US10671117B2
A protective case for an electronic reading device includes a back cover, wherein the back cover is configured to secure the electronic reading device. The back cover includes a plurality of metal plates, each of the plurality of metal plates disposed in a predetermined location. The protective case also includes a front cover, wherein the front cover includes a plurality of magnets, each of the plurality of magnets being disposed in a predetermined location and one or more of the plurality of magnets being positioned based on the location of one or more corresponding metal plates. The front cover also includes a Hall sensor magnet positioned on top of a magnet shielding, wherein the Hall sensor magnet is positioned between the magnet shielding and the back cover of the protective case when the protective case is in a closed position.
US10671106B2
System and method for synchronizing multiple generators with an electrical power distribution system
Systems and method for synchronizing power generators with a power grid are provided. One system among various implementations includes a plurality of synchronization modules, wherein each synchronization module corresponds to one power generator. The synchronization modules are configured to output a control signal to adjust a frequency of the respective power generator to correspond with the frequency of the existing power grid. The system also includes a central controller in communication with the plurality of synchronization modules. The central controller is configured to determine a propagation delay with respect to each synchronization module. The propagation delay is a measure of time for a signal to propagate from the respective synchronization module to the central controller. The central controller is further configured to send a control signal to each synchronization module to control when each synchronization module connects the respective power generator to the existing power grid.
US10671105B2
An apparatus includes an amplifier configured to compare a feedback input, corresponding to a voltage of an output voltage node, with respect to a reference input and to provide a control output to control the output voltage node based on a difference between the feedback input and the reference input. At least two source circuits are coupled with the output voltage node. Each of the source circuits are configured to provide respective voltage sources to supply electrical power to the output voltage node.
US10671103B2
A voltage supply apparatus for supplying a voltage to a detection circuit, including a power supply filter (4) and a control section (5) which supply a sensor drive voltage Vbg to a sensor device (2) having a ratiometric characteristic. The power supply filter (4) has supply paths PL1 and PL2. The control section (5) determines whether or not a switching determination time has elapsed after startup. In the case where the switching determination time has not yet elapsed, the power supply filter (4) supplies the sensor drive voltage Vbg through supply path PL1. In the case where the switching determination time has elapsed, the power supply filter (4) supplies the sensor drive voltage Vbg through supply path PL2. The response of the sensor drive voltage Vbg to a variation in power supply voltage Vcc is slower when supplied through the supply path PL2 than through the supply path PL1.
US10671098B2
A method and apparatus for balancing terminals of an HVAC system uses an air flow measuring device by inputting into a computer processing portion of the air flow measuring device predetermined target flows for each terminal; acquiring via the air flow measuring device initially measured air flows through each of the terminals, the initially measured air flows being provided to the computer processing portion; and adjusting the terminals in the HVAC system to flow set points according to instructions from the computer processing portion, the computer processing portion being programmed to calculate the flow set point for each terminal given current HVAC system load conditions, that will result in all terminals being set to target flow after all terminals have been adjusted as instructed.
US10671097B2
A flocculation control system that floats particles that attach to nano and/or micro bubbles out of a liquid includes at least one sensing system, at least one processing system, and at least one fluid additive control system. The at least one sensing system is configured to reproduce one or more nano-bubbles with one or more particles suspended in a fluid. The at least one processing system is configured to measure, using outputs of the at least one sensing system, incident angles between the one or more nano-bubbles and the one or more particles suspended in the fluid. And the at least one fluid additive control system is configured to adjust, based on at least the incident angles, an amount of a surfactant being added to the fluid.
US10671096B2
Disclosed is a configuration of an autonomous vehicle for autonomously following a moving subject based on a radius of a virtual sphere surrounding the autonomous vehicle. The autonomous vehicle may be an unmanned ground vehicle or an unmanned aerial vehicle, which autonomously follows the subject (e.g., a device, a live entity, or any object) based on the virtual sphere. The radius of the virtual sphere may be dynamically configured according to a velocity of the autonomous vehicle or configurations of a camera coupled to the autonomous vehicle. Accordingly, the autonomous vehicle can follow the subject along a smooth trajectory, and capture images of abrupt movements of the subject in a cinematically pleasing manner.
US10671092B2
An example method includes: receiving information indicative of a desired aircraft cruise insertion point comprising achieving a desired cruise altitude for an aircraft within: a predetermined period of time from departure, or within a predetermined distance from departure; receiving information indicative of an estimated weight of the aircraft upon the aircraft reaching the desired cruise altitude; determining a desired airspeed for the aircraft based on the information indicative of the estimated weight of the aircraft; prior to a flight of the aircraft, determining, based on the desired airspeed and the desired aircraft cruise insertion point, a climb trajectory for the aircraft; and during a climb flight phase of the aircraft, varying climb thrust of an engine of the aircraft to follow the climb trajectory and achieve the desired aircraft cruise insertion point.
US10671083B2
A system for visual odometry is disclosed. The system includes: an internet server, comprising: an I/O port, configured to transmit and receive electrical signals to and from a client device; a memory; one or more processing units; and one or more programs stored in the memory and configured for execution by the one or more processing units, the one or more programs including instructions for: extracting representative features from a pair input images in a first convolution neural network (CNN) in a visual odometry model; merging, in a first merge module, outputs from the first CNN; decreasing feature map size in a second CNN; generating a first flow output for each layer in a first deconvolution neural network (DNN); merging, in a second merge module, outputs from the second CNN and the first DNN; generating a second flow output for each layer in a second DNN; and reducing accumulated errors in a recurrent neural network (RNN).
US10671066B2
Systems and methods for scanning environments and tracking unmanned aerial vehicles within the scanned environments are disclosed. A method in accordance with a particular embodiment includes using a rangefinder off-board an unmanned air vehicle (UAV) to identify points in a region. The method can further include forming a computer-based map of the region with the points and using the rangefinder and a camera to locate the UAV as it moves in the region. The location of the UAV can be compared with locations on the computer-based map and, based upon the comparison, the method can include transmitting guidance information to the UAV. In a further particular embodiment, two-dimensional imaging data is used in addition to the rangefinder data to provide color information to points in the region.
US10671063B2
Devices, systems, and methods for controlling an autonomous vehicle are provided. In one example embodiment, a control device for user control of an autonomous vehicle includes a communication interface configured to physically couple the control device to an autonomous vehicle to allow communication with the autonomous vehicle. The control device includes an input device configured to receive user input for controlling one or more features of the autonomous vehicle when the communication interface is coupled to the autonomous vehicle. The control device includes one or more computing devices configured to provide one or more control signals to the autonomous vehicle via the communication interface to allow a user to control the autonomous vehicle via the input device. The autonomous vehicle is in a control mode that allows the user to control the autonomous vehicle.
US10671051B2
A method for detecting thermal events in an electrical system includes: synchronizing, via a controller, measurements of power consumed by each of a plurality of load elements during an interval with one another and with measurements of power supplied by each of a plurality of power sources to the plurality of load elements during the interval; determining a differential between a sum of the power consumed by the load elements during the interval and a sum of the power supplied by the power sources to the plurality of load elements during the interval; comparing the differential to a predetermined threshold; and determining whether a thermal event has occurred based on the comparison of the differential to the predetermined threshold.
US10671049B2
An optimization device of a component mounting line of the present invention includes a cycle time calculating section which calculates respective cycle times required for mounting components of component types which are allocated to each of the component mounting machines by the optimization process onto a single board, an excluded machine setting section which sets a specific portion of the component mounting machines to be excluded from further calculation processes, a balance efficiency calculating section which calculates a line balance efficiency indicating a degree to which the cycle times of the component mounting machines which are not excluded are equalized, and a balance efficiency display section which displays the line balance efficiency. Accordingly, the results of the optimization process which is carried out before starting production of the board are evaluated appropriately and the original device performance of the component mounting line can be utilized.
US10671044B2
Approaches are provided whereby synchronization is achieved between control logic at an automation controller and a representation of this logic at a communication network. Control logic is initially deployed to an automatic controller and a representation of this control logic is stored at the communication network. The automation controller is located remotely from the network. When a change is made to the representation of the control logic at the network, the control logic is re-deployed to the automation controller so that the operator of the control logic is synchronized to the representation. The synchronization is effective to allow a service center to remotely service the control logic without the need for traveling to the automation controller.
US10671042B2
Systems, methods, apparatus, and articles of manufacture to learn and share remote commands are disclosed. An example method to configure a playback device to be controlled by a remote control includes receiving by the playback device a first code for a first command from the remote control. The example method includes identifying by the playback device a second code for a second command based on the received first code. The example method includes receiving by the playback device the second code from the remote control. The example method includes executing the second command by the playback device.
US10671041B2
Systems are provided for a “loadable module” architecture for industrial controllers in which new control program modules which provide updated functions or features may be loaded to extend or modify the underlying operating system and/or other services without updating the firmware and without disrupting or otherwise compromising the ability of the industrial controller to maintain continuous control over the controlled process. Control program modules and libraries may be delivered to the industrial controller in object code format and an embedded linker in the industrial controller may be used to efficiently create fully linked and executable files locally. Loadable libraries may be provided to the industrial controller during runtime to extend functionality and/or provide desired fixes. As a result, a system is provided that is more efficient and that enables significant flexibility in adding new capabilities.
US10671034B1
A rotating equipment system with in-line drive-sense circuit (DSC) electric power signal processing includes rotating equipment, in-line drive-sense circuits (DSCs), and one or more processing modules. The in-line DSCs receive input electrical power signals and generate motor drive signals for the rotating equipment. An in-line DSC receives an input electrical power signal, processes it to generate and output a motor drive signal to the rotating equipment via a single line and simultaneously senses the motor drive signal via the single line. Based on the sensing of the motor drive signal via the single line, the in-line DSC provides a digital signal to the one or more processing modules that receive and process the digital signal to determine information regarding one or more operational conditions of the rotating equipment, and based thereon, selectively facilitate one or more adaptation operations on the motor drive signal via the in-line DSC.
US10671033B2
Ubiquitous computing methods and apparatus are disclosed. An example method includes determining a first setting to control an actuator; setting a first record in a record list, the first record including the first setting, a first immediacy of the first setting, and a first priority of the first setting; determining a second setting; setting a second record in the record list, the second record including the second setting, a second immediacy of the second setting, and a second priority of the second setting, the second priority being lower than the first priority; selecting the first record from the record list based on the first priority being higher than the second priority; deleting the second record from the record list based on the second immediacy; and outputting the first setting to control the actuator when a current setting of the actuator is different than the first setting.
US10671025B2
A time-to-digital converter arrangement has a ring oscillator with a plurality of inverting elements and a first and a second counter coupled to the ring oscillator. The first counter is configured to increment a first counter value if a positive edge transition is present at one of the inverting elements. The second counter is configured to increment a second counter value if a negative edge transition is present at the one of the inverting elements. A storage element stores the first and the second counter value and logical states of the plurality of inverting elements. A decoder coupled to the storage element selects one of the first and the second counter value as a valid value based on an evaluation of the stored logical states, and outputs a total counter value based on the valid value and the stored logical states.
US10671018B2
A process cartridge, a combination of a process cartridge and a drive shaft of an electrophotographic image forming apparatus, and a method of mounting and using a process cartridge in an electrophotographic image forming apparatus include a feature wherein a coupling member of the process cartridge can take different angular positions relative to the drive shaft's fixed axis of rotation. In one position, an axis of the coupling member is inclined relative to the drive shaft's fixed axis of rotation. In a second position, the axis of the coupling member is substantially coaxial with the drive shaft's fixed axis of rotation.
US10671017B2
An image forming apparatus includes a cartridge including a developing member mountable in and dismountable from a main assembly in a direction crossing a rotational axis direction of the developing member. A grip portion of the cartridge extends in a direction along a dismounting direction of the cartridge from the main assembly in a state in which the cartridge is mounted in the main assembly. An openable member in the main assembly includes a guiding portion to support the cartridge from below and guide the cartridge while the cartridge is being dismounted from the main assembly, with the guiding portion including a guiding surface having a downwardly recessed shape on a cross-section perpendicular to the rotational axis direction and guiding the cartridge so that an extending direction of the grip portion approaches a vertical direction as the cartridge is moved in the dismounting direction.
US10671011B2
An image forming apparatus includes: a casing; a cover; a locked portion provided at one of the casing and the cover; and a locking portion provided at remaining one of the casing and the cover. The locking portion includes: a first pivot member; a second pivot member spaced apart from the first pivot member; and a third pivot member. Each of the first pivot member and the second pivot member is pivotally movable between an engaging position and a release position about a first axis. The third pivot member is pivotally movable between a first position and a second position about a second axis. Pivotal movement of at least one of the first pivot member, the second pivot member, and the third pivot member causes pivotal movement of the remaining of the first pivot member, the second pivot member, and the third pivot member.
US10671008B2
A drive transmitting member including: a gear portion that is formed of a first resin and has gear teeth; and a flange portion that is formed of a second resin, in which the flange portion includes a shaft portion that transmits driving force from the gear teeth to a drive transmitted member, and a rotation stopper (i) that stops rotation of the gear portion with respect to the flange portion at an outer periphery of the flange portion and (ii) that is larger than an external form of the shaft portion, so that the shaft portion and the rotation stopper are integrally molded in the flange portion, and the gear portion has a shape that covers the rotation stopper and is not overlapped with the shaft portion as viewed in an axial direction of the shaft portion.
US10671002B2
An image forming apparatus, including: a housing; a photoconductor; a developing unit configured to form a developer image on the photoconductor; a developer cartridge storing developer, the cartridge being removably mountable on the housing, a supplier configured to supply the developer from the developer cartridge to the developing unit; and a controller configured to execute a first printing process of forming a developer image by use of the developer supplied from the developer cartridge, when the developer cartridge is being mounted on the housing, and a second printing process of forming a developer image by use of the developer remaining in the developing unit, when a usage amount of the developing unit is not less than a predetermined value and the developer cartridge is not being mounted on the housing, wherein the controller does not execute the second printing process when the usage amount is less than the predetermined value.
US10670999B2
An image forming apparatus includes an image transfer belt; a first transfer member; a second transfer member opposed to the first transfer member with the belt therebetween; an applying device for applying a voltage to at least one of the first and second transfer members; and a controller for controlling the applying device to apply to the at least one transfer member a voltage having the same polarity as a regular polarity of toner and a voltage of the opposite polarity to the first transfer member in a cleaning operation. The controller changes a number of image formations to be carried out from a cleaning operation to a next cleaning operation depending on the kind of the sheet. The number controlled by the controller is different depending on the kind of the sheets in a continuous printing job.
US10670996B2
An image forming apparatus includes: a first forming unit that forms a superimposed toner image, in which yellow, magenta, and cyan toner images are superimposed on one another, on a first intermediate transfer unit; a second forming unit that is located downstream of the first forming unit in a recording-medium transport direction and that forms a black toner image on a second intermediate transfer unit; a first transfer part that transfers the superimposed toner image formed on the first intermediate transfer unit by the first forming unit to a recording medium; and a second transfer part that is located downstream of the first transfer part in the recording-medium transport direction and that transfers, in a superimposed manner, the black toner image formed on the second intermediate transfer unit by the second forming unit to the superimposed toner image on the recording medium.
US10670988B2
A developer container includes: a body in which a plurality of developer chambers that store developer are arranged, each developer chamber having an opening; and a plurality of covers that seal the openings of the plurality of developer chambers, the plurality of covers being separately provided to correspond to the openings of the plurality of developer chambers.
US10670987B1
According to one embodiment, an image forming apparatus includes a printer unit and a control unit. The printer unit forms an image on a sheet using a developer, and includes a predetermined driving member related to supply of the developer. The control unit acquires driving information regarding continuous driving of the driving member, acquires correction information regarding on correction of an amount of the developer used in accordance with the driving information, and estimates a remaining amount of the developer on the basis of the driving information and the correction information.
US10670983B2
A toner set includes a white toner that includes white toner particles containing white colored particles, and at least one selected from a color toner that includes color toner particles containing colored particles and a transparent toner that includes transparent toner particles, wherein an average circularity of the white toner particles is smaller than an average circularity of either the color toner particles or the transparent toner particles and a small-diameter-side number particle diameter distribution index of the white toner particles is greater than a small-diameter-side number particle diameter distribution index of either the color toner particles or the transparent toner particles.
US10670982B2
An electrostatic-image developing toner contains toner particles containing a polyester resin having an acid value of from 10 mg KOH/g to less than 15 mg KOH/g. The toner particles have a surface with an acid value in a range from 0.3% to 1.7% of the acid value of the polyester resin. The toner particles have a melt viscosity of from 1,800 Pa·s to 3,800 Pa·s at 100° C.
US10670968B2
A maskless exposure method includes spatially modulating a light output from a light source into a pattern beam having a mask pattern, condensing the modulated pattern beam into a first group of spot beams having a first focal position on a Z-axis substantially perpendicular to an exposure surface of an object layer, and into a second group of spot beams having a second focal position different from the first focal position, and scanning the object layer with the first and second groups of spot beams. The object layer has a first height and a second height different from the first height.
US10670967B2
A resist patterning method according to the present invention includes: a resist layer forming step S101 of forming a resist layer (12) on a substrate (11); an activating step S103 of activating the resist layer by irradiation with an activating energy beam; a decay inhibiting step S105 of inhibiting decay of the activity of the resist layer; a latent pattern image forming step S107 of forming a latent pattern image in the activated resist layer by irradiation with a latent image forming energy beam; and a developing step S110 of developing the resist layer.
US10670961B2
An imprint apparatus forms a pattern of an imprint material on a substrate by using a mold, while effecting alignment control of a mold and a substrate with respect to an in-plane direction of the substrate. A mold holding portion holds the mold. A substrate holding portion holds the substrate. A control portion effects control so that the mold and the substrate are brought near to each other while effecting the alignment control, based on a driving profile, after the alignment control is started, to bring the mold and the imprint material into contact with each other. The imprint material is then cured. The control portion changes the driving profile for the alignment control after the alignment control is started and at least one of before and after the mold contacts the imprint material.
US10670954B2
A projector including an illumination system, a light valve and a projection lens is provided. The illumination system is configured to provide an illumination beam, and includes a light source and a diffusion element. The light source is configured to provide an exciting beam. The diffusion element is located on a transmission path of the exciting beam, and configured to receive the exciting beam for outputting at least part of the illumination beam. The diffusion element includes at least one first diffusion region and at least one second diffusion region surrounding the first diffusion region. A haze of the first diffusion region is greater than a haze of the second diffusion region. The light valve is located on a transmission path of the illumination beam, and configured to convert the illumination beam into an image beam. The projection lens is located on a transmission path of the image beam.
US10670950B2
A transparent rotating device comprising a shaft, a transparent rotating assembly and a motor is provided. The transparent rotating assembly includes at least one first transparent sheet and at least one second transparent sheet that are annularly and alternatively arranged around a shaft. A motor is connected to the shaft, wherein the first transparent sheet and the second transparent sheet sequentially enter the transmission path of the image beam. The angle at which the first transparent sheet is inclined with respect to the shaft is different from the angle at which the second transparent sheet is inclined with respect to the shaft. The image beam penetrates the first transparent sheet to be deflected and transmitted to a first position, and the image beam penetrates the second transparent sheet to be deflected and transmitted to a second position.
US10670947B2
An image projection apparatus includes an image signal inputter configured to input an image signal, a first light modulation element configured to modulate light from a light source, a second light modulation element configured to modulate light from the first light modulation element, an optical system configured to guide a projection image in which an image formed by the light modulated by the first light modulation element and an image formed by the light modulated by the second light modulation element are superimposed on each other to a projection optical system, a first driver configured to drive one of the first and second light modulation elements based on the image signal, and a second driver configured to drive the other of the first and second light modulation elements based on a luminance correction data irrelevant to the image signal.
US10670945B2
A camera system with six faces and a front housing is configured to capture images and audio content from external the camera body. The camera system includes an interior audio assembly protected from external environments by a waterproof membrane. The camera system includes drainage ports on the bottom face and the left face of the camera system to encourage moisture to drain from the system. A first drainage channel couples the internal audio assembly to the first drainage port on left face of the camera system and a second drainage channel couples the drainage port on the left face of the camera system to the drainage port on the bottom face of the camera system. A third drainage channel exists between the front face of the camera system and the front housing, the third drainage channel coupling the first and second drainage channels.
US10670939B2
Conventionally, wavelength locking and monitoring has been achieved used various components, including calibrated etalon filters, gratings, and arrays of color filters, which offer fairly bulky solutions that require complicated controls. An improved on-chip wavelength monitor comprises: a combination comb filter comprising a plurality of comb filters, each for receiving a test beams, and each comb filter including a substantially different FSR, e.g. 10× to 20× the next closest FSR. A controller dithers a phase tuning section of each comb filter to generate a maximum or minimum output in a corresponding photodetector indicative of the wavelength of the test signal.
US10670935B2
The display device includes a first substrate; an active layer disposed on the first substrate; a first insulation layer disposed on the active layer; a first electrode layer disposed on the first insulation layer including a gate electrode line extending along a first direction and a protruding portion extending along a second direction; a second insulation layer disposed on the first electrode layer; and a second electrode layer disposed on the second insulation layer. The second electrode layer includes a date line extending along the second direction and a conductive layer. The conductive layer includes a first conductive portion and a second conductive portion, wherein the first conductive portion has a first maximum width A along the first direction, and the second conductive portion has a second maximum width B along the first direction. The first maximum width A is less than the second maximum width B.
US10670934B2
A display device includes: a first substrate including a display area and a non-display area disposed; a first semiconductor disposed in the display area; a second semiconductor disposed in the non-display area; a first data conductor overlapping the first semiconductor; a second data conductor overlapping the second semiconductor; a first shielding part overlapping the first semiconductor and disposed on the first data conductor; a second shielding part overlapping the second semiconductor and disposed on the second data conductor; an insulating layer disposed on the first shielding part and the second shielding part, wherein a second thickness of the second shielding part is larger than a first thickness of the first shielding part, and a fourth thickness of a second part of the insulating layer corresponding to the second shielding part is smaller than a third thickness of a first part of the insulating layer corresponding to the first shielding part.
US10670931B2
A display device includes: a first substrate having a top surface and a first side surface extending from the top surface; a second substrate facing the first substrate and having a second side surface aligned with the first side surface; substrate signal pads disposed on the first side surface; substrate dummy pads disposed on the second side surface; a circuit film facing the first and second side surfaces; circuit dummy pads disposed on the circuit film and electrically connected to the substrate dummy pads; and circuit signal pads disposed on the circuit film and electrically connected to the substrate signal pads.
US10670924B2
In an alignment regulating layer, a plurality of regulation regions is defined in plan view perpendicular to the surface of the alignment regulating layer, and the plurality of regulation regions includes at least one first regulation region, at least one second regulation region, and a third regulation region fitted between the first regulation region and the second regulation region. The alignment regulating direction in the first regulation region is a first regulating direction, and the alignment regulating direction in the second regulation region is a second regulating direction that is different from the first regulating direction. In the third regulation region, the alignment regulating direction continuously changes from the first regulating direction to the second regulating direction from a portion contacting the first regulation region toward a portion contacting the second regulation region.
US10670922B2
A liquid crystal display device includes a first substrate, a first alignment film formed over the first substrate, a second substrate, a second alignment film formed over the second substrate, a liquid crystal layer sandwiched between the first alignment film and the second alignment film, and a projecting portion formed over the second substrate. The first alignment film is a photo alignment film, and a thickness “d2” of the second alignment film over the projecting portion and a film thickness “d1” of a portion of the first alignment film facing the projecting portion satisfy formula (2), d2
US10670917B2
A lighting device includes LEDs, a light guide plate, and a frame. The light guide plate includes a light guide plate hole portion passing through in a thickness direction, a light entering surface, and a light exiting surface. The frame surrounds the light guide plate. The frame includes an outer peripheral wall portion and an inner peripheral wall portion. The outer peripheral wall portion opposes an outer peripheral end face of the light guide plate. The inner peripheral wall portion inserted to the light guide plate hole portion opposes an inner peripheral end face of the light guide plate on an inner side of the light guide plate hole portion. The inner peripheral wall portion has a configuration in which the opposing surface has a lower light reflectivity than that of an opposing surface of the outer peripheral wall portion.
US10670912B2
A liquid crystal display device includes a first glass substrate, a second glass substrate, a first liquid crystal layer disposed between the first glass substrate and the second glass substrate, a third glass substrate, a fourth glass substrate, a second liquid crystal layer disposed between the third glass substrate and the fourth glass substrate, a first polarizing plate formed on the first glass substrate, a second polarizing plate formed on the third glass substrate, and a bonding layer disposed between the first glass substrate and the third glass substrate. In planar view, the bonding layer is disposed outside the first polarizing plate and the second polarizing plate, a surface on the bonding layer bonds to the first glass substrate, and a surface on the bonding layer bonds to the third glass substrate.
US10670910B2
A display device includes an optical stack arrangement including from the viewing side: a front polarizer; a first electrode layer; a viewing side bistable liquid crystal (LC) alignment layer; an LC layer; a non-viewing side bistable LC alignment layer; a second electrode layer; and a rear polarizer. The bistable LC alignment layers induce alignment of LC molecules of the LC layer adjacent to respective surfaces of the bistable LC alignment layers. The non-viewing side bistable LC alignment layer is switchable between two stable LC alignment states and the viewing side bistable LC alignment layer is also switchable between two stable LC alignment states. A combination of structural parameters of the viewing side and non-viewing side bistable LC alignment layers and the front and rear polarizers renders the display device operable to achieve four stable distinct optical states, each stable distinct optical state having a different optical response when viewed from the viewing side of the display device.
US10670905B2
Described are examples of display devices including a display panel comprised of a transparent layer, a color filter layer adjacent to the transparent layer, wherein the color filter layer comprises a matrix of colored light filters, and a black matrix layer comprising a base portion disposed on the transparent layer between two of the different colored light filters and an extension portion that extends into the color filter layer between the two colored light filters to block a light path that may otherwise traverse both of the two colored light filters. The base portion and the extension portion differ in a height dimension that is substantially perpendicular to the transparent layer.
US10670899B2
There are provided an apparatus and a method of manufacturing the apparatus. The apparatus includes: a plate-shaped base; a cover plate; and a curable resin adhering the plate-shaped base and the cover plate together. At least one of the plate-shaped base and the cover plate includes a light-shielding member covering a peripheral part of the at least one of the plate-shaped base and the cover plate. In an area which is shielded by the light-shielding member, a part of the curable resin at a side of an inner edge of the light shielding member is lower in one of an elastic modulus, a curing degree, and an adhesion strength than another part of the curable resin at a side of an outer edge of the light shielding member.
US10670887B2
An eye-mountable device includes a lens enclosure, an anterior conductive electrode, a posterior conductive electrode, and an accommodation actuator element. The lens enclosure includes an anterior layer and a posterior layer. The anterior conductive electrode is disposed within the lens enclosure and across a center region of the lens enclosure. The posterior conductive electrode is disposed within the lens enclosure and across the center region. The accommodation actuator element is disposed within the lens enclosure between the anterior and posterior conductive electrodes in the center region. The anterior and posterior conductive electrodes are transparent and electrically manipulate the accommodation actuator element.
US10670881B2
A system may comprise a selectively transparent projection device for projecting an image toward an eye of a viewer from a projection device position in space relative to the eye of the viewer, the projection device being capable of assuming a substantially transparent state when no image is projected; an occlusion mask device coupled to the projection device and configured to selectively block light traveling toward the eye from one or more positions opposite of the projection device from the eye of the viewer in an occluding pattern correlated with the image projected by the projection device; and a zone plate diffraction patterning device interposed between the eye of the viewer and the projection device and configured to cause light from the projection device to pass through a diffraction pattern having a selectable geometry as it travels to the eye.
US10670880B2
A display image is superimposed and displayed on an outside image in a preferred manner. An optical system superimposes a display image displayed on a display device onto an outside image, and leads the display image to an eye of an observer. A display control unit controls the display size and the display position of the display image on the display device so that the display image is displayed in an image superimposition region (a flat region) detected from the outside image. For example, the display control unit controls the display state of the display image in accordance with the state of the image superimposition region in the outside image. Also, the display control unit performs control to selectively display the display image in a line-of-sight region or outside the line-of-sight region in accordance with the line of sight of the observer.
US10670879B2
Mechanisms for providing optical image stabilization in at least one direction as well as auto-focus in a digital camera comprise a plurality of springs mechanically coupled to at least a lens module carrying a lens of the digital camera, wherein the plurality of springs provides overall low stiffness to movement of the lens in two, first and second directions orthogonal to each other, and provides high stiffness to torsion of the lens module.
US10670875B2
A diffractive optical element 10 includes a first diffraction grating 4, a second diffraction grating 5, films 6 formed between the first diffraction grating 4 and the second diffraction grating 5. The DOE 10 satisfies a conditional expression of n2
US10670867B2
An optical stack includes first and second lenses, a partial reflector, a reflective polarizer, and a retarder. The reflective polarizer is curved about two orthogonal axes and includes at least one layer that is substantially optically uniaxial at at least one location. An optical system includes the optical stack disposed between an image surface and an exit surface. The optical system is configured such that substantially any chief ray transmitted from the image surface to the exit surface is first incident on the reflective polarizer at an angle of incidence less than 30 degrees.
US10670852B2
Provided is an illuminated reticle assembly for an optical aiming device. The assembly includes a reticle plate has a first surface on which a physical reticle pattern is applied. A laser light source is configured to project a beam of laser light into the reticle plate at a first angle and toward an inner side of a second surface at an angle of incidence that directs a reflected beam of laser light toward at least a selected portion of the physical reticle pattern. The reflected laser light illuminates the at least selected portion of the physical reticle pattern.
US10670849B2
An observation device where a first light path in an illumination optical system is different from a second light path in an object optical system, the illumination optical system includes a light source that emits the illumination light in a first direction, and an illumination deflector that deflects the illumination light from the first direction to a second direction, a pre-reflected illumination angle between a pedestal surface holding the sample and the first direction is smaller than a post-reflected illumination angle between the pedestal surface and the second direction, the object optical system includes a transmission deflector that deflects the transmission light transmitted through the sample from a third direction to a fourth direction, and a post-reflected transmission angle between the pedestal surface and the fourth direction is smaller than a pre-reflected transmission angle between the pedestal surface and the third direction.
US10670845B2
A zoom lens includes in order from an object side: a positive first lens unit not moving for zooming; a negative second lens unit moving for zooming; a negative third lens unit moving for zooming; an intermediate lens group including a lens unit and moving for zooming; and a rear lens group including a lens unit, a lens unit, closest to an object of the zoom lens, not moving for zooming, an aperture stop being placed on a side of the object to or in the rear lens group, a distances between each pair of adjacent lens units changes for zooming, and a distance between the second and third lens units at a wide angle end, a distance between the second and third lens units at a telephoto end, and a maximum distance between the second and third lens units in a certain zoom range are appropriately set.
US10670841B2
A dual-band refractive inverse telephoto lens system configured for mid-wave infrared (MWIR) and long-wave infrared (LWIR) operation. In certain examples the dual-band refractive inverse telephoto lens system includes first, second, third, and fourth lenses, each constructed from a material that is optically transparent in the mid-wave infrared and long-wave infrared spectral bands, and has an external pupil coincident with an aperture stop of the refractive inverse telephoto lens system, the aperture stop being located between the first, second, third, and fourth lenses and the infrared imaging detector to allow for 100% cold shielding.
US10670839B2
An optical image lens system includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens element, a second lens element, a third lens element, a fourth lens element, a fifth lens element and a sixth lens element. The first lens element has positive refractive power. The second lens element has positive refractive power. The third lens element has positive refractive power. The fourth lens element has refractive power. The fifth lens element with refractive power has an image-side surface being convex in a paraxial region thereof, wherein at least one surface of the fifth lens element is aspheric. The sixth lens element with refractive power has an image-side surface being concave in a paraxial region thereof, wherein at least one surface of the sixth lens element is aspheric, and the image-side surface of the sixth lens element has at least one inflection point thereon.
