US10725856B2
An example apparatus for error correction can include an array of memory cells and a controller. The controller can be configured to perform a dummy read on a portion of data stored in the array. The dummy read can include sending a portion of data on output buffers to a host. The controller can be configured to error correct the portion of data in the host. The controller can be configured to write the portion of data back to the array.
US10725855B2
Storage system with data integrity verification performed in conjunction with internal data movement
A storage system in one embodiment comprises a plurality of storage devices and a storage controller. The storage controller is configured to identify data to be moved internally within the storage system, to compute a fingerprint for the data, and to compare the computed fingerprint to a previously-stored metadata fingerprint for the data. Responsive to the computed fingerprint being consistent with the metadata fingerprint, the data is moved to its new location within the storage system. Responsive to the computed fingerprint being inconsistent with the metadata fingerprint, the data is reconstructed and at least the computing and comparing are repeated utilizing the reconstructed data. The metadata illustratively comprises both a lightweight fingerprint and a hash-based fingerprint, with the lightweight fingerprint being computable using a reduced amount of computational resources relative to that required to compute the hash-based fingerprint, in which case the previously-stored metadata fingerprint compared to the computed fingerprint may comprise a selected one of the lightweight fingerprint and the hash-based fingerprint.
US10725854B2
A disk device includes a disk medium, a magnetic recording head, a processor configured to control the magnetic recording head to write data to and read data from a plurality of tracks of the disk medium on a sector-by-sector basis, and a check value generation circuit configured to generate, for each of the plurality of tracks, check value data based on data stored in one or more sectors of the track. The processor controls the magnetic recording head to write check value data for a first track of the plurality of tracks in a first sector on the disk medium and check value data for a second track of the plurality of tracks in a second sector on the disk medium that is adjacent to the first sector.
US10725853B2
Some embodiments described herein are directed to memory page or bad block monitoring and retirement algorithms, systems and methods for random access memory (RAM). Reliability issues or errors can be detected for multiple memory pages using one or more retirement criterion. In some embodiments, when reliability errors are detected, it may be desired to remove such pages from operation before they create a more serious problem, such as a computer crash. Thus, bad block retirement and replacement mechanisms are described herein.
US10725848B2
Embodiment of this disclosure provides a mechanism to support hang detection and data recovery in microprocessor systems. In one embodiment, a processing device comprising a processing core and a crashlog unit operatively coupled to the core is provided. An indication of an unresponsive state in an execution of a pending instruction by the core is received. Responsive to receiving the indication, a crash log comprising data from registers of at least one of: a core region, a non-core region and a controller hub associated with the processing device is produced. Thereupon, the crash log is stored in a shared memory of a power management controller (PMC) associated with the controller hub.
US10725847B2
A management apparatus that manages a first database and a second database synchronized with each other includes a memory and a processor configured to perform a stop of synchronous processing between the first database and the second database in accordance with detection of a delay with respect to a first processing request received by the first database, output an error notification concerning uncompleted processing in the first database in which the delay is detected, and allocate a second processing request received after the detection to the second database.
US10725838B2
In some examples, application startup control may include determining a relationship between a first page and a second page of an application, and generating a first code file for the first page based upon the determined relationship. Application startup control may further include generating a second code file for the second page. The first code file may include code to load the second code file in response to the first code file being loaded and executed.
US10725835B2
Systems and methods for speculative execution of commands using a controller memory buffer are disclosed. Non-Volatile Memory Express (NVMe) implements a paired submission queue and completion queue mechanism, with host software on a host device placing commands into the submission queue and thereafter notifying a memory device of the commands placed in the submission queue. The submission queue may be resident in the memory device, such as in the controller buffer memory. Prior to notice by the host device, the memory device may determine that the commands have been placed in the submission queue and may speculatively execute the commands. Determining whether to begin processing a command prior to the host device notifying the memory device that the command is posted to the submission queue may be based on a type of command, such as a read or write command. The host device may override a command, such as a flush command, posted to the submission queue, and processing of the command canceled.
US10725831B2
An example system includes one or more resource managers forming a federation of resources, at least one resource manager being associated with one or more resources; a federation hub for receiving local resource information from each of the one or more resource managers, wherein the federation hub aggregates the local resource information from each of the one or more resource managers and provides an aggregated view of all resources of the federation; and a bylaw guardian for determining compliance of each of the one or more resource managers to requirements of the federation.
US10725828B2
Various embodiments provide an electronic device and a method, the electronic device comprising: a memory; a first processor; a second processor which has attributes different from those of the first processor; and a control unit, wherein the control unit is configured to identify a task loaded into the memory, select which of the first processor and the second processor is to execute the task, on the basis of attribute information corresponding to a user interaction associated with the task, and allocate the task to the selected processor. Other embodiments are also possible.
US10725819B2
A system and method is disclosed for scheduling and allocating data storage. An example method comprises generating a scheduling problem based at least on states of each of the plurality of storage nodes, a received plurality of storage tasks and received constraints, wherein the scheduling problem is a constraint satisfaction problem, selecting one or more approaches to solving the scheduling problem based on metadata associated with the storage tasks and constraints, solving the scheduling problem to generate a scheduling solution based on the one or more approaches, determining whether the given constraints are satisfied by the scheduling solution, executing, by the processor, the scheduling solution by assigning storage of data to each of the plurality of storage nodes when the constraints are satisfied by the scheduling solution and determining another scheduling solution based on the one or more approaches when the constraints are not satisfied by the scheduling solution.
US10725808B2
Example embodiments of the present disclosure provide methods, devices, and computer programs for virtual machine image conversion. A delta file system between a file system of a first virtual machine (VM) image and a file system of a first operating system (OS) base image is determined. A file system of a first container base image may be obtained according to the first OS base image. Then, the delta file system may be applied to the file system of the first container base image to create a container image.
US10725807B2
A hypervisor configures a page table entry in a host page table to map an address associated with memory-mapped input-output (MMIO) for a virtual device of a guest of the hypervisor to an input/output (I/O) instruction. The address is marked in the page table entry as a hypervisor exit entry, and the page table entry to cause an exit to the hypervisor responsive to the guest attempting to access the address. Responsive to detecting an exit to the hypervisor caused by the guest attempting to access the address, the hypervisor receives the I/O instruction mapped to the address that caused the exit. The hypervisor then executes the I/O instruction on behalf of the guest.
US10725804B2
Self triggered maintenance of state information of virtual machines for high availability operations
An example method is provided to maintain state information of a virtual machine in a virtualized computing environment through a self-triggered approach. The method may comprise detecting, by a first host from a cluster in the virtualized computing environment, that the first host is disconnected from a network connecting the first host to a distributed storage system accessible by the cluster. The method may also comprise suspending, by the first host, a virtual machine supported by the first host and storing state information associated with the virtual machine. The method may further comprise selecting a second host from the cluster and migrating the suspended virtual machine to the second host such that the suspended virtual machine is able to resume from suspension on the second host based on the stored state information.
US10725794B2
A data processing device includes: a functional-process-module storage unit to store a functional process module for data processing; a setting-information storage unit to store setting information for an execution sequence of a plurality of the functional process modules and for target input data on which the functional process module performs a functional process; and a process manager unit to cause the functional process module to perform a functional process on the target input data on a basis of a sequence set in the setting information.
US10725784B2
A data processing system has an execution pipeline with programmable execution stages which execute instructions to perform data processing operations provided by a host processor and in which execution threads are grouped together into groups in which the threads are executed in lockstep. The system also includes a compiler that compiles programs to generate instructions for the execution stages. The compiler is configured to, for an operation that comprises a memory transaction: issue to the execution stage instructions for executing the operation for the thread group to: perform the operation for the thread group as a whole; and provide the result of the operation to all the active threads of the group. At least one execution stage is configured to, in response to the instructions: perform the operation for the thread group as a whole; and provide the result of the operation to all the active threads of the group.
US10725782B2
Providing variable interpretation of usefulness indicators for memory tables in processor-based systems is disclosed. In one aspect, a memory system comprises a memory table providing multiple memory table entries, each including a usefulness indicator. A memory controller of the memory system comprises a global polarity indicator representing how the usefulness indicator for each memory table entry is interpreted and updated by the memory controller. If the global polarity indicator is set, the memory controller interprets a value of each usefulness indicator as directly corresponding to the usefulness of the corresponding memory table entry. Conversely, if the global polarity indicator is not set, the polarity is reversed such that the memory controller interprets the usefulness indicator value as inversely corresponding to the usefulness of the corresponding memory table entry. In this manner, the interpretation and updating of usefulness indicators by the memory controller can be varied using the global polarity indicator.
US10725767B2
A system for ensuring update package authenticity includes an update package transaction ledger and a repository. Change managers are configured to maintain the update package transaction ledger, create a transaction block using metadata of an update, and determine a package value based on the transaction ledger and on the update. The change managers also incorporate the package value and the update into a package, and upload the package to the repository. A client obtains the package from the repository, obtains the transaction block from the update package transaction ledger, determines a calculated value based on the transaction block and on the update, and compares the calculated value and the package value. The update is installed when the calculated value and the package value match.
US10725766B2
A method for applying an update includes sending a registration request to an update web service; receiving a delay parameter from the update service; checking for an update; comparing the update release date and the delay parameter with the current date to determine if the update should be installed; and installing the update when the current date is determined to be past the update release date plus the delay parameter.
US10725758B2
Some embodiments of the invention concern a novel and interactive way to deliver telematics solutions by separating the delivery of the hardware and software component of a telematics device. The software telematics application is selected and delivered to the customer's telematics device by in-application purchases via the customer's mobile device. The mobile device contains a user interface that is adapted to control and configure the telematics device. The customers may upgrade their telematics applications using their mobile devices. A retailer may also request the upgrade of a customer's telematics application using the retailer's mobile device. The user interface also provide a customer profiler tool to provide individualized search results and recommend telematics applications based on the customer's profile.
US10725757B2
A computer-implemented method includes: receiving, by a computing device, a trigger indication to deploy a new artifact into an application cluster; obtaining, by the computing device, deployment data for the new artifact from one or more service entities via external application programming interface (API) calls; storing, by the computing device, the deployment data as a deployment data object; and providing, by the computing device, the deployment data object to a plurality of instances of the application cluster via internal API calls without the need for the plurality of instances to conduct external API calls to the one or more service entities.
US10725752B1
Systems and methods are described for managing dependencies among code in an on-demand code execution system in a manner that enables efficient execution of the code. A user may generate a task on the system by submitting code, which may reference additional code on the system. The system can determine a dependency graph for the submitted code, and generate multiple representations of the dependency graph, storing dependency code objects in different numbers of files. On receiving a request to provision an execution environment for the task, the system can select an appropriate representation based on an expected reuse of the files within different representations. For example, a representation of fewer files can be selected where expected future use is low, minimizing retrieval time but also potentially limiting reuse of code objects within the representation.
US10725750B2
An example system includes a memory, a processor in communication with the memory, and a compiler that includes a serializer and a deserializer. The compiler executes on the processor to receive an input including a plurality of tags associated with a message. The compiler parses the input according to a specification and builds a tag trie from the plurality of tags, which includes a tag path and an end leaf. Each tag path includes a first tag and one or more candidate tags, which includes a last candidate tag. The last candidate tag in each tag path is the respective end leaf. The compiler walks the tag trie to obtain each tag path and generates a type of source code, which converts the input into an equivalent representation of a data structure associated with the message. The compiler also provides the type of source code to a user application.
US10725736B2
Apparatuses, systems, and methods related to determination of a match between data values stored by several arrays are described. A system using the data values may manage performance of functions, including automated functions critical for prevention of damage to a product, personnel safety, and/or reliable operation, based on whether the data values match. For instance, one apparatus described herein includes a plurality of arrays of memory cells formed on a single memory chip. The apparatus further includes comparator circuitry configured to compare data values stored by two arrays selected from the plurality to determine whether there is a match between the data values stored by the two arrays. The apparatus further includes an output component configured to output data values of one of the two arrays responsive to determination of the match between the data values stored by the two arrays.
US10725733B2
There is provided an information processing apparatus to further mitigate the effect of a delay associated with recognizing a gesture, the information processing apparatus including: an acquisition unit that acquires, on a basis of first input information corresponding to a detection result of a gesture, a prediction result of an operation corresponding to the gesture that is input subsequently; and a control unit that controls a process related to an acquisition of second input information associated with the first input information, in accordance with the prediction result of the operation.
US10725728B2
An apparatus and system for generating sound and methods for making and using same. A motor-driving signal with an audio signal component is applied to a motor. When driven by the motor-driving signal, the motor thereby can generate a sound that corresponds to the audio signal component. An exemplary sound can include high-quality audio content such as music, speech, or a combination thereof. The motor-driving signal can be produced by modulating a carrier signal with the audio signal and can enable a vibration in the motor for generating the sound. When associated with a mobile platform, the motor can be configured to generate the sound and enable the mobile platform to move. Advantageously, without installing separate audio system hardware, the mobile platform thereby is capable of conveying information that is audible and comprehensible to a human. Communication efficiency between the human and the mobile platform can thus be improved.
US10725724B2
An information processing system including an image forming apparatus and a portable terminal that is allowed to communicate with the image forming apparatus, includes a hardware processor that: determines whether a cooperative screen for cooperating with the image forming apparatus includes an operation-receiving region for receiving an operation by a user, the cooperative screen being displayed on a display of the portable terminal; extracts, from the cooperative screen, an image corresponding to an operating region including the operation-receiving region when the hardware processor determines that the cooperative screen includes the operation-receiving region; and displays, on a display of the image forming apparatus, the image corresponding to the operating region extracted by the hardware processor.
US10725717B2
In a case where double-sided printing is set and a predetermined binding direction is set as a print setting for printing on a predetermined type of medium, a printing apparatus performs second rotation processing on an image targeted for printing transmitted from a terminal apparatus such that an orientation of the image targeted for printing returns to an orientation of the image obtained before first rotation processing is performed on the image by the terminal apparatus, and then performs single-sided printing of the image targeted for printing.
US10725714B2
An image processing apparatus includes circuitry to store, in a memory, primary address information indicating an address of a primary mail server and alternate address information indicating one or more addresses of corresponding one or more alternate mail servers. The circuitry performs authentication of a user and transmits, after the authentication succeeds, the e-mail using the primary mail server based on the primary address information, in response to a first transmission request for transmission using the primary mail server. When transmission using the primary mail server fails, the circuitry controls display of a selection screen for selecting one from the one or more alternate mail servers, based on the alternate address information and transmits, in response to a second transmission request for transmission using the alternate mail server, the e-mail using the one selected from the one or more alternate mail servers on the selection screen.
US10725713B2
An image forming apparatus includes a printing device to perform normal printing of a job according to a setting, and processing circuitry to: accept a request for executing printing of another job while the printing device is performing the normal printing of the job according to the setting; when the request for executing printing of another job is a request for executing trial printing, control the printing device to interrupt the normal printing of the job to perform the trial printing of the another job; and control an ejection device to discharge a recording medium printed in the normal printing of the job and a recording medium printed in the trial printing of the another job on different sheet discharge trays.
US10725704B2
A system for interfacing with a co-processor or input/output device is disclosed. According to one embodiment, the system includes a computer processing unit, a memory module, a memory bus that connects the computer processing unit and the memory module and a co-processing unit or input/output device, wherein the memory bus also connects the co-processing unit or input/output device to the computer processing unit.
US10725702B2
Provided herein may be a memory system and a method of operating the memory system. The memory system may include a memory device configured to perform read operations and write operations, and a controller configured to control the memory device such that tasks received from a host are queued based on priorities thereof, and the read operations or the write operations corresponding to the tasks are executed according to a sequence of the queued tasks. The controller may divide the plurality of tasks into a plurality of types, assign different aging weights to the queued tasks depending on the respective types, accumulate an aging weight of an executed task of the queued tasks to a starvation state determination value of each of residual tasks of the queued tasks, and determine whether each of the residual tasks is in a starvation state using the corresponding starvation state determination value.
US10725690B2
Examples may include a non-volatile memory having a memory including a first table of device physical addresses and a second table of physical device addresses; a control register to receive a clone command to clone a second memory region of the memory as a copy of a first memory region of the memory, the first and second memory regions being referenced by different device physical addresses; and address translation logic, upon receipt of the clone command, create a first entry in the first table for each page of the first memory region and create a second entry in the first table for each page of the second memory region, each first table entry for the first memory region and each first table entry for the second memory region pointing to a same entry in the second table.
US10725689B2
In one example in accordance with the present disclosure, a system for backup of a physical memory region of volatile memory. The system may include: a non-volatile memory, a volatile memory, at least one processor to: execute an application that indicates a virtual memory region stored in the volatile memory, wherein the virtual memory region is associated with an application, determine a corresponding physical memory region of the volatile memory for backup based on the indicated virtual memory region, and at least one memory controller to: receive a backup signal for the physical memory region of the volatile memory, and responsive to receiving the backup signal, backup up the physical memory region of the volatile memory to a memory region of the non-volatile memory.
US10725682B2
A memory module includes a plurality of semiconductor memory devices associated with a same module board. The plurality of semiconductor memory devices configured to simultaneously perform a training operation, the plurality of semiconductor memory devices including a reception interface circuit configured to perform the training operation to search for selected equalization coefficients of an equalizer based on a training pattern from a memory controller, and transmit a training information signal to the memory controller in a training mode in response to a training command from the memory controller, the training information signal including the selected equalization coefficients.
US10725665B2
A storage controlling apparatus, includes: a memory configured to store a program; and a processor configured to control a plurality of storage devices based on the program, wherein the processor: collects information relating to a data access performed for the plurality of storage devices; and decides performance degradation of a first storage device from among the plurality of storage devices based on a response achievement time period for a first data access request performed for the first storage device, and a response time period average value and a response time period standard deviation which are calculated based on response achievement time periods with respect to a plurality of data access requests performed for the first storage device before the first data access request.
US10725655B2
An operation apparatus detects a finger using a sensor disposed on an operation plane and further determines a movement distance of the finger so as to change an operation of a controlled device, such as an in-vehicle air conditioner. A finger touching or approaching the operation plane is detected by an electrostatic sensor. An air volume of the air conditioner which is the controlled device is changed by a movement of the detected finger in an X1 or X2 direction. When the finger is moved by a first distance from a first detected position, the air volume is changed in a predetermined range. Thereafter, every time the finger is moved by a second distance which is different than the first distance, the air volume is changed in a range equivalent to a range in the case of the movement by the first distance.
US10725654B2
A method for displaying an image selected from a plurality of images on a touch screen includes following steps. The steps are displaying an image among the plurality of images, each of which is associated with different one of consecutive identification numbers, and upon detecting a writing operation of a numerical value, storing the numerical value in a memory. When a first swipe operation in a first direction is detected after the writing operation, one of the images associated with an identification number that is equal to an identification number of the displayed image plus the stored numerical value is displayed. When a second swipe operation in a second direction opposite to the first direction is detected after the writing operation, one of the images associated with an identification number that is equal to the identification number of the displayed image minus the stored numerical value.
US10725639B1
A method for interactively transforming a schedule display includes displaying a baseline schedule on a canvas with a target schedule as a graphical overlay, wherein the networked schedule objects are displayed according to one of a plurality of different display formats that are indicative of whether the objects are in a behind-schedule status. On the graphical overlay, a time position is shifted, or duration of at least one of the networked schedule objects of the baseline schedule is changed, such that at least one of the objects that was previously in the behind-schedule status is now in an ahead-of-schedule status or an on-schedule status. In response to the shift of the time position or change in duration, the display format of the objects that are impacted is changed with respect to whether the objects are in the behind-schedule status.
US10725629B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus for controlling smart devices are described. In one aspect a method includes receiving image data for an image captured by a camera of a mobile device of a user and determining that the image depicts at least one of a smart device or a physical control for the smart device. In response to determining that that the image depicts a smart device or a physical control for the smart device, identifying one or more user interface controls for controlling the smart device, and generating and presenting, at a display of the mobile device, the one or more user interface controls for controlling the smart device. The method can further include detecting, at the display of the mobile device, user interaction with at least one of the one or more user interface controls, and controlling the smart device based on the detected user interaction.
US10725623B2
Embodiments include methods, systems and computer program products for controlling a display of a first display device with a second display device. Aspects include pairing the first display device with the second display device and monitoring an orientation of the first display device and the second display device. Based on a determination that the display of the first display device is at least partially aligned with a display of the second display device, aspects also include identifying open applications on the first display device and displaying indications of the open applications on the display of the second display device. Aspects further include switching an active application on the first display device responsive to receiving a selection of one of the open applications on the second display device.
US10725618B2
Systems, methods, and software can be used to populate contact information. In some aspect, a search term for a contact is received at an electronic device. A query for contact information is sent from the electronic device to a server. The query includes the search term. A query response is received from the server. Contact information for the contact is identified based on the query response. A contact record for the contact is populated using the identified contact information.
US10725615B2
User interface to facilitate user management of contact information on computing devices. Contact information related to a software application is represented using a grid like visual object within a graphical user interface (GUI), or herein a “social grid”. A social grid includes a plurality of pictorial tiles, each representing a contact group, such as an individual, a group of individuals, or an external social network, etc. The social grid is customizable by user configurations and/or automatically based on a number of predefined factors, such as the number of individuals included in a group, the frequency of contacting a contact group, the user-indicated preference for a contact group, etc.
US10725607B2
A system and method for providing a virtual space determines a representation of the virtual space based on information defining a personality of a character within the virtual space and/or information indicating a user's personality. The system and method may also determine the information defining the character's personality based on information regarding the user and/or information regarding the character. In some examples, the system and method may further determine information to facilitate a development of the user based on the information describing the user's personality. The system and method may also determine the user's personality based on information indicating user's personality. In some examples, the user's personality may be determined based on user's experiences within the virtual space. In some other examples, the user's personality may be determined based on information regarding the user that is acquired from sources external to the virtual space.
US10725606B2
A set of user interfaces for a data processing system that operates with two or more display devices coupled to the system. In one embodiment, in response to moving a first window between two displays, the first window is displayed, as it straddles the two displays, differently on the two displays. For example, while a reference point (e.g. a cursor) on the window remains on a first display, a first portion of the window on the first display is displayed normally while a second portion on the second display is displayed with more translucence (more transparency) than the first portion; when the references point crosses to the second display, the first portion becomes more translucent than the second portion.
US10725604B2
One embodiment provides a method, including: detecting, at an electronic device, data; repurposing, using a processor, an output based on the data; and providing, using an output device of the electronic device, the repurposed output as a notification. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US10725598B2
A touch input device may be provided which includes at least one cover and a display module disposed under the cover, and detects a pressure of a touch input to the cover. The touch input device includes: a housing which includes a bottom plate on which a battery and a mainboard are disposed; and a mid-frame which is disposed within the housing, is disposed under the display module, and is disposed on the battery and on the mainboard. The mid-frame includes a guide member which is disposed on a bottom surface of the mid-frame and is coupled to the bottom plate of the housing.
US10725591B1
A processing device scans a capacitive sense array to determine a characteristic of a noise signal. A processing device further detects a location of a touch proximate to the capacitive sense array by a passive touch object using a first mode of capacitance touch detection. The first mode of capacitive touch detection uses a capacitive coupling of the noise signal to the capacitive sense array through the passive touch object to detect the touch.
US10725590B2
An apparatus includes an ultrasonic sensor array and a sensor controller. The sensor array includes a plurality of ultrasonic sensor pixels, each sensor pixel including an ultrasonic receiver and a receiver bias electrode and being operable in one or both of a transmit mode of operation or a read mode of operation. The sensor controller is electrically coupled with the receiver bias electrodes. The sensor controller is configured to set, at each sensor pixel, a range gate window (RGW) by modulating a bias voltage applied to the receiver bias electrode and to set, for a first portion of the ultrasonic sensor pixels, a first RGW. The sensor controller is configured to set, for a second portion of the ultrasonic sensor pixels, a second RGW, and establish a first temporal delay between the first RGW and the second RGW.
US10725582B2
The invention relates to a processing system. The processing system includes a determination module configured to make a determination that a low ground mass condition associated with an input device exists in an initial combination signal obtained from a sensor module using initial sensor settings. Based on the determination, adjusted sensor settings are determined, and an adjusted combination signal is obtained, using the adjusted sensor settings and, using the adjusted combination signal, object information for one or more input objects in a sensing region of the input device is obtained. The sensor module is configured to generate, using a first sensor electrode, a second sensor electrode, and the adjusted sensor settings, the adjusted combination signal. The adjusted combination signal includes effects of a transcapacitive coupling between the first sensor electrode and the second sensor electrode and effects of an absolute capacitive coupling between the second sensor electrode and the input object.
US10725565B2
An electronic pen includes a first casing that includes a side switch operating element that is operable by a user; an electronic pen main body that performs an electronic pen function, the electronic pen main body being housed within the first casing; and a second casing that encloses the electronic pen main body, the second casing including a contact or an operation receiving portion of a switch that is exposed on the second casing and that is operable by the side switch operating element of the first casing.
US10725564B2
In one embodiment, a stylus receives a first signal from a first electrode of the stylus, the stylus being operable to communicate wirelessly with a device through a touch sensor of the device; receives a second signal from a second electrode of the stylus, the second signal being a reference signal and the second electrode being a reference electrode; and compares the first signal with the second signal.
US10725558B2
A method includes receiving a first keystroke signal from a keyboard indicating a first key has been pressed while operating in a first state, switching the keyboard from the first state to a second state. During the second state, a second keystroke signal is received from the keyboard indicating a second key has been pressed. In response, a plurality of keystroke signals is determined and sent to a second computing device during the second state. Further during the second state, a third keystroke signal is received from the keyboard indicating a third key has been pressed. In response, the keyboard switches from the second state to a third state. During the second state, the keyboard is compatible with a first type of computing device or word processing application. During the third state, the keyboard is compatible with a second type of computing device or word processing application.
US10725557B2
An input device is provided which includes: a first light source which emits light to cause a first design to be displayed on a display region: a second light source which emits light to cause a second design different from the first design to be displayed on the display region; a switch which receives an input from a user; and a control circuit which, according to the input received by the switch, (i) controls displaying of a design on the display region, by controlling a lighting state of the first light source and a lighting state of the second light source, and (ii) outputs a control signal corresponding to the input received by the switch, to an external device.
US10725556B2
A wearable glasses is provided. The wearable glasses includes a sensing circuit, a communication interface, a display, a memory and one or more processors. The sensing circuit senses movement information of a user wearing the wearable glasses. The communication interface receives notification message information. The display displays the notification message information within an angle of view of the user wearing the wearable glasses. The memory and one or more processors execute one or more programs including instructions to obtain environment information, determine a movement state of the user based on the sensed movement information of the user and the environment information, and control the display to display the received notification message information according to the movement state of the user.
US10725553B2
A gesture recognition device includes an image acquisition unit, a video encoding unit, a first network communication unit, and an instruction execution unit. The image acquisition unit is configured to acquire gesture image data; the video encoding unit is configured to encode the gesture image data to form video stream data; the first network communication unit is configured to transmit the video stream data and receive a gesture manipulation command; and the instruction execution unit is configured to perform a corresponding control operation in accordance with the gesture manipulation command. The gesture recognition device can meet the requirements of real-time interaction without high-performance computing power. A gesture recognition method and a gesture recognition system are also provided.
US10725549B2
A system may include a tactile actuator for providing tactile feedback and a resonant phase sensing system. The resonant phase sensing system may include a resistive-inductive-capacitive sensor and a measurement circuit communicatively coupled to the resistive-inductive-capacitive sensor and the tactile actuator. The resistive-inductive-capacitive sensor may be configured to measure phase information associated with the resistive-inductive-capacitive sensor, based on the phase information, detect an indication of human interaction with the system proximate to the resistive-inductive-capacitive sensor, and trigger the tactile actuator to generate tactile feedback responsive to detecting the indication of human interaction.
US10725547B2
An input device includes an operation panel, a vibrator, a support panel, and an intermediate member. The operation panel has an operation surface and a back surface facing in a direction opposite to a direction in which the operation surface faces. The vibrator is mounted on the operation panel and vibrates the operation panel. The support panel is disposed to face the back surface of the operation panel and supports the operation panel, a space provided between the support panel and the back surface of the operation panel. The intermediate member is disposed between the operation panel and the support panel and is mounted to a first one of the back surface of the operation panel and the support panel.
US10725539B2
Apparatus, systems and methods configured for eye tracking with slippage detection and correction are disclosed. In one example, a method comprises: obtaining a first image and a second image of a person's eye, with an imaging sensor; determining a position relationship between an eyeball center of the eye and the imaging sensor based on the first image and the second image.
US10725533B2
Generally discussed herein are systems and apparatuses for gesture-based augmented reality. Also discussed herein are methods of using the systems and apparatuses. According to an example a method may include detecting, in image data, an object and a gesture, in response to detecting the object in the image data, providing data indicative of the detected object, in response to detecting the gesture in the image data, providing data indicative of the detected gesture, and modifying the image data using the data indicative of the detected object and the data indicative of the detected gesture.
US10725532B1
Data storage system power shedding for vaulting and/or backup is provided herein. A data storage system can include a processor that executes computer-executable components, at least one memory, and a basic input/output system device that stores respective ones of the computer-executable components executed by the processor. The computer-executable components comprise a power monitor component that monitors an input alternating current power level of the data storage system, a processor management component that causes the processor to transition from a multiple-core operating mode to a single-core operating mode in response to an indication from the power monitor component that the input AC power level has decreased below a threshold, and a backup component that initiates a transfer of data stored by the at least one memory to at least one backup storage device in response to the processor being configured to operate in the single-core operating mode.
US10725528B2
Integrated circuits may include registers that store register states. Only a subset of the registers may store critical register states. The subset of registers may be specially demarcated, such as using synthesis directions in the hardware description, and may be coupled to dedicated extraction/loading circuitry. The extraction/loading circuitry may be implemented using soft or hard logic or can leverage existing programming or debugging circuitry on a programmable integrated circuit. The extraction/loading mechanism may also be implemented using multiplexers and associated control circuitry, scan chain circuitry, a memory-mapped interface, a tool-instantiated or user-instantiated finite state machine, or external memory interface logic. Accessing critical register states in this way can help improve efficiency with live migration events, debugging, retiming, and other integrated circuit operations.
US10725525B2
A method of operating a system-on-chip (SOC) including a central processing unit (CPU) and a target hardware to which a dynamic voltage and frequency scaling (DVFS) is applied, includes determining an operating scheme of the target hardware, setting a DVFS application scheme for applying the DVFS to the target hardware, based on the operating scheme of the target hardware, and performing the DVFS on the target hardware, based on the DVFS application scheme.
US10725523B2
Examples disclosed herein provide the ability for a computing device to determine a noise threshold to wake on ambient noises. In one example method, the computing device tracks sound, detected by a microphone of the computing device, over a period of time and, based on the sound tracked over the period of time, determines a noise threshold. The computing device tunes a sensitivity of the microphone to wake the computing device when ambient noise, detected by the microphone, is to have a signal strength equal to or exceeding the noise threshold.
