-joint side panels and the procedure for making the same. The insulated shipping container consists of an outer box and six insulated panels. The outer box is made of corrugated fiberboard. The insulated panels are made of expanded polystyrene foam with a thickness of at least 2 inches. The panels are cut with a hotwire machine and the rabbet-joint design locks the side panels in place, which gives the insulated container superb structural and thermal integrity. The box is assembled with a specific H-shape taping and the six panels are inserted to form the insulated container. The invention is the first to meet the packaging requirements of postal carriers and their insurance underwriters. The cost-effective manufacturing process allows for multiple container sizes without additional setup expense, which lowers the cost of shipping affected by dimensional weight versus actual rate shipping rates by the carriers.
US10647496B2
A container apparatus includes a first container and a second container for receipt by the first container. A temporary seal is formed in part by each of the first container and the second container. The temporary seal maintains the second container in the first container. The second container is movable between a first position, in which the temporary seal is engaged, and a second position, in which the temporary seal is disengaged. A lid forms a sealing engagement with the second container to define a lifting mechanism.
US10647491B2
A foldable sleeve for retaining a surgical instrument is presented. The foldable sleeve includes a first panel having a first set of lock tabs, a second panel hingedly connected to the first panel, the second panel having a first pair of openings and a second pair of openings, and a third panel hingedly connected to the second panel, the third panel having a second set of lock tabs. The first panel and the third panel are each selectively movable over a portion of the second panel to retain the surgical instrument within the foldable sleeve.
US10647488B2
A transportable container for flowable bulk goods includes a bottom support and a stretch wrap spirally wrapped around the bottom support and extending vertically in relationship to the bottom support. Bulk goods are disposed within the stretch wrap and at least of portion of the bulk goods are disposed in direct contact with the stretch wrap to squeeze the bulk goods together and generate hoop forces for stabilizing the bulk goods in the transportable container. The transportable container has a shape that varies radially in vertical relationship to the bottom support for adjusting the hoop forces vertically along the transportable container. The varied shape of the transportable container can be, for example, tapered, hour-glass shaped, or pumpkin shaped.
US10647486B2
A cap for a container is formed so that the cap has a top plate and a circular sidewall. Two opposite sides of the circular sidewall circularly connect to each other, one periphery of the circular sidewall connecting to one surface of the top plate forming a closed end, and another periphery of the circular sidewall at an opposite side of the closed end forms an opened end. Incision lines are in the circular sidewall. The incision lines form a ring member located at the opened end of the cap separated from a main body of the cap by a first incision line in between the opened end of the main body and the ring member. The ring member is connected to the main body by a plurality of connecting portions.
US10647480B2
A closure for a container of the kind use to deliver milk and juice. The closure is a two-piece construction comprise of a lid and a base. The closure preferably has overall dimensions that approximate a standard unitary cap use with the same containers, so that the closure can easily be used with standard feeding equipment in a bottling facility. The closure has a hinge that is formed of a post connected by a tab to the lid, and hinge supports extending upwardly from the closure's base. The hinge supports include a hook and a bridge. The hook allows the tab to slide under the hook during assembly of the lid to the base. Once the tab is positioned between hook and the bridge, the hook blocks disassembly of the lid from the base. The post of the hinge assembly fits within tunnel sections formed by the hook and the bridge, and gripping forces applied by the hook and/or bridge hold the lid in an open position when contents are poured from the container. In an alternative embodiment, the post of the hinge has a rounded protrusion extending axially along the length of the post. A ledge on the upper surface of the base is engaged by the rounded protrusion to hold the lid in a partially open position.
US10647479B2
There is provided a bottle pourer (10), comprising a base (20) for fitting to an opening of a bottle, a pourer tube (40) extending from the base for pouring liquid out of the bottle through a mouth at distal end of the pourer tube, and a tube cover (50) that extends from the base to the distal end of the pourer tube. The tube cover (50) is actuable (55) at the base to move between closed and open positions, the tube cover closing the mouth at the distal end of the pourer tube in the closed position, and opening the mouth at the distal end of the pourer tube in the open position.
US10647477B2
A device and system for temporarily sealing an orifice in a beverage container lid comprising a plug (10, 110, 210, 310) having an upper surface (14, 114, 214), a body portion (12, 112), and a lower surface (16, 116, 216), said body portion adapted to be inserted and releasably retained in the orifice to provide a temporary seal thereof, and an external member (20, 120, 220) located on the upper surface of the plug configured to allow a user to grip the plug for ease of removal from the orifice.
US10647474B2
A dispensing device, comprising a container, one or more support members mechanically coupled to one or more of the lateral walls, a base which has one or more supporting arms and a cover element mechanically coupled to one or more of the supporting arms to remain fixed while said container rotates around said rotation axis. The container includes a storage portion defined by a circumferential wall and two or more lateral walls with a dispensing opening defined in the circumferential wall. The supporting arm(s) support rotation of the container from a closed state to an open state and vice versa. The rotation is held around a rotation axis defined by a location of the support member(s). The cover element covers the dispensing opening when the container is rotated into the closed state and does not cover the dispensing opening when the container is rotated into the open state.
US10647473B2
A modular tank comprises one or more wall modules coupled together and one or more liner bags supported by the one or more wall modules for the containment of liquid, in particular water. The wall modules can be planar or curved and the edges of the wall modules are coupled together via joining members. The modular tank comprises one or more layers of the wall modules. One or more of the wall modules comprise a hole and the one or more liner bags, which can be coupled together, comprise one or more parts that protrude through the holes in the wall modules to support the liner bags.
US10647468B2
A corrugated box container with a main component including a base section and first and second side sections. The box container additionally includes first and second side support components associated with the first and second side sections for reinforcing the first and second side support sections. The box container further includes a cover component that is capable of engagement with the main component or the first and second side support components, such that the main component and the cover component present a fully enclosed space within the box container. The box container is erected from a knockdown configuration by folding the first and second side sections until the side sections are generally perpendicular with the base section; connecting the first and second side support components with the first and second side sections respectively; and connecting the cover component with the main component or the first and second side support components.
US10647467B1
A paperboard servingware container is provided. This paperboard servingware container may include a bottom panel; a curved transition portion located at the periphery of the bottom of panel. An upwardly extending wall extends from the curved transition portion opposite the bottom panel. An angled peripheral transition located adjacent the upward extending wall opposite the curved transition portion. A ledge portion that extends from the angled peripheral transition opposite the upward extending wall and away from the upward extending wall. A folded over flange portion that is bent downwardly with respect to the ledge portion.
US10647466B2
The invention relates to a method for providing a packaging for modified atmosphere packaging, which method comprises the steps of: providing an unfolded sheet for folding a box; folding the unfolded sheet to a box having at least an access opening and flange parts bordering the access opening, which flange parts compose an endless circumferential flange; providing a plastic foil; heating the plastic foil; pressing the heated plastic foil against the inner wall of the box and covering the circumferential flange, such that the plastic foil is laminated to box. The invention further relates to a packaging.