US10670837B2
An optical image capturing lens assembly includes seven lens elements, which are, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens element, a second lens element, a third lens element, a fourth lens element, a fifth lens element, a sixth lens element and a seventh lens element. The second lens element has negative refractive power. The sixth lens element has an object-side surface and an image-side surface being both aspheric. At least one of object-side surfaces and image-side surfaces of the fifth lens element and the sixth lens element includes at least one critical point in an off-axial region thereof.
US10670836B2
An image pickup apparatus includes an image forming optical system which includes an aperture stop that determines an axial light beam, and one cemented lens, and an image pickup section which is disposed on an image side of the image forming optical system, and which has a surface which is not flat and is curved to be concave toward the image forming optical system, wherein the cemented lens includes in order from an object side, a first lens having a negative refractive power, a second lens, and a third lens having a positive refractive power.
US10670818B2
Systems, devices, and methods of manufacturing optical engines and laser projectors that are well-suited for use in wearable heads-up displays (WHUDs) are described. Generally, the optical engines of the present disclosure integrate a plurality of laser diodes (e.g., 3 laser diodes, 4 laser diodes) within a single, hermetically or partially hermetically sealed, encapsulated package. Photonic integrated circuits having grating or edge couplers thereon may be used to wavelength multiplex beams of light emitted by the plurality of laser diodes into a coaxially superimposed aggregate beam. A waveguide medium having one or more directly written waveguides may couple light from laser diodes to a photonic integrated circuit, and may optionally hermetically or partially hermetically seal the laser diodes, eliminating the need for a separate seal. Such optical engines may have advantages over existing designs including, for example, smaller volumes, better manufacturability, faster modulation speed, etc. WHUDs that employ such optical engines and laser projectors are also described.
US10670817B2
An external endoscope light source system includes light emitting diodes for providing a light output to an endoscope. The light is provided to a fiber optic cable for transmission to the endoscope.
US10670816B2
The application discloses a polymer-based optical splitter on a silicon surface. A trench is formed on the silicon surface and a polymer waveguide having three 45 degree reflectors is patterned in the trench. The trench has two slanted side walls opposite to each other. Two reflectors of the polymer waveguide are arranged on the two slanted side walls. An intrusion structure with a slanted front wall is located in the middle of the waveguide and the third reflector is formed on the slanted front wall. The first reflector receives an optical input source, the second reflector is aligned to return light to the end optical receiver. The third reflector functions as a light splitter and is aligned to an intermediate optical receiver. Light splitting ratio is determined by the third reflector size relative to the waveguide cross section near the third reflector. A fabrication method is disclosed thereof.
US10670815B2
Improved optical fiber coupling reliability is realized by improving structures and materials used at the fiber joint. When ceramic ferrules are used at the fiber joint, the penetration of a UV-cured optical adhesive between the ceramic ferrules and the fiber ends is avoided or prevented, while an anti-reflective coating, an uncured optical adhesive, or a refractive index matching gel may be applied between the ceramic ferrules. When glass ferrules are used at the fiber joint, the UV-cured optical adhesive may be applied and fully cured between the glass ferrules and the fiber ends.
US10670807B2
A lens assembly for an optical fiber includes an optical gap structure and a multi-mode optical fiber. The optical gap structure has first and second ends and a length measured therebetween. The first end of the optical gap structure is configured to attach to an end of a single-mode optical fiber. The multi-mode optical fiber has first and second ends and a length measured therebetween. The first end of the multi-mode optical fiber is attached to the second end of the optical gap structure. The length of the optical gap structure and the length of the multi-mode optical fiber are set to provide a prescribed working distance and a prescribed light beam waist diameter. The prescribed working distance is a distance measured from the second end of the multi-mode optical fiber to a location of the prescribed light beam waist diameter.
US10670806B2
Method for preparing micro-optical structure on a film based on chemical mechanical polishing etching, combining photolithography technology with chemical mechanical polishing technology to make preparation and large-scale integration of large-size high-quality micro optical devices on-chip possible. The method comprises coating metal on film surface, selectively removing the metal film by photolithography (such as femtosecond laser selective ablation, ultraviolet photolithography, electron beam etching, ion beam etching, and reactive ion etching), chemical mechanical polishing, chemical corrosion or over polishing and other steps. Micro-optical devices on-chip prepared by the method have extremely high surface finish and extremely low optical loss. The method is applicable to preparing high-quality micro-optical structures (including but not limited to microdisc cavities, microring cavities, optical waveguides and coupled devices thereof) on various films on-chip (including but not limited to lithium niobate single crystal films, quartz films, silicon films, silicon dioxide films, diamond thin films, etc.).
US10670804B1
Waveguiding structures and methods of fabricating a waveguiding structure. The waveguiding structure includes a waveguide and an array of semiconductor fins that are arranged at least in part inside the waveguide.
US10670799B2
A backlight unit includes a light guide plate (LGP), a housing that receives the LGP, and a first LGP guide member coupled to the housing. The housing includes a bottom surface, a first sidewall, and a second sidewall. The first and second sidewalls are connected to edges of the bottom surface, are disposed adjacent to each other, and are spaced apart from each other. A first corner of the bottom surface is disposed between the first and second sidewalls, and the first LGP guide member is disposed in a gap between the first and second sidewalls.
US10670798B2
A liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal panel, a backlight unit disposed on a rear surface of the liquid crystal panel to irradiate light, a guide panel to accommodate the liquid crystal panel and the backlight unit, a light blocking tape provided between the liquid crystal panel and the backlight unit to fix the liquid crystal panel and the backlight unit to the guide panel and a step compensating tape to compensate for a step which is a distance between the light blocking tape and the liquid crystal panel, and the step compensating tape has an adhesive force only on one surface thereof that is attached to the light blocking tape.
US10670785B2
An optical filter comprising a light absorption layer and a near-infrared reflection layer, and an imaging device comprising the optical filter are provided. Wherein the light absorption layer has an absorption maximum in a wavelength range of 670 to 720 nm, a wavelength at which the near-infrared reflection layer has a light transmittance of 50% is in a range of 690 to 720 nm, and the optical filter satisfies the following Mathematical Formula 1: ΔE*≤1.5 [Mathematical Formula 1] wherein the ΔE* value represents a color difference between light that is incident in a vertical direction of the optical filter and passes through the optical filter and light that is incident at an angle of 30° with respect to the vertical direction of the optical filter and passes through the optical filter.
US10670780B2
The present invention provides a Fresnel lens that can reduce generation of concentric stray light. The Fresnel lens includes a sawtooth corrugated face that is formed by alternately disposing a first face inclined relative to optical axis A and a second face substantially parallel to optical axis A, and a light shielding mask is formed at a position corresponding to the second face.
US10670772B2
An optical sensor system, comprising refractory plasmonic elements that can withstand temperatures exceeding 2500° C. in chemically aggressive and harsh environments that impose stress, strain and vibrations. A plasmonic metamaterial or metasurface, engineered to have a specific spectral and angular response, exhibits optical reflection characteristics that are altered by varying physical environmental conditions including but not limited to temperature, surface chemistry or elastic stress, strain and other types of mechanical load. The metamaterial or metasurface comprises a set of ultra-thin structured layers with a total thickness of less than tens of microns that can be deployed onto surfaces of devices operating in harsh environmental conditions. The top interface of the metamaterial or metasurface is illuminated with a light source, either through free space or via an optical fiber, and the reflected signal is detected employing remote detectors.
US10670761B2
A method and system for producing a Quasi-Static Stoneley Slowness log. The method for producing a Quasi-Static Stoneley Slowness log may comprise recording a pressure wave at a receiver; determining a slowness-frequency range with an information handling system from the pressure wave, processing a frequency-domain semblance, extracting a Stoneley Dispersion, minimizing a misfit between theoretical and the Stoneley Dispersion, and identifying Quasi-Static Stoneley slowness from the Stoneley Dispersion. The well measurement system for producing an Quasi-Static Stoneley Slowness log and shear slowness anisotropy may comprise a downhole tool, a vehicle, and an information handling system. Wherein the information handling system may be operable to record a pressure wave at a receiver, determine a slowness-frequency range with an information handling system from the pressure wave, process a frequency-domain semblance, extract a Stoneley Dispersion; minimize a misfit between theoretical and the Stoneley Dispersion; and identify Quasi-Static Stoneley slowness from the Stoneley Dispersion.
US10670759B2
The present disclosure provides methods of data acquisition and processing of seismic data that combines nodal survey design, especially sparse nodal surveys, with the hybrid gather processing methodologies.
US10670757B2
This disclosure presents methods and systems for deblending blended seismic data obtained during simultaneous shooting acquisition into deblended seismic data gathers. Methods and systems iteratively separate the blended seismic data into the deblended seismic data gathers based on semblance analysis of a residual difference between the blended seismic data and the deblended seismic data gathers. Each deblended seismic data gather is associated with one of the sources and appears to have been obtained without substantial interference from seismic energy produced by other sources.
US10670756B2
Methods and systems performing joint inversion determination of surface-consistent amplitude corrections are provided. A method includes receiving a seismic data set including P-P data and P-S data, and preparing the P-P data and the P-S data for a joined inversion to produce prepared P-P data and prepared P-S data. The method further includes performing a joined inversion on both the prepared P-P data and the prepared P-S data to calculate final surface consistent scalars. The method also includes outputting a corrected P-P trace determined from the P-P data and a P-P gain obtained from the final surface consistent scalars, and a corrected P-S trace determined from the P-S data and a P-S gain obtained from the final surface consistent scalars.
US10670755B2
Systems and methods for refining estimated effects of parameters on amplitudes are disclosed. Exemplary implementations may: (a) obtain ranges of parameter values for individual parameters within a subsurface region of interest; (b) generate a first model of the subsurface region of interest; (c) calculate a synthetic seismogram from the first model to determine corresponding amplitudes; (d) store results of applying the synthetic seismogram; (e) repeat steps (b)-(d) for multiple additional models; (f) obtain a subsurface distribution; (g) apply the subsurface distribution to the multiple models and the corresponding amplitudes; (h) generate a representation; and (i) display the representation.
US10670750B2
A multi-stage FWI workflow uses multiple-contaminated FWI models to predict surface-related multiples. A method embodying the present technological advancement, can include: using data with free surface multiples as input into FWI; generating a subsurface model by performing FWI with the free-surface boundary condition imposed on top of the subsurface model; using inverted model from FWI to predict multiples; removing predicted multiples from the measured data; using the multiple-free data as input into FWI with absorbing boundary conditions imposed on top of the subsurface model; and preparing a multiple free data set for use in conventional seismic data processing.
US10670749B2
The transmission system combines a self-contained, wireless seismic acquisition unit and a wireless, line of site, communications unit to form a plurality of individual short-range transmission networks and also a mid-range, line of sight transmission network. Each seismic unit has a power source, a short-range transmitter/receiver disposed within a casing and a geophone disposed within the casing. Each wireless communications unit is formed of an elongated support structure on which is mounted an independent power source, mid-range radio transmitter/receiver; and a short-range transmitter/receiver configured to wirelessly communicate with the short-range transmitter/receiver of the acquisition unit. Preferably, when deployed, the acquisition unit is buried under the surface of the ground, while the wireless communications unit is positioned in the near vicinity of the buried unit so as to vertically protrude above the ground. The acquisition unit and the wireless communications unit communicate by short-range transmissions, while the wireless communications unit communicates with other seismic acquisition systems using mid-range radio transmission. When multiple seismic acquisition unit/wireless communications units are deployed in an array, the system can pass collected seismic and quality control data in relay fashion back to a control station and/or pass timing and control signals out to the array.
US10670745B1
Calibration of a radiometry system uses a readout circuit of a photo-detector to provide first and second measurements collected over first and second integration times, respectively, where the first and second measurements are related to a photonic input to the photo-detector by a gain and a bias. First mean and variance values are computed for a plurality of first measurements. Second mean and variance values are computed for a plurality of second measurements. The gain and bias are determined from the first and second mean values and the first and second variance values without the use of a calibrated source. The rate of photonic input to the photo-detector and the variance of noise added in the readout circuit may also be determined.
US10670741B2
The present invention is in the field of an improved scintillator for X-rays, use of the inventive scintillator, an X-ray detector comprising the present scintillator, and a method of producing an improved scintillator. A scintillator converts X-rays into visible light; high performance scintillators are typically made of a crystalline material.
US10670736B2
A variety of applications can include a gamma ray downhole logging system having a gamma ray detector, where temperature sensitivity of the gamma ray detector is accounted for in the operation of the logging system. Correction of sensitivity of the gamma ray detector can include using a measure of sensitivity drift derived from temperature binned gamma ray spectra from measurements by the gamma ray detector over a calibration period for a number of calibration periods. Additional apparatus, systems, and methods are disclosed.
US10670732B2
It is proposed a determination device, a method for determining navigation information and a navigation device comprising: a receiving circuit configured to receive a first signal from a first navigation satellite, the first signal comprising a first timestamp; a determination circuit configured to determine a velocity of the first navigation satellite at the first timestamp in a second coordinate system based on ephemeris data of the first navigation satellite, the second coordinate system being tilted in relation to the equatorial plane; the determination circuit further configured to determine a velocity of the first navigation satellite in a first coordinate system that is earth fixed and rotating with earth, by applying a transformation matrix to the determined velocity of the first navigation satellite in the second coordinate system and adding a correction term based on a time derivative of the transformation matrix; a navigation circuit configured to determine navigation information of the receiving circuit within the first coordinate system based on at least the determined velocity of at least the first navigation satellite.
US10670728B2
A method and system for deploying a trusted-global positioning system (trusted-GPS) positioning map. The method comprises receiving, at a memory of the server computing device, at least a first set of fingerprint data and at least a first set of GPS position data for a sequence of positions traversed within an indoor area by at least a first mobile device, generating, using the processor, a distribution of positioning data points of the indoor area for which a correlation between the at least a first set of fingerprint data and the at least a first set of GPS position data for respective ones of the sequence of positions exceeds a threshold correlation value, and when the distribution exceeds at least one of a predetermined and a dynamically updated threshold density of positioning data points, deploying the distribution as the trusted-GPS positioning map of the indoor area.
US10670724B2
A light detection and ranging (LIDAR) time of flight (TOF) sensor for inputting and outputting simultaneously and 3-dimensional laser scanning system including the same are disclosed. In one aspect, the sensor includes a substrate and a light receiving element array provided on the substrate and including a plurality of light receiving elements. The sensor also includes readout circuits configured to receive electrical signals from the light receiving elements and perform signal processing on the electrical signals. The sensor further includes metal lines disposed on the light receiving element array in parallel, provided to correspond to the number of the light receiving elements, and configured to connect the light receiving elements to the readout circuits in one-to-one correspondence.
US10670720B2
An apparatus is provided for using a square wave digital chirp signal for optical chirp range detection. A laser source emits an optical signal and a RF waveform generator generates an input digital chirp signal based on the square wave digital chirp signal. A frequency of the optical signal is modulated based on the input digital chirp signal. A splitter divides the optical signal into a transmit optical signal and a reference optical signal. A detector combines the reference optical signal and a return optical signal from an object. The detector generates an electrical output signal based on the combined reference optical signal and the return optical signal. A processor determines a range to the object based on a characteristic of a Fourier transform the electrical output signal. A method is also provided for using the square wave digital chirp signal for optical chirp range detection.
US10670718B1
Systems and methods are disclosed where a ladar system synthetically fills a ladar frame. A ladar transmitter can employ compressive sensing to interrogate a subset of range points in a field of view. Returns from this subset of range points correspond to a sparse ladar frame, and interpolation can be performed on these returns to synthetically fill the ladar frame.
US10670709B2
A controller comprises a communication interface to receive an anchor localization dataset comprising a plurality of anchor range measurements and a processing circuitry to identify a qualified subset of anchor range measurements from the anchor localization dataset, wherein the anchor range measurements in the qualified subset are consistent, select a first anchor range measurement in the anchor localization dataset from outside the qualified subset of anchor range measurements, and add the first anchor range measurement to the qualified subset of anchor range measurements when the first anchor range measurement is consistent with the anchor range measurements in the qualified subset of anchor range measurements.
US10670708B2
In one embodiment, a system comprising a machine configured to traverse a field having windrows; a radar sensor mounted to the machine, the radar sensor arranged to transmit first signals to, and receive first reflected signals from, one of the windrows and the field adjacent the one of the windrows; a lidar sensor mounted to the machine, the lidar sensor arranged to transmit second signals to, and receive second reflected signals from, the one of the windrows and the field adjacent the one of the windrows; and a processing circuit configured to receive data corresponding to the first and second reflected signals and determine a mass profile and a geometric profile of the one of the windrows based on the data.
US10670707B2
An interrogator and system employing the same. In one embodiment, the interrogator includes a receiver configured to receive a return signal from a tag and a sensing module configured to provide a time associated with the return signal. The interrogator also includes a processor configured to employ synthetic aperture radar processing on the return signal in accordance with the time to locate a position of the tag.
US10670703B2
Laser spot detecting device including a plurality of elementary optoelectronic detectors that are each connected to an elementary pulse detecting circuit, each elementary pulse detecting circuit including a comparator and a memory module that is connected to one output of the comparator, the memory modules being connected to a multiplexing circuit having an output forming a digital spatial output of the laser spot detecting device. The laser spot detecting device further more includes a global OR circuit having inputs connected to the outputs of the comparators and having an output forming a real-time digital temporal output of the laser spot detecting device. Method for detecting a laser spot implemented by such a detecting device.
US10670701B2
A dynamic road surface detecting method based on a three-dimensional sensor is provided. The three-dimensional sensor receives a plurality of laser-emitting points reflected from a road surface to generate a plurality of three-dimensional sensor scan point coordinates which is transmitted to a point cloud processing module. The point cloud processing module transforms the three-dimensional sensor scan point coordinates to a plurality of vehicle scan point coordinates according to a coordinate translation equation, and then transforms a plurality of vehicle coordinate height values of the vehicle scan point coordinates to a road surface height reference line according to a folding line fitting algorithm. An absolute difference of two scan point height values of any two adjacent scan points on each of the scan lines is analyzed to generate a discontinuous point. The point cloud processing module links the discontinuous points to form a road boundary.
US10670698B2
A method for estimating phase noise of an RF oscillator signal in a frequency-modulated continuous-wave (FMCW) radar system and related radar devices are provided. The method includes applying the RF oscillator signal to an artificial radar target composed of circuitry, which applies a delay and a gain to the RF oscillator signal, to generate an RF radar signal. Furthermore, the method includes down-converting the RF radar signal received from the artificial radar target from an RF frequency band to a base band, digitizing the down-converted RF radar signal to generate a digital radar signal, and calculating a decorrelated phase noise signal from the digital radar signal. A power spectral density of the decorrelated phase noise is then calculated from the decorrelated phase noise signal, and the power spectral density of the decorrelated phase noise is converted into a power spectral density of the phase noise of an RF oscillator signal.
US10670697B2
Provided are signal processing apparatus, a signal processing method, and an object detection system that enable an object detection to be accurately performed. A stereo camera performs imaging by a right camera and a left camera to acquire a stereo image. A millimeter wave radar acquires a radar image in which a position of an object is detected in a radiation range of millimeter waves based on millimeter waves. Further, by communication via a communication apparatus with a target of which positional information is known, it is determined whether or not the target is reliable, and in a case where it is determined that the target is reliable, calibration processing is performed for eliminating a deviation in coordinate systems generated in the stereo image and the radar image in which the target is detected.
US10670690B2
In accordance with an example embodiment, an apparatus comprises at least one receiver configured to receive a grid corresponding to an area, at least one processor configured to assign at least one access point in the area to at least one node in the grid, and the at least one processor configured to select a predetermined number of access points assigned to the at least one node for inclusion in a partial radio map.
US10670689B2
A method for determining geo-position of a target by an aircraft includes: receiving navigation data related to the aircraft including aircraft attitude information; receiving multilateration information related to the target including an angle to the target; calculating an axis for a cone fixed to the aircraft, based on the received aircraft attitude information; calculating a central angle for the cone from the received angle to the target; generating two vectors orthogonal to the cone axis; calculating a cone model from the axis, the central angle and the two vectors; and intersecting the cone model with an earth model to obtain a LEP curve, wherein the LEP curve is used to determine the geo position of the target.
US10670678B2
An object (10) is placed in an examination volume of a MR device (1). To enable fast MR imaging, a stack-of-stars acquisition scheme is employed with a reduced level of streaking artifacts. The acquisition scheme includes subjecting the object (10) to an imaging sequence of at least one RF pulse and switched magnetic field gradients and acquiring MR signals according to the stack-of-stars scheme. The MR signals are acquired as radial k-space profiles (S1-S12) from a number of parallel slices (21-27) arranged at different positions along a slice direction. The radial density of the k-space profiles (S1-S12) varies as a function of the slice position with the radial density being higher at more central k-space positions and lower at more peripheral k-space positions. The k-space profiles are acquired at a higher temporal density from slices at the more central positions than from slices at the more peripheral k-space positions. An MR image is reconstructed from the MR signals.
US10670675B2
Some embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a displacer for reducing the consumption of a cryogen used in a superconductive magnet device. The displacer may occupy some space within the cryogen storage cavity or limit the cryogen into a relatively small space surrounding a superconductive coil in the cryogen storage cavity. The displacer may also include a displacer cavity that may be vacuum or contain a cryogen or another substance.
US10670664B2
A resistance factor determining method of a secondary battery according to the present disclosure determines, when the secondary battery has a certain temperature and state of charge, a primary differential value regarding a charge initial I-V profile calculated from a current value at a point of intersection at which a charge final I-V profile according to changes in magnitude of the charging current meets a boundary line set to a charge upper limit as the resistance factor corresponding to the temperature and state of charge. Further, a charge power estimating apparatus and method according to the present disclosure estimates a charge power corresponding to the temperature and state of charge of the secondary battery while the secondary battery is being charged using the resistance factor pre-defined according to the state of charge and temperature of the secondary battery.
US10670661B2
Provided are battery management apparatuses and methods. The battery management apparatus includes a sensitivity determiner configured to determine sensitivity of a battery state based on sensed battery information and previous battery state information, and an execution parameter adjuster configured to adjust a parameter for estimating the battery state based on the determined sensitivity of the battery state.
US10670651B2
In one embodiment, a testing apparatus comprises: a modularized logic unit comprising circuitry for testing a plurality of devices under test (DUTs); a DUT interface board for physically and electrically interfacing with said modularized logic unit, said DUT interface board comprising: a loadboard comprising a plurality of sockets for receiving said plurality of DUTs; and a partial enclosure for partially enclosing said plurality of DUTs; a top fan disposed adjacent to a top of said partial enclosure; and a bottom fan disposed adjacent to a bottom of said partial enclosure, wherein the top fan and the bottom fan are operable to generate a vertical ambient air flow from the bottom fan to the top fan to cool said plurality of DUTs with exposed top and bottom sides, wherein the bottom fan is operable to draw ambient air from a surrounding environment.
US10670650B2
New cooling assembly suitable for use in the testing of devices is disclosed. The new cooling assembly transfers heat that is in close proximity to, within vicinity of, and/or in surrounding area adjacent to a DUT (device under test) undergoing testing to a target location that is away from the DUT. Consequently, the DUT is cooled. By employing heat pipes coupled to plates in contact with the DUT, the new cooling assembly augments cooling capacity at the DUT's location and surrounding area. Yet, the use of an ambient air flow generated by a fan is sufficient to manage and dissipate the heat transferred to the target location. Also, the new cooling assembly is readily installable in DUT testing equipment because its design is quite flexible to adapt to various requirements and space constraints of DUT testing equipment for different DUT footprints or form factors.
US10670649B2
A method of bondwire integrity testing a packaged IC includes forcing a pin current or pin voltage level sufficient to forward bias a parasitic diode at a plurality of pins relative to a selected reference pin. The pins are connected to bond pads (BPs) on the IC by a bondwire. The bond pads coupled to a diffusion of a first type that forms the parasitic diode (D) with a region doped the second type coupled to a bondpad wirebonded to the reference pin. The resulting pin voltages or pin currents at measured, and present pin-pin relationships are determined. The present pin-pin relationships are compared to stored pin-pin relationship data for a device design of the IC. Results from the comparing are used to determine whether any present pin-pin relationships are significantly different as compared to the stored pin-pin relationships to identify a bondwire problem for at least one pin.
US10670641B2
A semiconductor test device for measuring a contact resistance includes: first fin structures, upper portions of the first fin structures protruding from an isolation insulating layer; epitaxial layers formed on the upper portions of the first fin structures, respectively; first conductive layers formed on the epitaxial layers, respectively; a first contact layer disposed on the first conductive layers at a first point; a second contact layer disposed on the first conductive layers at a second point apart from the first point; a first pad coupled to the first contact layer via a first wiring; and a second pad coupled to the second contact layer via a second wiring. The semiconductor test device is configured to measure the contact resistance between the first contact layer and the first fin structures by applying a current between the first pad and the second pad.
US10670634B2
A sensor, for measuring current in a conductor, has a stack with at least one isolation layer and at least two metallization layers stacked in a z direction, a first winding of conductive material and a second winding of conductive material, the first and second winding each having first and second parts formed in a metallization layer in the stack and mainly extending respectively in y and z directions and respectively having first and second centers of gravity. The first and second centers of gravity are respectively in first and second planes, wherein the first plane intersects with the second plane in a common intersection line in the second direction. The z direction and the y direction are orthogonal. The sensor has measurer configured to measure current through the first and second winding.
US10670624B2
An electronic device configured for real-time calibration of an on-board accelerometer. A plurality of acceleration measurements are collected from the accelerometer to form a data set. An accelerometer error correction model is maintained that includes bias error calibration parameters, sensitivity calibration parameters, and cross-axis calibration parameters that each specify respective weights for each of bias error, sensitivity error, and cross-axis error. Calibration values are determined for one or more of the bias error calibration parameters, the sensitivity calibration parameters, and the cross-axis error calibration parameters for the data set of acceleration measurements using the accelerometer error correction model. A true acceleration vector may be determined that corresponds to a subsequently received acceleration measurement using the determined calibration values.
US10670623B2
A capacitive accelerometer comprises: a substantially planar proof mass mounted to a fixed substrate by flexible support legs so as to be linearly moveable in an in-plane sensing direction. The proof mass comprises first and second sets of moveable capacitive electrode fingers. First and second sets of fixed capacitive electrode fingers interdigitates with the first and second sets of moveable electrode fingers respectively. A set of moveable damping fingers extend from the proof mass substantially perpendicular to the sensing direction, laterally spaced in the sensing direction. A set of fixed damping fingers mounted to the fixed substrate interdigitates with the set of moveable damping fingers and comprises an electrical connection to the proof mass so that the interdigitated damping fingers are electrically common. The damping fingers are mounted in a gaseous medium that provides a damping effect.
US10670615B2
A system for determining a concentration of hemoglobin A1C includes a first lateral flow test strip, the first lateral flow test strip providing for a percent of HbA1C concentration; a second lateral flow test strip, the second lateral flow test strip providing for the total amount of hemoglobin; an antibody-microparticle stripe on each of the first and second lateral flow test strips; a conjugate stripe on each of the first and second lateral flow test strips; and a sample treatment buffer. The sample treatment buffer is strongly denaturing, and antibodies in the antibody-microparticle strip are covalently bound to microparticles.
US10670614B2
Aspects of the present invention are directed to devices, systems and methods that enable the quick and reliable detection of hemolysis in a sample such that a sample which exhibits an unacceptable level of hemolysis can be flagged or disregarded in an associated diagnostic test.
US10670605B2
Disclosed herein are methods, compositions, probes, polypeptides, assays, and kits for identifying a cysteine containing protein as a binding target for a small molecule fragment. Also disclosed herein are methods, compositions, and probes for mapping a biologically active cysteine site on a protein and screening a small molecule fragment for interaction with a cysteine containing protein.
US10670602B2
The invention relates to a method for detecting a colorectal lesion likely to evolve into invasive colorectal cancer, in a patient, by determining the presence of Liver Fatty Acid-Binding Protein (LFABP), in a biological sample of the patient, distant form the lesion.
US10670595B2
Systems and methods for detection of analytes by production of electrochemical species are provided. Some embodiments of this invention relate generally to carbon biosensors for detecting an analyte in a biological sample. More specifically, this invention relates generally to immunoassays for detection of analytes utilizing electroactive compounds, and more particularly, relates to diagnostic assays based on signals from electroactive chemical undergoing redox cycling on electrosensor consisting of carbon, to detect analytes wherein a precomplex mixture is formed and a multi-step, or single-step, assay is performed, resulting in greater signal.
US10670586B2
Disclosed is a test instrument for measuring an analyte in a liquid sample by a noble metal colloid aggregation measurement method. The test instrument involves a reaction chamber in which at least the liquid sample is to be reacted with a reagent, wherein the reagent is adhered on at least a part of a surface constituting the reaction chamber in a dried state, and the reagent enables the measurement of the analyte by a noble metal colloid aggregation measurement method. The test instrument additionally involves a supply section for supplying the liquid sample and a flow path for delivering the liquid sample that has been supplied to the supply section to the reaction chamber, wherein the liquid sample that has been supplied to the supply section is delivered to the reaction chamber through the flow path to cause the liquid sample to be brought into contact with the reagent that has been adhered in a dried state, thereby producing a difference in pressure between the supply section and the reaction chamber for the purpose of dispersing the reagent in the liquid sample. When the test instrument is used, the measurement based on an absorbance at a visible region can be achieved, the analyte can be measured accurately within a short time, and the measurement suitable for a POCT field can be achieved.
US10670582B2
Described are methods and compositions for increasing islet-1 (Isl1) activity (e.g., biological activity) and or expression (e.g., transcription and/or translation) in a biological cell and or in a subject.
US10670563B2
A calibration system for an electromagnetic (EM) tool includes a processor. The processor employs the EM tool to measure responses at each of a plurality of channels. The processor records the measured responses at each of the channels in an EM data log for the channel. The processor determines a nominal value of each of the channels, as being equal to a histogram peak of the EM data log. The processor selects one or more calibration points from the EM data log for a particular channel, based on a difference between the nominal value of the particular channel and the measured response at the calibration point being greater than a particular threshold. The processor determines a plurality of parameters by reducing a misfit between synthetic data and both the nominal values of the channels and the measured responses of the channels at the selected one or more calibration points.
US10670561B2
Disclosed herein are embodiments of a system for selectively ionizing samples that may comprise a plurality of different analytes that are not normally detectable using the same ionization technique. The disclosed system comprises a unique split flow tube that can be coupled with a plurality of ionization sources to facilitate using different ionization techniques for the same sample. Also disclosed herein are embodiments of a method for determining the presence of analytes in a sample, wherein the number and type of detectable analytes that can be identified is increased and sensitivity and selectivity are not sacrificed.
US10670558B2
The present disclosure describes an apparatus including a waste compartment, a membrane compartment on the waste compartment, and a wash buffer reservoir on the membrane compartment. The membrane compartment includes a membrane compartment outlet aperture and is configured to hold at least one membrane, and the membrane compartment outlet aperture fluidly connects the membrane compartment and the waste compartment. The wash buffer reservoir comprises a wash buffer reservoir outlet aperture, and the wash buffer reservoir outlet aperture fluidly connects the wash buffer reservoir and the membrane compartment. The apparatus may be used to wash membranes used in analytic techniques, such as membranes for gel electrophoresis.
US10670544B2
A water cut measurement tool includes an elongated tubular section configured to flow a multiphase fluid including water and hydrocarbons. The elongated tubular section includes two portions. A first portion has a first diameter. A second portion is axially coupled to the first portion and has a second diameter less than the first diameter. The second portion can receive the multiphase fluid from the first portion. A first electrode is attached to an inner wall of the second portion. A second electrode is attached to the inner wall of the second portion and is positioned diametrically opposite to the first electrode. The two electrodes are configured to measure an impedance of the multiphase fluid flowed through the second portion responsive to a current flowed from the first electrode to the second electrode, and provide the impedance as an output.
