US10884303B2
Transient overvoltage protection circuit, array substrate comprising the same, and display apparatus
The present disclosure discloses a transient overvoltage protection circuit, an array substrate, and a display apparatus, wherein the transient overvoltage protection circuit comprises a transient suppression circuit configured to discharge a transient high voltage in a signal to be processed to obtain a first processed signal; and an isolation circuit having an input terminal electrically coupled to the transient suppression circuit, the isolation circuit being configured to isolate a residual voltage in the first processed signal to obtain a second processed signal.
US10884300B2
A display device is provided. The display device includes a display panel including a plurality of pixels, at least one flexible circuit board connected to one side of the display panel and including a first portion and a second portion around the first portion, a source driving chip on the first portion, and a plurality of adhesion patterns on the second portion and extending in a set or predetermined direction.
US10884298B2
A manufacturing method of a flexible display apparatus is provided. A flexible display panel is formed on the substrate. The flexible display panel has a display area and a bonding area located outside the display area. A driving chip is bonded on the bonding area of the flexible display panel via at least one flexible circuit board. A hot-melt protective layer is formed on the display area and the bonding area of the flexible display panel and a portion of the flexible circuit board. A heating step is performed to soften the hot-melt protective layer. The flexible display panel is separated from the substrate.
US10884294B1
In an electro-optical device, a first ion trap electrode, a second ion trap electrode, and a third ion trap electrode are provided between a pixel region and a sealing material, the first ion trap electrode, the second ion trap electrode, and the third ion trap electrode are applied with signals whose phases are shifted by 120° from each other. Since a diffusion preventing portion in which the thickness of an electro-optical layer is thinner than the thickness of the pixel region is provided between a pixel electrode and the first ion trap electrode, ionic impurities are less likely to diffuse into the pixel region even if application of a potential to an ion trap electrode is paused.
US10884252B2
Spectral beam combining systems including a multi-element transform optic. In certain examples the multi-element transform optic includes a first cylindrical optical element having positive optical power in a first axis, a second optical element having negative optical power in the first axis, and a third toroidal optical element having positive optical power in the first axis and either positive or negative optical power in a second axis that is orthogonal to the first axis. The first and third optical elements are positioned on opposite sides of the second optical element and equidistant from the second optical element. The multi-element transform optic has an optical path length extending between a front focal plane and a back focal plane that is shorter than an effective focal length of the multi-element transform optic.
US10884248B2
A hygienic in-vehicle head-mounted display (HMD) includes: a head piece, a stiff module, and a lock that connects and disconnects the head piece and the stiff module. The head piece is in direct physical contact with the passenger's face. The stiff module includes a display module that projects video into eyes of a passenger of a vehicle while the HMD is worn by the passenger. In one embodiment, a storage module may be used to stow the stiff module. Optionally, the storage module releases the stiff module responsive to the head piece being connected to the stiff module. In another embodiment, a processor instructs the display module to project video responsive to an indication that the head piece and the stiff module are connected, and instructs the display module not to project the video, responsive to an indication that the head piece and the stiff module are not connected.
US10884243B2
An HUD apparatus is configured to irradiate light for forming an image on a transmissive reflector provided in a movable body, and to display a virtual image in a display area to overlap the virtual image with scenery outside the movable body. A given distance range in the scenery from a reference point that is set in the movable body is included in the display area, and a difference between a first convergence angle to a target object (e.g., road surface) that is present in the given distance range and a second convergence angle to the virtual image displayed in the display area is at most one degree.
US10884238B2
A scanner includes a lens assembly comprising a lens having a lens axis and a positioning system to adjust a focal plane of the lens assembly. The positioning system includes an outer element, an inner element that houses the lens assembly, and a linear-motion bearing that couples the inner element to the outer element. The linear-motion bearing includes a first element coupling and a second element coupling. The linear-motion bearing provides a single degree of translational movement of the inner element along the lens axis.
US10884235B2
A drawing apparatus includes a laser light source unit configured to output laser light; a scanning mirror unit configured to reflect and scan the laser light; a drawing control unit configured to control an output value of the laser light of the laser light source unit based on display image data so that a display image is drawn by the laser light in a range scanned by the scanning mirror unit; and an output adjustment control unit configured to control the laser light source unit so that characteristic detection laser light for adjusting the output value of the laser light is output outside a range in which the display image is drawn inside the range scanned by the scanning mirror unit. The output adjustment control unit controls the characteristic detection laser light to be intermittently output in one frame period.
US10884234B2
The present disclosure provides an eyepiece and a display device including the eyepiece. The eyepiece includes a lens. The lens has a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface. The first surface is a corresponding surface of an eye side, and the second surface is a corresponding surface of a display element side. In addition, the first surface is a Fresnel structure surface, and the second surface is an aspheric curved surface. The Fresnel structure surface includes multiple annular sections arranged in sequence to form a serrated surface. An effective focal length EFL of the lens satisfies: 35 mm
US10884230B2
A phase object visualization apparatus includes: an illumination optical system 11 that illuminates a phase object; an image formation optical system 12 that forms an image from light from sample S that corresponds to the phase object; and light blocking unit 10 for blocking light, the light blocking unit 10 being disposed between the sample S and an image plane formed by the image formation optical system 12, and including an aperture at a position decentered from the optical axis of the image formation optical system 12. The position of the aperture is such that an area occupied on the aperture by 0-order diffraction light from the sample S illuminated by the illumination optical system 11 becomes smaller than the total area of the aperture.
US10884224B2
An imaging optical system of the present disclosure includes a first lens group having positive power, a second lens group having negative power, a third lens group having the positive power, and a succeeding lens group including one or more lens groups in order from an object side toward an image side. The third lens group includes a lens having the positive power and a lens having the positive power in order from the object side toward the image side, and includes a lens L3R1 having the positive power, a lens L3R2 having the positive power, and a lens L3R3 having the negative power in order from the image side toward the object side. The lens L3R2 and the lens L3R3 are bonded, the lens L3R1 moves to optically correct image blur, and at least a distance between the second lens group and the third lens group changes during zooming from a wide angle end to a telephoto end.
US10884219B2
An imaging lens which uses a larger number of constituent lenses for higher performance and features compactness and a wide field of view. The imaging lens is composed of seven lenses to form an image of an object on a solid-state image sensor. The constituent lenses are arranged in the following order from an object side to an image side: a first lens with positive refractive power; a second lens with positive or negative refractive power; a third lens with negative refractive power; a fourth lens with positive or negative refractive power as a double-sided aspheric lens; a meniscus fifth lens having a convex surface on the image side; a sixth lens with positive or negative refractive power as a double-sided aspheric lens; and a seventh lens with negative refractive power, in which an air gap is provided between lenses.
US10884208B2
An optical fiber cable includes: a core; a sheath that accommodates the core therein; and a pair of tension members embedded in the sheath. The core includes: a plurality of optical fiber units that each includes a plurality of optical fibers; fibrous fillings that extend in a longitudinal direction in which the plurality of optical fiber units extends; and a wrapping tube that encloses the plurality of optical fiber units and the fibrous fillings. The core is interposed between the pair of tension members.
US10884207B2
An optical connector cable comprising an optical cable, a metal member, and a resin member is disclosed. The optical cable includes an optical fiber extending in a first direction, a tensile strength body provided along the optical fiber, and a jacket surrounding the optical fiber and tensile strength body. The optical fiber and the tensile strength body extend outside from an end of the jacket. The metal member includes a winding structure around which the tensile strength body extending outside from the end of the jacket is wound. The resin member holds the metal member and an extended portion of the optical fiber extended from the end of the jacket. The winding structure of the metal member is embedded in the resin member.
US10884200B2
Provided is an optical path converting component capable of being positioned and fixed with less work steps and with a high degree of accuracy. The disclosed optical path converting component (10) configured to optically couple an optical input/output interface (20) disposed on a board and an optical transmission path (100) includes a base body (11) disposed on an optical path connecting the optical input/output interface (20) and the optical transmission path (100) and a mounting portion (118, 121) configured to be mounted on a board (CB) by soldering.
US10884199B2
A first optical axis of a first optical component is caused to be at a first angle with respect to a first precision surface of the first optical component. A second optical axis of a second optical component is aligned to be at a second angle to a second flat surface of the second optical component. The second angle is equal to or derived from the first angle. The first and second flat surfaces are caused to directly face each other to allow only sliding motion between the first and second flat surfaces. The sliding motion is performed between the first and second flat surfaces until the first and second optical axes are sufficiently collinear.
US10884161B2
A method for automatically extracting a tectonic framework of a potential field includes preprocessing gravity potential field data and/or magnetic potential field data from an area to be researched; performing multi-scale and multi-direction edge detection on the preprocessed gravity potential field data and/or magnetic potential field data, and obtaining edges of all scales separately; thinning the calculated edge of each scale into a single pixel width by means of a morphological skeleton algorithm, each point having depth and strength attributes; and obtaining a comprehensive tectonic framework graph and a comprehensive tectonic strength framework graph. A geological structure formed by a control deposit can be identified and qualitatively interpreted, a potential deposit type and attributes of the structure are determined according to prior knowledge of an area to be researched, and different types of tectonic frameworks are screened, thereby achieving target area localization of a metal deposit.
US10884160B2
A stick-on deep body thermometer includes a light emitting unit emitting detection light, a first scattering portion scattering the detection light passing a light-transmissive lower exterior body, a first adhesive layer that is adhesive, light-transmissive, and stuck on the lower exterior body, where the detection light scattered by the first scattering portion enters, a second scattering portion scattering detection light propagating in the first adhesive layer, a light receiving unit receiving detection light scattered by the second scattering portion, passing the lower exterior body, and incident thereon, and a contact state determination unit determining the stick-on deep body thermometer and a living body surface are in contact when a light receiving amount of the detection light is under a predetermined value, and determining they are not in contact when the light receiving amount of the detection light is not under the predetermined value.
US10884154B2
A monitoring and forewarning method for coal-rock dynamic disasters based on an electromagnetic radiation and an earth-sound monitoring includes the following steps: (1) calculating the weighted average value of research parameter P(t) during a time period according to the monitoring data collected by the electromagnetic radiation and the earth-sound monitoring system in real time; (2) calculating D(t), the deviation value of P(t); (3) calculating |D(t)| as the deviation threshold value, the average value of |D(t)| during period of normal mining of the working surface; (4) calculating DS, the number of times that D(t) is greater than |D(t)| in one day; (5) normalizing DS to obtain the monitoring and forewarning index ε; (6) forewarning the hazard state of dynamic disaster of the working surface in real time according to ε and forewarning method, determining hazard level.
US10884150B2
Systems and methods for training a model that uses probabilities of lithologies as prior information in an inversion are disclosed. Exemplary implementations may: obtain training data, the training data including (i) subsurface map data sets, and (ii) known lithologies; obtain an initial seismic mapping model; generate a conditioned seismic mapping model by training the initial seismic mapping model; store the conditioned seismic mapping model; obtain a target subsurface map data set; apply the conditioned seismic mapping model to generate a classified lithology map data set; apply an inversion to the classified lithology map data set to generate volumes of lithologies; generate an image that represents the volumes of lithologies; display the image.
US10884139B2
Techniques for imaging radioactive emission in a target volume include receiving data indicating a set of one or more known emission energies associated with a high energy particle source and determining a Compton line for each emission energy in the set. A Compton camera collects location and deposited energy from an interaction associated with a single source event from a target volume of a subject. For the single source event, an earliest deposited energy, E1, and first scattering angle, θ1, and a cone of possible locations for the source event are determined. A particular location for the high energy particle source within the target volume without including the single source event, if E1 is not within a predetermined interval of the Compton line for at least one of known emission energies. A solution is presented on a display device.
US10884138B2
A satellite Automatic Identification System (AIS) for tracking maritime vessels includes a constellation of Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) satellites. Each LEO satellite includes an AIS payload for receiving AIS messages from the maritime vessels and determining therefrom reported vessel position data and satellite-based observation data. The system also includes an AIS reporting system configured to obtain the reported maritime vessel position data and satellite-based observation data from the LEO satellites over time. In addition, the AIS reporting system is configured to filter the reported maritime vessel position data and satellite-based observation data to recursively produce estimated maritime vessel positions and update the estimated maritime vessel positions for the maritime vessels.
US10884132B1
Beacon-based Precision Navigation and Timing (PNT) may use a constellation of space vehicles (e.g., small, low cost satellites) coupled to a network of ground stations and a network of beacons. Such a system be provided at a cost that is approximately 100 times lower than GPS both to build and to operate. The resulting system may also provide fast acquisition, improved SNR, improved anti-jam and anti-spoofing capabilities, and six-inch scale location determination, making it applicable to both existing PNT applications and enabling new applications.
US10884128B2
Embodiments of the invention are directed to a method of determining underground liquid content (e.g., water, sewage, etc.). Embodiments may include: receiving, from a radiofrequency radiation sensor, a main scan of an area, the main scan may include reflections from the area at RF range, and receiving typical roughness values of one or more types of water sources. Embodiments may further include: filtering from the main scan undesired water source types according to their typical roughness values, identifying a desired type of water source in the filtered main scan and receiving from the RF radiation sensor a set of scans of the area, each scan of the area includes reflections in the RF range taken prior to the receiving of the main scan. Embodiments may include calculating the underground water content at locations in the area based on the identified first type of water source and the received set of scans.
US10884125B2
A parking assistance device (100) is provided with distance sensors (2FL, 2FR, 2RL, 2RR) which transmit detection waves laterally with respect to a host vehicle (1) while the host vehicle (1) travels and receive reflected waves of the detection waves, a reflection point calculating unit (11) which calculates a reflection point indicating a position where the detection wave is reflected, a grouping unit (13) which groups the reflection points, a parking space pitch calculating unit (14) which calculates a parking space pitch indicating a width of each parking space by using periodicity of a shape of a reflection point group set by grouping, a parking target area setting unit (15) which sets a parking target area which is a target of perpendicular parking by the host vehicle (1), and a parking assistance controlling unit (21) which guides the host vehicle (1) to the parking target area on the basis of the parking space pitch.
US10884122B2
A system for detecting objects using ultrasonic waves and methods for making and using the same are provided. The object detection system uniquely encodes each of a plurality of ultrasonic waves and transmit each of the uniquely-encoded ultrasonic waves in a respective direction. The object detection system then receives any of the emitted uniquely-encoded ultrasonic waves that are reflected from an object. By decoding the reflected ultrasonic waves, the object detection system distinguishes among the uniquely-encoded ultrasonic waves and detect the existence and location of the object.
US10884117B2
The device includes at least: a set of optical and/or electromagnetic elementary sensors which are able to fly and means of command for piloting the flight of the sensors; processing means; a communication link between each sensor and the processing means; to produce an image of a given scene, the sensors fly while forming an array whose configuration is controlled by the command means, the processing means fusing the signals provided by the sensors with a view to delivering an image of the scene, the signals provided being representative of the scene.
US10884102B2
The technology described in this document can be embodied in a radar system that employs pulse compression waveforms. In one aspect, a radar system includes a transmitter device and a receiver device, which are both configured to access a storage device. The storage device is configured to store a first sequence of values and a second sequence of values. The first sequence of values can represent phase values for a transmit waveform. The second sequence of values can represent complex values for a filter waveform. The first and second sequences of values are generated via a joint optimization process. An objective function of the first and second sequences is a weighted sum of metrics indicative of a sidelobe level of a simulated range response and frequency suppression of the transmit and filter waveforms outside and portions inside of a target bandwidth.
US10884096B2
An object of the present invention is to facilitate recognition of a voice command of a user in a situation where multiple devices including microphones are connected through a sensor network. A relative location of each device is determined and a location and a direction of the user are tracked through a time difference in which the voice command is applied. The command is interpreted based on the location and the direction of the user. Such a method as a method for a sensor network, Machine to Machine (M2M), Machine Type Communication (MTC), and Internet of Things (IoT) may be used for an intelligent service (smart home, smart building, etc.), digital education, security and safety related services, and the like.
US10884088B2
A pH-weighted chemical exchange saturation transfer (CEST) magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) method and system are provided that works by indirectly measuring the NMR signal from amine protons found on the backbones of amino acids and other metabolites, which resonate at a frequency of +2.8-3.2 ppm with respect to bulk water protons. The technique uses a modified magnetization transfer radiofrequency saturation pulse for the generation of image contrast. A train of three 100 ms Gaussian pulses at high amplitude (6 uT) or Sinc3 pulses are played at a particular frequency off-resonance from bulk water prior to a fast echo planar imaging (EPI) readout, with one full image acquired at each offset frequency. This non-invasive pH-weighted MRI technique does not require exogenous contrast agents and can be used in preclinical investigations and clinical monitoring in patients with malignant glioma, stroke, and other ailments.
US10884086B1
Systems and methods for accelerated multi-contrast PROPELLER are disclosed herein. K-space is sampled in a rotating fashion using a plurality of radially directed blades around a center of k-space. A first subset of blades is acquired for a first contrast and a second subset of blades is acquired for a second contrasts. The first subset of blades is combined with high frequency components of the second subset of blades to produce an image of the first contrast. And the second subset of blades are combined with high frequency components of the first subset of blades to produce an image of the second contrast.
US10884082B2
A magnetic resonance imaging apparatus according to an embodiment includes a receiver array coil structured with a plurality of receiver coils. Each of the receiver coils included in the receiver array coil includes a coil element, a first tuning element configured to tune a tunable frequency of the receiver coil to a desired frequency, and a series circuit including a switching element and a second tuning element and being connected in parallel with the first tuning element. The switching element is configured to disconnect the first tuning element and the second tuning element from each other at the time of transmitting and is configured to arrange the first tuning element and the second tuning element to be electrically conductive with each other at the time of receiving. At least two receiver coils positioned adjacent to each other among the plurality of receiver coils are decoupled from each other.
US10884077B2
Disclosed herein is an inductance element for a magnetic sensor. The inductance element includes a first core comprising a first soft magnetic material and having first and second connecting surfaces, a second core comprising a second soft magnetic material different from the first soft magnetic material and having third and fourth connecting surfaces facing the first and second connecting surfaces, respectively, and a coil wound around the first core between the first and second connecting surfaces, wherein the first core is larger in magnetic field strength at which magnetic saturation occurs than the second core, and wherein the second core is higher in permeability than the first core and has at least partially a meander shape.
US10884068B2
A method of determining a prospective short circuit current for an electrical system including a source includes connecting a test load between either: (i) a first phase line and a second phase line of the electrical system or (ii) the first phase line and the neutral line of the electrical system, employing a sensor coupled to the electrical system to measure a voltage drop across the test load, determining a voltage value based on at least the measured voltage drop across the test load, determining a total effective impedance for the first phase line to the source, and determining the prospective short circuit current based on the voltage value and the total effective impedance.
US10884065B2
Provided are apparatus and method of testing electrochemical performance of a battery cell in a nondestructive manner The apparatus according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes: a memory configured to store first profile data, second profile data, a first positive electrode upper limit, a first positive electrode lower limit, a first negative electrode upper limit, and a first negative electrode lower limit that are determined in advance through a preliminary experiment with respect to each of a plurality of reference cells; a sensing unit configured to measure an open-circuit voltage of a test cell according to a variation in a state of charge (SOC) of the test cell; and a controller electrically connected to the memory and the sensing unit. The controller is configured to test performance of the test cell in a nondestructive manner based on data regarding the reference cells and data measured by the sensing unit stored in the memory.
US10884063B2
The present invention relates to a battery management system, which includes: at least one cell group configured to include first and second battery cells connected in parallel between first and second bus bars; a plurality of first and second measurement terminals positioned on the first and second bus bars; a plurality of third and fourth measurement terminals positioned at positions on the first bus bar, which correspond to one of ends of each of the first and second battery cells, respectively; a cell voltage measuring unit configured to measure a cell voltage of the cell group by using the first and second measurement terminals; a voltage drop measuring unit configured to measure an error voltage corresponding to a resistance value of the first bus bar by using the third and fourth measurement terminals; and a battery management unit configured to calculate a corrected cell voltage by using the cell voltage and the error voltage.
US10884055B2
A system for post-silicon leakage characterization is configured to apply a rail voltage to a hardware component; cause the hardware component to operate at a particular frequency; cause a cooling device, coupled to the hardware component, to operate at a cooling capacity; run a workload on the hardware component after applying the rail voltage, causing the hardware component to operate at a particular frequency, and causing the cooling device to operate at a particular cooling capacity; discontinue the workload and clocks of the hardware component after a temperature of the hardware component has reached a steady high point; continuously measure temperature and leakage power of the hardware component after discontinuing the workload until the temperature of the hardware component has reached a steady low point; and adjust a power management procedure for the hardware component based on measured temperature and measured leakage power of the hardware component.
US10884054B2
We disclose a circuit board that hosts at least first and second types of resistance sensors and a method of operating the same. The resistance of each sensor of the first type tends to increase, and the resistance of each sensor of the second type tends to decrease if the sensor is exposed to an aggressive environment. The circuit board also hosts a control circuit that operates to monitor respective resistances of the various resistance sensors and to process the digital values representing the resistances to estimate the working condition of one or more other electrical circuits located on the circuit board and/or in relatively close proximity to the circuit board in the corresponding equipment cabinet. The control circuit further operates to transmit out an appropriate alarm message if the estimated working condition is deemed unsatisfactory.
US10884045B2
Device and method for analyzing a probe, in particular for analyzing a symmetrical, differential probe. A ground-based test signal is provided to a main signal line, wherein the main signal line is terminated by a predetermined impedance. Furthermore, at least one additional signal line is provided, wherein a further impedance is arranged between the additional signal line and the ground. Accordingly, a differential probe may measure a differential signal between the main signal line and the additional signal line. Hence, no grounded signal is provided to the probe. This measurement of the probe can be compared with a reference signal directly acquired on the main signal line. In this way, characteristic values such as impedance and/or frequency response of the probe can be determined.
US10884044B1
This invention relates to cybersecurity enforcement in vehicle control systems, more specifically, to the protection of electrical interfaces as components of such control systems. The method of detecting unauthorized devices installed on electrical interfaces of vehicles comprises measuring the impedances (the reactive and the active resistances) of the electrical interface at the initial moment of time and subsequently. The measurement of the active component of the electrical interface resistance comprises the measurement of the current and voltage of the devices connected to the electrical interface followed by the calculation of the total resistance of all the devices. The measurement of the reactive component of the electrical interface resistance comprises the measurement of the capacitance component of the electrical interface resistance by the impedance spectroscopy method. The technical result of the invention disclosed herein is the prevention and elimination of the threat option, more specifically, the installation of unauthorized devices on electrical interfaces.
US10884042B2
A method includes performing by a processor: receiving a first plurality of power system frequency measurements from a plurality of phasor measurement units (PMUs) in the power system over a first time interval, generating a first plurality of multi-dimensional ellipsoids based on the first plurality of power system frequency measurements, extracting a plurality of first graphic parameter values from the first plurality of multi-dimensional ellipsoids, respectively, performing a regression analysis on the plurality of first graphic parameter values to generate a predictive relationship between the plurality of first graphic parameter values and inertia values of the power system, receiving a second plurality of power system frequency measurements from the plurality of PMUs over a second time interval, generating a second plurality of multi-dimensional ellipsoids based on the second plurality of power system frequency measurements, extracting a plurality of second graphic parameter values from the second plurality of multi-dimensional ellipsoids, respectively, and estimating a current inertia value of the power system based on the plurality of second graphic parameter values by using the predictive relationship between the plurality of first graphic parameter values and the inertia values of the power system.
US10884038B1
A high-accuracy synchrophasor estimation algorithm for PMU calibration is disclosed. This method can construct a dynamic phasor fitting model. Then, an iterative solution algorithm based on nonlinear fitting can be used to estimate the phasor and frequency, which can include one parameter during the iterations. Moreover, a method is disclosed for calculating the ROCOF based on the least-squares method to improve the ROCOF dynamic accuracy.
US10884028B2
A fluxgate current sensor comprising an excitation coil (13), an excitation module (20) for generating an excitation voltage (Ve), a measurement coil (14) conveying an induced measurement current (Iim), and a measurement synchronous demodulator (12) for the purpose of multiplying the induced measurement current by a demodulation signal of frequency 2f0 in order to obtain an image voltage that is the image of the current for measuring. The excitation voltage (Ve) is obtained from a first voltage of frequency f0 and from a second voltage of frequency 3f0, the fluxgate current sensor further includes a servo-control coil (15) conveying an induced servo-control current, and a servo-control synchronous demodulator (30) for the purpose of multiplying the induced servo-control current by a demodulation signal of frequency 3f0. The servo-control synchronous demodulator is connected to the excitation module in order to servo-control the excitation voltage in such a manner as to cancel the component of frequency 3f0 in the induced servo-control current.
US10884017B2
An angle-of-attack sensor includes at least one acoustic transmitter is configured to provide an acoustic pulse. The first acoustic receiver is positioned at a radial distance from the at least one acoustic transmitter. The first acoustic receiver is configured to receive the acoustic pulse at a first time and provide a first receiver signal. The second acoustic receiver is positioned at the radial distance from the at least one acoustic transmitter aligned with an axis that extends through the at least one acoustic transmitter and the first acoustic receiver. The second acoustic receiver is configured to receive the acoustic pulse at a second time and provide a second receiver signal. The angle-of-attack circuitry is configured to determine a delay difference between the first and second receiver signals representative of a difference between the first time and the second time and determine an angle-of-attack based upon the delay difference.
US10884015B2
A pitot-static array system for a tail-sitting aircraft has a disk with a plurality of edge ports arrayed about an edge of the disk. Each of a plurality of pressure transducers is configured to measure air pressure at one of the edge ports. The edge ports are arrayed about an axis parallel to a pitch axis of the aircraft.
US10884012B1
The embodiments described herein include a method and system for determining velocity and a motor controller implementing such velocity determination. In one embodiment, a rotatable element has a digital encoder coupled thereto for determining discrete angular positions of the rotatable element. An amount of time for the rotatable element to rotate between two successive ones of the discrete angular positions is measured. The amount of time is converted to a rotational velocity determination of the rotatable element.