US10725520B2
Examples disclosed herein relate to determination of a power capping signal based on direct memory access. In an example, a hardware timer in a processor may generate a hardware trigger. In response to the hardware trigger, an analog-to-digital convertor (ADC) engine may obtain an analog voltage signal from a server. ADC engine may convert the analog voltage signal to a digital output. ADC engine may then generate a second hardware trigger. In response to the second hardware trigger, a direct memory access engine may provide the digital output to a programmable logic device via a direct memory access (DMA) operation. The programmable logic device may determine a power capping signal based on the digital output, and provide the power capping signal to the server.
US10725517B2
A semiconductor circuit including a first subcircuit, at least a second subcircuit, and power management circuitry. The power management circuitry is operable for estimating a metric indicative of a momentary supply voltage present at the first subcircuit based on a power supply current of the first subcircuit and a cross current flowing between the first subcircuit and the second subcircuit.
US10725514B1
Systems for controlling cycling operations for backup battery units in a datacenter include groups of backup battery units and power supply units that can supply power to datacenter components from either a primary power supply or, the backup battery units. Each group of multiple battery units has sufficient capacity to provide backup power to a respective electronic device even when one battery unit is offline. In operation, a controller receives requests to perform cycling operations, e.g. maintenance, on the backup batteries. Upon each request, the system retrieves status information corresponding to each backup battery unit and determines whether the remainder of the backup battery units can supply sufficient power to meet or exceed power demand, and either allow or prevent each backup battery unit from performing the cycling operation in response to determining whether the remainder of the backup battery units can or cannot supply sufficient power.
US10725511B2
A method may include identifying a respective location of a particular information handling resource within an information handling system, based on the respective location, reading an entry from a thermal table comprising thermal parameters for thermal management of one or more information handling resources of the information handling system based on respective locations of the one or more information handling resources within the information handling system, and applying at least one thermal parameter from the entry for thermal management of the particular information handling resource.
US10725509B2
A method includes executing an initialization routine upon startup of a processor. The method includes executing a benchmark program during the initialization routine after the startup. The method further includes comparing an amount of time for execution of the benchmark program to a reference time to determine if the processor has slowed due to thermal degradation of heat removal components for the processor.
US10725505B1
A portable information handling system housing rotationally couples first and second housing portions with a hinge assembly that provides a variable distance between the housing portions, such as with first and second axles move together and apart or with a main bracket having telescoping members on opposing sides that provide rotation about a minor axis. Increased distance between the housing portions may accommodate a keyboard disposed between the housing portions or provide extra space if an object is placed between the housing portions so that a display integrated in the housing is not damaged.
US10725498B2
A display device includes a display module including a display surface on which an image is displayed and a rear surface facing the display surface, a lower protection member disposed below the rear surface of the display module, and an adhesion member disposed between the display module and the lower protrusion member to allow the display module and the lower protection member to adhere to each other. The adhesion member includes a first adhesion member disposed on the lower protection member and having first adhesion force and a second adhesion member disposed between the first adhesion member and the display module and having second adhesion force less than the first adhesion force.
US10725493B2
A foot pedal assembly and method of moving a wheel assembly from a stowed configuration to a deployed configuration is provided. The foot pedal assembly can be moved to a locked configuration, thereby securing the wheel assembly in a deployed configuration, by allowing a foot pedal of the foot pedal assembly to move away from a second position after moving the foot pedal from a first position to the second position. When in the locked configuration, the foot pedal assembly can be moved to an unlocked configuration by moving the foot pedal assembly back to the second position, thereby allowing the foot pedal assembly and the wheel assembly to move towards the first configuration and the stowed configuration, respectively. A pin extending from a cam assembly into a raceway of a raceway body travels through the raceway as the foot pedal assembly is moved between configurations.
US10725486B2
A reference voltage generator includes a detecting voltage provider, a comparator, and a core circuit. The detecting voltage provider provides a detecting voltage with a first voltage level corresponding to a voltage coefficient. The comparator compares the first voltage level of the detecting voltage with a plurality of sampled amplitudes of an input signal to respectively generate a plurality of comparison results. The core circuit is used to: collect a plurality of first comparison results associated with a current received bit of a preset value from the comparison results; take the voltage coefficient as a first boundary voltage coefficient in response to the first comparison results satisfying a first condition; take the voltage coefficient as a second boundary voltage coefficient in response to the first comparison results satisfying a second condition. The reference circuit generates a reference voltage according to the first and second boundary voltage coefficients.
US10725483B2
Various methods for monitoring a target user by a drone include tracking the target user by the drone, detecting an object in the presence of the target user based on one or more detection criteria, determining whether the object is a potential threat to the target user based on one or more threat criteria, determining whether to notify the third party of the potential threat to the target user based on one or more notification criteria in response to determining that the object is a potential threat, notifying the third party of the potential threat to the target user in response to determining that the third party should be notified, receiving a response from the third party including a command, and performing an action based on the command.
US10725479B2
The present invention relates to an aerial vehicle landing method, an aerial vehicle, and a computer readable storage medium. The present invention has no requirement on a motion form of a dynamic target and whether a measurement device is equipped, and does not require that a feature image of a target is obtained in advance either. Instead, motion information of a target is obtained by means of desirable tracking real-timeness of an on-board image device. Therefore, it is ensured that the aerial vehicle can reach a location near the target, and this process allows the dynamic target to have a complex motion form. Desirable tracking real-timeness allows an aerial vehicle to change a target at any flight time point, and continuous tracking and precise landing can be achieved.
US10725478B2
A method and apparatus for aligning a number of measurement systems to a reference coordinate system. In one illustrative example, an apparatus may comprise a number of robotic vehicles and a number of monuments associated with the number of robotic vehicles. The number of robotic vehicles may be configured to move into an environment.
US10725473B2
Systems and methods for controlling an autonomous vehicle are provided. In one example embodiment, a computer-implemented method includes receiving data representing a first location associated with a service request. The method includes controlling the autonomous vehicle to travel in accordance with a first route that leads to the first location. The method includes determining a second location for the service request when the autonomous vehicle is en route to the first location. The method includes controlling the autonomous vehicle to provide the requested service at the second location.
US10725465B2
A state diagnostic device collects a usage state and diagnostic data of components, and selects, from the collected diagnostic data, at least one of diagnostic data obtained in a state where the usage state of the components is a truly normal state and diagnostic data obtained in a state where the usage state of the components is a truly abnormal state. The selected diagnostic data is defined as master data. A diagnosis result obtained by diagnosing the master data based on a current diagnostic model is compared with a diagnosis result obtained by diagnosing the master data based on a new diagnostic model, and whether the current diagnostic model is consistent with the new diagnostic model is determined. When the consistency is satisfied, the diagnostic model is updated from the current diagnostic model to the new diagnostic model.
US10725459B2
Method, and corresponding system, for iteratively distributing improved process parameters to a fleet of additive manufacturing machines. The method includes receiving sensor data from a sensor for a first machine of the fleet of machines. The method further includes comparing the sensor data values at the working tool positions of the plurality of layers to reference data values at the working tool positions for the plurality of layers to determine a set of comparison measures for the first machine. The method further includes selecting a machine from among the first machine and at least a second machine of the fleet of machines based at least in part on the comparison measures of each of the machines. The method further includes receiving, from the selected machine, process parameters of the selected machine; and transmitting at least part of the process parameters of the selected machine to other machines of the fleet.
US10725449B2
A management device manages information on a control device configured to build a three-dimensional object and acquires from the control device that is a management target of the management device, device information including a status detected in the control device that is the management target, via a network. The management device analyzes the acquired device information in determination of an error based on the detected status and an output mode for outputting the error. The management device issues a notification including the error in the control device that is the management target based on an analysis result.
US10725443B2
A radio module RM for field devices of automation technology is connectable with a field device, e.g. F1, via a field device interface. The radio module RM includes a microcontroller μC for function control, a radio unit RF for data communication with a superordinated unit, and an energy supply unit ESU. With the help of the radio module RM, conventional field devices can be adapted simply to become radio-capable field devices, in order that they can then also be used in radio networks.
US10725442B2
Methods and apparatus to communicatively couple on/off valves to controllers in a process control system are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a first interface to receive a command signal from a termination module to be communicatively coupled to a controller in a process control system. The command signal is directed to an on/off valve in the process control system. The first interface transmits a feedback signal to the termination module in response to the command signal. The example apparatus also includes a second interface to receive position information from proximity sensors in a switch box monitoring a state of the on/off valve. The feedback signal is based on the position information. The example apparatus further includes a communication processor to be communicatively coupled to the first and the second interfaces to process the command signal and the feedback signal.
US10725440B1
Embodiments include techniques for estimating unknown or missing values for parameters of a motor based on high-level motor information and using the estimated parametric values in generating an executable model for modeling the behavior of the motor. An aspect of the techniques involves assumptions used to establish the predetermined parametric values that are applied to the algorithm for deriving estimates of the unknown parametric values for the motor. The estimated parametric values may then be used in the executable model of the motor to enable development and simulation of a plant (e.g., a closed loop system) including a plant model having a dynamic controller model and a lumped parameter model of a modeling environment of a technical computing environment executing on a data processing system. The simulation of the plant loop can be sufficient to test the dynamic (e.g., feedback-based) controller within a closed loop system, e.g., test motion control of a motorized vehicle seat.
US10725431B2
An atomic clock system includes a magneto-optical trap (MOT) system that traps alkali metal atoms in a cell during a trapping stage of each of sequential coherent population trapping (CPT) cycles. The system also includes an interrogation system that generates an optical difference beam comprising a first optical beam having a first frequency and a second optical beam having a second frequency different from the first frequency. The interrogation system includes a direction controller that periodically alternates a direction of the optical difference beam through the cell during a CPT interrogation stage of each of the sequential clock measurement cycles to drive CPT interrogation of the trapped alkali metal atoms. The system also includes an oscillator system that adjusts a frequency of a local oscillator based on an optical response of the CPT interrogated alkali metal atoms during a state readout stage in each of the sequential clock measurement cycles.
US10725421B2
An image forming apparatus includes a frame structure including first and second frames supporting a photosensitive member, and a third frame extending in the axis direction and connecting the first frame and the second frame with each other; an operating portion for receiving an instruction of a user; a supporting portion rotatably supporting the operating portion; and a connecting portion connecting the supporting portion with the first frame and the third frame, the connecting portion including a first fixed portion fixed to the third frame, a contact portion contacted with the first frame to restrict movement at least in a direction while permitting movement in another direction, and a second fixed portion fixed to the first frame at a position closer to the first fixed portion than to the contact portion.
US10725418B2
An image forming apparatus employing an electrophotographic image forming unit and an inkjet image forming unit, thereby being capable of printing an image on each of a front surface and the back surface of a recording medium.
US10725413B2
To enable the content of a printed material to be easily checked and inconvenience when a user collects the printed material to be avoided.An image forming apparatus 10 includes an image forming part (14) and a display panel 48, and the display panel 48 displays a preview image 110 corresponding to image data for printing an image on a sheet. For example, the preview image 110 is displayed on the display panel 48 from when a print job is started and the first sheet in the print job is fed until the last sheet in the print job is discharged into a sheet discharge part 16.
US10725395B2
A cleaning member includes a shaft, and a foamed elastic layer that is disposed on an outer surface of the shaft and in which a relationship between a stress Pw generated by 70% compression deformation and a stress Ps generated by 10% compression deformation satisfies Pw/Ps≥6.
US10725381B2
An optical system (OS) for focusing a beam of radiation (B) on a region of interest in a metrology apparatus is described. The beam of radiation (B) comprises radiation in a soft X-ray or Extreme Ultraviolet spectral range. The optical system (OS) comprises a first stage (S1) for focusing the beam of radiation at an intermediate focus region. The optical system (OS) comprises a second stage (S2) for focusing the beam of radiation from the intermediate focus region onto the region of interest. The first and second stages each comprise a Kirkpatrick-Baez reflector combination. At least one reflector comprises an aberration-correcting reflector.
US10725376B2
A pattern-forming method includes applying a radiation-sensitive composition comprising a complex on a substrate to provide a film on the substrate. The film is exposed. The film exposed is developed. The complex includes: a metal-containing component that is a transition metal compound having a hydrolyzable group, a hydrolysis product of the transition metal compound having a hydrolyzable group, a hydrolytic condensation product of the transition metal compound having a hydrolyzable group, or a combination thereof; and an organic compound represented by formula (1). In the formula (1), R1 represents an organic group having a valency of n, n being an integer of 1 to 4. In a case where n is 1, X represents —COOH. In a case where n is 2 to 4, X represents —OH, —COOH, —NCO, —NHRa, —COORA or —CO—C(RL)2—CO—RA. R1X)n (1)
US10725370B2
The present invention relates to the process where a gun video camera is controlled by logic functions using inputs from sensors monitoring the gun and environmental characteristics. More particularly, a control signal is generated which determines the wake-up time of a camera in sleep mode and the recording time of video and data capture of the camera.
US10725367B2
A wavelength conversion element according to the invention includes a wavelength conversion layer having a plurality of air holes, and excited by light in a first wavelength band to thereby generate light in a second wavelength band different from the first wavelength band, a transparent member adapted to seal a recessed section occurring on a first surface of the wavelength conversion layer due to the air hole, a reflecting layer disposed so as to be opposed to the first surface of the wavelength conversion layer, and a base member disposed so as to be opposed to the reflecting layer, and the transparent member is disposed in some of the plurality of air holes.
US10725362B2
A remotely controlled camera head has a pan frame including a first rectangular section. An upper end of a second rectangular section is joined to the left side of the first rectangular section. A pan motor in the first rectangular section of the pan frame rotates the pan frame about a pan axis co-axial with a hub when the pan motor is on. A tilt frame is rotatably attached to the lower end of the second rectangular section and movable about a tilt axis. In a two axis mode, a camera platform is attached to the tilt frame. A slide out may be used to change the length of the tilt frame. A tilt motor within the second rectangular section is connected to the tilt frame for rotating the tilt frame about a tilt axis when the tilt motor is on.
US10725357B2
The present disclosure provides a display panel, including a substrate and an active switches disposed on the substrate. A composite photoresist layer having dielectric properties is covered on the active switches, to reduce manufacturing procedures of the display panel.
US10725355B2
An object of the present invention is to enhance a display quality of a liquid crystal display panel by causing a contour of a display region not to be noticeable. A display region of a liquid crystal display panel (100) includes a normal display region (101a) and a boundary display region (101c), an image being displayed more darkly in the boundary display region (101c), which is in contact with a black light blocking part (101b), than in the normal display region (101a).
US10725352B2
An active matrix substrate includes a peripheral circuit including a first TFT disposed in a non-display region and a capacitance portion, and a lower transparent electrode and an upper transparent electrode disposed in each pixel. The active matrix substrate includes a gate metal layer including a gate electrode of the first TFT, a source metal layer including a source electrode of the first TFT, a lower transparent conductive layer positioned above the gate metal layer and the source metal layer and including the lower transparent electrode, and an upper transparent conductive layer including the upper transparent electrode. The capacitance portion includes a first capacitor including a first lower capacitance electrode formed in the lower transparent conductive layer, a first upper capacitance electrode formed in the upper transparent conductive layer, and a portion positioned between these capacitance electrodes in a dielectric layer.
US10725350B2
Image display device having an electrode forming layer which includes a plurality of gate lines, a plurality of drain lines, a plurality of switching elements and the a plurality of pixel electrodes, and having reference electrode layer between the electrode forming layer and a substrate where the electrode forming layer formed thereon, and the reference electrode layer and the electrode forming layer are insulated by insulating layer.
US10725346B2
A liquid crystal display includes first and second voltage divider reference lines, first and second pixel electrodes, and first and second switching circuits. The first and second voltage divider reference lines are on different layers and extend in different directions. The first pixel electrode includes a first sub-pixel electrode and a second sub-pixel electrode, that receives a voltage lower than a voltage to be applied to the first sub-pixel electrode. The second pixel electrode includes a third sub-pixel electrode and a fourth sub-pixel electrode, that receives a voltage lower than a voltage to be applied to the third sub-pixel electrode. The first switching circuit is connected to the first voltage divider reference line, and the second switching circuit is connected to the second voltage divider reference line.
US10725343B2
A display panel and a display device are provided. Wherein, the display panel includes a first substrate, a second substrate disposed opposite to the first substrate, and a sealing layer disposed on two ends of the display panel to seal the first substrate and the second substrate. The sealing layer includes a light-shading layer and a sealing-glue layer.
US10725342B2
A liquid crystal display device is provided. The liquid crystal display device includes a first substrate having elements configured to drive pixels; a second substrate having color filters corresponding to the pixels; and a sealant configured to bond the first substrate and the second substrate to each other. The first substrate includes a first protruding structure located in an area in contact with the sealant and the second substrate includes a second protruding structure located in an area in contact with the sealant.
US10725333B2
A display device may include a first substrate, a first color conversion unit, a second color conversion unit, a light diffusion unit, and a first wall. The first color conversion unit is located on the first substrate. The second color conversion unit is disposed on the first substrate and is spaced from the first color conversion unit. The light diffusion unit is disposed between the first color conversion unit and the second color conversion unit. The first wall is disposed between the first color conversion unit and the light diffusion unit. The first color conversion unit includes a first-color conversion layer. The first-color conversion layer overlaps two pixel regions.
US10725321B1
A contact lens for shaping a cornea of an eye of a patient to treat high cylinder astigmatism may include a peripheral portion, an alignment portion, a treatment portion, a reverse portion, and a staining feature. The peripheral portion may cause migration of epithelial cells from a periphery of a cornea of the eye of the patient towards a center of the cornea of the eye of the patient. The alignment portion may align the contact lens on the cornea. The treatment portion may cause migration of the epithelial cells from the center of the cornea towards the periphery of the cornea. The reverse portion may relieve pressure caused by the migration of the epithelial cells. The staining feature may contact the cornea, thereby reshaping the cornea to treat high cylinder astigmatism. The staining feature may apply a ribbon-shaped staining pattern to the cornea across the contact lens.
US10725320B2
A diffractive multifocal lens is disclosed, comprising an optical element having at least one diffractive surface, the surface profile comprising a plurality of annular concentric zones. The optical thickness of the surface profile changes monotonically with radius within each zone, while a distinct step in optical thickness at the junction between adjacent zones defines a step height. The step heights for respective zones may differ from one zone to another periodically so as to tailor diffraction order efficiencies of the optical element. In one example of a trifocal lens, step heights alternate between two values, the even-numbered step heights being lower than the odd-numbered step heights. By plotting a topographical representation of the diffraction efficiencies resulting from such a surface profile, step heights may be optimized to direct a desired level of light power into the diffraction orders corresponding to near, intermediate, and distance vision, thereby optimizing the performance of the multifocal lens.
US10725319B2
Provided is a display device capable of high-quality three-dimensional displaying. During three-dimensional displaying for a viewing position β, in a first term, an entirety of a first predetermined region of a second liquid crystal panel takes on a light-blocking state and a first adjacent region, which is adjacent to the first predetermined region in the first direction, takes on a light-transmitting state. In a second term, at least one of two side regions in the first predetermined region takes on the light-transmitting state, a remaining region of the first predetermined region takes on the light-blocking state, and at least part of the first adjacent region takes on the light-transmitting state.
US10725308B1
A head-mounted display (HMD) presented herein comprises a shell and a controller. The shell encloses a display element and includes a dynamic attenuator having one or more controllable pixels that control an amount of light from the local area to an eye box of the HMD. The controller determines, based on positional information for one or more objects in a local area surrounding the HMD, whether a user wearing the HMD is within a threshold distance of an object in the local area. Responsive to the determination, the controller identifies a field of view that includes the object. The controller instructs the dynamic attenuator to allow light from the local area over the identified field of view into the HMD.
US10725304B1
An image is rendered to a steerable display of a head mounted display. If a swift-eye movement event of an eye of a user of the head mounted display is identified, a compensatory image is rendered to a secondary display.
US10725299B2
An example head-worn device includes a camera, a display device, weld detection circuitry, and pixel data processing circuitry. The camera generates first pixel data from a field of view of the head-worn device. The display device displays second pixel data to a wearer of the head-worn device based on the first pixel data captured by the camera. The weld detection circuitry determines whether a welding arc is present and generates a control signal indicating a result of the determination. The pixel data processing circuitry processes the first pixel data captured by the camera to generate the second pixel data for display on the display device, where a mode of operation of said pixel data processing circuitry is selected from a plurality of modes based on said control signal.
US10725289B2
A casing of an optical scanning apparatus includes: a mounting portion to which a sound-insulating member is mountable; a first and a second support portions supporting a reflective mirror in the casing on which the sound-insulating member is mounted and brought into contact with a back surface of the reflective mirror; and a third and a fourth support portions supporting a reflective mirror in the casing on which the sound-insulating member is not mounted and brought into contact with a back surface of the reflective mirror, wherein the first and the second support portions are positioned between the third and the fourth support portions in a longitudinal direction of the reflective mirror, and contact portions of the third and the fourth support portions protrude toward a reflective surface side of the reflective mirror to be arranged with respect to contact portions of the first and the second support portions.
US10725288B1
Some embodiments of a mirror tilt actuator include a chassis, one or more magnetic yoke structures affixed to the chassis, and a carriage moveably mounted to the chassis. In some embodiments, the chassis includes an indentation for affixing one or more magnetic yoke structures, and the chassis further includes one or more bearing receivers for mounting a mirror carriage. In some embodiments, the carriage includes one or more bearing members. In some embodiments, the one or more bearing members rest in one or more respective bearing receivers of the chassis. In some embodiments, the one or more edge members terminate in one or more curved leading edge faces. Some embodiments further include a magnet fixedly mounted to the carriage, a magnetic coil wrapped around a coil shaft mounted to the chassis.
US10725281B2
An optical cap that protects a camera lens of the inspection assembly is disclosed herein. The disclosed optical cap for an inspection assembly may include an optically clear dome-shaped window element and a metal collar attached to the window element, the collar including means for securing the optical cap to said inspection assembly, wherein the collar is bonded to the window element by means of brazing or welding.
US10725277B2
An objective lens unit for a liquid immersion microscope includes: a first liquid passage in a pipe shape including an opening disposed at a lens surface end as a lens surface of a lens at a closest side to an observing object, the first liquid passage being coupled to an outside of the objective lens unit, and a second liquid passage in a pipe shape disposed independently from the first liquid passage, the second liquid passage including an opening disposed at a position adjacent to the opening of the first liquid passage on the lens surface end, the second liquid passage being coupled to the outside of the objective lens unit.
US10725273B2
A varifocal lens includes a first phase plate and a second phase plate which are rotatable relative to each other about an optical axis. The first phase plate includes a plurality of first phase conversion elements, the second phase plate includes a plurality of second phase conversion elements, and the plurality of first phase conversion elements and the plurality of second phase conversion elements are arranged so that light transmitted through the first phase plate and the second phase plate is focused on different positions on the optical axis depending on a relative rotational displacement between the first phase plate and the second phase plate.
US10725271B2
A compact imaging lens which addresses low-profile and low F value, and corrects aberrations. An imaging lens includes a first lens having positive refractive power and a convex surface on an object side near an optical axis, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens, a fifth lens, a sixth lens, a seventh lens and a eighth lens having a concave surface on an image side near the optical axis as double-sided aspheric lens, wherein the second to seventh lenses each have at least one aspheric surface, and the eighth lens has pole points off an optical axis on the aspheric image-side surface.
US10725262B2
A lens holding mechanism includes a lens barrel housing a lens that includes an entrance surface and an exit surface that are separated from each other in an optical axis direction, and a tapering surface, a diameter of which increases from the entrance surface side toward the exit surface side; a first abutting member that abuts, from the exit surface side, the lens housed in the lens barrel, and has an abutting portion that abuts the lens formed along a plane perpendicular to a reference axis of the lens barrel; and a second abutting member that abuts the tapering surface of the lens housed in the lens barrel, has an abutting portion that abuts the lens formed along a circle with a center point on the reference axis of the lens barrel, and holds the lens between the second abutting member and the first abutting member.
US10725259B2
A fiber terminal rack mount with front-to-back fiber routing management is disclosed herein. The terminal rack mount is configured to be mounted in a remote terminal to facilitate fiber management of fiber optic cables routed from fiber optic equipment. In exemplary aspects disclosed herein, the fiber terminal rack mount comprises two vertically oriented panels with a plurality of horizontally oriented shelves positioned therebetween. The panels are configured to mount to vertical rails of a remote terminal cabinet of the fiber terminal. The panels and shelves also define routing channels for routing fiber optic cables therethrough, thereby facilitating front-to-back fiber routing between fiber optic equipment mounted in the fiber terminal. In this manner, as an example, the fiber terminal rack mount may more easily support fiber routing between back-to-back mounted fiber optic equipment, which may increase as fiber optic connectivity density increases.
US10725253B2
An optical multiplexer/demultiplexer may include some beam splitters on the first surface, a first reflector on the first surface and between the beam splitters, and a second reflector on the second surface. Light propagates between the first surface and the second surface. The light transmission body has some first input/output sections on the first surface for inputting or outputting the respective signal beams. The light transmission body has a second input/output section on the second surface for inputting or outputting the multiplexed signal beam. Each of the beam splitters is placed at a corresponding one of the first input/output sections to pass a corresponding one of the signal beams. The first reflector stays away from any one of the first input/output sections.
US10725248B2
A fiber optic adapter for mating a multi-fiber optic ferrule connector and a multi-fiber optic connector. An engagement device may be integrated or molded as part of adapter receptacle at either end. The engagement device secures the multi-fiber connector. The adapter may be two-piece with a first portion detachable from a second portion, the first portion housing one or more integrated engagement devices and the second portion housing one or more replaceable engagement devices, or a receptacle configured to secure a latch configured on an outer housing of a connector. Receptacle may further contain a plural of engagement devices formed as a unitary engagement device. The receptacle has a gap configured to accept the integrated engagement device. A ferrule flange assembly configured to front load into a connector housing. A connector housing with a top and a bottom stabilizer for the fiber optic connector with an adapter port.
US10725236B2
A light cylinder, a dispenser, and a method of manufacturing a light cylinder are disclosed. The light cylinder includes an outer layer and an inside layer, where the inside layer is formed by filling optical resin into the inside space of the outer layer, and the refractive index of the optical resin is determined in consideration of the refractive index of the outer layer.
US10725235B2
An illumination structure for an electronic device is described. The electronic device includes a housing mounted on a printed circuit board. The housing has a plurality of light pipes and at least one separator disposed therein. The at least one separator is positioned between adjacent light pipes of the plurality of light pipes.
US10725232B2
According to one embodiment, a backlight device includes a case with a bottom plate and a plurality of side plates, a wiring pattern formed in the case and including a wiring line and a connection portion, a light guide including an emission surface and an incident surface and arranged on the bottom plate, and a light-emitting device mounted on the connection portion and including a light-emitting surface opposing the incident surface of the light guide and a mount surface opposing the connection portion.
US10725224B2
An optical member includes a light guide plate, a first low refractive layer, a wavelength conversion layer, and a passivation layer. The first low refractive layer is disposed on the light guide plate. A refractive index of the first low refractive layer is smaller than a refractive index of the light guide plate. The wavelength conversion layer is disposed on the first low refractive layer. The passivation layer is disposed on the wavelength conversion layer. The passivation layer covers a side surface of the wavelength conversion layer and a side surface of the first low refractive layer on at least one side.
US10725223B2
An eyepiece for projecting an image to an eye of a viewer includes a waveguide configured to propagate light in a first wavelength range, and a grating coupled to a back surface of the waveguide. The grating is configured to diffract a first portion of the light propagating in the waveguide out of a plane of the waveguide toward a first direction, and to diffract a second portion of the light propagating in the waveguide out of the plane of the waveguide toward a second direction opposite to the first direction. The eyepiece furthers include a wavelength-selective reflector coupled to a front surface of the waveguide. The wavelength selective reflector is configured to reflect light in the first wavelength range and transmit light outside the first wavelength range, such that the wavelength-selective reflector reflects at least part of the second portion of the light back toward the first direction.
US10725219B2
Provided is a method for an optical film which elongates by forming a plurality of sheet pieces by cutting a pre-processing optical film in a width direction of the pre-processing optical film, aligning the plurality of sheet pieces in such a manner that first end portions parallel to the longitudinal direction of the pre-processing optical film are opposite to each other, and connecting end portions of the plurality of sheet pieces to each other.
US10725218B2
A display device is provided. The display device includes an anti-reflection film. The anti-reflection film includes a base film, a retardation coating layer disposed on a first side of the base film so as to delay a phase of transmitted light, and a polarizer coating layer disposed on a second side of the base film so as to allow a polarization component of the transmitted light in a specific direction to pass through, wherein the retardation coating layer and the polarizer coating layer are formed by applying a liquid crystal on the base film.
US10725216B2
The onboard camera is mounted in a vehicle to shoot a driving environment of the vehicle by receiving external light from outside of the vehicle, the onboard camera includes: a camera unit having a lens unit which generates an image by receiving the external light and an image-capturing device which generates an image signal based on the image generated by the lens unit; and a polarization plate arranged in front of the camera unit, the image-capturing device constituting the camera unit is a CMOS image sensor, and the polarization plate is a polarization plate whose cross transmittance with respect to S-polarized wave having a wavelength from 420 nm to 700 nm is 5 to 20% or a polarization plate whose parallel transmittance with respect to natural light having a wavelength from 420 nm to 700 nm is 45 to 60%.
US10725214B2
A broad band mirror system and method, wherein the system includes a mechanical substrate layer, a reflective metal layer on the mechanical substrate level, and a diamond layer, and the method includes the steps of selecting a sacrificial substrate layer, depositing a diamond layer on the substrate layer, smoothing a first surface of the diamond layer, depositing a reflective metal layer on the diamond layer, bonding a mechanical substrate to the diamond layer, removing the sacrificial substrate level, and smoothing a second diamond surface.
US10725212B2
A lens includes a curved surface. A plurality of taper shape structures is formed on the curved surface, and each taper shape structure has at least three substantial flat surfaces. P is less than or equal to 500 nm. H is less than or equal to 500 nm. The P refers to the pitch between two adjacent taper shape structures. The H refers to maximum vertical distance between each taper shape structure and the curved surface.
US10725206B2
Aggregating and transforming data, and performing analytics thereupon, for application-specific optimization based on multiple data sources. The data is preferably ingressed automatically, and may originate from various public and/or private data sources. Data transformation preferably aligns the data aggregated from the various sources, to thereby allow meaningful referencing. Complex and non-aligned data can therefore be consolidated, such that it is readily digestible by simulation (or other) software. In an embodiment, risk of flooding for a supply chain is computed from the aggregated and transformed data, using data analytics based on physical computation for flood risk assessment, allowing the supply chain to be optimized with regard to threat of flooding and/or actual flooding. In another embodiment, risk of wild fire may be assessed. Other types of risk may also be assessed.
US10725197B2
Methods for improved interpretation of NMR data acquired from industrial samples by simultaneously detecting more than one resonant nucleus without removing the sample from the sensitive volume of the NMR magnet or radio frequency probe are disclosed. In other aspects, the present disclosure provides methods for robust imaging/analysis of spatial distribution of different fluids (e.g., 1H, 23Na, 19F) within a core or reservoir rock. NMR data may be interpreted in real-time during dynamic processes to enable rapid screening, e.g. of enhanced oil recovery techniques and products and/or to provide improved interpretation of well-logs. Measurements of resonant nuclei other than 1H may be performed in the laboratory or downhole with a NMR logging tool. In other aspects, the present disclosure describes a novel kernel function to extract values for underlying parameters that define relaxation time behavior of a quadrupolar nucleus.