US10670533B2
Systems, methods, and test kits for monitoring and detecting variation in an analyte level in a fluid sample from an individual variation using a uniquely determined analyte threshold value. In one implementation, luteinizing hormone is the monitored analyte and is compared with the determined threshold value to predict the onset of ovulation for the individual.
US10670503B2
A configuration for monitoring gas-filled containers includes at least one measuring device for measuring at least one parameter of the gas in the container, a communication device which is suitable for transmitting information about the gas to an evaluation device, and an energy supply device which is suitable for acquiring electrical energy from the surrounding electromagnetic radiation. In addition, a system having the configuration and a corresponding method are provided.
US10670500B2
There is provided a system (10) and method (100) for improving ICC and/or ISH rare cell detection by lowering background noise and providing enhanced detection of rare cells (15). In an embodiment, background noise for an ICC and/or an ISH rare cell detection assay is reduced and rare cell signaling is enhanced via feedback control. To accomplish the feedback control, an electronic control circuit (24) can direct a fluid delivery apparatus (18) to add an adjustment amount to account for fluid loss in the system (10) when fluid loss is indicated.
US10670499B2
Disclosed is a station, for testing an analyte in a sample, enabling accurate and quick reaction and analysis of the sample and a reagent in one apparatus. To this end, the present disclosure provides a station, which is for testing a sample by means of inserting a cuvette, having a standby chamber on which a collecting member is placed, a sample chamber, a reagent chamber and a detection unit. The station comprises: a housing which has an input/output part into which a cuvette is inserted; a driving unit which is provided inside the housing, horizontally moves the cuvette, vertically moves a collecting member, reacts a sample in a sample chamber and a reagent in a reagent chamber, and injects a reaction result thereof into a detection unit; and an optical reader which is provided on the horizontal movement path of the cuvette and is for analyzing the reaction result.
US10670496B2
Methods and apparatus for estimating useful life of a seal in a process control device are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a body including an inlet and an outlet; a stem to move a plug within the body to control a flow of fluid between the inlet and the outlet; a seal to deter fluid from exiting the body along the stem; and a positioner including a processor, the processor to estimate a total amount of useful life of the seal consumed based on 1) a number of operational cycles that the seal is exposed to; and 2) stresses experienced by the seal during the respective operational cycles.
US10670495B2
A method for assessing the similarity between a power profile of a manufactured optic device and a nominal power profile upon which the power profile of the manufactured optic device is based. The method comprises measuring the power profile of manufactured optic device, identifying a region of interest from the measured power profile of manufactured optic device, and applying an offset to the measured power profile to substantially minimize a statistical quantifier for quantifying the similarity between the nominal power profile and the offset measured power profile. The method further comprises comparing the offset and the statistical quantifier to predefined quality control metrics, determining whether the measured power profile meets the predefined quality control metrics based, at least in part on the comparison. In exemplary embodiments, the method may further comprise determining whether to associate the manufactured optic device with another nominal power profile, if the measured power profile does not meet the predefined quality control metrics.
US10670493B2
The invention provides a safety diagnosis system for structure, which comprises one GNSS receiver installed on an upper floor of a structure, a control device having a storage unit for storing a program which prepares an absolute displacement curve of the structure based on an absolute coordinate measured by the GNSS receiver and a displacement of the absolute coordinate, calculates a maximum inter-layer displacement and a maximum inter-layer deformation angle per each floor based on the absolute displacement curve and prepares an inter-layer deformation angle curve and a judging unit for performing a diagnosis of the safety of the structure based on the maximum inter-layer displacement and the maximum inter-layer deformation angle, and a display unit, wherein the control device calculates the maximum inter-layer displacement and the maximum inter-layer deformation angle per each floor and the inter-layer deformation angle curve based on a displacement of the absolute coordinate and the program and makes the display unit display a diagnosis result of the structure as evaluated by the judging unit based on at least one of the maximum inter-layer displacement and the maximum inter-layer deformation angle or the inter-layer deformation angle curve.
US10670490B2
The present invention relates to a method for a measurement system configured to test a flexible bio-process bag, the method comprising providing at least one flexible bio-process bag having a volume, wherein the at least one flexible bio-process bag is initially filled with a gas and inflated to a reference pressure (Pu), obtaining a leak model, obtaining baseline information, wherein the baseline information comprises at least a weighed first mass value (mbaseline) and a first time value (t1), obtaining evaluation information, wherein the evaluation information comprises at least a weighed second mass value (mevaluation) and a second time value (t2), testing the flexible bio-process bag based on the leak model, the baseline information and the evaluation information.
US10670486B1
Pressure measurement system has inside a main body to be mounted on an object to be measured: a sensor section; a control section processing an input from the sensor section and outputting a predetermined signal; a vacuum gauge provided with power supply circuit sections for providing the control section and the sensor section with power; and a terminal device being connectable to the control section, through a communication line, in a manner to be freely communicated with each other and being capable of supplying the power circuit section with power. The vacuum gauge is arranged to be able to judge the power supply from the terminal device to the control section. When power is supplied from the terminal device to the control section, the control section and the terminal device are connected together through the communication line so as to be freely communicated with each other.
US10670483B2
An assembly includes a housing along a fluid line through which gas can flow with the housing having an annular shape, a housing groove extending circumferentially around a radial interior, and a sense hole adjacent the housing groove in a bottom side of the housing; and a piezometer ring disposed within the housing groove and coaxial with the housing. The piezometer ring includes a ring groove extending circumferentially around a radially outer side adjacent the housing and a plurality of ring holes extending radially through the piezometer ring with the plurality of ring holes including two bottom holes closest to the bottom side of the housing that are spaced farther apart from one another than from adjacent holes of the plurality of ring holes.
US10670473B2
Sensor assemblies and methods of de-icing or preventing ice formation are provided. Compressed air may be supplied to a vortex tube. The vortex tube may separate the compressed air into a first stream and a second stream, the first stream hotter than the second stream. A sensor body may be warmed by the first stream, and the second stream may be directed away from the sensor body.
US10670471B2
An electronic system may include a controller that measures a plurality of temperatures of the electronic system. Each of the plurality of temperatures may be indicated by one of a plurality of temperature voltages, each of which is generated across the same voltage-generation circuit. The controller and the voltage-generation circuit may be located on a component of the system, such as an integrated circuit, and external temperature sensors may provide their respective temperature signals to an input circuit located on the component. The controller may switch between activating and deactivating a temperature sensor located on the component and the input circuit to generate the plurality of temperature voltages across the voltage-generation circuit at different time intervals.
US10670470B2
An indication of an ambient temperature near food is received using an ambient temperature sensor of a food thermometer, and an indication of a food temperature at an interior portion of the food is received using one or more thermal sensors of the food thermometer. A rate at which the indication of the food temperature changes is determined, and the completion time is estimated based on at least the indication of the ambient temperature near the food and the rate at which the indication of the food temperature changes. In one aspect, a resting temperature rise is estimated based on the rate at which the indication of the food temperature changes and at least one of a food type, a thickness of the food, and an amount of time for the indication of the food temperature to increase by a temperature rise value during a period of cooking.
US10670469B2
Various embodiments of the present invention relate to an apparatus and a method for controlling battery charging in an electronic device. The electronic device comprises a plurality of temperature sensors disposed at different positions, a battery, a memory, at least one processor, and a charging module for controlling charging of the battery, wherein the charging module may be configured to identify a charging type of the battery, to select at least one temperature sensor among the plurality of the temperature sensors based on the charging type of the battery, and to control a charging current of the battery based on a temperature measured through the at least one temperature sensor. Other embodiments may be possible.
US10670468B2
The present invention provides an infrared pixel structure and a hybrid imaging device which use comb-shaped top plates and bottom plates to form capacitors. The upper electrode has a non-fixed end such that the infrared sensitive element in the upper electrode generates thermal stress and deforms when absorbing the infrared light, which changes the capacitance of the capacitors formed by the top plates and the bottom plates to achieve infrared detection and increase the device sensitivity. Furthermore, the infrared pixel structure can be used in an infrared light and visible light hybrid imaging device to achieve visible light imaging and infrared imaging in a same silicon substrate, so as to increase the imaging quality.
US10670436B2
Provided here are systems and methods to determine the flow rate of fluids that have magnetizable components. One such flow rate measurement apparatus contains a magnetization unit that magnetizes fractions of magnetizable components present in the fluid; a magnetic field detector with a probe to detect the magnetic field associated with the magnetized fractions of the fluid; and a processing circuitry to determine velocity of the fluid from time taken for the magnetized fractions to travel from the magnetization unit to the magnetic field detector and the distance between the magnetization unit and the magnetic field detector. Flow rate of the fluid is then subsequently determined from the velocity and the cross-sectional area of the conduit of the flow measurement apparatus. Various other embodiments may be disclosed and claimed.
US10670433B2
A housing of a field device of measuring- and automation technology, comprising a housing body, which has at least two housing chambers, wherein the housing chambers are connected together by an opening. The opening is adapted to accommodate a circuit board which is held by at least one holder, wherein the circuit board is adapted to be populated with electronic components or assemblies. The opening is Ex-d sealed with a potting compound.
US10670426B2
A line sensor includes a sensor cord including a resilient hollow insulator and two electrical wires arranged along an inner circumferential surface of the hollow insulator in an electrically non-contact state with each other, a constant current source which is connected to one of the two electrode wires at one end of the sensor cord, and a detecting device for detecting a pressed position. The other electric wire is grounded at the other end of the sensor cord. The two electric wires include a resistance wire having a resistance of 1 kΩ/m or more. The detecting device detects a voltage of the resistance wire at one end of the sensor cord to detect the pressed position in a longitudinal direction of the sensor cord based on the detected voltage.
US10670411B2
In one or more embodiments, one or more systems, methods, and/or processes may receive respective service center candidacy information from service center computers; determine that an autonomous vehicle requires service work; determine a pool of service centers that are capable of providing the service work for the autonomous vehicle; select, based at least on a reduction in a utilization of at least one resource, a service center from the pool of service centers; and provide, to the autonomous vehicle computing device associated with the autonomous vehicle, location information of the selected service center.
US10670406B2
In an apparatus for controlling operation of an autonomously navigating utility vehicle adapted to run about a working area defined by a boundary wire which generates magnetic field therearound when supplied with electric current and having a magnetic sensor that produces an output indicating intensity of magnetic field generated by the boundary wire and a position determining unit that determine a position of the vehicle with respect to the working area based on the output of the magnetic sensor, a coded data signal determined to be inherent to the working area is generated and supplied to the electric current, and the position determining unit detects the data signal and determines the position of the vehicle based on a rate of concordance of the detected data signal and a reference signal.
US10670401B2
A gyro sensor includes: a substrate; a fixed portion that is fixed to the substrate; a driving portion that is driven in a first direction oriented along a first axis; a mass portion that is connected to the driving portion and is displaced in the first direction; and an elastic portion that is connected to the mass portion and the fixed portion. The mass portion includes a detection portion that is displaceable in a second direction oriented along a second axis orthogonal to the first axis by a Coriolis force to act. An outer circumference surface of the elastic portion includes a main surface, a side surface, and a connection surface connecting the main surface to the side surface. The connection surface has a curved surface portion with a curved surface shape.
US10670393B1
The methods and systems disclosed here leverage currently available reliable top down imaging techniques used by SEMs and use computational methods to synthesize accurate 3D profiles of features of high aspect ratio structures in a device. Radial cross-sectional profiles obtained from different locations along the lateral direction at different heights/depths are stitched together to create one composite 3D profile of the HAR feature.
US10670388B2
The shape sensor system of the present invention includes a braided structure in which small diameter bending members including two or more optical fibers, provided with detection target portions, are spirally wound around a core member as an axis in directions opposite to each other, or a braided structure in which three or more small diameter bending members including an optical fiber and a dummy optical fiber or a thin metal wire are braided, a plurality of detection target portions are distributed in the direction around the axis of the core member, the bending directions of the respective bending members are synthesized to detect a bending shape of the probe portion, a function of adjusting the fiber length in a braiding cycle is performed, and position deviation does not occur.
US10670385B2
A device and associated method for monitoring a rotatable member is described, and includes a target wheel coupled to the rotatable member, and a sensor that is disposed to monitor the target wheel. The sensor is configured to generate a signal associated with rotation of the target wheel. A controller is in communication with the sensor and includes an instruction set that is executable to dynamically monitor the signal generated by the sensor during rotation of the target wheel and determine a magnitude of an airgap between the sensor and the target wheel based upon the signal. A variation in the magnitude of the airgap between the sensor and the target wheel can be determined based upon the signal, and a fault associated with the rotating member can be determined based upon the variation in the magnitude of the airgap.
US10670381B1
An electronic thermally-initiated venting system (ETIVS) for rocket motors includes at least one linear-shaped charge attached to a rocket motor housing. At least one exploding foil initiator (EFI) is attached to the linear-shaped charge. At least one electronic thermally-initiated venting system circuit is electrically-connected to the EFI. The EFI is configured to auto-fire when the electronic thermally-initiated venting system circuit relays a current pulse through the EFI. The linear-shaped charge is configured to initiate when the current pulse is relayed through the EFI.
US10670377B2
The present invention is directed to a hit-scoring apparatus for shooting practice. It is also directed to a hit-scoring target panel for shooting practice.
US10670373B2
A system trains usage of a firearm and includes an end unit, a processing subsystem, and a control subsystem remotely located from the end unit. The end unit includes an image sensor that is positioned against a target that has a bar code. The image sensor defines a field of view of a scene that includes the target, and the bar code stores encoded information that defines a target coverage zone. The system selectively operates in a first mode and a second mode according to input from the control subsystem. In the first mode the end unit scans the bar code to extract the target coverage zone. In the second mode the image sensor captures a series of images of the target coverage zone, and the processing subsystem analyzes regions of the captured series of images to determine a strike, by a projectile of the firearm, on the target.
US10670367B1
An ambidextrous safety selector assembly for use with a rifle having a receiver with holes into which the assembly is inserted and that includes a main body with a user manipulated tab on the exterior of a rifle receiver and an elongated portion that extends into the receiver with a terminal channel defining three clocking faces and an intermediate hole that mate with protruding male faces with a terminal pin on a secondary body with a user manipulated tab on the exterior of a rifle receiver. The male faces of the secondary body are inserted and coupled into the terminal channel of the main body and clocked against the faces of the channel and the pin of the secondary body is inserted and coupled into the hole of the main body when the main body and secondary body are inserted into the receiver. The secondary body also has a foot protruding outwardly and extending into the receiver to retain the assembly in the receiver.
US10670365B2
Provided is a detachable supported shooting rest having a rigid support frame and a plurality of differently sized/shaped conformable support units. The frame is removably attached to a firearm and has spaced-apart support unit attachment locations. The conformable support units are interchangeably attachable to the frame at the attachment locations without removal of the frame from the firearm.
US10670363B2
This invention relates to a noise attenuation device and in particular a device which provides an increased performance in the range of a mortar system.A noise attenuation device suitable for use on a munition barrel, said device comprising an barrel extension portion, wherein the barrel extension portion has a length in the range of from 10 cm to 60 cm, at a first end of said barrel extension portion there is a tapered portion which tapers outwardly from said barrel extension portion, wherein said tapered portion, is frustoconical and has a cone angle in the range of from 22° to 28°, at a second end of the barrel extension portion a connector to secure the device onto a munition barrel.
US10670362B2
A suppressor having a body and a first connector half coupled to the body, wherein the first connector half includes a first component that includes at least one channel and a first surface; and wherein the body provides a second surface, wherein a gap between the first surface and the second surface defines at least one track; wherein the gun includes a second connector half comprising at least one protrusion, wherein the protrusion and channel have corresponding shapes that allow the protrusion to be inserted through the channel and into alignment with the track, wherein the first component may be rotated with respect to the protrusion and the body to bring the protrusion out of alignment with the channel so that the first and second surfaces clamp the protrusion to thereby secure the first connector half and second connector half with respect to each other.
US10670361B2
A hybrid magnetically variable firing system for a firearm includes a trigger mechanism configured to allow a user to selectively adjust the trigger pull force-displacement profile. In a closed magnetic flux loop configuration, the trigger mechanism includes a selectively energizable electromagnetic and mechanical biasing member providing a static holding torque which creates resistance opposing movement of the trigger. Energizing the electromagnetic at a user-preselected point during the trigger pull event creates a magnetic force opposing the static holding torque, which dynamically changes the trigger pull force required to discharge the firearm. The electromagnetic assists the user in completing the trigger pull thereby creating an adjustable lighter trigger pull. In one embodiment, the electromagnet is energized when the actual trigger pull force applied or trigger displacement reaches a corresponding trigger setpoint preprogrammed into a control circuit. A microcontroller may control operation of the trigger mechanism.
US10670360B2
A hybrid molded assembly includes a trigger comprising a trigger skeleton and a trigger molded portion that at least partially encompasses the trigger skeleton, a hammer comprising a hammer skeleton and a hammer molded portion that at least partially encompasses the hammer skeleton, and a disconnector comprising a disconnector skeleton and a disconnector molded portion that at least partially encompasses the disconnector skeleton.
US10670351B2
A heat sink includes an extruded component, a cast component, and an interface layer. The extruded component includes a first aluminum material and is configured to be coupled to a solid state light source. The cast component includes a second aluminum material overmolded onto a portion of the extruded component to form the interface layer. The interface layer is formed of at least one of the first and the second aluminum materials and abuts against and couples the extruded component to the cast component.
US10670349B2
A heat exchanger includes a heat exchanger core, a header defining a header manifold, and a transition portion that provides fluid communication between the heat exchanger core and the header manifold. The transition portion includes a transition tube extending between the header and the heat exchanger core, a header junction where the transition tube joins the header, and a splitting junction that splits the transition tube into the plurality of heat exchange tubes. The header junction may define elliptical inlet apertures, a large filleted joint, and a junction thickness that is greater than a header wall thickness.
US10670347B2
Plate assemblies configured for use in heat exchangers are provided. The plate assemblies may include one or more plates defining an inlet end, an outlet end, and flow channels configured to receive a flow of fluid from the inlet end and direct the fluid to the outlet end. The flow channels may be defined by protrusions, grooves, and/or orifices defined in flow plates, and spacer plates may separate the plate assemblies from one another. The flow channels may be interconnected such that for each of a plurality of intermediate positions along the flow channels, a plurality of flow paths are defined. Thus, in an instance in which a blockage occurs in one of the flow channels, flow may be prevented through only a portion of the flow channel.
US10670345B2
A heat exchanger includes a plurality of interconnected separator members that respectively include a first surface and an opposite second surface. The separator members respectively include an array of wave features. Also, the separator members are stacked and disposed in an alternating arrangement with the first surfaces of adjacent separator members facing each other and attached at the respective wave features, and with the second surfaces of adjacent separator members facing each other and attached at the respective wave features. The heat exchanger also includes a plurality of first flow passages for first fluid flow and second flow passages for second fluid flow. The second fluid and the first fluid are configured to exchange heat through the separator members.
US10670334B2
A cryogenic technology for the cost-efficient capture of each known component of emissions, such as carbon dioxide, sulfur oxides, nitrogen oxides, carbon monoxide, any other acid vapor, mercury, steam, in a liquefied or frozen/solidified form, and unreacted nitrogen (gas) from industrial plants, such that each of the components is captured separately with minimum use of energy and is industrially useful.
US10670315B2
An HVAC controller for an equipment enclosure or machine room employs ambient air exchange and compressor driven cooling appliances for maintaining an operating temperature of a telecommunications machine room within acceptable levels. Coordinated engagement of the ambient air exchange and a plurality of lead/lag cooling appliances provides staged engagement of the cooling appliances to correspond to a cooling demand. Designation of lead and lag cooling appliances is alternated according to a designation interval to avoid disproportionate use of individual cooling appliances for promoting longevity. Multiple cooling appliances alternate the lead/lag designation to equalize equipment wear, and alternation of the lead/lag designation follows an normal operational satisfaction of the cooling demand, to minimize a frequency of equipment engagement (power up) cycles which contribute to wear.
US10670310B2
A motor for use in a refrigerant atmosphere includes a rotor configured to rotate about an axis and a stator adjacent the rotor. The stator includes a core defining an end, and a plurality of teeth defining a plurality of slots. A plurality of coils are wrapped around the plurality of teeth such that each coil of the plurality of coils comprises a pair of slot portions extending at least partially through adjacent slots of the plurality of slots and an end turn extending between the slot portions and at least partially across the end. A shell encapsulates the end of the stator such that the end turns of said plurality of coils are substantially sealed from the refrigerant atmosphere.
US10670302B2
A device for igniting a pilot light for a heating appliance or for re-igniting the pilot. The device may monitor a thermopile at the pilot to determine if the pilot is lit and, if not, attempt to relight it. If the device fails to relight the pilot, it may continue attempting to relight the pilot until the stored energy is nearly depleted. Before the stored energy is depleted, the device may send a message indicating a failure to relight. The last of stored energy may alert a homeowner with an alarm that the appliance control has shut down and the pilot could not be relit. If the amount of energy stored drops below a specified threshold and the device successfully lights the pilot, it may restore the control to normal operation, and replenish the stored energy. The device may do a standing pilot or an intermittent pilot.
US10670298B2
An air conditioner includes: a main body having an air outlet; a fan provided in the main body; a heat exchanger provided in the main body; and a first member rotatably supported on the main body and opening and closing the air outlet, wherein the first member includes a first casing having a first surface facing an inner side of the main body while operation is stopped and a second casing attached to the first casing; on the first casing, a recess is formed on the first surface and a protrusion protruding toward the second casing is formed, and the recess is positioned on an opposite side to the protrusion.
US10670283B2
A desiccant wheel for a dehumidifier includes a band of material around an outer circumference of the desiccant wheel and a plurality of sprocket holes formed in the band of material. The plurality of sprocket holes are configured for coupling the desiccant wheel to a sprocket. The desiccant wheel is configured to rotate when the sprocket is rotated by a motor.
US10670281B2
Described herein are embodiments of a top cover for an outdoor HVAC unit. The top cover may comprise a dome-shaped top surface; outer edges surrounding the dome-shaped top surface; at least one ventilated grille disposed between the outer edges and the outdoor unit; and a plurality of channels configured to drain water from the dome-shaped top surface and away from the at least one ventilated grille.
US10670280B2
An indoor unit of an air conditioner includes: a bottom shell, at least two air passages (11) are provided abreast in the bottom shell (1); an air passage cover plate (2), provided on the at least two air passages (11) in a covering manner, flow guide openings (21) corresponding to the at least two air passages (11) are provided in the air passage cover plate (2) respectively; at least two centrifugal fans (3), provided in the at least two air passages (11) respectively and provided opposite to the corresponding flow guide openings (21); and an evaporator (4), provided on a side, far away from the bottom shell (1), of the air passage cover plate (2), each of the flow guide openings (21) is provided opposite to the evaporator (4).
US10670279B2
A flow rate regulation apparatus according to one embodiment includes a main body portion including an incoming water flow path, a collar portion arranged in the main body portion and provided with a first through hole along a direction of extension of the incoming water flow path, and a valve shaft made of a resin and inserted in the first through hole, the valve shaft including a first large-diameter portion, a second large-diameter portion, and a first small-diameter portion lying between the first large-diameter portion and the second large-diameter portion and being smaller in outer diameter than the first large-diameter portion and the second large-diameter portion.
US10670274B2
A combustor panel may include an attachment feature. Because conventional attachment features of conventional combustor panels may be insufficiently cooled, the present disclosure provides various combustor configurations for reducing hotspots in the vicinity of attachment features and/or for providing cooling airflow to and in the vicinity of attachment features.
US10670258B2
An illuminated vanity mirror includes a housing and a front mirror panel connected to the housing. A frame is connected to the housing and positioned behind the front mirror panel. A light emitter is connected to frame. The light emitter includes a plurality of LEDs facing away from the front mirror panel. The LEDs are positioned to direct emitted light toward the housing and the emitted light is redirected through the front mirror panel.
US10670240B2
A modular track light includes an electrical box and an adaptor that links the modular track light to a track. This adaptor connects to the electrical box through one or more rotating components. The electrical box has a groove with a power supply plate therein. The power supply plate is slidably removable from a power consumption plate which is attached to a fixture through one or more additional rotating components. When the power consumption plate is fastened to the power supply plate, an electrode clip on the power consumption plate engages an electrode contact point on the power supply plate, creating an electrical connection between the electrical box and the fixture. When these plates are separated, the electrode clip disengages the electrode contact point, disconnecting the electrical box and the fixture. The modular track light is easy to replace and can fulfill the demands of different applications.
US10670232B2
A lighting apparatus is provided with a first housing assembly formed from a thermally conductive material and a second housing assembly formed of a thermally conductive material. At least one electrical component is positioned within the first housing assembly and the at least one electrical component is in thermally conductive contact with the first housing assembly. At least one light source is in thermally conductive contact with the second housing assembly. The second housing assembly is not in thermally conductive contact with the first housing assembly, such that thermal energy from the first housing assembly does not directly transfer to the second housing assembly.
US10670222B2
A lighting module used in a motor vehicle. The lighting module includes a housing and a light source assembly provided in the housing, wherein at least one thermal baffle is provided beside the light source assembly, and a thermal resistant layer is provided on at least one portion of the thermal baffle. The present utility model also provides a motor vehicle including the lighting module. The lighting module and the motor vehicle of the present utility model can reduce high temperature damage, and can have a low cost and a compact structure.
US10670220B2
The invention relates to a method for controlling a laser illumination device for a motor vehicle headlight, wherein the laser illumination device comprises two or more adjustable laser light sources (11 to 18), wherein the number of laser light sources is designated as N, and each laser light source generates a laser beam (11p to 18p) and at least one optical attachment (21 to 28) is arranged downstream of each laser light source and at least one microscanner (51, 52) is assigned, and each microscanner is arranged to guide two or more laser beams onto at least one light conversion means (60), wherein on the at least one light conversion means a luminous image is produced, and an imaging system (PS) is associated with the at least one light conversion means in order to project the luminous image as a light image onto the road, wherein the method includes the following steps: dividing at least a part of the luminous image into luminous strips, wherein the number of luminous strips is designated as n, determining the required luminous flux for each luminous strip, calculating a required width value for each luminous strip with regard to the required luminous flux, and using the calculated width values to change the width of the luminous strip in the light image by changing the luminous strip width on the light conversion means.
US10670219B2
In an automotive lighting apparatus lighting components generate respective light fields. The lighting components are aligned one with the others such that the light fields combine in a lighting profile having cutoff regions meeting a predetermined cutoff criterion. An actuator is mechanically coupled to a corresponding one of the lighting components to aim that lighting component in a direction other than that in which the lighting component was aligned. A control component operate the actuator to aim the lighting component in the direction other than that in which the lighting component was aligned so that the light fields of the lighting components combine in another lighting profile having cutoff regions meeting another cutoff criterion.
US10670214B2
A vehicle lamp comprises a first light source group for forward illumination comprising at least one light emitting element, a second light source group for road surface drawing comprising at least one light emitting element provided separately from the at least one light emitting element, a single projection lens through which lights emitted from the first and second light source groups are to pass, and a light shade arranged between the first and second light source groups and the projection lens so that the light from the first light source group and the light from the second light source group do not intersect with each other before entering the projection lens. The projection lens has a first region through which the light from the first light source group is to pass and a second region through which the light from the second light source group is to pass.
US10670212B2
A housing for a printed circuit board for a lighting device for a motor vehicle. The housing includes a protective cover designed to be arranged on a heat sink, the heat sink being designed to receive the printed circuit board, a primary seal arranged between the protective cover and the heat sink close to the perimeter of the heat sink, and a protection device for the primary seal.
US10670209B1
An interior rotating structure of a handicraft lantern comprises a lantern bracket, a transparent container, a sealed rotary mechanism, a mounting frame, a rear cover, and a motor body. The transparent container is fixed under the lantern bracket and the sealed rotary mechanism is inserted under the transparent container. The mounting frame is under the sealed rotary mechanism. A container sealing cover is installed in the sealed rotary mechanism, while a central impeller is mounted on the container sealing cover. The rotating structure includes a rotating gear and a shaft magnet on the motor shaft, so that the rotating gear drives a large inner ring gear to spin through multi-step transmission of a reduction gear set. The inner ring gear drives an impeller rotating bracket to rotate through the magnets, in such a way that the rotating bracket can agitate the liquid when the central impeller revolves at the same time.
US10670208B2
A flame lamp comprises a light module. An example light module comprises a circuit board having a first side and a second side and defining a module axis; and a plurality of light emitting diode (LED) packages. At least one LED package is mounted to each of the first and second side of the circuit board. The example light module further comprises an optical sleeve. The circuit board is mounted within the optical sleeve. The optical sleeve comprises a plurality of optical columns each having a light emitting surface. Each light emitting surface has a profile such that one or more profiles of one or more light emitting surfaces define an ellipse in a cross-section of the light module taken perpendicular to the module axis.
US10670194B2
Disclosed is a SSL lamp that includes three or more elongated light emitting structures. A respective first end of each of the three or more elongated light emitting structures are arranged such that they define a first polygon. A portion of each of the three or more elongated light emitting structures are arranged in vicinity of each other such that the three or more elongated light emitting structures crosses each other at a smallest angle of at least 30 degrees, thereby forming a common neck.
US10670191B2
A mount is configured for attachment to a neck of a pressure vessel that has a substantially cylindrical body having a diameter. The mount includes a central plate, first and second flanges, first and second vibration isolators, and a retainer. The central plate has a height and width, both of which are approximately equal to or less than the diameter, and an aperture. The first and second flanges are located at opposed first and second sides of the central plate, respectively, are oriented substantially perpendicular to the central plate, and are configured to extend toward the body. The first vibration isolator is configured for attachment to the first flange. The second vibration isolator is configured for attachment to the second flange. The retainer is configured for attachment proximate the aperture and is configured to accept a portion of the neck.
US10670185B2
A first embodiment of the disclosure provides a system for detection of intrusion into a working space of a material testing device wherein visual user detection system uses digital image processing and filtering in order to identify user entry into the specimen test space. The visual user detection system has built-in redundancy for safety compliance and further can be used for data entry with respect to test data setup and configuration. A second embodiment of the disclosure uses a digital camera mounted on the frame of the material testing device, oriented toward a striped pattern on the top of the front base cover. The striped pattern is recognized by a vision algorithm which creates virtual boundary lines within the pattern. A detected intrusion, such as by a user body part, will be detected and the material testing machine put into a safe state.
US10670184B2
A grease tool and method for greasing a dual angular contact bearing where the grease tool is fabricated from a single unitary piece of material. The grease tool comprises a cylindrical hub, a flange supported adjacent only one end of the cylindrical hub, and a grease fitting attached to the grease tool to facilitate a supply of grease thereto. During use, a pair of spaced apart O-rings, accommodated by an exterior surface of the cylindrical hub, form a pair of grease seals with an inwardly facing surface of an inner race of the dual angular contact bearing. A supply passage conveys the supplied grease from the grease fitting to a grease outlet(s) located in an exterior cylindrical surface of the grease tool, between the pair of O-rings, for conveyance of the supplied grease radially to the inner race of the dual angular contact bearing and facilitate repacking thereof.
US10670180B2
A quick release mechanism includes a rotating member, a slider, and a screw connecting the slider with the rotating member. The rotating member is configured to be arranged on a first side of a first gimbal support frame of a gimbal. The slider is configured to be arranged on a second side of the first gimbal support frame that is opposite to the first side, and between the first gimbal support frame and a second gimbal support frame of the gimbal. The screw is configured to penetrate the first gimbal support frame, drive the slider to move in a first direction to abut between the first gimbal support frame and the second gimbal support frame, and drive the slider to move in a second direction opposite to the first direction to be released from the first gimbal support frame and the second gimbal support frame.