US10884009B2
In preparation for a case in which the time at which a first reagent probe comes into contact with cleaning liquid and the time at which a second reagent probe comes into contact with cleaning liquid are the same, an automated analyzer is provided with a charge accumulation unit that is provided between a supply port comprising a conductive material that is electrically connected to the cleaning liquids and a device housing and has a capacitance that is greater than or equal to that of the first reagent probe and second reagent probe. As a result, it is possible to prevent interference between the liquid-surface contact determination units of a plurality of probes.
US10884001B2
Featured are methods of diagnosing and treating liver disease.
US10883991B2
The present invention is an antibody including an amino acid sequence, wherein the amino acid sequence includes, in an N- to C-direction, the following structural domains: N-FR1-CDR1-FR2-CDR2-FR3-CDR3-FR4-C wherein FR denotes a framework region amino acid sequence and CDR denotes a complementary determining region amino acid sequence; the CDR1 includes an amino acid sequence represented by SEQ ID NO: 1; the CDR2 includes an amino acid sequence represented by SEQ ID NO: 2; and the CDR3 includes an amino acid sequence represented by SEQ ID NO: 3. The antibody is capable of binding to an intranuclear protein of an influenza virus.
US10883985B2
Disclosed is an immunochromatographic test strip by which the influences by the interfering substances in the immunochromatography method, contained in test samples, are reduced, so that it enables to accurately and specifically measure a test substance in a test sample irrespective of the amount of the test sample supplied to the assay, and to provide an immunochromatography method using the immunochromatographic test strip. The immunochromatographic test strip includes, in the order from upstream, a sample pad, a labeled substance region, a detection region and an absorption band, wherein a polymer(s) in which hydrophobic cyclic monomer(s) having an ionic functional group(s) is/are polymerized is impregnated at a region(s) upstream of the labeled substance region.
US10883981B2
The present invention refers to a fluorescent fusion polypeptide capable of changing its localization within the cell from the cell cytoplasmic membrane to the retention vesicles, upon an increase in the concentration of second messengers within the cell cytoplasm, comprising a membrane localization peptide, a second messenger transduction protein binding peptide, a reticulum retention signal and a fluorescent peptide wherein: a. the membrane localization peptide is located at the N-terminus of the fluorescent fusion polypeptide and is physically bound, optionally through a linker, to the fluorescent peptide, which in turn is physically bound, optionally through a linker, to the second messenger transduction protein binding peptide; and b. the second messenger transduction protein binding peptide is physically bound, optionally through a linker, to the reticulum retention signal, which in turn is located at the C-terminus of the fluorescent fusion polypeptide.
US10883978B2
An apparatus for calibrating a flux analyzer comprises a first frame; a second frame; and a permeable membrane. The first frame and the second frame are connected or integrally formed. A method for calibrating a flux analyzer is provided which uses an artificial standard rather than a biological standard.
US10883967B2
A gas detection element includes a crystal oscillator and a gas adsorption film formed on the crystal oscillator. The gas adsorption film has a thickness that causes the detection element to have a crystal impedance of no more than 10 times the crystal impedance of the crystal oscillator on which the gas adsorption film is not formed. A resonance frequency variation of the gas detection element due to humidity variation can be kept within a certain range.
US10883961B2
A detecting method for blood is provided. The method includes the following steps. A sensing device including a base and at least one response electrode is provided, wherein the response electrode is spaced apart from a gate end of the base. Blood including blood cells and targets is disposed on the response electrode. The blood is separated into a first part and a second part, wherein the first part is in contact with the response electrode, and the blood cell count in the first part is less than that in the second part. A voltage is applied on the response electrode, such that an electric field is generated between the response electrode and the gate end of the base, and a detection current generated from the base is measured to detect a characterize of the targets.
US10883951B2
Arrangement and method for detecting damage to an inner coating of a container is provided. The arrangement has been devised which is influenced by damage to the inner coating and/or actuation of plant parts (shut-off valves) and/or by electrical changes in the current paths. This is accomplished such that the latter generates a reproducible signal excursion which can be assigned to the respective activity and therefore to the corresponding parts of the plant, such as a container. Thus, by means of the measuring arrangement, both slowly changing values, which arise as a function of process-induced slowly changing process parameters, such as temperature, concentration, conductivity, and other gradually occurring damage to an inner coating, and also short-term significant changes of values are detected, which are brought about e.g. by pumping operations or by connecting together plant parts, which influence the electrical properties of the system. The detected signal excursion is interpreted.
US10883941B2
In an example implementation, a method includes illuminating a wafer with excitation light having a wavelength and intensity sufficient to induce photoluminescence in the wafer. The method also includes detecting photoluminescence emitted from a portion of the wafer in response to the illumination, and detecting excitation light reflected from the portion of the wafer. The method also includes comparing the photoluminescence emitted from the portion of the wafer and the excitation light reflected from the portion of the wafer, and identifying one or more defects in the wafer based on the comparison.
US10883940B2
A fluctuation-based fluorescence microscopy method, comprising influencing a point-spread function of the imaging of a sample emitting fluorescence radiation using an optical device in dependence on a parameter such that a point emitter is imaged into a representation with two image lobes. The relative positions of the lobes depend on the position of the point emitter relative to the focal plane. Synthetic pixels, smaller than detector pixels, are generated; for each synthetic pixel, pairs of pixel groups are defined among pixels of the detector based on the influencing of the point spread function. Each pair is assigned to an individual value of the parameter. In each frame and for each synthetic pixel, a signal correlation is ascertained and allocated as image brightness to the synthetic pixel for the parameter specification. Subframes for each frame are produced from the synthetic pixels, and a high-resolution sample image is produced from the subframes.
US10883932B2
An FI having an in-situ particle detector and a method for particle detection therein are provided. In one aspect, the FI includes a fan, a substrate support, a particle detector, and an exhaust outlet. The fan, substrate support, and particle detector are arranged such that, in operation, the fan directs air towards the exhaust outlet and over a substrate on the substrate support to create laminar flow. The particle detector, positioned downstream from the substrate support and upstream from the exhaust outlet, analyzes the air and detects particle concentration before the particles are exhausted. The collected particle detection data may be combined with data from other sensors in the FI and used to identify the source of particle contamination. The particle detector may also be incorporated into other system components, including but not limited to, a load-lock or buffer chamber to detect particle concentration therein.
US10883931B2
Provided are an optical measuring instrument, a flow cytometer, and a radiation counter which reduces a size and a weight of a photodetector, and enables detection of weak pulsed light with a high degree of accuracy and at a high speed. A laser beam source irradiates a specimen to be measured with a laser beam and generates a light pulse of intensity corresponding to the irradiation. An imaging element provided with a pixel including a photoelectric conversion element and an amplification element which sequentially accumulates charges subjected to photoelectric conversion by the photoelectric conversion element for a predetermined period and outputs a voltage as a pixel signal according to an accumulated charge amount after the accumulation is completed through the amplification element, and detects a light amount of the light pulse on the basis of a pixel signals of a pixel group.
US10883929B2
The present invention provides a system for measuring concentrations of trace gases in gas mixtures using an absorption spectroscopy method. The system comprising: a resonant optical cavity containing a gas mixture, a continuous-wave external cavity laser, a detector system for measuring an absorption of laser light by the gas in the resonant optical cavity, wherein the ratio of the round-trip length of the external cavity laser to the round-trip length of the resonant optical cavity or its inverse value is between N−0.2 and N+0.2, where N is a positive integer number.
US10883928B2
This invention demonstrates that silver nanoparticles can be synthesized by reducing silver nitrate with sodium borohydride in a presence of surface stabilizer polystyrene-block-poly(2-vinyl pyridine) in order to overcome the aggregation of silver nanoparticles.
US10883922B2
A system is described that can detect, track and analyze a bubble of a secondary substance contained within a primary substance along a part of a fluid line. For example, the system can detect the presence of the bubble within the primary substance along the part of the fluid line, which can include assigning a digital signature to the bubble. In addition, the system can track the movement of the bubble in order to ensure that the bubble is accounted for only once as it passes through the part of the fluid line. Furthermore, the system can analyze the bubble, such as determine its direction of travel, speed of travel, volume and size.
US10883912B2
The gating control features described include creating a first gate in a scaled data space. The scaling properties may be stored or associated with the gate. As the scaling parameters are changed for the gate—either manually or through automated detection—the scaled properties are continually updated to reflect the most recent changes. When gate properties are changed on a gate that applies to multiple data sets, the correct scaled properties are continuously stored with the gate for each data set, as the properties are being change interactively. The features also allow for backwards compatibility by associating current scaling parameters with a predefined gate.
US10883909B2
A measurement apparatus comprising: a plurality of first electrodes, each of the first electrodes being spaced apart by at least a first predetermined spacing; a plurality of second electrodes, each of the second electrodes being spaced apart by at least a second predetermined spacing less than the first predetermined spacing; an energisation source arranged to energise at least one of said first electrodes so as to cause an electric field to be established between at least one pair of said first electrodes, and to energise at least one of said second electrodes so as to cause an electric field to be established between at least one pair of said second electrodes; a monitor arranged to monitor an electrical parameter at at least one of said first electrodes in response to said energisation of at least one of said first electrodes and to monitor an electrical parameter at at least one of said second electrodes in response to said energisation of at least one of said second electrodes; and a controller arranged to generate data indicative of a property of a material within a first region extending a first distance from the first electrodes, and to generate data indicative of a property of a material within a second region extending a second distance, less than the first distance, from the second electrodes, based upon said monitored electrical parameters.
US10883908B2
An indentation tester and indentation method for testing a sample heated at a temperature range from above 800° C. to 1200° C., and above, is disclosed. The indentation tester includes a stage having a metallic cylindrical base that houses an inner cylindrical base made of a temperature resistant material sufficient to maintain shape over the range of the heating temperature. A removable crown fastens to the cylindrical base and includes a ring that holds an axisymmetric pipe made of a temperature resistant material sufficient to maintain shape over the range of heated temperature. A nut is turned to tighten the pipe which secures the sample and guides an indenter to penetrate the sample. The indenter includes a rod made of temperature resistant material and a indenter tip.
US10883906B2
A rut testing apparatus for testing the susceptibility of a pavement specimen to rutting has a specimen holder for supporting the specimen to be tested, a wheel, and a sensor. The specimen holder is arranged to support the specimen from below and to support two opposite ends of the specimen. The specimen holder is arranged to allow the specimen to deform in a lateral direction LD that is transverse to a direction that extends between the opposite ends. The wheel is arranged to move along at least part of the specimen in the direction that extends between the opposite ends. The sensor determines deformation of the specimen in the lateral direction LD.
US10883898B2
An apparatus for checking tyres has a support, deformation systems, positioning actuators and a moving member. The deformation systems apply, in operation, compression forces on respective surfaces of a free wall of the tyre to form deformed portions of the free wall. The positioning actuators move the deformation systems towards and away from the surfaces. The moving member sets the tyre in relative rotation with respect to the deformation systems.
US10883894B2
A technique facilitates monitoring and managing fatigue related a flexible conduit deployed from a surface vessel. Movements of the surface vessel may be measured to obtain vessel movement/position data. Based on this data, a flexible conduit bend profile may be determined via a computer-based data processing system. The flexible conduit bend profile may then be used to provide a flexible conduit fatigue profile for assessment of the flexible conduit in light of the environmental conditions. In some embodiments, the fatigue profile and assessment of the flexible conduit may be based on both functional loading and environmental loading.
US10883893B2
A testing device for a backflow preventer assembly has a plurality of automated valves. Each automated valve is coupled to a corresponding test valve of the backflow preventer assembly. A high side diverter array is coupled to at least one of the plurality of automated valves. A low side diverter array is coupled to at least one of the plurality of automated valves. A vent side diverter array is coupled to at least one of the plurality of automated valves. A pressure differential transmitter is coupled to the high side diverter array and the low side diverter array. A high side bleed solenoid is coupled to a high side of the pressure differential transmitter. A low side bleed solenoid is coupled to a low side of the pressure differential transmitter. A vent side bleed solenoid coupled to a vent side diverter array. A plurality of bypass solenoids is coupled to the high side bleed solenoid, the low side bleed solenoid and the vent side bleed solenoid. A first sensor is coupled to the high side bleed solenoid, the low side bleed solenoid and the vent side bleed solenoid.
US10883889B2
A display device includes a display panel and a pressure sensor. The display panel displays a pressure sensing image which induces a user to apply a pressure in a specific situation. The pressure sensor is disposed under the display panel, and a portion of the pressure sensor overlaps with the pressure sensing image. An opening portion is defined in a part of an electrode of the pressure sensor that does not overlap with the pressure sensing image.
US10883885B2
The invention relates to a method for calibrating a temperature measuring device of a dental oven by means of at least one calibration element, which is heated in the dental oven during a heating time interval (dt), wherein the at least one calibration element has at least one measurement material having a reversible phase transition occurring at a first transition temperature (TC1), the phase transition causes an abrupt change of at least one first parameter (I) of the dental oven, the temperature in the furnace chamber is measured by means of the temperature measuring device as an actual temperature (T), and the parameter (I) is measured, at least one first abrupt change (dI1) of the first parameter (I) is identified, a deviation of the first actual temperature value (T1), which is measured by the temperature measuring device when the first abrupt change (dI1) of the first parameter (I) occurs, from the first transition temperature (TC1) is determined, and the actual temperature (T) of the temperature measuring device is corrected in accordance with the deviation.
US10883883B2
The present disclosure relates to a wireless probe for food, including a circuit board, a temperature sensor connected to electrical signals of the circuit board, a super capacitor and a wireless transmitter. The temperature sensor is used for measuring a temperature of the food. The super capacitor is used for supplying power to the circuit board. The wireless transmitter is used for broadcasting temperature signals measured by the temperature sensor in the form of wireless signals. The present disclosure also relates to a wireless food temperature real-time monitoring system, including the wireless probe for food, a mobile device and/or a wireless range extender for receiving the temperature signals transmitted from the wireless probe. A wireless food temperature real-time monitoring method is also disclosed. The present disclosure can monitor temperature of the food being cooked in real-time in order to better assist users in cooking.
US10883872B2
A plant detection system includes a radiation module and a photodetector system. The photodetector system includes a photodetector housing, one or more photodetectors, a detector lens, and an aperture plate. The aperture plate is disposed within the photodetector housing between the detector lens and the one or more photodetectors and has an aperture extending therethrough. The detector lens and the aperture plate are configured so that stray radiation received by the detector lens is directed through the aperture in the aperture plate or onto a surface of the aperture plate without being directed onto sidewalls of the photodetector housing.
US10883870B2
The fiber optic probe detects changes in ultrasound pressure in an immersion medium such as a liquid, a gas, or a solid, where the system includes an optical fiber probe having a fiber of the probe has a highly doped (or regular) core with a diameter in the range 5 to 10 μm and a clad diameter equal to or more than 50 μm; and the optical fiber tip has been modified in a D-shaped (or V-shaped) structure where the clad material has been removed from one side of the cylindrical fiber to the surface of the fiber core; then, this modified region of the fiber is coated, with a very thin layer of a metallic material, ranging from 3 to 10 nm.
US10883866B2
The pressure-type flow rate control device includes: a restriction part interposed in a flow channel; an upstream-side pressure sensor detecting a fluid pressure on the upstream side of the restriction part; a downstream-side pressure sensor detecting a fluid pressure on the downstream side of the restriction part; a flow control valve provided in the flow channel on the upstream side of the upstream-side pressure sensor; and computation control circuit controlling the flow control valve based on detected values of the upstream-side pressure sensor and the downstream-side pressure sensor, thereby controlling the flow. Under conditions where no fluid flow occurs in the flow channel, the computation control circuit computes the difference between the detected value of the upstream-side pressure sensor and the detected value of the downstream-side pressure sensor, and outputs a signal for pressure sensor malfunction determination based on the computed difference.
US10883854B2
A sensor wheel for detecting the rotational position of a camshaft, elevations and depressions being developed along the circumference of the sensor wheel, which respectively form a segment, which may be detected by a sensor sensitive to magnetic fields when the sensor wheel is in motion, the sensor wheel comprising a long elevation, a medium length elevation and a short elevation as well as a long depression, a medium length depression and a short depression, the long elevation being as long as the long depression, the medium length elevation being as long as the medium length depression, the short elevation being as long as the short depression. The ratio of the length of the long elevation to the length of the medium length elevation is the same as the ratio of the length of the medium length elevation to the length of the short elevation.
US10883853B2
A method improves the transmission quality between a data collector and a plurality of metering units. A first communication module is assigned to the data collector and a second communication module is assigned in each case to a metering unit. The second communication module transmits data via radio signals to the first communication module. The first communication module has a first frequency reference device and the second communication module has a second frequency reference device. The radio signals transmitted are dependent on the second frequency reference device. The measurement of a parameter of the radio signal is performed by the first communication module. An estimation of an error of the second frequency reference device on the basis of the parameter measured values is determined. An adjustment of the frequency of the first frequency reference device is performed such that the error is reduced.
US10883848B2
A method, system, and computer program product are provided for providing navigation assistance through an improved countdown bar in a user interface of a mapping application. In an example embodiment, the method may include obtaining a list of maneuvers for navigation to a destination location on the route. The list of maneuvers may include at least an upcoming maneuver and a following maneuver. The method may further include displaying by a display unit, at least the upcoming maneuver and the following maneuver and a countdown bar such that the display of the countdown bar is integrated with the display of the upcoming maneuver. The countdown bar may indicate a distance of travel between a current location and an intermediate location corresponding to the upcoming maneuver. The method may further include dynamically updating the display unit based on the distance of travel between the current location and the intermediate location.
US10883840B2
The present disclosure relates to a system and a method for localizing a vehicle. A vehicle terminal acquires location information of a vehicle and transmits the acquired location information to the mobile terminal, then determines whether the vehicle enters a poor reception quality zone where a reception of a satellite signal is poor. Then, the vehicle terminal, when the vehicle enters the poor reception quality zone, receives map information of the poor reception quality zone transmitted from the mobile terminal, and corrects a current location of the vehicle using the map information of the poor reception quality zone.
US10883837B2
A map generating server capable of bidirectional communication with multiple vehicles having a database configured to store vehicle type identifiers assigned to the vehicles and map data regarding roads usable by the vehicles and cultivated land area near the roads. In the server, a vehicle position data tagged with vehicle type identifier is successively written to location concerned of the map data when each vehicle transmits the position data tagged with the vehicle type identifier. The vehicle position data writing number is incremented if the written vehicle position data is that of a vehicle assigned a specified vehicle type identifier, and the location concerned of the cultivated land area is determined to be cultivated land area road and to update the map data stored in the database when the writing number is equal to or greater than a predetermined number.
US10883836B2
A travel-lane estimation system includes: a GNSS receiver; a vehicle-speed calculator; an angular-velocity measurement mechanism; a subject-vehicle-position positioner calculating a vehicle's reference coordinate and reference orientation from a GNSS coordinate, and calculating time series data of vehicle's positions; a map information storage storing positional information about a division line of each lane; and a lane estimator calculating, as an optimal correction amount, an error pattern having a highest posterior probability among plural error patterns, correcting the time series data using the optimal correction amount, and comparing the corrected time series data with the division line, to estimate a vehicle's travel lane, the posterior probability calculated with the product of prior occurrence probability of the time series data by the plural error patterns and a likelihood calculated, under condition that the error pattern has occurred, based on a relative positional relationship between the corrected time series data and the division line.
US10883831B2
A system is provided for improving performance of inertial sensing systems. The system uses dynamic stability compensation to adapt to the changing state of the inertial system such that the system remains ultra-responsive during dynamic events, while also exhibiting ultra stable output during subtle motions or rest conditions. The system uses a method that operates upon output data as it exits the component sensors but before it enters the sensor fusion that produces a final orientation. The method can be used with any sensor fusion algorithm to provide improved noise and stability performance in the output while having little to no impact upon responsiveness of that output during dynamic conditions.
US10883830B2
A system can include an inertial measurement unit, a magnetometer configured to measure a magnetic field, and a processing system having an ORSE filter. The processing system can be configured to determine an estimated position based on a change in velocity or angular rate based on data received from the inertial measurement unit, determine a difference between the measured magnetic field from the magnetometer and the expected magnetic field measurement, and determine a state estimate using the ORSE filter by updating a time propagation of state and covariance with a measurement update of the state and covariance. The processing system can be configured to transform a change in velocity, a change in angulate rate, and the measured magnetic field to an Earth-centered inertial reference frame for the ORSE filter.
US10883827B2
A system and method of measuring and analyzing an object within a rotating shell is provided. The system can include a receptacle defining an interior storage chamber; at least one sensor, the at least one sensor being contained within the interior storage chamber, the at least one sensor having a fixed spatial relationship to the receptacle; and at least one processor configured for processing the measurement data. The at least one sensor can include a gyroscope for measuring angular velocity of the receptacle over a duration of time and generating measurement data indicative of the angular velocity over the duration of time. In some embodiments, the method involves determining a position of the receptacle within the rotating shell. In some embodiments, the receptacle includes heat resistant material capable of shielding electronics contained within the interior storage chamber from temperatures that exceed a maximum temperature rating of the electronics.
US10883814B2
A method to assemble a highly stretchable and highly sensitive strain sensor. Carbon nanofibers prepared by electrospinning of PAN followed by stabilization and carbonization, are sandwiched in two layers of elastomer PU. The CNFs/PU strain sensor shows large strain range of 300%, high sensitivity with gauge factor up to 72.5, and superior stability and durability during 8000 cycles of stretch/release. The CNFs/PU strain sensor shows fast, stable and reproducible responses following the bending movement of fingers, wrists, and elbows. The flexible CNFs/PU strain sensor with has broad applications in wearable devices for human motion monitoring.
US10883813B2
The present application discloses a sensor for detecting a bending in a flexible display apparatus. The sensor includes a first flexible base substrate, and a first electrode layer on a side of the first flexible base substrate. The first electrode layer includes an array of a plurality of first electrodes configured to detect a first bending toward a first bent direction relative to a surface of the first flexible base substrate.
US10883808B2
A munition includes a munition body containing explosive material. An electronic subsystem is active between release and detonation of the explosive material. One or more batteries are electrically connected to the electronic subsystem to provide power to the electronic subsystem prior to detonation. The one or more batteries are positioned adjacent to the explosive material to be accelerated outward as corresponding munition projectiles after detonation, increasing the effective payload of the munition by performing dual functions. In one or more embodiments, the explosive material is cylindrically shaped and longitudinally aligned in a warhead section of the munition body. The one or more batteries are annularly positioned on lateral surface of the explosive surface to form a cellular fragmenting structure. In a particular embodiments, the munition body is a missile body containing a rocket propulsion system and the electronic subsystem comprises a missile guidance system.
US10883796B2
A solid mounting plate for attaching a magazine carrier, or other accessory, to a holster to provide stability for the mounted accessory while also allowing variable positioning of the accessory carrier with respect to the holster to increase user comfort and reduce stress placed on the holster by the accessory carrier.
US10883792B1
A method of micro adjusting cam timing on an archery bow includes separating filaments of a cable or bow string to form a split area and inserting an adjustment spacer into the split area. The adjustment spacer causes a length of a bow string or cable to be shortened. The split in the cable or bowstring requires moving the limbs toward each other to allow the filaments of a cable or bowstring to be separated for insertion of the adjustment spacer. However, the cable or bow string may be sold with a pre-inserted split holder to allow the adjustment spacer to be inserted into the bow string without the need for a bow press. The adjustment spacer includes a middle perimeter, which tapers outward in opposing directions to a larger retention perimeter. The split holder is preferably a thin disc with a plurality of notches formed around a perimeter thereof.
US10883786B2
A sub-mass projectile for a firearm includes a core having a relatively lower mass than a standard projectile for the firearm. A force inducer is associated with the core. The force inducer has an interface that interacts with the firearm. The interface includes a bearing surface with a relatively larger outer diameter than a standard projectile for the firearm. The bearing surface bears against a surface of the firearm during operation so as to increase resistive forces between the sub-mass projectile and the firearm to a magnitude sufficient to approximate the kinetic forces of a standard mass projectile on the firearm during operation.
US10883777B2
A thermal interface is provided. The thermal interface includes a shape memory material and a thermally-conductive material. The thermal interface is configured to be formed as a compressed thermal interface and as an expanded thermal interface. The compressed thermal interface is configured to partially fill a thermal gap between a first component and a second component. The expanded thermal interface is configured to substantially fill the thermal gap between the first and second components.
US10883775B2
A component that generates or requires heat includes a heat exchanger integrated with the component. The component includes a component housing holding functional parts of the component, and the heat exchanger has a heat exchanger housing formed integrally with the component housing. There is a first fluid circuit in which a first fluid flows through the component in a heat exchange relationship with the functional parts, into the heat exchanger via a first fluid inlet, through the heat exchanger, out of the heat exchanger via a first fluid outlet, and back to the functional parts of the component. The heat exchanger has a second fluid inlet and a second fluid outlet for connection into a second fluid circuit in which a second fluid flows from outside of the component into the component.
US10883766B2
A system of double concentric pipes having different enthalpy including a plurality of double pipes where the internal pipe is made of a material of high thermal conductivity and the external pipe is made of a material of low thermal conductivity.
US10883759B2
A transport container for transporting an object includes an object location to receive the object and a vacuum insulation panel (VIP) to thermally insulate the object location. A sensor unit in the VIP provides a panel condition signal that corresponds to a measurement value of a physical property of the VIP. The physical property influences temperature of the object. A short-distance transmitter unit transmits a first coding of the PCS inside the Container, a long-distance transmitter unit transmits a second coding of the PCS to a remote server for processing the PCS. The server determines a representation of an operation state of the transport container, wherein the operation state is related to the temperature of the object. The material of the VIP is classified and differentiated so that transmitting parameters depend on the material.
US10883757B2
A system and method for controlling a refrigeration system is disclosed. The system includes a cooled compartment, at least one heat source selectively activated to provide heat, at least one sensor, and a controller. The sensor detects a temperature and a relative humidity of ambient air that surrounds the cooled compartment. The controller is in communication with the at least one heat source and the at least one sensor. The controller includes logic for calculating a dew point temperature based on the temperature and the relative humidity. The controller also includes logic for selecting a region of operation based on at least one of the dew point temperature and the relative humidity, where the region of operation is representative of ambient conditions that surround the cooled compartment. The controller further includes logic for determining if the at least one heat source is activated based on the region of operation.