US10725195B2
Described herein is a method including acquiring a set of transimpedance coupling voltages, between different antenna components of different axes of a transmitting station transmitting into a formation and different antenna components of different axes of a receiving station receiving from the formation, using an induction tool undergoing random movement during the acquisition. Fourier coefficients for the set of transimpedance coupling voltages are determined using a least square process. A mean tool eccentering azimuthal angle and an apparent formation azimuthal angle are estimated as a function of the Fourier coefficients. Compensated measurements are computed as a function of the Fourier coefficients. An inversion loop receives as input the compensated measurements, the estimated mean tool eccentering azimuthal angle, and the estimated apparent formation azimuth, and outputs final parameters as a function thereof.
US10725190B2
A method for processing seismic data from a subsurface using least squares migration or wave equation migration velocity analysis over a cost function comprising a function of a matching filter by iteratively updating the reflectivity model velocity model to yield an updated reflectivity model or updated velocity model that matches the observed seismic data.
US10725184B2
Methods and apparatuses are provided for use with mode switchable navigation radios and the like. The methods and apparatuses may be implemented to selectively switch between certain operating modes based, at least in part, one or more determinations relating to one or more satellite positioning signals and/or space vehicles.
US10725183B2
Systems, methods and apparatuses for multipath mitigation of received global navigation satellite system (GNSS) signals by using pattern recognition are described. One method includes summing correlations of received GNSS signals over time to generate a correlation window. The present system/method recognizes a pattern of a stored correlation window which matches the generated correlation window. The stored correlation window is one of a plurality of stored correlation windows, and each of the plurality of stored correlation window is stored with a corresponding range error. The stored range error corresponding to the matching stored correlation window is used to improve GNSS range measurement.
US10725179B2
Some embodiments of the invention include a coordinate measuring machine for detecting the position and alignment of a spatially movable measuring aid. The coordinate measuring machine may include a retroreflector; a base; a support, which is fixed on the base rotatably about a first rotation axis; a beam directing unit, which is fixed to the support rotatably about a second rotation axis substantially orthogonal to the first rotation axis; means for detecting a rotation angle of the support relative to the base; and means for detecting a rotation angle of the beam directing unit relative to the support. In some embodiments, the beam directing unit comprises a laser emission and reception optical unit and a first optical distance measuring unit having at least one first distance measuring device for measuring the distance to a retroreflector of the measuring aid by means of a first measurement radiation.
US10725175B2
A receiver method and apparatus provides a more efficient computation and application of optimal filters. Range and Doppler processing in the receiver are decoupled and, as a result, computational complexity required for both filter computation and filtering stages are significantly reduced. In one embodiment, a response to an emitted signal is demodulated and sampled to provide baseband samples. The response includes a component due to interaction of the emitted signal with a target, The baseband samples are filtered in a bank of N parallel range filters to provide N filter outputs for each of the baseband samples. For one or more Doppler phase shifts ϕ, a discrete Fourier transform of the N filter outputs is computed to produce Doppler components that may be analyzed to determine at least one of a presence, range and speed of the target.
US10725172B2
Range-compressed data are determined by range-compressing echo data, and are set as first data to be decomposed by first decomposition. Starting from n=1, iteration is performed as follows. nth data to be decomposed are up-sampled. nth decomposition is performed on the up-sampled data. Dependency on slant ranges between a reference point and sub-apertures before and after synthesis is determined. nth azimuth-synthesized data are acquired by performing, according to the dependency on the slant ranges, nth azimuth synthesis on data acquired by the nth decomposition. The nth azimuth-synthesized data are set as (n+1)th data to be decomposed by (n+1)th decomposition. The n is increased by 1. A next iteration is performed until the n reaches a positive integer N greater than 1. A focused image is acquired by performing azimuth focusing on the Nth azimuth-synthesized data by BP.
US10725162B2
A method of estimating position of an obstacle of a plurality of obstacles with a radar apparatus. An azimuth frequency, an elevation frequency and a range of the obstacle are estimated to generate an estimated azimuth frequency, an estimated elevation frequency and an estimated range of the obstacle. A metric is estimated from one or more of the estimated azimuth frequency, the estimated elevation frequency and the estimated range of the obstacle. The metric is compared to a threshold to detect an error in at least one of the estimated azimuth frequency and the estimated elevation frequency. On error detection, a sign of at least one of the estimated azimuth frequency and the estimated elevation frequency is inverted to generate a true estimated azimuth frequency and a true estimated elevation frequency respectively.
US10725156B2
A method includes generating a first optical signal containing doublet pulses. Each doublet pulse includes a first pulse and a second pulse. The second pulses of the doublet pulses are in quadrature with the first pulses of the doublet pulses. The method also includes transmitting the first optical signal towards a target and receiving a second optical signal containing reflected doublet pulses from the target. Each reflected doublet pulse includes a first reflected pulse and a second reflected pulse. The method further includes performing in-phase and quadrature processing of the first and second reflected pulses and identifying one or more parameters of the target based on the in-phase and quadrature processing.
US10725155B2
The present invention relates to a method for measuring the distance of targets in the surroundings by way of a time-of-flight measurement of pulses, in particular laser pulses, reflected at said targets, said pulses each being successively emitted at a transmission time in accordance with a predeterminable pulse repetition rate and said pulses, after the reflection thereof, each being received at a reception time, said method comprising the following steps: selecting a first pulse repetition rate from a set of at least two different pulse repetition rates and predetermining the selected pulse repetition rate for the emission, ascertaining a transmission time lying closest in time to the reception time of a reflected pulse and a time interval between these, and, if the ascertained time interval drops below a predetermined first threshold, selecting a second pulse repetition rate from the set and predetermining the second pulse repetition rate for the emission.
US10725124B2
A system for magnetic detection includes a nitrogen vacancy (NV) diamond material comprising a plurality of NV centers, a radio frequency (RF) excitation source configured to provide RF excitation to the NV diamond material, an optical excitation source configured to provide optical excitation to the NV diamond material, an optical detector configured to receive an optical signal emitted by the NV diamond material, and a controller. The optical signal is based on hyperfine states of the NV diamond material. The controller is configured to detect a gradient of the optical signal based on the hyperfine states emitted by the NV diamond material.
US10725115B2
A vehicle includes a battery pack, an electric motor, and a contactor to electrically connect the pack and motor. The contactor is configured with a control circuit to electrically connect the pack and motor. The control circuit includes a leak detection sensor. The vehicle further includes a controller to output a leakage resistance associated with the pack. The leakage resistance is based on a voltage of the pack and a leak voltage detected by the sensor while the contactor is closed.
US10725113B2
A method for determining a State of Health (SoH) of a power source of a portable device involves extracting a start voltage value of an examined power source; activating one or more hardware components of the portable device by a software, to increase the current consumption of the device, identifying a voltage drop rate of the examined power source and comparing a calculated voltage drop rate to pre-calculated threshold values stored on a database of a main server. A system for executing the method is also disclosed.
US10725110B2
The present disclosure provides a current detection system, method and device. The current detection system includes a management unit and a current detection device that is connected with the management unit. The current detection device includes a shunt-type current measurement unit, an open-loop Hall-type current measurement unit and an isolation power unit.
US10725105B2
Disclosed is a test and measurement switch matrix. The test and measurement switch matrix includes a solid state switch to couple a test signal from a Device Under Test (DUT) to a test system. The solid state switch has a dual tee guard arrangement providing low leakage when off. The solid state switch also includes an optically coupled drive, which further improves isolation and reduces undesirable charge injection when changing switch states.
US10725100B2
Methods and apparatus for magnetic field sensor having a sensing element, an analog circuit path coupled to the sensing element for generating an output voltage in response to a magnetic field applied to the sensing element, and a coil in proximity to the sensing element, the coil having a first terminal that is accessible external to the magnetic field sensor.
US10725099B2
A memory controller instantiated on a semiconductor IC device comprises a timing circuit to transfer a timing signal, the timing circuit being configured to receive a first test signal and to effect a delay in the timing signal in response to the first test signal, the first test signal including a first timing event. The memory controller further comprises an interface circuit configured to transfer the data signal in response to the timing signal, the interface circuit being further configured to receive a second test signal and to effect a delay in the data signal in response to the second test signal, the second test signal including a second timing event that is related to the first timing event according to a test criterion.
US10725097B2
A method and apparatus for platform component interconnect testing is disclosed. In one embodiment, an integrated circuit comprises: a plurality of interface circuitries, wherein each interface circuitry comprises a driver with adjustable pullup and pulldown resistances and having a driver output to output a driver voltage to a pad during test mode, and a comparator having a first input coupled to the driver output and a second input coupled to a voltage reference, the comparator being operable to generate a comparator output in response to comparing the driver voltage with the voltage reference; and analysis circuitry coupled to receive the comparator output, the analysis circuitry operable, during the test mode, to detect existence of a fault associated with a signal path coupled to the pad for each interface circuitry.
US10725093B2
A case module of a radiofrequency testing apparatus has a cable hole and a front entrance, and includes two electromagnetic shielding units respectively covering the cable hole and the front entrance. Each electromagnetic shielding unit includes a stepped structure, a cover detachably fastened to the stepped structure, a shielding structure sandwiched between the stepped structure and the cover. The stepped structures of the two electromagnetic shielding units are respectively arranged around the cable hole and the front entrance. Each of the stepped structure and the cover includes a plurality of treads and a plurality of risers staggeredly arranged with the treads, and the treads and the risers of the stepped structure respectively face those of the cover. Any two faced treads are configured to sandwich a part of the shielding structure, and any two faced risers are configured to sandwich the other part of the shielding structure.
US10725092B1
Coaxial microwave transistor test fixtures provide lowest insertion loss possible and include, as part of the input and output sections, transformer networks either in form of single stage λ/4 segments, or, for larger bandwidth, multiple step segments or ramped transitions from 50Ω to the impedance closer to the internal impedance of the power transistor. The transforming networks are flat or cylindrical and can be made exchangeable in order to accommodate various transforming ratios using the same fixture body and coaxial adapters. The fixtures can be calibrated using standard TRL method.
US10725086B2
Provided is an evaluation apparatus of a semiconductor device suppressing a discharge occurring in a part of a semiconductor device at a time of evaluating its electrical characteristics. The evaluation apparatus of a semiconductor device includes a stage to support a semiconductor device; a plurality of probes located above the stage; an insulating body having a frame shape to surround the plurality of probes and located above the stage; and an evaluation part injecting a current into the semiconductor device via the plurality of probes. The insulating body includes a tip portion having flexibility and facing the stage. The tip portion includes, in one side surface of the tip portion, a contact surface to come in contact with the semiconductor device by a deformation of the tip portion toward an inner side or an outer side of the frame shape.
US10725083B2
A radiofrequency (RF) source for use in testing radiofrequency interference (RFI) stresses has an RF transmitter emitting an electromagnetic field corresponding to at least one frequency, power, and state-of-polarization (SOP). Drives rotate the transmitter to emit, in a temporally continuous fashion, RF power and RF state of polarization from the RF transmitter in, respectively, every direction and every SOP orientation within an RF reflective structure in order to effectively characterize RFI stresses on said equipment to be tested.
US10725073B2
An interferometric sensor and related methods are provided, with a sensing element whereby a measurand induces a relative phase shift between two waves, at least one detector measuring an interference signal between the two waves, and further including a phase shift detection unit having as input the interference signal and determining a first measure representative of the principal value of the relative phase shift, and a contrast detection unit having as input the interference signal for determining a second measure representative of the cross-correlation between the two waves, and a further a processing unit for converting the first and second measures to a measurand value.
US10725072B2
A sensor assembly for a current sensor is provided having a Hall element and a holder for the Hall element, the holder being rigid and including a retainer for the Hall element, in which it is received with small tolerances, and two contact surfaces for a magnetic core. A current sensor having such a sensor assembly and a magnetic core is also provided which has at least one gap in which the holder is arranged, so that the Hall element extends perpendicularly to a direction in which magnetic field lines pass through the gap. A holder for such a current sensor is also provided wherein it consists of a mechanically hard, non-magnetic material, preferably hard plastics or acrylic glass. Lastly, a method of assembling a current sensor is also provided.
US10725063B2
Automated apparatus and methods for dispensing fluids into microplates utilizing microwell covers, the covers comprising open portions to allow a pipette access to one or more wells and impermeable portions which prevent the fluids from getting into wells shielded by the impermeable portion. The open portions and impermeable portions are preferably arranged and sized to align with alternating rows of wells in a particular microplate. Preferred covers are movably positioned on the microplate. Automated dispensing apparatus for use with microplates and microwell covers comprises a programmable controller, and suitable interfaces which allow the apparatus to be programmed, and which control a dispensing head such that pipettes are moved in the desired manner in order to take advantage of the protective features of the microwell covers. The apparatus also preferably comprises at least one transfer mechanism for moving a cover relative to a microplate at a dispensing station.
US10725052B2
The disclosure provides compositions and methods for the detection of renal disease and periodontal disease in mammals.
US10725038B2
The present invention relates to methods for the differentiating, diagnosing, and treating Lyme disease in a subject. The methods according to the invention are characterized by the detection of a biomarker signature capable of differentiating Lyme disease from like-symptom diseases, the biomarker signature being comprised of a combination of two or more analytes.
US10725034B2
A method of determining a macromolecular analyte in a sample suspected of containing the macromolecular analyte is disclosed. The sample and a conjugate reagent comprising a small molecule and a binding partner for the macromolecular analyte are combined in a medium. The conjugate reagent and a labeled binding partner for the small molecule are combined. The conjugate reagent or the medium is examined for an amount of labeled binding partner for the small molecule that is bound to the small molecule, which is related to the amount of the macromolecular analyte in the sample.
US10725032B2
The present invention relates to systems and methods for detecting analyte molecules or particles in a fluid sample and in some cases, determining a measure of the concentration of the molecules or particles in the fluid sample. Methods of the present invention may comprise immobilizing a plurality of analyte molecules or particles with respect to a plurality of capture objects. At least a portion of the plurality of capture objects may be spatially separated into a plurality of locations. A measure of the concentration of analyte molecules in a fluid sample may be determined, at least in part, on the number of reaction vessels comprising an analyte molecule immobilized with respect to a capture object. In some cases, the assay may additionally comprise steps including binding ligands, precursor labeling agents, and/or enzymatic components.
US10725022B2
A method of making an array having discrete volumes of cell culture micro-environments possessing different properties influencing the behavior of encapsulated cells, in particular proliferation, colony-formation, differentiation, migration, or combinations thereof. The method comprises a) providing different hydrogel precursor molecules, where the precursor molecules are linear or branched hydrophilic polymers for building up cell culture micro-environments; b) combining and dispensing different combinations of the hydrogel precursor molecules, according to step a), onto discrete volumes of a multi-well plate; c) adding one or more biologically active molecules to the discrete volumes and either attaching the molecules to one of the hydrogel precursor molecules present or a hydrogel, formed in step e), or allowing them to diffuse freely; d) adding cells onto/into the discrete volumes of the multi-well plate; and e) crosslinking the hydrogel precursor molecules based on an enzymatically catalyzed reaction or a Michael addition reaction to form a hydrogel matrix.
US10725018B2
Hand-held optical thromboelastographic sensor and method of using the same for simultaneous assessment of multiple parameters of blood coagulation at a point-of-care. The sensor includes an optical system registering laser speckle intensities associated with portions of a blood sample delivered through a fluid switch to analysis chambers of a cartridge of the sensor, and data-processing circuitry programmed to derive the multiple parameters from speckle intensity. The circuitry may be part of a mobile device configured to operate without communication with a central server and/or data storage.
US10725014B2
Embodiments of the disclosure include a salt analyzer for crude oil. The crude oil salt analyzer includes a salt concentration model that determines a salt concentration from desalting process parameters that may include a demulsifier flowrate, a crude oil temperature, a crude oil flowrate, a desalting electrostatic grids voltage, a wash water flowrate, and a disposal water flow rate. The crude oil salt analyzer may compare the salt concentration to a threshold concentration to determine if the salt concentration exceeds the threshold concentration and may perform or initiate actions based on the comparison. Methods, computer-readable media, and plant information systems using the crude oil salt analyzer are also provided.
US10725005B2
A tritium-in-air measuring apparatus for measuring a concentration of tritium in air, the measuring apparatus comprising a sensing apparatus for sensing the concentration of tritium in the air and producing at least one signal representing the concentration; a signal processing apparatus, operatively connected to the sensing apparatus, for receiving the signal, processing the signal, and outputting an indication of the concentration of tritium; the sensing apparatus comprising four equal-dimensioned ion chambers, the four chambers being formed in a single block of metal, the four chambers comprising a first measurement chamber, a second measurement chamber, a first compensation chamber and a second compensation chamber.
US10725004B2
Embodiments relate generally to systems and methods for determining the location of a gas detector device, wherein the location may be within a predefined location zone, and automatically configuring the gas detector device based on the location zone. Each location zone in a facility may be associated with a configuration for the gas detector device. The location of the gas detector device may be monitored by a central station, and when it is determined that a gas detector device has moved from one location zone to another, the configuration of the gas detector device may be updated accordingly. Additionally, other parameters may be monitored by the central station and/or the gas detector device to determine the appropriate configuration of the gas detector device.
US10724989B2
The present disclosure relates to an amperometric sensor for determining measurement values of a measurand representing a chlorine dioxide content of a measuring fluid, the sensor including a sensor housing in which a housing chamber is formed, a membrane sealing the housing chamber, a working electrode arranged within the housing chamber, a counter electrode arranged within the housing chamber, an inner electrolyte contained in the housing chamber and in contact with the membrane, the working electrode and the counter electrode, the inner electrolyte having a pH value between 3.5 and 9, inclusive, and a pH buffer stabilizing the inner electrolyte. The sensor further includes a measurement circuit electrically connected with the working electrode and the counter electrode and configured to apply a predetermined, constant voltage between the working electrode and the counter electrode and to generate at least one measurement signal representing a measurement value of the measurand.
US10724987B2
A device for controlling, detecting, and measuring a molecular complex is disclosed. The device comprises a common electrode. The device further comprises a plurality of measurement cells. Each measurement cell includes a cell electrode and an integrator electronically coupled to the cell electrode. The integrator measures the current flowing between the common electrode and the cell electrode. The device further comprises a plurality of analog-to-digital converters, wherein an integrator from the plurality of measurement cells is electrically coupled to one analog-to-digital converter of the plurality of analog-to-digital converters.
US10724982B2
According to at least one aspect of the present disclosure, a method for determining orthophosphate content of a liquid, comprising: registering a first measurement signal of an ion selective dihydrogen phosphate sensor; registering a second measurement signal of an ion selective hydrogen phosphate sensor; and determining the orthophosphate content of the liquid based on the first and second measurement signals. The dihydrogen phosphate sensor can comprise an ion selective dihydrogen phosphate electrode and the hydrogen phosphate sensor an ion selective hydrogen phosphate electrode. In the step of determining the orthophosphate content of the liquid, a cross-sensitivity of the dihydrogen phosphate electrode to hydrogen phosphate present in the liquid and a cross-sensitivity of the hydrogen phosphate electrode to dihydrogen phosphate present in the liquid can be taken into consideration.
US10724979B2
Gas sensors are described herein that are useful for selectively detecting a second gas (e.g. isoprene) in the presence of a first gas (e.g. acetone). The gas sensors include a sensor element which includes a semiconductor sensing material and a porous material. The sensor element is configured so that the porous material absorbs more of the first gas than the second gas. Thus, when the gas being analyzed, such as a mammalian (including human) breath, a greater proportion of the second gas comes into contact with the semiconductor sensing material.
US10724978B2
A portable communication device includes one or more sensors, a pair of electrodes associated with each sensor, and a processing circuit configured to apply a bias supply voltage to the pair of electrodes and to process output signals from the sensors. Each sensor is an ionic liquid sensor tuned for sensing a smell associated with a chemical species. The processing circuit further includes an artificial intelligence engine to enhance smell recognition capabilities of the device.
US10724977B2
Techniques for detecting high impedance conditions in an electrical grid are described herein. In one example, impedance is calculated for each of a plurality of locations within the electrical grid, such as at electrical meters. The impedances may be calculated as a change in voltage divided by a change in current, such as between sequential voltage/current measurements. Statistics may be maintained, including the calculated impedances. In three examples, statistics may be used to identify growth in impedance over multiple days, to identify growth in impedance over multiple hours, and to identify a meter for which impedance is higher than impedance for other meters attached to a single transformer. In a further example, instances of impedance over a threshold value may be identified, from among the maintained statistics. The instances of high impedance may be reported for reasons including cost and safety.
US10724971B2
A plurality of CT imaging conditions are created beforehand as presets, each preset is created beforehand as an icon, and each preset is associated with an icon and registered. Each icon is disposed in a CT imaging condition setting screen according to a spatial resolution and density resolution that serve as two-dimensional indexes relating to image quality. The selection of a given icon by a user results in the selection of the CT imaging conditions corresponding to the selected icon. The indexes relate to image quality and are two-dimensional, and this facilitates operation and makes it possible to intuitively select optimal CT imaging conditions with a small number of steps.
US10724970B2
The method of non-destructive inspection is carried out on an aviation part by a digital imaging system including a source of electromagnetic rays and a detector, and the method includes a prior step of estimating settings for the digital imaging system, which step includes: obtaining a digital model characterizing the digital imaging system and including models characterizing the source and the detector; obtaining a digital model characterizing the aviation part; evaluating a contrast-to-noise ratio for the digital imaging system and the aviation part for a plurality of distinct values of the settings, by making use of the digital models that have been obtained characterizing the digital imaging system and the aviation part; and determining optimum values for the settings that optimize the contrast-to-noise ratio and that are applied to the digital imaging system during a setting up step.
US10724958B2
An imaging device includes a camera and an illuminator. The illuminator is positioned and configured to illuminate an article through an illuminator tunable filter disposed along an optical axis and capture an image of the article through a camera tunable filter arranged along the optical axis. Imaging arrangements and imaging methods are also described.
US10724957B2
A micro-droplet fluorescence detection system, comprising a microfluidic chip (1), an optical path device, and a movement control device for controlling the chip (1) and an optical path device to move, so that the chip (1) moves relative to the optical path device during a fluorescence scanning detection process of micro-droplets in the chip (1), and the micro-droplets inside the chip (1) remains stationary relative to the chip (1). The micro-droplet fluorescence detection system has advantages of avoiding cross contamination due to closed detection, high detection rate, high throughput and high sensitivity.
US10724956B1
Systems and methods are provided for microscopically and fluorescently imaging cell-bearing biological samples or other samples of interest. A microscope objective or other optical elements that exhibits chromatic aberration can be used to obtain images of fluorophores or other contrast agents at different wavelengths. The obtained images are then used to correct each other, e.g., to remove artifacts in an image of a shorter-wavelength fluorophore that are caused by cross-talk from a longer-wavelength fluorophore. A longer-wavelength image, taken at a focal distance corresponding to the shorter-wavelength fluorophore, is taken and used to subtract the activity of the longer-wavelength fluorophore in the shorter-wavelength image. The longer-wavelength image may be taken using a microscope set to the shorter-wavelength focal distance. Alternatively, the longer-wavelength image may be simulated by applying a blurring filter or other methods to a longer-wavelength image taken when the microscope is set to the longer-wavelength focal distance.
US10724948B2
The disclosure features systems and methods for measuring and diagnosing target constituents bound to labeling particles in a sample. The systems include a radiation source, a sample holder, a detector configured to obtain one or more diffraction patterns of the sample each including information corresponding to optical properties of sample constituents, and an electronic processor configured to, for each of the one or more diffraction patterns: (a) analyze the diffraction pattern to obtain amplitude information and phase information corresponding to the sample constituents; (b) identify one or more particle-bound target sample constituents based on at least one of the amplitude information and the phase information; and (c) determine an amount of at least one of the particle-bound target sample constituents in the sample based on at least one of the amplitude information and the phase information.
US10724935B2
The following is an apparatus and a method that enables the automated collection and identification of airborne particulate matter comprising dust, pollen grains, mold spores, bacterial cells, and soot from a gaseous medium comprising the ambient air. Once ambient air is inducted into the apparatus, aerosol particulates are acquired and imaged under a novel lighting environment that is used to highlight diagnostic features of the acquired airborne particulate matter. Identity determinations of acquired airborne particulate matter are made based on captured images. Abundance quantifications can be made using identity classifications. Raw and summary information are communicated across a data network for review or further analysis by a user. Other than routine maintenance or subsequent analyses, the basic operations of the apparatus may use, but do not require the active participation of a human operator.
US10724931B2
The present disclosure relates to a materials testing device wherein an algorithmic approach is used to implement outer loop control software algorithm for control of a plurality of motors imparting different forces on a materials testing specimen. In particular, a torsion motor is controlled by an outer loop control software to control the rotational force applied to the materials testing sample.
US10724928B2
In an apparatus for collecting aerosolised respirable particles of an inhalable medicinal formulation, aerosolised formulation is drawn pneumatically through a dose collection section comprising an inlet orifice (201) and an air-permeable filter (206), the filter being positioned opposed to said orifice, and extending across the pathway (4) for filtering the pneumatic flow so as to retain particulate material therein on the filter, and the orifice (201) being so dimensioned and configured that it has an unimpeded area that is no less than 75% of the area of the filter (201) on which the dose will be collected. In a method using the apparatus, particles (209, 210) collected on the filter may optionally be subjected to a dissolution test. A good correlation is obtainable between in vitro and in vivo doses with improved independence of loading.
US10724920B2
The invention describes a method of analyzing a light distribution of a vehicle headlight. The method determines a cutoff line based on a brightness distribution within a column of an image of the light distribution, the column being perpendicular to a horizon in the image. The method compares the cutoff line with a reference cutoff line and uses the deviations revealed by such comparison to attribute a reduced quality of the light distribution to a particular one of several possible causes. The invention further describes a vehicle headlight analyzer which is arranged to perform the method. The invention finally describes a corresponding computer program product comprising code for executing the method on a processing device.
US10724915B2
A static pressure measurement probe system comprises: a base to be fixed onto the cockpit of an aircraft; at least one local pressure tapping formed through the base and coupled to a pressure measurement sensor; for each local pressure tapping, at least two assemblies each comprising an optical window that is transparent to a laser radiation and a laser anemometry probe configured to take anemometry measurements in an imaginary cylinder centred on the local pressure tapping and of a diameter less than 3 cm and of a height less than 4 cm counted from the outer end of the local pressure tapping, so that the measurements are within the airflow limit layer.
US10724913B2
A method of monitoring the clamping of an assembly by a threaded fastener. One element of the threaded fastener is rotated by a driver while the other is held stationary by a holding tool. The screwing torque and reaction torque of the holding tool are measured. Analyzing their evolution as a function of a third parameter makes it possible to determine accurately the pre-tension in the assembly. The disclosure herein further relates to a clamping method employing a real-time monitoring method of this kind. The disclosure herein also relates to a corresponding device for implementing a method of this kind.
US10724901B2
A colour measurement device includes a measurement array (MA) which includes: a plurality of illumination arrays (20, 30, 40) for exposing a measurement spot (MS) on a measurement object (MO) to illumination light in an actual illumination direction (2, 3, 4) in each case, and a pick-up array (50) for detecting the measurement light reflected by the measurement spot (MS) in an actual observation direction (5) and for converting it into preferably spectral reflection factors; and a controller for the illumination arrays and the pick-up array and for processing the electrical signals produced by the pick-up array. The controller is embodied to process the measured reflection factors on the basis of a correction model, such that distortions in the measurement values as compared to nominal illumination and/or observation directions, caused by angular errors in the illumination arrays and/or the pick-up array, are corrected.
US10724897B2
This disclosure describes a sensor for detecting vibrations, particularly low-frequency vibrations. The sensor is of a cascaded gapped cantilever construction and may include a single sensing beam extending from a base to a proof mass across the plurality of gaps, a mechanical beam opposite the piezoelectric beam. The sensor may be included in a system including a housing, a support, and electronic components for converting and measuring signal. The sensor may be mounted to an item of furniture, such as a bed or a sofa, and measure physiological data including ballistocardiogram and respiratory data of a subject positioned on the furniture.
US10724890B2
An apparatus for measuring a volume of liquor dispensed from a bottle may have at least one transparent substrate having a first side and an opposite second side. A shaded background is on the first side or second side and outlining at least one transparent bottle profile of a geometric shape of a bottle corresponding to a brand of liquor. In addition, at least one volume scale is on one of the sides of the substrate and the at least one scale is associated with the at least one bottle profile to measure a level of liquor in the bottle.
US10724886B2
A conditioning accumulator (2) for use in a multiphase flow measurement system. The conditioning accumulator includes a container which has an inflow orifice connected to the end of an inflow pipe and an outflow orifice connected to the end of an outflow vessel. The lowest point of the inflow orifice is positioned at or near the bottom of a sidewall of the container. The outflow orifice is positioned in a sidewall of the container, where the lowest point of the outflow orifice is vertically offset and above the lowest point of the inflow orifice when the container is in an operational orientation. The container includes a phase distributer located next to the inflow orifice adapted to distribute the liquid and gas phases of the incoming flow from the inflow pipe within the container. An exit flow resistance device reduces/resists the outflow of liquid from the container.
US10724885B2
An improved system and device for dispensing a cleaning agent is provided. The system can include a dispenser and a removable chemical container having the cleaning agent. The dispenser can include a storage portion, a dispensing portion, and a metering chamber associated with the dispensing portion. The metering chamber can be configured to receive a metered amount of the cleaning agent from the storage portion and dispense the metered amount to an outlet associated with a channel. The metering chamber can be removable and/or selectively interchangeable with another metering chamber configured to dispense a different metered amount. A dispenser includes an inlet gate and an outlet gate adapted to be selectively opened and closed to permit the cleaning agent to enter and exit the metering chamber. The inlet gate can open simultaneously as the outlet gate closes. The device can be hand-held.
US10724881B2
This signal processing unit includes: a comparison signal output unit which outputs a comparison signal on a negative side that corresponds to a negative side portion, of a second amplitude-increased signal, which is on the negative side with respect to the comparison threshold TH; an averaging processing unit which outputs an average signal obtained by averaging the comparison signal; a coefficient multiplication processing unit which outputs a coefficient-multiplied signal obtained by multiplying the average signal by an adjustment coefficient set in advance; and a signal correction processing unit which outputs, as a flow rate signal, a value obtained by correcting a first amplitude-increased signal so as to be decreased by use of the coefficient-multiplied signal, wherein the comparison threshold TH is set on the basis of an output characteristic of a sensor measured in advance with respect to at least a forward flow direction of an intake air.
US10724873B2
The present disclosure discloses a method and apparatus for rendering a navigation image and storage medium, the method including: changing a frame limiting parameter according to a current navigation state parameter; and performing frame limiting processing on navigation image rendition according to the frame limiting parameter. According to the embodiments of the present disclosure, a rendered navigation image is determined according to the frame limiting parameter of the current navigation based on the navigation state parameters obtained by a mobile terminal, and the power consumption of the mobile terminal can be reduced without affecting the navigation map and the animated display effect, thereby increasing the per charge usage of the mobile terminal and enhancing the user experience.