US10670170B2
A cable hanger includes a first cable support portion, a second cable support portion, and a hanger support portion. The first cable support portion is configured to hold one or more first cables. The second cable support portion is configured to hold one or more second cables. The hanger support portion is configured to retain the first cable support portion and the second cable support portion. The first cable support portion, the second cable support portion, and the hanger support portion are formed from a single piece of material.
US10670168B2
A Conduit Tile Hook is disclosed for supporting a conduit above a roof. The Conduit Tile Hook simply slides under an existing roof tile, without cut-outs or removing any nails, and allows the conduit to sit 1.5″ off of the roof surface to decrease the effects of heating caused by solar irradiance.
US10670167B2
A system for deploying a coil of spoolable pipe from a vessel includes a first tower configured to move longitudinally and transversely along a first track coupled to the vessel, a second tower configured to move longitudinally along a second track coupled to the vessel, and a coil drum assembly coupled to the first tower. The first tower is configured to insert the coil drum assembly transversely into an interior channel of the coil when the coil drum assembly is in a retracted position, the coil drum assembly is configured to support the coil when the coil drum assembly is in an extended position and rotate during deployment of the spoolable pipe, and the first tower and the second tower are configured to move the coil drum assembly vertically.
US10670156B2
Inlet check valves and methods can include a seat body, a movable disc, a spring, and a disc retention cage. The disc retention cage captures the movable disc to the seat body through retention elements, which engage in a groove circumferentially disposed around a flange of the seat body. The movable disc has a stem on the outlet side, which guides the movement of the disc by engaging with a through-hole in the disc retention cage. A compression spring maintains the movable disc in a normally closed position against the seat body.
US10670148B2
An internal combustion engine gasket includes a plurality of annular plates that are stacked. Each of the annular plates includes: a through-hole; an inner circumferential portion; a plurality of bolt holes; an outer circumferential portion; and an intermediate portion. The annular plates includes: a grommet plate having a fold-back portion in the inner circumferential portion; and first and second seal plates stacked on both sides of the grommet plate, and having a bead in the intermediate portion. The inner circumferential portion of the first seal plate is wrapped or held by the fold-back portion of the grommet plate. A spacer member is formed between the grommet plate and the first or second seal plate along the entire circumference of the outer circumferential portion so as to have a thickness smaller than or equal to the grommet plate and include all of the bolt holes.
US10670147B2
Provided is a sliding member having a hard carbon coating that makes high wear resistance compatible with a low coefficient of friction and that has excellent peeling resistance. A sliding member (100) includes a base member (10) and a hard carbon coating (12) formed on the base member (10). The indentation hardness of the hard carbon coating (12) decreases gradually from the base member side to the surface side. The hard carbon coating (12) has an indentation hardness distribution at 0≤T/Ttotal≤0.6 approximated by a first line and an indentation hardness distribution at 0.9≤T/Ttotal≤1 approximated by a second line, and the intersection between the first line and the second line (T2/Ttotal, H2) satisfies Expression (1), (H3−H1)×T2/Ttotal+H1
US10670138B2
A vehicle drive device that includes a case forming a first accommodating space that accommodates a speed change device and a second accommodating space that accommodates a rotary electric machine; an storage that is disposed under the first accommodating space and stores oil; a hydraulic pump including a suction that suctions the oil from the oil storage; a first oil passage that supplies the oil discharged by the hydraulic pump to the speed change device as hydraulic oil; a second oil passage that supplies the oil discharged by the hydraulic pump to the rotary electric machine as cooling oil; and a third oil passage that returns the oil supplied to the rotary electric machine, from the second accommodating space to the oil storage, by allowing the oil to flow in a direction from the second accommodating space toward the first accommodating space.
US10670136B2
A breather device for a casing structure of a vehicular power transmitting system including an electric motor and a transmission, the casing structure having motor and transmission accommodating casings, the breather device including first and second breather apertures formed in communication with inside spaces, and a breather outlet communicating with an outside atmosphere outside the casings, the first and second breather apertures permitting flows of air from the inside spaces within the casings, into the outside atmosphere through the breather outlet, to prevent an excessive rise of air pressures within the inside spaces, the breather device including a communication conduit for communication between the first and second breather apertures, and a single breather conduit held in communication at one of its opposite ends with the communication conduit and at the other end with the breather outlet, whereby the inside spaces are open to the outside atmosphere.
US10670133B2
A method for producing a metal sleeve includes providing a first metal sleeve semi-finished product having a metal body. The metal body surrounds an inner channel. At least one groove is located in the metal body on the side of the inner channel. The first metal sleeve semi-finished product is pressed into a first die by means of a punch and in the process is formed by impact extrusion into the metal sleeve to be produced. The first die is designed such that a proximal front edge, which is spaced apart from the distal front edge and delimits the groove in the proximal direction, is formed in the metal body on the side of the inner channel. A metal sleeve includes a metal body which surrounds an inner channel running between a proximal and a distal opening. The inner channel has at least one groove set back into the metal body, running in the longitudinal direction of the inner channel and stepped on both sides by a distal and a proximal front edge. The proximal front edge of the groove is produced by impact extrusion. A method for producing a gearbox is provided.
US10670119B2
An apparatus includes a first ring having an open annular space and a variable-width groove disposed on an interior peripheral surface of the first ring; a second ring rotatable within the open annular space of the first ring, where the second ring has a respective variable-width groove disposed on an exterior peripheral surface of the second ring; and a plurality of rollers disposed between, and configured to roll on, the interior peripheral surface of the first ring and the exterior peripheral surface of the second ring and rotatable therebetween.
US10670110B2
A coil spring assembly, including: a coil spring with a first longitudinal end and a second longitudinal end; a first end cap fixedly connected to the first longitudinal end with a first adhesive; and a second end cap fixedly connected to the second longitudinal end with a second adhesive. A method of fabricating a coil spring assembly, including: fixedly connecting, with a first adhesive, a first end cap to a first longitudinal end of a coil spring; and fixedly connecting, with a second adhesive, a second end cap to a second longitudinal end of the coil spring.
US10670109B2
The vertical vibration isolation system of the present invention includes a bearing base, a guide rail assembly and a plurality of buckling elements. The bearing base has an upper platform that can move along a vertical direction. The guide rail assembly surrounds the bearing base and has a plurality of arc-shaped sliding channels. The top portion of each buckling element can move with the upper platform, while the bottom portion of each buckling element is slidably connected to the corresponding arc-shaped sliding channel. The vertical displacement of the upper platform would cause different degrees of buckling of the buckling elements and also induces sliding motion of the bottom portion of the buckling elements along the arc-shaped sliding channels. Accordingly, the vertical vibration isolation system can provide nonlinear restoring force by buckling and sliding mechanisms so as to exhibit vertical vibration isolation effect.
US10670100B2
The present invention provides a process for producing a friction material for a construction waste filler, including steps of: (S1) sorting a building material, removing fiber impurities, calcining, removing white garbage and metal impurities, and obtaining a first intermediate product; (S2) sifting and removing dust from the first intermediate product, obtaining an intermediate filler, cooling and then soaking after performing calcination on the intermediate filler, dehydrating, drying and obtaining a material to be mixed; (S3) evenly mixing the material to be mixed, graphite, molybdenum disulfide and other media materials, performing enhancement treatment, grinding and obtaining a building filler; and (S4) mixing composite fiber, phenolic resin, the building filler, friction material, pyrite, carbon black, alumina, and brass powder, stirring in a mixer for 20-40 min till all materials are fused, taking out a fused mixture, barreling, and obtaining the friction material for the construction waste filler.
US10670098B2
A monitoring device for a disk brake includes a sensor configured to be attached to a brake caliper of the disk brake; and a measuring element configured to be moved relative to the sensor unit. The sensor is designed to register a relative position of the measuring element. The sensor and the measuring element are spaced from one another for the purpose of forming a contactless monitoring device. The preloading element is arranged between the measuring element and the sensor for preloading the measuring element against a pressure spindle of the disk brake.
US10670096B2
A disk brake includes a disk overlapped by a caliper, at least one pad carried by the caliper, two different actuators, each one including a pinion and a mobile piston for pressing the pad against the disk by rotation of the pinions, a rotating shaft including two endless screws having opposite winding directions, the shaft being mobile in translation in the longitudinal direction thereof, and an electric motor for driving the rotating shaft. The rotating shaft extends between the two pinions with the two endless screws thereof each engaged in a pinion.
US10670085B2
An automatic clutch device includes an axial force generating mechanism including an electric motor arranged adjacent to the outer periphery of an end of an input shaft of a transmission, and a rotation-linear motion conversion mechanism for converting the rotation of the rotor of the electric motor to a linear motion of a release bearing. The rotation-linear motion conversion mechanism includes plural annular cam plates arranged in tandem on the input shaft, and torque cam mechanisms each disposed between each opposed pair of cam plates, for reduced size and improved responsiveness of the automatic clutch device.
US10670065B2
A toggle fixing for fixing an article to a thin-walled component, having a crosspiece for engaging behind the component, which crosspiece has an opening for receiving a screw. Connected to the crosspiece there is an elongated strip having a displaceable sleeve which has a screw hole for passage of the screw. The sleeve has an engagement element for threaded engagement of a screw in order that the latter does not unintentionally tilt the crosspiece during mounting. In order to provide quick insertion of a screw, the engagement element has a manipulating element such that the engagement element is movable radially outwards relative to the longitudinal axis, and the engagement element is manipulatable from a rear side of the sleeve emote from the crosspiece.
US10670058B2
A clip may have a clip main body that is configured to be coupled to a coupling rib of an attachment base formed in an attaching article and to be inserted into an attaching hole formed in an object member. The clip main body may include a head portion, a pair of engagement legs continuous with the head portion and elastically deformable inward and outward about the head portion, and a pair of retainer members continuous with the head portion and respectively configured to engage the coupling rib of the attachment base. The engagement legs respectively have first bent portions, second bent portions, and engagement portions positioned between the first and second bent portions and configured to engage an inner peripheral edge of the attaching hole. The engagement legs respectively have space-limiting portions that are respectively formed in inner surfaces thereof along the second bent portions thereof.
US10670057B2
A shell having a first shell portion and a second shell portion. A first and second claiming surface may be disposed at an end of the first and second shell portions respectively. The first arm and the first shell portion may include a first outer surface. The first arm may include a first arm non-extended position. The first arm may extend away from the first shell portion when in a first arm extended position. The second arm may extend away from the second shell portion when in a second arm extended position. The first shell portion may be disposed to the second shell portion such that the first clamping surface and the second claiming surface separate in response to an external force applied to the first arm in the first arm extended position and the second arm in the second arm extended position.
US10670043B2
A folding and unfolding structure of blade of a ceiling fan includes a driving device, a rotary member, multiple connection arms, multiple fixed arms, multiple extension arms, multiple elastic members and multiple blades. The rotary member rotates synchronously with the driving device. One end of the connection arm is connected to the rotary member, and the other end of the connection arm is pivotably connected to one end of an extension arm by a first pivot. One end of the fixed arm is connected to a blade, and the other end of the fixed arm is pivotably connected to the other end of an extension arm by a second pivot. The elastic members are provided between the extension arms and the connection arms to restricting outward expansion of the extension arms, such that the extension arms are pivoted upward about the first pivots and move close to the rotary member.
US10670040B2
Embodiments of a core-protecting fan module are provided, as are embodiments of a turbofan engine containing such a fan module. In an embodiment, the core-protecting fan module contains a nose member, a fan rotor downstream of the nose member, a full span stator downstream of the fan rotor, and a splitter structure downstream of the fan rotor. The fan rotor includes a plurality of fan blades, which extends from a rotor hub and which is angularly spaced about a rotational axis. Certain fundamental angular relationships are observed between the angles formed by rotational axis, the nose member, the fan rotor, and a leading edge of the splitter structure to reduce contaminant ingestion by the core flow path and to promote moisture shedding to reduce susceptibility to icing within the fan module, while further avoiding or minimizing negative impacts to other structural and functional aspects of the turbofan engine.
US10670038B2
Blade made of composite material, with an integrated platform, for an aircraft turbine engine, including a root connected to an aerofoil and having a connection platform between the root and the aerofoil, the root having a generally elongate shape along an axis (A) of elongation, the aerofoil having a curved cross-sectional shape and including a pressure face and a suction face, the platform including a first portion extending on the pressure-face side of the aerofoil and including a first longitudinal free edge and a second opposite longitudinal edge for connecting to the rest of the blade, the platform including a second portion extending on the suction-face side of the aerofoil and comprising a third longitudinal free edge and an opposite fourth longitudinal edge for connecting to the rest of the blade, wherein the first longitudinal free edge is concave and the third longitudinal free edge is convex, and, for any plane (P, P′) perpendicular to the axis of elongation and intersecting the platform, the distance (L1, L2; L1′, L2′) between the first and second edges, on the one hand, and the distance between said third and fourth edges, on the other hand, are identical in the plane considered.
US10670028B2
The present invention is directed to a load bearing direct-drive system for driving a fan in a cooling system such as a wet-cooling tower, air-cooled heat exchanger, HVAC system, hybrid cooling tower, mechanical tower or chiller system. The present invention includes a variable process control system that is based on the integration of key features and characteristics such as tower thermal performance, fan speed and airflow, motor torque, fan pitch, fan speed, fan aerodynamic properties, and pump flow. The variable process control system processes feedback signals from multiple locations in order to control a high torque, low variable speed, load bearing motor to drive the fan.
US10670026B2
Disclosed embodiments relate to a combination axial fan and LED lighting system configured to fit into the footprint of a standard ceiling tile. Disclosed embodiments further include ceiling tiles with a built-in fan and/or LED lighting. The disclosed systems may include a housing container and an axial fan. The fan has a fan cavity including air diversion mechanism to direct air from the fan cavity toward the lighting and fan components. The inventions include an airflow surface to direct air existing the fan cavity along an LED light fixture. Moreover, disclosed embodiments include one or more UV light sources which irradiate contaminants as air flows through the ceiling tile.
US10670019B2
A pump assembly for use in an additive manufacturing system includes a viscosity pump having a first end and a second end wherein the first end has a cross sectional area greater than a cross sectional area of the second end. The viscosity pump has a conical shaped inner surface defining a pump chamber, an inlet proximate the first end and an outlet proximate the second end. The viscosity pump includes an impeller having an axis of rotation, where the impeller has a shaft positioned through the first end of the first housing and into the pump chamber. The impeller includes a distal tip-end at a distal end of the shaft wherein the impeller is configured to be axially displaced within the pump chamber of the viscosity pump parallel to the axis of rotation. An actuator is coupled to a proximal end of the impeller, wherein the actuator is configured to move the impeller parallel to the axis of rotation.
US10670007B2
Compressor for generating compressed air for a commercial vehicle, having a housing with a piston chamber in a crankcase and a dead space which is configured at least in the cylinder head. The compressor has a valve device with a valve element which has an actuating section and a shut-off body for separating the dead space from the piston chamber, wherein the shut-off body can be lifted up from a valve seat in the direction of the piston chamber in order to open the valve device. The valve element is configured in one piece with the actuating section.
US10670004B2
A linear compressor is provided. The linear compressor may include a discharge cover including a plurality of covers stacked in an axial direction.
US10670003B1
A variable stroke high pressure pump is disclosed. The pump uses a wobble plate design with dynamically variable tilt to provide continuous adjustment of pump stroke length and output. Dynamically variable tilt is accomplished using a linearly actuated tilt thruster rotationally coupled to the drive shaft to maintain a selected tilt of the wobble plate through the rotation of the wobble plate.
US10669977B2
A fuel pipe includes a tubular header pipe and a socket coupled to the header pipe and supplied with fuel from the header pipe. The header pipe and the socket form a joining portion therebetween. The joining portion is shaped to be elongated in a first direction. The joining portion includes a communication hole that connects an inner region of the header pipe and an inner region of the socket. The communication hole is an elongated hole elongated in the first direction.
US10669966B2
The silence of a diesel engine is enhanced. A PCM detects an actual supercharging pressure of a gas, and controls an injection mode of a fuel through an injector, thereby executing main injection that is started near a compression top dead center or pilot injection that is executed prior to the main injection depending on an operating state of an engine. If the degree of opening of an accelerator pedal decreases during operation of a large turbocharger, and the actual supercharging pressure is equal to or higher than a predetermined value, the PCM executes cylinder pressure control that allows an interval between a start timing of the pilot injection and a start timing of the main injection to be broader than if the actual supercharging pressure is less than a predetermined value.
US10669963B2
An anomaly determination apparatus determines an anomaly of a current control apparatus which supplies a control current to a control target and includes a current anomaly determination section. The current anomaly determination section is configured to compare a normal numerical range within which a state quantity changing with the control current falls in a particular state with a particular state quantity which is the state quantity corresponding to the control current generated by the control current generation section in the particular state, and determine that at least one of the reference resistor, the reference current generation section, and the control current generation section is in an anomalous state in the case where the particular state quantity has deviated from the normal numerical range. By using the current anomaly determination section, the anomaly determination apparatus can determine an anomaly of the current control apparatus.
US10669955B2
An engine includes a dynamo-electric machine which generates electricity by the rotation of the engine; a secondary battery which stores electricity generated by the dynamo-electric machine; an electric supercharger including an electric compressor for supercharging intake air into combustion chambers; and a mechanical supercharger including an exhaust turbine configured to be driven by exhaust gas in the exhaust passage, and a mechanical compressor configured to supercharge intake air into the combustion chamber. An ECU (50) includes a remaining charge detector for detecting the remaining amount of charge of the secondary battery; and a supercharge control means for adjusting the ratio between a supercharging pressure by the electric supercharger and a supercharging pressure by the mechanical supercharger according to the remaining amount of charge of the secondary battery.
US10669948B2
A gas turbine engine comprises a fan drive turbine driving a shaft. The shaft engages a gear reduction. The gear reduction drives a fan rotor at a speed that is less than the speed of the fan drive turbine. The gear reduction is a non-epicyclic gear reduction.
US10669944B2
A shroud configured for installation on a component of a machine includes a shroud body including a plurality of arcuate sections hingedly coupled together, and a closure assembly including an engagement member and a receiving member. The plurality of arcuate sections include a first arcuate section hingedly coupled to one of the arcuate sections at a first edge and including the engagement member at an opposing second edge, and a second arcuate section hingedly coupled to one of the arcuate sections at a first edge and including the receiving member at an opposing second edge. The shroud body is configured to transition between an open configuration in which the engagement member and the receiving member are spaced apart from one another and a closed configuration in which the engagement member engages with the receiving member, the closure assembly maintaining the shroud body in the closed configuration.
US10669943B2
An aircraft fuel pumping arrangement comprises a first fuel pump, an electrically powered motor operable to drive the first fuel pump to deliver fuel to an outlet, a second fuel pump, a gas driven turbine operable to drive the second fuel pump to deliver fuel to the outlet, and a controller operable to control the operation of the gas driven turbine to determine the rate at which the second fuel pump is driven.
US10669939B2
A combustor seal for use in a combustor of a gas turbine engine including a seal with a multiple of slots that correspond with a multiple of 1st HPT vanes. A method of cooling within a gas turbine engine including communicating cooling air through combustor seal toward each of a multiple of 1st HPT vanes.
US10669936B2
A cartridge for a fan case of a gas turbine engine includes an inlet acoustic liner section integrated with a thermally conforming liner section.
US10669935B2
Wind-funneling systems for gas turbines are disclosed. Air travels through a wind funnel where it is compressed, and then flows into a gas turbine that is fueled by a hydrocarbon fuel source such as natural gas. The wind funnels have a controlled volume with an opening facing the wind that concentrates air power and energy and directs the force into a constricted outlet that feeds into the gas turbine. Compressed air from the wind funnel may enter the front compressor section of the gas turbine at relatively high density and force. As a result, the gas turbine does not have to use as much energy to pull the air in, which creates fuel savings. The compressed air from the wind funnel then flows to the combustion section of the gas turbine where oxygen from the wind-compressed air is used to combust the hydrocarbon fuel supplied to the gas turbine. The wind funnel is thus used to generate compressed air that may increase efficiency in the front compressor section of the gas turbine, and serves as an oxygen source in the combustion section of the gas turbine.
US10669933B2
A drive architecture comprises a rotor and a gearbox for driving the rotor. A pair of input gears provides rotational drive to the gearbox. A first recuperative cycle engine drives one of the pair of gears and a second engine drives the other of the pair of gears. The first recuperative cycle engine and the second engine are both gas turbine engines. A power takeoff from a drive shaft of the second engine supplies rotational drive to drive at least one component in the first recuperative cycle drive.
US10669929B1
A variable compression ratio engine includes an extra chamber formed at a cylinder head, an extra valve being able to open/close the extra chamber, and an actuator being able to open/close the extra chamber by driving the extra valve.
US10669928B2
A cooling device for a motor vehicle may include: a liquid-cooled turbocharger arranged on an internal combustion engine; a coolant feed line; a coolant discharge line; and a heat exchanger arranged at least partially within an oil container. The coolant discharge line is connected by an oil preheating line to the heat exchanger.
US10669927B2
A rotor rotatably mounted within a turbocharger housing includes a turbine wheel and a shaft. The shaft connects the turbine wheel. The hub defines a turbine-wheel back-disk surface facing the portion of the housing containing the bearings, and the hub defines a blade-side surface. The turbine hub and the housing define a turbine-wheel back-disk cavity. The turbine hub forms a ring-shaped primary axial protrusion extending circularly around the turbine-wheel back-disk surface into a circular channel in the housing. The circular channel leads into a bypass that bypasses the turbine blades. A relief flow valve is placed in the bypass. The relief control valve is controlled to open when the bypass pressure is above a cutoff pressure, and close when it is below the cutoff pressure.
US10669924B2
A coolant pressure regulator system includes a coolant circuit, and a pressurized fluid circuit selectively fluidically connected to the coolant circuit. The pressurized fluid circuit includes a pump operably to selectively raising a pressure of coolant in the coolant circuit.
US10669920B2
A cooling control system includes a prime mover, a fan to be rotated under rotational power of an output shaft of the prime mover, a housing to which the fan is attached, a rotor to be rotated under rotational power of the prime mover, the rotor and the housing, under the agency of a fluid, rotating together, a fluid setting circuit to determine an injection quantity of the fluid to be introduced into the gap, a fan rotation detection device to detect a fan actual rotation speed, a target rotation obtaining circuit to obtain a fan target rotation speed. The integral controlling circuit does not execute the integral control with a difference between the fan actual rotation speed and a fan target rotation speed being greater than or equal to a threshold, and executes the integral control with the difference being less than the threshold.
US10669901B2
A rocker arm assembly for use in a valve train carrier, the rocker arm assembly being rotatable around a rocker shaft supported by the valve train carrier based upon a lift profile provided on a cam that rotates with a camshaft, a rotation of the rocker arm assembly causing translation of a corresponding engine valve, includes: a rocker arm body having an opening that receives the rocker shaft, the rocker arm body further defining an oil supply channel; a capsule assembly disposed on the rocker arm body and that selectively communicates oil to and from the oil supply channel, the capsule assembly including: a plunger assembly having a plunger that selectively translates within a plunger chamber between an extended rigid position based upon the plunger chamber being pressurized with oil and a retracted non-rigid position based upon the plunger chamber being depressurized, the plunger moving move the engine valve.
US10669897B2
Heat recovery steam generators (HRSGs) including components and systems for reducing thermal stress experienced by manifolds within the HRSGs are disclosed. The HRSG may include a manifold receiving a working fluid of the HRSG, a plurality of piping links in fluid communication with the manifold, and an enclosure surrounding the manifold and the plurality of piping links. The HRSG may also include at least one thermal element positioned within the enclosure. The thermal element(s) may surround the manifold. Additionally, or alternatively, the HRSG may include a supplemental heating system in fluid communication with an interior of the enclosure. The supplemental heating system may include a heater for heating fluid (e.g., air), and an inlet conduit in fluid communication with and positioned downstream of the heater. The inlet conduit may be formed through the enclosure to provide the heated fluid to the interior of the enclosure.
US10669896B2
A gas turbine engine internally cooled component airfoil includes a peripheral wall and a cooling system. The peripheral wall has an external surface including a suction surface and a pressure surface laterally spaced from the suction surface. The cooling system includes at least one or more passages bounded in part by the peripheral wall. At least a first of the one or more passages includes a first passage pressure side surface that includes an interior protrusion including a first sloped surface extending to a peak of the interior protrusion and a second sloped surface extending from the peak substantially in the direction of the pressure side surface. The slope of the second sloped surface is greater than the slope of the first sloped surface and a first cooling hole extends from the second sloped surface through the interior protrusion.
US10669895B2
A shroud dampening pin is disclosed including a shaft, a dampening portion at a first end of the shaft, and a cap at a second end of the shaft. The dampening portion includes a bevel having a bevel angle and a contact surface. A turbine shroud assembly is disclosed, including an inner shroud, an outer shroud, the shroud dampening pin, and a biasing apparatus. The outer shroud includes a channel extending from an aperture adjacent to the inner shroud at a channel angle from the aperture. The shroud dampening pin is disposed within the channel. The dampening portion extends through the aperture with the contact surface contacting the inner shroud. The biasing apparatus contacts the cap and provides a biasing force to the inner shroud through the contact surface. The bevel angle is about the same as the channel angle, and the contact surface is about parallel to the aperture.
US10669893B2
The present disclosure is directed to a gas turbine engine defining a longitudinal direction, an axial centerline extended along the longitudinal direction, an upstream end and a downstream end opposite of the upstream end along the longitudinal direction, a radial direction, and a circumferential direction. The gas turbine engine includes a high speed turbine rotor coupled to a high pressure (HP) shaft and HP compressor, a low speed turbine rotor comprising an axially extended hub, and a first turbine bearing disposed radially between the low speed turbine rotor and the high speed turbine rotor. The high speed turbine rotor defines a turbine cooling conduit through the high speed turbine rotor. The low speed turbine rotor includes a rotating nozzle adjacent to the turbine cooling conduit. The first turbine bearing defines an outer air bearing and an inner air bearing. The first turbine bearing defines a stationary nozzle adjacent to the rotating nozzle of the first turbine rotor.
US10669886B2
A cooling device for cooling platforms of a guide vane ring of a gas turbine is arranged downstream inside a main flow channel of a combustion chamber. Cooling air passages are arranged in a wall of the platforms or of an intermediate piece that is connected therewith to guide cooling air for film cooling the surfaces of the platforms. At least in certain areas, the wall is configured with at least two layers having—as viewed from the main flow channel—an outer wall and a spaced apart inner wall forming a hollow space, wherein the hollow space can be impinged by cooling air through at least one cooling air blow-in opening inside the outer wall, and at least one cooling air blow-out opening is arranged inside the inner wall extending in the downstream direction to the surfaces of the platforms.
US10669879B2
A turbine case cooling system comprises a manifold (21) radially adjacent a portion of a radially outer surface of the turbine case (26) and in fluid communication with one or more of radially inwardly directed outlets (25). The manifold (21) has a first inlet (22) and a second inlet (23). The first inlet (22) is obstructed by a first flow restrictor (22a) and the second inlet (23) is obstructed by a second flow restrictor (23a). The first inlet (22) includes a valve (24) upstream of the first flow restrictor (22a) and the valve is adjustable to control flow of fluid supply entering the first inlet (22).
US10669877B2
A gas turbine engine includes a coupling and an air seal attachment. The annular coupling extends along a centerline and has coupling teeth that extend axially rearward. The annular air seal attachment includes an air seal at an axially rearward end and air seal attachment teeth at an axially forward end that extend axially forward to interlock with the coupling teeth such that the air seal attachment teeth and the coupling teeth alternate in a circumferential direction.
US10669869B1
Aerial vehicles may be equipped with propellers having pivotable blades that are configured to rotate or fold when the propellers are not rotating under power. A pivotable blade may rotate about an axis of a propeller with respect to a hub in the presence of wind flow until the pivotable blade is coaligned with a fixed blade, in a direction opposite to the wind flow. A pivotable blade may also fold over a hub of a propeller in the presence of wind flow, with the pivotable blade and a fixed blade being oriented in directions opposite to the wind flow. A center of mass of the pivotable blade may be caused to be on the same side of an axis as a center of mass of a fixed blade, even where the axis is not normal to the wind flow, thereby reducing an amount of drag generated by the propeller.
US10669865B2
Method and apparatus are provided for electroplating a surface area of an internal wall defining a cooling cavity present in a gas turbine engine component.
US10669864B2
An unshrouded turbomachine impeller is disclosed. The impeller comprises a hub and a plurality of sequentially arranged blades. Each blade extends from a blade root at the hub to a blade tip and is comprised of a first blade edge and a second blade edge. A flow vane is formed between each pair of neighboring blades. A connection member extends across each flow vane between neighboring blades and rigidly or monolithically connects a first modal displacement region of a first one of the pair of neighboring blades to a second modal displacement region of a second one of the pair of neighboring blades.
US10669855B2
The invention relates to a radially compressible and expandable rotor (13, 13a, 13b) for a pump having at least one impeller blade (20, 22, 36, 36a, 36b, 36c, 36d, 36e, 36f, 36g, 37, 37a, 37b, 37c, 37d, 37e, 37f, 74, 88, 89, 90), wherein the impeller blade has an impeller blade body whose material is elastically deformable as well as at least one stiffening strut (25, 26, 27, 30, 31, 32, 52, 53, 57, 58, 62, 63, 67, 95) which is at least partially embedded in the material of the impeller blade body. The struts are designed suitably in size, shape and arrangement and are integrated in suitable hollow spaces of the impeller blade body for stabilizing the impeller blade. Elements with tensile strength can additionally be provided.
US10669846B2
Apparatus, computer readable medium, and program code for identifying rock properties in real-time during drilling, are provided. An example of an embodiment of such an apparatus includes a downhole sensor subassembly connected between a drill bit and a drill string, acoustic sensors operably coupled to a downhole data interface, and a surface computer operably coupled to the downhole data interface. The computer can include a petrophysical properties analyzing program configured or otherwise adapted to perform various operations including receiving raw acoustic sensor data generated real-time as a result of rotational contact of the drill bit with rock during drilling, transforming the raw acoustic sensor data into the frequency domain, filtering the transformed data, deriving a plurality of acoustic characteristics from the filtered data and deriving petrophysical properties from the filtered data utilizing a petrophysical properties evaluation algorithm employable to predict one or more petrophysical properties of rock undergoing drilling.
US10669845B2
Tubular stretch correction for different operational conditions is applied to determine tubular wear volume. The tubular stretch correction is applied as a function of a stretch factor comprising a varying shift factor, axial load on the tubular string, pressure effects on the tubular string, buckling of the tubular string and/or temperature effects on the tubular string. Stretch factors are taken into account to determine the correct position of wear factors along the casing string, which are ultimately used to determine the casing wear volume.
US10669844B2
Methods and systems for characterizing a wellbore depth interval from rock fragments, including a method that includes converting measurements of a bulk rock fragment sample and of individual rock fragment samples to a concentration percent, computing a normalization deviation for each of the individual rock fragment samples relative to the bulk rock fragment sample (said normalization deviation being derived from the concentration percent of the bulk and individual rock fragment samples) and ranking the individual rock fragment samples based on a corresponding normalization deviation. The method further includes selecting one or more individual rock fragment samples based on a corresponding ranking, characterizing the properties of the wellbore depth interval from which the bulk and individual rock fragment samples originated using measured properties of at least some of the selected individual rock fragment samples and presenting to a user the characterized wellbore depth interval.
US10669840B2
A downhole system (10, 110, 210) includes a tubular (18) having a longitudinal axis (32), and a trace (46) applied on the tubular (18). The trace (46) includes a conductive portion (60) formed from an electrically conductive material (58) and the trace (46) is configured to deliver a signal between uphole and downhole locations of the tubular (18).