US10647464B2
An innovative neck (301) configuration is suggested in order to reduce the weight of a large container for beverage dispenser. The neck (301) comprises a neck finish (303) which extends in length (Ltot) starting from the wide mouth (302) of the container to an annular support ring (305) and a smooth surface cylindrical portion (306) which joins the annular support ring (305) to the body (309) of the container. For functional reasons, the total length (Ltot) of the innovative neck (301) remains the same as the usual traditional necks for this type of container, but due to the short length (Ltot) of the neck finish (303) and said cylindrical portion (306), the weight is reduced.
US10647462B2
A method for dividing a blister strip having a plurality of blister-packaged drugs apportioned into separate sections of the blister strip is provided. A blister strip with a substrate having a plurality of depressions for drug portions is provided and an image of the substrate is generated by a 3D-sensor device. A control device evaluates the image with image analysis. Based on the analysis results, an arrangement of the depressions is determined and control signals for a separating device are generated. The blister strip is then divided into a plurality of blister strip parts based on the control signals. A blister strip dividing device is also provided.
US10647459B2
The present disclosure relates to a method for producing an oral pouched snuff product comprising a filling material (29, 10) and a saliva-permeable pouch (43) enclosing the filling material (29, 10), the product (29, 10) having a moisture content of at most 20% by weight, in particular at most 10% by weight, based on total weight of the product (29, 10), the saliva-permeable pouch (43) having one or more seals (45, 46), and said filling material (29, 10) comprising at least 20% by weight, based on dry weight of the filling material (29, 10), of at least one ingredient having a melting temperature below 180° C., the method comprising ultrasonically welding and cutting an advancing web (32) of packaging material (7) to which the filling material (29, 10) has been supplied. The present disclosure also provides an oral pouched snuff product which is obtainable by this method.
US10647451B2
A system, method, and apparatus for a vented launch vehicle adaptor (LVA) for a manned spacecraft with a “pusher” launch abort system are disclosed. The disclosed LVA provides a structural interface between a commercial crew vehicle (CCV) crew module/service module (CM/SM) spacecraft and an expendable launch vehicle. The LVA provides structural attachment of the module to the launch vehicle. It also provides a means to control the exhaust plume from a pusher-type launch abort system that is integrated into the module. In case of an on-pad or ascent abort, which requires the module to jettison away from the launch vehicle, the launch abort system exhaust plume must be safely directed away from critical and dangerous portions of the launch vehicle in order to achieve a safe and successful jettison.
US10647450B2
A method and apparatus for the control of the attitude of earth orbiting satellites and the orbit and attitude control of a novel gravitational wave detection satellite configuration located near the sun-earth Lagrangian points L3, L4 and L5, utilizing the control of solar radiation pressure by the use of electrically controllable variable reflection glass panels to provide the torques and forces needed.
US10647448B2
Airfield lights, components thereof, and associated methods. An airfield light can include one or more heat sink modules secured to a heat sink base to form a heat sink module on which light sources are mountable. A method includes assembling a heat sink and mounting light sources thereon. A platform of an airfield light permits mounting of a light assembly in a selected orientation on the platform.
US10647446B2
An aircraft having a warning device for generating a whistling sound has a fuselage and a warning device. The warning device has a sound-generating element which is designed to generate a whistling sound if the aircraft is in an uncontrolled dive in the direction of the surface of the earth and there is a flow of fluid against the sound-generating element. The warning device is at least partially arranged on the fuselage of the aircraft.
US10647444B2
An actuator failure or disconnection detection device for an aircraft leading edge slat comprises a base and a biasing assembly mounted to the base and movable relative thereto. The base and biasing assembly are removably mountable between a fixed structure in the aircraft wing and the slat at an actuator location. The device further comprises an indicator for indicating the amount of movement of the biasing assembly in a direction towards the base when the slat is retracted towards the wing leading edge. The indicator may be a collar slidably mounted on the device.
US10647440B2
To allow the attachment of an engine of the “Open Rotor Puller” type to the rigid structure of an attachment pylon, an attachment structure comprises a first attachment structure shifted forwards with respect to the center of gravity of the engine and connected to the rigid structure through a pyramid, a second attachment structure laid out at the rear with respect to the first attachment structure and extending in a plane of a first stringer of the rigid structure, and a third attachment structure laid out at the rear with respect to the second attachment structure. The second attachment structure comprises two engine attachments for recovering the moment along the axis of the engine, laid out on either side of a horizontal symmetry plane of the engine.
US10647438B2
A system is described that includes a turbine engine including an engine fan including one or more variable-pitch blades driven by a shaft, which rotates at a rotational speed which depends on a pitch of the one or more variable-pitch blades of the engine fan. The system further includes a generator configured to produce alternating-current (AC) electricity at a particular frequency relative to the rotational speed of the shaft. The system also includes a propulsor, which includes a propulsor motor and a propulsor fan. The propulsor motor is configured to drive, based on the AC electricity produced by the generator, the propulsor fan. The system includes a controller configured to control the particular frequency of the AC electricity by at least controlling the pitch of the one or more variable-pitch blades of the engine fan and thereby the rotational speed of the generator.
US10647436B2
A restraint arrangement for an inflatable slide may comprise a releasable restraint and a yoke coupled to the releasable restraint. The yoke may comprise a first strap and a second strap. A first dampener may be coupled to the first strap. A second dampener may be coupled to the second strap. The first dampener and the second dampener may deform in response to a tensile load.
US10647428B2
A cargo unit for storage in a cargo hold of an aircraft including a housing and a storage rack arrangement, the housing enclosing the storage rack arrangement and including a transport opening. The cargo unit is connectable to a transport arrangement operable for removing objects from the storage rack arrangement and placing objects in the storage rack arrangement through the transport opening when the cargo unit is arranged in an operating position. The cargo unit includes a transport cover movable between a closed position where the transport cover closes the transport opening and an opened position where the transport opening is not covered by the transport cover. The transport cover is adapted to be only movable from its closed position to its opened position after engagement with a transport arrangement. A lower deck catering system including a cargo unit and a transport arrangement is described.
US10647427B2
A tether compensated unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) is described. In one embodiment, the UAV includes a winch with a tether to lower an item from the UAV for delivery, a tether compensation mechanism configured to contact the tether as it extends from the winch, and a flight controller to control a flight path of the UAV. The flight controller is also configured to direct the tether compensation mechanism to clamp the tether based on the flight path of the UAV. Further, based on movement identified in the tether using a sensor, a tether response controller can determine a complementary response and direct the tether compensation mechanism to brace the tether against the movement. Thus, the tether compensation mechanism can help stabilize sway or movement in the tether, which can help prevent the tether from undesirable swinging.
US10647426B2
A high-flying solar unmanned aircraft system capable of extending endurance time is disclosed. The system includes a main aircraft, a separable auxiliary power source and a connection device. The main aircraft includes a first body, a second body, a first wing portion, a second wing portion, a third wing portion, a first propeller and a second propeller. The second wing portion locates between the first body and the second body, and the second wing portion connects the first body and the second body. The connection device connects the main aircraft and the auxiliary power source, and includes a separation device. When the system climbs, the separable auxiliary power source provides additional energy to assist the main aircraft to climb. When reaching a preset altitude, the separation device, by burning out a line of connection bent, is turned on such that the auxiliary power source is separated from the main aircraft.