US10724872B2
The present disclosure illustrates a vehicle navigation projection system and a method thereof. In an embodiment, a projection device disposed on the top of vehicle interior receives and analyzes a current image in front of a driver's seat of vehicle, to obtain a contour of a street in the current image, generate an indication icon based on the contour of the street and a navigation signal, and project the indication icon on a projection glass served as windshield of the vehicle. The indication icon is superimposed on the street position in the current image and transparency of the projection glass can be adjusted according to light intensity of environment. Thus, the vehicle navigation projection system enables the different drivers to see the indication icon with the navigation function in any lighting environment, and achieves effect of providing the driver with the indication icon having the sense of augmented reality.
US10724869B2
Technologies for providing information to a user while traveling include a mobile computing device to determine network condition information associated with a route segment. The route segment may be one of a number of route segments defining at least one route from a starting location to a destination. The mobile computing device may determine a route from the starting location to the destination based on the network condition information. The mobile computing device may upload the network condition information to a crowdsourcing server. A mobile computing device may predict a future location of the device based on device context, determine a safety level for the predicted location, and notify the user if the safety level is below a threshold safety level. The device context may include location, time of day, and other data. The safety level may be determined based on predefined crime data.
US10724857B1
A fastening system for securing and real-time monitoring of a bolted connection is described. An ultrasonic signal is used to measure time-of-flight in the bolt and calculate an effective length of the bolt. By comparing the calculated effective length against reference values, a loosened bolt may be detected, and a real-time decision can be made to initiate protective measures and/or make a report to a support system. The measuring subsystem can be configured to be electrically isolated, and the bolted connection may include a live electrical connection. The real-time monitoring can provide early warning of potential system failures across any system having bolted connections: this includes civil systems such as buildings and bridges, transportation devices such as trains and airplanes and automobiles, and power distribution systems.
US10724850B2
To enable measurement of a displacement at a predetermined position in the case in which a measurement object remains stationary and also in the case in which the measurement object moves. A light projector and a scanning part are controlled to cause measurement light to sequentially irradiate different positions of the measurement object in a case in which a scanning mode is selected. On the other hand, the light projector and the scanning part are controlled to cause the measurement light to irradiate the same positions of the measurement object in a case in which a line mode is selected. The displacement of the measurement object is measured on the basis of a received-light quantity distribution output from a light receiver.
US10724845B2
The optical module for optical height measurement includes a laser light source, an irradiation optical system, a detection optical system, and a detector. The laser light source is configured to irradiate the layer-structured specimen with a light beam. The irradiation optical system includes an objective lens. The objective lens is located to be approximately perpendicular to the layer-structured specimen. The detection optical system is configured to guide a reflected light reflected by the layer-structured specimen and a light passing through the objective lens and an aperture-restrictor-for-return to the detector. The aperture-restrictor-for-return is located immediately after the objective lens. The aperture-restrictor-for-return is configured to restrict the reflected light and cause only a light in a high NA region to pass through. The detector is configured to convert an entered light into a light detection signal. The detector includes a multi-divided detector array.
US10724844B2
An example multi-turn counter (MTC) sensor includes a magnetic strip that includes a domain wall generator located at a first end of the magnetic strip, where the domain wall generator is to generate at least one domain wall in the magnetic strip, the at least one domain wall configured to propagate based on a magnetic field caused by a magnet; wherein a location of the at least one domain wall indicates a turn count of the magnetic field of the magnet; the turn count to indicate one or more of a predefined fraction of a full rotation of the magnetic field; an end tip located at a second end of the magnetic strip, where the second end of the magnetic strip is opposite the first end; and a plurality of overlapping strip turns that cause a plurality of crossings in the magnetic strip.
US10724822B1
A toy gun capable of quickly piercing an air bottle. The toy gun includes a gun body, a piercing seat, a screw base, and a moveable rod assembly. The gun body has an air cylinder receiving the air bottle. A connecting tube and a screwed tube are disposed at both ends of the air cylinder. The piercing seat is in the connecting tube. The screw base has an end screwed to the screwed tube and the other end with a bottom end. The screw base has a throughhole penetrating through the bottom end and communicating with the air cylinder. The movable rod assembly has a push rod moveable to penetrate through the throughhole and to protrude from the bottom end and a return spring flexibly held between the screw base and the push rod.
US10724819B2
Apparatus, systems, and methods for the maintenance, repair, modification, cleaning, disassembly, and reassembly of firearms and firearm components are disclosed. Particular embodiments include tools to aid in the removal and insertion of an extractor pin from the bolt assembly of an AR-15 or M-16 rifle. Preferred embodiments are directed to bolt assemblies for .223 and .308 imperial caliber firearms, as well as 5.56 and 7.62 metric caliber firearms. The tools include a housing with a channel to receive the bolt, a channel to insert a locking rod to orient and secure the bolt in the housing, a channel for inserting a removal rod to remove the extractor pin from the bolt or an inserting rod to insert the extractor pin into the bolt.
US10724817B2
A firearm suppressor includes a muzzle mount; blast, intermediate and distal baffle cups; a distal end cap; and a shroud. The muzzle mount, baffle cups, and end cap thread together at threaded interfaces. Each baffle cup has an externally threaded proximal segment threadably received in the proximally adjacent component. The distal baffle cup has an externally threaded distal segment received in the end cap. The components are shaped and arranged to form sealed interfaces upstream of the threaded interfaces along the flow path of gas through the suppressor. The baffle cups include baffle walls defining chambers sized and arranged to limit first round pop. The baffle walls define vent passages extending along axes oriented at skew angles with respect to the axes of the baffle cups. A distal baffle cup includes an annular recess for reducing the weight of the suppressor adjacent the distal end.
US10724816B2
There is disclosed herein systems, methods and apparatus relating to a firearm with an electronically operable firing system to fire projectiles from the firearm. The electronic firing system includes an electronic actuator with a switch for electronically firing the firearm and a trigger lever connected to the trigger. The trigger lever is reciprocally moveable along the fastening member in response to a pull of the trigger to displace the trigger lever and actuate the switch to fire the firearm.
US10724813B1
A secondary trigger safety is provided in a trigger mechanism which employs first rotating member which is rotatable between a safety on position preventing firing and a safety off position enabling trigger firing. The secondary trigger safety is coaxially positioned within a formed axial passage in the first rotating member. To position the trigger in the safety off position to allow firing, both the first rotating member and the second rotating member must be turned to respective positions aligning a passage in the first rotating member with a recess in the second rotating member.
US10724801B2
A heat exchanger plate comprises a heat exchanger area, at least two portholes each having a diameter, and at least two porthole areas. Each of the portholes is surrounded by a respective one of the porthole areas. The porthole areas are separated from each other. Each porthole area comprises a corrugation of beams. Each of the beams has an end and extends along a respective extension direction towards the porthole. The extension direction of each of the beams forms an acute angle to a radial line through the end of the beam.
US10724799B2
A heat pump apparatus includes: a compressor including a cylindrical shell, the compressor being configured to compress a refrigerant; and a shell heat exchanger including a helical conduit wound around the outer circumference of the shell, the shell heat exchanger being configured to transfer heat of the shell to a heating medium flowing through the conduit. The shell heat exchanger includes: a plurality of segments; and joining portions configured to connect end portions of adjacent segments to each other. The segments each at least partially have an arc-like shape along the outer circumference of the shell when viewed from the axial direction of the shell. The segments are removable in the radial direction of the shell when the joining portions are separated.
US10724782B2
Disclosed herein is a refrigerator that has an improved structure to facilitate assembling of a door and a main body which are separable from each other. The refrigerator includes a main body that forms an exterior appearance, a storage compartment that is provided inside the main body, a door that is rotatably coupled to the main body so as to open and close an open front surface of the storage compartment, and a hinge bracket that connects the main body and the door. Here, the hinge bracket includes a first bracket that is coupled to the main body and a second bracket that is coupled to the door and detachably coupled to the first bracket.
US10724780B2
The present disclosure relates to a cryocooling system and method. The system includes a sample well and a sample chamber, each of which having an interior that is sized and shaped to hold a cryocooling gas at cryogenic temperatures and a pressure below 1 atm. The sample chamber is also sized and shaped to hold a sample substance to be cryocooled. An impedance tube connects the interior of the sample well to the interior of the sample chamber to allow cryocooling gas to move from the sample well to the sample chamber. A vacuum tube is connected to the interior of the sample chamber on one side and to a vacuum pump via a vacuum port on the other. The vacuum tube is sized and shaped to allow cryocooling gas within the sample chamber to be pumped out of the sample chamber by the vacuum pump.
US10724779B2
A method of manufacturing uniform ice objects includes placing an ice block in a freezer; cutting the ice block into sub-blocks, in the freezer; trimming all sides of each sub-block to ensure smooth, straight cuts on all sides thereof, in the freezer; cutting each trimmed sub-block into sheets, in the freezer, to define a final height of ice objects; cutting each sheet into loins, in the freezer, to define a width of the ice objects; cutting each loin into the ice objects, in the freezer; loading the ice objects in tubs, in the freezer; relocating the tubs of ice objects from the freezer to a refrigerator; removing snow from the ice objects and packaging the ice objects, in the refrigerator; and returning the packaged ice objects to the freezer.
US10724772B2
An HVAC system includes a refrigerant liquid-gas separator. The liquid-gas separator is thermally coupled to electronics to transfer heat away from the electronics, and assist in vaporizing liquid refrigerant. The liquid-gas separator device includes a refrigeration section configured to couple to a refrigeration loop, and electronics thermally coupled to the refrigeration section. The refrigeration section includes: (a) a refrigerant inlet configured to receive refrigerant from the refrigeration loop; (b) a refrigerant outlet configured to release vapor refrigerant to the refrigeration loop; and (c) a cavity coupled to the refrigerant inlet and the refrigerant outlet, the cavity configured to separate liquid refrigerant from vapor refrigerant. During use of the HVAC system, heat from the electronics board is transferred to the refrigerant. The liquid-gas separator includes a check valve configured to inhibit flow of refrigerant into the liquid-gas separator device via the refrigerant outlet.
US10724770B2
A heat pump includes a condenser having a condenser housing; a compressor motor mounted on the condenser housing and having a rotor and a stator, the rotor having a motor shaft which has a compressor wheel for compressing working medium vapor mounted thereon, and the compressor motor having a motor wall; a motor housing which surrounds the compressor motor and has a working medium intake so as to direct liquid working medium out of the condenser to the motor wall for the purpose of cooling the motor, wherein the motor housing is further configured to form a vapor space during operation of the heat pump, and wherein the motor housing further has a vapor discharge outlet for discharging vapor from the vapor space within the motor housing.
US10724750B2
Dryer for compressed air including at least one cooling unit (28), able to cool a refrigerant fluid circulating in at least one drying unit (22), provided with an air inlet (11) and an air outlet (13) and also comprising at least one circuit (18) inside which air to be treated circulates from said air inlet (11) to said air outlet (13). The dryer for compressed air comprises, along the circuit (18), at least one cooling apparatus (12), configured to cool the compressed air to positive temperatures, a few degrees above zero and near to freezing temperature, and at least one freezing apparatus (14), disposed downstream of the cooling apparatus (12) and configured to cool the compressed air to abundantly negative values.
US10724748B2
An air-conditioning apparatus includes a refrigerant pipe through which refrigerant that flows through the refrigeration cycle passes; a pipe-side plate thermally connected to the refrigerant pipe; a control box thermally connected to the pipe-side plate and containing an electric component including a heating element; a housing of an outdoor unit, the housing containing the pipe-side plate and the control box; a positioning element fixing the pipe-side plate and the control box to each other; and a fastening element fixing the control box and the positioning element to each other. At least one side surface of the housing has a work opening. A front portion of the control box is positioned closer to the work opening in the housing, and a rear portion of the control box is positioned closer to a rear surface of the housing, the rear surface facing the side surface having the work opening.
US10724732B2
A lighting device for lighting an interior of a domestic electrical appliance is configured to be operated in different lighting modes which differ from one another by the spectral composition of the light of the lighting device delivered into the appliance interior. In some embodiments, the lighting device comprises two light-emitting diodes which differ from one another in terms of the spectral content of the light delivered thereby. The different lighting modes of the lighting device differ from one another by a different operating combination of the light-emitting diodes. By varying the duty cycle and the pulse frequency of a pulse-width-modulated control signal, a control assembly is able to transmit two different pieces of control information to the lighting module in order to control the two light-emitting diodes individually.
US10724731B2
A lighted gaming furniture system including a piece of furniture, at least one light, a power source, a sensor, a controller and a gaming system. The gaming system operably linked to the controller. The at least one light is attached to the piece of furniture. The sensor is capable of receiving sound emitted by the gaming system. The controller is operably attaching the power source, the sensor and the at least one light to control illumination of the at least one light.
US10724727B2
An LED lamp includes: a lamp shell including a lamp head, a lamp neck and a sleeve; a passive heat dissipating element having a heat sink connected to the lamp shell, the heat sink comprises fins and a base; a power source; a light emitting surface connected to the heat sink of the passive heat dissipating element and includes LED chip sets having LED chips; a first heat dissipating channel; a second heat dissipating channel; and a lamp cover connected with the heat sink and having a light output surface and an end surface, the end surface is formed with a vent to let air flow from outside of the LED lamp into both the first heat dissipating channel and the second heat dissipating channel through the vent. The fins of the heat sink include first fins and second fins, each of the first fins is divided into two portions in a radial direction of the LED lamp, the two portions are divided with a gap portion, each of the second fins has a third portion and a fourth portion extending therefrom, the fourth portions are located radially outside the third portions, the third portion is connected to the fourth portion through a transition portion, the transition portion has a buffer section and a guide section, a direction of any tangent of the guide section is separate from the gap portion.
US10724714B2
A mounting system includes a threaded body that is configured to securely retain an electronic component therein. The threaded body includes a core that defines an inner cavity extending therethrough, and a bottom flange that extends radially outward from an annular bottom edge of the core. The threaded body includes a plurality of fins that are substantially vertically oriented and extend radially outward from the core. The outer edges of the plurality of fins are indexed to collectively form a helical structure that defines a screw thread. The mounting system also includes a nut member that defines a center cavity that extends therethrough and includes an inner flange that defines a complementary screw thread. The mounting system is installed in the ceiling tile by removably coupling the nut member to the threaded body such that the ceiling tile is clamped between the bottom flange and the nut member.
US10724709B2
A coordinated effects system and automated luminaire are provided. The automated luminaire includes a light source, an optical device, a first prism system, a second prism system, and a control system. The light source is configured to emit a light beam. The optical device is configured to produce a first image in the light beam. The first and second prism systems include corresponding first and second pluralities of prisms and are configured to position selected ones of their respective prisms in the light beam or to remove all of their prisms from the light beam. The first prism system is configured to rotate the selected one of its prisms to produce a modified image from the image. The second prism system is configured to rotate the selected one of its prisms to produce an output image from the modified image. The control system is configured to control the first and second prism systems.
US10724708B2
The present invention relates to a spotlight adapted for a light device, said spotlight comprising a support and at least one light module adapted for producing a light beam and comprising at least one light source, such as a light-emitting diode (LED) and an optical element, such as a lens.
US10724707B2
A lens comprises an elongated shape. The lens has a short axis and a long axis. The lens comprises an upper surface through which a substantial majority of light exits the lens when a light emitting element is situated at or below a base of the lens. The upper surface includes a trough that extends along at least one of the short and the long axis. The upper surface includes a surface of a curved wall that joins the upper surface to the base of the lens. A lower surface of the trough is curved along the short axis and along the long axis. The lower surface of the trough has a curvature along the short axis that differs from a curvature along the long axis.
US10724705B2
A light source apparatus includes: a laser light source; a fluorescent material plate including a laser beam irradiation region and being capable of emitting light generated by irradiating the laser beam irradiation region with a laser beam; a light scanning mechanism capable of scanning the laser beam irradiation region with the laser beam; a first transparent conductive film pattern disposed on the fluorescent material plate in the laser beam irradiation region; a second transparent conductive film pattern disposed on the fluorescent material plate outside the laser beam irradiation region and connected to the first transparent conductive film pattern to constitute a continuous series connection wiring; and an electric circuit electrically connected to the second transparent conductive film pattern, detect a change in a resistance value of the series connection wiring, and function to stop the driving of the laser light source when the resistance value falls outside a predetermined range.
US10724704B2
A water heating device (5) includes an infrared light emitting diode (50) configured to emit a light beam in a wavelength band including a wavelength of 1.4 μm or more. With the application of an infrared light beam emitted from the infrared light emitting diode (50) toward an applied body (e.g., a front cover (11)), at least a part of the infrared light beam is absorbed into water attached to the applied body to heat the water.
US10724700B2
A motor-vehicle lighting device including a plurality of primary optical elements, intermediate lenses, and a curved projecting lens. Each primary optical element has a curved exit refracting surface and comprises a plurality of rectangular light guides that are each intended to interact with one light-emitting diode one laser. Each intermediate lens is placed between an exit refracting surface of the primary optical element and the projecting lens. Each intermediate lens is configured to distribute and concentrate the radiation issued from an exit refracting surface of the element over and onto the projecting lens. The lighting device is configured so as to project the diode radiation entering into the light guides and exiting via the projecting lens in the form of luminous pixels, or luminous strips, the light intensity of each of which is controlled despite the curvature of the projecting lens.
US10724696B2
The present invention relates to a projecting light fixture comprising at least one LED generating light beam and a projecting system positioned configured to project the light beam along an optical axis. A beam shaping object is arranged between the LED and the projecting system and comprises a least two different beam shaping patterns, which can be arranged in the source light beam upon rotation of the beam shaping object in relation to the light beam. An actuator is configured to continuously rotate the beam shaping object in relation to the source light beam in order to alternately arrange the beam shaping patterns in the light beam. The projecting light fixture comprises a synchronizer providing a synchronizing signal indicative of: the rotation speed and/or the angular position of the beam shaping object; the position of beam shaping patters in relation to the light beam. Where a controller is configured to toggle the LED between a LED on-period and a LED off-period based on the synchronizing signal.
US10724694B2
An assembly is provided herein for a lighting fixture and for retrofitting a flush mounted light fixture to be provided with solid state lighting.
US10724692B2
A light source unit includes a light distribution lens configured to guide light emitted from an LED disposed behind the light distribution lens, and a reflector arranged to surround the light distribution lens. Illuminance unevenness can be more suitably reduced, and effective light is not blocked even if a pinhole device is used for glare prevention, thereby avoiding illuminance unevenness and illuminance reductions. The light distribution lens has a columnar part that extends in the optical axis direction, and a conical recess is formed in the distal end of the columnar part. The conical recess is constituted by a reflective surface that fully reflects, in the circumferential direction, light incident on the light distribution lens. The reflector reflects light emitted from a cylindrical side surface of the columnar part such that the reflected light becomes converging light.
US10724691B2
A lightbulb comprising a bulb portion (10) in which is housed an illuminating component configured to selectively emit visible light, the lightbulb having a cap portion (16) configured to mount the lightbulb in a light fitting or lamp holder, the cap portion incorporating a adaptor element configured to selectively alter the configuration of the cap portion between a screw fitting and a bayonet fitting.
US10724685B2
A flow control valve includes a housing defining a cavity therein. The housing has an input port for receiving a gas from a gas supply, and an output port for delivering the gas to a gas cylinder. The cavity defines a staging area fluidly connected to the input port, a delivery area fluidly connected to the output port, and a pressurization area fluidly connected to a feedback sensing port. The feedback sensing port is configured to receive pressurized fluid that is pressurized to a pressure level representative of a pressure level of gas delivered to the gas cylinder. The flow control valve includes a piston slidably positioned in a channel extending between the pressurization area and the delivery area. The position of the piston changes a rate of flow of gas through the flow control valve. The piston position moves in response to a pressure at the feedback sensing port.
US10724678B1
A bracket assembly includes a die struck metal plate, a molded plastic guide/nail set configured to fit over the die struck metal plate, the molded plastic guide/nail set including three spaced apart apertures, each of the apertures configured at an angle with respect to a central surface of the guide/nail set, the central surface comprising two upper opposing wings and a lower central wing configured to receive and secure an accessory, and common finish nails, the common finish nails used to secure the die struck metal plate and the molded plastic guide/nail set, when joined together, to a vertical surface.
US10724675B2
Cross beam flexure pivot assembly includes a first housing member having a first arcuate member a second housing member having a second arcuate member wherein the first arcuate member extends into the second housing member and the second arcuate member extends into the first housing member. First, second and, third beams extend in first direction and fourth and fifth beams extend in a second direction all secured to first and second arcuate members. A first axis, second axis and radial axis of the first and second housing members form a common point of intersection. Total of cross section areas of beams extending in first direction and of beams extending in second direction are equal providing equal linear stiffness in both directions. Total moment stiffness about first axis equals total moment stiffness about the second axis.
US10724669B1
An in-pipe inspection or maintenance apparatus comprises: a single rotational and radial deployment mechanism to both rotationally deploy a probe or tool about an inner circumference of a pipe with respect to the axis of the pipe and radially deploy the probe or tool to first and second target points on the inner circumference; and a single actuator to automatically actuate the rotational and radial deployment mechanism to perform both the rotational and radial deployments of the probe or tool. The rotational and radial deployment mechanism is further configured to: rotate the probe or tool and radially extend the probe or tool to the first target point in response to the single actuator actuating the rotational and radial deployment mechanism; and rotate the probe or tool from the first target point to the second target point in response to the single actuator further actuating the rotational and radial deployment mechanism.
US10724665B2
Connector for a fluid conduction system and a fluid conduction system with a corresponding connector
The invention relates to a connector (10) for a fluid conduction system comprising: —a female coupling part (12); —a male coupling part (14) for inserting into the female coupling part (12) along a longitudinal axis (16) of the connector (10); and —controlling means for locking/unlocking the inserted male coupling part (12) within the female coupling part (14) and for controlling the fluidic coupling of the two coupling parts (12, 14) by rotating said two coupling parts (12, 14) against one another about the longitudinal axis (16); wherein a portion of each of the coupling parts (12, 14) is realized as a shut-off valve (18, 24) with a valve body (20, 26) and a rotatable slider element (22, 28), wherein the rotatable slider element (22, 28) of each shut-off valve (18, 24) is in a compulsory closed position when the two coupling parts (12, 14) are unlocked; and wherein the rotatable slider element (22, 28) of each shut-off valve (18, 24) is transferable between the closed position and an open position only if the two coupling parts (12, 14) are locked by use of the controlling means. The invention further relates to a corresponding fluid conduction system.
US10724663B2
A hose end adaptor for holding an inner component to be nested within an outer tube of a hose includes a first support portion for receiving the outer tube and a second support portion on which a component to be nested within the outer tube is mountable.
US10724662B2
A housing component includes a line segment of a hydraulic line. The line segment has at least one channel that opens into a widening. The widening extends to outside of the housing component. A spatially limited sealing surface enclosing the channel is provided in the widening. A seal comprising an adhesive is joined to the sealing surface at least adhesively. A method for manufacturing such a housing component includes layered manufacture of the sealing surfaces.
US10724659B2
A multilayer tube for guiding fuel fluid or brake fluid. The multilayer tube comprises an outer protection layer, a barrier layer radially within the outer protection layer, an intermediate layer radially within the barrier layer, and an inner layer radially within the intermediate layer. At least two of the layers are co-extruded layers. Each of the barrier layer and the inner layer comprises a partially aromatic polyamide.
US10724657B2
A long travel cable carrier guide has a plurality of guideposts that support an upper portion of a cable carrier. The plurality of guideposts include rollers that move between an extended and retracted position that allows the cable carrier to pass by the guideposts. The rollers automatically return to an extended position wherein the rollers protrude into the path of the cable carrier and provide support to the upper portion of the cable carrier as needed.
US10724655B2
Low-PIM polymeric cable support brackets are used to support cables feeding antennas and other types of equipment at cellular base stations (cell sites). A variety of polymeric mounting brackets, cable ties, cable support blocks, and stackable hangers are used to eliminate loose fitting metal-to-metal contact points that tend to create PIM. The mounting bracket body may include standoff features allowing the same bracket to securely attach to poles of different diameter, an external hex profile for receiving a wrench, and a fitted receptacle for receiving a bracket end fastener to facilitate installation. Polymeric cable ties fed through cable slots in the mounting bracket may be positioned to prevent the bracket end fastener from falling out of the fitted receptacle. The low-PIM cable support brackets are suitable for use within one carrier wavelength behind and around base station antennas where conventional cable brackets have been identified as problematic PIM interference sources.
US10724653B2
A fluid control valve includes: a valve housing including a flow path formed therein and having inflow and outflow ports for a fluid; a valve seat formed in the flow path; a driving device mounted in the valve housing; a valve shaft configured to be moved by being driven by the driving device; a valve body mounted on the valve shaft so as to open or close the flow path by being separated from or brought into contact with the valve seat; and a diaphragm formed in a form of an annular thin film and including outer and inner circumferential portions, and configured to move together with the valve shaft in a state where one side thereof faces a fluid chamber including the flow path and the valve seat so as to allow the fluid to flow therethrough, and the other side thereof faces an atmosphere chamber.
US10724652B2
A shut-off valve comprising a valve member received in a fluid passageway and rotatable about a rotation axis between open and closed positions, a casing mounted on the valve body and comprising a chamber, a valve actuating assembly mounted on the valve member for rotating the valve member between the open and closed positions and comprising a stem mounted on the valve member about the rotation axis, a blocking member mounted on the stem and a first biasing member configured to bias the valve actuating assembly in the closed position. The shut-off valve further comprising a biasing assembly comprising a second biasing member and a protrusion member, the protrusion member adapted for mating with the mating element of the blocking member for maintaining the valve member in the open position as pressure increases in the chamber. The valve member configured to close when pressure decreases in the chamber.
US10724647B2
A check valve includes an upper housing having an inlet of the check valve, a lower housing axially coupled to the upper housing and having an outlet of the check valve, a valve portion cooperatively formed by the upper and lower housings, a passageway extending between the inlet and outlet, a first filter included in the upper housing to limit passage of undesirable matter in fluid flowing through the check valve, a second filter included in the lower housing to limit passage of undesirable matter in fluid flowing through the check valve, each of the first filter and the second filter including a plurality of vertical structures disposed in the valve portion and extending axially and radially in the valve portion, and a valve member positioned in the valve portion to selectively permit fluid to flow through the check valve.
US10724646B2
The present disclosure relates to a double-juxtaposed-valve-core rotary multi-functional hydraulic regulating valve driven by two motors. The hydraulic regulating valve includes a first regulating component, a second regulating component and a valve block. The first regulating component includes a first motor, a first valve core, a first connection sleeve and a first valve sleeve. The second regulating component includes a second motor, a second valve core, a second connection sleeve and a second valve sleeve. The first motor and the second motor are provided with angular displacement sensors. Both the first valve core and the second valve core include a connection portion and a cylinder portion. The cylinder portion defines a group of crossed radial through holes. Both the first valve sleeve and the second valve sleeve are of hollow cylinder structures.
US10724645B2
A three-way valve includes an inflow port, a body having therein a valve chamber introducing fluid from an inflow passage of the inflow port; a first outflow port having an outflow passage extending at an acute angle to a reference direction in which the inflow passage extends; a second outflow port having an outflow passage extending from the valve chamber at an acute angle to the reference direction; and a valve element disposed inside the valve chamber and movable to adjust flow rates of the fluid in the first outflow port and the second outflow port. At least one of the first outflow port and the second outflow port includes a bent portion connecting the outflow passage and a downstream passage such that the downstream passage becomes closer to the reference direction than an extending direction of the outflow passage to the reference direction.
US10724635B1
A piston rod assembly of a hydraulic fluid pump includes an extension rod extending axially between a first axial end and a second axial end. The extension rod is defined by a first portion, a second portion, and a third portion. The first portion extends from the first axial end to the third portion and the second portion extends from the second axial end to the third portion. The piston rod assembly further includes a sleeve extending around the third portion. The sleeve is configured to couple the first portion to the second portion.
US10724625B2
A gearbox assembly having a driven assembly includes a drive hub having gear posts, the drive hub being rotatable about an axis. The gearbox assembly additionally includes a plurality of planetary gears and an intermediate component coupling one of the plurality of planetary gears to a corresponding gear post. The intermediate component has sufficient flexibility to maintain the planetary gears in meshing engagement with the driven assembly within the gearbox assembly when one of the planetary gears is misaligned with the corresponding gear post.
US10724624B2
A planet wheel carrier for a planetary gear includes a carrier body for supporting shafts of planet wheels and a slide bearing for rotatably supporting a first end of the carrier body with respect to a frame of the planetary gear. The carrier body includes oil channels for conducting oil to bearings of the planet wheels. The slide bearing includes an oil channel for conducting oil from an oil channel of the frame to the oil channels of the carrier body. The planet wheel carrier includes one or more conical roller bearings for rotatably supporting a second end of the carrier body with respect to the frame. Thus, the slide bearing conducts pressurized oil to the rotating planet wheel carrier whereas the conical roller bearings receive axial forces directed to the planet wheel carrier.
US10724618B2
An electric drive axle system has an integral electric machine. An axle system includes a pair of output shafts and a motor with a rotor shaft disposed in line with the output shafts. A gearset is coupled between the rotor shaft and one output shaft. Another gearset is coupled between the rotor shaft and the other output shaft. Each gearset has a sun gear meshing with a set of planet gears supported on a carrier. The rotor shaft is fixed to the sun gears and the output shafts are fixed to the carriers. A clutch may alternately prevent or allow rotation of ring gears of the gearsets.
US10724616B2
A power transmission apparatus for vehicle, incorporated in a vehicle equipped with a transmission, includes a forward-reverse switching mechanism with start function produced by adding a function of a vehicle start clutch to the forward-reverse switching mechanism. Additionally, a power transmission system for vehicle includes an internal combustion engine that is a power source for vehicle driving, the transmission, a torsional vibration damper that transmits torque of the internal combustion engine to the transmission, and the forward-reverse switching mechanism with start function of the power transmission apparatus for vehicle. The forward-reverse switching mechanism with start function is disposed between the transmission, and the internal combustion engine and the torsional vibration damper.
US10724607B2
Provided is a speed reduction or speed increasing apparatus where the rotational stiffness can be increased, including a housing, a first crown gear, a support unit placed radially outward of the first crown gear to support the first crown gear to be capable of wave motion and incapable of rotation with respect to the housing, a second crown gear configured to be rotatable with respect to the housing, the second crown gear having a different number of teeth from the first crown gear, the second crown gear facing the first crown gear, and a cam unit configured to incline the first crown gear with respect to the second crown gear in such a manner that the first crown gear engages with the second crown gear, and to cause the first crown gear to undergo wave motion in such a manner that the location of contact moves.
US10724585B2
A brake pad for a heavy vehicle disc brake and a disc brake. The brake pad defines a first and second circumferential surfaces. A first spring forms at least part of the first circumferential surface and is arranged to contact the first circumferential pad abutment surface and urge the brake pad, in use, towards the second circumferential pad abutment surface.
US10724581B2
A friction plate that is used in a friction engagement device configured to engage an input rotary member and an output rotary member with each other, the friction plate including a base plate having an annular plate shape; and a friction member provided on the base plate in a circumferential direction of the friction plate.