US10669839B2
A method of estimating an influx profile for at least one well fluid to a producing petroleum well with two or more influx zones or influx locations to a production flow, wherein the well comprises tracer sources with distinct tracer materials in known levels of the well, at least one of said tracer sources arranged downstream and exposed to the fluids in at least one of said influx zones, wherein each said tracer source has an even release rate to said well fluid, characterised in that one or more of the tracer sources is provided in one or more delay chambers for ventilating out fluid with leaked tracer material at a time constant which is significantly longer than the diffusion rate from the tracer source to the well fluid, wherein the method further comprises: providing samples, the samples collected from the production flow at a location downstream of the tracer sources during a time period in which the tracer transient is detectable at the downstream location, analysing said samples for concentration and type of tracer material from said possible tracer sources as a function of sampling time or cumulative produced volume; and based on said measured concentrations and their sampling time or cumulative produced volume, calculating said influx volumes.
US10669829B2
Methods and systems for removing near wellbore damage in a hydrocarbon reservoir are described. In one example implementation, an antenna is positioned inside a wellbore in a location corresponding to a formation where near wellbore damage occurs. The wellbore extends from a surface of a hydrocarbon reservoir downward into the subterranean structure of the hydrocarbon reservoir. An electromagnetic (EM) wave is transmitted to the antenna. A portion of the EM wave is irradiated at the formation. The portion of the EM wave removes the near wellbore damage at the formation.
US10669826B2
A wellbore injection system comprises a tubing hanger mountable within a wellbore tubular, an injection conduit supported by the tubing hanger to extend into the wellbore tubular, and an injection valve mountable within the wellbore tubular and arranged in fluid communication with the injection conduit. The injection valve is removable from the wellbore tubular independently of the tubing hanger and injection conduit.
US10669824B2
A bypass plunger includes a unibody, or one-piece hollow body and valve cage, retains a dart valve within the valve cage portion using a threaded retaining nut secured by crimple detents, and includes sealable flow parts. A series of helical grooves surround the central portion of the outer surface of the hollow body of the plunger to control spin during descent. A canted-coil-spring disposed within the retaining nut functions as a clutch. The valve cage includes ports that may be configured to control flow through the plunger during descent. Other embodiments include clutch assemblies using canted-coil springs with split bobbins, and surfaced valve stems surfaced.
US10669820B2
A frac and gravel packing system including a tubular having a longitudinal axis, a wall defining an interior flowbore, a radial frac port and a radial production port extending through the wall in a first zone of an annular region surrounding the tubular; a screen surrounding the production port, the frac port not covered by the screen; a sleeve system including a sleeve longitudinally shiftable with respect to the longitudinal axis of the tubular, the sleeve configured to cover the frac port in a first position of the sleeve and uncover the frac port in a second position of the sleeve; and, a return path arranged to permit return fluid from a fracturing operation to exit the first zone of the annular region, wherein the return fluid passes through the screen prior to accessing the return path.
US10669815B2
Various systems, methods, and devices are disclosed for handling contaminants in a wellbore or riser. A washpipe debris trap (WPDT) traps contaminants traveling up a wellbore from a downhole location, and the WPDT may serve as an indicator for a breached screen in a downhole location. A marine riser reversing tool (MRRT) may reverse the flow of fluid between a workstring conduit and an annulus between the workstring and the wellbore such that fluid rises to the wellhead with greater velocity. A bi-directional chamber trap (BDCT) may be utilized in a wellbore operation to remove contaminants from a fluid.
US10669809B2
A pressure control valve located in an improved tubing hanger of an oil or gas wellhead. The pressure valve having in-line communication with the production bore and having pressure activation. The pressure activation is imparted by utilizing hydraulic pressure input through the existing test port into the tubing head adapter void space. The pressure actuates the in-line wellhead control valve in a safer, more efficient, and less expensive manner than current industry practices and provides a barrier to pressurized hydrocarbons, both liquid and gas, produced by the well. The control valve eliminates the need for a lubricator and expensive specialized equipment. The valve is easily operated by a standard hydraulic hand pump through the existing test port of the tubing head adapter, and fits inside the tubing hanger.
US10669804B2
A system includes a hose fitting. The hose fitting includes a body, a fluid passage through the body, a first end portion, a second end portion, and a first floating seal insert. The first end portion and the second end portion are in fluid communication with the fluid passage. The first floating seal insert is disposed in the first end portion and is configured to damp one or more shockwaves having first characteristics.
US10669803B2
Various wellhead assemblies are provided. In one embodiment, the wellhead assemble includes a seal assembly that seals against an inner surface of a wellhead hanger and against an inner surface of a wellhead body. The wellhead hanger can be sized such that the upper portion of the hanger has an outer surface that abuts an inner surface of the wellhead.
US10669800B2
A release mechanism for a jarring tool is formed by a plurality of segmented release lugs. Each lug includes a plurality of axial spaced projections on an inner surface and a plurality of grooves on an outer surface. The projections have either different widths or are separated by varying distances and releaseably engage corresponding grooves in a mandrel located within a housing of the tool. The release lugs are positioned between a trigger sleeve and the mandrel.
US10669798B2
Provided are systems and methods for freeing differentially stuck pipe via the in-situ release of fluids from fluid-releasing tanks coupled to a centralizer or stabilizer of a pipe. Fluid-releasing tanks may be coupled to a centralizer or stabilizer of a pipe and located around the circumference of the pipe. Nozzles may be connected to the fluid-releasing tanks to enable the in-situ release of fluid from the fluid-releasing tanks. Various mechanisms may be used to open the nozzles and release the fluid from the fluid-releasing tanks.
US10669795B2
A collecting device and method for loosening and collecting debris in a well, the collecting device includes a first end portion and a second end portion; a collecting receptacle between the first and second end portions, the collecting receptacle including at least one receptacle section and at least one screen receptacle section and at least one screen receptacle; a motor; and the collecting device, at its first end portion, including a feel pipe; a conveying screw in the feed pipe driven by the motor, the conveying screw being arranged to move the debris in towards the collecting receptacle and a tool at the leading end portion of the conveying screw.
US10669791B2
A tool configured to facilitate installation or removal of a seal sub from an annular structure includes a support structure configured to be coupled to the annular structure, a shaft extending axially from the support structure, and an engaging structure coupled to the shaft. The engaging structure includes a plurality of engaging members, and each of the plurality of engaging members is configured to move in a radial direction between a retracted position that enables the engaging structure to be inserted into the seal sub and an extended position that enables the respective engaging member of the plurality of engaging members to engage the seal sub.
US10669782B2
A frost removal system is for thawing frozen ground and a method removes frost from a selected area of frozen ground. The method can include providing at least one heat transfer device; auguring a hole into the frozen ground to at least a depth of the frost. The at least one heat transfer device is lowered into the selected area of frozen ground and self-augured to the predetermined depth. The at least one heat transfer device is heated and the heat is allowed to travel along a length of the at least one heat transfer device. Heat is applied from the at least one heat transfer device for thawing the selected area of frozen ground until the frost is removed. The removal system may also be used to remove moisture from saturated soil and to bake columns of soil with increased load-bearing capacity.
US10669776B2
A rung lock frame has an upper rung portion, a lower rung portion integrally formed with the upper rung portion, and a bar member formed between the upper rung portion and the lower rung portion. The bar member defines an opening with the lower rung portion for the receipt of a rung of a ladder therein. The upper rung portion, the lower rung portion and the bar member are integrally formed of a glass-reinforced nylon material.
US10669768B2
A system includes a door, an external electrical connection electrically coupled to a charge store, an opening assembly including a controller, an actuator, a gear, and an actuator arm. The actuator arm is mechanically coupled to the actuator and removably coupled to the door such that the actuator arm opens or closes the door upon actuation of the actuator and the external electrical connection electrically couples to a mobile robotic power delivery device that includes a battery to provide electrical power to the actuator and the controller.
US10669767B2
Provided are a motion determination device and a method capable of correctly determining a kicking motion by a user about to open or close a gate of a vehicle. The motion determination device includes sensors respectively mounted on positions spaced apart from each other and detecting approach of an object, and a determination device which determines that the predetermined kicking motion has been performed, when each detection value shows a predetermined pattern, a time until each of the detection values becomes less than a first threshold value after it becomes the first threshold value or more is within a predetermined time, and a ratio of a maximum value among detection values by a first sensor and a maximum value among the detection values by a second sensor different from the first sensor is within a predetermined range.
US10669764B2
An integrated module as a window regulator assembly including: a carrier panel for mounting to a frame of a vehicle closure panel; at least one rail on the carrier panel, the rail associated with at least one cable guide in conjunction with a regulator carriage, the regulator carriage for coupling to a window of the closure panel; a drive mechanism on the carrier panel, the drive mechanism for operating the regulator carriage along a track of the rail; a cable assembly coupling the regulator carriage to the drive mechanism via the cable guide, the cable assembly including a conduit connected at one end to the rail and connected at another end to the drive mechanism, the conduit containing a cable element slideably received within the conduit; wherein the cable element is unsheathed from the conduit where the cable element is in contact with the cable guide.
US10669762B2
A hinge assembly for pivotally joining the opposing halves of a carryable case, especially a case for housing an electronic apparatus. The disclosed hinge is adapted to convey electrical conductors from one half of the case to the other, while protecting them from damage by excessive flexing, abrasion, moisture, and debris.
US10669756B2
In an aspect, a door control system is provided for a vehicle door and includes a pushrod and a locking device. The pushrod has a first end connected to one of the vehicle body and the vehicle door. At least a portion of the locking device is mounted to the other of the vehicle body and the vehicle door. The locking device includes a leadscrew, a leadscrew nut mounted on the leadscrew, a housing including a guide path, and a brake. The pushrod has a second end connected to the leadscrew nut. The leadscrew nut is constrained against rotation but is slideable along the guide path by movement of the pushrod, which causes rotation of the leadscrew. The brake is positionable in a braking position in which the brake prevents rotation of the leadscrew, and a release position in which the brake permits rotation of the leadscrew.
US10669751B2
An apparatus for a hood latch of a vehicle may include a hood, wherein the hood is completely closed by an operation of a cinching mechanism when the incomplete closing of the hood is detected to perform the closing of the hood, preventing a safety accident.
US10669740B2
An emergency illumination apparatus is integrated into a door lock mechanism including a manual release member and a latch which is displaceable between an engaged position with the jamb of an associated exit door, and a disengaged position, enabling opening of the door. The apparatus includes an illumination device including a base member mounted to the door lock mechanism or a surface of the associated exit door and a spaced array of discrete illumination elements extending along at least one axis intersecting with or circumventing the manual release member. A sensor operates to detect an emergency condition such as the presence of excessive heat, smoke, carbon monoxide, noxious gas and the like, and generate an alarm signal in response thereto. An independent power supply is disposed within the emergency door lock illumination apparatus. A controller energized by the power supply activates the illumination device in response to the alarm signal.
US10669734B2
The present invention relates to a wall damper (100) connected to an upper floor and a lower floor, comprising of a top cap (108), a pair of cover plates (105), a pair of side members (107), and a base (110), interconnected to one another to form a framing structure to accommodate a pair of inner panels (101), a plurality of damping means (103), and a plurality of outer plates (104); characterised in that the pair of inner panels (101) connected vertically to one another by a joint (102); the top cap (108) having a slit (114) for receiving the pair of inner panels (101); the plurality of damping means (103) bounded to both sides of the pair of inner panels (101); the plurality of outer plates (104) bounded to the plurality of damping means (103); a plurality of stiffening members (106) disposed on a surface of each of the pair of cover plates (105); wherein the pair of inner panels (101), the plurality of damping means (103), the plurality of outer plates (104) and the pair of cover plates (105) are arranged in a parallel relationship; wherein the pair of inner panels (101), the joint (102), the plurality of damping means (103), the plurality of outer plates (104), and the pair of cover plates (105), being provided with a plurality of cavities (113) and aligned with one another accordingly for a connecting means (112) transversed therethrough.
US10669727B2
A machine for distributing loosefill insulation material is provided. The machine includes a chute having an inlet end and an outlet end. The inlet end is configured to receive compressed loosefill insulation material. A lower unit has a shredding chamber configured to receive the compressed loosefill insulation material from the outlet end of the chute. The shredding chamber includes a plurality of shredders configured to shred, pick apart and condition the loosefill insulation material. The shredders include a shredder shaft and a plurality of vane assemblies. The vane assemblies are oriented such that adjacent vane assemblies are offset from each other by an angle in a range of from about 45° to about 75°. A discharge mechanism is mounted to receive conditioned loosefill insulation material exiting the shredding chamber. The discharge mechanism is configured to distribute the conditioned loosefill insulation material into an airstream. A blower is configured to provide the airstream flowing through the discharge mechanism.
US10669726B2
A system for finishing surfaces with a finishing material includes a handle assembly with proximal and distal ends. A material reservoir is mounted on the handle distal and includes an inlet and an outlet. A material applicator tool is mounted on the reservoir and receives material from the reservoir outlet. A discharge mechanism includes an extendable-retractable component or linear actuator connected to the reservoir for discharging or reloading material. An alternative embodiment includes a lockable, compressible gas spring. Another alternative embodiment includes a rotating element driven by a reversible motor mounted on the handle assembly. The rotating element drives a discharge mechanism in a discharge direction of rotation, and reloads the reservoir in a reload direction of rotation. Multiple alternative embodiments of linear actuators are disclosed. An alternative embodiment includes a push-to-open valve mechanism.
US10669723B2
Floor panels which are provided with a mechanical locking system including a displaceable tongue in a displacement groove. The tongue is moulded and provided with bendable protrusions. A building panel having an edge portion provided with a groove, in which a tongue formed as a separate part is received, wherein the tongue includes at least two bow shaped protrusions at a first long edge of the tongue, and wherein the protrusions are arranged bendable in the groove.
US10669721B2
A ventilation screed having an upper attachment flange having a top portion and a bottom portion and at least one opening in the top portion; a drip edge protruding from the bottom portion of the upper attachment flange; a drainage cavity protrusion protruding from the bottom portion of the upper attachment flange above the drip edge, wherein the drainage cavity has an L-shaped drainage trough portion having at least one drainage opening in a bottom portion, an upper ground portion in communication with the L-shaped drainage trough portion and a drainage cavity shroud in communication with the upper ground portion, wherein the drainage cavity shroud extends past the drip edge.
US10669701B2
A faucet includes a spout, a spray hose, a support arm, and a sprayer. The spray hose is partially contained within the spout and extends from the spout. The support arm is coupled to the spout and extends from the spout. The sprayer includes a docking assembly and a spray head. The docking assembly is removably coupled to the support arm. The spray head assembly is rotatably coupled to the spray hose and rotatably coupled to the docking assembly. The docking assembly is configured to facilitate rotation of the spray head assembly relative to the docking assembly.
US10669700B2
A wireless communication electronics storage apparatus that stores wireless communication electronics at a fire hydrant and provides access for electronic connections of the wireless communication electronics to sensors located within the fire hydrant at a main valve below ground level, and a method of mounting wireless communication electronics to a fire hydrant.
US10669694B2
A mobile apparatus includes a main frame, an operating arm connected to the main frame, drive means configured to drive displacing means of the mobile apparatus, such as one or more wheels or tracks, drive means configured to drive the operating arm and a control system, connected to operating instruments for a driver, for controlling the drive means. The drive means for the displacing means includes an electric motor such that the drive of the displacing means is substantially electrical.
US10669691B2
A system for controlling an earth moving machine may comprise: a speed sensor configured to communicate a speed signal indicative of a speed of the machine; an operator bucket lift command input configured to communicate an operator-input bucket lift command; and a controller configured to: receive the speed signal and the operator-input bucket lift command; determine a torque of the machine; using the speed signal and the determined torque, determine a controller-generated bucket lift command; and provide a bucket lift command which is the larger of the operator-input bucket lift command and the controller-generated bucket lift command.
US10669679B2
A pump for a striping machine includes dual check valves within its piston. At least one of the dual check valves is closed during an upstroke of the piston, thereby ensuring that the pump drives fluid during both its upstroke and its downstroke to maintain a desired ratio between a fluid output by the pump and a material solution output by another pump of the striping machine.
US10669678B2
A method includes determining a first temperature of paving material, determining a first location of a paving machine corresponding to the first temperature, determining a second temperature of the paving material, and determining a second location of the paving machine corresponding to the second temperature. The method also includes generating a paving material map based at least partly on the first and second temperatures, and the first and second locations. The method further includes causing at least part of the paving material map to be displayed. The displayed at least part of the paving material map including visual indicia indicating the first temperature and the second temperature.
US10669675B2
The present disclosure relates to paperboard having an improved basis weight to bending strength relationship and methods of making paperboard having an improved basis weight to bending strength relationship. In particular, a paperboard provided herein includes a refined cellulose in at least 1 ply.
US10669668B2
A clothes dryer apparatus and system that reduces the buildup of electric charges within a dryer drum by introducing ions. The system monitors the voltage within the drum by taking measurements on voltage sensor assembly. The sensor assembly obtains a voltage when two areas of a fabric, or two separate items of the clothing, contact the sensor. If a threshold voltage is obtained, an ion generator introduces cations and anions into the drum of the dryer to neutralize the static charge of the clothing. The reduction of static electricity increases efficiency as the clothing items do not stick together which permits better heat flow and increases safety by reducing the amount of electrical charge within the drum.
US10669665B2
A washing machine includes a first housing, a second housing arranged above the first housing and having a laundry inlet arranged on the top, a first tub covered by the first housing and having a first opening on the front, a second tub covered by the second housing and having a second opening on the top, and a detergent container arranged in the second housing for storing a detergent to be supplied to the first tub.
US10669649B2
A thread draw-off nozzle for an open-end rotor spinning device includes a front surface, a nozzle bore, and a funnel-shaped yarn deflection surface connecting the front surface and the nozzle bore. The front surface adjoins the yarn deflection surface. The front surface and the yarn deflection surface form an effective diameter (DW) of the thread draw-off nozzle. The effective diameter (DW) of the thread draw-off nozzle is less than 8 mm, and the yarn deflection surface comprises a radius of curvature (R) of less than 2.5 mm.
US10669646B2
Provided are nickel manganese composite hydroxide particles having a small and uniform particle size and having a double structure which enables to obtain a cathode active material having a hollow structure, and a manufacturing method thereof. When obtaining the nickel manganese composite hydroxide by a reaction crystallization, using an aqueous solution for nucleation, which includes at least a metallic compound that contains nickel, a metallic compound that contains manganese and an ammonium ion donor and controlling the pH value that is measured at a standard solution temperature of 25° C. is 10.5 to 12.0, nucleation is performed in an oxidizing atmosphere in which the oxygen concentration is greater than 1% by volume, and then nuclei are grown by switching the atmosphere from the oxidizing atmosphere to a mixed atmosphere of oxygen and inert gas in which the oxygen concentration is 1% by volume or less.
US10669643B2
A clamper includes: a first clamping member having a first base portion and a first contact portion that is to be in contact with one surface of the workpiece; a second clamping member having a second contact portion that is to be in contact with the other surface of the workpiece; and a clamping member biasing member configured to bias at least one of the first clamping member and the second clamping member in a direction of bringing the first contact portion and the second contact portion closer to each other. The first contact portion has a plurality of plate spring portions extending from the first base portion, the plurality of plate spring portions configured to elastically deform independently from each other to come into contact with the workpiece.
US10669642B2
This application relates to a part that includes a metal oxide layer having pore structures. In some embodiments, dye molecules having aromatic rings can be disposed within at least one of the pore structures. Additionally, the at least one pore structures can include dispersion molecules, where the dispersion molecules form non-covalent interactions with the dye molecules. By forming non-covalent interactions between the dye molecules and the dispersion molecules, the aromatic rings of the dye molecules are prevented from forming other non-covalent interactions with other dye molecules. Additionally, techniques for chemically stabilizing the color dye bath for dyeing anodized parts are also described.
US10669627B2
A modular multilayer deposition system includes a plurality of modular deposition chambers, including at least one parylene deposition chamber and at least one ALD deposition chamber. The parylene deposition chamber is connected in series with the ALD deposition chamber. Substrates are automatically moved from within the parylene deposition chamber to within the ALD deposition chamber or from within the ALD deposition chamber to the parylene deposition chamber.
US10669617B2
Methods for processing bonded dual alloy rotors are provided. In one embodiment, the method includes obtaining a bonded dual alloy rotor including rotor blades bonded to a hub disk. The rotor blades and hub disk are composed of different alloys. A minimum processing temperature (TDISK_PROCESS_MIN) for the hub disk and a maximum critical temperature for the rotor blades (TBLADE_MAX) is established such that TBLADE_MAX is less than TDIsK_PROCESS_MIN. A differential heat treatment process is then performed during which the hub disk is heated to processing temperatures equal to or greater than TDISK_PROCESS_MIN, while at least a volumetric majority of each of the rotor blades is maintained at temperatures below TBLADE_MAX. Such a targeted differential heat treatment process enables desired metallurgical properties (e.g., precipitate hardening) to be created within the hub disk, while preserving the high temperature properties of the rotor blades and any blade coating present thereon.
US10669612B2
A calcium-free lead alloy comprises lead and 0.003 wt %-0.025 wt % of at least two rare-earth metals. The rare-earth metals are at least a lanthanide and yttrium. Uses of the lead alloy include an electrode with an electrode structure, which is at least partly formed of the lead alloy and a lead-acid accumulator with the electrode.
US10669599B2
A decarburized self-piercing rivet is provided that can join dissimilar sheets of material while reducing the likelihood of forming cracks during the riveting process. The decarburized self-piercing rivet has requisite hardness and column strength to pierce the sheets of material and also has a ferrite layer that improves ductility and performance of the rivet. The increase ductility reduces the likelihood of cracks forming during the riveting process. A manufacturing process is also provided that austentizing and decarburizes the rivet simultaneously in a salt pot furnace to reduce the need for any post-austentizing localized heat treatments.
US10669593B2
Methods, compositions, and kits for predicting and controlling fruit color in palm.
US10669581B2
The invention relates to a method for sequencing a heteropolymeric target nucleic acid sequence that involves stochastic sensing. The invention also relates to a method for improving a pore for sequencing a target nucleic acid sequence by modifying one or more sites in the pore.
US10669580B2
The present disclosure relates to compounds comprising a negatively-charged polymer moiety which is capable of entering a nanopore and upon entering a nanopore in the presence of positive ions results in an increased flow of the positive ions through the nanopore. The present disclosure provides methods of preparing the compounds and for their use as nanopore-detectable tags, in particular, for nanopore-based nucleic acid detection and sequencing.
US10669578B2
The invention relates to an improved method for characterising a template polynucleotide. The method involves using a polymerase to prepare a modified polynucleotide which makes it easier to characterise than the template polynucleotide.
US10669571B2
Provided herein are methods and compositions for depleting targeted nucleic acid sequences from a sample, enriching for sequences of interest from a sample, and/or partitioning of sequences from a sample. The methods and compositions are applicable to biological, clinical, forensic, and environmental samples.
US10669570B2
Disclosed herein include systems, methods, compositions, and kits for sample identification. A sample indexing composition can comprise, for example, a protein binding reagent associated with a sample indexing oligonucleotide. Different sample indexing compositions can include sample indexing oligonucleotides with different sequences. Sample origin of cells can be identified based on the sequences of the sample indexing oligonucleotides. Sample indexing oligonucleotides can be barcoded using barcoded and lengthened using daisy-chaining primers.
US10669566B2
A system for automated microorganism identification and antibiotic susceptibility testing comprising a reagent cartridge, a reagent stage, a cassette, a cassette, stage, a pipettor assembly, an optical detection system, and a controller is disclosed. The system is designed to dynamically adjust motor idle torque to control heat load and employs a fast focus process for determining the true focus position of an individual microorganism. The system also may quantify the relative abundance of viable microorganisms in a sample using dynamic dilution, and facilitate growth of microorganisms in customized media for rapid, accurate antimicrobial susceptibility testing.
US10669564B2
In some embodiments, the present invention a mutated FAD-GDHα protein, wherein the mutated FAD-GDHα protein is mutated from a wild-type first species to contain at least one point mutation, wherein the mutated FAD-GDHα protein comprises: P(X)n=8X4(X)n=16V(X)n=6RN(X)n=3YDXRPXCXGX3NNCMP(X)n=1CP(X)n=2A(X)n=1Y(X)n=1G(X)n=6A(X)n=2AG(X)n=6AVV(X)n=3E(X)n=8-9A(X)n=2Y(X)n=1D(X)n=5HRV(X)n=5V(X)n=2A(X)n=3E(X)n=2K(X)n=4S(X)n=5P(X)n=1G(X)n=2N(X)n=4GRN(X)n=1MDH(X)n=4V(X)n=1F(X)n=6-7W(X)n=1GRGP(X)n=9RDGXX5R(X)n=19T(X)n=14L(X)n=14X2(X)n=1X1(X)n=1E(X)n=4P(X)n=1NR(X)n=3S(X)n=4D(X)n=2G(X)n=7Y(X)n=4Y(X)n=32-35, wherein each X represents a wild-type amino acid residue of the first species and n indicates the number of the wild-type amino acid residues of the first species represented by a respective parenthetical at that position, wherein: a) X1 is selected from the group consisting of X, S, C, T, M, V, Y, N, P, L, G, Q, A, I, D, W, H, and E, wherein if X1 is L, H or V, then X2 is D; b) X3 is selected from the group consisting of G, H, D, Y, S, and X; c) X4 is selected from the group consisting of S and X; and d) X5 is selected from the group consisting of L and X.
US10669554B2
The invention provides recombinant host organisms (e.g., plants) genetically modified with a polyunsaturated fatty acid (PUFA) synthase system and one or more accessory proteins (e.g., PPTase and/or ACoAS) that allow for and/or improve the production of PUFAs in the host organism. The present invention also relates to methods of making and using such organisms (e.g., to obtain PUFAs) as well as products obtained from such organisms (e.g., oil and/or seed).
US10669553B2
This invention disclosure relates to novel maize starch. The starch can be made from the newly developed waxy sugary-2 double-mutant maize that has low activity of Granule Bound Starch Synthase I (GBSSI), which results in low amylose level. The starch from newly developed waxy sugary-2 double-mutant is freeze-thaw stable and has high viscosity. In comparison with the starch of the existing waxy sugary-2 double-mutant maize, the new waxy sugary-2 double-mutant maize starch showed, inter alia, improved pasting profile, starch granule integrity, larger starch granule size, and higher viscosity.
US10669547B2
The invention provides compositions and methods of making and using effector oligonucleotides, including effector oligonucleotides with greater than one mismatch as compared to its target sequence. These effector oligonucleotides are useful for improving the efficiency of genomic editing as well as providing therapeutic benefits to individuals in need thereof.
US10669546B2
Disclosed herein are antisense compounds and methods for decreasing SOD-1 mRNA and protein expression. Such methods, compounds, and compositions are useful to treat, prevent, or ameliorate SOD-1 associated diseases, disorders, and conditions. Such SOD-1 associated diseases include amyotrophic sclerosis (ALS).
US10669538B2
The present invention relates to a method for synthesising templated molecules. In one aspect of the invention, the templated molecules are linked to the template which templated the synthesis thereof. The invention allows the generation of libraries which can be screened for e.g. therapeutic activity.
US10669526B2
The present disclosure relates to stem cells derived from a pure chorionic trophoblast layer (chorionic trophoblast layer without villi, CT-V), which is a part of the tissues of the placenta, and cell therapy comprising same. Stem cells derived from a pure chorionic trophoblast layer according to the present invention exhibit uniform growth characteristic, and superb proliferation and differentiation characteristics compared to the conventional stem cells derived from the whole placenta, and particularly, exhibit excellent differentiation into cartilage cells, thus can be effectively used in cell therapy for treating cartilage damage, deficiency and such, and as a composition for tissue regeneration.
US10669525B2
Means which enables preparation of a thick cell aggregate by a simple process without an operation of detaching and stacking of cells is disclosed. The method for preparing a three-dimensional cell aggregate by the present invention comprises: a cell encasing step of placing a cell suspension in a cell container; and a pressure application step of applying pressure to cells in the container. The cell encasing step and the pressure application step may be carried out a plurality of times. By the present invention, a thick, robust cell aggregate can be obtained by a simple operation of applying pressure to a cell suspension or a medium containing cells. Since the method does not require an operation of stacking a plurality of cell sheets, the cells are hardly damaged, and the conditions of the cells can be favorably maintained, so that the cells can be advantageously used as a tissue piece for transplantation.
US10669524B2
Provided is a large-scale cell culture system for producing products without harming animals. Also provided is a method for making meat products using this cell culture system. Further provided is a method for making personal care products using this cell culture system, as well as a method for making nutritional supplements using this cell culture system.
US10669519B2
Customizable methods and systems of growing and harvesting cells in a hollow fiber bioreactor system
Embodiments described herein generally relate to methods and systems for customizing protocols for use with a cell expansion system. Through a user interface, a user may create a custom task for loading, growing and/or harvesting cells. A custom task may comprise one or more steps, in which a user may add or omit steps, as desired. Data may be entered for settings associated with a custom task, in which embodiments provide for such data to be entered each time the custom task is performed. In another embodiment, the settings for a custom task may be configured, in which such settings may be stored and retrieved upon selection of the custom task. Customization and configuration of a custom task may occur using a diagram view of the cell expansion system, in which process settings are associated with graphical user interface elements.
US10669514B1
Inserts for the wells of tissue culture plates are provided. When placed in a tissue culture well, a bottom surface of a shaft portion of an insert contacts a bottom surface of the well and blocks the growth of cells in that area. The blocked area mimics a “wound” in the layer of cells that grows around it. A cover portion of the insert comprises open channels through which cells, media, etc. can be delivered and gases exchanged while the insert is in place. Once the insert is removed, cell culture with the artificial “wound” is used to test the efficacy of agents with respect to their ability to facilitate cell growth into and closure of the “wound”.
US10669512B2
The present invention relates to novel sulfoperoxycarboxylic acid compounds, and methods for making and using them. The sulfoperoxycarboxylic compounds of the invention are storage stable, water soluble and have low to no odor. Further, the compounds of the present invention can be formed from non-petroleum based renewable materials. The compounds of the present invention can be used as antimicrobials, and bleaching agents. The compounds of the present invention are also suitable for use as coupling agents.
US10669511B2
The present invention relates to detergent compositions comprising lipase variants. The present invention also relates to lipase variants and polynucleotides encoding the variants; nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides; and methods of using the variants.
US10669504B2
The invention relates to a seal swell agent which is a substituted sulfonyldibenzene compound, and lubricating compositions containing the seal swell agent. The substituents on the benzene rings may be hydrocarbyl groups of 4 to 20 carbon atoms or alkylene groups of 1-2 carbon atoms with further functional groups.
US10669502B2
There are provided a solvent composition containing tDCE, which does not exert an adverse effect on the global environment, has high solubility and incombustibility, and can maintain initial incombustibility even in use accompanied by a phase change, a cleaning method using the solvent composition, a coating film-forming composition including the solvent composition, and a method of forming a homogeneous coating film using the coating film-forming composition. A solvent composition includes: tDCE; a first HFE having a boiling point of 40 to 65° C.; and a second HFE having a boiling point of 70 to 120° C., in which a ratio of tDCE is 65 to 80 mass %, a ratio of the first HFE is 5 to 25 mass %, and a ratio of the second HFE is 5 to 25 mass % with respect to a total amount of tDCE, the first HFE, and the second HFE.
US10669498B1
A process for making solid lubricants or lubricant additives or lubricant modifiers may include synthesizing two-dimensional (2D) nanoplatelets, nanorods, or nanowires of MoO3 and WO3. The process may also include creating hollow hexagonal ZnO nanotubes by refluxing a mixture of zinc nitrate and urea at a predefined temperature or a range of temperatures for a predefined period or periods of time. The process may further include growing the hollow hexagonal ZnO nanotubes around platelets, nanorods, or nanowires of the MoO3 or WO3. The process may also include creating a solid lubricant in a core-shell configuration from the hollow hexagonal ZnS nanotubes with an embedded hexagonal core of MoS2 or WS2.