US10883755B2
A refrigerator includes a main body that includes an inner case having a storage chamber; a refrigerating chamber discharge duct that divides the storage chamber into a heat exchange chamber and a refrigerating chamber and has refrigerating chamber discharge ports for discharging cold air to the refrigerating chamber. A refrigerating chamber thermoelectric module has a first heat absorbing unit and a first heat dissipating unit, the first heat absorbing unit disposed in the heat exchange chamber. A refrigerating chamber cooling fan circulates cold air in the refrigerating chamber to the heat exchange chamber and the refrigerating chamber; and a refrigerating chamber heat dissipating fan blows external air to the first heat dissipating unit A freezing compartment is disposed in the refrigerating chamber and has a freezing chamber; a freezing compartment thermoelectric module has a second heat absorbing unit and a second heat dissipating unit, the second heating dissipating unit cooling the freezing chamber. An air guide has a channel for guiding cold air from the heat exchange chamber to the second heat dissipating unit; and a freezing compartment damper controls the cold air flowing toward the second heat dissipating unit through the channel.
US10883754B2
A temperature controlled storage apparatus includes a plurality of lockable storage spaces. Each of the plurality of lockable storage spaces includes one or more compartments. The temperature of each of the one or more compartments is independently controllable to provide any one of a chilled temperature or a frozen temperature. Access to the storage space is remotely programmable.
US10883753B2
A radiant cooling system comprises an enclosure, a cooling element and a cooling device. The enclosure includes a first wall that is transmissive of infrared radiation. The cooling element is disposed in the enclosure. The cooling device is coupled to the cooling element. The cooling element provides cooling mainly by radiative exchange. The system promotes cooling by radiative exchange and significantly reduces condensation problems and is compatible with open and enclosed spaces. Thermal losses of cooling power to conductive and convective pathways are significantly reduced. The system comes in a variety of forms including flat, cylindrical and dome-like geometries.
US10883749B2
A method of operating a chiller having a closed refrigerant loop including a compressor, a condenser and an evaporator. The refrigerant used in the loop defining a pressure-enthalpy curve representative of different phases (vapor, liquid and vapor, and liquid) of the refrigerant at different combinations of pressure and enthalpy. The loop defining a process cycle (compression, condensation, expansion, and evaporation) of the refrigerant during operation of the loop relative to the pressure-enthalpy curve of the refrigerant. The method including continuously operating the compressor when a segment of the process cycle corresponds to the refrigerant being in the liquid phase.
US10883727B2
A splatter shield including a central panel, two extension panels, and two end panels, the extension panels being selectively movable to increase or decrease the length of the central panel, one end of each extension panel including a 90° flange member having at least one slot extending therethrough, one end of each of end panel including at least one curved member configured so as to be received by the at least one slot associated with the 90° flange members for selectively positioning the end panels at a plurality of different angular orientations to accommodate different work areas. The end panels are further movable to a position wherein they can be disengaged from the extension panels and the extension panels can be removed from the central panel. The present splatter shield can also be utilized without the extension panels, the 90° flange members being associated with the central panel.
US10883726B2
A light-emitting device is provided for a cooking appliance that includes a body that defines a cooking chamber having an opening, and a door configured to open and close at least a portion of the opening of the cooking chamber. The light-emitting device includes a light-emitting member that is located on at least one of the door or the body, that faces a gap defined between an edge portion of the door and a front portion of the body, and that is configured to emit light of a predetermined color in response to operation of the cooking chamber, and a reflective portion that extends from the front portion of the body, that is configured to receive light from the light-emitting member through the gap, and that is configured to direct light in a direction away from the door.
US10883717B2
An assembly for reducing excess piping pressure in a fluid distribution system. The assembly includes a fluid regulator including a body defining an inlet, an outlet, and a fluid passageway between the inlet and the outlet, a first control element movable relative to a valve seat in the fluid passageway to control fluid flow therethrough, a valve stem coupled to the first control element, and an actuator assembly operatively coupled to the valve stem to control a position of the first control element. The assembly also includes a solenoid valve coupled to the fluid regulator at a position upstream of the outlet, the solenoid valve adapted to receive a control signal indicative of zero demand downstream of the fluid regulator, and having a second control element that is movable, responsive to the control signal, from a first position to a second position to reduce fluid flowing through the fluid passageway.
US10883713B2
An energy-saving gas supply boiler system, comprising: a steam boiler, a flue gas pipeline, a heat exchanger, a steam generator and an ejector. The steam boiler comprises a body, a combusting apparatus, a flue gas outlet, a water outlet and a high pressure steam outlet. The heat exchanger comprises a high temperature flue gas inlet, a medium temperature flue gas outlet, a cooling water inlet and a hot water outlet. Cooling water undergoes heat exchange with flue gas and flows out from the hot water outlet. The steam generator comprises a generator body, a hot water inlet and a low pressure steam outlet. The ejector comprises a high pressure steam inlet, a mixing steam outlet and a low pressure steam inlet. The high pressure steam inlet delivers high pressure steam to the ejector. The low pressure steam inlet delivers low pressure steam to the ejector.
US10883712B2
A luminaire with a heat sink (1), which heat sink is formed by one integral piece of cold forged aluminum, comprising an essentially flat base portion (2), having a base surface with a center (2a) and an outer periphery (2b) and a set of heat dissipating fins (3, 4) extending from a first side of the base surface, in a direction normal to the base surface. The set includes at least one radial heat dissipating fin (3) having a cross section in a plane parallel to the base surface which cross section extends substantially in a radial direction from the center (2a) towards the outer periphery (2b), and at least one peripheral heat dissipating fin (4) having a cross section in a plane parallel to the base surface which cross section includes a portion extending in a direction parallel to the outer periphery (2b), wherein the peripheral heat dissipating fins (4) are arranged radially outside the radial heat dissipating fins (3).
US10883710B2
A solid state lighting (SSL) with a solid state emitter (SSE) having thermally conductive projections extending into an air channel, and methods of making and using such SSLs. The thermally conductive projections can be fins, posts, or other structures configured to transfer heat into a fluid medium, such as air. The projections can be electrical contacts between the SSE and a power source. The air channel can be oriented generally vertically such that air in the channel warmed by the SSE flows upward through the channel.
US10883707B2
Lighting devices and methods of manufacture are described. A lighting device includes first wires and second wires. Each of the first wires has a first longitudinal axis and a bent section. Each of the second wires has a second longitudinal axis and a bent section. The first wires and the second wires intersect one another within intersection regions. The first longitudinal axis and the second longitudinal axis are in the same plane. The bent section of each of the first wires is arranged in one of the intersection regions. The bent section of each of the second wires is arranged between two intersection regions. A predefined minimum distance is provided between the first wires and the second wires in the intersection regions. The lighting device further includes light-emitting elements electrically coupled to the first wires and the second wires at the intersection regions.
US10883706B2
The present invention relates to a lighting device, which comprises a structure of interconnected sleeves and a light emitting arrangement arranged inside the sleeves. The structure forms a polygon mesh and light sources on the light emitting arrangement can be positioned by the structure so that the problem of glare can be reduced. The present invention also provides a sound-absorbing, flexible and collapsible structure which can be used in e.g. large scale architectural panels, horticulture and phototherapy devices. The lighting device can be produced by connecting the sleeves with thermoplastic material or by sewing.
US10883705B2
The present disclosure provides a new gate lamp system and method. The system and method is configured to facilitate the installation of a gate lamp onto a gate arm, and to facilitate the replacement of one or more of the gate lamps. The present disclosure provides a system and method of installing gate lamps on a gate arm in the field in a robust manner with ease.
US10883704B2
A luminaire and light source are provided. The light source includes first, second, and third arrays of light emitting diodes (LEDs) and a beam combiner. The LEDs of the first, second, and third arrays of LEDs emit beams whose optical axes are substantially parallel. Each of the first and second arrays of LEDs produce light of two colors. The third array of LEDs produces light of a single color. Each of the arrays of LEDs includes a plurality of zones, each zone spatially separated from other zones. Each zone of the first and second arrays includes LEDs of two colors. The intensities of the LEDs of each zone are controlled independently from the LEDs of other zones. The beam combiner combines light beams from all three arrays of LEDs and produces an emitted beam of light and maintains the optical axes of the light beams as substantially parallel to each other in the emitted beam of light.
US10883701B2
The present disclosure provides a LED lighting device including a housing, a light source component, an optical lens that is located above the light source component and is configured to distribute light for the light source component, a reflector in contact with the optical lens, and a surface ring assembled on the reflector; and the housing, the light source component, the optical lens, the reflector, and the surface ring are sequentially arranged; the surface ring is fixed on the housing to delimit a receiving chamber, the light source component, the optical lens, the reflector are all located in the receiving chamber; LED light source particles are located a light source base plate included in the light source component; light of the LED light source particles sequentially passes through the optical lens and the reflector, and then emits through a light exit of the LED lighting device.
US10883698B2
A head, for a clip light, that includes a transparent twist on top that can be an animal, cartoon character, or inanimate object followed by a white plastic in the shape of a light bulb, which has an internal housing with an LED light attached and then is twisted onto the bottom of the head.
US10883685B2
A sunlight-based projector system (3) is disclosed for providing a direct light beam (5). The projector system (3) comprises a sunlight receiving unit (9) with a collector system (13), a plurality of optical fibers (15), and a plurality of fiber output channels (44). The collector system (13) collects natural outdoor light, and couples the collected light into the plurality of optical fibers (15). The projector system (3) comprises further a sunlight forming unit (11) with a plurality of optical collimator units (47) arranged in a two-dimensional array, wherein each optical collimator unit (47) receives the respective fiber output light (45) and comprises at least one optical collimator (49) for reducing the angular distribution width of the received divergent fiber output light (45). Output areas of the plurality of optical collimator units (47) form essentially a continuously extending large light-emitting face (53) of the sunlight forming unit (11) for emitting an essentially collimated light beam (5). The generated direct light beam (5) may be used together with diffused light generating areal units to provide a sun-sky imitating lighting system with a sun-like appearance.
US10883684B1
An improved elevated structure-mounted lighting system is disclosed. The lighting system may be used on drilling rigs, or with other applications, including for drilling, production, refineries, frac sites, construction, and other industrial applications that may use tower/mast type equipment. The improved elevated structure-mounted lighting system may accommodate any style or design of crown section of a drilling rig and may be mounted on a pole or independent mount system.
US10883675B1
A flashlight and acoustics assembly includes a mounting seat, an outer shell mounted on the mounting seat, a housing mounted in the outer shell, a lighting unit mounted on an outside of the housing, a rechargeable battery mounted in the housing, a sound device mounted in the housing, a magnet mounted in the housing, and a connecting unit mounted in the housing. The lighting unit and the sound device are electrically connected with the rechargeable battery. The connecting unit includes a connecting board locked on the housing, and a connecting rod connected with the connecting board. Thus, the housing is mounted in the outer shell steadily by magnetism of the magnet.
US10883674B2
A lighting device having a removable battery pack is provided. The lighting device comprises a light body and a battery pack. The light body comprises a light-emitting unit and a first universal serial bus (USB) interface electrically coupled to the light-emitting unit. The battery pack comprises a power supply and a second universal serial bus (USB) interface electrically coupled to the power supply. The first USB interface comprises a first data transmission terminal configured for establishing data communication with the second USB interface and a first power terminal for supplying power to the light-emitting unit; the second USB interface comprises a second data transmission terminal for establishing data communication with the first USB interface and a second power terminal for supplying power to the first power terminal. The first data transmission terminal is grounded, and the second data transmission terminal is coupled to a switch circuit.
US10883662B2
A gas supply device includes a first compressor that compresses hydrogen gas, an accumulator disposed downstream of the first compressor and supplying the hydrogen gas to a dispenser that fills the hydrogen gas in a vehicle, and a gas flow passage that connects the first compressor, the accumulator, and the dispenser, and a control device. The gas flow passage includes a lead-in line for leading the hydrogen gas into the accumulator, a lead-out line for leading out the hydrogen gas from the accumulator, a lead-in side valve, and a lead-out side valve. The control device is capable of simultaneously bringing the lead-in side valve and the lead-out side valve into an open state.
US10883651B2
The invention relates to a monitor system (10) with (h) a first monitor (12.1), (i) a second monitor (12.2), (j) a third monitor (12.3), (k) at least a fourth monitor (12.4) and (l) a base (16). According to the invention, it is intended that (m) the monitors (12.i) are fixed to the base (16) such that they can each be moved by way of a motor in at least two degrees of freedom, and that (n) the monitors are fixed to the base (16) by means of lazy tong drives.
US10883648B2
An apparatus for leveling and stabilizing weight biased loads includes a base with a plurality of structural members protruding from a top planar surface of the base. The apparatus further includes the plurality of structural members having two or more tiers, wherein each of the two or more tiers includes at least one structural member from the plurality of structural members. The apparatus further includes a platform disposed on a first tier out of the two or more tiers of the plurality of structural members, wherein a bottom planar surface of the platform is disposed on a top planar surface of at least one structural member of the first tier, wherein each of the two or more tiers of the plurality of structural members provides sequential load support for a weight biased load disposed on the platform.
US10883647B2
A vacuum heat insulator which can prevent lowering of a heat insulation performance in its thickness direction, while ensuring a sufficient strength, is provided. The vacuum heat insulator reduces heat transfer in the thickness direction of a core from one surface side of the core to the other surface side thereof. The core includes a first fiber layer and a second fiber layer. The first fiber layer includes short fibers layered in the thickness direction. The second fiber layer includes long fibers layered in the thickness direction, and thickness fiber bundles which extend in the thickness direction, and which bind the long fibers. The long fibers are longer than the short fibers.
US10883646B2
A pipe with anti-degradation features used in industrial applications where pipelines carry a liquid with solid particles. The pipe having an abrasion resistant coating to protect the interior surface of the pipe. There being at least one band which is situated inside the pipe for particle collection. The particle collection path is used to collect solid waste that is commonly found mixed with the liquid waste.
US10883643B2
Disclosed is a fluid connection system including a sleeve, a pipe and a fluid connector, the fluid connector including at least one rigid body made from a sterilizable biocompatible material, and the pipe including a flexible connection portion made from a sterilizable biocompatible material that is at least partially elastomeric. The fluid connector and the flexible connection portion of the pipe are assembled to one another, with the flexible connection portion of the pipe surrounding the rigid body, and the sleeve being shrunk tightly, but with free movement, on the pipe.
US10883640B2
A coupling includes a male adapter and a female adapter, and may include a nut and a sleeve. In embodiments, the male adapter includes a male adapter inner diameter, and may include threads. The female adapter includes a female adapter outer diameter. The nut or other formation may be configured to engage at least a portion of the male adapter. In embodiments, one or more contact points may be provided between the female diameter outer diameter and the male adapter inner diameter, and the female adapter outer diameter or the male adapter inner diameter may be configured to be out-of-round. The male adapter may include a shoulder and the sleeve may cover the shoulder in connected configuration. Methods for forming a coupling are also disclosed.
US10883638B2
A pipe end fitting assembly that includes an outer body having an outer surface, an inner surface defining a first bore, and an end surface, and an inner body having an inner surface defining a second bore and an outer surface. A portion of the inner body outer surface is secured to the outer body inner surface. A passage formed in the outer body includes a first portion extending from the end surface and parallel to the first bore, and a second portion extending from the outer body outer surface to the passage first portion. A pipe end is disposed around and secured to a portion of the inner body outer surface. A jacket is disposed around the pipe and has an end secured to the outer body outer surface. The passage portions are in fluid communication with each other and a space between the jacket and the pipe.
US10883637B2
A winding assistance device for tubular members having a first cuff including an elongate body defining a first cuff longitudinal axis, the elongate body of the first cuff having a C-shaped transverse cross-sectional profile defining a radially facing opening, where the opening of the first cuff defines a first cuff entry axis extending orthogonally from the first cuff longitudinal axis and bisecting a width of the opening of the first cuff; and a second cuff including an elongate body defining a second cuff longitudinal axis, the elongate body of the second cuff having a C-shaped transverse cross-sectional profile defining a radially facing opening therealong. The opening of the second cuff defines a second cuff entry axis extending orthogonally from the second cuff longitudinal axis and bisecting a width of the opening of the second cuff. The first cuff and the second cuff are secured to each other.
US10883628B2
A pipe extraction machine can be used to remove a buried pipe from the ground. The machine has a carriage with jaws that grip the buried pipe. While gripped, the carriage moves relative to a support structure to pull the pipe out of the ground. Jaws are actuated by rotating clamp plates and maintained in opposition by static horizontal grooves. The jaws remain opposed and aligned during rotation of the clamp plates. A pipe shear may remove the pipe one piece at a time. A pipe puller can be used at the back end of the pipe being removed to simultaneously install a new pipe along the same path.
US10883620B2
A valve assembly that provides reliable opening and closing valves at specified times despite changing performance characteristics of the valve is disclosed. The valve assembly includes a controllable valve selectively actuatable to control flow of a fluid therethrough, with the controllable valve having a variable valve open/close response time. The valve assembly also includes a plurality of sensors configured to measure current operational parameters of the controllable valve and/or the fluid and a valve controller programmed to process valve timing control instructions generated by an external source, process inputs from the plurality of sensors regarding the measured operational parameters of the controllable valve and/or the fluid, and provide an actuation signal to the controllable valve based on the valve timing control instructions and the inputs from the plurality of sensors, so as to control a timing of an actuation of the controllable valve.
US10883617B2
To prevent a defect in which a liquid is retained in a vicinity of a valley of a bellows part and particles such as impurities are accumulated. Provided is a valve including a valve element part and a diaphragm part that is coupled to the valve element part. The diaphragm part includes a base, a tip part, and a bellows part that couples between the base and the tip part. A wetted part in contact with the liquid at the tip part is formed in a cylindrical shape extending along a shaft line X. A lower end part of the bellows part is connected to the wetted part in a connection position CP coinciding with an outer peripheral surface of the wetted part. The valley of the bellows part is disposed in the connection position CP.
US10883610B1
A fluid actuation system controls fluid flow between a container and the external environment. The fluid actuation system has an actuator housing which houses a cradle member secured to the actuator housing. An actuator member is slidably received within the cradle member with the actuator member having an actuator member flow conduit for communication fluid flow from the container to and external environment. A toggle latch member is moveable to a first position for continuous fluidic transfer, to a second position for manual control of the fluidic flow, or a third position when fluidic flow is blocked.
US10883608B2
A piston boot has an annular fitting section which is formed on one end side of a bellows section, encloses an annular metallic member and is fitted to a stepped section. The fitting section has an outer peripheral surface section which comes into contact with an inner peripheral surface of the stepped section, and an annular plane section which comes into contact with an annular wall surface section of the stepped section. A plurality of holes each having a bottom surface at a position of the metallic member or a position near the metallic member are opened to the plane section.
US10883604B2
In an embodiment, a sliding part is provided with a mechanism to generate dynamic pressure by means of relative sliding of a pair of sealing faces of the sliding part, which is characterized in that one sealing face is provided with a land 10 for generating dynamic pressure facing the high-pressure fluid side and a seal area 11 facing the low-pressure fluid side, wherein the land 10 and seal area 11 are positioned away from each other in the radial direction and the areas of the sealing face other than the land 10 and seal area 11 are formed lower than these areas to constitute fluid communication paths 12. The fluid entering the grooves for generating dynamic pressure formed on the sealing face is allowed to circulate.
US10883602B2
A metal seal is annular, provided sandwiched between first and second flat surfaces. The seal includes a first/second end surface opposite to the first/second flat surface, respectively. The first end surface includes paired first protrusions formed displaced in a radial direction of the metal seal and have dihedral angles contacting the first flat surface, and the second end surface includes a second protrusion formed inward of one first protrusion and outward of the other first protrusion in the radial direction, and has a dihedral angle contacting the second flat surface, and paired third protrusions that are respectively formed inward and outward of the second protrusion and whose highest points to which perpendicular distances from a reference plane including the dihedral angles of the paired first protrusions are shorter than a perpendicular distance from the reference plane to the dihedral angle of the second protrusion.
US10883595B2
An operation lever cover for a work vehicle includes a through hole, a trunk, a first attachment part, and a second attachment part. The through hole extends in a first direction. An operation lever of the work vehicle passes through the through hole. The first attachment part is provided at a first end in the first direction of the trunk and has a first attachment surface fitted to a first support surface in a driver's cab of the work vehicle. The second attachment part has a second attachment surface fitted to a second support surface provided separately from the first support surface in the driver's cab.
US10883591B2
The wave generator of a strain wave gearing is provided with an ellipsoidally contoured wave generator plug and a wave generator bearing. The wave generator bearing is provided with an annular body fitted between inner and outer races in a sliding contact state. The annular body is composed of an endless coil spring and has a rigidity that is able to maintain a constant gap between the inner and outer races. The annular body also has a specified overall flexibility in the radial direction so that the annular body can be flexed into an ellipsoidal shape by the wave generator plug. Since sliding occurs between the annular body and the inner race when the wave generator plug rotates, it is possible to generate a wave motion in an externally toothed gear with a small rotational torque.
US10883584B2
A damper device is disclosed. The damper device includes first and second side plates opposed in an axial direction, a hub flange, elastic members, a first friction member, and an oil supply portion. The first and second side plates has an annular shape. The hub flange, including a boss portion and a flange portion, is rotatable relative to the first and second side plates. The flange portion is disposed between the first and second side plates in the axial direction. The elastic members elastically couple the hub flange and both the first and second side plates in a rotational direction. The first friction member is disposed between the first side plate and the flange portion in the axial direction, and generates friction resistance when the first side plate and the hub flange rotate. The oil supply portion supplies lubricating oil from the second side plate to the first friction member.
US10883583B2
A power transmission apparatus may include a first input shaft fixedly connected to an engine output shaft, a second input shaft mounted external to the first input shaft, a third input shaft mounted and external to the second input shaft, an intermediate shaft and first and second output shafts, an idle shaft mounted in parallel with the second output shaft, a planetary gear mounted on an axis of the intermediate shaft, a plurality of gear sets the first, and second output shafts, the idle shaft, and the planetary gear set, a first synchronizer mounted on the first output shaft, a second synchronizer mounted on the second output shaft, selectively receiving a torque from the third input shaft through two paths, and transmitting the received torque to the second output shaft, and four clutches each of which facilitating selective connection.
US10883582B2
In a ball screw apparatus, a ball train including a plurality of main balls is housed in a raceway between a ball track of a ball nut and a ball track of a ball screw shaft. A coil spring housed in the raceway includes a first end that engages with an end of the ball train and a second end supported by a stopper (a first recessed portion, a protruding portion, or the like) of the ball nut. A stopper ball having a diameter larger than the diameter of the main ball is interposed between the stopper and the second end of the coil spring.
US10883580B2
A ball screw having a spindle nut (21), a threaded spindle, and a retaining element (23) is provided. The retaining element (23) is connected in a form-fitting, play-free manner to the threaded nut (21) by a projection (24) which fits around the outside of the threaded nut (21) in an end region. The threaded nut (21) and the retaining element (23) functioning as a force transmission member are first positioned precisely during manufacture and then connected by a form-fitting, in particular play-free connection, in particular by caulking, crimping, clinching or other deformation processes.
US10883574B2
A hybrid drive train for a hybrid-driven vehicle. A transmission which can be shifted into different transmission stages by shifting elements and which can be drivingly connected to an internal combustion engine via an internal combustion engine shaft, to an electric machine via an electric machine shaft, and to at least one vehicle axle via an output shaft. The internal combustion engine shaft and a takeoff shaft, which is drivingly connected to the output shaft, can be connected together via spur gear sets which can be shifted by means of the shifting elements, each spur gear set forming a gear plane, of which at least one hybrid gear plane can additionally be connected to the electric machine shaft.
US10883560B2
A damper tube which is at least partially filled with damping fluid and in which a piston rod is movable back and forth, wherein a working piston is movable jointly with the piston rod, by means of which working piston the interior space of the damper tube is divided into a piston-rod-side working space and a piston-rod-remote working space. A damping module for the frequency-dependent control of a comfort bypass is formed between the piston-rod-side working space and the piston-rod-remote working space and which comprises a comfort path via which damping fluid can be caused to flow hydraulically in parallel with respect to the flow through the working piston.
US10883556B2
A disc brake of a floating type includes: an inner pad and an outer pad located on opposite sides of a rotor; a pressing device that presses the inner pad and the outer pad against the rotor; and a housing holding the pressing device. The pressing device includes: a first pressing member movable toward the rotor; a second pressing member movable away from the rotor; and a frame held by the housing via engageable portions movably relative to the housing in a direction parallel with a rotation axis of the rotor. The engageable portions are spaced apart from each other in a circumferential direction of the rotor. The frame is moved with movement of the second pressing member to press the outer pad against the rotor. Each of the engageable portions has a labyrinth structure.
US10883551B2
Provided is a frictional engagement device including outer and inner base bodies, outer and inner friction plates, a piston, a return spring, and a spring seat. Sliding grooves which guide sliding movement of the outer or inner friction plate in the axial direction are provided in at least one of the outer and inner base bodies at intervals in a circumferential direction, the outer or inner friction plate which slides in the sliding grooves includes protruding pieces fitted in the sliding grooves, a spring seat which is located on one end portion of each of the sliding grooves and supports one end of the return spring is provided on the outer or inner base body in which the sliding grooves are provided, and a through-hole which communicates with the sliding grooves and is capable of discharging lubricating oil that has accumulated in the sliding grooves is provided in the spring seat.
US10883550B2
A shifting device for a motor vehicle is described, comprising a first coupling component which is adapted to be selectively rotationally coupled to a second coupling component with a form-fit. In an open state, the first coupling component is rotationally decoupled from the second coupling component. In a frictional fit state, the coupling components are rotationally coupled with a frictional fit via a first frictional fit ring and a second frictional fit ring. In a form-fit state, an actuating ring is rotationally coupled to the first coupling component and the second coupling component with a form-fit such that the latter are connected with a form-fit. A motor vehicle transmission, in particular a fully automatic stepped transmission having such a shifting device is additionally presented.