US10647424B2
Hybrid unmanned vehicles are disclosed. An example vehicle includes a housing and a rollerball rotatably coupled to the housing and a propulsion system supported by the housing. The propulsion system is to generate lift to enable the vehicle to navigate in a first mode of operation. The vehicle includes a rollerball rotatably coupled to the housing. The rollerball to enable the housing to navigate in a second mode of operation different than the first mode of operation. The propulsion system is to generate a drive force to enable the vehicle to navigate in the second mode of operation via the rollerball.
US10647421B2
A method of fabricating a blade spar that includes transversely at least one arrangement. A pressure-side mold and a suction-side mold are defined for each arrangement that is to be fabricated. Each mold includes at least one removable slide and a base. Each slide is then removed from a mold and the tape segments of a hank are laid by a fiber-placement method on each mold. Each mold is closed by putting the slides into place on the mold. During a finalizing step, the molds are juxtaposed and the spar is heated.
US10647417B2
A method of controlling a drive system of an aircraft. The drive system comprised a drive motor arranged to drive at least one wheel of an aircraft landing gear. A power signal indicative of a power level for the drive motor and a speed signal indicative of a rotation speed of the drive motor are received. A torque level for the drive motor is determined using the power signal and the speed signal. The drive motor is then driven such that the torque generated by the drive motor is at the determined torque level.
US10647415B2
A method and a device for coupling piloting members (20, 50), wherein saturation values (SCpsat−, SCpsat+, SCcopsat−, SCcopsat+) of at least one force saturator (28, 58) are adapted such that a force-feedback is exerted for each of these saturation values at a force-feedback value, taken at the force application centre of the manoeuvring handle (21, 51), of between 4 daN and 40 daN, with the result that a function of disconnecting is at least in part performed by the at least one force saturator.
US10647412B2
A control augmentation system for high aspect ratio aircraft has aileron/flaperon and throttle position sensors; spoiler and flap controls; a mode switch with manual, and landing modes; and a controller driving left and right spoiler and flap servos, the controller including at least one processor with memory containing firmware configured to: when the mode switch is in manual mode, drive both spoiler servos to a symmetrical position according to the spoiler control; when the mode switch is in landing mode, drive the left spoiler to a position dependent on aileron and throttle position, and the right spoiler to a position dependent on aileron and throttle position, the left and right spoiler positions differing whenever ailerons are not centered, and an average of spoiler positions is more fully deployed when the throttle position is at a low-power setting than when the throttle position is at a high-power setting.
US10647402B2
In some embodiments, apparatuses and methods are provided herein useful to transport unmanned aircraft systems to delivery products. In some embodiments, gas-filled aerial transport and launch system, comprises: a transport aircraft comprising: a gas chamber; and a carrier compartment where the gas chamber induces a lifting force on the carrier compartment; at least one propulsion system; and a navigation control system that controls the direction of travel of the transport aircraft; wherein the carrier compartment comprises: an unmanned aircraft system (UAS) storage area configured to receive multiple UASs; and an UAS launching bay that enables the UAS to be launched while the transport aircraft is in flight and while the UAS is carrying a package to be delivered.
US10647401B2
A boat includes: a propulsion device configured to generate propulsion force for a vessel body from driving force from an engine; a detection unit configured to detect a current position, a bow direction, and a movement speed of the vessel body; a steering device configured to change a cruising direction of the vessel body; a steering sensor configured to detect an operation amount of the steering device; and a control device that is connected to the propulsion device, the detection unit, and the steering sensor, and is configured to acquire an operating status of the propulsion device and a detection result obtained by the detection unit and the steering sensor, and to control the propulsion device based on the detection result. The control device executes a turning operation with the propulsion device, when the operation amount of the steering device detected by the steering sensor exceeds a threshold.
US10647392B2
Disclosed is a module configured for removable attachment to a board and attached to an end of a mast, where the mast supports a hydrofoil and a motor to drive the board. The module includes a connector for connecting to a power source, internal control circuitry, and a thermal bridge to thermally connect the control circuitry to the mast. The module comprises a watertight cavity in which the internal control circuitry is contained.
US10647391B2
Disclosed is a mount for attaching objects, like cameras and bindings to the surfaces of a surfboard. Further disclosed is related methods of fabricating or retrofitting a surfboard with said mount. The more specific details of the disclosed mount and related methods are described in connection with the figures.
US10647389B2
The present invention relates to a rotating and sliding boat boarding door mechanism configured to aid the vessel's occupants in their ingress and egress to and from the vessel. More particularly, the present invention provides a rotating and sliding boat boarding door assembly and system that slidingly moves into a recess in the vessel's exterior (e.g., side, transom, and/or gunwale) that has been configured to receive and maintain the boarding door assembly in a position where it is out of sight when fully recessed.
US10647376B2
The flip-pivot bicycle is a collapsible bicycle, that can be folded by a new method, and belongs into the class of the bicycles foldable about two or more axes. The flip-pivot bicycle consists of a driving-frame-segment (1) comprising the driving-wheel (7), a steering-frame-segment (3), comprising the steering-wheel (6), and a central-frame-segment (2), which connects them. The central-frame-segment (2) and the driving-frame-segment (1) is connected by and can pivot above a pivot-axis (4), which pivot-axis (4) is perpendicular to the plane of the parallelly positioned wheels (6, 7), or forms an angle of maximum 45 degree with this perpendicular. The central-frame-segment (2) and the steering-frame-segment (3) is connected and can pivot by a flip-axis (5), which flip-axis (5) is in the plane of the parallelly positioned wheels (6, 7), or is parallel to this plane, or forms an angle of maximum 45 degree with this plane. The function of the flip-axis (5) is to relocate the wheel distant to the pivot-axis (4) as close (or approximately as close) to the pivot-axis (4) as the other wheel is. Thereby flipping the driving-frame-segment (1) on the central-frame-segment (2) by the flip-axis (5), and offset the original planes of the wheels (6, 7) in the meantime, the two wheels (6, 7) can be folded next to each-other. Beyond the above, the flip-pivot bicycle can be equipped with an extra frame-brace; with central-suspension; with crank-anus with releasable fixing which can be re-fixed also in less than 180 degree to each-other, and/or the with pedals inward; with stem that can be slided into one of the forks or next to it; and with seatpost miming out of the plane of the driving wheel.
US10647373B2
An adjustable assembly for a bicycle includes a first support having an interior surface and a second support slidably positioned within at least a portion of the first support. One of the first support and the second support is adapted to attach to a first bicycle portion, and the other of the first support and the second support is adapted to attach to a second bicycle portion. Further, the second support comprises an expansion portion configured to be moved between an expanded position and a retracted position. The expansion portion is configured to engage the interior surface of the first support when the expansion portion is in an expanded position. In addition, the first support is configured to be selectively moved relative to the second support when the expansion portion is permitted to assume a retracted position.
US10647357B2
A modified rear suspension K-frame herein may include a main support beam having a rear subframe bushing on each end of the main support beam. At least two arms are fixedly connected to the main support beam. A bracket is fixedly connected to an end of each of the at least two arms, wherein the end is farthest away from the main support beam. At least two front subframe bushings are located on a top surface of the at least two arms between the main support beam and the bracket.