US10669496B2
The composition of the present invention related to a quaternary ammonium salt detergent and the use of such quaternary ammonium salt detergents in a fuel composition to reduce diesel injector deposits and remove or clean up existing deposits on the diesel injectors.
US10669489B2
A system for crude oil desalting and dehydration in a single vessel is disclosed. The system comprises a pressure vessel defining a cavity and comprising a sealed bulkhead separating the cavity into a first compartment and a second compartment. Disposed within the first compartment is a first distributor disposed within the first compartment, a first electrical grid assembly, and a transfer conduit that passes through the bulkhead from the first compartment to the second compartment, the second compartment being in fluid communication with the first compartment via the transfer conduit. The pressure vessel may further comprise an overflow weir in the first compartment and a second electrical grid assembly disposed within the second compartment and aligned substantially transverse to a flow path extending from the transfer conduit to the crude collection header.
US10669485B2
The invention relates to processes for producing anode grade coke from whole crude oil. The invention is accomplished by first deasphalting a feedstock, followed by processing resulting DAO and asphalt fractions. The DAO fraction is hydrotreated or hydrocracked, resulting in removal of sulfur and hydrocarbons, which boil at temperatures over 370° C., and gasifying the asphalt portion in one embodiment. This embodiment includes subjecting hydrotreated and/or unconverted DAO fractions to delayed coking. In an alternate embodiment, rather than gasifying the asphalt portion, it is subjected to delayed coking in a separate reaction chamber. Any coke produced via delayed coking can be gasified.
US10669481B2
A class of antioxidant compositions include benzotriazole phenolate salts with substituents either ortho to the phenol hydroxide group and/or para to the phenol hydroxide group can be prepared from substituted benzotriazole phenols. The ortho substituent group can be a simple hydrocarbon, alkoxy or amino group, or the ortho substituent group can be a linking group, linking the benzotriazole phenolate to another benzotriazole phenolate group.
US10669473B2
The invention relates to organic molecules having a structure of formula 1 AF1-(Separator)m-AF2 Formula 1 wherein: m is 0 or 1; AF1 is a first chemical entity, having a conjugated system, in particular at least six conjugated electrons (e.g., in the form of at least one aromatic system); AF2 is a second chemical entity, having a conjugated system, in particular at least six conjugated π electrons (e.g., in the form of at least one aromatic system); with AF1≠AF2; wherein AF1 has a structure of formula 2-1: wherein FG is selected from the group consisting of CR**2F, CF3, CF2R**, SF5, N—(CF3)1, N—(CF3)2, O—CF3, S—CF3 and CF2CO2R*; n=1 to 5; o=1 to 5; n+o=5; p=0 or 1; R′=linking point on the separator, linking point on the chemical entity AF2 or a radical R*; wherein one R′ represents a linking point on the separator or on the chemical entity AF2.
US10669472B2
A composition for use as a pressure-tolerant dual-crosslinker gel in a fracturing fluid that comprises polymer, the polymer operable to increase the viscosity of a fluid; boron-containing crosslinker, the boron-containing crosslinker operable to crosslink the polymer; and a transition metal oxide additive, the transition metal oxide additive operable to crosslink the polymer.
US10669471B2
Energy may be stored by injecting fluid into a fracture in the earth and producing the fluid back while recovering power and/or desalinating water. The method may be particularly adapted to storage of large amounts of energy such as in grid-scale electric energy systems. The fracture may be formed and treated with resin so as to limit fluid loss and to increase propagation pressure. The fluid may be water containing a dissolved salt or fresh water and a portion or all of the water may be desalinated using pressure in the water when it is produced.
US10669467B2
Included are drilling fluids for drilling in a subterranean formation. A drilling fluid may include: an aqueous base fluid and a betaine shale stabilizer comprising glycine betaine HCl.
US10669465B2
A composition including at least one lubricant including polyol esters and a refrigerant fluid F including 1-chloro-3,3,3-trifluoropropene. Also, a composition including at least one lubricant based on polyol esters and a refrigerant fluid F including 1-chloro-3,3,3-trifluoropropene and at least one C3 to C6 alkene stabilizing compound including a single double bond. Also, different uses of the compositions.
US10669464B2
The present invention provides a highly stable haloolefin-based composition that inhibits decomposition or oxidization.The haloolefin-based composition comprising (a) a haloolefin; (b) at least one compound selected from the group consisting of HFO-1234ze, HFC-254eb, HFO-1243zf, HFC-245eb, HFC-245fa, HFC-245cb, HFC-236ea, HFC-236fa, HFO-1225ye, 3,3,3-trifluoropropine, HFC-23, HFC-32, HFC-125, HFC-143a, HFC-134a, FC-1216, HCFO-1233xf, HCFO-1233zd, HCFO-1232xf, HCFO-1223xd, and chloromethane; and (c) water.
US10669462B2
Abrasives, a polishing composition, and a polishing method that can reduce undulation of an outer surface of a resin coating by polishing with reduced occurrence of polishing flaws. The polishing composition includes abrasives of aluminium oxide particles having a specific surface area of 5 m2/g or more and 50 m2/g or less and an average secondary particle diameter of 0.05 μm or more and 4.8 μm or less. This polishing composition can be used for polishing an outer surface of the resin coating.
US10669458B2
Provided is a thermosetting epoxy resin composition, including: an epoxy resin; a latent curing agent which is porous particles formed of a polyurea resin and supporting an aluminum chelate; and boric acid.
US10669450B2
A flexible display device of the present invention comprises a photoelectric element part; a first adhesive film formed on the photoelectric element part; a touch function part formed on the first adhesive film; a second adhesive film formed on the touch function part; and a window film formed on the second adhesive film; wherein the first adhesive film or the second adhesive film has an average slope of about −9.9 to about 0 at −20° C. to 80° C. based on x-axis for the distribution of storage modulus versus temperature in the function of x-axis of temperature (° C.) and y-axis of storage modulus (KPa) and wherein the first adhesive film or the second adhesive film has a storage modulus of about 10 KPa or more at 80° C.
US10669442B2
A light-curable transparent ink for 3D ink-jet printing and a method for preparing the same are provided. The light-curable transparent ink for 3-D ink-jet printing includes the following components: an acrylate monomer, a mercapto compound, a surfactant, a photoinitiator and an additive. The light-curable transparent ink for 3D ink-jet printing can inhibit yellowing and turbidity of the printed product.
US10669439B2
A resin for an active energy ray curable ink contains a rosin-modified unsaturated polyester resin (A). The rosin-modified unsaturated polyester resin (A) is a reaction product of a material component containing rosins (a), α,β-unsaturated carboxylic acids (b), and polyols (c); the mole ratio of an unsaturated bond based on the α,β-unsaturated carboxylic acids (b) with respect to the total amount of the material component is 0.50 mol/kg or more and 2.00 mol/kg or less; the rosins (a) contain a stabilization-treated rosin at a ratio of 90 mass % or more with respect to the total amount of the rosins (a); the α,β-unsaturated carboxylic acids (b) contain α,β-unsaturated dicarboxylic acids; and the polyols (c) contain a trihydric or more alcohol.
US10669437B2
A method comprising: providing a powder composition including at least one ultrafine, spherical thermoplastic polymer powder having a glass transition temperature (Tg) of at least 150 degrees C.; and powder bed fusing the powder composition to form a three-dimensional article.
US10669428B2
Disclosed are a manufacturing method for a porous thermal insulation coating layer, a porous thermal insulation coating layer with substantially reduced thermal conductivity and volumetric heat capacity and an internal combustion engine including the porous thermal insulation coating layer thereby having excellent durability.
US10669427B2
The present invention provides: a gas barrier laminate comprising a base, a primer layer, and a gas barrier layer, the primer layer and the gas barrier layer being sequentially stacked on at least one side of the base, the primer layer having a modulus of elasticity at 90° C. of 1.6 GPa or more, and a coefficient of static friction between a surface of one side of the gas barrier laminate and a surface of the other side of the gas barrier laminate being 0.35 to 0.8; a method for producing the gas barrier laminate; an electronic device member comprising the gas barrier laminate; and an electronic device.
US10669422B2
One of the purposes of the present invention is to provide a condensation-curable silicone resin composition which show a less increase of the viscosity during handling and cures quickly to provide a cured product which has a very small amount of a remaining catalyst and which has high heat resistance and high light resistance. Thus, the present invention is to provide a condensation-curable silicone composition comprising the following components (A) to (C): (A) 100 parts by mass of an organopolysiloxane which has a branched or network structure and has two or more hydrolyzable groups each bonded to a silicon atom and at least one of (R1SiO3/2) and (SiO4/2) units, wherein R1 is, independently of each other, a hydrogen atom or a substituted or unsubstituted, monovalent hydrocarbon group having 1 to 12 carbon atoms, (B) 5 to 500 parts by mass of a linear organopolysiloxane having at least one hydrolyzable group bonded to a silicon atom at each of both terminals, and (C) at least one silazane compound represented by the following general formula (3) or (5) or comprising the following units (6) in an amount of 0.02 to 30 parts by mass, relative to total 100 parts by mass of components (A) and (B):
US10669406B2
Disclosed is a latex composition for dip-molding and a dip-molded article produced therefrom. More specifically, by using a water-soluble polymer such as poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) or a copolymer thereof in combination with a carbonic acid-modified nitrile-based copolymer latex, the stability of the latex is improved through crosslinking by hydrogen bonding, it is possible to manufacture a molded article which has a slow syneresis and is excellent in workability and does not tear even at a thin thickness due to high tensile strength.
US10669405B2
The present invention provides a rubber composition for tires which provides a balanced improvement of physical properties including fuel economy, tensile strength, and abrasion resistance while achieving good processability. Also provided is a pneumatic tire formed from the rubber composition. The rubber composition for tires contains: an isoprene-based rubber; and a polybutadiene rubber mixture consisting of a high molecular weight polybutadiene rubber having a cis content of 95% by mass or more and a peak top molecular weight Mp of 550,000 or more and a low molecular weight polybutadiene rubber having a cis content of 95% by mass or more and a peak top molecular weight Mp of 500,000 or less. The rubber component in the rubber composition includes, based on 100% by mass thereof, 60 to 90% by mass of the isoprene-based rubber and 10 to 40% by mass of the polybutadiene rubber mixture.
US10669404B2
The surface hydrophobization of cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs) by carboxylic acids, biodiesel, or plant oils was conducted via there herein disclosed green process using an one-pot synthetic method. In the process, an aqueous lactic acid syrup served as a solvent to provide a stable and well-dispersed water suspension of CNCs and participated in esterification reactions to produce an intermediate product of polylactic acid (PLA) oligomer grafted CNCs (CNC-g-PLA). This solvent and intermediate product system allows for an in situ solvent exchange from water to lactic acid without prior drying of the CNCs and a subsequent efficient esterification reaction of CNCs with carboxylic acids or esters having a long hydrocarbon chain (FAs). Another advantage of the disclosed process is the ability to reuse the reagents in the subsequent reaction in order to reduce the production cost. Grafting of renewable materials on the surface of CNCs was developed by polyesterification that is capable of being environmentally friendly and mass-produced without any organic solvents or toxic reagents.
US10669400B1
A method for preparing fire resistant polymeric materials including, providing at least one first polyphenol having three or more phenolic groups, reacting at least one first polyphenol having three or more phenolic groups with at least one halophosphate and at least one first base to produce at least one second phenol having at least one phosphate group, and converting at least one second phenol having at least one phosphate group to a thermoplastic or thermosetting fire resistant polymeric material.
US10669398B2
The present invention is a flame-retardant resin composition comprising a cycloolefin-based polymer and a halogen-containing flame retardant selected from a group consisting of a halogenated bisimide compound and a halogen-containing styrene-based resin, and may be comprising a halogen-active species scavenger, wherein a content of the halogen-containing flame retardant is 10 to 80 parts by weight based on 100 parts by weight of the cycloolefin-based polymer, and a content of the halogen-active species scavenger is less than 25 parts by weight based on 100 parts by weight of the halogen-containing flame retardant, and a resin formed article. One aspect of the invention provides a flame-retardant resin composition having excellent flame retardance, low dielectric constant and low dielectric loss tangent, and a resin formed article produced by forming this flame-retardant resin composition.
US10669396B2
A thermoplastic resin composition for automobiles, and a molded product produced from the composition, includes a semi-aromatic polyamide resin; a first chelate agent that includes an amino group and at least one of a carboxylic acid and salt thereof; a second chelate agent that includes an aliphatic multivalent C1 to C10 carboxylic acid (not including a carbon atom of a carboxyl group) having 2 to 4 carboxyl groups; and a filler.
US10669395B2
Resin compositions, layers, and interlayers comprising a poly(vinyl acetal) resin that includes residues of an aldehyde other than n-butyraldehyde are provided. Such compositions, layers, and interlayers can exhibit enhanced or optimized properties as compared to those formulated with comparable poly(vinyl n-butyral) resins.
US10669392B2
A method of preparing aerogels/nonwoven composites fireproof and heat-insulating materials with a hydrophobic or hydrophilic surfaces and includes steps as follows. A mixture solution in which alkoxysilane, silicones and silane coupling agents are mixed and stirred is instilled by acidic catalysts for a hydrolysis reaction during which a silane coupling agent solution is added for continuous stirring; a hydrous alkali catalytic (anhydrous alkali catalytic) organic solution is added in the mixture solution for a condensation reaction and development of a “silicones-silica aerogels-silane coupling agents” aerogel mixture solution; a non-woven felt is impregnated with the mixture solution for development of soft hydrophobic (hydrophilic) aerogels/nonwoven composites fireproof and heat-insulating materials after curing and natural drying. The aerogels/nonwoven composites materials with softness and surface hydrophobicity/hydrophilicity available in mass production are applicable to thermal-insulating materials for high-temp industrial facilities or indoor heat-insulating and fireproof panels of a building structure.
US10669389B2
The present invention economically provides a method and device for producing a high-viscosity polylactic acid foam molding material which is suitable for foam molding at a high expansion ratio, and a foam molded article having a high expansion ratio which is formed of said polylactic acid composition. A polylactic acid foam molding material having an MI value of 0.05-5, measured in accordance with JIS K7210 at 190° C. under a 21.6-kg load, is produced by physically or mechanically lowering the molecular weight and rebonding, in the presence of a supercritical inert gas, polylactic acid having a molecular weight in terms of polystyrene of 2,000,000 or higher by GPC measurement generated when three types of crosslinked polylactic acid (A), (B), and (C) having different component ratios of D and L isomers, obtained by reacting polylactic acid composed of D and L isomers with a crosslinking agent, are mixed in a weight ratio of 25-50:25-50:25-50 (where (A)+(B)+(C)=100) and the mixture is melted; and a foam molded article is produced by providing a grinding orifice on an injection molding machine or an extrusion molding machine, discharging from a die at a temperature from the softening point to 110° C., and foam molding.
US10669388B2
A uniaxially-stretched, high yield extruded capacitor film comprising a miscible polymer blend comprising a polyetherimide and a polyester, wherein the polyetherimide comprises units derived from polymerization of an aromatic dianhydride with a diamine comprising a m-phenylenediamine, a p-phenylenediamine, or combinations thereof, wherein the polyetherimide is endcapped with a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic primary monoamine, wherein the polyester comprises repeating structural units derived from polymerization of an aromatic dicarboxylic acid with a dihydroxy compound, and wherein the high yield extruded capacitor film comprises equal to or greater than about 90 wt. % of the miscible polymer blend entering an extruder used for manufacturing the capacitor film, based on the total weight of miscible polymer blend prior to entering the extruder.
US10669383B2
Spheroid polymer particles are prepared from non-spheroid particles by heating the non-spheroid particles in a liquid medium to a temperature that is above the glass transition temperature or the melting temperature of the polymer and then cooling.
US10669382B2
The present invention relates to a superabsorbent polymer exhibiting excellent heat stability.
US10669360B2
Various embodiments provide dye-doped polystyrene microspheres generated using dispersion polymerization. Polystyrene microspheres may be doped with fluorescent dyes, such as xanthene derivatives including Kiton Red 620 (KR620), using dispersion polymerization. Certain functionalities, such as sodium styrene sulfonate, may be used to shift the equilibrium distribution of dye molecules to favor incorporation of the dye into the particles. Polyelectrolyte materials, such as poly(diallyldimethyl ammnonium chloride), PolyDADMAC, may be used to electrostatically trap and bind dye molecules within the particles. A buffer may be used to stabilize the pH change of the solution during dye-doped polystyrene microsphere generation and the buffer may be selected depending on the pKa of the dye being incorporated. The various embodiments may provide dye-doped polystyrene microspheres, such as KR620-doped polystyrene microspheres that are non-toxic and non-carcinogenic. These non-toxic and non-carcinogenic dye-doped polystyrene microspheres may be suitable for use in wind tunnel testing.
US10669359B2
Methods for reinforcing chromium catalysts by the deposition of additional silica are disclosed herein. The resultant silica-reinforced chromium supported catalysts can be used to polymerize olefins to produce, for example, ethylene based homopolymers and copolymers with higher molecular weights and additional long chain branching.
US10669356B2
The present invention relates to a supported hybrid catalyst and a method for preparing olefin polymer using the same. Using the supported hybrid catalyst, olefin polymer that maintains excellent mechanical strength of olefin polymer polymerized with the existing metallocene catalyst, but exhibits remarkably improved processibility compared to the existing olefin polymer, can be provided.
US10669351B2
Disclosed herein is a protein purification system and methods of using the system. In particular, disclosed is a split intein comprising an N-terminal intein segment, which can be immobilized, and a C-terminal intent segment, which has the property of being self-cleaving, and which can be attached to a protein of interest. Through the self-cleaving mechanism of the intein, the protein of interest can be purified.
US10669350B2
The invention relates to single domain VHH fragments which specifically bind to and inhibit superoxide dismutase and/or bind to and inhibit catalase and/or bind to and inhibit superoxide dismutase and catalase, in particular for the use in the therapy of tumor diseases.
US10669348B2
Antibody drug conjugates (ADC's) that bind to 158P1D7 protein and variants thereof are described herein. 158P1D7 exhibits tissue specific expression in normal adult tissue, and is aberrantly expressed in glioblastoma, lung cancer, bladder cancer, and breast cancer. Consequently, the ADC's of the invention provide a therapeutic composition for the treatment of cancer.
US10669344B2
The present invention relates to engineered antibodies and other Fc-domain containing molecules with enhanced agonism and effector functions.
US10669343B2
The present invention relates to antagonistic antibodies specifically binding CD154, polynucleotides encoding the antibodies or fragments, and methods of making and using the foregoing.
US10669340B2
The present invention relates to an antibody or antigen-binding fragment thereof against EGFRvIII (Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Variant III), a nucleic acid encoding the same, a vector comprising the nucleic acid, a cell transformed with the vector, a method for producing the antibody or antigen-binding fragment thereof, a composition for preventing or treating cancer, which comprises the same, a composition for diagnosing cancer, which comprises the same, and a kit for diagnosing cancer, which comprise the composition for diagnosing cancer.
US10669338B2
The present invention concerns compositions and methods of use of anti-PD-1 antibodies comprising CDR sequences corresponding to SEQ ID NO:1 to SEQ ID NO:6. Preferably the antibody is a humanized antibody comprising the variable region amino acid sequences of SEQ ID NO: 9 and SEQ ID NO:10. The antibodies are of use to treat cancer and may be administered alone or with another standard anti-cancer therapy. The methods may comprise administering the anti-PD-1 antibody or antigen-binding fragment thereof in combination with one or more therapeutic agents such as antibody-drug conjugates, interferons (preferably interferon-α), and/or other checkpoint inhibitor antibodies.
US10669327B2
The present disclosure provides methods for capturing recombinant collagen 7 from cell culture and methods of purifying recombinant collagen 7. Also provided are compositions comprising purified recombinant collagen 7 that may be used for administration to humans.
US10669326B2
The present invention relates to peptides, proteins, nucleic acids and cells for use in immunotherapeutic methods. In particular, the present invention relates to the immunotherapy of cancer. The present invention furthermore relates to tumor-associated T-cell peptide epitopes, alone or in combination with other tumor-associated peptides that can for example serve as active pharmaceutical ingredients of vaccine compositions that stimulate anti-tumor immune responses, or to stimulate T cells ex vivo and transfer into patients. Peptides bound to molecules of the major histocompatibility complex (MHC), or peptides as such, can also be targets of antibodies, soluble T-cell receptors, and other binding molecules.
US10669319B2
New insecticidal proteins, nucleotides, peptides, their expression in plants, methods of producing the peptides, new processes, production techniques, new peptides, new formulations, and new organisms, a process which increases the insecticidal peptide production yield from yeast expression systems. The present invention is also related and discloses selected endotoxins we call cysteine rich insecticidal peptides (CRIPS) which are peptides derived from Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) and their genes and endotoxins in combination with toxic peptides known as Inhibitor Cystine Knot (ICK) genes and peptides as well as with other types of insecticidal peptides such as trypsin modulating oostatic factor (TMOF) peptide sequences used in various formulations and combinations; of both genes and peptides, useful for the control of insects.
US10669310B2
The present invention provides peptides containing a structure in which a portion of the dominant negative peptide of BIG3 which inhibits the interaction between BIG3 and PHB2 is substituted with stapling structure(s). Peptides of the present invention have excellent cell growth inhibitory actions. Furthermore, their cell growth inhibitory actions continue for a longer time than the actions of peptides without stapling structures. Therefore, these peptides have features suitable for clinical applications in cancer therapy.
US10669300B2
Disclosed are methods of separating the diastereoisomers of gemcitabine-[phenyl-(benzoxy-L-alaninyl)]-phosphate (NUC-1031), or salts thereof, using crystallisation. In particular, crystallisation from isopropyl alcohol provides gemcitabine-[phenyl-(benzoxy-L-alaninyl)]-(S)-phosphate in high diastereoisomeric purity: Also disclosed is a crystalline form of gemcitabine-[phenyl-(benzoxy-L-alaninyl)]-(S)-phosphate. Disclosed are methods of isolating gemcitabine-[phenyl-(benzoxy-L-alaninyl)]-(R)-phosphate in high diastereoisomeric purity:
US10669293B2
The present invention relates to a process for preparing isocyanate containing alkoxysilane groups, in which, in the sequence of steps A) to D), A) alkoxysilanoalkylamine is reacted with urea in the presence of an alcohol, optionally in the presence of at least one catalyst, to give alkoxysilanoalkylurethane, B) simultaneously or successively, if used, the catalyst is removed and/or deactivated, and low boilers, medium boilers and/or high boilers are removed, C) purified alkoxysilanoalkylurethane is thermally cleaved to release isocyanate containing alkoxysilane groups and by-product, leaving bottoms material, and D) isocyanate containing alkoxysilane groups and by-product are separated from one another and from bottoms material and collected, in which, in step C), i) the bottoms material is wholly or partly discharged from the cleavage apparatus, ii) subjected to thermal treatment and/or purification and/or an aftertreatment in the presence of alcohol and iii) the material removed, after thermal treatment and/or purification and/or aftertreatment in step B) or C), is fed in again.
US10669283B2
A compound represented by the general formula (1) below or a pharmacologically acceptable salt thereof: [In the formula (1), R1 and R2 may be the same or different and each represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a hydroxyl group, a carboxy group, a cyano group, an optionally substituted C1-6 alkyl group et al.; R3 represents a hydrogen atom; R4 represents an optionally substituted 4- to 10-membered monocyclic heterocyclic group containing 1 to 4 heteroatoms selected from an oxygen atom, a nitrogen atom, and a sulfur atom; X represents a group represented by the following formula: —CH2—, —CH2—CH2—, —CH2—CH2—CH2—, or —CH2—O—CH2—; and Z represents a hydrogen atom or a hydroxyl group].
US10669282B2
The present invention relates to a method for synthesizing a 3-phenyl-2,3,4,8,9,10-hexahydropyrano[2,3-f]chromene derivative and an optical isomer thereof, and an intermediate Compound which may be used for the synthesis method, and when the method and the intermediate Compound are used, the 3-phenyl-2,3,4,8,9,10-hexahydropyrano[2,3-f]chromene derivative and the optical isomer thereof may be effectively synthesized.
US10669276B2
The present invention relates to compounds of formula I, wherein R1 is phenyl, lower alkyl, C3-6-cycloalkyl, —CH2—C3-6-cycloalkyl, or bridged C3-5-cycloalkyl, optionally substituted by one, two or three substituents, selected from halogen, lower alkyl or lower alkyl substituted by halogen; R2 is hydrogen, halogen, lower alkoxy, lower alkyl substituted by halogen or lower alkoxy substituted by halogen; R3 is a five membered heteroaryl group, selected from wherein R6 is hydrogen or lower alkyl; R7 is halogen or lower alkyl; R8 is hydrogen or lower alkyl; R9 is hydrogen or lower alkyl; R4 is lower alkyl or lower alkyl substituted by hydroxy; R5/R5′ is independently from each other hydrogen or lower alkyl; -( )n- is —CH2— or —CH2CH2— for n being 1 or 2; X is CH or N; or to pharmaceutically active acid addition salts thereof, to racemic mixtures or to its corresponding enantiomers and/or optical isomers and/or stereoisomers thereof. The compounds may be used for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease, cerebral amyloid angiopathy, hereditary cerebral hemorrhage with amyloidosis, Dutch-type (HCHWA-D), multi-infarct dementia, dementia pugilistica or Down syndrome.
US10669275B2
The present invention relates to co-crystals of ibrutinib and a pharmaceutical composition comprising the same as well as a method of preparing the same.
US10669272B2
Disclosed are compounds of Formula (I): or a salt thereof, wherein: R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, and m are defined herein. Also disclosed are methods of using such compounds to inhibit the activity of one or both of diacylglycerol kinase alpha (DGKα) and diacylglycerol kinase zeta (DGKζ), and pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds. These compounds are useful in the treatment of viral infections and proliferative disorders, such as cancer.
US10669271B2
Disclosed are compounds of Formula (I′), methods of using the compounds as immunomodulators, and pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds. The compounds are useful in treating, preventing or ameliorating diseases or disorders such as cancer or infections.
US10669264B2
The present invention relates to an improved process for the preparation of macitentan and pharmaceutical acceptable salts thereof. Further present invention also relates to methylene chloride solvate of macitentan and their use in the preparation of pure macitentan.
US10669263B2
2-(5-{1-[2-(Difluoromethoxy)-6-fluorobenzyl]-2-methyl-1H-benzimidazol-6-yl}pyrimidin-2-yl)propan-2-ol, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, being potent modulators of human TNFα activity, are accordingly of benefit in the treatment and/or prevention of various human ailments, including autoimmune and inflammatory disorders; neurological and neurodegenerative disorders; pain and nociceptive disorders; cardiovascular disorders; metabolic disorders; ocular disorders; and oncological disorders.
US10669258B2
The present invention provides compounds of Formula (I) wherein all variables are as defined in the specification, and compositions comprising any of such novel compounds. These compounds are APJ agonists which may be used as medicaments.
US10669246B2
The present disclosure provides a compound of general Formula (I) having c-abl kinase inhibitory activity or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, a pharmaceutical composition comprising the compound, and a method useful to treat or prevent neurodegenerative diseases using the compound.
US10669235B2
The present invention relates inter alia to a compound of formula (I) wherein R1, R2 and R3, are as defined in the specification and to compositions comprising the same and to the use of the compounds and to compositions of the compounds in treatment, for example in the treatment of fibrotic diseases or interstitial lung diseases, in particular idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.
US10669230B2
Provided are crystalline α, α-disubstituted amino acids and their crystalline salts containing a terminal alkene on one of their side chains, as well as optionally crystalline halogenated and deuterated analogs of the α, α-disubstituted amino acids and their salts; methods of making these, and methods of using these.
US10669229B2
Here described are compounds consisting of the structure (targeting molecule)m-linker-(targeting molecule)n, wherein the targeting molecule is a retinoid or a fat soluble vitamin having a specific receptor on the target cell; wherein m and n are independently 0, 1, 2 or 3; and wherein the linker comprises a polyethylene glycol (PEG) or PEG-like molecule, as well as compositions and pharmaceutical formulations including these compounds which are useful for the targeting and delivery of therapeutic agents; and methods of using these compositions and pharmaceutical formulations.
US10669226B2
It is an objective of the present invention to provide a novel polymerizable triptycene derivative that has a structure in which three benzene rings arranged at the axis formed by barrelene of the triptycene skeleton can rotate evenly and that has hydrophilicity imparted to it as compared to any of the prior art triptycene derivatives and is thus highly useful in functional materials.The above objective is achieved by the polymerizable triptycene derivative having substituents with an unsaturated bonding functional group at position 9 and/or position 10 of the triptycene skeleton, the polymerizable triptycene derivative having two carboxyl groups and the polymerizable triptycene derivative having one carboxyl group and one amino group.
US10669221B2
A method of producing a catalyst can include heating a hydrotalcite above a decomposition temperature, forming a decomposed hydrotalcite in response to the heating, combining the decomposed hydrotalcite with a metal salt to form a catalyst mixture, and heating the catalyst mixture to convert the metal salt to a metal oxide. The resulting metal oxide combined with the decomposed hydrotalcite forms the catalyst.
US10669218B2
A process for producing ethylene comprising: (a) reacting a reactant mixture in a reactor to yield a product mixture, wherein the reactor comprises a catalyst, wherein the reactant mixture comprises ethane, oxygen, and a chlorine intermediate precursor, wherein the product mixture comprises ethylene, unreacted ethane, carbon monoxide, and carbon dioxide, wherein the catalyst comprises a redox agent, an alkali metal, and a rare earth element; and (b) recovering at least a portion of the ethylene from the product mixture. The reacting in step (a) further comprises (i) contacting at least a portion of the chlorine intermediate precursor with the catalyst to form a chlorinated catalyst; (ii) allowing at least a portion of the chlorinated catalyst to generate a chlorine intermediate; and (iii) allowing at least a portion of the reactant mixture to react via the chlorine intermediate.
US10669193B2
There are provided coated articles that include two or more infrared (IR) reflecting layers (e.g., of or including NbZr, Nb, NiCr, NiCrMo, and/or a nitride thereof) sandwiched between at least dielectric layers, and/or a method of making the same. The coating may be designed so that the coated articles realize green glass side reflective coloration in combination with a low solar factor (SF) and/or a low solar heat gain coefficient (SHGC). Such coated articles may be used in the context of monolithic windows, insulating glass (IG) window units, laminated windows, and/or other suitable applications, and may optionally be heat treated (e.g., thermally tempered) in certain instances.
US10669190B2
The invention discloses a roll film coating device for photovoltaic glass coated with an AR coating liquid, which comprises a frame, a support roller is arranged on the upper end of the frame, and the upper end of the support roller is provided with a glass to be processed, and the frame is The middle part is provided with a column, a slide rail is arranged at the upper end of the column, and a plurality of movable bearing seats are installed in the slide rail. The column is driven by a screw to move the movable bearing seat, and the column passes left to right through the movable bearing. The seat is provided with a front roller, a rear roller and a compaction roller in this order. The coating device designed in the present invention can enhance the uniformity of glue coverage and prevent the local generation of droplets, and is suitable for the mass production of laminated photovoltaic glass. The increase of production efficiency and production quality has high practical value.
US10669187B2
A pink aluminosilicate glass, comprising: a glass former, a network intermediate oxide, a network modifier oxide, a network former oxide, a network modifier, a colorant and a clarificant, wherein the glass former is SiO2, the network modifier oxide is CaO, MgO, K2O and Na2O, the network former oxide is B2O3, and the network modifier is ZrO2 and SrO. This glass is pink in visible light, has a good visual effect, and has a relatively high thermal stability, and can improve the usage safety in harsh working environments.