US10883548B2
An electric axle is configured to selectively enable an electric motor to power a drive shall of a vehicle. The electric axle includes a differential planetary gearset configured to transmit drive torque to a drive shaft. The differential planetary gearset has a sun gear configured to circumscribe the drive shaft. A clutch is configured to selectively non-rotatably couple the sun gear to the drive shaft. The clutch may include a sleeve moveable in an axial direction.
US10883547B2
A dog clutch includes a gear (40) mounted on a power transmission shaft (30), first and second dog rings (10, 20), a fork (60), springs (65), and cam grooves (31). The cam grooves (31) each include a first slope surface (36) inclined from the axial direction toward the positive rotation direction as the first slope surface (36) approaches the gear (40) and a second parallel surface (37) parallel to the axial direction. The first dog ring (10) includes first cam protrusions (16) to be engaged with the respective first slope surfaces (36), and the second dog ring (20) includes second cam protrusions (26) to be engaged with the respective second parallel surfaces (37). This structure prevents the dog rings and the fork from coming into contact with each other, thereby avoiding generation of abrasion and increasing the transmission efficiency.
US10883545B2
A power transmission shaft is interposed between a first shaft section and a second shaft section. The power transmission shaft comprises: a cylindrical section rotated integrally with a shaft section and formed cylindrically; a through hole disposed in the cylindrical section and penetrated radially with respect to a rotational axial line, each of a pair of vehicle side rotational shaft sections having an engagement groove disposed on an outer peripheral side of the pair of vehicle side rotational shaft sections and extended in a direction around the rotational axial line and the engagement groove being exposed from the through hole; and a retaining ring (circlip) disposed to enclose at least a portion of the outer peripheral side of the cylindrical section, a portion of the retaining ring being inserted into the through hole from the outer peripheral side of the cylindrical section and being engaged with the engagement groove.
US10883536B2
A tapered roller bearing includes a cage supporting a plurality of tapered rollers. The cage includes a large-diameter annular portion; a small-diameter annular portion; pillars through which the large-diameter annular portion and the small-diameter annular portion are coupled together; and pockets in which the respective tapered rollers are disposed. A space is defined between the outer ring and the inner ring, and constitutes an oil flow path through which lubricating oil (a) flows from the side of the small flange to the side of the large flange. Each pillar includes, in its radially inner surface, an oil groove in which lubricating oil is retained. When the cage rotates, the lubricating oil retained in the oil grooves of the pillars is scattered out of the oil grooves, thereby preventing seizure between the large-diameter end surfaces of the tapered rollers and the large flange of the inner ring.
US10883535B2
A rotatable connection for a mount device for placement in an operating room includes an adjustable stopping mechanism that can be disposed between a first connection component and a second connection component that is mounted rotatably relative to the first connection component about an axis of rotation. The adjustable stopping mechanism may be adapted to establish at least two different relative rotational angles of the connection components relative to one another or at least two different rotation ranges. The adjustable stopping mechanism includes a rotation lock that can be disposed non-rotatingly at the first connection component and a coupling part that can be disposed non-rotatingly at the second connection component and that has a form-locking contour for establishing individual rotational angle positions, and may include a stopping device with an integral stop. The stopping device may be non-rotatingly positionable. A support system or mount device are also provided.
US10883534B2
A foldable device includes a flexible display including first, second, and third portions; a body including first, second, and third support portions which respectively supports the first, second, and third portions; a hinge including a first rotation axis which connects the first support portion to the third support portion, and a second rotation axis which connects the second support portion to the third support portion; and a slot hole which is rotatably coupled with the first and second rotation axes, and which moves the first rotation axis and the second rotation axis when the first support portion and the second support portion rotate with respect to the third support portion. The first and second rotation axes allow the first and second support portions to rotate with respect to the third support portion when the flexible display changes from an open state to a closed state.
US10883529B2
A nut integrated with a bracket and a method of manufacturing the same is provided. The method includes a pre-drawing operation that forms a reference aperture and a processing cross section in the plate material supplied between the punch and the die, forming a beading portion and piercing a center of the beading portion. A forging operation forms a pipe portion having a tube shape and processes an exterior circumferential surface of the pipe portion. A precision forging process adjusts dimensions of the pipe portion formed in the tube shape, forms a protruding end that extends on a tip surface of the pipe portion and compresses the pipe portion to remove residual burrs on a surface. A post-processing operation cuts the processing cross section to a final product shape, and forms a threaded tap on an interior circumferential surface of the pipe portion.
US10883524B2
An elastic element includes a fastening portion, an extending portion connected with the fastening portion, a first bending portion, a first connecting portion connected with the first bending portion, a second bending portion, a second connecting portion, a third connecting portion, a first elastic arm, a fourth connecting portion and a second elastic arm. The first bending portion is connected with a front end of the extending portion. The second bending portion is connected with the first connecting portion. The second connecting portion is connected with a front of the second bending portion. The third connecting portion is connected with a front of the second connecting portion. The first elastic arm is connected with a front end of the third connecting portion. The fourth connecting portion is connected with the first elastic arm. The second elastic arm is connected with a front end of the fourth connecting portion.
US10883520B2
A fan device includes a driving device, a fan wheel, and a locking fastener. The driving device includes a shaft. The fan wheel defines a shaft hole to receive the shaft. The locking fastener has a thermal expansion coefficient same as a thermal expansion coefficient of the shaft.
US10883519B2
A compressor is provided and may include a shell and a stator. The shell includes an inner surface and an outer surface. The stator may be attached to the shell at the inner surface via a first stake. The first stake may be formed by deforming a portion of the shell into the stator.
US10883514B2
A blower fan including an impeller easily mounted on the rotational shaft of a motor generates less noise. The impeller is mounted on the rotational shaft of the motor using a fastener with an elastic vibration isolator and a washer in between. The washer has a predetermined shape including radial projections from a circumference about a central receiving hole. The vibration isolator has the predetermined shape larger than the predetermined shape of the washer, and has a first recess having the predetermined shape on its top surface to receive the washer fittingly. The impeller has a second recess having the predetermined shape on its top surface to receive the vibration isolator fittingly. The vibration isolator thus separates the impeller mounted on the rotational shaft from the washer in both the axial and rotational directions of the motor to reduce vibrations in both directions propagating to the impeller, generating less noise.
US10883505B2
Disclosed is a liquid-ring compressor including a bypass pipe, in which the bypass pipe is directly mounted to a main body of the liquid-ring compressor, thereby greatly reducing costs incurred in the installation of a facility or a system including the liquid-ring compressor, and also economically reducing maintenance costs. The liquid-ring compressor includes a main body accommodating a shaft centrally mounted therein to receive rotational force from a driving motor, a rotor configured to rotate together with the shaft inside the main body, a suction port formed at a portion of the main body, a discharge port formed at another portion of the main body, a bypass pipe mounted between a position adjacent to the suction port in the main body and a position adjacent to the discharge port in the main body, and an opening/closing valve mounted in the middle of the bypass pipe.
US10883500B2
A co-rotating scroll compressor is provided in which a bearing configured to support a scroll is displaced by a torque repulsive force, which is applied to the bearing due to compression repulsion of a compressed fluid, the torque repulsive force is converted into a sealing force of compression chambers, which are defined by wraps of co-rotating scrolls such that the sealing force of the compression chambers is increased, and in which a bearing housing is rotatably installed in a housing accommodation hole, a rotational center of a second scroll is positioned at a position eccentric from a rotational center of a bearing housing, the bearing housing is rotated by the torque repulsive force applied to the second scroll, some of the torque repulsive force is converted into the sealing force against a sealing disturbing force.
US10883497B2
A pump includes a pump-head portion including a pump body and a magnet cup. The pump body defines an inlet and an outlet, and the pump body and the magnet cup together define a pump cavity. The pump includes a suction shoe situated on the pump body. The suction shoe includes an engaging portion. The pump includes a movable pumping member situated in the pump cavity and at least partially received within the suction shoe. The pump includes a permanent magnet coupled to the pumping member. The pump includes a pump-driver portion including a magnet driver located outside the magnet cup. The pump includes a pressure-absorbing member situated in the pump cavity. The pressure-absorbing member is configured to engage the engaging portion of the suction shoe such that the suction shoe is urged radially inwardly with respect to an outer edge portion of the surface of the pump body.
US10883495B2
A scavenge/charge pump drive gear for use in an integrated drive generator has a gear body extending between a first end and a second end and having a disc extending radially outwardly. A boss extends from the disc toward the second end. There are outer gear teeth outwardly of an outer diameter of the disc. The outer gear teeth have a unique gear tooth profile with roll angles A, B, C, and D. An integrated drive generator and a method are also disclosed.
US10883492B2
Provided is a plunger pump where quietness can be ensured. A plunger pump includes a cylinder, a piston, a discharge valve, and a plug member. The plug member includes: a recessed portion formed on a circumferential wall of a discharge chamber opposing an outer periphery of the discharge valve in a radial direction; and a discharge passage disposed at a position different from the recessed portion, formed on the circumferential wall of the discharge chamber opposing the outer periphery of the discharge valve in the radial direction, and connecting the discharge chamber and the outside with each other.
US10883486B1
The present invention relates to a microfluidic pump for generating forced traveling waves that can directly drive liquid. A surface traveling wave-driven microfluidic pump comprises a channel with two opposing channel walls. Two symmetric traveling waves are generated on the surface of two opposite channel walls. The channel contains liquid that becomes trapped inside the cavities and is pumped along the direction of the traveling wave at the same speed as the traveling wave.
US10883476B2
An air compression apparatus which can be used without requiring power supply equipment, including: a cylindrical body; an impeller which is provided inside the cylindrical body; a rotary shaft provided to be rotatable coaxially with the impeller; a cylindrical casing accommodating a part of the rotary shaft; a rotation transmission mechanism that transmits the rotation of the impeller to the rotary shaft while increasing the rotation speed of the rotary shaft; a piston connected via a crank unit to the rotary shaft housed in the casing; a cylinder provided on the outer peripheral wall of the casing; an introduction unit provided in a cylinder for introducing air into the cylinder; and a discharge pipe each connected to the cylinder for discharging a compressed air compressed by the piston inside the cylinder. Therefore, it is possible to provide an air compression apparatus which can be used without requiring power supply equipment.
US10883463B2
A housing-includes a pressurizing chamber. A plunger is moved to increase and decrease a volume of the pressurizing chamber, so that the plunger can pressurize the fuel in the pressurizing chamber. A fuel chamber forming portion is placed on a radially outer side of the plunger and forms a fuel chamber that is communicated with the pressurizing chamber. A pulsation damper is placed in an inside of the fuel chamber and is operable to reduce pressure pulsation of the fuel in the fuel chamber. Fixable portions are placed on a radially outer side of the plunger while each of the fixable portions includes a receiving through-hole. The fixable portions are fixed to an engine with bolts, which are provided to correspond with the receiving through-holes, respectively. The fuel chamber forming portion is displaced from axes of the receiving through-holes.
US10883447B2
An aircraft propulsion assembly including a bypass turbojet having a stationary inter-compressor casing positioned upstream from a space between passages, a nacelle including at its downstream end an inner wall that defines the outside of the space between passages and the inside of the bypass stream flow passage, and an outer wall arranged around the inner wall and that defines the outside of the bypass stream flow passage, at least a portion of the inner wall being suitable for moving between a maintenance position and a working position, and a thrust-reverser including a downstream element of the outer wall that is movable in translation between a retracted position and a thrust-reversal position in which it allows bypass stream deflector elements to be deployed in a radial direction, the deployment of the stream deflector elements being controlled by guide rods.
US10883439B2
An internal combustion engine is provided with a cylinder injector injecting fuel directly into a combustion chamber; an intake injector injecting fuel into an intake passage; and a control device controlling injection of fuel from these injectors. The control device is configured to perform a first control, in which an air-fuel mixture in the combustion chamber is formed by only fuel injected from the cylinder injector, until a predetermined timing after startup of the internal combustion engine, and to perform a second control, in which an air-fuel mixture in the combustion chamber is formed by fuel containing a larger amount of fuel injected from the intake injector than fuel injected from the cylinder injector, and after the predetermined timing. The air-fuel ratio of the mixture during the second control is smaller than the air-fuel ratio of the air-fuel mixture during the first control and smaller than the stoichiometric air-fuel ratio.
US10883437B2
A horsepower on demand system is presented that facilitates a user to purchase additional power from a third party provider. The system includes a vehicle with an engine, a control system, a microprocessor, memory and software and a wireless communications module. The system also includes a third party provider having a module, a database, software, and an interface. When a user purchases additional power from the third party provider, the third party provider transmits a control signal over a wireless communications network to the vehicle and the vehicle's control system modifies the operational characteristics of the motor thereby increasing the power output.
US10883436B2
A method to detect and mitigate sensor or actuator degradation in an automobile system includes: collecting a signal data output from at least one device which is outputting the signal data in response to monitored operational parameters of a motor vehicle system; analyzing patterns of the signal data compared to a signal data output from a nominal operating one of the at least one device using an artificial intelligence program; and identifying when the patterns of the signal data exceed a threshold level indicating the at least one sensor or actuator is operating in a degraded condition.
US10883432B2
An exhaust gas purification system for vehicle provided on an exhaust pipe connected to an exhaust side of an engine for purifying an exhaust gas of the engine includes a housing mounted on the exhaust pipe, a front end catalyst incorporated in the housing to primarily purify the exhaust gas flowing into the housing through the front end portion of the housing, a rear end catalyst incorporated in the housing to secondarily purify the exhaust gas passing through the front end catalyst before the exhaust gas flows out to the rear end portion of the housing, and a controller connected to the exhaust pipe at a front end portion of the housing to control the concentration of unburned fuel contained in the exhaust gas according to temperature of exhaust gas flowing into the housing and speed of the vehicle.
US10883431B2
An engine control system, vehicle system, and method are provided that are arranged to direct dynamically fuel management of an engine. The engine is operated a first firing fraction, a first cam phase, and a first throttle control position. A desired second firing fraction and a desired second cam phase are then determined. A torque request and a throttle area are determined. Further, a desired second throttle control position is determined based on at least the throttle area, the torque request, the desired second firing fraction, and the desired second cam phase. The method, control system, and vehicle system are configured to transition from the first firing fraction to the desired second firing fraction while transitioning from the first throttle control position to the desired second throttle control position. As such, delivered torque can be accurately controlled without the need for spark retard during the transition between firing fractions.
US10883425B2
A fan drive gear system includes at least one intermediate gear that includes an axial gear passage for receiving and conveying a fluid suitable for cooling and/or lubricating. At least a first axial end of the intermediate gear includes a first fluid storage trap for capturing fluid entering and/or exiting the gear passage and storing the fluid therein during powered operation of the fan drive gear system. The fluid is capable of being passively supplied to the intermediate gear passage during an interrupted power event.
US10883412B2
A flexible conduit element with an end portion that is designed for attachment to a rigid conduit element. The flexible conduit includes a bellows member, an interlock member, an outer fixing member and a connection nozzle. An attachment portion of the connection nozzle extends beyond the outer fixing member and the interlock member and ends in a flared shape to form a gas-tight seal.
US10883411B2
Methods and systems are provided for an exhaust-gas aftertreatment device. In one example, an exhaust-gas aftertreatment device comprises a housing with a first can comprising a first catalytic converter and a second can comprising a second catalytic converter, wherein the first catalytic converter is not concentric with the first can.
US10883395B2
A camshaft phaser includes a stator having a plurality of lobes; a rotor coaxially disposed within the stator, the rotor having a plurality of vanes interspersed with the plurality of lobes defining a plurality of advance chambers and a plurality of retard chambers such that the plurality of advance chambers and the plurality of retard chambers are arranged in an alternating pattern and such that the rotor rotates within the stator from a full advance position to a full retard position; and a supply passage in continuous fluid communication with one of the plurality of advance chambers, the supply passage being in continuous fluid communication with an oil source.
US10883391B2
Methods and systems are provided for a cam drive system of an engine. In one example, a front end of an engine includes an idler gear assembly including an idler gear and idler pulley, the idler gear in meshing engagement with a first end of a crankshaft and the idler pulley coupled to and sharing a rotational axis with the idler gear. The front end of the engine may further include first and second camshaft pulleys positioned vertically above the idler gear assembly and a cam drive belt contacting each of the first and second camshaft pulleys and the idler pulley.
US10883386B2
Devices, systems and methods of the present disclosure can include a guide for installing an airfoil component in a slotted component of a gas turbine engine. The guide can comprise a guide body, a guide slot and an alignment appendage. The guide body can comprise a slot-facing side, an entry side, and a radially outer side surface connecting the slot-facing side and the entry side. The guide slot can extend from the entry side to the slot-facing side and can penetrate the radially outer side surface. The guide slot can have a silhouette matching that of a root portion of the airfoil component. The alignment appendage can extend from the guide body and can have a geometry for axial engagement with a circumferential feature of the slotted component into which the airfoil component is to be installed.
US10883385B2
An attachment mechanism for a gas turbine engine component includes an elongated body having at least first and second ends. A first attachment feature is formed at the first end. A second attachment feature is formed at the second end. The first and second attachment features define attachment points configured to attach a first gas turbine engine component to a second gas turbine engine component. A fan section for a gas turbine engine and a gas turbine engine are also disclosed.
US10883377B2
An assembly in a turbine engine having a dynamically moveable flowpath boundary member for encasing a rotatable bladed disc and maintaining a clearance gap between the flowpath boundary member and the blade tips of the bladed disc. The assembly comprises a static casing, a flowpath boundary member carried by the casing, and a refrigeration system configured to remove heat from the flowpath boundary member to thereby thermally expand and contract the flowpath boundary member to control blade tip clearance.
US10883367B2
Paired air pressure energy storage device, inspection method and balance detection mechanism thereof
The invention discloses a paired air pressure energy storage device, an inspection method and a balance detection mechanism thereof. The paired air pressure energy storage device includes an inner body and an outer body sleeved outside the inner body. The inner body is filled with a first gas. A cavity formed between the outer body and the inner body is filled with a second gas. There is a gas energy pressure difference between the first gas and the second gas. The gas energy pressure difference is relative pressure gas energy. The invention can store two gases with different pressure intensities, has a simple structure, is convenient for transportation, and is favorable for effective energy storage and long-term storage of gases.
US10883362B2
The present invention relates to a downhole transfer system for transferring data through a well tubular metal structure arranged in a borehole of a well, comprising a well tubular metal structure having an axial direction and being arranged in the borehole providing an annulus between the borehole and the well tubular metal structure, a transceiver assembly comprising a tubular metal part mounted as part of the well tubular metal structure, the tubular metal part having an inner face, an outer face and a wall, an assembly conductive winding, such as a copper ring, connected with the inner face, a power consuming device, such as a sensor, arranged in the annulus and connected with the outer face and the power consuming device is connected to the assembly conductive winding by means of an electrical conductor, a downhole tool comprises a tool body, a tool body outer face and a tool conductive winding, wherein the assembly conductive winding has an axial extension along the axial direction and a radial extension perpendicular to the axial extension, the axial extension being at least 50% larger than the radial extension.
US10883355B2
In accordance with some embodiments of the present disclosure, systems and methods for a nonlinear toolface control system for a rotary steerable drilling tool is disclosed. The method includes determining a desired toolface of a drilling tool, calculating a toolface error by determining a difference between a current toolface and the desired toolface, generating a model to describe the dynamics of the drilling tool, modify the model, based on at least one intermediate variable, to create a modified model, calculating a correction to reduce the toolface error, the correction based on the modified model, transmitting a signal to the drilling tool such that the signal adjusts the current toolface based on the correction, and drilling a wellbore with a drill bit oriented at the desired toolface.
US10883354B2
A system, method, and apparatus for separating liquid from gas in a horizontal well comprises a first tubing member comprising one of a screen-walled tube and a perforated tube, and a second tubing member configured inside the first tubing member, the second tubing member comprising a blank-walled tube section and one of a screen walled tube section and a perforated tube section, wherein the second tubing member has a smaller diameter than the first tubing member.
US10883352B2
In accordance with presently disclosed embodiments, a system and method for using a central electric power generating system on a well stimulation location to drive the lower powered auxiliary systems on one or more mobile well stimulation equipment units is provided. The disclosed system may include an external electric power generating system for generating and outputting electric power, and a separate well stimulation equipment unit coupled to the external electric power generating system. The well stimulation equipment unit may include an on-board engine which provides motive energy to a high power component of the well stimulation equipment unit. The well stimulation equipment unit also includes a low power auxiliary system, which can be electrically coupled to the central electric power generating system. The central electric power generating system provides electric power for operating the low power auxiliary system.
US10883347B2
A system for use with a connection comprising a terminus opening into an underground vault. The system includes a perturbation detector and a system controller. The perturbation detector is configured to detect values of each of one or more properties and transmit a signal encoding the values to the system controller. The system controller is configured to receive the signal, use at least one of the values to determine whether a fire is occurring or has occurred, and alert a user when the system controller determines that the fire is occurring or has occurred.
US10883346B2
A method of performing a perforation operation is disclosed. The method involves generating a stress contrast distribution for each stage of a well based on drilling stress data and a stress log of the well, generating a stress association between the drilling stress data and the stress log, generating a new stress contrast distribution for each of the stages of a new well based on new wellsite data (new drilling stress data) and the stress association, generating a production forecast using the geometric completion (GC) design and a predicted production forecast based on the engineered completion (EC) design, comparing a cost of a new stress log of the new well with a change in revenue between the GC production forecast and the predicted production forecast, and selectively perforating the new well using either GC or EC design based on the comparing, whereby stress logging may be selectively performed.
US10883334B2
A plug for use in a cementing operation in a borehole includes a tail segment and a nose segment separate from the tail segment. The plug also includes a coupler configured to couple the tail segment to the nose segment, in which the tail segment is movable with respect to the nose segment.
US10883331B2
A ram assembly is disclosed. The ram assembly includes a ram wedge, a blade, and a ram seat. The ram wedge has a tubular cavity therethrough for receiving the tubular. The ram wedge is slidably positionable in the ram channel between a retracted and an extended position, and has rails extending therefrom. The blade is positionable about the tubular cavity, the blade carried by the ram wedge to cuttingly engage the tubular. The ram seat is positionable in the housing about the passage, and has a hole for receiving the tubular therethrough. The ram seat also has an outer surface interlockingly engageable with the rails as the ram wedge moves relative thereto whereby a gap is reduced therebetween.
US10883329B2
A system and a method of an ignitor for electrical ignition of an exothermic mixture to be used in wells, for the purposes of reinstatement of a barrier in well(s), subterranean storage reservoirs for a variety of potential environmental damaging materials such as CO2, radioactive storage, and other uses. Additionally, the ignitor may include a housing with a compartment within the housing, a first exothermic mixture of at least a metal and an oxide provided in the compartment, a first electrode connectable to a first terminal of a power supply, and a second electrode connectable to a second terminal of the power supply.
US10883326B2
A hydraulic anchoring assembly (10, 10a), and method of its use, for anchoring and sealing an insertable progressing cavity pump on rods in a well. The assembly (10, 10a) has one or more cup seals (42, 42a), upstream of one or more inflatable packers (14, 14a) upstream of one or more hydraulic slips (16). The cup seals (42, 42a) provide a pressure differential for inflation of the upstream most inflatable packer (14), which in turn provides a pressure differential for the downstream inflatable packer(s) (14a) to inflate to produce a fluid tight seal between the insertable progressing cavity pump and the well. In highly deviated wells the up seals (42, 42a) can be used to pump the hydraulic anchoring assembly (10, 10a) down the well in situations where the rods would otherwise buckle.
US10883325B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure include a deployment system including an actuator. The deployment system also includes an actuator arm coupled to the actuator. The deployment system further includes a crank rotatably coupled at a pivot point. The deployment system also includes a first link arm coupled to the actuator arm at a first end and the crank at a second end. The deployment system includes a second link arm coupled to the crank at a first end and a deployment arm at a second end, the second link arm transmitting rotational movement of the crank to the deployment arm.
US10883321B2
An antirotation stabilizer may include one or more antirotation pads extending from a stabilizer body. Each antirotation pad may be positioned at least partially within a recess formed in the stabilizer body. Each antirotation pad may be coupled to a torsion bar. The torsion bar may couple between the antirotation pad and the stabilizer body and may be under torsional loading such that the antirotation pad is extended from the stabilizer body. The antirotation stabilizer may include one or more rollers.
US10883318B2
An inductive coupler includes a first transceiver electrically coupled to a first coil through a first tuning circuit. The inductive coupler may also include a second transceiver electrically coupled to a second coil through a second tuning circuit, where the second coil is positioned substantially concentric with the first coil.
US10883309B1
A gate closure device including a U-shaped support member which is slipped over the upper end of a fence post with the base portion thereof being pivotally and slidably secured to the fence post. An elongated shaft is rotatably secured to the outer ends of the legs of the first support member. A first rod is secured to one end of the first shaft and a second rod is fixed to the other end of the first shaft. First and second crank handles and locking devices are secured to the outer ends of the first and second rods respectively. A flexible loop has its ends fixed to the first shaft which is slipped over the free end of the fence gate. The crank handles are rotated to draw the free end of the fence gate towards the fence post.
US10883299B2
An operable vehicle window includes a glass panel, a locating adapter coupled to a bottom edge of the glass panel and adhesive disposed with a glass-receiving channel of the locating adapter. The glass-receiving channel includes a first portion that engages inboard and outboard sides of the glass panel and a second portion that engages only an outboard portion of the glass panel.
US10883283B2
A support device, of the drop head type, for supporting beams of formworks for floor slabs, to an apparatus comprising such device, and to a supporting beam to be associated with the device; the device comprises an upright, a supporting head coupled to the upright, and a lower shank. The supporting head in turn comprises: two plates which are arranged mirror-symmetrically and laterally adjacent to mutually opposite sides of the upright, at least two mirror-symmetrical recesses, each one obtained on a respective plate; the device is provided with resting regions, of which one resting region is for resting the end of a supporting beam against a lateral part of the upright and a pair of mirror-symmetrical resting regions on the at least two recesses.