US10647356B2
A rear subframe structure is provided with a rear subframe configured such that a front cross member, a rear cross member, a pair of left and right upper side members, and a pair of left and right lower side members are connected; and a vehicle-body mounting portion formed on each of both ends of the front cross member, and on each of rear ends of the upper side members. The rear subframe further includes a pillar portion formed between the upper side member and the lower side member; a first-arm support portion formed on the pillar portion to support a first arm; a second-arm support portion formed on the pillar portion to support a second arm; and an arm support bracket to support the second-arm support portion from a rear side.
US10647353B2
A device and a method may be used to determine a highly accurate absolute angle of rotation Xt of the rotational position of a rotatably supported steering shaft. Rotation of a rotor of an electric motor with a gearing with a gearing transmission factor K for power assistance may be coupled into rotation of the steering shaft. A rotational position of rotation of the rotor can be measured by means of a rotor position sensor and by using a number of revolutions of the rotor that have occurred. This value is used directly to determine the highly accurate absolute angle of rotation Xt of the steering shaft. Calibration methods involve determining initial values from which the counting of revolutions or the calculations occur.
US10647349B2
A lane deviation prevention control device for a vehicle includes a target yaw rate calculator, a target steering torque calculator, and an integration permission determiner. The integration permission determiner determines, on the basis of a state of an own vehicle with respect to a lane and on the basis of a state of an actual yaw rate with respect to a target yaw rate, whether or not to permit an integral control in a proportional integral differential control, in executing a feedback control on the target yaw rate by the proportional integral differential control.
US10647342B2
Various embodiments herein relate to powered pusher devices configured to push wheeled objects from one location to another. Further embodiments relate to wheeled objects such as carts for transporting items from one location to another. Other embodiments relate to platform powered pushers that can be coupled to a family of various wheeled objects.
US10647339B2
Control architecture for use with transport systems, such as linear drive systems, rotary drive systems, or a combination thereof, comprising a computer system having a controller for operating control system software for receiving input commands and protocols for creating a motion profile for each transport element, and a gateway for receiving the motion profile from the control system software and for operating gateway drive software that functions to select the appropriate drives to move each transport element along one or more tracks in accordance with their motion profiles.
US10647338B2
The present invention relates to a method for determining the location of a train on a track or of a broken rail of a track, the track including a first section having a first end and a second end, the method including: injecting a current into the track at one end of the first end and second end; detecting the amplitude of the injected current at the same end at which the current was injected; and determining, based on the detected amplitude, the location of the train on the track or of the broken rail of the track.
US10647331B2
A presentation control device controlling an information presentation device in a vehicle equipped with a vehicle control device for controlling an acceleration-deceleration function or a steering function, includes: a plan acquisition section that acquires a travel plan indicating a control content of the vehicle; a behavior change determination section that determines whether a control target value relating to a magnitude of a behavior change included in the travel plan is larger than an advance threshold; and a presentation execution section that presents the control content to the occupant using the information presentation device in accordance with the behavior change occurring in the vehicle when the control target value is smaller than the advance threshold, and presents the control content temporarily in advance of an actual behavior change when the control target value is larger than the advance threshold.
US10647329B2
Various examples are directed to systems and methods for controlling a vehicle. Power may be provided to a cut-off valve in fluid communication between an automated control (AC) valve and a shuttle valve. The cut-off valve may be configured to open in response to the power, causing fluid communication between the AC valve and the shuttle valve. A vehicle autonomy system may modulate the AC valve to control a level of pressurized air provided from a pressurized air reservoir to a foundation brake via the AC valve and the shuttle valve. In response to an automated disengage signal, the cut-off valve may close to prevent pressurized air from reaching the shuttle valve via the AC valve and permit pressurized air to reach the shuttle valve via a pedal valve.
US10647326B2
A driving advice apparatus includes: an operation determiner; and an advice generator. The operation determiner uses a difference between an emotion of a driver and an emotion of a passenger to determine a specific driving operation of the driver. The advice generator generates an advice for the driver about the specific driving operation on a basis of a difference between a driving feature of the driver and a driving feature of the passenger.
US10647323B2
A method of controlling a creep mode of a motor vehicle with a drive train having a drive unit (1), a gear mechanism (2) and a friction clutch (4) arranged between the drive unit (1) and the gear mechanism (2). The creep function, for controlling the creep mode, having a first partial function for controlling the creep mode, in a case of an activated brake pedal (15), and a second partial function for controlling a creep mode, in a case of a non-activated brake pedal (15). The first partial function of the creep function is only activated once the second partial function of the creep function is activated.
US10647319B2
A travel control method of the present invention includes: recognizing the lane in which the host vehicle is traveling; controlling the travel of the host vehicle such that the host vehicle is situated at a predetermined position relative to a boundary line of the lane; detecting an increase in the lane width of the lane in which the host vehicle is traveling; and, if determining that one of the boundary lines situated to the left and the right of the host vehicle is a dashed line, controlling the travel of the host vehicle based on the dashed boundary line.
US10647315B2
A blind spot identification unit (21) identifies a plurality of obstacles causing a blind spot in an area around a vehicle. An individual calculation part (231) calculates, as an individual probability, a probability of occurrence of a traffic accident at a target position with respect to the position of a target object which is each of the obstacles identified by the blind spot identification unit (21). A combined calculation part (232) calculates, as a combined probability, a probability of occurrence of a traffic accident at the target position with respect to each of the plurality of obstacles from the individual probability calculated by the individual calculation part (231).
US10647304B2
Anti-fogging systems for air-cooled, piston powered single engine aircraft which effectively prevent windshields from fogging during cold weather by directing a forceful stream of unheated, ambient air in a direction which intercepts exhaled air from an aircraft occupant to impede the moist exhaled air from directly reaching the windshield and condensing on the windshield. The disclosed systems keep the windshield of a small air-cooled, piston powered single engine aircraft from fogging while permitting a pilot to perform his pre-flight preparation, taxi and takeoff in cold climates.
US10647299B2
A method for monitoring a parked motor vehicle, including the following steps: monitoring an interior of the motor vehicle and/or a surrounding field of the motor vehicle with the aid of a monitoring infrastructure that is assigned to an infrastructure external relative to the parked motor vehicle; monitoring the interior of the motor vehicle and/or the surrounding field of the motor vehicle with the aid of one or more sensors onboard the motor vehicle; transmitting monitoring data based on both monitorings via a wireless communication network to a mobile terminal; in response to reception of a control command transmitted from the mobile terminal via the wireless communication network for controlling one or more components of the motor vehicle and/or for controlling one or more components of the external infrastructure, controlling the one or more corresponding components as a function of the control command.
US10647294B2
A system for remotely granting vehicle permissions over a cloud network may be performed by one or more processors connected to the cloud network. The one or more processors may generate an electronic key for permitting one or more registered users to access and operate a vehicle, and the electronic key may include a plurality of permission settings. The one or more processors may provide the electronic key to the one or more registered users through the cloud network, receive at least one update from the vehicle or the one or more registered users through the cloud network, modify at least one permission setting associated with the electronic key based on the received update, and provide the modified permission setting to the one or more registered users through the cloud network. The system may further include a storage device configured to store the electronic key and the permission settings.