US10669185B2
A method is provided for aligning scoring tools and for scoring glass, in particular thin glass, along predetermined scoring lines in preparation for breaking along the score. Glass substrates, in particular thin glass substrates, produced by such method are also provided. The method includes the determination of the actual orientation of the cutting edge of the scoring tool and aligning of the cutting edge to a target orientation of the cutting edge.
US10669183B2
A system for preheating batch materials in a glass melting furnace includes a preheater having an outlet through which fluid is exhausted and an inlet that receives fluids exhausted from the furnace and recirculated from the preheater outlet. In one embodiment, a cyclonic separator has an inlet in communication with the preheater outlet and an outlet in fluid communication with a fan. A controller controls the speed of the fan responsive to a drop in pressure between the separator inlet and outlet and a temperature at the separator outlet. In other embodiments, controllers control valves that (i) control the amount of fluids exhausted from the preheater that are delivered to a flue and recirculated to the preheater or (ii) control the amount of fluids diverted to charger for the furnace, in response to temperatures in a duct coupled to the preheater inlet.
US10669179B2
The invention discloses and claims various methods for the treatment of various wastewater streams of varying chemical composition using sonication in combination with a variety of other methods, including nucleation, ozonation, flocculation, clarification, adsorption, polishing, and filtration. The methods disclosed and claimed are useful in the treatment of industrial wastewater, brackish water, seawater, and for the treatment of oil and gas-well water as well as wastewater from hydraulic gas-fracturing processes for the production of oil and natural gas.
US10669177B1
A mobile water treatment system and method, of which the system includes a bioreactor including an aerator tank configured to receive an influent fluid, a conical clarifier positioned in the aerator tank, the conical clarifier defining a downwardly-facing opening. An interior of the conical clarifier is in communication with the aerator tank, external to the conical clarifier, via the downwardly-facing opening. The bioreactor also includes a plurality of aeration vents positioned proximal to a bottom of the tank and configured to direct air into the aerator tank, but not toward a bottom of the conical clarifier, and an effluent outlet positioned in the conical clarifier. A relatively clean effluent fluid, in comparison to the influent fluid in the aerator tank, exits from the conical clarifier via the effluent outlet.
US10669176B2
A system and method of treating wastewater. In one embodiment, the system comprises a biological reactor fluidly connected to a source of wastewater and having a treated wastewater outlet, a fixed film biological reactor connected to the source of wastewater and having a fixed film effluent outlet, and a ballasted system fluidly connected to the fixed film effluent outlet. The ballasted system may comprise a ballast reactor tank configured to provide a ballasted effluent, and a source of ballast material fluidly connected to an inlet of the ballast reactor tank. The system may further comprise a bypass line having an inlet fluidly connected to the source of wastewater, a first outlet fluidly connected to the ballasted system, and a second outlet fluidly connected to the fixed film biological reactor, the bypass line configured to bypass the fixed film biological reactor.
US10669175B2
A method for treating sulfide in an aqueous fluid comprises contacting the fluid with an oxidizer in the presence of a sulfur dye or sulfurized vat dye. In one embodiment, the method comprises treating sulfide contaminated water by contacting the contaminated water with a gas including oxygen in the presence of a sulfur dye or a sulfurized vat dye. The method is useful for remediating industrial, agricultural, and municipal wastewater.
US10669174B2
A water purification device is provided in the form of a hydrogel matrix containing immobilized nanoparticles that are directly synthesized in-situ in the hydrogel matrix. The hydrogel matrix is temperature sensitive, such that swelling draws in pollutants that are captured by the nanoparticles, while deswelling releases purified water. A related method of decontaminating the water supply contaminated with a target pollutant is also disclosed.
US10669170B2
An electroflotation apparatus for removing impurities from waste water includes an electrolytic cell for treating the waste water and generating a flock containing the impurities and an outlet pipe having a linear central axis located co-axially with the electrolytic cell for passing the water and flock from the electrolytic cell to a separation area. The outlet pipe comprises a first end connected to the electrolytic cell and having a first diameter, and a second end through which the treated water and flock exit the outlet pipe, the second end having a second diameter. The outlet pipe reduces the turbulence of the treated water from the electrolytic cell before the treated water is passed to the separation area such that aggregation of the flock in the separation area is increased.
US10669169B2
A thermal and non-thermal plasma activated water reactor system is provided that includes a reaction chamber, where the reaction chamber includes a gas inlet, a water inlet, a gas and water outlet, a ground electrode and reaction electrodes, where the water inlet and the water outlet are disposed to form a water vortex in the reaction chamber when water flows there through, where the reaction electrodes include a thermal plasma electrode and a non-thermal plasma electrode, and a plasma activated water reservoir that is disposed to receive the plasma activated water from the reaction chamber and disposed to return the plasma activated water to the reaction chamber.
US10669156B1
Hierarchically porous ZSM-5 zeolites, having macropores, mesopores, and micropores are formed using a solid-state crystallization process. An aluminosilicate nanogel prepared with precursors, solvent, and a structure-directing agent is provided. The solvent is evaporated from the aluminosilicate nanogel at room temperature. The dried aluminosilicate nanogel is then heated to promote crystallization. The crystallized zeolites are calcined to remove the structure-directing agent.
US10669154B2
Process for manufacturing a hydrogen-containing synthesis gas from a natural gas feedstock, comprising the conversion of said natural gas into a raw product gas and purification of said product gas, the process having a heat input provided by combustion of a fuel; said process comprises a step of conversion of a carbonaceous feedstock, and at least a portion of said fuel is a gaseous fuel obtained by said step of conversion of said carbonaceous feedstock.
US10669134B2
A boom truck includes a truck chassis having a frame, a boom assembly connected to the frame, and a boom counter weight assembly rotatably connected to the boom assembly. The boom counter weight assembly is configured to be disposed between a first position to extend a wheel base of the boom truck and a second position to define a counterweight relative to the boom assembly.
US10669129B2
A hook gate or hoist hook having a hook gate that is designed to prevent dynamic rollout. The lockable gate includes one or more release mechanisms that allow the gate to unlock and open upon actuation of the release mechanisms. The release mechanisms reside within a circumferential guard that extends outwardly from the gate. The guards preferably extend at least as far as the release mechanism or beyond the extension of the release mechanism. The hook gate further includes anti-snagging flanges extending generally in the vertical direction from both the top and bottom portions of the guard. The circumferential guard and the anti-snagging flanges in combination make it nearly impossible for an attachment mechanism to become improperly oriented under a load and effectively eliminate the possibility of dynamic rollout.
US10669122B2
A service tool function availability adjustment system includes a storage medium operable to store a location-based function availability map and at least one processor configured to determine a location of a service tool in relation to one or more equipment components of an equipment service system. The at least one processor configures an availability of one or more functions of the service tool to interact with the one or more equipment components of the equipment service system based on the location-based function availability map and the location of the service tool.
US10669118B2
A spool support, for supporting a windable material, comprises a main body, an actuator and a clamp portion. The actuator is movable relative to the main body between a first position and a second position. The clamp portion is pivotably connected to the main body. The actuator actuates the clamp portion such that the clamp portion pivots relative to the main body between a retracted position when the actuator is in the first position and a deployed position when the actuator is in the second position.
US10669109B2
A sheet end position regulating device, which is included in an image forming apparatus, includes a first contact body disposed movable on a sheet loading portion on which a sheet is loaded and configured to contact an end portion of the sheet, a fixing body disposed movable between a fixing position at which a position of the first contact body to the sheet loading portion is fixed and a releasing position at which the position of the first contact body is released, and a second contact body disposed movable between a contact position at which the fixing body contacts a contact target portion to regulate movement of the fixing body form the fixing position to the releasing position and a non-contact position at which the fixing body does not contact the contact target portion.
US10669105B2
A mold conveyance roller unit includes: a rotatable roller main body on which a mold is to be placed; a roller support member that rotatably supports the roller main body; a base member to which the roller support member is attached together with the roller main body in a manner capable of vertical motion; and a resilient member that is fitted between the base member and the roller support member to elastically press the roller support member toward above the base member.
US10669104B2
A goods transport facility for transporting goods along a transportation path including a curved part, and in particular a goods transport facility provided with a plurality of transport carriages that move along a pair of left and right rails, which are provided along the transportation path, so as to transport goods. A rail width adjusting mechanism capable of changing a rail width between the left and right rails and is provided in at least one of a curving region and an S-curve region in the curved part of the transportation path.
US10669100B2
A lifting and conveying device includes a lifting body, a revolving conveyor element, and a linear drive. The revolving conveyor element is deflected on the lifting body to a conveyor path on which an item can be conveyed. The lifting body is engageable or engaged by the linear drive of the device for a lifting of the conveyor path.
US10669097B2
A zoneless pick-to-light method and system initially inducts a group of totes into an initial picking station by scanning a tote identifier for each tote in the group. A product order is assigned to each tote in the inducted group of totes, such that matching a product in the picking station with the order causes a light to be illuminated adjacent to the corresponding product needed to fulfill the order. A user scans a personal identification and picks and places the desired quantity of the product to fulfill the product order for each tote at the station. The group of totes are moved in a flow direction to an adjacent picking station, where the user can elect to either follow the group of totes to the adjacent downstream picking station or abandon the group of totes, such that a different user may complete the product orders for the group of totes.
US10669096B2
The present disclosure relates to a storage and retrieval vehicle for a pallet storage system having at least one racking system and having at least one floor rail for moving the storage and retrieval vehicle, wherein the storage and retrieval vehicle comprises at least one linear guide, in particular a telescopic linear guide, outwardly coupled via at least one vertical guide to a base body of the storage and retrieval vehicle, and wherein the base body is rotatably arranged, in particular by 360°, about the vertical axis. The present disclosure further relates to a pallet storage system having a corresponding storage and retrieval vehicle and to a modular floor rail for a pallet storage system.
US10669089B2
A stackable microwave covers including a first food cover that includes a top wall for supporting a first food item and having a particular shape that has a first area, one or more side walls slanted at an outward angle from beneath the top wall, wherein a top of the one or more side walls defines a second area that is smaller than the first area, wherein a bottom edge of the one or more side walls defines a substantially similar shape to the particular shape of the top wall and has a third area greater than the second area and less than the first area, and wherein the top wall and the one or more side walls form a first cavity for positioning a second food item.
US10669088B2
A joint sensing system within an enclosure can include an electrical circuit through which a first current flows, where the first current creates a magnetic field, where the electrical circuit is disposed proximate to a joint of the enclosure. The system can also include a target disposed proximate to the electrical circuit, where the magnetic field induces a plurality of second currents to flow within the target. The system can further include a sensor that measures the plurality of second currents flowing within the target to generate a plurality of measurements. The plurality of measurements can indicate a width of the joint of the enclosure.
US10669080B2
The invention is directed to a container having a tamper evidence collar integrally formed on the container body, wherein the tamper evidence collar comprises: an annular portion which extends circumferentially outwardly from the container body; a discontinuous skirt portion which extends vertically from the annular portion, extends substantially circumferentially about the container body; a tamper evidence tab disposed in the circumferential location of the skirt discontinuity, wherein the tab comprises: an annularly extending portion aligned with the annular portion of the collar; and a skirt portion aligned with the skirt of the collar, one or more pins that rotatably join the tab to the tamper evidence collar; and at least one frangible web which connects the tab to the tamper evidence collar prior to actuation of the tab.
US10669077B2
A cap for closing a neck of a bottle is disclosed. The cap includes a lid for closing off the neck and a skirt for fixing to the neck. The skirt is provided with a bulge line for interfering by wedging with the neck, a weakened line to be ruptured by propagation of a tear, and a stop means for preventing the tearing propagating in the rectilinear extension of a first part of the weakened line that runs along the bulge line while being situated on the side of the latter opposite to the lid. The weakened line also includes second and third substantially rectilinear parts which, on the periphery of a skirt, follow on respectively from the first part to the second part of the weakened line. The second part of the weakened line avoids the stop means and extends on either side of the bulge line, while being inclined both with respect to the bulge line and with respect to the direction of the axis of the skirt. The third part of the weakened line extends along the bulge line while being situated on the side of the bulge line turned towards the lid.
US10669073B1
A system for preventing animal suffocation because of a bag is disclosed. The system includes an attachment for the bag having a first panel and a second panel. A hinge element attaches the first panel with the second panel. The first panel is configured to attach to a first outward facing portion of the bag and the second panel and is configured to attach to a second outward facing portion of the bag. A one-way air flow valve is integral with at least one of the first panel and the second panel and is configured to allow air to flow from an outside environment into the bag only when an inward force acts on the valve and pulls air from outside the bag inward inside the bag.
US10669072B2
A retractable spout device for a flowable substance container comprising a first section 1 adapted to be secured to an interior of the container, and a second section 2 displaceable relative to the first section in order to facilitate the movement of the second section from a retracted position wherein the second section is at least partially collapsed, to a deployed position wherein the second section extends outwards to form a spout.
US10669064B2
An improved multi-positional lid for a beverage can includes an outer layer and an inner layer, one of which is rotatable around a central point, thus providing various changeable modes for the can. One mode enables the user to drink the beverage through an opening designed for a straw, a second mode provides a larger opening designed for direct consumption, and a third mode enables closure of the lid to protect the contents inside. The multi-positional lid can also include a removable tamper resistant sealing layer for keeping the top of the can clean and providing a tamper resistant mechanism.
US10669056B2
A process for unloading a container containing an oxidizable compound having a melting point Tm greater than 15° C. is described. This process comprises the steps consisting in heating the container using a heating means until the oxidizable compound is liquid, the temperature of the heating means remaining less than or equal to Tm+105° C., and then unloading the oxidizable compound in the liquid state. A process for handling such an oxidizable compound, comprising this unloading step, and also a device enabling this process to be carried out, are also proposed.
US10669055B2
A control apparatus is provided. The control apparatus includes: a packaged medicine preparation unit discharging a bundle of packaged medicines in which a large amount of medicines are prepared by one capsule in a single dose to perform a post-process on the bundle of packaged medicines for a specific purpose based on a medicine dispensing request; and a post-processing unit introduced with the bundle of packaged medicines discharged from the packaged medicine preparation unit to perform the post-process thereon.
US10669048B1
Embodiments of the present invention generally relate to a novel system, device, and methods for providing a one-way locking mechanism that changes the shape or stiffness of a structure. More specifically, embodiments of the present invention relate to a mechanism for increasing fairing jettison clearance. Embodiments of the present invention permit outward breathing displacement by the fairing, but reduce the inward breathing displacement by the fairing such that the fairing does not hit and damage the spacecraft or vehicle as it is jettisoned from the spacecraft or vehicle.
US10669047B2
An apparatus includes a body having at least one pitch control system and a mounting system, the mounting system configured to couple to a payload. The apparatus also includes a rocket engine coupled to the body and configured to accelerate the body to a hypersonic speed. The apparatus further includes a control system configured to release the payload while the body moves at the hypersonic speed by commanding the at least one pitch control system to adjust an angle of attack of the body to a negative angle of attack and commanding the mounting system to release the payload while the body is moving at the hypersonic speed and at the negative angle of attack.
US10669043B2
Ribs for working an aircraft component having an aircraft component surface, fixtures for the same, and methods for the same, are provided herein. The rib includes a rib surface configured to receive the aircraft component and to be in abutting contact with at least a portion of the aircraft component surface. The rib further includes an extension extending away from the rib and configured to couple to a worksurface. Orientation of the rib is configured to be adjustable relative to the worksurface for improving working of the aircraft component. The fixture includes a mount defining an aperture and configured to be coupled to the worksurface and the rib. The method includes providing the fixture including the rib. The method further includes coupling the extension to a worksurface. The method further includes disposing the aircraft component on the rib surface.
US10669035B2
A system detects ice on a surface. The system comprises an ultraviolet (UV) light source configured to project light primarily in the UV-A spectrum onto the surface. The system further comprises an optical device configured to capture an image of the surface while the light primarily in the UV-A spectrum is projected by the UV light source. The system further comprises a control device communicatively coupled to the optical device. The control device is configured to receive the image from the optical device and determine whether or not ice is present on the surface based respectively on whether or not visible light induced by the light projected by the UV light source is captured in the image.
US10669034B2
A pneumatic deicer assembly includes a first stretch fabric with a first edge opposite a second edge. The first edge is positioned proximate the second edge such that the first stretch fabric forms a tube. A non-stretch fabric covers a seam formed between the first edge and the second edge of the first stretch fabric. A second stretch fabric covers the non-stretch fabric and a portion of the first stretch fabric.
US10669030B1
A seat pan diaphragm assembly and a seat assembly including the same, the seat pan diaphragm assembly including a diaphragm subassembly including a flexible fabric panel having a top, bottom, front, back, and opposing lateral sides, a cargo net subassembly for limiting deflection of the flexible fabric panel under load, the cargo net subassembly including a grid of belts and attachment straps having a clip attachable to a seat frame element, and stiffeners received in slotted sleeves of the diaphragm subassembly and engaging the cargo net subassembly for securing the cargo net subassembly to the diaphragm subassembly.
US10669024B2
An unmanned aerial vehicle includes a fuselage, a power device connected to the fuselage, and a control device disposed at the fuselage and electrically connected with the power device. The control device is configured to control the power device to switch an operating mode of the power device to cause the unmanned aerial vehicle to fly in air or navigate on a water surface.
US10669010B2
The invention relates to an unducted-fan aircraft engine comprising a generally cylindrical nacelle through which a primary jet flows, the nacelle bearing a fan rotor comprising variable-pitch vanes (33) located radially outside the nacelle in order to be traversed by a secondary jet (31) flowing longitudinally around the nacelle. The rotor comprises a hub bearing variable-pitch vane supports each carrying one vane (33), each vane (33) comprising a blade extending from a root that is used to removably attach same to a base of the associated support (34). Each base (36) is located radially outside the nacelle so that it is in the secondary jet, and each assembly formed by a base (36) and the vane root supported by the base (36) is surrounded and covered by a detachable aerodynamic cover (37).
US10669008B2
A propeller drive assembly includes an electric motor having a stator and a rotor. During operation the motor generates heat. A propeller made from a thermally conductive plastic includes a hub that is secured to the rotor portion of the motor so that the heat generated within the motor is transferred by conductance through the thermally conductive hub and propeller and then, by convection, is absorbed by the surrounding air, as the propeller rotates through the air. A thermally conductive interface material can be positioned between the rotor portion of the motor and the hub of the propeller to increase the thermal efficiency of the heat transfer between the motor and the propeller. A thermally conductive grease can be used as the interface material and an O-ring seal can be provided about the rotor to prevent the grease from escaping during motor operation.
US10668999B2
The mask for surface snorkeling comprises a rigid frame (2), a transparent visor (3), a soft face mask (4) applicable in an airtight way to the face of the user and having a membrane (7) which delimits an upper viewing chamber (8) being shaped to contain the eyes of the user and a lower breathing chamber (9) being shaped to contain the nose and mouth of the user, and a breathing circuit (5) connected to the lower chamber (9), a ventilation circuit of the upper chamber (8) independent and separated from the breathing circuit (5) also being provided.
US10668985B2
A bicycle wireless electronic derailleur, comprising a support body, a movable body, comprising a chain guide, actuation means configured to move the movable body with respect to the support body, comprising an electric motor, a controller of the electric motor, a wireless communication device, part of or in communication with the controller, configured to receive gearshifting request signals from a wireless transmitter and housed in a first casing, and a bicycle movement detector configured to emit a wake signal for the wireless communication device. The movement detector is at least partially housed in at least one second casing different from the first casing, and is in communication through at least one cable with the wireless communication device.
US10668980B2
A bicycle rear sprocket assembly comprises a first sprocket, a second sprocket, and a sprocket support. The first sprocket includes a first sprocket body and a plurality of first sprocket teeth. The first sprocket body has at least one first recess. The second sprocket includes a second sprocket body and a plurality of second sprocket teeth. The sprocket support is configured to engage with a bicycle hub assembly. The sprocket support includes a sprocket attachment part. The first sprocket and the second sprocket are attached to the sprocket attachment part. The sprocket attachment part is at least partly provided in the at least one first recess to transmit a rotational force between the first sprocket and the sprocket support.
US10668969B1
A vehicle is provided which includes a bumper that holds an enhanced functionality and realizes an improvement in its external appearance. A saddle riding vehicle includes a front bumper having a shape which covers a periphery of at least a headlamp when seen from the front at a front portion of the vehicle. The front bumper includes a pair of left and right upwardly/downwardly extending frame portions configured to extend in an up-down direction, a transversely extending portion configured to extend in a vehicle's width direction to surround the periphery of the headlamp, and a pair of left and right bumper main portion configured to cover the left and right upwardly/downwardly extending frame portions from the front thereof, and the bumper main portions are configured to increase their widths in the vehicle's width direction toward the upper part.
US10668954B2
A cab and hood suspension system includes a cab suspension system, a hood suspension system, and a hood tilt system. The cab suspension system includes supporting spring elements and cab linkage configured to control movement of a cab relative to a chassis. The hood suspension system includes hood linkage configured to locate the hood relative to the chassis. The hood linkage is configured to match the movement of the cab linkage. The hood tilt system is provided by the hood linkage of the hood suspension system.
US10668952B1
A lawn care trailer system that is versatile, that is easily assembled and disassembled, and that is easily controlled during use. The system is supported by wheels and has a frame assembly with spaced apart longitudinal bars and a plurality of transverse bars to form a rectangular platform for supporting a mounting assembly for supporting storage containers and tools; or a box shape support assembly; or a flat-screened bed assembly. Tubular members of the frame assembly attach one or more roller units thereto and a tow bar assembly attaches the frame assembly to a tractor or lawnmower. The frame assembly supports various components making the lawn care trailer system suitable for spring, summer, and/or fall operations.
US10668951B2
A vehicle lower section structure includes: a suspension member, formed in a frame shape, including left and right side-rails extending in a vehicle front-rear direction, and front and rear cross members coupling the left and right side-rails together in a vehicle width direction; a contactless charger fastened to both a left side and a right side of a front portion and a rear portion of the suspension member, and being supported by the suspension member; and an electrical component disposed above the contactless charger and is electrically connected to the contactless charger, the electrical component is fastened to both the left side and the right side of the front portion and the rear portion of the suspension member and is supported by the suspension member.
US10668937B2
A safety method is provided for a railway network which is divided into track segments by track elements and can be traveled by vehicles. In the method the vehicles request, from selections of the track elements, steps for assignment as a travel path element. Each of the selected track elements automatically assigns itself as a travel path element for each vehicle that requests the steps for assignment as a travel path element, under predetermined conditions. For temporal optimization of the assignment of the track elements as travel path elements, the respective track element automatically assigns itself to the respective vehicle, in that in reaction to a first request of the respective vehicle in a demand type requested by the respective vehicle, the track element carries out its approval as a travel path element for the respective vehicle.
US10668922B2
One or more dynamic trailing objects can be detected in an external environment of a vehicle. Position data of the dynamic trailing object(s) can be acquired. It can be determined whether a current position of one of the trailing objects is at substantially the same longitudinal position as a previous position of the ego vehicle. If the current position of the dynamic trailing object is at substantially the same longitudinal position as a previous position of the ego vehicle, a lateral offset between the current position of the trailing object and the previous position of the ego vehicle can be determined. The lateral offset can be used to identify a current travel lane of the ego vehicle, determine lane crossings, and/or determine travel lane probability distributions.
US10668910B2
A hydraulic block of a slip regulation of a hydraulic vehicle power brake system that has a master brake cylinder bore and forms a master brake cylinder. In order to prevent a hard impact of a piston of the master brake cylinder against an end stop when the master brake cylinder is released, in particular when there is an abrupt release, for example when the foot slides off a foot brake pedal, a hydraulic return damper that is integrated in the piston is provided.
US10668905B2
Described herein is a vehicle system configured to identify and mitigate a risk associated with one or more hazards that may impact a vehicle. The vehicle system may include a service provider computer configured to maintain information related to one or more hazards. In some embodiments, a hazard may be identified based at least in part on its being located within the vicinity of a vehicle. In some embodiments, the service provider computer may generate a mitigation strategy to reduce or eliminate the risk posed by the identified hazard. The mitigation strategy may include one or more actions to be taken by a processor device within the vehicle. Upon being provided with a mitigation strategy, the processor device may execute one or more of the actions in the mitigation strategy without human interaction.
US10668895B2
A variable force limiter control system for a vehicle includes a variable force limiter mechanism, a relative speed sensor, an acceleration sensor and an electronic control unit. The variable force limiter mechanism is configured to change a force limiter load. The relative speed sensor is configured to detect a relative speed of the vehicle with respect to a collision object before a collision. The acceleration sensor is configured to detect an acceleration of the vehicle. The electronic control unit is configured to predict a severity of a collision on the basis of at least the relative speed. The electronic control unit is configured to control the force limiter load on the basis of both the predicted severity and the acceleration in an initial stage of the collision of the vehicle.
US10668891B2
A seat belt apparatus provided in a front door of a vehicle, comprises a retractor provided in the front door and configured to retract a webbing for constraining an occupant so as to be pulled out, a belt anchor provided in the front door and attached with one end of the webbing, and a latch configured to engage the front door to a vehicle body. The latch is provided between the retractor and the belt anchor in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle body.
US10668887B2
A vehicle seat with a side airbag device includes: a gas generating device attached to an inner side of an outer side frame in a vehicle-width direction, which is disposed in a side portion on an outside of a seat back in the vehicle-width direction; a side airbag which inflates and deploys to expand over the outer side frame from a vehicle front side of the outer side frame in the vehicle-width direction by receiving gas from the gas generating device accommodated in the side airbag; and an inflation width expansion portion which is provided in the side airbag and causes an inflation width of the side airbag in the vehicle-width direction to be greater outside a side surface provided on an outside of the outer side frame in the vehicle-width direction than inside the side surface.
US10668872B2
A door edge protector for an edge of a door of a motor vehicle includes a unitary extrusion having a push rod member having a proximal end coupled to a rear wall member by a coupling member. The unitary extrusion also includes a pull member coupled to the rear wall member and extending to an edge covering member. An adhesive attaches the unitary extrusion to an interior surface of the door of the motor vehicle. In a first position of the push rod member, the push rod member is not in contact with the pull member and the edge covering member extends around the edge of the door. In a second position of the push rod member, the push rod member is in contact with the pull member and compresses a portion of the pull member so as to retract the edge covering member.
US10668871B2
A retaining device (1) including: a box-like element (5) designed so that it can be inserted so as to pass through a perforation (4) of parts to be connected; a pivot (8) mounted inside the box-like element rotatably about an axis (A) of symmetry thereof and provided with a head (9) arranged on the outside of the box-like element; and a pair of elastically deformable wings (10) mounted in an angularly integral manner on the pivot (8) and projecting from opposite sides transversely so as to jut out through a pair of opposite through-windows (11) formed in a side wall (12) of the box-like element (5) and designed to assume an elastically deformed or retracted configuration, in which they are fully folded up inside the box-like element (5).
US10668864B2
The embodiments herein are directed to a reusable frameless vehicle roof-top carrier configured, dimensioned and arranged to securely mount and carry cargo loads having a size and shape similar to cut evergreen trees, while protecting the vehicle finish and cargo from damage. The reusable vehicle roof-top carrier is trapezoidal shaped to conveniently bind and condense branches of the tree, while catching sap drippings. Illustratively, the vehicle roof-top carrier is made from a tear-resistant fabric and includes a non-tacky non-slip surface placed in slip-resistant contact with the roof of the vehicle so as to prevent slippage (i.e., movement) of the tree during transport.
US10668860B2
The present invention discloses a car running board and car, comprising a first running board body, a second running board body and at least one car installation support; the first running board body is telescopically connected with the second running board body; the car installation support is rigidly connected with the first running board body and/or the second running board body on one end and with the car on the other end. Through the above method, the car running board structure of the present invention can change flexibly and contract to reduce volume during the transport, thus saving both the transport cost and storage space.
US10668859B2
Method and apparatus for communicating video signals and data between a trailer and a towing vehicle
A commercial trailer camera interface for providing an apparatus and method for connecting video cameras and data buses from a trailer to the tow vehicle. The trailer camera interface generally includes a nose box, which affixes to the front of the trailer, a tail box which affixes inside the rear of the tow vehicle, and an umbilical cable which connects the nose box to the tail box. The nose box encodes the video signals, for example as differential signals, for transmission over the umbilical cable and the tail box decodes the received encoded signals to recover the video signals. The nose box and the tail box may each include a plurality of video camera connectors. The tail box may include a video handler to display or record or stream the video signals.
US10668851B2
A door handle includes a casing inside which an accommodation space is provided, and a lamp unit disposed in the accommodation space. The lamp unit includes: a light emission element; a circuit board on which the light emission element is mounted; a combination member including a housing that supports the circuit board, and a light guiding lens that guides light emitted from the light emission element in a first predetermined direction and emits the guided light from an emission surface; and a light guide that includes a light entrance surface facing at least a portion of the emission surface and guides the light entering the light guide through the light entrance surface in a second predetermined direction.
US10668848B2
A tailgate system for a vehicle having a body defining a rear cargo area and an opening, the tailgate system comprising: (a) a tailgate door adapted to pivotally engage the rear cargo area in a first direction between a closed position and an open position; (b) a bed extension pivotally engaged to the tailgate door; and (c) one or more ramps, wherein the bed extension is pivotally engaged to the tailgate door and adapted to pivot from a closed position to one or more open positions; and wherein the one or more ramps removably attach to the bed extension.
US10668846B2
An adjustment device includes a housing in which a rotary element is rotatably mounted about a rotational axis, a locking device having a first locking element, connected in a rotationally fixed manner to the rotary element, and a second locking element arranged on the housing and which can be reversibly moved between a primary position in a locked situation, in which the locking elements have a form- and/or force-locking connection, and a secondary position without the connection. An adapter plate is rotates relative to the rotary element and the housing. An unlocking element cooperates with the adapter plate in an actuator region when the second locking element is transferred into the secondary position. The second locking element is shifted by an unlocking height in the unlocking region, and by a lifting height in the actuator region. The actuator region is arranged with the lifting height smaller than the unlocking height.
US10668844B2
A headrest extension assist system is disclosed. In embodiments, a headrest extension assist system includes a headrest extension assembly movably coupled to a backrest assembly. The headrest extension assist system may further include an extension assist assembly. The extension assist assembly may be coupled to the headrest extension assembly at one end, and a fixed point relative to the headrest extension assembly at another end. The extension assist assembly exerts an extension force on the headrest extension assembly to offset, or partially offset, an extension resistance force. The extension assist assembly exerts the extension force to extend the headrest extension assembly to at least one of a retracted position, an intermediate position, and an extended position.
US10668828B2
Methods, systems, and devices for inductively charging a vehicle. The inductive charging system includes multiple inductive coils for receiving a wireless transferred power. The inductive charging system includes a power electronics circuit that converts the wireless transferred power to a DC current and one or more power storage devices for storing the electrical energy by charging the one or more power storage devices using the DC current. The inductive charging system includes one or more motors configured to move the vehicle using the electrical energy. The inductive charging system includes an electronic control unit that is configured to control at least one of an amount of the electrical energy that is stored in each of the one or more power storage devices or an amount of the electrical energy that is distributed to the one or more motors to move the vehicle.
US10668826B1
Apparatuses, systems, and methods of storing electrical energy for electric vehicles are provided. A battery pack can be disposed in an electric vehicle to power the electric vehicle. A battery cell can be arranged in the battery pack. The battery cell can include a housing. The housing can define a cavity within the housing. The cavity of the battery cell can include a separator having a first side and a second side, a cathode disposed along the first side of the separator, and an anode disposed along the second side of the separator. The anode can include a first portion adjacent to the second side of the separator, and a second portion adjacent to the first portion and separated from the separator by the first portion. A porosity of the first portion of the anode can be greater than a porosity of the second portion of the anode.