US10724580B2
Methods and systems are provided for a motorized disconnect operable to selectively engage and disengage two rotating components of a vehicle drivetrain. As one example, a motorized disconnect system is provided that operates via an electric motor and includes a shifter assembly with an oscillating gear track and cam profile for rotating the shifter assembly while moving it in an axial direction to selectively couple two rotating components.
US10724550B2
A Venturi device has a body defining a motive section and a discharge section converging toward and spaced a distance apart to define a Venturi gap, defining a first suction port and a second suction port each in fluid communication with the Venturi gap, and defining a chamber having an outlet end of the motive section and an inlet end of the discharge section dividing the chamber into a first portion and a second portion in fluid communication with one another above and below the inlet and outlet ends and through the Venturi gap. The first and second portions both have a plurality of spaced apart fingers protruding radially and axially from an inner wall thereof. A suction housing is sealingly connected to the chamber and collectively defines a check valve with the body, and a cap is sealing connected to close another end of the chamber.
US10724547B2
A cover (1) for a centrifugal pump which comprises a heating element (8), which has a heating stretch (10) and two end stretches (12) connected to the heating stretch (10), wherein the heating element (8) crosses the cover (1) so that the heating stretch (10) is under the cover (1) and the two end stretches (12) are over the cover (1), wherein at least one safety device (20), sensitive to the temperature of the electric resistor (8), fixed to the outer face (6), is provided and at least one control device (22), sensitive to both the temperature of the liquid and the temperature of the electric resistor (8), fixed to the outer face (6), is provided, wherein at least one first portion (14) of the heating stretch (10) is in contact with the cover (1), so that the heating stretch (10) is adapted to be contact with the liquid.
US10724539B2
A diagonal or radial fan comprises a rotating motor fan wheel and an upright guide device that in terms of flow is connected downstream of the motor fan wheel, wherein the motor fan wheel comprises a motor and an impeller with blades that is rotary driven by the motor, said blades being arranged between an impeller cover plate and an impeller base disk, wherein the guide device comprises at least one guide device cover plate and one guide device base disk, and wherein the guide device cover plate and the guide device base disk are in continuous elongation to the impeller cover plate and the impeller base disk.
US10724538B2
A centrifugal compressor includes an impeller that rotates about an axis; an inlet guide vane including a plurality of vanes disposed on an upstream side of the impeller and provided at intervals in a circumferential direction of the axis, the inlet guide vane being directed inward in the radial direction between adjacent vanes, and forming a guide flow path having an exit angle in the radial direction and guiding the fluid; and a suction flow path that introduces the fluid from a part in a circumferential direction into the inlet guide vane. The exit angle of the vane of the first region on the one side when viewed from the suction flow path in the inlet guide vane is displaced to the suction flow path side as compared to the exit angle of the vane of a second region on the opposite side of the one side.
US10724531B2
A method of pressurizing a downstream compressor system operatively connected to an upstream compressor system by using a bleeding line connected at a first end to the downstream compressor system and at a second end at least to one bleeding region or tie-out region of the upstream compressor system.
US10724527B2
A liquid sensing switch comprising an upper sensor plate linked to electronics, a lower sensor plate linked to the electronics, and a ground linked to the electronics, wherein a pump is activated when a liquid level rises above a position of the lower sensor plate and above a position of the upper sensor plate, causing a current to pass between the two sensor plates.
US10724525B2
A compressor includes a compression mechanism having a ring-shaped first cylinder, a first piston eccentrically rotatable in an interior of the first cylinder, a first cylinder head member disposed adjacent to one axial end of the first cylinder, a second cylinder head member disposed adjacent to an other axial end of the first cylinder, and a fastening bolt. The fastening bolt fastens the first cylinder head member, the first cylinder, and the second cylinder head member together. An end face of the first cylinder head member contacts the first cylinder, and the end face is provided with a protecting groove. The protecting groove is formed closer to a center of the first cylinder than the fastening bolt, and has a groove width smaller than a groove depth of the protecting groove.
US10724521B2
A scroll compressor is provided that may include a casing; a drive motor provided at an inner space of the casing; a rotational shaft coupled to a rotor of the drive motor, and rotated together with the rotor; a frame provided below the drive motor; a fixed scroll provided below the frame, and having a fixed wrap; and an orbiting scroll provided between the frame and the fixed scroll, having an orbiting wrap so as to form a compression chamber including a suction chamber, an intermediate pressure chamber, and a discharge chamber, by being engaged with the fixed wrap. In a state in which a center of the fixed scroll and a center of the orbiting scroll are substantially the same, an interval between the fixed wrap and the orbiting wrap gradually increases towards the suction chamber from the discharge chamber.
US10724520B2
A scroll compressor is provided and includes a motor housing having a support surface, a fixed scroll fixedly disposable on the motor housing, an orbiting scroll which is operably disposable for fluid-compressive orbital movement relative to the fixed scroll and a removable hydropad removably disposable on the support surface between the orbiting scroll and the support surface.
US10724519B2
A containment assembly for a pump provided with at least one pumping group and with 5 at least one power transmission system to such a pumping group. The containment assembly includes a substantially cylindrical containment vessel provided with an opening at one of the ends thereof, configured to at least 10 partially enclose the pumping group and the respective power transmission system. The containment assembly also includes at least one closure plate, sealably coupled with the containment vessel at the open end thereof and configured to hermetically enclose, in 15 cooperation with such a containment vessel, the pumping group and the respective power transmission system. On a predetermined contact portion between the containment vessel and the closure plate at least one wave spring is provided, configured to keep the pumping group 20 dynamically under compression by means of the closure plate.
US10724512B2
It is disclosed a reciprocating compressor having a cylinder body that defines a cylinder; the cylinder may have a cylinder lateral wall and a cylinder axis A and inside it a piston is movable; at least one valve is provided to selectively open and close a valve opening formed in the cylinder lateral wall; cylinder heads at least partially protruding towards the piston inside the cylinder have a recessed surface at least partially facing the valve openings; an intersection between at least a plane containing the cylinder axis A and the recessed surface is a first curve having at least a convex part facing the valve opening.
US10724503B2
A system for generating its own air currents to run electric turbines. The system includes: a vertical tower or support provided with a rotating disk at its upper end, up to four laterally extending arms connected to the disk, each arm carrying a wind turbine generator with rotating blades/rotors attached at its outer end, a planetary gear system having a central sun gear and motor associated with the rotating disk and a main controller system connected to the vertical tower base, wherein the main control system controlling the startup input source from a state power supply system and a solar system supply operating the central motor.
US10724497B2
Systems and methods for hydro-electric power generation are disclosed. The system includes a frame or structure positioned in a waterway or channel, with one or more hydro-transition units secured to corners of the frame. The hydro-transition units include a body of reinforced fabric for redirecting water flow towards the inlet of the frame, effectively increasing the current of the water and allowing for turbines within the frame to generate power at an increased rate. Anchors and bracket systems may secure the hydro-transition units to both the waterway and the frame, thereby allowing the body of reinforced fabric to withstanding force from water-flow within the waterway. The system includes various failsafe mechanisms for disengaging or detaching the hydro-transition units from the frame and/or anchor for reacting to high water flow or volumes (e.g., flooding).
US10724495B2
A gas engine system controller: calculates a delay calculation value of a knocking occurrence ratio; determines a primary target ignition timing; sets the primary target ignition timing as a current ignition timing if the occurrence ratio difference is positive and an ignition timing does not exceed a converted value of a first advance rate; determines whether a rapid advance condition is satisfied if the occurrence ratio difference is positive and the ignition timing difference exceeds the converted value of the first advance rate; sets a secondary target ignition timing as the current ignition timing if the rapid advance condition is not satisfied, the secondary target ignition timing obtained by adding the converted value of the first advance rate to the previous ignition timing; and determines the current ignition timing so as to achieve a second advance rate greater than the first advance rate if the rapid advance condition is satisfied.
US10724484B2
A digital inlet valve is the complementary assembly of an armature module, a body module and an actuation module enabling direct control over an air gap between a magnetic armature and a pole piece body.
US10724460B2
An exhaust treatment system and method for the treatment of an exhaust stream from a combustion engine are provided. A first oxidation of compounds comprising one or more of nitrogen, carbon and hydrogen in the exhaust stream is carried out by a first oxidation catalyst. Further, a value (NO2_1/NOx_1)det for a ratio between a first amount of nitrogen dioxide and a first amount of nitrogen oxides leaving said first oxidation catalyst is determined. Active control of at least one parameter related to the combustion engine is carried out, based on the determined value, so that the ratio is impacted. A first additive is supplied into the exhaust stream, following which a first reduction of the first amount of nitrogen oxides is carried out through a catalytic reaction in a catalytic filter, which consists of a particulate filter with an at least partly catalytic coating with reduction characteristics. The catalytic filter is arranged for catching and oxidizing of soot particles, and to carry out the first reduction of the first amount of nitrogen oxides using the first additive.
US10724457B2
In a method for the regeneration of a particulate filter or of a four-way catalytic converter in an exhaust system of an internal combustion engine, an increase in the nitrogen oxide emissions during the regeneration of the particulate filter or of the four-way catalytic converter can be prevented or at least reduced. A particulate filter or a four-way catalytic converter is arranged in the exhaust system of an internal combustion engine. The fuel injection and the ignition are switched off in response to a request for the internal combustion engine to be turned off. Due to mass inertia, the internal combustion engine transitions from the switch-off rotational speed to a standstill whereby, during this phase, oxygen-rich air is conveyed into the exhaust passage. A partial regeneration of the filter or of the catalytic converter takes place with the oxygen contained in this fresh air, whereby the particulate mass discharged from the filter or the catalytic converter is determined by means of a computational model.
US10724454B2
Systems and methods for activating and deactivating cylinders of an engine that may activate and deactivate one cylinder independent of other cylinders are presented. In one example, an engine cylinder firing fraction and a remainder value that is based on the engine cylinder firing fraction are a basis for activating and deactivating engine cylinders. The systems and methods also provide for transitioning between different cylinder firing fractions.
US10724444B2
An air turbine starter for starting an engine, comprising a housing defining an inlet, an outlet, and a flow path extending between the inlet and the outlet for communicating a flow of gas there through. A turbine member is journaled within the housing and disposed within the flow path for rotatably extracting mechanical power from the flow of gas. A gear train is drivingly coupled with the turbine member, a drive shaft is operably coupled with the gear train, and an output shaft is selectively operably coupled to rotate with the engine. A containment screen is located within the housing downstream of the at least one turbine member.
US10724441B2
An annular combustion system includes a fuel nozzle, a panel fuel injector including a fuel plenum and at least one premixing channel therein, an inner liner including an inner band radially spaced from an outer band and an inner flow annulus formed therebetween, and an outer liner radially spaced from the inner liner and comprising an inner band radially spaced from an outer band and an outer flow annulus formed therebetween. The fuel nozzle is positioned radially between the inner liner and the outer liner, and the panel fuel injector extends radially between the inner liner and the outer liner. At least one of the inner flow passage and the outer flow passage is in fluid communication with at least one of a premix air plenum, a cooling air cavity and a cooling air plenum defined within the panel fuel injector.
US10724435B2
A gas turbine engine includes a turbomachine and a fan rotatable by the turbomachine. The fan includes a plurality of fan blades. The gas turbine engine also includes an outer nacelle surrounding the plurality of fan blades and a plurality of part-span inlet guide vanes cantilevered from the outer nacelle at a location forward of the plurality of fan blades along the axial direction. Each of the plurality of inlet guide vanes defines an inner end along the radial direction and it is unconnected with an adjacent part-span inlet guide vane at the inner end.
US10724427B2
Control of a quantity of air introduced into an intake of a supercharged internal combustion engine which includes a proportional valve located in a partial transfer duct which controls flow of compressed air flow through the partial transfer duct into an inlet of a turbine. The proportional valve is controlled to move between open and closed positions in accordance with strategies in accordance with stabilized phases of operation of the engine. Characteristics of stabilized phases of operation of the engine are determined and are used to control circulation of the compressed air during transitions between the stabilized phases of engine operation in accordance with the determined characteristics of the stabilized phases of the engine operation. The determined characteristics are derived from a previously completed mapping of speed and charging of the supercharged engine during a previous stabilized phase.
US10724424B2
Internal combustion engine apparatuses, systems and methods. The internal combustion engine system includes a cylinder block including a cylinder bore and a piston movably positioned in the cylinder bore. The piston is configured to slide in an axial direction within the cylinder bore. The piston includes a piston crown and a turbulence induction protuberance extending in an axial direction from the piston crown. The turbulence induction protuberance is positioned radially intermediate an axial center of the piston and a circumferential portion of the piston. The turbulence induction protuberance is configured to cause turbulence in a propagating flame propagating from a central region of the cylinder bore to cause the propagating flame to extend to a circumferential portion of the cylinder bore.
US10724412B2
An exhaust system for a work vehicle includes a mixer that includes a nozzle configured to receive a first exhaust flow along a lateral axis through a plurality of openings in a peripheral wall of the nozzle. The nozzle also receives a diesel exhaust fluid along a longitudinal axis through a longitudinal inlet. Further, the nozzle is configured to mix the first exhaust flow and the diesel exhaust fluid to form an exhaust solution. In addition, the mixer includes a conduit configured to receive the exhaust solution along the longitudinal axis. Moreover, the conduit has an opening configured to receive a portion of the nozzle, and the conduit is configured to receive a second exhaust flow through a gap formed between the nozzle and the conduit at the opening, and the opening is positioned downstream of the plurality of openings.
US10724407B1
An outboard motor comprises an engine block having vertically-aligned first and second banks of cylinders that extend from each other in a V-shape, a vertically-extending central drain passage located below the first bank of cylinders and being configured to drain lubricant to an underlying sump, a vertically-extending crankshaft, and a central deflector located between the first and second banks of cylinders. The central deflector extends from the engine block towards the crankshaft and being configured to deflect lubricant away from the crankshaft to the central drain passage.
US10724406B2
An engine assembly includes an air-cooled engine and an external oil reservoir. The engine includes a vertically-oriented crankshaft a crankcase cover having a front portion and a rear portion, wherein the front portion of the crankcase cover and the cylinder head are located forward of a vertical plane that includes the crankshaft axis, a return pump housing formed in the exterior of the crankcase cover, a return pump positioned in the return pump housing, and a return pump inlet formed through the crankcase cover, wherein the return pump inlet is located in the front portion of the crankcase cover and the return pump inlet is located closer to the camshaft than to the crankshaft. The external oil reservoir includes an oil tank and an oil filter assembly.
US10724401B2
A turbine ring assembly includes both a plurality of ring sectors made of ceramic matrix composite material forming a turbine ring, and also a ring support structure. Each ring sector includes a portion forming an annular base with an inner face defining the inside space of the turbine ring and an outer face from which an attachment portion of the ring sector extends for attaching it to the ring support structure. The ring support structure includes two annular flanges between which the attachment portion of each ring sector is held. Each annular flange of the ring support structure presents at least one sloping portion bearing against the attachment portions of the ring sectors, the sloping portion, when observed in meridian section, forming a non-zero angle relative to the radial direction and relative to the axial direction.
US10724393B2
A seal assembly, comprising a first segment, a second segment, and a seal incorporated between the first segment and the second segment, the seal comprising a mesh. The first segment may comprise a blade outer air seal and the second segment may comprise a vane. In various embodiments, the first segment and the second segment may define a gap, and the seal may seal the gap. The seal may have a first member and a second member that enmeshes the first member. The seal may comprise a member that enmeshes a non-metallic member. The seal may comprise a ceramic fiber enmeshed by a member. The seal may comprise a non-metallic member enmeshed by a metallic member. The seal may comprise a plurality of annular connecting members, each annular connecting member extending about the seal. The seal may comprise a single annular member.
US10724390B2
Collar support assemblies are provided. For example, a collar support assembly for an airfoil comprises a collar that includes a first surface shaped complementary to a fillet of the airfoil and a planar second surface. The first surface is disposed adjacent the fillet of the airfoil. The collar support assembly further comprises a shim material disposed between the second surface and an airfoil support structure and a filler material inserted between the first surface and the fillet of the airfoil to provide a tight fit between the collar and the airfoil. In other embodiments, the collar support assembly comprises a pair of collars and supports an airfoil doublet. The airfoil doublets may be part of an outlet guide vane assembly of a gas turbine engine, and methods for assembling outlet guide vane assemblies also are provided.
US10724386B2
A gas turbine engine, having: a disk; a plurality of blades secured to the disk, each of the plurality of blades having a platform located between a root portion and an airfoil portion of the blade, wherein the platform of one of the plurality of blades is configured to define a cavity with a platform of an adjacent blade that is secured to the disk; a damper seal located in the cavity and positioned adjacent to a gap defined by edges of the platforms of the blades; and a damper restraint located on an interior surface of each platform, wherein the damper restraint extends into the cavity and is a raised feature configured to contact a peripheral edge portion of a damper seal when it is adjacent to the gap defined by the platforms of the blades.
US10724385B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to the installation or removal of turbine blades at a turbine blade base thereof. An apparatus according to the present disclosure can include: an operative head configured to engage an axial sidewall of a turbine blade base; and a mount removably coupled to a portion of a turbomachine assembly by a coupler, wherein the operative head is slidably coupled to the mount such that the operative selectively engages the axial sidewall of the turbine blade base, and wherein the operative head is shaped to impart an axial and a circumferential force against the turbine blade base.
US10724367B2
A method for estimation of water properties and hydrocarbon properties in a subsurface formation includes acquiring a plurality of well log measurements from the subsurface formation. The water properties and the hydrocarbon properties are parameterized with respect to a selected set of well log measurements. A simultaneous or sequential inversion is performed to estimate the water properties and the hydrocarbon properties.
US10724366B2
Disclosed is the detection of emulsions and microdispersions with an optical computing device. One disclosed method includes emitting electromagnetic radiation from an electromagnetic radiation source, optically interacting the electromagnetic radiation with a fluid and thereby generating fluid interacted radiation, detecting a portion of the fluid interacted radiation with a reference detector arranged within an optical channel of an optical computing device, generating a reference signal with the reference detector, and determining an emulsive state of the fluid based on the reference signal.
US10724358B2
Systems and methods for reducing or eliminating stick-slip are described. The system includes a controller and a drawworks. The controller is configured to collect downhole information, detect one or more stick-slip conditions, determine correlative relationships, model a stick-slip region, generate a control algorithm for top drive RPM and WOB that avoids a stick-slip region, determine a WOB autodriller set point for a particular top drive RPM using the control algorithm and provide one or more operational control signals that limit the WOB to the WOB autodriller set point for the particular top drive RPM. The drawworks is configured to receive the one or more operational control signals from the controller, and limit the WOB so that the WOB does not exceed the WOB autodriller set point for the particular top drive RPM.
US10724352B2
A wellbore system may include a work string and at least one downhole device connected to a portion of the work string, the downhole device configured to deliver a periodic stream of fluid to a portion of a wellbore. The system may further include at least one sensor configured to detect reflected energy pulses associated with the periodic stream of fluid. The at least one downhole device may be configured to modify a pressure of the periodic stream of fluid in real time based on the reflected energy pulses received in real time.
US10724351B2
Systems and methods of optimizing enhanced oil recovery fluids in the form of a hydrocarbon foam, an emulsion based foam, an emulsion, and a gelled enhanced oil recovery fluid, each comprising Y-Grade NGL, which is an unfractionated hydrocarbon mixture that comprises ethane, propane, butane, isobutane, and pentane plus, wherein the unfractionated hydrocarbon mixture is a byproduct of a condensed and demethanized hydrocarbon stream.
US10724347B2
A brake system for maintaining an angular position of a spindle assembly. A pump-powered motor drives rotation of a spindle on the machine. When no rotation is desired, the spindle will slow, then stop at a desired angular orientation. A rotational sensor will determine the clock position, and a controller compares that to a desired angular orientation. If an error tolerance is exceeded, the motor will rotate the spindle back to the desired orientation.
US10724346B2
In accordance with embodiments of the present disclosure, a simplified geomechanical model that considers the anisotropic (e.g., directional) properties of a formation and the presence of natural fractures in the formation is provided. A system and method may be designed according to the present disclosure to create a simplified geomechanical model of a horizontally laminated formation that includes pre-existing natural fractures. The simplified geomechanical model can be used to calculate the fracture closure pressure of the formation and to design a fracturing operation for injecting fracture fluid into the formation, thus improving the efficiency of a subterranean operation. The disclosed model may provide a more realistic model for fractured shales than an isotropic or vertically transverse isotropic (VTI) model. In addition, the disclosed model may be simpler to implement than a full orthorhombic model.
US10724342B2
Systems and methods for actuating a downhole tool using an improved low load collet. The low load collet may include a multi-angle profile that enables the collet to provide a low-load actuation force threshold in one direction, while maintaining a strong interference between the collet and corresponding actuation mechanism. To that end, the collet may include a first protrusion disposed on a first collet spring and a second protrusion disposed on a second collet spring. The first and second protrusions each feature a high-load ramped surface on one side and a low-load ramped surface on an opposite side. The low-load ramped surface of the first protrusion has a shallow angle and the low-load ramped surface of the second protrusion has a steep angle that is larger than the shallow angle.
US10724341B2
Apparatus and methods pertaining to a moveable well construction apparatus to be electrically energized via an electrical power transmission path extending between a stationary power source and the moveable well construction apparatus. The path comprises cables and connectors. A system comprises a detector operable for generating information indicative of whether the path is properly installed. The system permits the path to be electrically energized when the detector-generated information indicates the path is properly installed, and prevents the path from being electrically energized when the detector-generated information indicates the path is not properly installed.
US10724339B2
A downhole pump including a mandrel defining a passageway therein and defining an inlet to the passageway that allows fluid ingress to the passageway from an environment outside of the mandrel and defining an outlet from the passageway that allows fluid egress from the passageway, a blade extending from the mandrel and sized for a close clearance fit in a tubular into which the pump is intended to be used, the blade upon rotation of the mandrel causing a fluid flow regime in a direction across the blade, into the inlet, through the passageway, out of the outlet and back to the blade.
US10724337B2
A first chamber is configured to be positioned within a wellbore. The first chamber includes a cooling fluid. A second chamber is positioned uphole of the first chamber. The first chamber and the second chamber are configured to be lowered to a position within the wellbore. The second chamber includes a cold source at a sub-zero temperature. The cooling fluid is configured to be cooled upon contacting the cold source. A separation member is positioned between the first chamber and second chamber. The separation member separates the cooling fluid and the cold source. An activation device is connected to the separation member. The activation device is configured to cause the separation member to allow the cold source to contact the cooling fluid.
US10724335B2
In accordance with some embodiments of the present disclosure, a high pressure regulation system for a ball valve used in a wellbore is disclosed. The high pressure ball valve includes an outer wall, an inner wall disposed in the outer wall, a tubing defined by an inner diameter of the inner wall, an annulus defined by an outer diameter of the inner wall and an inner diameter of the outer wall, a lower chamber formed in the annulus, and a relief valve fluidically coupled to the lower chamber. The relief valve is to control a pressure differential between a pressure in the lower chamber and a pressure in the tubing.
US10724333B2
A choke controlling fluid flow in a well has a conduit with an inlet and an outlet, and a flow restrictor comprising first and second choke members, one of which rotates relative to the other to choke or promote flow. The first and second choke members are axially spaced from one another, and have mating faces that are optionally planar, and are axially stacked in the choke. The choke is operated by a shifting tool, which grips the inner surface of the rotating choke member, and rotates it relative to the other, in order to vary the flow.
US10724330B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure include a method of replacing valve operation methods during fracturing operations including installing a first operator on a first valve of a first fracturing tree. The method also includes installing a second operator on a second valve of a second fracturing tree, the second fracturing tree being adjacent the first fracturing tree. The method also includes removing the first operator from the first valve, the first valve maintaining a position on the first fracturing tree after the first operator is removed. The method further includes removing the second operator from the second valve, the second valve maintaining a position on the second fracturing tree after the second operator is removed. The method also includes installing the first operator on the second valve after the first operator is removed from the first valve and after the second operator is removed from the second valve.
US10724328B2
The present invention relates to a downhole plug and abandonment system (100) for a well (105), comprising a first well tubular metal structure (101a) having a wall, a second well tubular metal structure (101b) having a wall, the second well tubular metal structure being arranged inside the first well tubular metal structure, the well tubular metal structures having longitudinal extensions and being arranged in a borehole (104) of a well, a packer (350) arranged between the first well tubular metal structure and the second well tubular metal structure defining an annular space (351) above the packer, a first plug (106) arranged in the second well tubular metal structure dividing the second well tubular metal structure into a first part (107) and a second part (108), the first part being closest to a top of the well, and a cement plug (270) arranged in the first part on top of the packer and the plug. Furthermore, the present invention relates to a downhole plug and abandonment method.
US10724314B1
Systems and methods of collecting, treating, and recycling oilfield drilling fluids, used oilfield water, and other wastewater are disclosed. A separator may be used to separate a fluid mixture into one or more liquids and one or more solids. Water, oil, or other liquids may be recovered from the separator and further processed by aeration, filtration, and/or pasteurization, making them suitable for reuse in oilfield drilling and/or fracking operations or other industrial applications, such as truck or equipment washing. Sludge from the separator may be dried to produce dried solids, which may also be used for various applications, such as road base.
US10724302B2
A hydraulic drilling system and method for drilling a borehole from a wellbore are disclosed. The system comprises a whipstock that is selectively rotatable about the central long axis of the work string, for repositioning the whipstock exit radially, without extracting the whipstock or the workstring from the wellbore. The system includes an extendable and contractible second work string for absorbing any axial forces on the work string. The system may also include a positional measurement device and the distal end of the drill tubing may be selectively steerable. The system may be used to drill a plurality of boreholes from the same wellbore. In one aspect of the method, an earth measurement device and/or an earth manipulation device is placed downhole.
US10724296B2
A covering for an architectural opening including a support tube and a panel operably connected to the support tube and configured to be wound around the support tube. The panel includes a support sheet and at least one vane or slat connected to the support sheet. The at least one vane includes a vane material operably connected to a first side of the support sheet and a support member operably connected to the vane material and configured to support the vane material at a distance away from the support sheet when the panel is in an extended position with respect to the support tube.
US10724292B2
A laminated includes two bent glass substrates, a polymer interlayer between the glass substrates, and a notch or orifice cut in an entire thickness of the glazing. The glazing includes a border of compressive edge stresses obtained by general controlled cooling of the substrates in a paired state so that compressive stresses are generated at the border, and a local compression zone, different from the border, and obtained by local controlled cooling of a local area of a main surface of the glazing so that compressive stresses are generated in theid local compression zone. The notch or orifice is located in the local compression zone and made in the substrates in a paired state after forming the local compression zone so that cut contours of the substrates in the notch or orifice have a perfect superposition. The compressive edge stresses of the cut contours are greater than 4 MPa.
US10724290B2
A retrofit window kit, including a plurality of magnetic sash elements configured to be positioned at one or more locations on an interior perimeter of the sash; and a corresponding plurality of magnetic window grid elements each configured to magnetically couple to one of the magnetic sash elements and constructed as a clip or a cap sized to fit over and frictionally attach to an exterior end of a window grid muntin.
US10724283B2
A variable output torque rod system for panel counterbalance includes a telescoping torque rod having a solid inner rod with a first end concentrically disposed in a tubular outer rod, wherein the tubular outer rod includes a first end fixed relative to a storage area, and wherein the solid inner rod includes a second end secured in a slider block relative to the panel. The telescoping torque rod is configured to store energy by being twisted when the panel is pivoted in a first direction relative to the storage area, and wherein the slider block is operative to adjust an overall length and cross-sectional area of the telescoping torque rod when the slider block is moved from a fully extended position to at least one other position that is less than the fully extended position.
US10724282B2
The opening and closing mechanism for opening and closing bodies has a first opening and closing body, a second opening and closing body, a first support member, a second support member, a first and second guide member, wherein a first and a second guide member intermediate portion are disposed to have an overlapping region, in the overlapping region, one of the first guide member intermediate portion and the second guide member intermediate portion is arranged, with respect to the other of the first guide member intermediate portion and the second guide member intermediate portion, in a direction to which a load is applied, and each of the first to fourth connecting portions has a rolling element provided at a side so as to apply a load toward toe guide members.
US10724280B1
Two circular discs are collapsible towards each other and expandable away from each other by way of rotatable hinge(s) situated there-between which move the circular discs towards and away from each other. The rotatable hinge(s) are connected to the circular discs by way of living hinges. The rotable hinge(s) may be surrounded by a cloth or plastic cover which can be non-resilient or resilient, such a cover further connected in a circular manner to each disc.
US10724279B2
Pivoting device (1) for a motor vehicle has a holder (50) and a pivoting body (10) which is mounted on the holder (50) via an articulated mounting (31) so as to be pivotable about a pivot axis (12), wherein the pivoting body (10) and the holder (50) are held together by a snap fastening between at least two articulation elements (33.1, 33.2, 34.1, 34.2) of the articulated mounting (31), and the pivoting device (1) has a blocking element (40). A closing or release of the snap fastening is possible in at least one first angular position of the pivoting body (10) in relation to the holder (50) and the closing or release of the snap fastening is blocked in at least one second angular position by a relative movement of the two articulation elements (33.1, 33.2, 34.1, 34.2) being blocked in a form-fitting manner by the blocking element (40).
US10724272B2
Disclosed herein is a mechanism (30) for a lockset (10). The mechanism (30) comprises a latchbolt retractor (22) that is rotationally actuatable. The mechanism (30) comprises a rotationally mounted handle coupler (36). The rotationally mounted handle coupler (36) is rotatable by a rotation of a handle (12) when coupled thereto and comprises an adaptor receiver (46) for receiving any one of a plurality of adaptors (48,52,54). The rotationally mounted handle coupler is configured to engage with at least one of the plurality of adaptors (48,52), but not all of the plurality of adaptors (54), for transmission of the rotation of the handle (12) to a latchbolt retractor actuator (22).
US10724271B2
A spring cartridge for a mortise lock includes a housing adapted to be secured within the mortise lock housing, and first and second members slideable with respect to the spring cartridge housing, the first and second members each having a first end adapted to contact an outer surface of first and second spindle hubs and being independently actuable along a longitudinal axis of the spring cartridge housing in response to rotation of the first or second spindle hub. A spring retained by the spring cartridge housing contacts a second end of the first and second members to bias each of the members against the outer surface of the first and second spindle hubs, respectively. Upon rotation of one of the hubs, the member contacting the hub permits the hub to rotate, while the member contacting the other hub prevents the other hub from rotating.
US10724268B2
A portable barrier includes a junction assembly. The portable barrier further has a pedestal assembly including (i) a plurality of legs that are movable with respect to each other, the plurality of legs includes a first leg and a second leg, and (ii) a flooring connected to the first leg and the second leg. In addition, the portable barrier has a cover assembly including (i) a plurality of arms that are movable with respect to each other, the plurality of arms includes a first arm and a second arm, and (ii) a covering connected to the first arm and the second arm. The portable barrier additionally has (i) a first limiter releasably connecting the first leg and the first arm, and (ii) a second limiter releasably connecting the second leg and the second arm.
US10724264B2
A spa tub system comprising a spa tub and at least one compartment integrated into the frame of the spa tub. The compartment includes a hatch which is attached to the compartment using a hinge assembly. The hinge assembly includes a bearing trough, a bearing cam, and a cam stop. The hatch is pivoted to open and close and can open to a predefined angle. At this predefined angle, the hatch cannot be removed. When the hatch is pivoted to a pivot angle less than the predefined angle, the hatch can be removed.