US10647291B2
A steering lock device includes a trigger that is displaced as a frame cover drops from a frame, an auxiliary lock device that holds a lock member in a locked position as the trigger is displaced under condition that the lock member is positioned in the locked position, housing components that are arranged in a housing chamber defined by the frame cover and the frame or in a guide hole, and a trigger coupling member that couples the housed components and the trigger. When the housed components are displaced, the trigger is displaced via the trigger coupling member.
US10647282B2
A vision system for a vehicle includes at least one underbody camera disposed at an underside of a vehicle and having a field of view encompassing a ground surface under the vehicle and being traveled on by the vehicle. The underbody camera captures image data as the vehicle is moving. A control includes an image processor that processes image data captured by the underbody camera. The control, responsive to processing of image data captured by the underbody camera, detects an object under the vehicle that is greater than a threshold height. The control, responsive to detection of the object, generates an output to inform a driver of the vehicle of the detected object under the vehicle.
US10647281B2
An occupant restraining device for a vehicle has: a time to collision estimating section that estimates a time to collision, the time to collision being a time until a front collision with a vehicle ahead; a force imparting portion that imparts force toward a vehicle rear side to a vehicle occupant of an own vehicle; a gap enlarging portion that enlarges a gap between the vehicle occupant and a seatback of a vehicle seat; a gap estimating section that estimates a size of the gap between the vehicle occupant and the seatback; and a control section that, in a case in which the gap enlarging portion operates, controls a timing of a start of operation of the force imparting portion on the basis of the time to collision estimated by the time to collision estimating section and the size of the gap estimated by the gap estimating section.
US10647278B2
A hands-free liftgate sensor for a vehicle includes a mounting bracket connected to a rear fascia member. The mounting bracket includes a bracket body having a plurality of rearward and forward flexible hooks. A rearward laterally extending channel is disposed in the mounting bracket. The plurality of rearward flexible hooks are opposite the rearward laterally extending channel. The rearward laterally extending channel is substantially laterally centered on the rear fascia member. A forward laterally extending channel is disposed in the mounting bracket. The plurality of forward flexible hooks are opposite the forward laterally extending channel. The forward laterally extending channel is substantially laterally centered on the rear fascia member. A plurality of first fasteners secure a rearward portion of the mounting bracket to the rear fascia member. A plurality of second fasteners secure a forward portion of the mounting bracket to the rear fascia member.
US10647276B2
A vehicle body structure includes a bumper beam extending in a vehicle width direction, and a pair of right and left bumper beam mounting members each disposed at an outer side in the vehicle width direction of a back face of the bumper beam and mounting the bumper beam on a front side frame. The bumper beam includes a first displacement promoting part that is provided at a mounting part for the bumper beam and the bumper beam mounting members and capable of promoting displacement of the bumper beam by a collision load. The bumper beam mounting member includes a second displacement promoting part that is provided at the mounting part and capable of promoting displacement of the bumper beam by a collision load.
US10647275B2
The rotary connector device includes a rotator and a stator. The connector housing section of the rotator is formed so as to be capable of holding a rotator side connector configured to enable an electrical connections with the outside, and includes: a connector holding section protruding from the rotator main body of the rotator to the outside of an annular space in the stator; and a cover member that is a member configured to at least partially cover the connector holding section along a direction in which the connector holding section protrudes.
US10647266B2
A vision system for a vehicle includes a camera disposed at a vehicle and having a field of view exterior and forward of the vehicle. The camera includes an imager and a lens. The imager captures image data. The camera includes an imager interface disposed on a circuit board that is compatible with one or both of 8-bit MIPI-CSI2 and 12-bit parallel. The imager interface is connected to an image processor that processes image data captured by the imager.
US10647239B2
A door prop assembly for selectively supporting a rear gate of a tilting vehicle. Said door prop assembly is configured to selectively prop said rear gate in an open configuration and safely release said rear gate to transition to a closed configuration. Said door prop assembly comprises a prop arm assembly, a lock bar assembly, a distal mount assembly, and a rotating lock arm. Said distal mount assembly is attached to a side portion of said rear gate. Said lock bar assembly is attached to a side portion of a tilting body. Said prop arm assembly comprises a substantially straight element being adapted to slide through portions of a lock bar of said lock bar assembly. Said rotating lock arm is configured to rotate freely on a locking hook hinge. A side plates at a distal hinge is configured to rotate freely relative to said distal mount assembly.
US10647226B2
A vehicle seat including a seat bottom, a seat back rotatable relative to the seat bottom, and a damper assembly. The assembly includes a bracket coupled between the seat bottom and the seat back, and a cam plate coupled to the bracket and to the seat back. The cam plate is rotatable relative to the bracket and in a fixed orientation relative to the seat back such that the cam plate is rotatable with the seat back relative to the seat bottom. The cam plate includes an arcuate slot. The assembly also includes a linear damper including a first end coupled to the bracket and a second end coupled within the arcuate slot. The second end is translatable within the arcuate slot such that the linear damper is configured to provide selective damping to the seat back based on an orientation of the seat back relative to the seat bottom.
US10647215B2
A magnetic coil suitable for wireless power transfer comprises a layer of magnetically-permeable material and plural conductors that follow respective convoluted paths relative to the layer of magnetically-permeable material to form respective inductors. In use, the conductors have substantially equalized inductances based on the convoluted paths and interaction with the magnetically-permeable material. One way of achieving this is to place the conductors such that the overall proximity of the conductors to the layer of magnetically-permeable material along their respective lengths is substantially equal. In this way, the conductors are positioned substantially symmetrically with respect to the layer of magnetically-permeable material, such that an average distance of each individual section of the conductors proximate to the permeable layer is equal.
US10647212B2
An output prediction device for a fuel cell includes: a first acquisition circuitry configured to acquire a first required output of the fuel cell, the first required output being calculated based on a predicted vehicle speed or a predicted acceleration of a vehicle on a scheduled traveling route for the vehicle, the vehicle traveling by using the fuel cell as a dynamic power source; a second acquisition circuitry configured to acquire a second required output of the fuel cell, the second required output being required by an air-conditioning device of the vehicle; and a calculation circuitry configured to calculate a parameter correlated with a predicted output value of the fuel cell, based on the first required output and the second required output, the predicted output value being predicted as an output on the scheduled traveling route.
US10647206B2
Disclosed is a battery module, which includes a plurality of battery cells stacked on one another and respectively having electrode leads protruding on at least one side thereof, and a bus bar assembly configured to electrically connect the electrode leads of the plurality of battery cells and having at least one lead slot through which electrode leads of two battery cells adjacent to each other pass in common.
US10647201B2
A drive assist device includes a fatigue degree estimator and a display controller. The fatigue degree estimator estimates a fatigue degree of a driver of a vehicle. The display controller changes a display range of an optical flow to be presented to the driver, on a basis of the fatigue degree.
US10647197B2
A ground drive hose routing system and method for a self-propelled agricultural product applicator utilize segments of a hose arrangement that are constrained to lie and move primarily in only one direction, to isolate horizontal hose movement related to track-width adjustment from vertical hose movement resulting from action of suspension members. For steerable wheels, an additional pivotable segment is utilized to accommodate turning motion while maintaining isolation between other primarily horizontally and vertically constrained movable segments of the hose arrangement.