US10883273B2
A ligature-resistant grab bar provides ligature-proof self-support of persons at toilets, showers, baths or other locations where persons require self-support assistance. The ligature-resistant grab bar includes an elongate body that may be an extruded member, which has a flange disposed at a planar rear surface extending from the elongate body on a first side and a second side of the elongate body. The sides of the elongate body have curved side channels for drainage of water that extend from an inner edge of the flange toward a central axis of the elongate body to a gripping profile forming a front of the elongate body, which may be circular or elliptical in cross-section, of a front half of the gripping profile. The ligature-resistant grab bar also includes a bottom end cap and a top end cap attached to the ends of the elongate body.
US10883271B2
A roof mounting bracket is disclosed which creates a deformation in a roof panel seam using opposing set points. In a preferred embodiment, a generally U-shaped bracket includes two or more threaded fasteners in a first arm of the bracket and one or more opposing threaded fasteners in the second arm. Void in bracket is placed over the panel seam, with the first arm on a first side of the seam and the second arm on the opposite side of the seam. First screws inserted into the fasteners in first arm pass through the first arm and the first screw heads contact the first side of the seam, slightly engaging the seam and creating first deformations in the seam as the set screws are tightened. Second screws inserted into the fasteners in the second arm pass through the second arm and the second screw heads contact the second side of the seam in the spaces between the first deformations on the opposite side of the seam, engaging the seam and creating second deformations in the seam as the second screws are tightened. The opposing contact points create a “wave” deformation in the seam, securing the bracket to the seam. The opposing set points of the present invention allow secure attachment of the bracket to the seam without having to “dimple” or dent the panel seam using a single set screw, requiring less force by the user. Bracket can include varying numbers of opposing fasteners in first and second arms for varying numbers of opposing set points. In an alternative embodiment, bracket can further comprise divots into which first deformations are recesses to create a deeper “wave” the seam for stronger attachment to seam.
US10883267B2
A hardscaping unit includes a first block fixedly attached to a second block. The method of assembling the hardscaping unit includes the steps of forming a first block from a first material, placing a second material into a mold, contacting a surface of the first block with the second material that is in the mold, maintaining contact of the surface of the first block with the second material while transitioning the second material from a first state to a second state, the second state being more solid than the first state, and when in the second state the second material forms a second block that is fixedly attached to the first block.
US10883249B2
A method of retaining a hammer tool in the front head of a powercell assembly of a hammer assembly includes biasing a hammer tool retaining pin such that a portion of the tool retaining pin extends into a tool receiving bore of the front head of the powercell assembly, holding a hammer tool in the tool receiving bore of the front head of the powercell assembly via the tool retaining pin, and releasing the hammer tool remotely from the hammer assembly.
US10883243B2
An erosion control apparatus is disclosed herein comprising a filtering member defining a looped portion; a guide member positioned within the looped portion of the filtering member; and a support member insertable in the looped portion of the filtering member. The guide member facilitates insertion of the support member into the looped portion of the filtering member.
US10883241B2
A truss-like hydraulic lifting apparatus with plugs including a pile reinforcing frame, a truss structure extending through and mounted within the pile reinforcing frame and a first number of uniformly disposed support legs, each having a support leg inserting hole. A first number of power source devices each has a plug corresponding to the support leg inserting hole. A detachable mechanism is provided for detachably fixing each of the power source devices to the pile reinforcing frame. The detachable mechanism includes a base plate laterally fixed relative to the pile reinforcing frame and having an opening through which the support leg vertically passes and forms a protective cap above the power source device. The lateral dimension of the protective cap is larger than the lateral dimension of the power source device.
US10883226B2
The present invention relates to a method of producing microfibrillated cellu-lose (MFC) comprising (i) providing cellulosic material, (ii) drying the cellulosic material so that specific surface area (SSA), when measured with BET-method, is at most 10 m2/g, and (iii) subjecting the dried cellulosic material to mechanical treatment. The present invention additionally relates to microfibril-lated cellulose produced with the method of the present invention.
US10883223B2
A computer system of a finishing center, such as a mobile finishing center, includes a tool that allows a customer to preview or create new designs for apparel before purchase and before laser finishing. Software and lasers are used in finishing apparel to produce a desired wear pattern or other design. Based on a laser input file with a pattern, a laser will burn or ablate the pattern onto apparel. With the tool, the customer will be able to preview, create, make changes, and view images of a design, in real time, before purchase and burning or ablation by a laser. Input to the tool can include fabric template images, laser input files, and damage input. In an implementation, the customer or another user can also move, rotate, scale, and warp the image input.
US10883221B1
An improved locker seat includes a pair of spaced-apart upstanding sidewalls having a pair of lateral edges. A generally horizontal seat is disposed between the lateral edges of the sidewalls. In a first mode, an air source is connected to an airway formed within the seat to create an airflow. The airflow from the air source creates a first temperature differential to cool the seat. In a second mode, an external or internal heat source provides heat to a top surface of the seat, creating a second temperature differential to heat the seat. The first and second temperature differential are distributed across the top surface of the seat. The seat is hinged to be movable about the hinge between an open and a closed position.
US10883220B2
A laundry machine (100) is disclosed. The laundry machine (100) includes a cabinet (110) defining an exterior of the laundry machine (100), a tub (120) provided to the cabinet (110), a drum (150) rotatably provided in the tub (120), a suction duct (162) positioned on an outer circumferential surface of a rear portion of the tub (120) to suction air from the tub (120), a discharge duct (168) positioned at a front of the tub (120) to supply air to the tub (120), a connection duct (163) positioned between the suction duct (162) and the discharge duct (168), the connection duct (163) being provided with a heat exchanger (200, 300) for heating of the air, and a circulation fan (167) positioned between the connection duct (163) and the discharge duct (168) to circulate the air.
US10883218B2
A laundry treatment machine includes a wash tub, a pulsator provided inside the wash tub and to be rotated, a motor to rotate at least one of the wash tub and the pulsator, a clutch to selectively transmit torque of the motor to at least one of the wash tub and the pulsator, a clutch drive unit to control driving of the clutch unit, and a controller to control the motor to repeat rotation and braking in a first direction a first number of times during a first time period after operation of the clutch is changed. With this configuration, in the top-loading type laundry treatment machine, the coupling force of the clutch may be increased when operation of the clutch is changed.
US10883206B2
The subject matter of this specification can be embodied in, among other things, a garment that includes a body having a first end and a second end opposite the first end. The body has an anterior knit region having a first knitting pattern configured to stretch across a portion of a wearer's abdominal area, a second knitting pattern configured to stretch across a portion of a wearer's chest area, a posterior knit region having the first knitting pattern configured to stretch about a portion of the wearer's back, a first lateral knit region having a third knitting pattern different from the first knitting pattern configured to stretch about a portion of the wearer's left lateral area, and a second lateral knit region having the third knitting pattern configured to stretch about a portion of the wearer's right lateral area.
US10883203B2
A fabric-based item may include a housing that is covered in fabric. Areas of the fabric may overlap input circuitry such as button switches, touch sensors, force sensors, proximity sensors, and other sensing circuitry and may overlap other components such as light-emitting components and haptic output devices. The fabric-based item may include control circuitry that gathers user input from the input circuitry and wireless communications circuitry that the control circuitry uses to transmit remote control commands and other wireless signals in response information from the input circuitry. The fabric-based item may have a weight that is located in the housing to orient the housing in a desired direction when the housing rests on a surface. A movable weight may tilt the housing in response to proximity sensor signals or other input. Portions of the fabric may overlap light-emitting components and optical fiber configured to emit light.
US10883200B2
An apparatus for thermally-stabilizing a carbon material precursor having a heating apparatus which thermally-stabilizes a carbon material precursor, a thermometer for measuring a temperature in the heating apparatus, a water vapor concentration meter for measuring a concentration of water vapor in the heating apparatus, and a batch type thermal-stabilization apparatus for feedback-controlling the temperature in the heating apparatus by using the concentration of water vapor as an index such that generation of water vapor in a thermal-stabilization reaction of the carbon material precursor is completed and generation of water vapor in a partial oxidation reaction of the carbon material precursor is suppressed in a temperature range between a temperature range where the generation of water vapor is accelerated in the thermal-stabilization reaction and a temperature range where the generation of water vapor is accelerated in the partial oxidation reaction.
US10883193B2
The instant disclosure provides a method for preparing a perovskite crystal, including a mixing step, a crystallization step, a diluting step and a recrystallization step. The mixing step includes adding a first precursor and a second precursor into a solvent for forming a supersaturated solution. The crystallization step includes stirring the supersaturated solution for initiating a reaction between the first and second precursors in the supersaturated solution to form a perovskite powder in a solution. The diluting step includes adding the solvent to the solution and stirring the solution for dissociating the perovskite powder in the solution to form a clear solution. The recrystallization step includes adding a crystal seed into the clear solution for initiating a crystallization process on the crystal seed and forming the perovskite crystal.
US10883191B2
There is provided a template comprising a substrate comprising sapphire and at least one III-N crystal layer, wherein III denotes at least one element of the main group III of the periodic table of the elements, selected from the group of Al, Ga and In, wherein in a region of the at least one III-N layer above the substrate comprises a mask material as an interlayer, wherein the III-N crystal layer of the template is defined by one or both of the following values (i)/(ii) of the deformation εxx: (i) at room temperature the εxx value lies in the range of <0; and (ii) at growth temperature the εxx value lies in the range of εxx≤0.
US10883175B2
The disclosure relates to a vertical furnace for processing a plurality of substrates and a liner for use therein. The vertical furnace having an outer reaction tube having a central axis; and a liner constructed to extend in the interior of the outer reaction tube. The liner defines an interior space for accommodating substrates and is provided with a gas exhaust hole extending from the interior space to the outside. One of the outer wall of the liner and the inner wall of the reaction tube is provided with a flow deflector that protrudes radially from the respective wall into a gas passage between an outer wall of the liner and an inner wall of the reaction tube.
US10883174B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure generally provide apparatus and methods for a gas diffuser assembly for a vacuum chamber, the gas diffuser assembly comprising a mounting plate, the mounting plate comprising a hub, a plurality of curved spokes extending from the hub in a radial direction, a gusset portion coupled between the hub and each of the curved spokes, each of the gusset portions having a convex curve disposed in an axial direction, and one or more mounting holes coupled to the curved spokes.
US10883168B2
A substrate processing system that is optimized for the production of smaller volumes of semiconductor components is disclosed. To minimize cost, the substrate processing system is designed to accommodate smaller substrates, such as substrates having a diameter of roughly one inch. Additionally, the components of the substrate processing system are designed to be interchangeable, thereby further reducing cost and complexity. In certain embodiments, the substrate processing system comprises a lower assembly, which may be used with one or more upper assemblies. The lower assembly is used to support the substrate and provide many of the fluid, electrical, and sensor connections, while the upper assemblies include the apparatus required to perform a certain fabrication function. For example, different upper assemblies may exist for deposition, etching, sputtering and ion implantation.
US10883161B2
A method for manufacturing a clad material (110, 410) includes performing a Ni plating treatment on a Cu material (104, 404) made of Cu or a Cu-based alloy to make a Ni-plated Cu material in which the Cu material is covered with a Ni plating layer, performing a heat treatment on the Ni-plated Cu material at a holding temperature of 650° C. or higher and 850° C. or lower, and bonding an Al material (102, 402) made of Al or an Al-based alloy and the Ni-plated Cu material on which the heat treatment has been performed to each other by rolling to make the clad material.
US10883159B2
Provided are high-strength steel having superior brittle crack arrestability and a production method therefor. The high-strength steel comprises 0.05-0.1 wt % of C, 1.5-2.2 wt % of Mn, 0.3-1.2 wt % of Ni, 0.005-0.1 wt % of Nb, 0.005-0.1 wt % of Ti, 0.1-0.5 wt % of Cu, 0.1-0.3 wt % of Si, at most 100 ppm of P, and at most 40 ppm of S with the remainder being Fe and other inevitable impurities, has microstructures including one structure selected from the group consisting of a single-phase structure of ferrite, a single phase structure of bainite, a complex-phase structure of ferrite and bainite, a complex-phase structure of ferrite and pearlite, and a complex-phase structure of ferrite, bainite, and pearlite, and has a thickness of at least 50 mm. The high-strength steel has high yield strength and superior brittle crack arrestability.
US10883156B2
A process and system are disclosed for recovering lithium from a lithium-containing silicate mineral. The process and system comprise mixing the silicate mineral with nitric acid. The process and system also comprise subjecting the mixture to a leaching process having conditions such that lithium values in the silicate mineral are leached from the silicate mineral as lithium nitrate. The nitric acid can be in aqueous, gaseous or precursor gaseous form.
US10883149B2
The instant disclosure provides norovirus-binding aptamers, compositions comprising such aptamers, and methods of using and producing such aptamers. The aptamers are useful, for example, for detecting the presence of norovirus in test samples, for capturing and/or concentrating norovirus from test samples, for evaluating the efficacy of therapeutic agents in patients diagnosed with a norovirus infection, and for evaluating the efficacy of norovirus vaccines.
US10883148B2
This invention relates to methods for identifying sunflower plants that having increased Orobanche resistance. The methods use molecular markers to identify and to select plants with increased Orobanche resistance. Maize plants generated by the methods of the invention are also a feature of the invention.
US10883146B2
Biomarkers and methods for predicting risk of a disease in particular RA are provided. Sequences of DNA are obtained. The DNA may be extracted from a sample that is collected from a subject. A relative abundance of a biomarker is then calculated based on the sequences of the DNA. The biomarker comprises a DNA sequence in a genome of Lactobacillus salivarius. A probability of the subject having the disease is obtained based on the relative abundance.
US10883144B2
Provided herein is technology relating to detecting neoplasia and particularly, but not exclusively, to methods, compositions, and related uses for detecting premalignant and malignant neoplasms such as colorectal cancer.
US10883139B2
Disclosed herein in are methods and systems for determining genetic variants (e.g., copy number variation) in a polynucleotide sample. A method for determining copy number variations includes tagging double-stranded polynucleotides with duplex tags, sequencing polynucleotides from the sample and estimating total number of polynucleotides mapping to selected genetic loci. The estimate of total number of polynucleotides can involve estimating the number of double-stranded polynucleotides in the original sample for which no sequence reads are generated. This number can be generated using the number of polynucleotides for which reads for both complementary strands are detected and reads for which only one of the two complementary strands is detected.
US10883135B2
Various devices, systems and methods for detecting a susceptibility of an infectious agent to an anti-infective are described herein. A method comprises introducing a fluid sample to a first surface and a second surface; exposing the first surface to a first solution; exposing the second surface to a second solution, wherein the second surface comprises an anti-infective; sampling the first solution after exposing the first solution to the first surface; sampling the second solution after exposing the second solution to the second surface; monitoring a first electrical characteristic of a first sensor exposed to the first solution sampled; monitoring a second electrical characteristic of a second sensor exposed to the second solution sampled; and comparing the first electrical characteristic and the second electrical characteristic to assess the susceptibility of the infectious agent to the anti-infective.
US10883122B2
The invention relates to a process for producing a fermentation product that comprises fermentation of a carbon source in a reactor with a cell, capable of converting sugar, glycerol and acetic acid, wherein the carbon source comprises sugar and acetic acid, comprising the following steps: a) Inoculating a optionally diluted carbon source with the cell; b) optionally fermenting the reactor in batch mode; c) adding carbon source comprising glycerol and optionally sugar gradually to the reactor; d) after sufficient fermentation time, isolation of fermentation product from the reactor, e) optionally keeping the remaining fraction after isolation of step d) as spent broth; and f) optionally using the spent broth in step a) to dilute the carbon source.
US10883118B2
New cationic lipids are provided that are useful for delivering macromolecules, such as nucleic acids, into eukaryotic cells. The lipids can be used alone, in combination with other lipids and/or in combination with other transfection enhancing reagents to prepare transfection complexes.
US10883113B2
The present invention provides a method and means to change fatty acid and ultimately triacylglycerol production in plants and algae. Methods of the invention comprise the step of altering the activity levels of the committed step for de novo fatty acid biosynthesis, acetyl-CoA carboxylases (ACCase). More specifically, methods of the invention directly enhance the activity of ACCase by down-regulating the biotin/lipoyl attachment domain containing (BADC) genes through biotechnology or selective breeding approaches.
US10883109B2
A synthetic cDNA which encodes a protein wherein at least one optimal or non-optimal codon in a wild type DNA encoding the protein has been replaced respectively with one or more non-optimal codons or optimal codons encoding the same amino acid.
US10883102B2
A method for the identification of a polynucleotide encoding an enzyme of interest in a microfluidic device by providing an emulsion of microfluidic droplets comprising a library of polynucleotides encoding one or more enzyme, introducing a concentrated PCR solution which allows PCR amplification of the polynucleotides into selected droplets and/or introducing a lethal solution into deselected droplets, and identifying a polynucleotide encoding an enzyme of interest.
US10883100B2
The invention provides columns (including pipette tip columns) and automated methods for the purification of nucleic acids including plasmids. Nucleic acids can be purified from unclarified, clarified or partially-clarified cell lysates that contain cell debris. The columns typically include a bed of medium positioned above a bottom frit and with an optional top frit. Plasmid preparation scales include miniprep, midiprep, maxiprep, megaprep and gigaprep.
US10883098B2
In one aspect, the invention is directed to polypeptides having an amylase and/or glucoamylase activity, polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides, and methods for making and using these polynucleotides and polypeptides. In one aspect, the polypeptides of the invention can be used as amylases, for example, alpha amylases, to catalyze the hydrolysis of polysaccharide, oligosaccharide or starch into sugars. In one aspect, the invention provides delayed release compositions comprising an desired ingredient coated by a latex polymer coating. In alternative embodiments, enzymes are used to make biofuels, e.g., ethanol, butanol, propanol, or a gasoline-ethanol mix, including a bioethanol, biopropanol, biobutanol, or a biodiesel, or for any form of fuel or biomass processing.
US10883094B2
Transposase polypeptides and polynucleotides are provided, which have a high activity in mammalian cells. Methods for engineering cells, such as chimeric antigen T-cells, with the transposes are also provided.
US10883090B2
The invention is directed to p-coumaroyl-CoA:monolignol transferase enzymes, nucleic acids encoding p-coumaroyl-CoA:monolignol transferase enzymes, and inhibitory nucleic acids adapted to inhibit the expression and/or translation of p-coumaroyl-CoA:monolignol transferase RNA; expression cassettes, plant cells, and plants that have or encode such nucleic acids and enzymes; and methods of making and using such nucleic acids, enzymes, expression cassettes, cells, and plants.
US10883089B2
The invention relates to feruloyl-CoA:monolignol transferase enzymes and nucleic acids encoding the feruloyl-CoA:monolignol transferase enzymes. The enzymes and/or the nucleic acids enable incorporation of monolignol ferulates into the lignin of plants. The monolignol ferulates include, for example, p-coumaryl ferulate, coniferyl ferulate, and/or sinapyl ferulate.
US10883086B2
Disclosed are compositions and methods for increasing influenza virus production.
US10883080B2
An object of the present invention is to obtain a thicker animal cell composition by a simple and less expensive method. Namely, an object of the present invention is to provide a method for culturing a thicker animal cell composition by eliminating the hypoxia associated with animal cell compositions, a method for producing an animal cell composition containing unicellular algae, and an animal cell composition. The present invention provides a method for culturing an animal cell composition in a culture medium in the presence of unicellular algae and under exposure to light. According to the method of the present invention, oxygen can be continuously supplied in the culture medium, cell damage is alleviated, and a thicker cell composition can be obtained in the absence of a capillary network.
US10883075B2
A cell culture article comprises virgin polystyrene disposed over at least a portion of a surface of an article main body. The article main body may be formed from polyethylene terephthalate (PET) such as reground or recycled polyethylene terephthalate. Methods of making such a cell culture article include applying a composition to a surface of an article main body, where the composition comprises virgin polystyrene having a thickness of 1 to 500 microns and the article main body is formed from glass, ceramic, metal or polymer.
US10883074B2
The present invention relates to the field of fermentation. In particular, the present invention relates to a method and apparatus for production of products by use of living cells or active components derived from such cells using a bioreactor having a built in gas distributor and a specific system/device for handling foam formed in the process. The invention also relates to a bioreactor comprising: a reaction chamber having a fermentation zone and a foam settling zone, wherein the reaction chamber is arranged such that the foam settling zone is spaced from or physically separated from the fermentation zone so as to reduce the effect of activity in the fermentation zone on foam in the settling zone. The separation of the fermentation zone from the activity of the fermentation zone encourages settling of the foam. The invention also provides a method of forming a bioreactor comprising: overlapping two flat, flexible sheets of material; and causing said two sheets to adhere to each other in selected areas so as to define a reaction chamber. This is a particularly cost-effective way to produce a single use, disposable reactor.
US10883068B2
The invention discloses synergistic combinations of surfactant blends and cleaning compositions employing the same. In certain embodiments a surfactant system is disclosed which includes an extended anionic surfactant with novel linker surfactants including one or more of an alkyl glycerol ether, an ethoxylated alkyl glycerol ether, an alcohol ethoxylate and/or a Gemini surfactant. This system forms emulsions with, and can remove greasy and oily stains, even those comprised of non-trans fats. The compositions may be used alone, as a pre-spotter or other pre-treatment or as a part of a soft surface or hard surface cleaning composition.
US10883063B2
Compositions, systems and methods for introducing lubricants, and additives, that are designed to work with environmentally friendly refrigerants into vehicle heat management systems including passenger compartment air conditioning (A/C) systems are disclosed. Methods for charging lubricants and specific additives using environmentally desirable (low GWP) refrigerant or refrigerant blend compositions into an environmentally friendly system, such as a system that uses HFO-1234yf, are also disclosed.
US10883059B2
The invention provides a system and method for conversion of raw syngas and tars into refined syngas, while optionally minimizing the parasitic losses of the process and maximizing the usable energy density of the product syngas. The system includes a reactor including a refining chamber for refining syngas comprising one or more inlets configured to promote at least two flow zones: a central zone where syngas and air/process additives flow in a swirling pattern for mixing and combustion in the high temperature central zone; at least one peripheral zone within the reactor which forms a boundary layer of a buffering flow along the reactor walls, (b) plasma torches that inject plasma into the central zone, and (c) air injection patterns that create a recirculation zone to promotes mixing between the high temperature products at the core reaction zone of the vessel and the buffering layer, wherein in the central zone, syngas and air/process additives mixture are ignited in close proximity to the plasma arc, coming into contact with each other, concurrently, at the entrance to the reaction chamber and method of using the system.
US10883058B2
A process is provided that is directed to integrated steam pyrolysis and hydroprocessing including residual bypass to permit direct processing of crude oil feedstocks to produce petrochemicals including olefins and aromatics.
US10883057B2
Provided is a method for separating normal paraffin and isoparaffin from raffinates of a benzene, toluene, and xylene (BTX) reforming process including C5 to C8 light naphtha, the method including: a liquid hydrogenation process for removing olefin by feeding raffinates in which hydrogen is dissolved into a reactor filled with a hydrogenation catalyst.
US10883048B2
A polymerizable composition includes a polymerizable liquid crystal compound of Formula (I) and a urethane (meth)acrylate monomer including a urethane bond and three or more (meth)acryloyl groups: Q1-Sp1A-Lm-1A-Sp2-Q2 (I) In Formula (I), A represents a cyclic divalent group (at least one is a divalent saturated hydrocarbon ring group), L preferably represents —C(═O)O— or —OC(═O)—, m represents 3 to 12, Sp1 and Sp2 preferably are alkylene, and any one of Q1 and Q2 represents a polymerizable group. A film including a layer obtained by curing the polymerizable composition; and a film adjacently including a layer obtained by curing the polymerizable composition including a polymerizable liquid crystal compound represented by Formula (I) and a layer obtained by curing a composition including a urethane (meth)acrylate monomer and a manufacturing method thereof, are also disclosed. The polymerizable composition includes a polymerizable liquid crystal compound having low birefringence and provides a highly durable optical film.
US10883041B2
A method of making a proppant-gel matrix comprising: a) hydrating a gelling agent to form a hydrated gelling agent; b) adding a basic compound to the hydrated gelling agent to form a basic hydrated gelling agent having a pH in the range of 11.5 to 14.0; c) mixing the basic hydrated gelling agent and a proppant to form a basic hydrated gelling system; and d) adding a crosslinking agent to the basic hydrated gelling system to form the proppant-gel matrix, is disclosed. The proppant-gel matrix can then be used as a fracturing fluid in a hydraulic fracturing process.
US10883040B2
Viscous aqueous injections fluids including polymers having hydrophilic moieties and hydrophobic groups and at least one of crude oil emulsions and amphiphilic diblock copolymers are provided herein. Methods of making the aqueous injection fluids, and methods of using the aqueous injection fluids for oil recovery are also provided.
US10883035B2
Wellbore fluids, and methods of use thereof, are disclosed. Wellbore fluids may include a non-oleaginous internal phase; an oleaginous external phase; at least one two-dimensional platelet-like material; a first latex-containing copolymer comprising at least one copolymer formed from at least one natural polymer and at least one latex monomer; and a second latex polymer distinct from the first latex polymer.
US10883031B2
An automotive engine coolant composition includes: a surfactant as a viscosity index improver; a rubber swelling inhibitor; and a base, in which the rubber swelling inhibitor is at least one selected from a compound expressed by a following formula (1) [in the formula, R1 is hydrogen, a methyl group, or an ethyl group] and a compound expressed by a following formula (2) [in the formula, R2 is hydrogen, a methyl group, or an ethyl group], the base includes at least one alcohol selected from the group consisting of a monohydric alcohol, a dihydric alcohol, a trihydric alcohol, and a glycol monoalkyl ether and/or water, a kinematic viscosity is 8.5 mm2/s or more at 25° C., and a content of the rubber swelling inhibitor is 0.03 parts by mass or more and 0.9 parts by mass or less with respect to 100 parts by mass of the coolant composition.