US10724262B2
A method, system, and apparatus of attaching a cover to a pool using a cable around the pool. Then attaching a holder to the cable and inserting a card in the holder to hold the cable inside the holder. The holder, the card, and the cable are a holder assembly. The holder assembly is rolled into a cover until tight.
US10724255B1
A concrete tool for use in a transition area between garage or overhead doors includes an elongated main body extending between a first and an opposite second end, wherein the main body extends at a slope upwardly from the first end to the opposite second end. The concrete tool further includes a right angle portion extending upwardly from the first end of the elongated main body and then outwardly, the right angle portion comprising a first generally vertical portion extending generally upwardly from the elongated main body and a second generally horizontal portion extending outwardly from the first generally vertical portion. The concrete tool further includes a first handle mounted proximate the first end of the elongated main body and a second handle mounted proximate the second end of the elongated main body.
US10724241B2
Disclosed herein is a fiber cement cladding system such as fiber cement shingles or shakes which can have the appearance of authentic wood. Each individual fiber cement shingle or shake comprises a textured surface having a depth of relief and a coating system disposed on the textured surface. The coating system may include a sealing agent, a basecoat, and a topcoat. In some embodiments, the basecoat is disposed on at least a portion of the sealing agent and the topcoat is disposed on at least a portion of the basecoat. In some embodiments, the basecoat comprises a DFT of 1 to 3 mils and the topcoat comprises a DFT of 0.05 to 2 mils. In some embodiments, the depth of relief of the textured surface of the fiber cement shingle is about 0.045″ to 0.085″.
US10724235B2
Method of forming a concrete slab to reduce or eliminate control joints includes preparing a substantially flat base, overlaying one or more barriers on top of the base, placing a concrete mixture on top of the barrier(s) and base to form a concrete slab, and allowing the concrete to cure without forming control joints. The base is prepared with a flatness of about ±¼ inch over 10 feet. A side edge is prepared along a periphery of the concrete slab by extending a vapor barrier from a bottom surface of the slab up the side edge toward a top surface of the slab and covering the side edge. A plurality of post-tensioning cables are positioned to extend through the slab and configured to compress and assist in controlling accelerated displacement of the concrete slab during curing and shrinkage. The concrete slab is formed of an evenly gradated and low slump concrete having high fiber content, minimized cement content, and maximized size of large aggregate.
US10724234B2
A building facade system includes framework having shelf members secured to the floor slabs. Vertical mullions are fastened to the shelf members and thereby hang therefrom. The mullions extend below the floor slab and include a riser portion extending above the floor slab. Horizontal support members fastened to the mullions support infill panels and are coupled to horizontal cap members which are fastened to the top terminal ends of the mullion riser portions. Intermediate support members fastened to the mullions support slab edge cover panels which can be opaque. Posts are fastened to the shelf members and are secured to the floor slabs within embedded channels. The posts are horizontally and vertically adjustably fastenable to the shelf members. The shelf members are thereby horizontally and vertically adjustable relative to the floor slabs. The weight of the panels, mullions and shelf members is transferred through the posts to the floor slab.
US10724231B1
Generally described, an airtight building, or Construx Airtight Hybrid Building (CAHYB), includes an internal structural support, for example, a core anchored to a concrete foundation wall or a concrete slab, to form the structural frame of the airtight building, and a plurality of insulated metal panels to provide atmospheric stability such that the atmosphere within the airtight building may be controlled. In some configurations, the insulated metal panels are used as the outside perimeter wall. Structural caulking is applied to the interface between the core and the plurality of insulated metal panels to form a building with a degree of airtightness.
US10724229B2
An improved connection between supporting and supported structural members, particularly between the sheathing and framing members of curtain walls, wherein the connector is an angular member having first and second plates joined at an angular junction and the second plate is formed with a plurality of elongated slots and the fastening in the elongated slot closest to the angular juncture is reinforced.
US10724227B2
A method for manufacturing a lining panel with integrated electric lines for a lining of a passenger cabin of an aircraft or spacecraft includes using an additive manufacturing (AM) or 3D printing technique to form the electric lines on or into a panel body of the lining panel. A lining panel with integrated electric lines for a lining of a passenger cabin of an aircraft or spacecraft includes a panel body and electric lines being formed on or into the panel body using an AM or 3D printing technique.
US10724226B2
Mortise lock with an operating mechanism with a pinion that is turnable around a geometric axis and a rack engaging therewith that is movable along a direction perpendicular to the aforementioned geometric axis, whereby the pinion is provided with a double toothing with two sets of teeth that are separated by a geometric dividing plane that extends perpendicularly to the axial direction of the pinion, wherein the teeth of each set of teeth of the pinion form an oblique toothing, whereby the faces of these teeth are oblique with respect to the axial direction and these faces include an angle to one another that is such that the width of the teeth of each of the two sets of teeth either decreases or increases in the direction of the dividing plane.
US10724225B2
A semi-round drain body includes an upper surface and a drain hole extending through the upper surface. The upper surface includes a first straight edge, a second straight edge disposed opposite to the first straight edge, a first curved edge, and a second curved edge disposed opposite to the first curved edge. The drain hole is disposed between the first and second straight edges and between the first and second curved edges. The first curved edge connects a first end of the first straight edge and a first end of the second straight edge to each other, and the second curved edge connects a second end of the first straight edge and a second end of the second straight edge to each other.
US10724219B2
A toilet bowl cleaning apparatus comprising: a housing; a cleaning solution compartment having: a reservoir configured to hold liquid; a valve associated with the reservoir; a pump compartment having: a reservoir tube extending out from the valve; a pump connected to the reservoir tube, the pump being configured to dispense the liquid held in the reservoir via the reservoir tube; and a pump tube extending from the pump and out of the housing; wherein the pump is further configured to dispense the liquid through the pump tube; toilet bowl tubes connected to the pump tube via a splitter, such that the liquid is further dispensed from the pump tube to each toilet bowl tube and is sprayed out of the toilet bowl tubes and into the toilet bowl; and an actuator button, wherein a power source is configured to power the pump when the actuator button is engaged.
US10724217B2
A faucet including a faucet head, a body and a magnetic coupling releasably coupling the faucet head to the faucet body.
US10724210B2
A hydraulic actuator with a sensor mounted on the actuator cylinder for determining the position of the actuator. The arrangement comprises a hydraulic actuator which includes a cylinder having a bore in which a piston is slidably mounted for movement along the cylinder to extend and retract the hydraulic actuator. The cylinder has a side wall and a cylinder aperture extending through the side wall. A wire actuated encoder is mounted on the external surface of the cylinder, which has a wire which extends through the cylinder aperture and is attached to the piston for determining a stroke position of the piston within the cylinder.
US10724207B2
A remote debris tank includes a housing having a top and a bottom discharge opening, a pair of discharge doors mounted to opposing lateral sides of the bottom discharge opening and configured for pivotal movement between an open position and a closed position, and an actuating shaft operably coupled to the first and second discharge doors. The remote debris tank also includes a crank lever having a plurality of vertices, where the crank lever is secured to the actuating shaft at a first vertex and configured to rotate with the actuating shaft. A first radial arm has a first end articulately connected to a second vertex of the crank lever and a second end articulately connected to the first discharge door. Similarly, a second radial arm is articulately connected to a third vertex of the crank lever and extending away from the actuating shaft to the second discharge door.
US10724205B2
A front loader includes a working tool and an attachment body to which the working tool is attached, including a lock pin configured to attach and fix the working tool, a lock lever configured to move the lock pin between a releasing position and an attaching position, and a latching portion having a retaining mechanism configured to retain the lock lever at the releasing position and another mechanism configured to move the lock lever to the attaching position.
US10724196B2
A structure includes a bracket and a vertical member. The vertical member includes a vertical member top end and a vertical member bottom end. The vertical member is affixed to the bracket. The structure further includes at least one bumper. The at least one bumper is affixed to the vertical member bottom end via a bumper connecting structure. The structure further includes an arm member. The arm member includes an arm member first end and an arm member second end. The arm member second end is affixed to the vertical member top end. In another aspect, a structure includes a support, and affixed to the support, a bracket. The structure further includes, affixed to the support via a bumper connecting structure, at least one bumper. The structure further includes, affixed to the support, an arm member.
US10724182B2
The described leveling lifter includes an engagement part embedded in a concrete slab, wherein the engagement part extends down to the base and contains a coupler component. The lifter may also include an actuator that is structured to engage the coupler within the concrete slab. The lifter also has a base configured under the engagement part. The base is configured to releasably couple to the concrete slab by projections set at a distance from one another on the base, the projections being configured to detach from the concrete slab in degrees upon engagement of the base by the actuator.
US10724178B2
An apparatus for producing a web of fibrous material includes a roll having incisions with a depth of 0.01-2.00 mm, a width of 0.01-2.00 mm, and a pitch 0.01-10.00 mm, and rotated at a peripheral velocity v1 equal to the velocity of an upstream apparatus unit; a belt stretched between transmission rollers that advances at a velocity v2 less than v1, wherein v1/v2 lies between 1.05 and 1.40; a presser roller rotating at a peripheral velocity v2, associated with a presser system acting to press the belt against the metal roll with a pressure of 1-200 kg per centimeter; and a system that feeds a sheet of pliable fibrous material between the belt and the roll, the belt having a longitudinal elongation of no more than 5%, dimensional stability along its entire length, a thickness of 1-10 cm, and a hardness 24-70° Shore.
US10724175B2
The invention relates to a blade for screens for the treatment of a fibrous suspension, said blade being mountable on a rotor of the screen. According to the invention, the blade has a curved leading edge or curved envelope of the leading edge, the curvature extending in the direction of the trailing edge, and a curved trailing edge or curved envelope of the trailing edge, said curvature extending in the same direction as the other one. The invention also relates to a screen comprising a rotor on which the disclosed blades are mounted.
US10724171B2
Electret webs include a thermoplastic resin and a charge-enhancing additive. The charge-enhancing additive is a substituted benzotriazole phenolate salt or a combination of substituted benzotriazole phenolate salts. The electret webs may be a non-woven fibrous web or a film. The electret webs are suitable for use as filter media.
US10724165B2
A fabric made of yarns interlooping with each other or passing through an inner layer at looping intervals. The fabric is embossed with a micro-pattern extending into the yarns or into a layer underneath the fabric. The micro-pattern contains a pre-defined pattern of a plurality of binding points attaching the yarns to the inner layer or to the added underlayer. This micro-pattern has an inter-point spacing between adjacent binding points that is less than the interlooping intervals. The fabric can also be embossed with a macro-pattern separate from and coarser than the micro-pattern. The macro-pattern establishes a desired aesthetic in the fabric, and the micro-pattern does not interfere with the desired aesthetic.
US10724164B2
A method for sewing an open end of a tubular textile item so as to make the toe of a sock or of a leg of a stocking, comprising the steps of: loading a tubular item onto a preparation mold, and flatten it to define a first side and a second side; pulling the end portion of the first side so that is elongated, with respect to the end portion of the second side, of a determined length; by keeping the end portion of the first side pulled, simultaneously blocking the two sides so as to make them as one piece; by keeping the two sides blocked, releasing the end portion of the first side, taking the preparation mold out of the tubular item, and simultaneously placing the end portions of the two sides to sewing devices, so as to make a closed toe of the tubular item.
US10724161B2
A first fabric of footwear comprising a closed lower end forming a toe and an open upper end and a second fabric that is open on a side opposite the first fabric is knitted on on front and back needle beds of a flat knitting machine. Double stitches formed between stitches at the upper end of the first fabric and between stitches at the upper end of the second fabric are taken from the needle beds. Remaining stitches at the first fabric upper end are held on one needle bed, and remaining stitches at the second fabric upper end are held on the other needle bed. Fabrics that follow the remaining stitches at the first fabric upper end and the remaining stitches at the second fabric upper end are knitted toward the heel of the footwear.
US10724152B2
This method for producing a SiC single crystal includes a first growth step of growing a crystal from a seed crystal in a direction that is substantially orthogonal to the <0001> direction, a second growth step of growing the crystal in a direction that is substantially orthogonal to the <0001> direction and substantially orthogonal to the direction of crystal growth in the first growth step, a third growth step of growing the crystal along the direction of crystal growth in the first growth step but in the opposite orientation to the orientation of crystal growth in the first growth step, and a fourth growth step of growing the crystal along the direction of crystal growth in the second growth step but in the opposite orientation to the orientation of crystal growth in the second growth step.
US10724139B2
The invention provides a encapsulation method for OLED panel, by forming an organic defining film surrounding the OLED device on the substrate, then using ALD process to form an inorganic film on the substrate and OLED device covering the package region and then removing the organic defining film to obtain an ALD film corresponding to the above of the package region, and finally forming a package film on ALD film corresponding to the above of the package region complete encapsulation the OLED panel. The present invention uses an organic defining film to realize selective atomic layer deposition, thereby avoiding using the atomic layer deposition mask and related cleaning and replacement problems. The process is relatively simple, thus saving costs, and the resulted package structure meets the encapsulation requirements of flexible OLED panel, able to effectively block the external water oxygen to protect the OLED device.
US10724130B2
An installation for continuous hot-dip coating of a metal strip is provided. The installation includes a tank containing a bath of molten metal, a metal strip running through the bath and a confined wiping device. The confined wiping device includes at least two wiping nozzles placed on each side of a path of the strip after the strip has left the bath of molten metal. Each nozzle has at least one gas outlet orifice and an upper face. The confined wiping device also includes a confinement box adjacent each upper face. The confinement boxes are open on a face which faces the strip. Each box includes at least one upper part and two lateral parts.
US10724126B2
The present invention relates to a high hardness amorphous composite, a method of preparing the high hardness amorphous composite and application thereof. The high hardness amorphous composite includes a basic alloy component, a hard additive and a bonding additive. The basic alloy component includes 45-60 mole % Zr, 5-10 mole % Hf, 5-15 mole % Al, 8-22 mole % Ni and 6-14 mole % Cu, the hard additive is ZrC or WC nanometer powder with addition amount at 12-26 wt % of the basic alloy component, particle diameter of the WC nanometer powder is 10-100 nm, and the bonding additive is any one or two selected from groups of Re, W or Mo with addition amount at 4-8 wt % of the basic alloy component. The high hardness Zr-based amorphous composite with good workability and formability is provided by improving composition of alloy based on Zr—Al—Ni—Cu, adding new component and adjusting component content.
US10724125B2
Spring steel includes: as a chemical composition, by mass %, C: 0.40% to 0.60%, Si: 0.90% to 2.50%, Mn: 0.20% to 1.20%, Cr: 0.15% to 2.00%, Ni: 0.10% to 1.00%, Ti: 0.030% to 0.100%, B: 0.0010% to 0.0060%, N: 0.0010% to 0.0070%, Cu: 0% to 0.50%, Mo: 0% to 1.00%, V: 0% to 0.50%, Nb: 0% to 0.10%, P: limited to less than 0.020%, S: limited to less than 0.020%, Al: limited to less than 0.050%, and a remainder including Fe and impurities, in a case where [Ti] represents a Ti content and [N] represents a N content by mass %, the chemical composition satisfies ([Ti]−3.43×[N])>0.03, and a total number density of a Ti carbide and a Ti carbonitride having a diameter of 5 nm to 100 nm is more than 50 piece/μm3.
US10724123B2
The invention relates to extruded products suitable for turning, made from aluminium alloy with a composition (in weight %) of: 0.4-0.8 Si; 0.8-1.2 Mg; 0.20-0.4 Cu; 0.05-0.4 Fe; Mn≤0.10; Ti<0.15; Cr≤0.10; Bi≤0.8; Pb≤0.4; other elements <0.05 each and <0.15 remainder being aluminium, characterised in that the granular structure thereof is essentially recrystallized. The invention also relates to the method for the production of said products. The invention further relates to anodised turned mechanical parts obtained from extruded products according to the invention and to the production method thereof. The products of the invention are particularly suitable for the production of brake pistons and gearbox elements.
US10724116B2
Process for removing inorganically— and/or organically-bound carbon from a precious metal-containing composition inside an oven chamber comprising at least one direct burner and at least one exhaust gas conduit, characterised by the sequence of steps of: a) providing a precious metal-containing composition comprising fractions of inorganically— and/or organically-bound carbon inside the oven chamber; b) closing the oven chamber; c) heating the content of the oven chamber by means of at least one direct burner in order to establish a temperature T1 in the range of 450° C. to 1,000° C. and maintaining temperature T1 for 5 min-48 h; whereby, once the oven chamber is closed, any gas exchange between the oven chamber and the surroundings can take place only via the at least one direct burner and the at least one exhaust gas conduit.
US10724109B2
Compositions and methods useful in identifying and selecting sorghum plants with increased resistance to anthracnose are provided herein. The methods use molecular genetic markers within QTL located on chromosome 5 and on chromosome 8 to identify and select plants with increased resistance to anthracnose, and plants comprising the QTL alleles associated with increased resistance to anthracnose can be crossed to other sorghum plants to incorporate the increased resistance into other sorghum lines or varieties.
US10724102B2
Provided herein are methods of treating a subject having a cancer, methods of selecting a treatment for a subject having a cancer, methods of selecting a subject having a cancer for a treatment that does not include a Trk inhibitor, methods of determining the likelihood that a subject having a cancer will have a positive response to a treatment with a Trk inhibitor, methods of predicting the efficacy of a Trk inhibitor in a subject having cancer, methods of determining a subject's risk for developing a Trk inhibitor-resistant cancer, and methods of determining the presence of a Trk inhibitor-resistant cancer in a subject, based on the detection of a cell from a sample from the subject that has at least one of the point mutations in NTRK1 and/or NTRK2 and/or NTRK3.
US10724097B2
Described herein are assays, methods, and devices for diagnosing/prognosing diabetes, metabolic syndrome, pre-diabetic state and/or the early-onset of diabetes in a subject. The assays, methods, and devices described herein can be configured to detect one or more long-coding RNAs in a sample from a subject.
US10724096B2
This document provides methods and materials related to treating subjects having specific genetic variations associated with neurological disorders such as Parkinson's disease.
US10724081B2
Methods and containers are provided for identifying a species, illustratively a bacterial species. Illustrative methods comprise amplifying various genes in the nucleic acid from the bacterial species in a single reaction mixture using pairs of outer first-stage primers designed to hybridize to generally conserved regions of the respective genes to generate a plurality of first-stage amplicons, dividing the reaction mixture into a plurality of second-stage reactions, each using a unique pair of second-stage primers, each pair of second-stage primers specific for a target bacterial species or subset of bacterial species, detecting which of the second-stage reactions amplified, and identifying the bacterial species based on second-stage amplification. Methods for determining antibiotic resistance are also provided, such methods also using first-stage primers for amplifying genes known to affect antibiotic resistance a plurality of the second-stage reactions wherein each pair of second-stage primers specific for a specific gene for conferring antibiotic resistance.
US10724079B2
Colorimetry is used to detect amplification reaction products. A sample is contacted with a reaction mix under conditions such that an amplification reaction occurs and produces an amplification reaction product if the sample contains a target nucleic acid template molecule. The reaction mix includes an enzyme for catalyzing the amplification reaction, and at least one halochromic agent. If the target nucleic acid template molecule is present, the amplification reaction changes the starting pH of the reaction mix to cause a detectable colorimetric change of the halochromic agent, thereby indicating the presence of the target nucleic acid. If the target nucleic acid template molecule is not present, the amplification reaction does not generate an adequate number of protons to sufficiently change the starting pH of the reaction mix to cause a detectable colorimetric change of the halochromic agent, thereby indicating that the amplification reaction product has not been produced.
US10724075B2
Embodiments disclosed herein provide reagents and kits for nucleic acid preparation comprising a siderophore. Embodiments disclosed herein provide methods for preparing a nucleic acid library, which comprise: providing a plurality of nucleic acid molecules from a sample; and manipulating the plurality of nucleic acid molecules in a reagent for nucleic acid preparation comprising a siderophore. Further, embodiments disclosed herein provide methods for reducing oxidative damage to a nucleic acid molecule or increasing the Q (phred) score of a sequencing reaction, which methods comprise preparing the nucleic acid molecule in the absence of EDTA.
US10724070B2
Stable, constitutively expressed, chromosomal fluorescent transcriptional fusions in bacterial pathogens and methods of using the same to screen candidate compounds for anti-bacterial efficacy.
US10724060B2
A method for pretreating lignocellulosic biomass having a lignin component, a hemicellulose component, and a cellulose component, for conversion to sugar is disclosed. Also disclosed is the pretreated lignocellulosic biomass resulting from the method.
US10724057B2
The invention relates to a process for the preparation of a sugar product from ligno-cellulosic material, comprising the following steps: a) optionally pre-treatment of the ligno-cellulosic material; b) optionally washing of the optionally pre-treated ligno-cellulosic material; c) enzymatic hydrolysis of the optionally washed and/or optionally pre-treated ligno-cellulosic material using an enzyme composition comprising at least two cellulase and whereby the enzyme composition at least comprises GH61; and d) optionally recovery of a sugar product; wherein during part of the time of the enzymatic hydrolysis, oxygen is added to the ligno-cellulosic material and during part of the time of the enzymatic hydrolysis less oxygen is added to the ligno-cellulosic material compared to the other part of the time of the enzymatic hydrolysis, preferably no oxygen is added to the ligno-cellulosic material.
US10724055B2
The methods are disclosed for sustaining a population of microorganisms in an aqueous fermentation broth used in a process to convert syngas to alcohol when the supply of syngas is impaired. The methods involve supplying at least one formate moiety at a rate and amount sufficient to maintain the population of microorganisms. The introduction of the formate moiety also results in the production of at least one metabolic compound other than ethanol and/or acetate by the microorganisms. The metabolic compound can comprise at least one energy storage compound which can be used to support the microorganisms during processing, storage and reactivation.
US10724054B2
S53 proteases and the use of S53 protease in processes for converting starch to ethanol are provided.
US10724047B2
The present disclosure provides compositions and methods for altering gibberellin (GA) content in corn or other cereal plants. Methods and compositions are also provided for altering the expression of genes related to gibberellin biosynthesis through suppression, mutagenesis and/or editing of specific subtypes of GA20 or GA3 oxidase genes. Modified plant cells and plants having a suppression element or mutation reducing the expression or activity of a GA oxidase gene are further provided comprising reduced gibberellin levels and improved characteristics, such as reduced plant height and increased lodging resistance, but without off-types.
US10724046B2
A method of improving lipid productivity, containing the steps of: enhancing the expression of a gene encoding the following protein (A) or (B), and improving the productivity of medium-chain fatty acids or lipids containing these fatty acids as components produced in a cell of a transformant, or the total amount of all fatty acids produced in a cell of a transformant: (A) a protein consisting of the amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 1; and (B) a protein consisting of an amino acid sequence having 64% or more identity with the amino acid sequence of the protein (A), and having glycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenase activity.
US10724041B2
Disclosed are nucleotide sequences and corresponding amino acid sequences of Arxula adeninivorans genes that can be utilized to manipulate the lipid content and/or composition of a cell. Methods and compositions for utilizing this information are disclosed to increase the lipid content or modify the lipid composition of a cell by either increasing or decreasing the activity of certain genetic targets.
US10724036B2
In one aspect, a chemically-modified siRNA for reversible photo-controlled gene silencing is provided. In one embodiment, one or more nucleotides the sense strand of the siRNA are replaced with a spacer comprising an azobenzene or derivative thereof. The azobenzene or derivative thereof undergoes isomerization between the trans-configuration and the cis-configuration in the presence of light from a light source and the siRNA optionally has higher RNA silencing activity when the azobenzene or derivative thereof is in the trans-configuration compared to the cis-configuration. In other aspects, the chemically-modified siRNAs may, for example, be useful as both therapeutics and research tools.
US10724033B2
A method for selecting mammalian host cells that express a polypeptide of interest with high yield is described. The host cells comprise an expression cassette comprising at least a first polynucleotide encoding the polypeptide of interest, at least one leaky stop codon downstream of the first polynucleotide, and a second polynucleotide downstream of the leaky stop codon encoding an immunoglobulin transmembrane anchor. The host cells are cultivated to allow expression of the polypeptide of interest such that at least a portion of the polypeptide of interest is expressed as a fusion polypeptide that is displayed on the cell surface. The cells are selected based upon the presence or amount of the displayed fusion polypeptide. Also provided are methods for producing a polypeptide that employ a respective selection to identify high expressing host cells.
US10724031B2
Highly active silica magnetic nanoparticles for purifying biomaterial and preparation method thereof
The present invention relates to a method for preparing highly active silica magnetic nanoparticles, highly active silica magnetic nanoparticles prepared by the method, and a method of isolating nucleic acid using the highly active silica magnetic nanoparticles. The highly active silica magnetic nanoparticles prepared according to the present invention contain magnetic nanoparticles completely coated with silica, can be used as a reagent for isolating biomaterials, particularly, nucleic acids, and can isolate and purify nucleic acid in a high yield.
US10724025B2
The present invention provides engineered penicillin G acylase (PGA) enzymes having improved properties, polynucleotides encoding such enzymes, compositions including the enzymes, and methods of using the enzymes.
US10724022B2
The present invention relates to alpha-amylase variants. The present invention also relates to polynucleotides encoding the variants; nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides; and methods of using the variants.
US10724013B2
The present disclosure relates to compositions and methods useful for the production of heterologous proteins with reduced O-mannosylation in filamentous fungal cells, such as Trichoderma cells. More specifically, the invention provides a PMT-deficient filamentous fungal cell comprising a) at least a first mutation that reduces an endogenous protease activity compared to a parental filamentous fungal cell which does not have said first mutation, and, b) at least a second mutation in a PMT gene that reduces endogenous O-mannosyltransferase activity compared to a parental filamentous fungal cell which does not have said second mutation, wherein said filamentous fungal cell is selected from the group consisting of Trichoderma, Neurospora, Myceliophthora or Chrysosporium cell.
US10724010B2
The present disclosure relates to recombinantly engineered cells that contain a chlorite dismutase polypeptide and methods for culturing such cells in a culture medium containing chlorite in an amount sufficient to reduce the growth rate or kill contaminating microorganisms without killing the recombinantly engineered cells. Also provided are methods for the production of a fermentation product using the recombinantly engineered cells.
US10724005B2
Disclosed herein are methods of producing chondrocytes from pluripotent stem cells. The invention further provides methods of regenerating cartilaginous tissue.
US10724003B2
The present invention relates to a method of culturing primitive-like macrophages from stem cells, a kit when used in the method thereof and uses of the primitive like macrophage for in-vitro disease models and for screening compounds for therapy. One embodied culture method comprises contacting and incubating embryonic stem cells or induced pluripotent stem cells with a serum-free culture media comprising a GSK3 inhibitor to differentiate stem cells into cells of the mesoderm lineage, followed by incubation with a culture media comprising Dickkopf-related protein 1 (DKK1) to differentiate the mesoderm into cells of hematopoietic lineage, maturing hematopoietic cells and incubating these cells with a culture media comprising M-CSF to drive differentiation into primitive-like macrophages. Another embodiment comprises incubating the stem cells with serum-free culture media comprising FGF2 and BMP4 to induce differentiation into cells of the mesoderm lineage, followed by incubating the cells with a culture media comprising FGF2, BMP4, Activin A and VEGF to differentiate the cells of the mesoderm lineage into cells of the hematopoietic cell lineage, maturing the cells of the hematopoietic cell lineage and lastly, incubating the matured hematopoietic cells with culture media comprising M-CSF to drive the differentiation of hematopoietic cells into primitive-like macrophages.
US10723994B2
The invention relates to a device (100) for separating adult stem cells from adipose tissue taken from a biological structure. The device (100) has a container (110) for receiving a material mixture with the adipose tissue and the adult stem cells. Furthermore, the device (100) has a rinse agent feed device (120), a mixture feed device (130), a stem cell extraction device (140), a rinse agent drainage device (150), and a selectively permeable membrane (161-165). The container (110) has at least two chambers (171-174) which are separated from one another by at least one membrane (161-165). The mixture feed device (130) and the stem extraction device (140) are also separated by the at least one membrane (161-165).
US10723990B2
A container, such as a disposable or single use bioreactor, optionally having one or more inlets and one or more outlets and a mixer associated with the container to cause mixing, dispersing, homogenizing and/or circulation of one or more ingredients contained or added to the container. The container includes a flexible baffle shaped and positioned within the container to improve mixing, particularly to improve low shear mixing. The baffle is positioned within the container so as to disrupt the vortex formed by the mixer, or prevent formation of a vortex. The baffle is shaped with both horizontal and vertical elements to enhance disruption of the vortex across the entire vessel height and provide homogeneous mixing throughout all operating volumes. In certain embodiments, the baffle is X-shaped.
US10723986B2
The invention provides systems, modules, bioreactor and methods for the automated culture, proliferation, differentiation, production and maintenance of tissue engineered products. In one aspect is an automated tissue engineering system comprising a housing, at least one bioreactor supported by the housing, the bioreactor facilitating physiological cellular functions and/or the generation of one or more tissue constructs from cell and/or tissue sources. A fluid containment system is supported by the housing and is in fluid communication with the bioreactor. One or more sensors are associated with one or more of the housing, bioreactor or fluid containment system for monitoring parameters related to the physiological cellular functions and/or generation of tissue constructs; and a microprocessor linked to one or more of the sensors. The systems, methods and products of the invention find use in various clinical and laboratory settings.
US10723983B2
Pouches, for example pouches that contain one or more active agents, such as a fabric care active agent or dishwashing active agent and/or detergent compositions, and more particularly pouches employing an apertured film wall material and methods for making same, are provided.
US10723979B2
A dishwashing composition including a copolymer including polyalkylene oxide groups and quaternary nitrogen atoms and a complexing agent system comprising citrate.
US10723969B2
Lubricant compositions comprising a lubricating oil and a mixture of one or more alkylated diarylamine and one or more alkylated hydroxydiarylamine exhibit excellent antioxidant and deposit control performance.
US10723959B2
The present invention relates to a process for producing monoaromatic hydrocarbons from a hydrocarbon feed comprising polyaromatics, the process comprising contacting said feed in the presence of hydrogen with a M/A/zeolite catalyst under hydrocracking process conditions.
US10723953B2
A carbide producing method for carbonizing a woody biomass to produce a carbide includes a pyrolysis process in which the woody biomass is pyrolyzed and carbonized, an LHV calculating process in which an LHV of the carbide which is a carbonized woody biomass is calculated, and a supplied heat amount control process in which an amount of heat supplied per unit time to the woody biomass in the pyrolysis process on the basis of the calculated LHV is controlled.
US10723952B2
The present invention provides a polymerizable compound that reduces, for example, the likelihood of crystals precipitating in a polymerizable composition including the polymerizable compound and enables the polymerizable composition to have high preservation stability and a polymerizable composition including the polymerizable compound which reduces the likelihood of inconsistencies being formed in a film-like polymer produced by polymerizing the polymerizable composition. Also provided are a polymer produced by polymerizing the polymerizable composition and an optically anisotropic body including the polymer. The present invention provides the compound represented by General Formula (I), a composition including the compound, a polymer produced by polymerizing the composition, and an optically anisotropic body including the polymer.