US10647194B1
An active grill shutter assembly including a plurality of airflow control blades. At least two of the airflow control blades have different curvatures or chord lengths configured to optimize airflow over a curvature of an air duct that the active grill shutter is mounted in. An actuator is linked to the plurality of airflow control blades with a linkage assembly to rotate the plurality of airflow control blades.
US10647193B2
A power train and related vehicle provides multi-mode power transmission. A first continuously variable power source (“CVP”) may convert rotational power received by the engine for transmission to a second CVP. A variator assembly may receive rotational power from the second CVP at a first input and directly from the engine at a second input. A control assembly may allow the power train to shift between multiple modes, such as a series mode, a split-path mode, and a direct mode. The control assembly may provide seamless shifting between at least two of these modes.
US10647172B2
An object of the present invention is to obtain an electromagnetic suspension apparatus capable of meeting a request to improve ride comfort irrespective of a magnitude of a spring constant preset in a spring member. The electromagnetic suspension apparatus includes an electromagnetic actuator that generates a driving force related to vibration damping of the vehicle body, an information acquisition unit that acquires information on a stroke position of the electromagnetic actuator, and an ECU that calculates a target driving force of the electromagnetic actuator and controls a driving force of the electromagnetic actuator using the calculated target driving force. When the stroke position acquired by the information acquisition unit is in a neutral range including a neutral position, the ECU corrects the target driving force so as to reduce a spring force related to the spring member as compared with when the stroke position is in a non-neutral range.
US10647169B1
A tire pressure management system includes at least an axle, a hubcap supported by the axle and having an interior and an exterior, a rotary union mounted to the hubcap. The rotary union includes at least rotary union housing providing a central bore, a fluid conduit having upstream and downstream ends, a first bearing and a second bearing. Each of the bearings are in contact engagement with the fluid conduit via an inner race, and in sliding engagement with a bearing sleeve via an outer race. The bearing sleeve in pressing contact with the central bore; and a first and second seal, the first seal is disposed between the first bearing and the downstream end of the fluid conduit, the second seal adjacent the interior of the hubcap and disposed between the external surface of the fluid conduit and the internal surface of the central bore.
US10647165B2
Provided is a pressure sensitive adhesive sheet for tires that enables continuous and efficient labeling on tires using a labeling apparatus. The pressure sensitive adhesive sheet includes a release material (C), a first pressure sensitive adhesive layer (B1), a first substrate (A1), a second pressure sensitive adhesive layer (B2), and a second substrate (A2), in this order, and satisfies Requirement (1): in a planar view of the pressure sensitive adhesive sheet for tires, the outline of the first pressure sensitive adhesive layer (B1) exists inside the outline of the second substrate (A2), and Requirement (2): the shortest distance (X) between the outline of the second substrate (A2) and the outline of the second pressure sensitive adhesive layer (B2) is 0.35 mm or more.
US10647164B2
A radar-based-sensing system for a tire includes a plurality of sensors disposed circumferentially around a tire annulus. Each sensor in the plurality of sensors is permanently disposed within the tire annulus. Each sensor in the plurality of sensors is further disposed radially above any metal structures within the tire annulus. Each sensor in the plurality of sensors emits waves and senses reflected waves when rotating.
US10647162B2
A pneumatic tire includes a tread having main grooves extending in circumferential direction, and land portions partitioned by the main grooves. The main grooves include a pair of shoulder main grooves on tread edge sides, the land portions include a pair of shoulder ribs between the shoulder grooves and tread edges, rib has shoulder lug grooves extending from tread edge to axial direction inner side and having inner end terminated without reaching shoulder groove, and shoulder sipes extending from shoulder groove to axial direction outer side between adjacent lug grooves in the circumferential direction and having outer end terminated without reaching tread edge, and the ribs are forming such that circumferential direction length of first region between inner ends of sipe and adjacent lug groove is in range of 2 to 4 times circumferential direction length of second region between inner ends of sipe and the other adjacent lug groove.
US10647161B2
Provided is a pneumatic tire including a tread portion, sidewall portions, and bead portions. The tread portion comprises a center main groove extending in the tire circumferential direction and a shoulder main groove located outward of the center main groove and extending in the tire circumferential direction. A land portion is defined between the center main groove and the shoulder main groove. The center main groove has a zigzag shape in the tire circumferential direction. Lug grooves extending inward from the shoulder main groove in the tire lateral direction and terminating without communicating with the center main groove are provided in the land portion. A bent portion bent toward a first side in the tire circumferential direction is formed at a terminating end of each of the lug grooves. Narrow grooves extending discontinuously in the tire circumferential direction without communicating with the bent portions are formed in the land portion.
US10647159B2
A tyre for vehicle wheels having a tread pattern includes: a) two circumferential grooves, which define a first and a second shoulder region, and one central region; b) a plurality of asymmetric transverse grooves having a substantially “V” shape, which extend for the whole width of the tread, including an alternate sequence of a first and a second asymmetric transverse groove defining an alternate sequence of a first and a second asymmetric module; and c) a plurality of lateral transverse grooves, which includes one first lateral transverse groove extending for the whole width of the first shoulder region and for a portion of the central region of the first asymmetric modules, and one second lateral transverse groove extending for the whole width of the second shoulder region and for a portion of the central region of the second asymmetric modules.
US10647155B2
A device for removing obstructions impeding movement of a piece of equipment is disclosed. The device includes a sweep housing securely holding at least part of a rectangular sweep. A bristle portion of the sweep extends downward and away from the sweep housing, and includes a plurality of bristles. The sweep housing is made up of an inside bracket, which mounts to the surgical table by an adhesive strip or other means, and an outside bracket which comprises a thumbscrew or other locking mechanisms for securing the sweep housing and sweep in a fixed position with respect to each other. When an operator mounts the device, obstructions are pushed away from castors on the base of the surgical table by the one or more bristles.
US10647154B1
A wheel end temperature monitoring system, includes: a wheel end temperature sensor configured to detect the temperature of a hub bearing of a wheel of a trailer; and a main unit configured to receive a signal of the wheel end temperature sensor and transmit the received signal to the outside.
US10647150B2
A three-dimensional sticker has an adhering layer removably attaching the three-dimensional sticker to an object. A filler material is positioned on an interior surface of the adhering layer, the filler material forming a three-dimensional configuration. A recording device is positioned on the interior surface of the adhering layer allowing the three-dimensional sticker to play a pre-recorded message and record a new message. A cover layer is positioned over the interior surface of the adhering layer enclosing the filler material and the recording device between the interior surface of the adhering layer and the cover layer.
US10647149B2
A stationery securing apparatus and writing instrument holder is provided with a band, at least a portion of which is elastic. At least two writing instrument loops are attached to the elastic band, and a male snap portion and a female snap portion attached to the band, configured and arranged so that when the band is not in use securing stationery, it can be folded or rolled up and the male snap portion and the female snap portion can be snapped together to form a compact writing instrument holder.
US10647148B2
An anti-counterfeiting medium includes a recording medium, a polarizer layer arranged on a part of the recording medium. The polarizer layer is formed thereon with a low extinction-ratio area that forms an image portion where a polarizer exhibits an extinction ratio lower than in a portion other than the low extinction-ratio area of the polarizer layer. The recording medium is formed thereon with an image portion that is a part of the recording medium and has a nature different from that of a portion other than the part of the recording medium.