US10883022B2
A pressure-sensitive adhesive composition for an optical film, includes a (meth)acryl-based polymer obtained by polymerization of a monomer component including, as a main component, an alkyl (meth)acrylate having an alkyl group of 4 to 18 carbon atoms; and a phosphate ester compound. The pressure-sensitive adhesive composition is capable of forming a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer for optical films. The pressure-sensitive adhesive layer that is for use on optical films and makes it possible to suppress an increase in the surface resistance of a transparent conductive layer even when a laminate including a transparent conductive layer and an optical film such as a polarizing plate with the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer interposed therebetween is stored under hot and humid conditions.
US10883019B2
The present application relates to a cross-linkable composition, and for example, to a cross-linkable composition which can form a membrane having an excellent interfacial adhesion with other layers and cause no detachment phenomenon when forming a membrane in a structure of a pressure-sensitive adhesive optical member or the like.
US10883017B2
Coating composition for a silicone rubber wiper blade and silicone rubber wiper blade using the same
This disclosure relates to a coating composition for a silicone wiper blade and a rubber wiper blade using the same. More particularly, this disclosure relates to a coating composition for a silicone rubber wiper blade which has excellent wiping durability and water-repellent properties, and a silicone rubber wiper blade which does not require a chlorine surface treatment process using the coating composition for a silicone rubber wiper blade.
US10883016B2
Actinic radiation-curable compositions containing polythiols and urethane/urea-containing polyalkenyl prepolymers that can be used for aerospace coatings and sealants. The coatings can be applied to surfaces and rapidly cured.
US10883003B2
Embodiments of the invention include methods for producing polymer gels useful in the fabrication of organic cells. The method includes mixing poly(3-hexylthiophene) with phenyl-C61 butyric acid methyl ester and solvent to form a first solution, where the poly(3-hexylthiophene) includes at least some regioregular poly(3-hexylthiophene). The first solution is then cooled to a specified temperature to induce gelation to form an at least partially gelled solution that can be deposited onto a surface to form a coated surface. At least one or more steps of the method can occur as an extrusion process carried out in a twin-screw or single-screw extruder.
US10882999B2
Water-based compositions containing a low VOC coalescent, a latex or water-dispersible polymer are described.
US10882997B2
A coated article is provided with a low-emissivity (low-E) coating on a glass substrate. The low-E coating includes an infrared (IR) reflecting layer between at least a pair of dielectric layers. The IR reflecting layer may be of silver or the like. The coating is designed so as to provide a highly transparent coated article that is thermally stable upon optional heat treatment and which can be made to have a low emissivity in a consistent manner. The coating is designed to have improved IR reflecting layer quality, and thus reduced tolerances with respect to manufacturability of desired emissivity values. The coated article may be used in monolithic window applications, IG window applications, or the like.
US10882989B2
Provided are a resin blend, a copolymer, a pellet, a method of manufacturing a resin molded article using the same, and a resin molded article. The exemplary resin blend may provide a protective film for a polarizing plate having an excellent adhesive strength to a polarizer. In addition, when the resin blend is used, additional primer coating on the protective film for a polarizing plate may be omitted, and an excellent adhesive strength to the polarizer may be exhibited, thereby reducing production time and cost and increasing productivity.
US10882988B2
Provided is a vinyl chloride resin composition that enables production of a vinyl chloride resin molded product that can have a balance of excellent surface lubricity and excellent blooming resistance under normal temperature (23° C.) conditions. The vinyl chloride resin composition contains a vinyl chloride resin (a), a plasticizer (b), and a compound (c) indicated by the following formula (1): R1(NR2COR3)n. In formula (1), n is an integer of not less than 2 and not more than 6, R1 and R3 are each a hydrocarbon group, R2 is a hydrocarbon group or hydrogen, and at least one of the n-number of R3 groups is an unsaturated hydrocarbon group including at least one carbon-carbon unsaturated bond.
US10882986B2
The invention relates a pipe for the transport of water with improved resistance to chlorinated disinfectants. The pipe is produced with a polymer composition comprising a polyolefin and styrene isoprene blockcopolymer.
US10882981B2
A tire tread composition is disclosed. The tire tread composition includes components, by weight of the composition, within the range from: 5 to 75 wt % of a diene elastomer; 0 to 40 wt % of processing oil; 20 to 80 wt % of filler; a curative agent; and 5 to 30 wt % of a propylene-ethylene-diene terpolymer containing from 2 wt % to 40 wt % of ethylene and/or C4-C20 α-olefins derived units, from 0.5 to 10 wt % of diene derived units, and having a heat of fusion, as determined by DSC, of from 0 J/g to 80 J/g.
US10882975B2
The present invention relates to polyketone molding compounds based on partially crystalline, aliphatic polyketones. In particular, it relates to halogen-free, flameproof molding compounds based on aliphatic polyketones which preferably comprise salts of phosphinic acids as flame retardant. The molding compounds fulfill the fire protection classification V0 according to UL94 and display good mechanical properties. These molding compounds are suitable for the production of in particular thin-walled molded articles for the electrical and electronics industry, such as for example housings, housing components or connectors.
US10882972B2
A method of manufacturing a cured polymer resin using functionalized graphene oxide, includes mixing functionalized graphene oxide with a resin precursor and an optional solvent to produce a functionalized graphene solution wherein the particles contain functional groups nearly identical to, or identical to, a polymer precursor material, adding a curing initiator to the resin solution and mixing to produce a resin solution, depositing the formulation into a desired shape, and curing the formulation to form a polymer having functionalized graphene oxide groups in a base polymer material. A method of producing functionalized graphene oxide includes dispersing graphene oxide into a solvent to produce dispersed graphene oxide, mixing the dispersed graphene oxide with a reactive molecule containing at least one epoxy functional group and a secondary functional group that is selected from vinyl, acrylate, methacrylate and epoxy to form a solution, adding an activation agent, heating and stirring the solution, cooling the solution, separating the particles from solution, and drying the particles to produce functionalized graphene oxide. A composition of matter includes exfoliated, functionalized graphene oxide particles, a curing initiator, a polymer precursor material, wherein the particles contain functional groups nearly identical to, or identical to, a polymer precursor material.
US10882966B2
The present invention relates to a liquid (meth)acrylic syrup for impregnating a fibrous substrate; a viscous liquid syrup mainly containing methacrylic or acrylic components, and preferably hollow beads; to a process for manufacturing such a syrup; to a process for impregnating a fibrous substrate or long fibers with said viscous liquid syrup; to a fibrous substrate preimpregnated with said syrup, which is useful for manufacturing mechanical or structured parts or products; to a manufacturing process for manufacturing mechanical or structured parts or articles; and to three-dimensional mechanical or structured parts obtained by this process. The invention makes it possible to significantly reduce the exothermic peak during the polymerization of the syrup, to reduce the residual content of monomer at the end of polymerization, and to obtain parts made of composite material that have few or no defects.
US10882962B2
Using an organic compound having a bottle brush structure, a material having softness and resilience and having excellent low-friction performance (SRT material) can be provided. Preferably, the SRT material contains a reinforcing filler, and may contain a lubricating liquid to be gelled.
US10882960B2
Fired clay moldings are hydrophobicized by applying a long chain alkyl-substituted alkoxysilane or hydrolysate thereof having up to 5 silicon atoms, and an alkoxy-functional silicone resin. The moldings, which may be roof tiles, are hydrophobicized to a significant depth, without discoloration.
US10882958B2
A polyamideimide copolymer which is an imide of a polyamic acid resulting from copolymerizing an aromatic diamine monomer, an aromatic dianhydride monomer, and an aromatic dicarbonyl monomer and a colorless and transparent polyamideimide film including the polyamideimide copolymer. The polyamideimide copolymer according to the present disclosure makes it possible to provide a polyamideimide film exhibiting excellent scratch resistance while being colorless and transparent.
US10882956B2
A polyetherimide composition includes specific amounts of a polyetherimide, a block polyestercarbonate, a block poly-carbonate-polysiloxane, and a core-shell impact modifier in which the core includes a polysiloxane and the shell includes a poly(alkyl (meth)acrylate). Relative to a corresponding composition lacking the core-shell impact modifier, the polyetherimide composition exhibits increased impact strength while substantially retaining flame retardancy. Also described are associated articles, including articles formed by additive manufacturing, and a method of additive manufacturing.
US10882955B2
A process of preparing polybenzoxazines using an alkylammonium salt of an acid having a pKa in acetonitrile of 9 or more as catalyst is described.
US10882954B2
Disclosed are a novel monofunctional polyethylene glycol (PEG) and derivatives thereof. More particularly, one terminal of each of the monofunctional polyethylene glycol and derivatives thereof is modified with a tertiary alkoxy group.
US10882946B2
Polyester-epoxide polymer (PEEP) compositions are disclosed. The PEEP compositions comprise a reaction product of a polyepoxide compound (eq. wt. 125 to 250 g/eq.) and a polyester polyol composition. The ratio of epoxy equivalents to hydroxyl equivalents is within the range of 0.8 to 3.5. The PEEP composition has a Tg within the range of −40° C. to 60° C. Elevated temperature-cure and low temperature-cure processes for making the PEEP compositions are also disclosed. In a simple yet innovative approach, a new class of polymers useful for adhesives, coatings, elastomers, and other valuable products is assembled from readily available starting materials without reliance on polyisocyanates or polyamines. The PEEP compositions have increased elongation and lower Tg when compared with traditional epoxy products.
US10882944B2
Suggested is a urea urethane with improved rheological properties, obtainable or obtained according to a process encompassing or consisting of the following steps: (a) providing a monohydroxyl compound; (b) providing a diisocyanate compound; (c) reacting said monohydroxyl compound and said diisocyanate compound to form a pre-polymer; (d) reacting said pre-polymer with a diamine compound, Wherein said pre-polymer and said diamine are reacted in the presence of a surfactant.
US10882942B2
The invention relates to storage-stable aqueous dispersions of hydrophilically modified polycarbodiimide resins, a method for producing same, and the use of a salt component to reduce carbodiimide hydrolysis in aqueous polycarbodiimide dispersions.
US10882937B2
The present invention relates to a polymer comprising: (a) polymeric units derived from vinyl chloride, vinyl acetate, styrene, methyl methacrylate, acrylonitrile, or combinations thereof; and (b) polymeric units derived from one or more compounds according to formula I: wherein: R1 is CH3 or H; R2 is a moiety comprising 1-20 carbon atoms; and n is an integer from 1-10; wherein the polymer has an average particle size of 10-80 μm expressed as D50 determined in accordance with ISO 9276-2 (2014); and a porosity of ≤0.20 ml/g as determined as the quantity of di(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate in ml absorbed by 1 g of polymer upon subjecting the polymer at 23° C. to vacuum, submerging in di(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate for 10 min, and subsequently centrifuging at 2000 rpm for 45 min. Such polymer may be used as viscosity reducing agent in PVC plastisol compositions.
US10882936B2
To provide a copolymer capable of producing a molded article excellent in strength at a high temperature. A copolymer comprising ethylene units, tetrafluoroethylene units and other monomer units, wherein to the sum of ethylene units and tetrafluoroethylene units, the ethylene units are from 49 to 40 mol % and the tetrafluoroethylene units are from 51 to 60 mol %; to all units in the copolymer, other monomer units are from 2.6 to 6.0 mol %; the melting point is at least 230° C.; and the melt flow rate is from 1 to 15 g/10 min.
US10882932B2
In at least one embodiment, a catalyst compound is represented by Formula (I): where M is a group 4 metal. Each of R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, R9, R10, R11, R12, R13, and R14 is independently hydrogen, or a linear or branched C1-C50 substituted or unsubstituted hydrocarbyl, halocarbyl or silylcarbyl. At least one of R1 and R3 is not hydrogen. Each X is independently a halide or C1-C50 substituted or unsubstituted hydrocarbyl, hydride, amide, alkoxide, sulfide, phosphide, halide, diene, amine, phosphine, ether, or a combination thereof, or two Xs are joined together to form a metallocycle ring, or two Xs are joined to form a chelating ligand, a diene ligand, or an alkylidene.
US10882930B2
The present invention relates to the medical industry. In particular, it is related to a polyvinyl chloride polymer (PVC) functionalized for medical use, which is flexible and compatible with blood. Specifically, this invention is related to a biomolecule-functionalized PVC and its production method, in order to produce a flexible and blood-compatible polymer for medical use.
US10882928B2
The present invention includes a process for producing treated filler that includes (a) treating a slurry that includes untreated filler, where the untreated filler has not been previously dried, with a treating composition that includes a treating agent, thereby forming a treated filler slurry, and (b) drying the treated filler slurry to produce treated filler. The treating agent can include a polymer having (i) at least one first group that interacts with the untreated filler and (ii) at least one second group that interacts with a rubber matrix into which the treated filler is incorporated. The present invention also is directed to treated filler prepared by the process, as well as rubber compounding compositions and tires including the treated filler.
US10882927B2
The present invention includes a process for producing treated filler that includes (a) treating a slurry that includes untreated filler, where the untreated filler has not been previously dried, with a treating composition that includes a treating agent, thereby forming a treated filler slurry, and (b) drying the treated filler slurry to produce treated filler. The treating agent can include a polymer having (i) at least one first group that interacts with the untreated filler and (ii) at least one second group that interacts with a rubber matrix into which the treated filler is incorporated. The present invention also is directed to treated filler prepared by the process, as well as rubber compounding compositions and tires including the treated filler.
US10882925B2
The present disclosure relates to ansa-metallocene catalyst compounds that include (1) a first indenyl ligand substituted at the 3-position with a substituted or unsubstituted C4-C40 hydrocarbyl group, wherein the hydrocarbyl group is branched at the β-position, and (2) a second indenyl ligand substituted at its 3-position with a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group or a β-branched alkyl group. Catalyst systems prepared with the catalyst compounds, polymerization methods using such catalyst systems, and polyolefins made using the polymerization methods are also described.
US10882920B2
The invention provides antagonistic antibodies to BACE1 and methods of using the same for the treatment of neurological disease and disorders.
US10882914B2
Provided herein are immunomodulatory proteins comprising ICOSL variants and nucleic acids encoding such proteins. The immunomodulatory proteins provide therapeutic utility for a variety of immunological and oncological conditions. Compositions and methods for making and using such proteins are provided.
US10882909B2
Antigen binding constructs that bind to CD3, for example antibodies, including antibody fragments (such as minibodies and cys-diabodies) that bind to CD3, are described herein. Methods of use are described herein.
US10882908B2
The instant disclosure provides antibodies that specifically bind to LAG-3 (e.g., human LAG-3) and antagonize LAG-3 function. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions comprising these antibodies, nucleic acids encoding these antibodies, expression vectors and host cells for making these antibodies, and methods of treating a subject using these antibodies.
US10882898B2
The present invention provides novel anti-HIV antibodies with improved therapeutic properties, related pharmaceutical compositions, and methods of use thereof.
US10882890B2
Bipartite molecules comprising a peptide affinity moiety and at least one charged moiety and uses thereof in reducing formation of abnormal protein aggregate and treating diseases associated with such abnormal protein aggregate, including neurodegenerative disease characterized by formation of protein aggregates.
US10882887B2
Provided is a papillomavirus chimeric protein, the skeleton thereof being a papillomavirus L1 protein or a mutant thereof, at least one human papillomavirus 33-type L2 protein or mutant polypeptide thereof being embedded on the skeleton. The present papillomavirus chimeric protein can be used for preparing a vaccine for preventing papillomavirus infections and infection induced disease.
US10882885B2
Described herein are novel synthetic molecules, polymers, and compositions comprising silica-binding peptides, and their methods of production. Also described herein are methods of synthesizing structurally and chemically complex silica-based materials using the synthetic molecules, polymers, and compositions.
US10882882B2
The present specification relates to a novel compound separated from post fermented tea, an isomer thereof, a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, a hydrate thereof, or a solvate thereof, the compound being capable of being widely used in post fermented tea-related industries and various fields in which the compound may be used.
US10882873B2
A tin compound, tin precursor compound for atomic layer deposition (ALD), a method of forming a tin-containing material film, and a method of synthesizing a tin compound, the tin compound being represented by Chemical Formula (I): wherein R1, R2, Q1, Q2, Q3, and Q4 are each independently a C1 to C4 linear or branched alkyl group.
US10882865B2
Disclosed are new small molecules having a pyrrolopyrimidine core structure and the uses thereof for modulating glucocerebrosidase activity. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions comprising the small molecules which may be administered in methods of treating diseases or disorders associated with glucocerebrosidase activity, including neurological diseases and disorders such as Gaucher's disease and Parkinson's disease. The small molecules may be utilized to generate activated glucocerebrosidase. The activated glucocerebrosidase thusly generated can be administered in enzyme replacement therapy and/or utilized in screening assays for new small molecules that bind to the activated glucocerebrosidase and/or modulate the activity of the activated glucocerebrosidase.
US10882859B2
There are provided compounds of formula I, wherein X, Ak, s, A, R1 and R2 have meanings given in the description, which compounds have antiinflammatory activity (e.g. through inhibition of one or more of members of the JAK family) and have use in therapy, including in pharmaceutical combinations, especially in the treatment of inflammatory diseases, including inflammatory diseases of the lung, eye and intestines.
US10882853B2
The invention discloses a compound with the following formula (I), wherein, K is selected from: cycloalkyl and halo alkyl or N—R6. The invention also discloses a tyrosine kinase inhibitor containing the above compound and the use of the compound in preparing drugs for treating cancers. The tyrosine kinase inhibitor of the invention can inhibit the bioactivity of multiple signal conduction kinases such as C-MET, VEGF, KDR, etc., can effectively inhibit cell proliferation and has favorable therapeutic effects on various diseases such as cancer. In particular, the present invention has significant therapeutic effects especially on lung cancer, gastric cancer, ovarian cancer, malignant glioma, etc., and has a very broad application prospect.
US10882850B2
An organic compound has a structure represented by formula (1): and Ar1 represents phenyl, naphthyl, biphenyl, terphenyl, anthryl, dibenzofuranyl, dibenzothiophenyl, 9,9-dimethylfluorenyl or 9-phenylcarbazolyl, substituted or unsubstituted by halogen atoms, protium atoms, deuterium atoms, tritium atoms, and linear or branched alkyl with 1 to 10 carbons; Ar2 and Ar3 each independently represents a single bond or one selected from the group consisting of phenyl, naphthyl, biphenyl, terphenyl, anthryl or pyridyl, substituted or unsubstituted by halogen atoms, protium atoms, deuterium atoms, tritium atoms, and linear or branched alkyl with 1 to 10 carbons; R1, R2 each independently represents a structure represented by the following formulas: and Ar4, Ar5, Ar6, Ar7 each independently represents one selected from the group consisting of phenyl, naphthyl, biphenyl, terphenyl or pyridyl, substituted or unsubstituted by halogen atoms, linear or branched alkyl with 1 to 10 carbons.
US10882847B2
Compounds having activity as inhibitors of G12C mutant KRAS protein are provided. The compounds have the following structure (I): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, tautomer, stereoisomer or prodrug thereof, wherein R1, R3a, R3b, R4a, R4b, G1, G2, G2, G3, G4, m1, m2, m3, m4, L1, L2 and E are as defined herein. Methods associated with preparation and use of such compounds, pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds and methods to modulate the activity of G12C mutant KRAS protein for treatment of disorders, such as cancer, are also provided.
US10882838B2
Disclosed are compounds and compositions that modulate cannabinoid receptors, methods of modulating cannabinoid receptors, and methods of treating various disorders related to the modulation of cannabinoid receptors. This disclosure is directed to methods of treating cannabinoid dependence, neuropathy, inflammation, glaucoma, a neurodegenerative disorder, a motor function disorder, a gastrointestinal disorder, hypothermia, emesis, loss of appetite, or anorexia associated with AIDS.
US10882833B2
The present invention discloses a phenylate derivative, a preparation method therefor, and a pharmaceutical composition and uses thereof. Specifically, the invention relates to phenylate derivatives represented by formula (I), a pharmaceutically-acceptable salt thereof, a stereoisomer thereof, a preparation method therefor, a pharmaceutical composition containing the one or more compounds, and uses of the compounds in treating diseases related to PD-1/PD-L1 signal channels, such as cancers, infectious diseases and autoimmune diseases.
US10882831B2
Lanthionine ketimine phosphonate (LK-P), lanthionine ketimine ester phosphonate (LKE-P), other lanthionine ketimine, lanthionine ketimine phosphonate, and lanthionine ketimine ester derivatives, and methods of making and using the same, are described.
US10882811B2
The invention relates to a method for the production of acetylsalicylic acid lysinate, optionally lysine acetylsalicylate.glycine, comprising the following steps: a) providing a solution of acetylsalicylic acid in ethanol; b) providing an aqueous solution of lysine; c) combining the solutions of step a) and b) to form a mixture; d) optionally stirring the mixture; e) adding acetone to the mixture; f) incubating the mixture, to allow the formation of a acetylsalicylic acid lysinate product; g) isolating the acetylsalicylic acid lysinate product; wherein acetylsalicylic acid is used in excess compared to lysine and wherein no seed crystals are added to the mixture; and optionally the following further steps: h) providing a recrystallized glycine; wherein the glycine has been recrystallized with the following steps: h1) dissolving glycine in water; h2) adding acetone to the glycine solution; h3) stirring the mixture until a precipitate is obtained; i) combining the recrystallized glycine of step h) with the acetylsalicylic acid lysinate product of step g) to obtain lysine acetylsalicylate.glycine (LASAG) particles.
US10882805B2
The present invention provides a process for preparing 4-methyl-5-nonanone of the following formula (3): the process comprising at least a step of subjecting 2-methylpentanoic anhydride of the following formula (1) and an n-butyl nucleophilic reagent of the following general formula (2) in which M represents Li, MgZ1, or ZnZ1, wherein Z1 represents a halogen atom or an n-butyl group, to a nucleophilic substitution. reaction Coproduce 4-methyl-5-nonanone (3), as well as a process for preparing 4-methyl-5-nonanol of the following formula (5), the process comprising at least steps of preparing 4-methyl-5-nonanone; and subjecting the obtained 4-methyl-5-nonanone and a reducing agent to a reduction reaction to produce 4-methyl-5-nonanol (5).
US10882804B2
This disclosure provides embodiments directed to compositions, methods, and processes to produce compounds having the structure: each of R1-R5 is selected from a hydroxyl group and hydrogen; and R1-R5 include at least one hydroxyl group and at least one hydrogen; and n=0-2. In particular, methods of the disclosure can include reacting a precursor, the precursor containing more oxygen (O) atoms than the compound, with a gas containing hydrogen (H2) in the presence of a catalyst.
US10882802B2
The present application provides a hydrodefluorodimerization process, which is useful in the synthesis of, for example, fluoroolefins that can be used as refrigerants, blowers and the like. The process is an “early-stage fluorination” process, wherein precursors containing fluorine are assembled into the desired product using a zerovalent nickel catalyst. Also provided is a liquid composition comprising one or more fluoroolefin produced by this catalytic process.
US10882801B2
A catalytic composition is disclosed, which exhibits an X-ray amorphous oxide with a spinel formula, and crystals of ZnO, CuO, and at least one Group VIB metal oxide, and preferably, at least one acidic oxide of B, P, or Si, as well. The composition is useful in oxidative processes for removing sulfur from gaseous hydrocarbons.
US10882791B2
Concrete compositions containing cement, a fine aggregate such as sand, a coarse aggregate such as crushed limestone, an industrial waste material such as electric arc furnace dust, cement kiln dust, oil ash, or limestone powder. High performance concretes made therefrom and methods of producing such concretes are also specified. The addition of industrial waste materials and nano silica provides enhanced mechanical strength (e.g. compressive strength, flexural strength) and improved durability (e.g. resistance to penetration of chloride ions) to the high performance concretes.
US10882776B2
Provided is a method for preparing a lithium disilicate glass-ceramics containing silicate as a main component, and more particularly, to a method for preparing a glass-ceramics, which is capable of adjusting machinability or translucency according to a crystalline size by using a first heat treatment or a second heat treatment. To this end, a method for preparing a glass-ceramics containing a silica crystalline phase includes: performing a first heat treatment on a glass composition at a temperature of 400 to 850° C., so that a lithium disilicate crystalline phase and a silica crystalline phase each having a size of 5 to 2,000 nm are formed through the first heat treatment. After the first heat treatment, the method further includes performing a second heat treatment at a temperature of 780 to 880° C., so that translucency is adjusted by a temperature of the second heat treatment.
US10882770B2
In some embodiments, the invention provides a method for converting of a flue gas desulfurization (FGD) waste product to a gypsum-enriched product by fostering growth of sulfur oxidizing bacteria (SOB) in the FGD waste product. Also provided are isolated sulfur oxidizing bacteria cultures as well as kits comprising an isolated sulfur oxidizing bacteria culture and written instructions for fostering the growth of the isolated sulfur oxidizing bacteria culture in FGD waste product to product a gypsum-enriched product.
US10882758B2
The invention provides a method of decontaminating a waste stream liquid of solid particulate and one or more other pollutants, the method comprising the steps of: (i) removing solid particulate contaminant from the waste stream liquid by passing the waste stream liquid through at least one solids trap into a waste stream liquid holding reservoir whereby solid particulate is retained in the at least one solids trap; and (ii) removing one or more other pollutants from the waste stream liquid in the reservoir by contacting the waste stream liquid with at least one contaminant trap whereby the contaminant trap sequesters the one or more other pollutants within the contaminant trap.
US10882748B2
Provided is a graphene synthesis apparatus including a chamber; a heating unit provided in the chamber; a heat conversion unit provided closer to a central portion of the chamber than the heating unit; and a catalyst provided on the heat conversion unit, wherein the catalyst is formed of thin and long metal.
US10882745B2
The present invention relates to a method of generating chlorine dioxide from chlorite salts in the presence of an iron ion-containing complex, a method of treating a substrate with a chlorine-containing oxidant in the presence of an iron ion-containing complex and related aqueous media, kits and compositions.
US10882744B2
An apparatus and method for purifying a raw hydrogen gas stream of chloramines and chlorine is provided. The explosive chloramines compounds can be effectively captured by the carbon adsorbent without accumulating on the carbon surface. Rather, the chloramines are converted via decomposition, into non-explosive products with catalytic effect of the carbon material. Chlorine reacts with impregnated reducing agent on the carbon surface to form the solid products, which can be adsorbed on the carbon surface. The purified hydrogen gas contains little to no trace of chloramines and chlorine impurities, thereby making the hydrogen gas suitable for liquid hydrogen production.