US10723941B2
The present invention relates to a novel class of seeded nanoparticles and uses thereof.
US10723933B2
A method of using a gas control additive to provide gas migration control in a wellbore includes the steps of mixing the gas control additive with a cement to form a cement slurry, where the gas control additive includes a semi-permeable membrane and a scrubbing agent, such that the semi-permeable membrane forms a shell around a core such that the scrubbing agent is in the core, introducing the cement slurry to the wellbore, and reacting the scrubbing agent with an antagonistic gas to produce a helper byproduct, where the antagonistic gas migrates from a hydrocarbon-bearing formation into the wellbore and permeates through the semi-permeable membrane to the core of the gas control additive.
US10723927B1
A heat transfer mixture is represented by the formula: 1=Vpg/Vnf+Vw/Vnf+Vpw/Vnf+Vsf/Vnf+Vbs/Vnf+Vac/Vnf+Vci/Vnf. Vnf is a volume of a nanofluid. Vpg is a volume of propylene glycol. Vw is a volume of water. Vpw is a volume of a nanopowder. Vsf is a volume of a surfactant. Vbs is a volume of a base additive. Vac is a volume of an acid additive. Vci is a volume of a corrosive inhibitor.
US10723926B2
The present invention provides a working fluid composition for a refrigerating machine containing: a refrigerating machine oil containing: a first ester that is a polyol ester of dipentaerythritol and at least one fatty acid selected from fatty acids having 4 to 10 carbon atoms, and has a kinematic viscosity at 100° C. of 7.0 mm2/s or more; and a second ester that is a complex ester of a polyhydric alcohol containing at least one selected from neopentyl glycol, trimethylolpropane and pentaerythritol, a polybasic acid having 6 to 12 carbon atoms, and a monohydric alcohol having 4 to 18 carbon atoms or a fatty acid having 4 to 18 carbon atoms; and a refrigerant containing difluoromethane.
US10723925B2
A composition for suppressing dust particles includes from about 51% to about 100% by weight of saturated hydrocarbons, and from about 0 to about 49% by weight of unsaturated hydrocarbons. The composition has a content of wax in the range from about 5% to about 40% by weight of the total composition. A method of making and a method of using such a composition are also provided.
US10723924B2
The present technology provides a one-part moisture curable adhesive composition and a production method thereof. The adhesive composition contains: a preliminary composition containing a urethane prepolymer and a reaction product of an aliphatic isocyanate A and an aminosilane compound B or a monoterpene alcohol; and a dimethyl tin catalyst represented by Formula (1) below. In Formula (1), X1 and X2 each independently represent a divalent heteroatom and R1 and R2 each independently represent a hydrocarbon group that may have a heteroatom.
US10723919B2
Methods of forming laminating adhesive articles include providing a multi-layer article, and a tool with a structured surface. The multi-layer articles include a substrate, an adhesive layer, and a liner. The multi-layer article is placed between the structured surface of the tool and a support surface that is hard and the tool is embossed against the liner by applying pressure or pressure/heat. The embossing causes the tool structures to distort the liner and the adhesive layer, and causes permanent topological changes in a portion of the adhesive layer, but does not distort the substrate. The distortion in the liner is retained upon release of the applied pressure. The portions of topologically changed adhesive can form convex structures that are permanent. Upon removal of the liner from the adhesive layer, the concave structures on the adhesive layer are unstable, but the convex structures are stable.
US10723915B2
A hard coating composition applied to an optical element body formed of organic glass. The hard coating composition contains a hydrolyzate of alkoxysilane as a main agent, a polyvalent organic carboxylic acid and a nitrogen-containing compound as auxiliary agents, and a metal oxide colloid as a refractive index control agent. The alkoxysilane contains a epoxy group-containing trialkoxysilane as a first component, tetraalkoxysilane as a second component, and a sulfide bonded tetraalkoxysilane as a third component. The hard coating composition has practical abrasion resistance by the first component and the second component, and a blending amount of the third component is an amount not impairing the practical abrasion resistance.
US10723910B2
The present invention relates to a pigmented aqueous basecoat material including a polyether-based reaction product which is preparable by reaction of (a) at least one carboxy-functional component which is preparable by esterification reaction of at least one dihydroxycarboxylic acid (a1) with at least one dicarboxylic acid (a2) and/or the anhydride of a dicarboxylic acid (a2), the components (a1) and (a2) being used in a molar ratio of 0.5/3.0 to 1.7/1.8, with (b) at least one polyether of a general structural formula (I) in which R is a C3 to C6 alkylene radical and n is selected accordingly such that the polyether (b) possesses a number-average molecular weight of 500 to 5000 g/mol, the components (a) and (b) being used in the reaction in a molar ratio of 0.7/2.3 to 1.6/1.7, and the resulting reaction product possessing an acid number of 10 to 50 mg KOH/g.
US10723900B2
Disclosed is a method of manufacturing a bezel using UV-curable inkjet ink, including: a) subjecting a substrate to inkjet printing using UV-curable inkjet ink, thus forming a substrate having a bezel; b) thermally treating the substrate having the bezel in an oven or on a hot plate, thus eliminating cure shrinkage; and c) irradiating the bezel with UV light, thus forming a cured bezel.
US10723899B2
An object of the present invention is to provide a film which has a high visibility in a solid state and a product which has the film, with a simple material composition. One aspect of the present invention is a film which comprises a core-shell particle which has a core and a shell which covers the core. Moreover, another aspect of the present invention is a product which is covered with the film. Further, another aspect of the present invention is a solution in which core-shell particles are dispersed. The present invention makes it possible to provide a film which has a high visibility in a solid state and a product which has the film, with a simple material composition.
US10723895B2
A single-walled carbon nanotube composition includes single-walled carbon nanotubes substantially enriched in semiconducting single-walled carbon nanotubes in association with a polymer having one or more oligoether side groups. The oligoether side groups render the composition dispersable in polar organic solvents, for example alkyl carbitols, permitting formulation of ink compositions containing single-walled carbon nanotubes substantially enriched in semiconducting single-walled carbon nanotubes. Such ink compositions may be readily printed using common printing methods, such as inkjet, flexography and gravure printing.
US10723885B2
The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of an aqueous suspension comprising at least one calcium carbonate-comprising material, the calcium carbonate-comprising material having a ratio of particles having an average particle size d80 value to particles having an average particle size d20 value [d80/d20] in the range from 1.5 to 4 and the use of the calcium carbonate-comprising material in paper and board applications, in cosmetics, in caulks and sealants, in adhesives, in paints and coatings, in fibre applications, in plastics applications or for the replacement of PCC in general.
US10723884B2
Provided is a black pigment that enables pattern formation of pixel division layer while suppressing generation of development residue. The black pigment comprises (a) a core containing at least one organic black pigment selected from the group consisting of benzodifuranone-based black pigments, perylene-based black pigments, azo-based black pigments, and isomers thereof and (b) a coating layer containing silica and/or a metal oxide and/or a metal hydroxide.
US10723883B2
The present invention discloses the spiropyran compound of formula (I), process for preparation thereof and a composition comprising spiropyran compound of formula (I) on a support, wherein said support selected from polymers such as Poly (ethylene oxide), Polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS), Ethylene propylene diene monomer (EPDM).
US10723881B2
The present invention provides a paraffin wax having a congealing point according to ASTM D938 of at least 100° C. and a Saybolt colour according to ASTM D156 of at least 25 cm.
US10723871B2
The invention provides a composition comprising a first composition, comprises a first ethylene/alpha-olefin/non-conjugated diene interpolymer, and wherein the first composition comprises the following properties: a) a molecular weight distribution MWD(conv)≥3.50, and b) a [(Mz)/(tan delta (0.1 rad/sec, 190° C.))]≥250,000 g/mole.
US10723857B1
A polyimide aerogel and method of making the aerogel is disclosed. The polymer backbone of the aerogel includes a cardo-diamine. The disclosed polyimide aerogel is less susceptible to temperature induced shrinkage than a polyimide aerogel that does not include a cardo-diamine.
US10723854B2
A formulation of polymeric mixtures for the production of cross-linked expanded PVC foams, of the type comprising PVC, isocyanates, anhydrides and one or more nucleating agents, wherein the nucleating agents are composed of nucleating materials having a porosity of 1-100 nm, preferably 2-50 nm. With respect to known formulations for the production of cross-linked PVC foams, a formulation according to the invention offers the advantage of obtaining the desired degrees of stabilization, nucleation and expansion, even without the use of diazocompounds.
US10723853B2
A plastics material component for an aircraft includes (i) a substrate, which comprises one or more thermosetting plastics materials, and (ii) one or more layers which are applied to the substrate, at least one layer S1 comprising mica. A method for producing the plastics material component includes providing a substrate including at least one thermosetting plastics material or one polymer which is crosslinked to form a thermosetting plastics material, and applying one or more layers to the substrate, wherein at least one layer includes mica. The mica-containing layer is applied directly to the substrate and the application is carried out before and/or during the curing of the thermosetting plastics material.
US10723847B2
A method for determining hydration of a polymer includes mixing a water-soluble, powdered dye with a powdered polymer and introducing the mixed water-soluble, powdered dye and powdered polymer into a water-based fluid. Full hydration of the powdered polymer is determined when the mixed water-soluble, powdered dye, powdered polymer and water-based fluid comprises substantially no internal optical contrast.
US10723845B2
The present invention relates to a process for preparing a linear carbosiloxane polymer, which comprises subjecting at least one thoroughly purified cyclic carbosiloxane monomer to ring opening polymerization in the presence of an acidic or basic catalyst and at least one silanol-functional compound.
US10723842B2
A device comprises a surface that is a hydrogel having a targeted mesh size that permits a low-speed friction coefficient near or lower that that typically reported for cartilage of 0.01 to 0.02, a transition. The device can be a contact lens to sit on the cornea where, during a blink, eyelid slides past the eye surface at about 100 mm s−1. The hydrodynamic lubrication of the hydrogel of the device separates the contact lens surface from the surfaces of the tarsal conjunctiva and marginal conjunctiva of the eyelid. Other devices that can comprise the hydrogel of a targeted mesh size are those that can contact cartilage of articulating joints.
US10723836B2
The invention relates to a hydrocarbon polymer comprising two exo-vinylene cyclic carbonate terminal groups, of formula (1), production method thereof and use of same for the production of coating, mastic and adhesive compositions.
US10723834B1
The invention generally relates to novel poly-substituted cis stilbenes, their synthesis, their purification, and their use in thermoset resins. These novel cis stilbenes give rise to thermoset resins with greatly improved processing characteristics such as lower melting temperature and lower viscosity; resulting in polymers and composites having greatly improved thermal stability.
US10723831B2
A polyol component b) comprising: 20 to 40 wt % of polyetherester polyols B) having a functionality of 3.8 to 4.8, an OH number of 380 to 440 mg KOH/g and a fatty acid and/or fatty acid ester content of 8 to 17 wt %, based on the weight of polyetherester polyols B); 20 to 40 wt % of polyether polyols C) having a functionality of 3.7 to 4 and an OH number of 300 to 420 mg KOH/g; 20 to 40 wt % of one or more polyether polyols D) having a functionality of 4.5 to 6.5 and an OH number of 400 to 520 mg KOH/g; 0.5 to 5.5 wt % of catalysts E), 0.1 to 5 wt % of further auxiliaries and/or added-substance materials F), 0.5 to 5 wt % of water G); and also rigid polyurethane foams obtained therewith and use thereof for insulation and refrigeration applications.
US10723830B1
This invention relates to a semi-batch process for preparing low viscosity polyoxyalkylene polyether polyols (P) that have a narrow molecular weight distribution. This process comprises reacting a H-functional starter substance (Si), a H-functional starter substance (Sx) and a H-functional starter substance (Sc) with one or more alkylene oxides in the presence of a double metal cyanide (DMC) catalyst. The resultant polyoxyalkylene polyols (P) have a functionality of 2 to 8 and a hydroxyl number of 5 to 35 mg KOH/g polyol. In addition, the polyoxyalkylation can be completed with a low continuous addition of starter (CAOS) cap.
US10723827B2
A water dispersion of gel particles, in which the gel particles having a polymerizable group, having a three-dimensional crosslinked structure including at least one bond selected from a urethane bond and a urea bond, and including at least a photopolymerization initiator and a resin are dispersed in water, a method of producing the water dispersion, and an image forming method using the water dispersion.
US10723824B2
Amorphous propylene-ethylene copolymers are described herein that can include high amounts of ethylene and exhibit desirable softening points and needle penetrations. The desirable combinations of softening points and needle penetrations in these propylene-ethylene copolymers allow them to have a broad operating window. Due their broad operating window, the propylene-ethylene copolymers can be utilized in a wide array of applications and products, including hot melt adhesives.
US10723823B2
There is provided a resin formulation comprising a base acrylate monomer or oligomer, a solubilizing acrylate monomer or oligomer, a photoinitiator compound, a photoabsorber compound, and a photochromic dye, wherein the solubilizing acrylate monomer or oligomer comprises a functional group selected from the group consisting of hydroxyl, alkoxyl, carboxylic acid, amine, alkylamine, amide, alkylamide, alkylacrylate, acrylate, alkyl and heterocycloalkyl. There is also provided a method of preparing the resin formulation and uses of the resin formulation thereof.
US10723806B2
The object of the present invention is to provide a method of introducing a nucleic acid into plant cells, which is simple and widely applicable to various types of plant cells and nucleic acids. The present invention relates to a method of introducing a nucleic acid into a target plant cell, comprising a step of forming a complex by bringing a carrier peptide, wherein the carrier peptide comprises a cell-penetrating sequence and a polycationic sequence, into contact with a nucleic acid and a step of bringing the obtained complex into contact with a target plant cell.
US10723803B2
Methods are provided for treating a subject with for an intracellular pathogen infection, by administering an agent that reduces the binding of CD47 on a infected cell to SIRPα on a host phagocytic cell, in an effective dose for increasing the phagocytosis of infected cells.
US10723800B2
To provide a method of detecting abnormal bone metabolism by using a gene strongly expressed in an osteoclast; a method of screening a compound having a therapeutic and/or preventive effect on abnormal bone metabolism; and a pharmaceutical composition for treating and/or preventing abnormal bone metabolism. Provision of a method of detecting abnormal bone metabolism by using the expression of human Siglec-15 gene as an index; a pharmaceutical composition containing an antibody which specifically recognizes human Siglec-15 and has an activity of inhibiting osteoclast formation; and the like.
US10723798B2
Provided herein are various embodiments relating to antibodies that bind LILRB2. Anti-LILRB2 antibodies can be used in methods to treat disease, for example, cancer.
US10723792B2
The present application discloses humanized 9E4 antibodies. The antibodies bind to human alpha synuclein and can be used for immunotherapy of Lewy body disease.
US10723791B2
The present invention relates to isolated monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) and/or antigen-binding fragments thereof that specifically recognize indoxyl sulfate, a protein-bound uremic toxin, isolated polynucleotide segment encoding the isolated antibodies and/or antigen-binding fragments thereof, and uses of such isolated anti-IS mAbs and/or antigen-binding fragments thereof to create immunoassay methods, device compositions, and pharmaceutical compositions applied in theragnosis of IS-related diseases.
US10723786B2
The invention provides antibodies and functional equivalents thereof which are capable of specifically binding RSV. Nucleic acid sequences encoding said antibody, as well as antibody producing cells and methods for producing said antibody are also provided.
US10723784B2
Embodiments of the present invention illustrate methods of preventing transplantation rejection. In certain embodiments, a subject in need of an organ or non-organ transplantation can be pretreated with an AAT composition to reduce the incidence of transplantation rejection in the subject. Other embodiments include treating a subject with a composition including AAT before, during or after plastic surgery.
US10723775B2
The present invention relates to a method for purifying darbepoetin alfa by selectively separating only a structural isoform having a high content of sialic acid from a mixture of structural isoforms of darbepoetin alfa having various contents of sialic acid. Since the method of the present invention is a novel method for purifying darbepoetin alfa which can be conveniently and simply produced, it is possible to remarkably increase productivity due to process efficiency improvement, as well as to yield high purity darbepoetin alfa when mass-producing darbepoetin alfa according to the present invention.
US10723773B2
Disclosed are new recombinant isoforms of human-like lubricin or PRG4 glycoprotein having outstanding lubrication properties and a novel glycosylation pattern, and methods for their manufacture at high levels enabling commercial production.
US10723767B2
The invention relates to a truncated rotavirus VP4 protein, a sequence encoding the same, a method for preparing the same, and a pharmaceutical composition and a vaccine comprising the protein, wherein the protein, the pharmaceutical composition and the vaccine are useful for preventing, alleviating or treating rotavirus infection and a disease caused by rotavirus infection, such as rotavirus gastroenteritis and diarrhea. The invention further relates to use of the protein in the manufacture of a pharmaceutical composition or a vaccine for preventing, alleviating or treating rotavirus infection and a disease caused by rotavirus infection, such as rotavirus gastroenteritis and diarrhea.
US10723765B2
β-Hairpin peptidomimetics of the general formula cyclo(-Xaa1-Xaa2-Thr3-Xaa4-Ser5-Xaa6-Xaa7-Xaa8-Xaa9-Xaa10-Xaa11-Xaa12-Xaa13-) and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, with Xaa1, Xaa2, Xaa4, Xaa6, Xaa7, Xaa8, Xaa9, Xaa10, Xaa11, Xaa12 and Xaa13 being amino acid residues which are defined in the description and the claims, have elastase inhibitory properties, especially against human neutrophil elastase, and can be used for preventing infections or diseases related to such infections in healthy individuals or for slowing infections in infected patients. The compounds of the invention can further be used where cancer, or immunological diseases, or pulmonary diseases, or cardiovascular diseases, or neurodegenerative diseases, or inflammation, or diseases related to inflammation, are mediated or resulting from elastase activity. These peptidomimetics can be manufactured by a process which is based on a mixed solid- and solution phase synthetic strategy.
US10723762B2
For the removal of high molecular weight compounds from recombinantly produced polypeptides generally chromatographic methods are employed. It has been found that underivatized controlled pore glass (uCPG) selectively binds high molecular weight compounds present in a solution. The purified polypeptide can be recovered e.g. from the flow through of a chromatography column containing uCPG as chromatography material. It has been found that this effect is pronounced at a pH value of about 4 to 6 in buffered solutions. With approximately 100 m2 to 150 m2 uCPG surface per g of polypeptide almost 80% to 95% of the high molecular weight compounds are removed with a yield of 80% to 90% of polypeptide.
US10723748B2
The present invention relates to novel monomaleimide-functionalized platinum compounds of formula (I), including in particular novel monomaleimide-functionalized oxaliplatin and carboplatin derivatives, as well as their use as medicaments, particularly for the treatment or prevention of cancer.
US10723739B2
The present invention provides processes for the preparation of Ribociclib, as well as intermediates useful in the preparation thereof. In particular, processes are provided for the preparation of a compound of Formula (4), and its conversion to Ribociclib (1).
US10723729B2
The present invention provides a compound of formula I, having BACE1 inhibitory activity, their manufacture, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use as therapeutically active substances. The active compounds of the present invention are useful in the therapeutic and/or prophylactic treatment of e.g. Alzheimer's disease.
US10723724B2
The present invention relates to a compound for treating a degenerative disease of central nervous system or a brain tumor, a composition and a use thereof, wherein the compound has the structure of Formula I. These compounds can be used as SGK1 and JNK dual inhibitors with antioxidant effect, which can be formulated into suitable formulations for treating a degenerative disease of central nervous system or a brain tumor.
US10723722B2
The present invention relates to materials for organic electroluminescent devices, in particular carbazolyl compounds substituted by electron-deficient heteroaryl groups, for use as triplet matrix materials in organic electroluminescent devices, for example the compounds of formula (1). The invention further relates to a process for preparing the compounds of the invention and to electronic devices comprising these.
US10723718B2
This invention is in the field of medicinal chemistry. In particular, the invention relates to a new class of small-molecules having a triazole-methyl-piperidinyl-pyrolyl-propenone structure which function as modulators of shared epitope (SE)-calreticulin (CRT) binding and/or interaction, and their use as therapeutics for the treatment of immunoregulatory abnormalities (e.g., autoimmune diseases, inflammatory diseases (e.g., chronic inflammatory disease), and bone erosive diseases) by selectively inhibiting SE-CRT interactions and/or signal transduction pathways commonly overactive or dysregulated in arthritic and/or other diseases or conditions.
US10723716B2
The invention relates to compounds and pharmaceutical compositions capable of treating amyloid diseases and other diseases characterized by oligomerization and/or fibrillation of amyloidogenic peptides such as amyloid beta peptide (Abeta or Aβ).
US10723715B2
Compounds and compositions are provided as inhibitors of the Wnt/β-catenin pathway for the treatment of diseases that implicate the same.
US10723711B2
The present invention provides, in part, compounds of Formula I: and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof; processes for the preparation of; intermediates used in the preparation of; and compositions containing such compounds or salts, and their uses for treating MAGL-mediated diseases and disorders including, e.g., pain, an inflammatory disorder, traumatic brain injury, depression, anxiety, Alzheimer's disease, a metabolic disorder, stroke, or cancer.
US10723709B2
Compounds of the formula II: wherein R1 and R2 are independently H, F or CH3; or R1 forms an ethynyl bond and R2 is H or C3-C6 cycloalkyl which is optionally substituted with one or two substituents independently selected from methyl, CF3, OMe or halo; R3 is C1-C3 alkyl or C3-C6 cycloalkyl, either of which is optionally substituted with one or two methyl and/or a fluoro, trifluoromethyl or methoxy, when R3 is C3-C6 cycloalkyl it may alternatively be gem substituted with fluoro; R4 is methyl or fluoro; m is 0, 1 or 2; E is a bond, or thiazolyl, optionally substituted with methyl or fluoro; A1 is CH or N, A2 is CR6R7 or NR6, provided at least one of A1 and A2 comprises N; R6 is H, C1-C4 alkyl, C1-C4 haloalkyl, C1-C3 alkyl-O—C1-C3 alkyl, or when A2 is C, R6 can also be C1-C4 alkoxy or F; R7 is H, C1-C4 alkyl or F or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, N-oxide or hydrate thereof, have utility in the treatment of disorders characterized by inappropriate expression or activation of cathepsin K, such as osteoporosis, osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis or bone metastases.
US10723708B2
This document relates to compounds useful as agents for preventing or treating human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) infections.
US10723706B2
Compounds represented by Formula I are disclosed herein, wherein R, Ra and R1-R14 are as defined herein. Further disclosed are uses and methods utilizing said compounds for use in inhibiting an activity of PERK, and in treating a disease or disorder associated with aggregation-prone proteins, a disease or disorder in which downregulating an unfolded protein response is beneficial, and/or Huntington's disease.
US10723695B2
Compounds of the formula (I) wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8 and X are as defined in claim 1. Furthermore, the present invention relates to agrochemical compositions which comprise compounds of formula (I), to preparation of these compositions, and to the use of the compounds or compositions in agriculture or horticulture for combating, preventing or controlling infestation of plants, harvested food crops, seeds or non-living materials by phytopathogenic microorganisms, in particular fungi.
US10723693B2
The present invention relates to a method for preparing a benzoic acid amide compound in a high yield by presenting a novel method for preparing a benzyl amine compound to be used as a reactant and delimiting the reaction condition of each step by using the same, and the method is economically advantageous since mass production is possible.
US10723689B2
Using a vertical multi-tube heat exchanger which includes a tubular body, an upper tube plate and a lower tube plate, a plurality of heat transfer tubes, and lid sections and in which the distillation gas introduced into a receiving chamber is cooled in the course of passing through the heat transfer tube and turns into a condensate, a solution containing polymerization inhibitor is introduced into the receiving chamber. Some of the plurality of heat transfer tubes have an upper end protruding above the upper tube plate, with the remainings being not protruding, and the solution containing polymerization inhibitor coming into contact with the distillation gas in the receiving chamber forms a liquid flow layer with a predetermined liquid depth on the upper tube plate.
US10723681B2
A process for manufacturing purified glycerol including the steps of providing a starting glycerol fraction comprising glycerol, water, and fatty acid methyl esters, subjecting the glycerol fraction to a partial evaporation to form an evaporated fraction including glycerol, water, and fatty acid methyl esters, and a remainder fraction including glycerol, condensing the evaporated fraction to form a liquid, subjecting the liquid evaporated fraction including glycerol, water, and fatty acid methyl esters to a liquid-liquid separation step, resulting in the formation of a fatty acid methyl ester fraction and a glycerol-based fraction including glycerol and water. The process makes it possible to efficiently separate the fatty acid methyl esters from glycerol, without the need for complete glycerol distillation. Also provides glycerol fractions suitable for use as carbon source in fermentation processes, without problems in down-stream processing, and without the need for cost-intensive purification steps for the glycerol.
US10723655B1
An agglomerate glass surface product may include an agglomerate formed predominantly of glass aggregate having controlled proportions of different glass particle sizes bound by a cured thermoset binder infused within substantially all inter-aggregate voids. The agglomerate may be in the form of a pressed slab that is substantially non-porous and substantially devoid of air inclusions throughout an entire thickness of the slab. The glass aggregate may be substantially uniformly mixed with the thermoset binder throughout the entire thickness of the slab so as to be exposed at all surfaces of the slab. The agglomerate may have an overall aggregate content that is high enough to produce a slab surface that can be polished in the same manner and with the same machinery that natural stone is polished. Advantageously, the slab may have the look and feel of a natural stone slab. A related manufacturing method is also disclosed.
US10723648B2
The present invention relates to a tellurium-oxide-based glass composition for forming a glass-to-metal seal to alloys or metals having a coefficient of thermal expansion higher than 16 ppm/° C., said composition comprising TeO2, ZnO, TiO2 and optionally K2O and being essentially free of lead oxide, sodium oxide and vanadium oxide.In addition it relates to the use of the glass composition according to the invention to form a glass-to-metal seal between copper or a copper alloy and an alloy or a metal having a coefficient of thermal expansion higher than 16 ppm/° C., in particular aluminum alloys.It furthermore relates to a connector comprising a contact made of copper or of copper alloy, an insert and/or shell made of a metal or alloy having a coefficient of thermal expansion higher than 16 ppm/° C. and, by way of glass-to-metal sealant between the contact and the insert and/or shell, a tellurium-oxide-based glass having the composition according to the invention.Lastly, it relates to a process for forming a glass-to-metal seal between a contact made of copper or of copper alloy and an insert and/or shell made of metal or alloy having a coefficient of thermal expansion higher than 16 ppm/° C.
US10723644B2
Disclosed is a method for controlling a chlorinated nitrogen-containing disinfection by-product in water, including the following steps: firstly, the pH value of a water sample is controlled, ultraviolet irradiation treatment is used and a persulfate or hydrogen persulfate is added at the same time, then chlorination disinfection is carried out, and finally, aeration treatment is carried out, so that a water sample from which the chlorinated nitrogen-containing disinfection by-product in water is removed and obtained. The method can effectively control the formation of chlorinated N-DBPs, and can effectively reduce the amount of trichloromethane in the subsequent chlorination disinfection process.
US10723642B2
The present invention provides a water treatment device comprising: a filtering unit for filtering raw water; a storing unit comprising a first chamber for storing purified water, which has passed through at least a predetermined number of filters provided in the filtering unit and thus has been filtered, and a second chamber, the volume of which changes according to the volume change of the first chamber; an extraction unit installed to provide the user with the purified water that has been filtered; an sterilizing water supply unit for supplying sterilizing water in order to sterilize/disinfect the storing unit; and a control unit for controlling the driving of the sterilizing water supply unit and the opening/closing of a channel for supplying the sterilizing water.
US10723641B2
A method for treating hydrogen sulfide in a solution includes providing the solution containing hydrogen sulfide. The method also includes adding sodium nitrite to the solution in an amount suitable to react with the hydrogen sulfide and treat the hydrogen sulfide.
US10723637B2
A liquid treatment apparatus including: a tubular treatment tank whose end along a central axis is closed and sectional shape orthogonal to the central axis is a circular shape; a first electrode disposed on one end of the central axis of the treatment tank and having a bar shape; a second electrode disposed on the other end thereof; a power supply applying voltage between the first electrode and the second electrode; a rotation mechanism rotating the first electrode about a central axis of the first electrode; and an air introduction portion introducing the liquid to the one end of the central axis of the treatment tank from a tangential direction of the circular sectional shape of the treatment tank, and causing liquid to swirl about the central axis of the treatment tank therein to generate a gas phase in a swirling flow of the liquid.
US10723632B2
Magnesium sulfate granulates contain at least 90 wt. % synthetic magnesium sulphate hydrate with respect to the total mass of the magnesium sulphate granulate, and have a dry loss of less than 2 wt. % determined by drying of the granulate for 2 hours at 105° C. and 1 bar. Further, a method is used for producing said magnesium sulfate granulates and to their use in urea-containing fertilizer compositions.
US10723625B2
The present invention provides: a method for producing a shaped product comprising octacalcium phosphate and having a volume of 2.0 mm3 or more, comprising immersing a precursor ceramic composition containing at least one of Ca and PO4 in composition, having a solubility in H2O higher than that of octacalcium phosphate, and having a volume greater than 2.0 mm3, in a solution containing a component which is not contained in the precursor ceramic composition, among the components Ca, PO4 and H2O, which are components of octacalcium phosphate to allow the precursor ceramic composition to react, thereby converting at least a part of the precursor ceramic composition into octacalcium phosphate; and the like.
US10723624B2
Described herein is an improved conversion of nitrous oxide (N2O) present as a by-product in a chemical process to NOx which can be further converted to a useful compound or material, such as nitric acid.
US10723618B2
An example microelectromechanical system (MEMS) switch comprises a hinge plane having two or more intersecting hinges; a switch plate; and a plurality of electrostatic pads. Selective activation of the electrostatic pads causes torsion of at least one of the two or more intersecting hinges to tilt the switch plate to a selected one of three or more positions.
US10723617B2
A low-profile packaging structure for a microelectromechanical-system (MEMS) resonator system includes an electrical lead having internal and external electrical contact surfaces at respective first and second heights within a cross-sectional profile of the packaging structure and a die-mounting surface at an intermediate height between the first and second heights. A resonator-control chip is mounted to the die-mounting surface of the electrical lead such that at least a portion of the resonator-control chip is disposed between the first and second heights and wire-bonded to the internal electrical contact surface of the electrical lead. A MEMS resonator chip is mounted to the resonator-control chip in a stacked die configuration and the MEMS resonator chip, resonator-control chip and internal electrical contact and die-mounting surfaces of the electrical lead are enclosed within a package enclosure that exposes the external electrical contact surface of the electrical lead at an external surface of the packaging structure.
US10723616B2
A packaged micro-electro-mechanical system (MEMS) device (100) comprises a circuitry chip (101) attached to the pad (110) of a substrate with leads (111), and a MEMS (150) vertically attached to the chip surface by a layer (140) of low modulus silicone compound. On the chip surface, the MEMS device is surrounded by a polyimide ring (130) with a surface phobic to silicone compounds. A dome-shaped glob (160) of cured low modulus silicone material covers the MEMS and the MEMS terminal bonding wire spans (180); the glob is restricted to the chip surface area inside the polyimide ring and has a surface non-adhesive to epoxy-based molding compounds. A package (190) of polymeric molding compound encapsulates the vertical assembly of the glob embedding the MEMS, the circuitry chip, and portions of the substrate; the molding compound is non-adhering to the glob surface yet adhering to all other surfaces.