US10668824B2
A method that calculates a setpoint for managing the fuel and electricity consumption of a hybrid motor vehicle includes: a) acquiring, by a navigation system on board the hybrid motor vehicle, a route to be traveled; b) dividing the route into consecutive portions; c) assigning attributes that characterize each portion; d) determining, for each of the portions, a curve or a map that links each fuel consumption value of the hybrid motor vehicle over the portion to a charge or discharge value of the traction battery; e) determining an optimal point of each curve or map, which makes it possible to minimize the fuel consumption of the hybrid motor vehicle over the entire route and to completely discharge the traction battery by the end of the route; and f) producing an energy management setpoint in accordance with the coordinates of the optimal points.
US10668821B2
A vehicle includes a motor, a power converter, a fuel tank, and a three-phase line. The motor moves the vehicle. The power converter is connected to the motor. The power converter is configured to convert electric power and to supply the converted electric power to the motor. The fuel tank is disposed between the motor and the power converter. The fuel tank has a tank bottom on a side of a bottom of the vehicle. The tank bottom has a recess. The three-phase line is provided in the recess. The motor is electrically connected to the power converter via the three-phase line.
US10668810B2
A method and system are provided for vehicle stabilization of a hybrid vehicle in an event of brake slip of the drive wheels or an increased risk thereof. The method presupposes that the hybrid vehicle includes, between the internal combustion engine and the electric motor, a clutch by which the torque of the internal combustion engine can be decoupled from the drive wheels. With the clutch engaged, the resulting torque on the electric motor is produced by the torque of the internal combustion engine and the torque of the electric motor. The presence of a specific vehicle condition indicative of brake slip of the drive wheels or a risk thereof is recognized. If such a vehicle condition is recognized, the clutch between the internal combustion engine and the electric motor is released and the torque of the electric motor is increased.
US10668809B2
Method for controlling a vehicle having an all-wheel drive driveline with a disconnecting drive unit
A method for operating a vehicle having an all-wheel drive driveline with a disconnecting drive unit. The method conditions changing the operational state of the all-wheel drive driveline from a connected state to a disconnected state based in part on an operational state of a vehicle torque converter.
US10668802B2
It becomes possible to prevent deterioration of an electric storage device due to overdischarge of the electric storage device and engine stalling due to insufficient assist or disabled assist when a charge amount of the electric storage device falls, ensure that work is continuously conducted, suppress an operator from feeling discomfort in operation, and ensure favorable operability. A pump target output power computing section (21) computes present pump demanded power on the basis of work related information, limits the present pump demanded power in response to a degree of reduction of a state of charge of an electric storage device (12a) when the state of charge is lower than a preset threshold, and computes the limited present pump demanded power as present pump target output power. A pump flow rate limiting command value computing section (22) computes a pump flow rate limiting command value on the basis of the present pump target output power in such a manner that output power of a hydraulic pump (9) does not exceed the pump target output power.
US10668797B2
A power transmission apparatus for a vehicle may include a first input shaft directly connected with a motor/generator, second and third input shafts and torque mediating shaft coaxial and selectively connected with the first input shaft, a first intermediate shaft and first and second idle shafts in parallel with the first input shaft, a second intermediate shaft in parallel with the first input shaft, and selectively connected with a transmission housing, an output shaft in parallel with the first input shaft, and coaxial and selectively connected with the second intermediate shaft, a first shifting section including six gear sets, selectively receiving torque through the first and third input shafts, and outputting intermediate shift-stages, and a second shifting section including a planetary gear set, forming an output torque by combination torques from the first shifting section and the second input shaft, and outputting the output torque to the output shaft.
US10668794B2
The present invention is directed to truck cover systems and methods thereof. Embodiments of the invention provide a system for securing a flexible tonneau cover for a truck bed. The cover, when deployed, seals a truck bed to protect the bed and its contents from outside elements. The cover systems described herein may be modular and/or adjustable to fit trucks of any size without modifications to the truck. The fasteners used to secure the cover to the truck bed rails are designed to withstand the forces of attaching and removing the cover over time. The cover system may be quickly and easily installed without the need for drilling. Once installed, the cover systems described herein are rugged and stable.
US10668783B2
An air conditioning system of a vehicle having an internal combustion engine includes a condenser configured to receive refrigerant output by an electric compressor and transfer heat from the refrigerant within the condenser to air passing the condenser. A first evaporator is configured to receive refrigerant from the condenser when a first control valve is open and transfer heat from air passing the first evaporator to the refrigerant within the first evaporator. A first blower is configured to blow air across the first evaporator to a first section of a cabin of the vehicle. A second evaporator is configured to receive refrigerant from the condenser when a second control valve is open and transfer heat from air passing the second evaporator to the refrigerant within the second evaporator. A second blower is configured to blow air across the second evaporator to a second section of the cabin of the vehicle.
US10668776B2
A noise reduction device (10) includes: a band member (11) made of a thermoplastic resin formed into a ring shape along a tire inner surface (5), and a sound absorbing member (12) made of a porous material bonded to the band member (11). The sound absorbing member (12) is arranged to be fitted onto the tire inner surface (5) with the help of the elastic restoring force of the band member (11). The band member (11) includes at least one rib (14) extending in the circumferential direction of the band member (11) on at least one surface in the thickness direction of the band member (11). The rib (14) is disposed so as to be present along the entire circumference of the band member (11).
US10668766B2
A mechanical pencil includes a barrel extending in a longitudinal direction, a lead-propelling mechanism, a lead reservoir, a side button, and an eraser-propelling mechanism having a helical cam. The lead-propelling mechanism, the lead reservoir, the eraser-propelling mechanism, and the side button are at least partly housed inside the barrel. The lead-propelling mechanism, the lead reservoir, and the eraser-propelling mechanism are prevented from rotating about the longitudinal direction relative to one another and relative to the side button, and the side button is prevented from rotating about the longitudinal direction relative to the barrel.
US10668759B2
A head voltage correcting method for inkjet printing apparatus which perform printing with a head having a plurality of head modules includes the following steps: a testing chart printing step for printing testing charts which includes a lowest density head module check pattern, satellite check patterns, band-by-band density variable patterns, and in-band density variable patterns; a lowest density head module determining step for determining a lowest density head module; a satellite-free drive voltage determining step; and a new reference voltage determining step for determining a drive voltage of the band-by-band density variable patterns of the adjacent head module to be a new reference voltage for the adjacent head module.
US10668755B2
A printer includes a thermal head, a connecting part capable of being connected to and disconnected from the thermal head, and a head cover of the thermal head. The head cover moves between a first position and a second position different from the first position to connect and disconnect the thermal head and the connecting part.
US10668749B2
In one example, a system for a inline duplexer media path includes a first print media pathway extending from an input roller to an output roller, wherein the first print media pathway provides the print media through a print zone, and a second print media pathway extending from the output roller to the input roller, wherein the second print media pathway is substantially parallel and separate from the first print media pathway.
US10668747B2
A printing suction system for a printer can include at least one print bar with at least one print head, and at least one suction device arranged in proximity to an underside of the print bar thereby forming a gap through which a recording medium that can be printed to by the print bar can be directed. The suction device can extend along at least a portion (or the entire) width of the print bar. The section device can generate a suction pressure based on a suction pressure profile to suction and smooth the recording medium.
US10668746B2
An image reading device includes a tray unit, a recording unit disposed above the tray unit, an outer guide defining a curved path extending from the tray unit to the recording unit, a sheet feeder configured to feed a sheet from the tray unit to the curved path, and a return guide disposed between the recording unit and the tray unit. The return guide pivots about a shaft and guides the sheet having an image recorded thereon back to the curved path. The tray unit includes at least one supporting portion. The return guide includes at least one supported portion. The at least one supporting portion of the tray unit engages the at least one supported portion of the return guide such that the return guide takes a guiding position in which the return guide defines a return path extending to the curved path.
US10668745B1
Provided herein are methods of obtaining good photocured-ink adhesion to low surface energy materials. The methods have greatly improved adhesion of photocured ink on low surface energy materials, including those that are subjected to high humidity or wet environments. The methods take into account the glass transition temperature (Tg) of the materials and the onset for the glass transition temperature, including ink applied to an exposed surface of the material at an elevated temperature that is close to the Tg of the material. The ink is allowed to sit briefly or soak, such as for more than 1 second, before the ink is cured. The ink may be photocured. Furthermore, the methods do not require solvents or surface treatment, including plasma or corona treatments, to obtain good ink adhesion.
US10668735B2
A printing-fluid cartridge is inserted into a printing-fluid consuming apparatus in an insertion direction crossing a gravitational direction and attached thereto in a first posture. The printing-fluid cartridge includes: a storage chamber, a supply portion having a supply port, an upper surface and a locking surface positioned upward of the storage chamber, an electrical interface disposed at the upper surface, and a contact surface positioned rearward relative to the supply port of the supply portion in the insertion direction in the first posture. The printing-fluid cartridge inserted in the printing-fluid consuming apparatus is movable between the first posture and a second posture. In the first posture, the locking surface engages a lock portion and the contact surface abuts against a positioning portion. In the second posture, the locking surface is positioned downward relative to the lock portion and the contact surface is separated from the positioning portion.
US10668733B2
The present invention relates to vessels comprising a formulation including at least one organic semiconductor, wherein the formulation is in contact with at least one absorption material. The invention further describes a process for producing the vessel and for the use thereof.
US10668726B2
A liquid ejection head is provided. The liquid ejection head includes at least two nozzle lines configured to have a plurality of nozzles for ejecting liquid disposed in respective lines, a plurality of individual liquid chambers configured to be in communication with corresponding nozzles of the nozzle lines, and at least two circulation channels corresponding to the nozzle lines, configured to be in communication with the individual liquid chambers. The at least two circulation channels are in communication with each other through a bridging channel disposed in a direction intersecting with the nozzle line direction, and the bridging channel and the circulation channels are disposed at different positions in a thickness direction of a member which forms the bridging channel and the circulation channels.
US10668714B2
Retransfer printing methods and systems are described where a variable stripping process is utilized while stripping all or a portion of the retransfer film (also known as intermediate transfer media) from the surface of a substrate. The variable stripping process includes stripping the retransfer film from different sections of the substrate surface while applying different tensions to the retransfer film and/or at different transport speeds of the retransfer film and the substrate.
US10668713B2
A sheet processing apparatus includes a sheet tray on which one or more sheets to be processed are placed, an adhesive applying unit, and a pressing member. The adhesive applying unit has an end portion that faces the sheet tray and holds an adhesive material and is configured to move towards the sheet tray up to a position at which the end portion is in contact with or proximate to a sheet on the sheet tray and apart from the sheet tray. The pressing member is configured to move into and out of a moving path of the adhesive applying unit. The pressing member is pressed against a sheet on the sheet tray by the adhesive applying unit, when the pressing member is in the moving path of the adhesive applying unit and the adhesive applying unit moves towards the sheet tray.
US10668712B2
A printing device includes: a platen roller, a pair of bearings, and a holder. The platen roller has a rotational shaft extending in a first direction. The bearings rotatably support respective end portions of the rotational shaft. Each of the bearings includes an abutment portion. The holder includes a pair of fitting portions into which the bearings is respectively fitted. Each of the fitting portions includes: a receiving portion, an opening portion, and an engagement portion extending from the receiving portion. The receiving portion has an inner space configured to receive the corresponding bearing. The abutment portion is configured to abut against the engagement portion. In a case where an external force in a direction toward the opening portion is applied to the bearing, the engagement portion is configured to be deformed so as to reduce an area of the opening portion, thereby immovably engaging the bearing.
US10668709B2
A method of forming a three-dimensional object (17) includes: providing a carrier (18) and an optically transparent member (15) having a build surface, the carrier (18) and the build surface defining a build region therebetween; filling the build region with a polymerizable liquid (16); irradiating the build region with light (12) through the optically transparent member (15) to form a solid polymer from the polymerizable liquid; and advancing the carrier (18) away from the build surface to form the three-dimensional object (17) from the solid polymer. The carrier (18) includes at least one retain and release (34) feature that is configured to: i) retain the three-dimensional object (17) formed from the solid polymer on the carrier (18) in a first state; and ii) facilitate release of the three-dimensional object (17) formed from the solid polymer from the carrier (18) in a second state.
US10668705B2
One aspect of a process of forming an aircraft component includes bonding a first end of a honeycomb structure to a surface of an aircraft skin member, the honeycomb structure including multiple connected cells. Foam is sprayed on a second end of the honeycomb structure opposite the first end. The process also includes curing the foam on the second end of the honeycomb structure.
US10668703B2
A method is presented for manufacturing a plate shaped product, comprising the steps of manufacturing a first intermediate product which comprises at least, successively, a carrier, a plastic printing layer, a decorative print layer and a plastic protective layer, by using a multiple coating process, manufacturing a second intermediate product which comprises at least one plastic layer, by using at least a calendering process, and combining the first and second intermediate products by laminating, such that the second intermediate product is attached to the first intermediate product. Further a plate shaped product is provided which is manufactured using said method.
US10668701B2
A sound and heat insulating blanket is presented comprising: a) a first layer of fabric comprising first fibers; and b) a first sound barrier film comprising a first rubber; wherein the first layer of fabric and first sound barrier film are bound together through a first interpenetrated binding layer wherein the first rubber of the first sound barrier film is interpenetrated by the first fibers of the first layer of fabric; and optionally c) a second layer of fabric comprising second fibers; wherein the second layer of fabric and first sound barrier film are bound together through a second interpenetrated binding layer wherein the first cured composition of the first sound barrier film is interpenetrated by the second fibers of the second layer of fabric. Typically, the sound and heat insulating blanket comprises no adhesive binding the first and second layers of fabric and the sound barrier film.
US10668700B2
The invention relates to systems and techniques for manufacturing articles containing cellulosic material, a coupling agent, and a binder resin, and related processes of making and using the cellulosic articles. In particularly exemplary embodiments, the manufactured articles are door skins, sometimes known as door facings, and doors made from the door skins. The article contains a lipophilic cellulosic material, a coupling agent, and a binder. The coupling agent is believed to increase the hydrophilicity (wetability) of the lipophilic cellulosic material.
US10668696B2
The present invention provides a bonding method (S1) which is capable of achieving a high adhesive force without carrying out any special treatment on the second member (14), even in a case where the first member (11) has a surface on which a gold thin film (12) is formed. The first member (11) is made of a material other than gold and has a surface on which the gold thin film (12) is formed. The bonding method (S1) includes the steps of: (S11) irradiating, with laser light, at least part of a specific region (12a) of the surface of the first member (11), so that a base of the thin film (12) is exposed in the at least part of the specific region (12a); and (S12) bonding the second member (14) to the specific region (12a) by use of an adhesive (13).
US10668693B2
A composite light blocking sheet includes a first surface layer, a second surface layer, an inside substrate layer and a central axis. The first surface layer has a first opening and a first outer surface connected to the first opening. The second surface layer has a second opening and a second outer surface connected to the second opening. The inside substrate layer has a substrate opening and is disposed between the first surface layer and the second surface layer and connects the first surface layer and the second surface layer. The central axis is coaxial with the first opening, the second opening and the substrate opening. More than 95% of the first outer surface has a first gloss being GU1, more than 95% of the second outer surface has a second gloss being GU2, and the first gloss GU1 and the second gloss GU2 satisfy specific conditions.
US10668692B2
The present invention provides a method of reducing lifting of a graphics film from a substrate, the graphic film having a polymeric film layer having on one major side thereof an adhesive layer, wherein lifting is reduced by applying the graphic film to the substrate with an intermediary base film, the base film comprising a backing layer having opposite first and second major sides, the first major side having an adhesive layer and the graphic film being adhered to the second major side of the base film.
US10668683B2
Systems and methods are provided for fabricating gap fillers for composite parts. One exemplary system includes a controller that acquires a geometry for a gap filler that will occupy a volume at a joint between laminates of curable constituent material, subdivides the geometry of the gap filler into layers, and for each layer: identifies variations in width of the layer along a length of the gap filler, and generates instructions for trimming a web of curable constituent material to match the variations in width of the layer. The system also includes rollers that dispense webs of the curable constituent material, trimmers that trim the webs of the curable constituent material based on the instructions, and compaction rollers that compact the trimmed webs together to fabricate the gap filler.
US10668676B2
An ophthalmic device is disclosed that is a polymerization product of a monomeric mixture comprising: (a) a major amount of one or more non-silicone-containing hydrophilic monomers; (b) a crosslinking agent mixture comprising (i) one or more first crosslinking agents containing at least two ethylenically unsaturated reactive end groups, wherein the at least two ethylenically unsaturated reactive end groups are (meth)acrylate-containing reactive end groups and (ii) one or more second crosslinking agents containing at least two ethylenically unsaturated reactive end groups wherein at least one of the ethylenically unsaturated reactive end groups is a non-(meth)acrylate reactive end group, and (c) one or more hydrophilic polymers or copolymers comprising one or more hydrophilic units and a thio carbonyl thio fragment of a reversible addition fragmentation chain transfer (“RAFT”) agent wherein the ophthalmic device has an equilibrium water content of at least about 45 weight percent.
US10668673B2
Systems, methods, apparatus, and articles of manufacture for automated composite layup quality assurance.
US10668669B2
The aim of the invention is to avoid the risk of contamination of a bag for medical purposes, in particular to significantly reduce the amount of residual particles of material during the cutting of a tube for access to the bag. The invention proposes a system (1) for producing a bag for medical purposes comprising a tube transfer station (2) having transfer means (3) for transferring a tube (11), which is being transported towards the tube transfer station (2), to a holder (10) and for separating there a tube section (17) transferred to the holder (10) from a remainder (18) of the tube (11), in order to then render the separated tube section (17) connectible to two film layers to form an access to the bag. The tube transfer station (2) comprises at least one air nozzle (55, 57), and an effective area (58) of the at least one air nozzle (55, 57) is directed onto a designated location (20) for separation such that a forced air flow (56) in the designated location (20) forced by air blown out and/or drawn in can be adjusted for separation.
US10668668B2
A method of bonding a second object to a first object includes: providing the first object having a thermoplastic liquefiable material in a solid state; providing the second object having a surface portion that has a coupling structure with an undercut, so that the second object is capable of making a positive-fit connection with the first object; pressing the second object against the first object with a tool that is in physical contact with a coupling-in structure of the second object while mechanical vibrations are coupled into the tool; continuing to press and couple vibrations into the tool until a flow portion of the thermoplastic material of the first object is liquefied and flows into the coupling structures of the second object; and letting the thermoplastic material re-solidify to yield a positive-fit connection between the first and second objects by the re-solidified flow portion interpenetrating the coupling structures.
US10668667B2
Apparatuses and methods for applying a transfer material onto the surface of an article are disclosed, including apparatuses and methods of transfer printing on and/or decorating three-dimensional articles, as well as the articles printed and/or decorated thereby. In some cases, the apparatuses and methods involve providing a deposition device, such as a printing device; providing a transfer component; depositing a material onto a portion of the transfer component with the deposition device; modifying the portion of the transfer component with the transfer material thereon to conform the transfer component to at least a portion of the surface of the three-dimensional article; and transferring the transfer material onto the surface of the article.
US10668660B2
A method for producing containers filled with a liquid filling material from blanks made of a thermoplastic material and to a nozzle for use in the method. In the method, each blank is at least thermally conditioned and is then shaped to form the container in a mold during a shaping phase, by axial and radial stretching, as a result of liquid filling material being introduced under pressure into the blank through a nozzle. The axial stretching is initiated by the pulsed injection of filling material into the blank.
US10668657B2
A machine and method of forming an article generally comprising extruding a molten bead of thermoplastic material along x, y and z axes in forming an article consisting of a strata of such material, and passing a roller over each applied portion of such molten bead to compress such bead portion, enhancing the fusion of engaging plies of such extruded material.
US10668653B2
Provided is a decorative sheet (100) including: a transmissive substrate (10) which is sheet-like or plate-like; a light reflective projection portion (20) formed over the light transmissive substrate (10); and a black layer (30) formed over the light reflective projection portion (20), in which an average height of the light reflective projection portions (20) is 1 to 200 pm, and the black layer (30) is formed by using a black ink satisfying conditions below.
US10668641B2
The magnet cutting device includes a pair of supporting portions spaced apart by a predetermined distance and configured to support the magnet from a bottom side, a blade configured to press the magnet supported by the pair of supporting portions from an upper side of the magnet, and a magnet supporting tool arranged between the pair of supporting portions to support the magnet from the bottom side of the magnet. A surface of the magnet supporting tool to be held in contact with the magnet is shaped such that a central part of an upper end is higher than the upper ends of the pair of supporting portions and an end part of the upper end is lower than the upper ends of the pair of supporting portions when the magnet is placed on the surface, the upper end having a slope connecting the central part and the end part.
US10668632B2
A method for an external force to drive a moving piece in a mechanical joint. The joint comprises a stationary piece, a moving piece, and a driving mechanism. The driving mechanism comprises a servomotor, a driver, and an encoder. The servomotor is connected to the moving piece. When the joint is stationary, the servomotor is in a torque mode and outputs a resistance-reducing torque having a direction which changes with time. An external force is used to drive the moving piece so that the moving piece moves with respect to the stationary piece. The driver determines the movement direction of the moving piece according to an output of the encoder. If the moving piece is moving in a positive direction with respect to the stationary piece, the servomotor is controlled to stop outputting the resistance-reducing torque or to output an assistance torque enabling the moving piece to have a positive directional movement trend. If the moving piece is moving in reverse with respect to the stationary piece, the servomotor is controlled so as to stop outputting the resistance-reducing torque or to output an assistance torque enabling the moving piece to have a reverse movement trend.
US10668630B2
System and methods for manipulating and sorting of objects being moved along a conveyor are disclosed, whereby control of the object is achieved through the application of one or more of vacuum, impaling, or mechanical grasping. One embodiment is directed to a robotic arm and vision detection system operable for detecting a target object to be grasped from a stream of objects being moved on a conveyor, and moving a suction head into position over the target object that has been detected on the conveyor, the suction head having a flexible cup section disposed at a distal end thereof, the vacuum item pick-up system/method using high subsonic air flow (e.g., on the order of 60 scfm or more) through a suction cup having a flow opening area large enough that an airflow of 60 scfm does not result in an airspeed exceeding Mach 0.2 under standard conditions of temperature and pressure, and further having a flow opening area whose ratio to cup opening area falls between 0.36 and 1.44 for applying a desired vacuum suction force for grasping the target object. Either as a primary grasping mechanism, or as an optional supplemental grasping mechanism, a piercing mechanism may be inserted into the object and used to manipulate the object in space. Alternate systems/methods for manipulating and sorting objects via hitting, flicking, or pushing are also disclosed.
US10668627B2
Systems and methods for detecting pose and force against an object are provided. A method includes receiving a signal from a deformable sensor comprising data from a deformation region in a deformable membrane resulting from contact with the object utilizing an internal sensor disposed within an enclosure and having a field of view directed through a medium and toward a bottom surface of the deformable membrane. The method also determines a pose of the object based on the deformation region of the deformable membrane. The method also determines an amount of force applied between the deformable membrane and the object is determined based on the deformation region of the deformable membrane.
US10668623B2
A method for robotic adaptive production includes modifying program instructions online while performing production activities in response to detecting a change in the production environment. A robotic adaptive production method includes modifying program instructions online while performing production activities to minimize a production task cycle time or improve a production task quality. A robotic adaptive production method includes estimating a relationship between a control parameter and a sensor input; and modifying the control parameter online to achieve an updated parameter based on the estimating. A robotic adaptive production method includes receiving sensor input relating to robotic performance during the performance of production tasks and online optimizing a process parameter based on robotic performance during the performance of the production tasks. A robotic adaptive production method includes determining the position and/or orientation of a feature based on a learned position and/or orientation of another feature and on a geometric relationship.
US10668621B1
Techniques described herein include a system and methods for implementing fast motion planning of collision detection. In some embodiments, an area voxel map is generated with respect to a three-dimensional space within which a repositioning event is to occur. A number of movement voxel maps are then identified as being related to potential repositioning options. The area voxel map is then compared to each of the movement voxel maps to identify collisions that may occur with respect to the repositioning options. In some embodiments, each voxel map includes a number of bits which each represent voxels in a volume of space. The comparison between the area voxel map and each of the movement voxel maps may include a logical conjunction (e.g., an AND operation). Movement voxel maps for which the comparisons result includes a value of 1 are then removed from a set of valid repositioning options.
US10668617B2
There is provided a robotic cart pulling vehicle for automated docking and pulling a cart, such as a wheeled hospital cart for e.g. linen. In particular the vehicle is provided with a unique gripping means for holding the cart. Furthermore, the robotic vehicle implements a positioning system for safely driving on hospital corridors and further comprises one or more sensors to indicate the position of the robot relative to the surroundings for avoiding unnecessary impacts.
US10668616B2
A robot includes an actuator assembly, first and second parallel telescoping lead screw assemblies cantilevered from the actuator assembly, and an end effector supported by ends of the lead screw assemblies. The actuator assembly causes each lead screw assembly to independently deploy and retract.
US10668612B2
A hand-held power tool has a tool housing in which a gear unit which is drivable by a drive motor for driving a drive shaft is situated and to which a torque clutch is assigned. On the hand-held power tool, the drive shaft is provided with a tool holder for holding an assigned insertion tool, and an acceleration sensor is provided which is designed for enabling detection of an activation of the torque clutch.
US10668606B2
In a method for installing a key locked insert to a workpiece, the workpiece has a hole open to a first surface. The method includes: threading an insert body into the hole; threading a first portion of a mandrel into the insert body; after the threading of the first portion into the insert body, mating a second portion of the mandrel with an actuator; and using the actuator to extend an anvil relative to the mandrel to drive keys of the insert through a thread of the workpiece hole.
US10668596B2
A surface treatment device includes a vacuum blast head, an air curtain-forming unit and an auxiliary air injection unit. The vacuum blast head includes an injection nozzle and a suction hole. The injection nozzle injects a polishing agent used for blast treatment on a surface of a material to be treated. The suction hole sucks up the injected polishing agent with suction air. The air curtain-forming unit injects air toward the surface of the material to be treated to form an air curtain that surrounds the injected polishing agent. The auxiliary air injection unit injects auxiliary air between the air curtain and the suction air toward the material to be treated at a lower pressure than the air that forms the air curtain.
US10668595B2
A method of using a laminated dressing board is provided. In the laminated dressing board, a shape adjustment dressing layer containing first abrasive grains and used for shape adjustment of a cutting blade and a setting dressing layer containing second abrasive grains and used for setting of the shape-adjusted cutting blade are laminated. The method includes a holding step of holding the shape adjustment dressing layer side of the laminated dressing board by a chuck table, a setting dressing step of causing the cutting blade to cut into the laminated dressing board from the setting dressing layer side to form a first groove in the setting dressing layer, and a shape adjustment dressing step of causing the cutting blade to cut into the bottom of the first groove along the first groove to form a second groove in the shape adjustment dressing layer.
US10668584B2
A plurality of workpieces on which components are to be placed are lined up in a row and held by a workpiece holding body, and the workpiece holding body is placed on a carrier and is transported to a working position using a transport conveyor. After the workpiece holding body is chucked by a chuck portion, the workpiece holding body is separated from the carrier by linking an operation of lifting and lowering the chuck portion using a lifting-lowering mechanism and an operation of moving the carrier in a transport direction. The chuck portion which chucks the workpiece holding body is rotated by a rotation mechanism, postures of the plurality of workpieces which are held in the workpiece holding body are adjusted, and then, the components are placed on component placing parts using a placing head.
US10668577B2
A cooling system which achieves temperature control of a heat affected portion of a pipe.
US10668574B2
The present applicant presents a structure intended for high temperature use above 30° C. comprising multiple components having metal-to-metal or metal-to-ceramic contacting surfaces wherein the surfaces are joined by a braze composed of pure aluminum. Anticipated devices include but are not limited to igniters as well as electronic applications in the automotive and aerospace industries.
US10668572B2
The disclosed technology generally relates to welding, and more particularly to a consumable electrode wire for metal arc welding, and a method and a system for metal arc welding using the consumable electrode wire. In one aspect, a consumable welding wire configured to serve as an electrode during metal arc welding comprises one or more alkaline earth metal elements at a concentration between 0.005% and 10% on the basis of a total weight of the welding wire.
US10668565B2
Apparatus for laser welding a first metal part (1) to a second metal part (2), which apparatus comprises: a laser (3) which emits a laser beam (6) in the form of laser pulses (21), a scanner (4) for moving the laser beam (6) with respect to a metal surface (7) of the first metal part (1), an objective lens (5) which focuses the laser beam (6) onto the metal surface (7), and a controller (12) which controls the scanner (4) such that it moves the laser beam (6) with respect to the metal surface (7) to a plurality of focussed spots (16), characterised in that the apparatus focuses the laser pulses (21) with a spot size (34) and a pulse fluence (36) that causes the formation of a plurality of melt pools (19) in the first metal part (1) and heat stakes (17) in the second metal part (2), each heat stake (17) extends from a different one of the melt pools (19) and has a distal end (101), and the controller (12) spaces the focussed spots (16) apart by a distance (18) that is small enough to cause the melt pools (19) to overlap and that is large enough to ensure the distal ends (101) of the heat stakes (17) are distinct and separate from each other in at least one direction (108).
US10668559B2
A joining method includes abutting an end face of a first metal member in a plate shape having a projecting part on the end face on a rear face of a second metal member in a plate shape having a hole that is bored through the second metal member in a plate thickness direction and simultaneously inserting the projecting part into the hole. The method includes inserting a stirring pin of a rotary tool into an abutment portion of a wall of the hole and an outer peripheral surface of the projecting part from a front face side opposite to the rear face of the second metal member. The rotary tool is moved along the abutment portion to join the abutment portion by friction stirring. The abutment portion is joined together with only the stirring pin of the rotary tool being in contact with the first and second metal members.
US10668551B2
Embodiments of modular-based power supply systems to support welding or cutting operations are disclosed. One embodiment includes a module rack having multiple slots configured to accept electrical input power from a single power drop within a welding or cutting environment. Multiple power supply modules are provided that are configured to be inserted into and withdrawn from the multiple slots. Each power supply module is configured to accept an electrical AC input derived from the electrical input power and provide an electrical DC output. The module rack is configured to support reconfigurable parallel electrical connections of subsets of the power supply modules. Each subset is configured to electrically connect to an output power supply stage to provide a dynamic waveform-controlled welding or cutting electrical signal to support generation of a single arc between an electrode and a workpiece.
US10668538B2
A method for producing an abradable seal for a turbomachine, such as a turbojet engine low-pressure compressor. The method comprises the following steps performed as follows: (a) preheating of a metal mould in a furnace; (b) filling of the hot mould with a powdery aluminium-based mixture; (c) degassing of the mixture in the mould; (d) compacting of the mixture in the still-hot mould at ambient temperature, so as to solidify the mixture in the mould. The abradable seal is thus produced in angular segments that form tiles. The angular segments are then bonded into a composite casing of the turbomachine.
US10668535B2
A method of making a three-dimensional object. The method comprises: a) positioning a layer of particles over a build plate; b) exposing the layer of particles to a first laser beam having a first set of beam characteristics, thereby heating the layer sufficiently to fuse at least a portion of the particles together to form a build layer; c) exposing a first region of one of i) the layer of particles or ii) the build layer to a second laser beam having a second set of beam characteristics to provide a first temperature profile for the first region; and d) exposing a second region of one of i) the layer of particles or ii) the build layer to a third laser beam having a third set of beam characteristics to provide a second temperature profile for the second region, the second temperature profile being different than the first temperature profile, wherein both the first region and the second region are in the layer of particles or both the first region and the second region are in the build layer.
US10668533B2
An additive manufacturing system includes a platen having a top surface to support an object being manufactured, a feed material dispenser to deliver a plurality of successive layers of feed material over the platen, an energy source positioned above the platen to fuse at least a portion of an outermost layer of feed material, and a coolant fluid dispenser to deliver a coolant fluid onto the outermost layer of feed material after at least a portion of the outermost layer has been fused.