US10882742B2
Embodiments of the invention are directed to methods, processes, and systems for safely and reliably purifying hydrogen from a gas mixture containing hydrogen and oxygen.
US10882739B2
Technologies are described for methods and systems effective for etching nanostructures in a substrate. The methods may comprise depositing a patterned block copolymer on the substrate. The patterned block copolymer may include first and second polymer block domains. The methods may comprise applying a precursor to the patterned block copolymer to generate an infiltrated block copolymer. The precursor may infiltrate into the first polymer block domain and generate a material in the first polymer block domain. The methods may comprise applying a removal agent to the infiltrated block copolymer to generate a patterned material. The removal agent may be effective to remove the first and second polymer block domains from the substrate. The methods may comprise etching the substrate. The patterned material on the substrate may mask the substrate to pattern the etching. The etching may be performed under conditions to produce nanostructures in the substrate.
US10882729B2
The present invention provides a beverage preservation keg with an adjustable beer tap, including a shell, an inner container, and a gas-liquid control device; the inner container includes an upper gas storage chamber and a lower beer storage chamber; the gas-liquid control device includes a keg spear, a dispenser and a beer discharge pipe; the keg spear matches and communicates with the gas storage chamber and the beer storage chamber, and the top end of the keg spear matches and is connected to the dispenser; the dispenser is connected to the matching beer discharge pipe. The present invention has the function of adjusting the beer flow rate, and the keg spear is provided with a pressure relief valve, which eliminates the need for a gas tube and a separate pressure relief valve to connect the keg spear to the gas storage chamber in series.
US10882728B2
A beverage maker includes a fermentation tank having an inner space, a water tank that supplies water to the fermentation tank, and an ingredient supply assembly provided between the fermentation tank and the water tank and configured to accommodate a beverage ingredient. At least a portion of the fermentation tank or at least a portion of the water tank is recessed into the ingredient supply assembly.
US10882722B2
A tool for lifting open floor gratings and the like provides a solid anchor point on top surface of floor grating to facilitate handling and hoisting the grating. The tool includes a body member having an upwardly biased shaft with a push member with an opening on its upper end and a butterfly hook at its bottom end. During operation, a user pushes down on the push member until it is completely inside the body so that the butterfly hook reaches under the grating. The user then gives a quarter turn to the body member so that the butterfly hook turns and thus becomes wider than the cell of the grating so that it can hook up with two bearing bars as the user releases the push member and the shaft springs back up and the opening gets out of the body. Once this is done, a shackle is installed through the opening, and a steel cable placed therein, ready for lifting and hoisting.
US10882720B2
An elevator car door interlock for unlocking an elevator car door of an elevator car is provided including a lock member (54) including an electrical contact (72). A rotatable link arm (58) has a sensing mechanism (52, 62) configured to detect a position of the elevator car door. An engagement latch (64) is pivotally mounted to the rotatable link arm. The engagement latch is engaged with the electrical contact when the elevator car door is locked. The engagement latch is rotated out of engagement with the electrical contact when the elevator car door is unlocked.
US10882711B2
A tape dispenser housing wound adhesive tape includes a brake spoke tapering (i.e., narrowing) from a distal radial end to a proximal radial end relative to a tape rotational axis, wherein the brake spoke effectuates the braking of wound adhesive tape on a hub by contacting the wound adhesive tape, the hub, or both simultaneously.
US10882710B2
A sheet processing apparatus includes a processing tray, a pushing member, and a movable guide. One or more sheets to be processed are placeable on the processing tray for sheet processing. The pushing member is configured to push an edge of the one or more sheets on the processing tray on an upstream side in a sheet conveying direction, by moving along a surface of the processing tray in the sheet conveying direction. The movable guide is movable to a sheet pressing position at which a distance between the surface of the processing tray and the movable guide is equal to or less than a height of the pushing member above the surface of the processing tray. The movable guide is at the sheet processing position when the pushing member moves along the surface of the processing tray in the sheet conveying direction.
US10882698B2
A brake roller may comprise a brake shaft and a brake stack assembly located around the brake shaft. A one-way jaw clutch assembly may be configured to apply a force to the brake stack. A roller shell may be located radially outward of the brake stack. The one-way jaw clutch assembly may be configured to vary the force applied to the brake stack in response to a rotation of the roller shell in a circumferential direction.
US10882697B2
A storage apparatus includes a storage shelf that stores a container, a purge device that is provided to the storage shelf and is able to perform a purge process on the container, and a purge determiner that determines at least one of a necessity of the purge process and a condition of the purge process in accordance with at least one of a transport source of the container to the storage shelf and a transport destination of the container from the storage shelf.
US10882681B2
A method of assembling an insulated box assembly can include collapsing an insulated liner; aligning the insulated liner with a box opening of a box, the box defining an internal box cavity, the box including a pair of opposing main box panels, a pair of opposing side box panels, each side box panel of the pair of opposing side box panels attached to both main box panels of the pair of opposing main box panels, and a bottom box panel, the bottom box panel positioned at a bottom box end of the box, the bottom box panel attached to the main box panels and the side box panels, the main box panels, side box panels, and bottom box panel further defining the internal box cavity; inserting the insulated liner into the internal box cavity; and expanding the insulated liner.
US10882680B2
A container for both cryopreservation and transportation including a thermal insulating container which has an inlet-outlet port for a substance to be stored and a lid for opening and closing the inlet-outlet port at the top thereof, a storage section which has a bottomed tubular shape, is fixed in the thermal insulating container and capable of taking in and out the substance stored from the inlet-outlet port, and a wave-suppression plate which is positioned laterally in a space between the storage section and an inner wall of the thermal insulating container, and suppresses waving of the cryogenic liquefied gas in a liquid state accumulated in the space between the storage section and the inner wall of the thermal insulating container.
US10882677B2
A bag in box container having one or more features for lifting the bag in box, deploying the tap dispenser of the bag in box conveniently, storing a dosing cup, or conveniently using the bag in box container.
US10882651B2
The sealing device includes a bag conveying mechanism, a sealing module, and a module conveying mechanism. The sealing module includes a base and an actuator, and a first sealing block and a second sealing block arranged on the base. The actuator is configured to open and close the clamping opening and includes a push rod and a horizontal actuation track. When the sealing module is moved along the conveying path of the module conveying mechanism, the horizontal guide post slides along the horizontal actuation track, and the horizontal actuation track drives the push rod via the horizontal guide post to move horizontally. Thus, the clamping opening is opened or closed.
US10882650B2
The present disclosure provides a carbonation preservation device that attaches to the mouth of an open container holding carbonated liquid. More specifically, the present invention relates to a device for preventing loss of carbonation from a carbonated liquid stored within a container by purging the trapped air above the remaining liquid within the container and replacing it with carbon dioxide or mixture of gases. When in place, the carbonation preservation device purges the air and other gases from the volume above the remaining carbonated liquid and fills the volume with a gas, such as carbon dioxide, or a mixture of gases, in order to pressurize the container and prevent the escape of carbon dioxide from the remaining carbonated liquid in the container.
US10882648B2
An extensible bearing element of a tool for sealing a bottom or a lid of a cardboard package on a body of said package has a generally polygonal shape and a cross-sectional profile. The bearing element is formed by two parallel extension sections extending along an extension direction, each connected, at one of their ends, to a bearing section. The extension sections and the bearing section define an inflation cavity. The extension sections are configured to extend along the extension direction when the bearing element is inflated. The bearing section comprises a substantially flat, free bearing surface that contacts the package body. The bearing surface extends along a plane substantially normal to the extension direction. The bearing section further comprises, at the junctions with the extension sections, beveled release portions. An inflation device comprising such an extensible bearing element is also described.
US10882639B2
A transfer system for transferring luggage into a vehicle having a freight hold opening and a passenger compartment opening arranged at the same level outside the vehicle. The system has a luggage transfer element and a passenger bridge, wherein the passenger bridge has a transition zone that can be simultaneously connected to the freight hold opening and the passenger compartment opening. The luggage transfer element has a housing module for receiving luggage, and a movement module for transferring the luggage transfer element. The luggage transfer element can be transferred through the transition zone and the freight hold opening by way of the movement module. The system avoids delays as the passengers are boarding and simplifies the transfer of luggage into a freight hold.
US10882633B2
A gas turbine engine of an aircraft includes: an engine core having a turbine including a lowest pressure rotor stage, a turbine diameter, a fan including a plurality of fan blades extending from a hub, an annular fan face at a leading edge of the fan; wherein a downstream blockage ratio of: the turbine diameter at an axial location of the lowest pressure rotor stage a distance from a ground plane to the wing is in the range from 0.2 to 0.3.
US10882617B2
A system and method for passenger interaction receives an input from a passenger to create an actual, virtual reality (VR) or augmented reality (AR) environment within which the passenger wishes to immerse and then share via social media. The input includes a passenger order to immediately share the environment, delay sending or store the environment. Each environment includes a characteristic of the passenger as immersed within a location element and vehicle element associated with the vehicle in which the passenger is traveling. The system maintains a hardware suite capable of creation of the desired environment and displaying the environment to the passenger. The system then formats and transmits the environment in a format recognizable by a social media application.
US10882609B2
A damping device is described that is designed to counter the transmission of vibrations to a further element and comprises: a beam element, which extends mainly parallel to an axis, is constrained to the further element and is designed to flexurally oscillate, in use, in a plane parallel to the axis to counter the transmission of vibrations to the further element; an actuator, which comprises a transmission element operatively connected to the beam element and extending mainly along the axis; the actuator being controllable to apply a direct tensile or compressive load along the axis on the transmission element that is variable according to the frequency of the vibrations to be dampened.
US10882608B2
There is provided a hydraulic system for a vehicle. The hydraulic system has a hydraulic rotary actuator assembly rotationally coupled to a road wheel of the vehicle. The hydraulic rotary actuator assembly has a first operating mode, wherein a rotation of the road wheel causes the hydraulic rotary actuator assembly to pump a fluid from a fluid supply system. The hydraulic system further has a variable restrictor assembly coupled to the hydraulic rotary actuator assembly in the vehicle. The variable restrictor assembly controls a flow of the fluid flowing from the hydraulic rotary actuator assembly, to brake the rotation of the road wheel on a ground surface. The hydraulic system further has a variable restrictor controller coupled to the variable restrictor assembly. The variable restrictor controller controls the variable restrictor assembly, so as to enable a variation of a rate of braking of the road wheel on the ground surface.
US10882595B2
The disclosed inventions include and apparatus and method for providing a universal Automatic Meter Reading (AMR) system configured with fly-by functionality. Such system may be configured to work in a plurality of modes including a walk-bay, drive-by, fixed network, and fly-by mode without hardware modifications. The system is configured to automatically calibrate so that the water meter transmitter operates at a minimum transmitted signal power level. Additional features include automatic hardware self-healing features where the system continues to function after certain hardware failures occur.
US10882594B2
Provided is an outboard motor raising and lowering apparatus that is capable of automatically changing the speed of raising/lowering an outboard motor according to a status of the outboard motor. The outboard motor raising and lowering apparatus (1) includes: a first fluid passage that connects a pump (42), a second chamber(s) of one or more tilt cylinders (14), and a second chamber(s) of one or more trim cylinders (12); a second fluid passage that is connected to the first chamber of at least one of the one or more trim cylinders; a switching valve (60) provided at the second fluid passage; and a control section (100) configured to control the switching valve with reference to a watercraft status signal.
US10882590B2
The invention relates to a cover or case for goods, in particular for use as a cover or case for hobby or sports equipment. In an embodiment, the case has an inner portion, formed of expanded polypropylene (ePP) and defining a cavity for receiving at least part of the item. The case also includes an outer layer, formed of self-reinforcing polypropylene (srPP), arranged to cover an outer surface of at least part of the inner portion. In further embodiments, the cover is formed of two or more sections that may be arranged to at least partially overlap, wherein adjusting the overlap of the at least two sections changes the dimensions of an inner cavity within the cover or case. The case may be telescoping, in order to provide adjustable dimensions for a cavity within the case.
US10882575B2
A vehicle for variably sized transportation may include a vehicle basis and exterior elements coupled to the vehicle basis. At least some exterior elements may be collapsible or movably coupled to the vehicle basis at a first set of positions or a first set of extended or collapsed states to form a first operational configuration, or at a second set of positions or a second set of extended or collapsed states to form a second operational configuration. The first or second operational configuration may provide for a first or second shadow and a first or second passenger or cargo space for the vehicle. The first and second shadows and the first and second passenger or cargo spaces may differ in at least their longitudinal dimensions or in latitudinal dimensions. Other embodiments may also be described and claimed.
US10882564B2
A wheel housing liner assembly that includes a liner supporting bracket. The liner supporting bracket has a first portion, a second portion and a main portion that extends from the first portion to the second portion. The first portion is configured to attach to an inboard panel of a vehicle wheel housing structure. The second portion is configured to attach to a vehicle outboard fender panel. The main portion is configured to attach to a liner within a vehicle wheel housing structure.
US10882562B2
A roof side rail inner member and a roof side rail outer member of a roof side rail are coupled to each other in a first coupling portion. The roof side rail and a center pillar are coupled to each other in a second coupling portion. A bulkhead is coupled to the roof side rail outer member in a third coupling portion in a space within the roof side rail. The bulkhead is coupled to the roof side rail inner member in a fourth coupling portion. The roof side rail inner member and the roof side reinforcement are coupled to each other in a fifth coupling portion below the first coupling portion. The second, third, fourth, and fifth coupling portions together form a route along which impulsive force exerted to the center pillar is transmitted to the roof side reinforcement.
US10882557B2
A vehicle lower structure includes: a pair of rear side members having a kick-up part bent toward an upper rear side of a vehicle; a rear cross member that connect parts of the pair of rear side members on a rear side from the kick-up parts; a battery pack; and a bracket including a lower flange placed against a rear end of the battery pack, and has a lower fastening hole through which a first fastening member is inserted; and an upper flange that is placed against the rear cross member, and has an upper fastening hole through which a second fastening member is inserted. The bracket has a fragile portion at least either between the upper fastening hole and an end edge of the upper flange or between the lower fastening hole and an end edge of the lower flange.
US10882546B2
Embodiments include, but are not limited to, a stroller with a collapsible frame where an upper end of the side armrest rotatably connected to a slider, the lower end of the side armrest rotatably connected to an upper end of the rear leg set, a middle portion of the rear leg set rotatably connected to a lower end of the handlebar set, the upper end of the rear leg set and the lower end of the side armrest rotatably connected to the upper end of the front leg set, the middle portion of the front leg set rotatably connected to the front end of the seat set, the rear end of the seat set rotatably connected to the lower end of the handlebar set, and the slider capable of sliding along the length of the handlebar set, wheel assemblies, and a locking mechanism, between the handlebar set and the slider.
US10882544B2
A protection method for a railway network, which is divided into section segments by section elements and can be traveled upon by vehicles. In order to optimize the vehicle sequence in the railway network, different train sequence point types are specified and different braking curves of the same braking curve type are provided by the vehicles. Each of the different braking curves of the same braking curve type of the particular vehicle is associated with one of the different train sequence point types.
US10882535B2
Systems and methods for determining object motion and controlling autonomous vehicles are provided. In one example embodiment, a computing system includes processor(s) and one or more tangible, non-transitory, computer readable media that collectively store instructions that when executed by the processor(s) cause the computing system to perform operations. The operations include obtaining data associated with a first object and one or more second objects within a surrounding environment of an autonomous vehicle. The operations include determining an interaction between the first object and the one or more second objects based at least in part on the data. The operations include determining one or more predicted trajectories of the first object within the surrounding environment based at least in part on the interaction between the first object and the one or more second objects. The operations include outputting data indicative of the one or more predicted trajectories of the first object.
US10882531B2
A control apparatus for a vehicle drive-force transmitting apparatus that defines (i) a first drive-force transmitting path established by engagement of a first engagement device controlled by an on-off solenoid valve and (ii) a second drive-force transmitting path established by engagement of a second engagement device controlled by a linear solenoid valve. A third engagement device, which is, as well as the first engagement device, disposed in the first drive-force transmitting path, is configured to transmit a drive force during a driving state of the vehicle and to cut off transmission of the drive force during a driven state of the vehicle. In a case in which the second drive-force transmitting path is to be established in place of the first drive-force transmitting path, the second engagement device is engaged when the first engagement device is engaged, and the first engagement device is released after an inertia phase is started.
US10882523B2
A system for providing adaptive cruise control in a motorcycle. The system includes an electronic controller configured to determine the presence of a vehicle on one side of a direct path of travel of the motorcycle based on data received from a transceiver, the vehicle within a field of view of the transceiver. The electronic controller locks the motorcycle with the vehicle and dynamically controls the speed of the motorcycle based on an output of a kinematic controller, wherein the kinematic controller configured to receive an input including at least one of an item selected from the group consisting of distance of the motorcycle to the vehicle, velocity of the vehicle, velocity of the motorcycle, a cruise set speed associated with the motorcycle, a desired separation distance between the motorcycle and the vehicle, and a desired separation time between the motorcycle and the vehicle.
US10882511B2
Methods and systems are provided for operating a split exhaust engine system that provides blowthrough air and exhaust gas recirculation to an intake passage via a first exhaust manifold and exhaust gas to an exhaust passage via a second exhaust manifold. In one example, the engine system may be installed in a hybrid vehicle, and, in response to a request to restart the engine while the vehicle is being propelled via motor torque only, the engine may be rotated unfueled via the motor torque at less than cranking speed while at least partially opening a valve disposed in a passage coupled between the first exhaust manifold and the intake passage. In another example, in response to the request to restart the engine, all exhaust valves of a second set of exhaust valves coupled to the second exhaust manifold may be deactivated.
US10882510B2
Systems and methods are provided for determining an optimal point during operation of a hybrid electric vehicle towing a trailer at which the energy that can be recouped through regenerative braking is maximized. Operating conditions or characteristics of the hybrid electric vehicle and the brake characteristics of the trailer are considered in determining the optimal point at which the energy that can be recouped is maximized. At the optimal point at which the energy that can be recouped is maximized, the engine of the hybrid electric vehicle is turned off. Otherwise, the engine of the hybrid electric vehicle is left on.
US10882506B2
A method controls a drive system for an axle of a motor vehicle, wherein the drive system has at least an electrical machine as drive unit, a drive shaft which is driven by the drive unit, a first output shaft and a second output shaft and also a first clutch which connects the drive shaft to the first output shaft and a second clutch which connects the drive shaft to the second output shaft.
US10882492B2
A method for authenticating a user on a transportation vehicle, wherein the transportation vehicle is coupled to an external device storing an authentication secret code and to at least one token storing a token secret code. In the method the token secret code is transmitted to the transportation vehicle when an operator control action performed with the at least one token is sensed. A new secret code is generated from the token secret code and is compared with the authentication secret code. When the new secret code matches the authentication secret code, the user is authenticated on the transportation vehicle. Also disclosed is an apparatus for authenticating a user on a transportation vehicle.
US10882485B2
A passenger protection device includes: a front airbag configured to inflate so as to cover a front of the passenger; a front inflator configured to supply the inflation gas to the front airbag; a window airbag accommodated with being folded at an upper edge-side of a window arranged at a lateral side of the passenger and configured to inflate so as to cover a vehicle interior-side of the window; and a window airbag inflator configured to supply the inflation gas to the window airbag. The window airbag includes a bag-adjacent inflation part configured to cover a side of a head of the passenger received by the front airbag, and an activation start timing of the window airbag inflator is set within a range of −20 ms to −5 ms from a time at which the front airbag having completely inflated starts to receive the passenger.
US10882479B2
Systems and methods of automatically controlling the application of a magnetic field based on certain sensed conditions and/or environmental considerations are provided. Sensed conditions may be vehicle operational characteristics and environmental considerations may be from V2X communications, which may be utilized to determine the current vehicle speed and the distance between a vehicle and an obstacle. When speed and distance meet certain thresholds, the magnetic components present on front, rear, and/or side panels of the vehicle may be activated to prevent or mitigate collision impact. The magnetic components may be activated with a determined amount of current for a specific repel force.
US10882477B2
A contact system to establish an electrical connection between a vehicle electrical system and a vehicle seat. The contact system includes a contact rail and at least one contact socket attached to the vehicle seat. The contact rail has at least two contact strips connected to the vehicle electrical system, while the contact socket has a sliding unit with contact elements movably retained in a housing unit. A relative movement between the sliding unit and the housing unit is carried out to electrically connect to the vehicle electrical system when the vehicle seat is retained in the guide rails. Removal of the electrical contact is achieved upon removal of the vehicle seat from the guide rails.
US10882465B2
A vehicular camera apparatus includes an image sensor, and a processor configured to divide an image acquired through the image sensor into a first field of view (FOV) range in a first direction and a second FOV range in the first direction, to process a first region corresponding to the first FOV range in the image, to process a second region corresponding to the second FOV range in the image, and to separately process the first region and the second region.
US10882463B2
An articulated full-automatic rotary clamping holder includes a rear base, a bottom support arm, a left holding arm and a right holding arm. The rear base is fixedly connected with a return elastic member extending vertically for returning the bottom support arm upward. One end of the return elastic member is fixed to the rear base. Another end of the return elastic member is connected to the bottom support arm.
US10882458B2
An apparatus for safely storing guns in a field environment is disclosed herein. The apparatus is comprised of a recoil rest pad for receiving and supporting a gun's recoil pad and ensuring that it does not become damaged, a barrel support pad for securing the barrel of the gun within an interior diameter that is larger than the diameter of the barrel, and an opening that can be stretched, but wherein the opening—in its unstretched state—is less wide than the diameter of the barrel, and an attachment mechanism for attaching the apparatus to a vehicle. Moreover, the various elements of the invention are connected by a fabric-type element, which makes the apparatus lightweight, and easy to pack-up and stow when not in use.
US10882456B2
A vehicle rail system has a frame mountable to a vehicle, the frame having a plurality of support legs, the support legs interconnected via support beams. One or more fixed rails are mountable to the support frame, each fixed rail comprising a plurality of bearings thereon and configured to receive a sliding rail, the sliding rail having a plurality of grooves for receiving the bearings of the fixed rail so as to be slidable thereon. The bearings are located along regular intervals of the fixed rails on each non-mounted side. The sliding rail is then able to slide along the bearings of the fixed rail, extending to the exterior of the frame mounted in the vehicle.
US10882455B2
A vehicle includes a passenger compartment having a rear wall, a first side wall, a second side wall and a floor. The vehicle further includes a seat having a seat back adjacent a rear wall of the passenger compartment. A storage volume is positioned between the seat, the rear wall, the first side wall and a second side wall and the floor. A securing mechanism selectively locks the seat back to the rear wall.
US10882453B2
A system, method, and computer readable medium may include technology to enable optimal usage of automotive virtual mirrors. A gaze detector monitors a driver's eyes to determine if the driver is looking in the direction of a virtual mirror. If the driver is not looking in the direction of virtual mirror, all virtual mirrors are placed in a low operational mode. If the driver is looking in the direction of a virtual mirror, the virtual mirror being viewed is placed in a high operational mode and all other virtual mirrors are placed in the low operational mode.
US10882451B2
An apparatus for providing vehicular environment information, includes acquiring with at least one sensor vehicular environment data that is external to a vehicle. The at least one sensor comprises at least one camera, and the vehicular environment data comprises image data. The vehicular environment data is provided to a processing unit. The processing unit determines vehicular environment information. The determination of the vehicular environment information comprises use of the vehicular environment data. At least part of the image data is displayed on a display monitor on the basis of the vehicular environment information. The processing unit causes the display monitor to display the at least part of the image data.
US10882449B2
A system includes a processor and a memory. The memory stores instructions executable by the processor to actuate a first vehicle to form a platoon including a second vehicle upon determining that an external light of the first vehicle is in a fault state.
US10882445B2
A method for providing an alert for a distance travelled by a vehicle including the steps: enabling an alert system; setting a target distance to be travelled by the vehicle; moving the vehicle; comparing the distance travelled by the vehicle and the target distance; and providing an alert based on the comparison.
US10882439B2
A compact bendable cargo securement device for stabilizing unrestrained items in the bed or cargo area of a pick-up truck or storage area in a motorhome or recreational trailer is disclosed. It may also be used as a stabilizer doing woodwork and other jobs that require stability of the work platform. The device will conform to any surface and has the ability to wrap around objects—both regular and irregular shaped—and will hold them and keep them from shifting. As disclosed, the bendable cargo securement device is composed of a flexible tube loaded with filler material when used and deployed for securing objects. The flexible tube is preferably fabricated from rubber or any material allowing sufficient flexibility for the cargo securement device to wrap around items while having suitable strength to avoid puncture/destruction from deployment. Each end of the device requires a closure to contain the filler material.
US10882437B2
A trailer pontoon bottom has built in wheels designed to fold under the trailer pontoon to be clear of the water and to extend out and lock for land use and be clear of the pontoons. A pair of swing arms each having a first end attached to an inside axial hub of the wheel are designed to rotate on a boss of the first end. A second end of the swing arm is configured to rotate a maximum of 90 degrees from its folded position into a trailer position. An axis parallel to a back end of the trailer pontoon is configured to attach to each of the pair of swing arms at a respective pivot located a swing arm distance from an edge of the trailer pontoon. The axis is rotatable by less than 90 degrees to enable each wheel to retract against a suspension bumper.
US10882436B2
A transport system includes a trailer with a transport bed adapted to receive a shelter having substantially rectangular base with approximate bottom dimensions of a standard International Organization for Standardization (ISO) freight container; first and second wheeled transport assembly positioned on the trailer, wherein each transport assembly is adapted to connect to each end of the shelter to move the shelter on or off the trailer; and base locking units at each corner of the bed to be secured to a shelter.
US10882430B2
Provided is an example of a vehicle seat that allows easy use of external pneumatic equipment such as an external air pillow. The vehicle seat includes an output portion configured to output an air having a pressure equal to or higher than an atmospheric pressure to an outside of the vehicle seat.