US10723613B2
The present application relates to a device for extracting liquid from a container. The device includes: an extracting unit for extracting the liquid from the container; a hose, where one end of the hose is connected to the extracting unit through a penetration hole formed on a container cover of the container; and a fixing block, including a through hole, where the through hole is connected to the other end of the hose; and one or more abutting members, where one end of the abutting member abuts against the container cover, the other end abuts against the fixing block, and the fixing block abuts against the inner bottom of the container with the through hole facing the inner bottom of the container. The fixing block includes a communicating portion formed on its surface that is opposite to a surface to which the hose is connected, and the through hole of the fixing block is in communicating with the fluid in the container through the communicating portion. According to the present invention, the fixing block can be abutted against the bottom of the container, so that the liquid in the container can be fully extracted.
US10723587B2
An elevator system stores, in a server, information on an elevator installed in a building that is communicably connected to a data center in which the server is installed, the building and the data center being communicable independently via a first network and a second network, respectively, wherein the building includes: an information collection device configured to collect information on the elevator; a sorting device configured to determine which of the first network and the second network is to be used as a transmission path via which the information on the elevator collected by the information collection device is to be transmitted to the data center; and a communication device configured to transmit the information on the elevator collected by the information collection device to the data center via the transmission path determined by the sorting device.
US10723581B2
A sheet processing apparatus includes a first conveyer to convey a sheet, a first folding device to fold the sheet and put a crease in the sheet, a second conveyer to convey the sheet folded by the first folding device, a second folding device to fold the sheet and put a crease in the sheet, and a guide. The first conveyer and the second conveyer are rotatable in reverse. The guide guides the sheet conveyed downstream from the first conveyer and the sheet conveyed downstream from the second conveyer.
US10723573B2
A sheet accommodating device includes a first plate member on which sheets are mounted, a first biasing member, a second plate member; and a second biasing member, and has a configuration in which, according to a size of the sheets, the first biasing member presses up the first plate member or both the first and second biasing members press up both the first and second plate members. The first plate member is provided so as to be turnable with respect to the second plate member around a first fulcrum axis line extending along a width direction orthogonal to a sheet feed direction in which the sheets are fed. The second plate member is provided so as to be turnable with respect to a body of the sheet accommodating device around a second fulcrum axis line extending along the width direction.
US10723561B1
An access hood assembly for a conveyor cover is provided. The access hood assembly embodies a cammed lock assembly at each corner, for easier and safer opening, with no tools required, wherein each cammed lock assembly can act to lock the hood or as a pivot point to pivot about to an open position, when the hood is opened from the opposing side, where the associated cammed lock assemblies have been moved to an unlocked position. The arcuate hood of the access hood assembly supports multiple connection points for each cammed lock assembly to engaged in a locked position for securely keeping the access hood propped open when desired.
US10723557B2
A conveyor belt includes a repeating interconnected arrangement of: rods spaced apart in a longitudinal direction and each extending in a lateral direction and connecting links arranged on both ends of the rods. Each link includes a nose section extending in lateral direction and two legs arranged on either side of the nose section, the legs extending in longitudinal direction. The nose section and the two legs provide a U-shaped structure. Laterally aligned first openings are arranged in each of the legs adjacent to the nose section for reception of a rod. Laterally aligned second openings are arranged in each of the legs adjacent the free ends of the legs. The first openings of a first link are aligned with the second openings of a second link for reception of a rod thereinto.
US10723555B2
A method includes maintaining an inventory database for each warehouse of a plurality of warehouses, where a plurality of robots are deployed at each warehouse, where the inventory database for each warehouse is updated based on messages sent by the plurality of robots at the warehouse during performance of tasks by the plurality of robots at the warehouse. The method further includes receiving an order and determining, for each warehouse, a projected availability time for an item that satisfies the order to be available for pickup at the warehouse based on the inventory database for the warehouse. The method additionally includes selecting a warehouse from the plurality of warehouses based on the projected availability time determined for each warehouse. The method further includes causing at least one robot at the selected warehouse to prepare for pickup the item that satisfies the order at the selected warehouse.
US10723552B2
A sample measurement system includes: a measurement unit that measures a sample stored in a sample container; a transport unit that transports a rack capable of holding sample containers via the measurement unit; a first transport-in/transport-out unit and a second transport-in/transport-out unit in each of which racks can be set alongside in a first direction, and that send the set racks to be transported to the measurement unit and receive the racks transported from the measurement unit; and a controller that controls the first transport-in/transport-out unit and the second transport-in/transport-out unit so that the racks are sequentially sent from the first transport-in/transport-out unit and the second transport-in/transport-out unit. The first transport-in/transport-out unit and the second transport-in/transport-out unit are disposed alongside in a second direction crossing the first direction, and each send the racks from one side in the first direction, and receive the racks from the other side.
US10723548B2
The present invention relates to a hygienic interactive system for sanitary material comprising a dispenser having at least three drawers, at least three buttons corresponding to the aforementioned three drawers, and a display screen; and, a disposal feature having at least two compartments and at least one sensor located on the top compartment The sensor being connected with the display screen and with drawers of the dispenser. The disposal additionally comprises at least three compartments containing an incinerating compartment.
US10723546B2
The invention relates to a container for transporting a vehicle therein, which is essentially rectangular in construction with a first and a second end face, two long sides, a bottom, and a top, wherein the container has a floor element, a frame structure, and at least two cover elements, wherein the at least two cover elements cover the end faces, the long sides, and the top of the container when in the closed state, and the floor element covers the bottom of the container, and wherein the frame structure builds on the floor element and, in the region of the top, the at least two cover elements are hinged to the frame structure in such a way that they can be swung upward away from the floor element when the container is in an open state.
US10723542B1
A binding strip storing and dispensing device for organizing and dispensing binding strips for quilting includes a box and a lid. The box has a top that is open and configured for insertion of a plurality of binding strips, which are used in binding quilts, into the box. The lid is hingedly coupled to the box and is selectively couplable to the box so that the lid is positioned to selectively close the top to contain the binding strips. A set of slots is positioned in the lid. Each slot is configured to allow extension of a respective binding strip from the lid, wherein the respective binding strip is positioned for grasping in a hand of a user, positioning the user for pulling a desired length of the respective binding strip through the slot.
US10723535B2
A lid designed to allow a user to see and adjust the humidity levels of a container through the use of a hygrometer and pocket for humidity packs. The lid also allows this to be accomplished without removing the lid because a hatch gives the user access to the inside of the container and underside of the lid, where the pocket is located. Also, the hatch on the lid provides a more efficient and easier method of accessing the contents of a container because a user can simply open and close a hatch, instead of needing to unlock a lever locking latch to remove a lid.
US10723530B2
An outer packing material for vacuum insulation material by having a thermally weldable film and a gas barrier film in this order; wherein the product of the tensile elasticity of the outer packing material for vacuum insulation material and the cube of a thickness of the outer packing material for vacuum insulation material is 3.0 MPa·mm3 or less; and push-in elasticity of the thermally weldable film is 0.8 GPa or more.
US10723523B2
This invention is a tamper evident container having a base and removable lid comprising a pull tab and a lid surface, wherein the base and lid fit together with an interference fit. The pull tab extends toward the center of the lid surface and away from a base portion of the pull tab, the base portion being located at an edge of the lid. The pull tab further comprises a pull tab portion having a first side that is attached to a first tab marker by a first frangible line, and a second side that is attached to a second tab marker by a second frangible line. The pull tab portion overlays at least one detent that marginally biases the pull tab portion away from the lid surface.
US10723521B2
The present disclosure relates to a container assembly formed from a first shell component and a second shell component releasably locked together. The first shell component includes a first side wall, a first outer wall, a first male locking portion, and a first female locking portion. Similarly, the second shell component includes a second side wall, a second outer wall, a second male locking portion, and a second female locking portion. To form the container assembly, a user rotates the two shell components to be oriented 180-degrees with respect to one another and presses the two shell components together. Upon pressing, the first male locking portion is configured to releasably lock with the second female locking portion while the first female locking portion is configured to releasably lock with the second male locking portion to releasably hold the two shell components together.
US10723518B2
The present disclosure relates to a closure, especially a closure for packages for liquids such as beverages. In particular the invention relates to a closure for containers for carbonated liquids such as soft drinks. The closure comprises an outer shell with a reduced weight and a sealing means which actively compensates the deformation of the outer shell to avoid loss of performance.
US10723515B2
New techniques for stowing and rapidly shipping valuables in a retail setting are provided. In some aspects of the invention, a new form of coded shopping bag, configured to covert to a box (a.k.a. a “BagBox”) for on-location holding and/or shipping is provided. Systems and methods for BagBox conversion, stowing and/or shipping via specialized kiosks are provided. Billing methods based on the coding and recorded user preferences are also provided.
US10723513B2
A transportable flask includes a bottle, where the bottle is configured to hold a liquid beverage. The transportable flask also includes a cap, where the cap is configured to attach to the bottle and prevent removal of the liquid beverage when in position. The transportable flask further includes a first cup, where the first cup is releasably attached to the bottle and a second cup, where the second cup is releasably attached to the cap.
US10723507B2
The present invention discloses a novel apparatus and way for securing components of a shipping container. A locking mechanism is provided having a pin, spur gear and main gear coupled together and controlled by a handle such that rotation of the handle causes rotation of the gears and translation of a locking pin used to secure adjacent components of the container.
US10723504B2
A container has a finish, a sidewall portion, a shoulder portion extending between the finish and the sidewall portion, and a base portion extending from the sidewall portion and enclosing the sidewall portion to form a volume therein for retaining a commodity. The sidewall portion includes a label boundary panel and a vacuum panel. The label boundary panel is generally resistant to deflection in response to a vacuum force and defining a surface for receiving a pressure sensitive spot label. The vacuum panel is deflectable in response to the vacuum force. Moreover, the container includes one or more inwardly-directed ribs extending along the label boundary panel and bound thereby. The inwardly-directed rib(s) generally aid(s) the label boundary panel to resist the vacuum force.
US10723496B2
Methods, articles, and apparatus that provide a dual function closure/opening system that utilizes a tape serving as both a sealing closure and as an opening mechanism. For example, in one embodiment, a single adhesive tape is introduced between a container flap and a container panel and then the container flap and the container panel are pressed together forming a bond between the flap and the panel via the adhesive tape thereby closing the container. In another embodiment, one end of a container includes two overlapping flaps and a single adhesive tape is introduced between the overlap of the two container flaps and then the container flaps are pressed together forming a bond between the flaps via the adhesive tape thereby closing the container. The methods and apparatus disclosed herein are directed to any container with at least one flap that overlaps a side panel of the container or that overlaps another flap.
US10723482B1
A directional lighting system fitted to an aircraft and comprising firstly a light source mounted on a motor-driven support and secondly a control device serving to control the motor-driven support. According to the invention, such a directional lighting system comprises a selector member for selecting a pointing target that is to be pointed to, a camera for acquiring a plurality of images of the surroundings outside the aircraft, image processor means for identifying the selected pointing target, a calculation unit configured to calculate the current coordinates of the pointing target, and a servocontrol member of the control device for servocontrolling the position of the motor-driven support to occupy an angular orientation as determined by the calculation unit.
US10723480B1
An aircraft-based stall prediction and recovery system may be embodied in a flight control system connected to aural/visual annunciators and flight controls (e.g., throttles and control surfaces). Based on received environmental data, the stall prediction and recovery system may detect imminent upset conditions (e.g., underspeed or overspeed) based on minimum and maximum operating speeds for the current airframe, altitude, and atmospheric conditions. The stall prediction and recovery system may notify the crew of the imminent upset and advise corrective measures. If a stall warning is received, the stall prediction and recovery system may engage an auto-recovery mode, notifying the crew of the engagement and restoring the aircraft to a safe target airspeed via automated recovery procedures, e.g., correcting the aircraft angle of attack and/or attitude. Upon resolution of the stall, the stall prediction and recovery system may disengage the auto-recovery mode, notifying the crew via the annunciators.
US10723471B2
A system for mounting an engine to an aircraft includes an engine forward mount angled toward the forward end of the engine at a first angle. At least two thrust links extend between an engine aft mount to a link support connection at a second angle. The engine aft mount is angled toward the forward end of the engine at a third angle. A projection of a load vector of the engine forward mount onto a vertical plane extending through the axis of rotation of the engine and a projection of a load vector of each of the at least two thrust links onto the vertical plane intersect the axis of rotation of the engine within a first vertical plane segment extending between a forward end of a nose of a fan assembly and forward of a forward mount interface.
US10723454B1
An aerial show system for leveraging downwash and other forces to use an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) as a creative element in a show. UAVs in the aerial show system each include a propulsion and lift mechanism, which generates downwash as it moves the UAV about a show's airspace. The aerial show system also includes one-to-many show effect devices adapted to make use of the downwash to activate or animate one or more movable components to generate a desired show effect, e.g., a spinning propeller or fan on an object carried or tethered beneath the UAV chassis/body. The movable component would otherwise be static or passive and relies on the potential and/or kinetic energy created by the UAV in airspace for actuation or animation.
US10723453B2
A flying wing vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft includes an empennageless-fuselage from which foldable wings extend outwardly, an empennageless-nacelle supported on each of the wings and a rigid rotor propeller disposed on each empennageless-nacelle, each of the propellers being drivable to rotate about only a single rotational axis defined along a longitudinal axis of the corresponding empennageless-nacelle and being fully cyclically controllable.
US10723450B2
A rotor or propeller may have rotor blades and a passive pitch angle adjustment apparatus. The passive pitch angle adjustment apparatus may include levers, rods, and central rod. Levers may be connected to rotor blades and rotate them around a respective pitch axis. Rods may be connected to levers and mechanically link levers with each other via central point that is located outside rotor plane. Central rod may connect central point with base point that is located in a longitudinal direction of rotor axis. The passive pitch angle adjustment apparatus may enable a cyclic pitch adjustment of the rotor blades and block a collective pitch adjustment of the rotor blades.
US10723449B2
A helicopter uses electric propeller torque arm as power source directly driving main rotor to rotate. The helicopter may be battery powered. The helicopter may be without an engine, a clutch, a reducer, a tail driver, a tail boom, a tail rotor and a fuel supply system. The main design goal is to have the output shaft of the high-energy motor being coaxial with the main rotor shaft or having output shafts of a plurality of motors as close as possible to the main rotor shaft. The centrifugal force of the motor(s) is negligible or minimized. The torque arm assembly includes a plurality of torque arms. Each of the torque arm of the plurality of torque arms includes a propeller and a driving system. In the case of a malfunction, the helicopter's main rotor will spin like a maple leaf and will facilitate the spin autorotation landing.
US10723448B2
A weight system for a rotor blade includes a weight box open in an outboard direction, a weight guide rod connected to the weight box, the weight guide rod extending in a spanwise direction through an interior of the weight box, and a span balance weight disposed within the weight box, the span balance weight being captured between the weight guide rod and the weight box.
US10723447B2
An aerocar with a dual mode suspension system configured to operate in a roadable mode and a flight mode. The aerocar may include a front suspension assembly having a front axle, and a rear suspension assembly having a rear axle. A conduit system provides a hydraulic fluid in fluid communication between the front suspension assembly and the rear suspension assembly. An auxiliary hydraulic fluid reservoir is provided in fluid communication with the conduit system, and configured to selectively maintain or interrupt fluid communication between the front suspension assembly and the rear suspension assembly to adjust damping of the front suspension assembly. A controller may be provided, configured to direct the flow of hydraulic fluid from the rear suspension assembly to the front suspension assembly, for example, when a stroke of the rear suspension exceeds a predetermined value during landing.
US10723445B2
An assembly is provided for an aircraft propulsion system. This assembly includes a nacelle exterior skin and a strake. The strake is configured with a base and an airfoil that projects out from the base. The base is recessed into and connected to the nacelle exterior skin.
US10723442B2
A method for unmanned delivery of an item to a desired delivery location includes receiving, at an unmanned vehicle, first data representative of an approximate geographic location of the desired delivery location, receiving, at the unmanned vehicle, second data representative of a fiducial expected to be detectable at the desired delivery location, using the first data to operate the unmanned vehicle to travel to the approximate geographic location of the desired delivery location, upon arriving at the approximate geographic location of the desired delivery location, using the second data to operate the unmanned vehicle to detect the fiducial; and upon detecting the fiducial, using the fiducial to operate the unmanned vehicle to deliver the item.
US10723437B2
A thermal management system for transferring heat from a heat load includes a first composite structural member that supports a heat load source, a second composite structural member, and a heat transfer member positioned between the first composite structural member and the second composite structural member and in thermal contact with at least the first composite structural member, and in thermal contact with a heat sink. The system further includes at least one thermally-conductive first fastener that is in thermal contact with the heat transfer member, couples the heat load source to at least the first composite structural member, and conducts heat from the heat load source into the heat transfer member. The heat transfer member conducts heat from the thermally-conductive first fastener to the heat sink.
US10723434B2
A propulsion assembly for aircraft, the assembly including a turbojet having at least one unducted propulsion propeller; and an attachment pylon for attaching the turbojet to a structural element of the aircraft, the pylon being positioned on the turbojet upstream from the propeller and having an airfoil extending transversely between a leading edge and a trailing edge, the trailing edge of the airfoil of the pylon includes a cutout extending longitudinally over a fraction of the trailing edge facing at least a portion of the propeller, the cutout being configured to increase locally the distance between the trailing edge and the propeller, the cutout presenting an outline having a curved shape presenting at least two points of inflection.
US10723430B2
A propeller propulsion system for a watercraft includes at least one electric motor and a propeller which can be driven by the electric motor. The propeller is a surface piercing propeller. The propulsion system includes a box-like body having a side wall on which the electric motor is fixed and a cover part on which an outdrive of the surface piercing propeller is applied. The side wall and the cover part include holes through which a shaft of the motor and a shaft of the outdrive respectively pass. The box-like body includes means for transmission of motion from the drive shaft to the outdrive shaft, and the propulsion system includes means for fixing the box-like body to a transom of the watercraft.
US10723428B1
A trolling motor mounting system comprising a housing to at least partially enclose a drive unit of a trolling motor, and a shaft to couple the trolling motor to a boat wherein the shaft includes a first passage or channel extending at least a major portion thereof and the housing includes a second passage or channel extending from the first passage or channel to the drive unit to cooperatively form a passageway to receive a conductor therethrough to supply power and data from the boat to the drive unit to seal and isolate the conductor from the surrounding environment.
US10723425B2
A submarine drive system of a submarine, having a drive shaft, a drive propeller coupled to the drive shaft (2), and an electric motor for driving the drive shaft. A main drive having at least one first electric motor is designed for full-load operation and is or can be coupled to the drive shaft on the drive side, and an additional drive having at least one second electric motor is designed for part-load operation for creep operation or submerged operation of the submarine and likewise is or can be coupled to the drive shaft on the drive side.
US10723422B2
A system and method of providing, assembling and maintaining floating rows and/or arrays of photovoltaic solar panels and terrestrial or elevated based rows and/or arrays of photovoltaic solar panels.
US10723419B1
An electrical distribution system for personal water craft. The primary components include a digital switching device; a series of power lines; and one or more remote controls, a control panel, or both. The digital switching device is preferably a bank of solid state relay switches controlled by an MCU. The control panel also has an MCU. The control panel MCU communicates with the digital switching device MCU. This allows signals from the control panel to travel on a single communication cable to the digital switching device, significantly reducing the control panel footprint compared to prior art control panels. When a radio frequency (RF) receiver is provided, the electrical distribution system may receive signals from a remote control. The remote control may be utilized in addition to or in lieu of the control panel. Power lines run from the digital switching device to wherever power is desired in the vessel.
US10723418B2
A surfboard having laterally opposed pairs of axial or lengthwise grooves with the pair forming opposed rails of greater stiffness and reduced mass. At least one of the grooves of each pair is at a board edge extremity and the other groove is nearby, preferably near or on the lower side of the surfboard. The grooves may be laid up with epoxy or fiberglass.
US10723404B2
A system for controlling a vehicle fitted with electrical controls, the control system includes a handgrip mounted on a shaft and fitted with a position sensor and with a return spring which is fixed by one end to the handgrip so as to generate a return moment that opposes the twisting of the handgrip. The system includes at least one actuator able to move a cam mounted on the shaft and able to: modify the preload of the return spring according to the position of the cam to which the other end of the return spring is fixed, and/or modify the travel of the handgrip by collaborating with an end stop of the handgrip, the end stop coming into contact with a cam at the end of the travel.
US10723398B2
A vehicle configuration wherein the center of mass of the vehicle is approximately superimposed upon the passenger and driver centers of mass when seated within the vehicle. An occupant's center of mass can be approximated using a standard center of mass position approximation, or a combination of any number of standard center of mass position approximations. The vehicle's center of mass can be approximately superimposed upon the occupant's center of mass in at least the longitudinal and vertical directions.
US10723394B2
A passenger compartment of the modular vehicle, such as a bus, includes a roof panel and sandwich-type side panels coupled to structural joiners to form the passenger compartment. The side panels and the joiners may include pultruded beams for increased structural integrity. A chassis of the vehicle has channels integrated therein for coupling of the side panels and passenger compartment to the chassis. This coupling to the chassis channel may also include the use of a bonding agent.
US10723391B2
An L-shape retainer serving as a reinforcement member is provided at attachment locations of a front seat bracket and a rear seat bracket on a rocker and a floor pan. The L-shape retainer has a second side flange joined to an inner side wall of the rocker at an opposite side from a first side flange with a floor plate portion of the floor pan therebetween, and a first floor side flange connected to the second side flange and joined to the floor plate portion of the floor pan.
US10723390B2
A vehicle hood is disclosed and is movable to access an engine compartment. A compartment defining a storage space is accessible through a lid within the closure panel. The compartment includes a temperature control system maintaining a temperature within the storage space.
US10723389B2
A front frame assembly for mounting a front suspension and wheel assembly of a vehicle can include a pair of longitudinally extending frame members, a pair of upwardly extending frame members, and a transverse bracket frame member extending transversely from and connected to each of the upwardly extending frame members. The transverse bracket can include mount structures for connecting to various vehicle components, such as a pair of dampers, a radiator, hood cushions, and a headlight assembly. The transverse bracket can be locate in an upper portion of the vehicle engine compartment, and extending above a top most position of the radiator.
US10723382B2
A method for adjusting the position of a steered wheel of a vehicle includes detecting a steering position value of a steering control device of a vehicle such that the steering position value corresponds to an angular position of the steering control device; calculating a traction speed breakpoint at or above which steering desensitization may occur; and defining a maximum commencement steer angle at or below which steering desensitization may commence. The method also includes determining if the angular position of the steering control device or an angular position of the steered wheel is equal to or less than the maximum commencement steer angle; detecting a traction speed of one of a traction motor or a traction wheel of the vehicle; determining if the traction speed is equal to or above the traction speed breakpoint; and calculating, by the processor, a steering desensitization value when the angular position of one of the steering control device or the steered wheel is equal to or less than the maximum commencement steer angle and the traction speed is equal to or above the traction speed breakpoint.
US10723377B2
A vehicle kinematic control circuit for a vehicle adjusts the track of one or more rear wheels of the vehicle through a limited angular range, using an electric motor, connected mechanically to at least one rear wheel. The motor has at least two independently operable sets of phase windings, each set comprising at least two phase windings, each set connected to a motor bridge, controlled by a microcontroller. In normal use the microcontroller generates motor control signals that apply appropriate PWM modulated voltage waveforms to the set of phase windings connected to that bridge to drive the rotor of the motor in a first manner thereby to actively steer the rear wheel. A fault detection circuit monitors the operation of the one microcontroller, the motor bridge driver circuit, and the two sets of phase windings, to detect a fault condition, and in the event of a fault condition being detected causes one of the non-faulty motor bridges and an associated non-faulty set of phase windings to be operated to drive the rotor of the motor in a second, different manner.
US10723376B2
A car seat holder is used to support a portable infant car seat by providing a flexible support. The apparatus comprises a first support, a second support, and a canvas. The first support and the second support are elongated members that extend across a shopping cart. The first support and the second support are rigid members that distribute the weight of an infant carriage device. The canvas is a flexible surface that extends from the first support to the second support across the shopping cart. The canvas provides a mechanism for transmitting the weight of the infant carriage device to the first support and the second support. In this way, the first support and second support hold the canvas in optimal position for holding an infant car seat. This arrangement frees up space within a shopping cart.
US10723367B2
An information presentation device, mounted on a vehicle for which automatic evacuation control functions when it is difficult for a driver to continue driving the vehicle, and presenting information to an occupant of the vehicle except the driver by a display in a display area that is visually recognizable by the occupant, includes: an operation information acquisition unit that acquires operation information of the automatic evacuation control; and a display generation unit that generates an occupant notification display that is displayed in the display area to notify information relating to the automatic evacuation control when the automatic evacuation control is in operation. The occupant notification display includes: an explanatory image that shows an explanation of a process executed currently; and a progress image that indicates a degree of progress in the automatic evacuation control.
US10723362B2
A system for a host vehicle and includes a memory and a vehicle control module. The memory stores autonomous status bits for each local vehicle. The autonomous status bits indicate whether the corresponding local vehicle is operating in a non-autonomous, semi-autonomous, or fully autonomous mode. The vehicle control module: generates autonomous status bits indicative of an autonomous status level of the host vehicle and transmits the autonomous status bits in a message to first vehicle communication devices; determines that local vehicles are in a local environment of the host vehicle; receives messages including the autonomous status bits of the local vehicles from second vehicle communication devices; and unless operating in a fully autonomous mode, generates a request for a driver of the host vehicle to take control of the host vehicle based on the autonomous status bits of the host vehicle and the local vehicles.
US10723353B2
Rear lateral detection (RLL) ECU 10 determines whether or not a lane change assist control (LCA) is being performed. The RLDECU 10 sets a performing condition for performing a rear-end pre-crash safety control (rear PCS control) to a moderate performing condition when the LCA is being performed, and sets the performing condition of the rear PCS control to a normal performing condition when the LCA is not being performed. The moderate performing condition is set such that the rear PCS control is performed more easily compared with the normal performing condition. For example, in the moderate performing condition, a detection area of a target vehicle which is a vehicle subject to the rear PCS control is expanded compared with the detection area in the normal performing condition.
US10723351B1
A vehicle safety system includes one or more sensors interfaced to an index vehicle and a computer that is operatively interfaced to the one or more sensors, thereby the computer obtains sensor data from the one or more sensors. One or more propulsion devices are operatively coupled to the computer such that the computer controls activation of each propulsion device. The computer executes software that causes the computer to iteratively calculate a size of a safety zone based upon the sensor data and to iteratively determine if an object enters the safety zone as well as if a collision with the object is imminent. If it is determined that the collision with the object is imminent, the software causes the computer to signal one or more of the propulsion devices to emit a jet of liquid, thereby decelerating and/or changing direction of the index vehicle and/or of the object.
US10723350B2
A driving assistance apparatus determines, based on an instantaneous indicator which is an instantaneous value of a parameter regarding steering of the own vehicle, whether a driver has started a collision avoidance operation for avoiding a collision between a target and the own vehicle. When it is determined that the collision avoidance operation has been started, a support start timing for starting driving assistance for avoiding the collision or reducing collision damage is set to be a timing later than when the collision avoidance operation has not been started. The support start timing during a collision avoidance time period which is a time period until a predetermined set time has elapsed after it is determined that the collision avoidance operation has been started is set based on a time-dependent indicator for steering indicated by the instantaneous indicator at timings during the collision avoidance time period.
US10723347B2
An ECU drives a brake device of a vehicle to reduce a collision risk with an object or collision damage of the vehicle. The ECU acquires position information of the object based on a combination of data transmitted from a radar device and an in-vehicle camera. The ECU performs a first judgment to detect whether to drive the brake device based on the acquired position information of the object. The ECU further performs a second judgment to detect whether to drive the brake device based on another calculation process. The ECU diagnoses the result of the first judgment. When the result of the first judgment is correct, an operation limitation part in the ECU transmits the result of the first judgment to the control processing part to drive the brake device, and when incorrect, prohibits the transmission of the result of the first judgment to the control processing part.
US10723342B2
A brake control system (BCS) may comprise a first controller, a second controller in electronic communication with the first controller, and a valve comprising a first coil and a second coil. The first controller may be configured to actuate the valve via the first coil. The second controller may be configured to actuate the valve via the second coil. The first controller may be configured to disable the second controller to take over control of the valve.
US10723341B2
An air dryer cartridge, in particular for a compressed air treatment system of a commercial vehicle, includes a cartridge housing having a closed housing cover, an inner housing arranged in the cartridge housing, a desiccant accommodated in a space between the cartridge housing and the inner housing, a filter arrangement arranged inside the cartridge housing and positioned in the compressed air stream upstream of the desiccant in relation to normal operation of the air dryer cartridge, and a bypass for bypassing the filter device. A non-return valve, which blocks a compressed air stream in the direction towards the desiccant and allows a compressed air stream in the direction away from the desiccant, is arranged in the bypass. The non-return valve is formed in one piece together with the inner housing.
US10723337B2
A brake control system (BCS) may comprise a shutoff valve configured to receive pressurized fluid, a one-way check valve configured to route the pressurized fluid, a first pressure transducer coupled between the one-way check valve and the shutoff valve, and an accumulator configured to supply pressurized fluid to a brake control valve module (BCVM) in response to the shutoff valve being in a closed position.
US10723331B2
An apparatus for controlling braking of a vehicle having a plurality of brake-packs. The apparatus includes a controller configured to receive a first plurality of input values having a first scatter value; calculate an adjustment factor for each brake-pack based on the received first plurality of input values; output a control signal to cause each brake-pack of the plurality of brake-packs to be applied at a pressure based on the adjustment factor calculated for that brake-pack; and receive a second plurality of input values having a second scatter value. Each input value relates to a different one of the plurality of brake-packs. The adjustment factors are calculated such that the second scatter value is less than or equal to the first scatter value.
US10723329B2
A trailer mounted proportional brake controller for a towed vehicle and a method of controlling the brakes of a towed vehicle is described. The brake control unit may control the brakes of a towed vehicle. The brake control unit may include a power control unit and a hand control unit. The power control unit may be connected to the brakes of the towed vehicle and the power control unit may be capable of selectively controlling the brakes of the towed vehicle based on a set of braking parameters. The hand control unit may be configured to remotely communicate with the power control unit. The hand control unit may be capable of transmitting information to the power control unit to adjust at least one of the braking parameters and receiving information from the power control unit.
US10723319B2
A wiper device includes a pivot shaft, a pivot holder, a water receiving cap and a washer. The pivot holder includes a pivot support portion and a mounting leg. The pivot support portion pivotally supports the pivot shaft. The water receiving cap includes a boss portion and an umbrella portion. The boss portion is fitted onto the pivot support portion. The washer is fixed to a circumference of the pivot shaft at a portion projecting from a distal end of the pivot support portion. At least part of the boss portion overlaps the washer in an axial direction. The umbrella portion includes a projection that projects in the axial direction. The projection opposes the mounting leg in a circumferential direction without engaging the mounting leg in the axial direction.