US10647146B2
A method and apparatus are provided for the manufacture of an article made up of a number of elements, including a resilient element, that are bonded together during the manufacturing process. The apparatus includes a guide track which defines a path along which the elements travel during the manufacturing process and a compression frame provided along at least part of the length of the track for compressing the resilient element as the resilient member travels along the path defined by the guide track. The process includes moving a combination of article precursor elements together along the guide track rails such that the compression frame acts to press the elements together during bonding. The method and apparatus minimize misalignment of the elements and thereby improve quality of the finished article as well increasing production rates compared to conventional methods and apparatus.
US10647139B1
A printer contains a ribbon holding shaft; a ribbon winding shaft; a printing section to print using an ink ribbon and a print head; a winding motor to rotationally drive the ribbon winding shaft; a damper section, provided on a conveyance path of the ink ribbon; a controller to control an operation of the ribbon winding shaft at the start of driving by increasing an input voltage applied to the winding motor; a detection section configured to detect movement of the damper section; a calculation section to calculate a winding diameter of the ink ribbon on the ribbon winding shaft side using the input voltage when the movement of the damper section is detected and characteristics of the damper section; and a voltage determination section to determine an input voltage to be applied to the motor according to the calculated winding diameter.
US10647138B2
An apparatus and method for use in generating calibration parameters for a printing apparatus comprising a plurality of print modules are disclosed. The method comprises printing a first plurality of test patches for each print module of the plurality of print modules, analysing the first plurality of test patches to identify at least two clusters of print modules, wherein each cluster comprises a sub-group of print modules having substantially similar performance, printing a second plurality of test patches comprising an extended calibration test patch set for each cluster of print modules, the second plurality of test patches being distributed across the print modules of the cluster, and analysing extended calibration test patch set for each cluster to determine a calibration parameter for the printing apparatus.
US10647137B2
An integrated inkjet module for a scalable inkjet printer includes: first and second opposite end brackets; a print module asymmetrically positioned between the end brackets; and a maintenance module for maintaining an inkjet printhead of the print module. The maintenance module includes a frame fixedly mounted between the end brackets having a longer leg extending along one side of the print module and a shorter leg positioned between a first end of the print module and the first end bracket. The print module is slidably liftable relative to the end brackets, the longer leg includes a laterally extendible capper for capping the printhead and the shorter leg includes a longitudinally movable wiper carriage for wiping the printhead.
US10647132B2
In one example, a device for partially dried inkjet media output management includes a starwheel positioned on a first side between a number of rollers positioned on a second side to corrugate partially dried inkjet media between the starwheel and the number of rollers.
US10647124B2
An inkjet recording apparatus includes: a tank having ink chamber; a recording head; a memory storing a count value updated toward a first threshold value in accordance with ejection of ink; a display; an operation interface; a power switching section switched between a first state and a second state; and a controller executes a first inquiry process to: display a first inquiry screen inquiring whether the ink chamber has been refilled with ink; and receive one of a first operation and a second operation. After receiving the first operation, the controller determines when ink has been supplied. In response to determining that ink has been supplied just before the first inquiry process, the controller sets the count value to a first initial value. In response to determining that ink has been supplied during the second state, the controller sets the count value to a second initial value.
US10647123B2
A method for manufacturing a refilled cartridge for performing refilling of printing material after use of a cartridge is provided. The cartridge includes a first case including a recess having a bottom surface and an opening, a flexible portion attached to the opening, a second case covering the open surface of the first case, a pressure receiving portion contacting the flexible portion, a chamber of variable capacity and a biasing member that generates negative pressure inside the chamber The printing material is refilled into the chamber so that two or more points across the biasing member on the pressure receiving portion do not contact the second case after refilling of the printing material is completed.
US10647121B2
An inkjet recording apparatus to which a cartridge is attachable includes: a tank including a storage chamber and an outlet port; a recording portion including a damper chamber and a recording head; an ink passage; a pump configured to suck fluid in the damper chamber; a first switch; and a controller. After attachment of the cartridge, the controller is configured to perform an initial ink introduction process to supply the ink from the cartridge to the storage chamber. The initial ink introduction process includes: a first suction process to drive the pump for a first period of time in a state where the first switch is in a first state to allow ink in the storage chamber to be sucked toward the damper chamber; and after performing the first suction process, an open process to switch the first switch to a second state.
US10647117B2
There is provided a piezoelectric device including a pressure chamber, a piezoelectric element, and a diaphragm disposed between the pressure chamber and the piezoelectric element. The piezoelectric element is disposed on the diaphragm so as to overlap an inner periphery of the pressure chamber in plan view, and has an inner edge on a center side of the pressure chamber with the inner periphery of the pressure chamber being sandwiched within the piezoelectric element in plan view. A shape of the inner edge of the piezoelectric element is such that in the smallest first rectangle, which includes the inner edge in plan view.
US10647113B2
Provided is a recording head including: a recording element; a delay circuit including a delay element and configured to supply a clock signal from a main body unit of a recording apparatus to the delay element; and a logical sum (OR) element configured to generate a clock state signal based on a logical sum of the clock signal and output from each delay element. The recording head detects a defect in the clock signal transmitted from the main body unit to the recording head based on the clock state signal, and sets the recording element to a disable state when a defect is detected in the clock signal.
US10647109B2
A printing apparatus including a code information detecting unit configured to detect code information in image data, and a printing controller configured to control bidirectional printing to repeat a first scan including ink ejection in accordance with movement of a printing head to a first side in a main scanning direction, a second scan including ink ejection in accordance with movement of the printing head to a second side in the main scanning direction, and medium transport performed between the first scan and the second scan. The printing controller is configured to perform printing by any one of the first scan or the second scan in an area of the code information detected by the code information detecting unit, during the bidirectional printing based on the image data.
US10647108B2
Provided is a transfer-type image recording apparatus including: a transfer body; a support member for a transfer body; and a support member for a recording medium, wherein the image recording apparatus further includes a buckling member satisfying the following formulae (1) to (3) arranged in at least one of a space between the transfer body and the support member for a transfer body, or a space between a recording medium and the support member for a recording medium: X1/X2≤0.20 Formula (1): (Y1/X1)/{(Y2−Y1)/(X3−X1)}≥5.0 Formula (2): Y1
US10647101B2
A multilayer material is disclosed which consists of polyethylene foam sandwiched between two external layers of high-density polyethylene. A two-step manufacturing process for forming such a multilayer material is disclosed, which consists of (1) thermal bonding of a roll stock of PE foam with a roll stock of HDPE/LDPE laminate, followed by cutting into composites, and (2) thermal bonding of two composites to form a multilayer material.
US10647100B2
A lamination system includes a film supply, a material supply, and a laminator. The laminator causes a film from the film supply to be laminated to a sheet from the material supply to establish a laminated sheet.
US10647096B2
The invention provides a laminating acrylic thermoplastic polymer composition which is favorably laminated together with a layer including a plasticizer-containing polymer composition while ensuring that the migration of the plasticizer into the acrylic thermoplastic polymer composition layer is small and the resultant laminate attains excellent durability, and also provides a laminate obtained by laminating a layer including the laminating acrylic thermoplastic polymer composition onto one or both sides of a layer including the plasticizer-containing polymer composition. Further, the invention provides a polymer composition which, when the plasticizer-containing polymer described above is a vinyl chloride-based polymer, can keep sufficient adhesive force after being adhered to a layer including such a vinyl chloride-based polymer, and also provides an adhesive product using the composition. The laminating acrylic thermoplastic polymer composition is a composition for lamination with a layer including a plasticizer-containing polymer composition. The acrylic thermoplastic polymer composition includes an acrylic block copolymer (I) including at least one polymer block (A) containing methacrylic acid ester units and at least one polymer block (B) containing acrylic acid ester units; and the acrylic acid ester units constituting the polymer block (B) in the acrylic block copolymer (I) include an acrylic acid ester (1) unit represented by the general formula CH2═CH—COOR1 (1) (wherein R1 is an organic group having 1 to 3 carbon atoms).
US10647093B2
Disclosed is a biodegradable sheet comprising at least one layer which is a direct contact layer, intended to successfully contact materials, such as liquids, while maintaining the mechanical properties of the sheet and to extend the biodegradable sheet shelf life. The direct contact layer may comprise a hydrophobic polymer selected from poly(epsilon-caprolactone) (PCL) polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB), Polydioxanone (PDO) polyglycolic acid (PGA), polybutylene succinate (PBS), polybutylene succinate adipate (PBSA), poly lactic acid (PLA), polybutylene adipate terphtalate (PBAT), polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA), such as polyhydroxybutyrates (PHB), polyhydroxyvalerates (PHV), and polyhydroxybutyrate-hydroxyvalerate copolymers (PHBV) or any mixture thereof. The biodegradable sheet may further comprise surface treated nanoclay particles, PVOH grafted with a crosslinker and PBS or PBSA The biodegradable sheet may further include at least one metalized, biodegradable, laminate layer.
US10647083B2
A panel structure and a method of forming the panel structure are disclosed. The panel structure typically includes at least one panel associated with a material. The panel structure has been found particularly advantageous for use as an interior panel of an airplane.
US10647078B2
Disclosed is a folder-gluer comprises: a conveyance device configured to convey a corrugated paperboard sheet; a pair of bending bars configured to bend a first panel and a fourth panel of the corrugated paperboard sheet from 0 degree to about 90 degrees; a pair of bending plates provided in a zone where the first and fourth panels are bent from 0 degree to about 90 degrees, and configured such that distal ends thereof come into contact, respectively, with crease lines of the first and fourth panels or vicinities of the crease lines, wherein each of the bending plates is configured to be pushed and moved outwardly in a width direction, by a push-out device; a detector configured to detect a position of the corrugated paperboard sheet; and a control device configured to control the push-out device.
US10647074B2
An aerospace vessel including a fuselage, a means for causing the fuselage to fly coupled to the fuselage, and an environmental control system within the fuselage. The environmental control system includes a duct made of closed cell thermoplastic foam, such as polyvinylidene fluoride foam.
US10647068B2
A composite material molding method is provided for forming a composite material. The molding includes disposing a reinforcing base material in a cavity inside an openable and closable mold, injecting resin into the cavity in a state in which a clamping pressure is exerted on the mold and curing the resin. When injecting the resin into the cavity, the injection pressure of the resin is adjusted between a first pressure that is higher than the clamping pressure and a second pressure that is lower than the clamping pressure, and the injection pressure of the resin is lowered from the pressure that is higher than the clamping pressure to the pressure that is lower than the clamping pressure at least once. The resin is thereby injected such that the pressure inside the cavity does not exceed the clamping pressure from the start of injection to the end of injection of the resin.
US10647066B2
A manufacturing apparatus of a flexible display device, including: a main chamber in which a display device is mounted; an auxiliary chamber configured to inject a first pressing material having fluidity into the main chamber; and a driving portion configured to rotate the main chamber.
US10647064B2
An apparatus for use in a friction stir operation, such as friction stir welding (FSW) or friction stir processing (FSP). The apparatus may have a rotating tool adapted to be plunged into a material, where the material is susceptible to being softened by heating. The rotating tool may further be adapted to be advanced along a surface of the material. An optical energy generating subsystem may be used to heat a portion of the material using optical energy as the tool is advanced along the material.
US10647054B2
A method of forming a three-dimensional object is provided herein, which may be carried out by: (a) providing a carrier and a fill level, the carrier and the fill level having a build region therebetween; (b) filling the build region with a polymerizable liquid, the polymerizable liquid comprising a mixture of (i) a light polymerizable liquid first component, and (ii) a second solidifiable component that is different from the first component; the polymerizable liquid further comprising a Lewis acid or an oxidizable tin salt in an amount effective to accelerate the formation of the three-dimensional intermediate during the irradiating; and (c) irradiating the build region with light to form a solid polymer scaffold from the first component and also advancing the carrier away from the build surface to form a three-dimensional intermediate.
US10647052B2
A shaped article successfully decorated as desired and a manufacturing method for the shaped article are provided. The shaped article is manufactured by multilayer lamination technique, in which a colored layer, a first transparent layer, and a light reflective layer are formed in this order from an outer-layer side toward an inner side of the shaped article.
US10647044B2
An injection molding machine, which includes a safety door that can be opened and closed, is further equipped with a servo motor configured to open and close the safety door, a presence detector configured to detect whether or not an operator or object is present within a door operating space of the safety door or within a predetermined vicinal area of the safety door including the door operating space, and a controller configured to control the servo motor with a reference control amount in order to perform a closing operation of the safety door, and during a time it is detected by the presence detector that an operator or object is present, to cause a control amount that controls the servo motor in order to perform the closing operation of the safety door to decrease from the reference control amount.
US10647043B2
An injection moulding machine comprising a fixed tool clamping plate, a movable tool clamping plate and a protection device comprising lateral frame elements or lateral covers, wherein the clamping plates are arranged between the lateral frame elements or the lateral covers and the movable tool clamping plate can travel along a closing axis which runs parallel to the lateral frame elements or the lateral covers in relation to the fixed tool clamping plate, wherein the protection device further comprises first cover elements arranged on the top side of the machine, both on an operator side and on the operator opposite side, which first cover elements extend parallel to the closing axis, the first cover elements being configured for a radial movement, and wherein the protection device further comprises second cover elements on the top side of the machine which extend perpendicularly to the closing axis, wherein the second cover elements being configured for radial movement.
US10647035B2
Provided are a vehicle seat member in which even when a foamed resin molded body forming the vehicle seat member shrinks after being demolded, influence of the shrinkage behavior on a frame member embedded in the foamed resin molded body can be prevented, and thus a change in the position of a protrusion, which serves as a part to be anchored to a vehicle body, of the frame member can be prevented, whereby the vehicle seat member can be attached to the vehicle body side easily and reliably, and a vehicle seat including such a vehicle seat member. A vehicle seat member includes a foamed resin molded body and a frame member integrally formed therewith, the frame member including a body portion embedded in the foamed resin molded body and protrusions each protruding from the body portion and having a tip end protruding outward from the foamed resin molded body.