US10882423B2
A hybrid support structure for a backrest part of a vehicle seat or a back bench seat, which is formed from a metal structure and a plastic structure, the metal structure including at least one connecting profile disposed between two side rail profiles of the hybrid support structure. It is provided that the connecting profile, together with a central rib of a web structure designed as a plastic structure follows a load path-optimized main load line, which runs between two connecting points of the connecting profile on the side rail profiles, taking into account a force acting upon the hybrid support structure in at least one assumed load case.
US10882422B2
A seat (1) comprises a seating surface (2) suitable to receive a user and a backrest (3) adaptable according to the user's needs. The seat further comprises a support structure (4) configured to connect the seat to the backrest. The backrest comprises an upper shoulder portion (6) and a lower lumbar portion (7) and the lumbar portion is movable along the support structure while the shoulder portion remains at a fixed height with respect to the support structure (4).
US10882420B2
A track assembly includes a support assembly, an electronic control unit and a track. The track may include a first track. The first track may include one or more segments. The one or more segments may include a plurality of first features. The support assembly may include a first sensor and/or a second sensor that may be connected to the electronic control unit. The electronic control unit may be configured to determine a first location of the support assembly along the one or more segments via the plurality of first features, the first sensor, and/or the second sensor. The first sensor and/or the second sensor may be disposed substantially in the track. The first sensor and/or the second sensor may be configured to sense information from the plurality of first features. The first features may include a first portion and/or a second portion.
US10882415B2
A charging station for charging an electrically powered vehicle includes a power source that provides recharging power to one or more energy storage devices on the electrically powered vehicle and a charging device that controls energy transfer from the power source to the electrically powered vehicle. The charging device provides a control pilot signal to a vehicle control circuit of the electrically powered vehicle, with the control pilot signal being received by the vehicle control circuit upon connection of the electrically powered vehicle to the charging station. The charging device measures a voltage level of the control pilot signal upon connection of the electrically powered vehicle to the charging station, performs a selected pre-charge testing routine based on the measured voltage level of the control pilot signal, and enables charging of the electrically powered vehicle from the power source upon compliance with the selected pre-charge testing routine that was performed.
US10882414B2
The invention relates to a method for managing charging currents delivered by an installation (1) for charging electric vehicle batteries in a parking lot (P), comprising a set of electric charging terminals (B1, . . . BN) connected to an electric power distribution network (2), each terminal being able to deliver a charging current value to an electric vehicle (VE1, . . . VEj) connected thereto. The method comprises: determining a maximum permissible value of the current at a connection point (3) for connecting the installation (1) to the network (2); storing, in a central management system (4) linked to the terminals, on the one hand, the electric charging terminals of a first subset of said set corresponding to the occupied terminals and, on the other hand, the electric charging terminals of a second subset corresponding to the available terminals; measuring the sum of the charging currents delivered by the terminals of the first subset; computing, by the system (4), an available current value according to a difference between the maximum permissible value and the sum of the delivered charging currents; and, for each new electric vehicle entering the parking lot (P) for charging purposes: computing, by the system (4), a deviation between the computed available current value and a charging current value able to be delivered by a determined terminal of the second subset; if the deviation is negative, transmitting, to one or more terminals selected from the first set, an order to reduce the charging current value delivered by each terminal to the vehicle connected thereto, so as to cover the deviation in absolute value; and transmitting, to the determined terminal of the second subset, an authorization message for charging the new vehicle at a predetermined charging current value.
US10882404B2
A capacitor is connected between an output terminal of an impedance element and an electricity storage unit mounted in a vehicle, and the electricity storage unit is electrically insulated from a chassis of the vehicle. An earth fault determiner determines that an earth fault occurs, when a detection value based on a peak-to-peak value of a voltage at a node between the impedance element and the capacitor is less than or equal to a first reference value and more than or equal to a second reference value. The first reference value is set based on the peak-to-peak value of the voltage at the node when an insulation resistance between the electricity storage unit and the chassis of the vehicle is a minimum allowable value. The second reference value is set based on the peak-to-peak value of the voltage at the node when a complete earth fault occurs between the electricity storage unit and the chassis of the vehicle.
US10882400B2
Embodiments of a vehicular system with an L-shaped infotainment display for reducing driver distraction and improving safety are disclosed.
US10882399B2
An apparatus comprising an interface, a memory and a processor. The interface may be configured to receive sensor data samples during operation of a vehicle. The memory may be configured to store the sensor data samples over a number of points in time. The processor may be configured to analyze the sensor data samples stored in the memory to detect a pattern. The processor may be configured to manage an application of brakes of the vehicle in response to the pattern.
US10882394B2
An actuating device for a movable part, in particular a cover of a vehicle body opening, including at least one actuator and at least one electromechanical switching element. The electromechanical switching element is changeable between a first mode and a second mode. In the first mode, the electromechanical switching element senses an actuation by the actuator and in the second mode, the electromechanical switching element releases the actuator such that the actuator can be moved toward the movable part. The electromechanical switching element has an electroactive polymer and/or a piezoelectric element.
US10882390B2
Provided is a vehicle in which an internal combustion engine can be suitably assisted by a rotating electrical machine. The vehicle is provided with an internal combustion engine, a rotating electrical machine, a transmission, a clutch placed between the transmission and the combination of the internal combustion engine and rotating electrical machine, and a motive power control device that controls the motive power of the internal combustion engine and the rotating electrical machine. The motive power control device calculates additional motive power for the rotating electrical machine on the basis of the difference between the motive-power-transmitting capacity of the clutch and the motive power of the internal combustion engine.
US10882381B2
A windshield and a vehicle having a windshield are provided. The windshield includes a right-side bulging portion disposed at a right-side lower portion, a left-side bulging portion disposed at a left-side lower portion, and at least one protrusion disposed at an upper edge.
US10882371B2
A single-tube oscillation damper for a motor vehicle may include a damper tube that is at least partially filled with damping fluid and in which a piston rod is movable back and forth, an operating piston that can be moved with the piston rod, and an end remote from the piston rod for bearing in a dome bearing. The end may include a transition region from an outer diameter of the damper tube to an outer diameter of the single-tube end remote from the piston rod. The end may also comprise a support region arranged in the transition region. The single-tube oscillation damper may further include a stop plate and at least one damping element. The stop plate may be arranged on the support region, and the at least one damping element may be arranged on the stop plate at a side facing the end.
US10882369B2
A longitudinal leaf spring device for the suspension of a body of a motor vehicle has a leaf spring unit in an elongated form, a coupling device for the mechanical coupling of the leaf spring unit to a motor vehicle axle and at least one bump stop unit having two separate elastic stop elements which can be connected, in a manner arranged vertically above one another, to a chassis or to the axle. According to the invention, perpendicular directions to a downwardly directed mean contact area of the upper stop element and to an upwardly directed mean contact area of the lower stop element each form an angle other than zero with the vertical.
US10882359B2
In a tire 2 according to the present invention, an outer surface 52 of a crown rib 48e and an outer surface 54 of a shoulder rib 48s form a part of a tread surface 28. On a cross-section of the tire 2 along a plane that includes a rotation axis of the tire 2, an outline of the outer surface 52 of the crown rib 48e is represented as a first arc. A center of a circle to which the first arc belongs is disposed on the equator plane. An outline of the outer surface 54 of the shoulder rib 48s is represented as a second arc. A ratio of a distance from a center of a chord of the second arc to the second arc relative to a length of the chord of the second arc is not less than 0.03 and not greater than 0.05.
US10882354B2
A wheel hub for a heavy-duty vehicle includes a first and second tubular hub segment. The first tubular hub segment has a first annular end surface. The second tubular hub segment has a second annular end surface and a radially extending flange. A continuous, circumferential joint is formed at the interface of the first annular end surface and second annular end surface.
US10882351B2
A method for producing a multilayer body, with the steps of: a) providing a substrate film with a replication layer; b) molding a surface relief appearing to the observer in the form of a three-dimensional free-form surface, which is formed in particular by structures with a lens-like design generating a magnifying, demagnifying or distorting effect, into a surface of the replication layer; c) applying a first metal layer to the surface of the replication layer forming the surface relief; d) wet-chemically applying an at least partially transparent spacer layer to the metal layer; e) applying a second metal layer to the spacer layer.
US10882349B2
A thermal transfer recording medium which includes a dye layer having storage stability and sufficient color development properties, and enables improvement in image quality of the printed matter. The thermal transfer recording medium according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a substrate, a heat-resistant lubricating layer provided on a first surface of the substrate, and a dye layer provided on a second surface of the substrate, wherein the dye layer includes a dye, a binder A, and a binder B which contains at least one of polyvinyl butyral and polyvinyl acetal, a solubility parameter of the binder A is within a range of 9.5 (cal/cm3)1/2 or more and 12.0 (cal/cm3)1/2 or less, and a melting viscosity of the binder A at 200° C. is 400 Pa sec or less.
US10882344B2
A replaceable printing subassembly is disclosed. The replaceable printing subassembly includes a printbar. A fluid delivery system including a pump is fluidically coupled to the printbar. A frame is coupled to the fluid delivery system. The replaceable printing subassembly also includes a lift mechanism having an actuator to selectively move the printbar with respect to the frame.
US10882336B2
A method prints and dries a substrate where ink containing water and pigment is printed onto the substrate in an inkjet printing process. The substrate has an initial moisture content and absorbs at least water of the ink, causing the moisture content of the substrate to rise. Radiation selectively acting on the water molecules is applied in a first drying step and then radiation selectively acting on the pigment is applied in a second drying step in such a way that after completion of the two drying steps, the water of the applied ink has essentially completely evaporated and the substrate has essentially reattained its initial moisture content. In this manner optimum drying of substrates to which ink has been applied occurs.
US10882330B2
An embodiment of the present invention is a printer that includes a platen roller to feed a print medium, a print head to print on the print medium fed by the platen roller, a connector that is attachable and detachable with respect to the print head the print head, and a controller to stop power supply to the print head via the connector when the platen roller and the print head are separated.
US10882324B2
Example implementations relate to printer valve seals. In some examples, a printer valve to receive print substance from a fluid conduit and transmit the received print substance to a print cartridge can include a valve neck having a first seal member to provide a seal between the valve neck and an inlet of the print cartridge, and an actuator having a second seal member to form a seal within a valve body of the printer valve while the valve neck is detached from the inlet of the print cartridge.
US10882321B2
A liquid supplier can be attached to and detached from a case of a liquid ejection device, and includes a connection member located at an end of the case. The connection member includes a liquid outlet member including a liquid outlet port and a connection port, a container-side electric connector, a first receiving portion that receives a first positioning portion of the liquid ejection device, and a second receiving portion that receives a second positioning portion of the liquid ejection device. The width of the liquid supplier in the Z direction is smaller than a width in the Y direction and a width in the X direction. The liquid supplier further includes a tube whose one end is connected to the connection port, and into which liquid is injected from another end that is located outside the liquid ejection device.
US10882319B2
A liquid ejecting apparatus carries out preliminary discharging in which the liquid is discharged from nozzle rows toward a cap. In preliminary discharging, the liquid ejecting apparatus intermittently carries out concurrent discharging and concurrent non-discharging from the nozzles in the first nozzle row and the second nozzle row in such a way that when concurrent discharging is performed from the nozzles in the first nozzle row, concurrent non-discharging from the nozzles in the second nozzle row is performed, and when concurrent discharging is performed from the nozzles in the second nozzle row, concurrent non-discharging from the nozzles in the first nozzle row is performed.
US10882315B2
A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a liquid ejecting portion that performs printing by ejecting a liquid to a medium from a plurality of nozzles, a first mounting portion that is configured to mount a first liquid container that contains the liquid, a second mounting portion that is configured to mount a second liquid container having a liquid containing amount smaller than a liquid containing amount of the first liquid container, a detecting portion that detects a remaining amount of the liquid contained in the first liquid container mounted in the first mounting portion, and a control portion that calculates a remaining amount of the liquid contained in the second liquid container, based on a standard value representing an amount of the liquid contained in the second liquid container and a standard value representing an ejection amount of the liquid ejected from the liquid ejecting portion.
US10882306B2
Automated inspection technology is integrated with a cylindrical container print decorator machine to optimize the decoration process by making critical process and machine information properly and immediately available for corrective adjustments to the process. With this information, a high speed decoration machine operator will be made directly aware of the portions or subsystems of the decorator machine not functioning properly. The information directly facilitates, and can even recommend, corrective adjustments that are necessary to the decorator to better optimize printing functions. It is possible to use this information to optimize the operation of the decorator. It is possible to use this information by way of a properly configured control system, after specific augmentation capabilities are added to the decorator machine, to automatically close the loops with specific decorator printing machine parts or subsystems to dramatically improve the decorating process even while the machine is printing.
US10882302B2
An additive manufacturing apparatus includes a dispensing system positionable over a platen to deliver a powder, an actuator to move the dispensing system along a scan axis, and an energy source to fuse a portion of the powder. The dispensing system has a hopper to hold the powder and a dispenser. The dispenser includes a channel extending along a longitudinal axis from a proximal end to a distal end. The proximal end of the channel of the dispenser is configured to receive the powder from the powder source. A powder conveyor is positioned within the channel to move the powder from the proximal end along a length of the channel, and a plurality of apertures are arranged along the longitudinal axis of the channel. The dispenser is configured such that flow of powder through each aperture is independently controllable.
US10882296B2
A film-peeling apparatus is adapted to peel a protective film on a surface of a substrate. The surface of the substrate has a bare area which is not covered by the protective film. The film-peeling apparatus includes a punching member, a connector connected to the punching member, and a controller. The controller is configured for driving, through the connector, the punching member to punch at predetermined positions nearby or on a first edge of the protective film adjacent to the bare area.
US10882293B2
In the method of manufacturing an image display apparatus according to the present invention, a liquid photocurable resin composition that does not contain a thermal polymerization initiator is coated on the surface of a light-transmissive cover member including a light shielding layer or the surface of an image display member in a thickness thicker than that of the light shielding layer, and thereafter UV rays are irradiated in that state for curing to form a light-transmissive cured resin layer. Then, the image display member and the light-transmissive cover member are laminated to each other via the light-transmissive cured resin layer to obtain an image display apparatus.
US10882282B2
The present invention aims to provide an interlayer film for a laminated glass that adheres sufficiently to glass at peripheral portions of the glass to prevent occurrence of a sealing failure at the peripheral portions and also to contribute to improved production efficiency of laminated glass in production of laminated glass, even when having a thickness at the thickest portion of 850 μm or more, and a laminated glass produced using the interlayer film for a laminated glass. Provided is an interlayer film for a laminated glass having a large number of recesses on at least one surface, the interlayer film for a laminated glass having a thickness T (μm) measured in conformity with JIS K-6732 (1996) and a maximum height roughness Ry (μm) measured in conformity with JIS B-0601 (1994) at a thickest portion, the thickness T and the maximum height roughness Ry satisfying the following expressions (1) and (1′): Ry≤0.0195×T+33.2 (1), T≥850 (1′).
US10882264B2
RFID plugs and methods of installing the same within a rubber article. When included in the rubber article, the RFID plugs maintain operability pre-vulcanization, during vulcanization, and post-vulcanization to identify, track, and/or sense conditions of the rubber article. The RFID plugs are adapted to be affixed to the rubber article and include, for example, an elongate stem; a head disposed at a first end of the stem, the head containing an RFID device; and a retention feature disposed at a second end of the stem opposite the first end, the retention feature configured to resist pulling forces on the head and the stem.
US10882250B2
An additive manufacturing system enables continual production of three-dimensional objects without operator intervention. The system is configured to form an object on a planar member, rotate the planar member 180° to enable gravity to move the object from the planar member to an object transport, which carries the object to a receptacle for storage and later processing. The opposite side of the planar member is then available for manufacture of another object and the planar member is again rotated following manufacture of the object so it can be removed and carried to the receptacle. The alternating formation of objects on opposite sides of the planar member continues until a predetermined number of objects has been made. The planar member can include one or more heaters to heat the surface on which an object is formed to facilitate release of the object once the planar member has been rotated.
US10882236B2
The molding system including a molding apparatus comprising, a mold clamping force sensor for detecting a mold clamping force generated in a mold, a detection unit for detecting an apparatus failure of the molding apparatus and/or molding of a defective article by the molding apparatus based on an amount of change in mold clamping force detected by the mold clamping force sensor, an operation mode prediction unit for predicting the operation mode of the molding apparatus based on an amount of change in mold clamping force detected by the mold clamping force sensor and, an actual operation mode acquisition unit for acquiring the actual operation mode of the molding apparatus without relying on the mold clamping force sensor.
US10882235B2
An undercut processing mechanism is attached to and used in a molding die for forming a molded product having an undercut portion and allows the undercut portion, projecting in a direction intersecting a demolding direction of the molded product, to be demolded. The undercut processing mechanism includes: a holder attached to the molding die so as to be movable in a demolding direction of the molded product P; a sliding piece slidable relative to the holder and configured to form the undercut portion; and a retaining piece fixed to the molding die or formed so as to be integrated with the molding die, which retaining piece slidably retains the sliding piece. In demolding the molded product, the sliding piece moves in the direction in which the undercut portion can be demolded, by moving the holder in the demolding direction of the molded product.
US10882233B2
An apparatus and method for actuating a valve stem between an open position and a closed position and for taking one or more valve gated nozzle out of service is disclosed. The hot runner includes a valve gated nozzle having a valve stem, the valve stem coupled to a piston that is held against an actuation plate via pressurized air. When a valve stem becomes stuck in a gate of the hot runner, the actuation plate can continue to move while the piston remains stationary. The valve stem may also be protected from an over force situation such as if the valve stem encounters an obstruction as the actuation plate is moving toward the closed position.
US10882225B2
A system for the continuous extrusion, molding, and curing of tread for tires. An elongated strip of rubber material can be molded and cured shortly after extrusion such that the material retains much of the heat energy of extrusion and does not have to be stored. A plurality of discrete mold assemblies are conveyed adjacent to each other. As the mold assemblies are advanced sequentially, the uncured and unmolded strip of rubber material are extruded and positioned onto the mold assemblies. While the rubber strip advances, individual portions are sequentially molded and cured by passing through a mold press and then a curing press. A plug assembly is used to prevent the backflow of rubber material during the molding and curing.
US10882213B2
A method for manufacturing a pre-fabricated element for construction and electricity production includes providing a formwork mould; introducing a photovoltaic module into the formwork mould, and for this purpose vertically positioning the photovoltaic module against or in replacement of one of the walls of the formwork mould, the front face of the at least one photovoltaic module being arranged so as to face an area of the space located outside the mould; depositing an adhesive structural material or a mixture of adhesive structural materials on all or part of the rear face of the at least one photovoltaic module arranged so as to face an area of the space located inside the mould, the adhesive structural material including at least one polymer from the epoxide, polyurethane, acrylic, or styrene-acrylic family, and pouring fresh concrete into the formwork mould so as to cover the adhesive structural material.
US10882212B2
A method and a plant (i.e., system or assembly) for manufacturing ceramic products comprising the steps of feeding a mixture of ceramic powders so as to obtain a powder material strip; compacting the powder material strip so as to obtain a compacted powder layer; acquiring a surface image of the compacted powder layer that reproduces the respective surface chromatic effects; processing said surface image so as to obtain a graphic decoration to be applied on the surface of the compacted powder layer that is coordinated with the respective chromatic effects in the thickness; and printing the graphic decoration on the surface of the compacted powder layer.
US10882211B2
The present disclosure provides a cement sintering device and a cement sintering method. The cement sintering device comprises an emitting module configured to emit laser to an irradiation area corresponding to the emitting module; a moving module configured to control the irradiation area of the emitting module to move so that the irradiation area covers a cement to be sintered and is moved along an extension direction of the cement; a detecting module configured to detect structural information about the cement covered by the irradiation area; and a control module configured to adjust operation parameters of the emitting module for emitting the laser based on the structural information. Based on the solution of the present disclosure, it is possible to achieve the effect of more accurately sintering.
US10882205B2
A beam has an upper face, a lower face, side faces, and an end face. The end face has a rectangular configuration and is vertically disposed. The end face has a slot vertically disposed and parallel with, and equally spaced from, the side faces. Beam holes extend through the beam on opposite sides of the slot. A post has a front face, a parallel rear face, and parallel side faces. A connector has a first section and a second section. Beam apertures are formed in the first section. The first section is positioned in the slot with the beam apertures aligned with the beam holes. The second section is attached to the post. Dowels extend through the beam holes and the beam apertures thereby coupling the beam to the post. The system also includes tools for accurately cutting and drilling components, wood and otherwise, to be coupled.
US10882200B1
A razor has a rotary reel containing a plurality of razor blades. The reel is capable of being manipulated by an advancement knob disposed on a first side of the rotary reel housing. Upon sufficient use, a user may actuate the advancement knob to rotate out of position the used blade while simultaneously rotating into position a new blade.
US10882197B1
Disclosed herein are embodiments of easily disassembled folding knives. In some embodiments, a folding knife includes a blade, a handle including first and second side portions, and a pivot mechanism including respective locking elements which can be used to retain the side portions from lateral separation from one another. In some cases, the locking elements of one end of the pivot mechanism include relatively narrow neck portions with relatively wide, non-circular head portions connected to the neck portions, and the locking elements of a second side of the pivot mechanism include a recess and a corresponding non-circular opening. In some cases, folding knives can be provided with secondary locking mechanisms, liner lock mechanisms, and various other features.
US10882190B2
A robotic system that includes a robot and a remote station. The remote station can generate control commands that are transmitted to the robot through a broadband network. The control commands can be interpreted by the robot to induce action such as robot movement or focusing a robot camera. The robot can generate reporting commands that are transmitted to the remote station through the broadband network. The reporting commands can provide positional feedback or system reports on the robot.
US10882189B2
A control device that controls driving of a robot, the control device includes a processor that is configured to execute computer-executable instructions so as to control a robot, wherein the processor is configured to: display a posture setting guide for guiding information input for obtaining a posture offset of a tool provided on the robot, on a display; and control the driving of the robot based on the posture offset of the tool.
US10882182B2
A robot arm includes a plurality of links and rotary joints for connecting the links with each other. A cable (wire rod) for communicating a drive signal to a drive actuator of each rotary joint is provided along each link. A reaction force table storing a reaction force value generated by the wire rod when the joint is driven in a divided storage area divided for each dynamic drive control condition is provided in a control system. In a case where each rotary joint is driven, the control device controls each rotary joint on the basis of a reaction force value obtained by referring to the reaction force table in accordance with the drive control condition.
US10882180B2
A robotic system that can be used to treat a patient. The robotic system includes a mobile robot that has a camera. The mobile robot is controlled by a remote station that has a monitor. A physician can use the remote station to move the mobile robot into view of a patient. An image of the patient is transmitted from the robot camera to the remote station monitor. A medical personnel at the robot site can enter patient information into the system through a user interface. The patient information can be stored in a server. The physician can access the information from the remote station. The remote station may provide graphical user interfaces that display the patient information and provide both a medical tool and a patient management plan.
US10882177B2
Disclosed is a bracket that couples a pegboard to a table without requiring a separate table for a stand-alone table and a pegboard-coupled table. The bracket can include vertical and horizontal portions that couple to a pegboard and table, respectively. The bracket can further include tabs that grip the table or pegboard for additional support. The bracket therefore allows for a pegboard to be attached to a table, or for the table to be sold without the pegboard, therefore freeing substantial inventory for the seller of the table and pegboard combination.
US10882174B2
The present invention provides a means to achieve enhanced control of repair forces in the automotive body repair industry. In particular, the present invention provides a modified slide hammer and a method to achieve repair through the controlled application of forces otherwise not attainable with existing embodiments. Additionally, the present invention provides an ease of use and versatility of application and mounting at the site of the work in conjunction with and in line with existing devices used in the repair process. The application of the present invention provides increased reliability in the delivery of intended forces at the site of the work. Further, the inherent isolation of repair forces to the intended site of the work by the use of the present invention reduces the likelihood of secondary damage, material waste, or catastrophic failure thereby also enhancing the safety of the operator and the effectivity of repair. Specifically, the present invention may be implemented in conjunction with existing frame pullers in the automotive body repair industry to affect repair while providing facility to avoid obstructions in the path of applied forces.
US10882173B2
The cutting portion includes a pair of introduction portions allowing the staple legs penetrating the sheets of paper to be introduced therein, a pair of cutting members configured to cut the staple legs introduced in the introduction portions, and a discharging path configured to discharge cut staples cut by the cutting members. The discharging path includes a temporary receiving portion for the cut staples provided between the pair of introduction portions. The temporary receiving portion includes a pair of inlet portions respectively provided on side surfaces thereof opposing the introduction portions. The pair of inlet portions are configured to allow the cut staples cut by the cutting members to enter therein.
US10882172B2
A powered hand-held fastening tool includes a housing defining a handle, a frame, a motor-driven flywheel journaled to the frame, and an elongated driver that is selectively coupled to the flywheel to drive a fastener into a workpiece. The flywheel and driver have complementary sloped surfaces that mesh with each other to transmit energy from the flywheel to the driver to accelerate the driver along the driver axis. A follower assembly for selectively coupling the driver to the flywheel includes a solenoid actuator.
US10882160B2
A method of fabricating a polishing pad using an additive manufacturing system includes depositing a first set of successive layers onto a support by droplet ejection. Depositing the first set of successive layers includes dispensing a polishing pad precursor to first regions corresponding to partitions of the polishing pad and dispensing a sacrificial material to second regions corresponding to grooves of the polishing pad. A second set of successive layers is deposited by droplet ejection over the first set of successive layers. The second set of successive layers corresponds to a lower portion of the polishing pad. The first set of successive layer and the second set of successive layers provide a body. The body is removed from the support. Removing the sacrificial material from the body provides the polishing pad with a polishing surface that has the partitions separated by the grooves.
US10882154B2
A chip antiscatter mechanism is included and configured to suppress scattering of chips generated during machining of a machining object. The chip antiscatter mechanism includes chip stirring means configured to stir the chips, by jetting a gas into a dry machining region above a table including the machining object, fluid curtain forming means configured to form a fluid curtain by jetting a fluid such as liquid or gas membranously from above to an outside of the dry machining region so as to surround the dry machining region, and to form a closed region including the dry machining region by the membranous fluid curtain, and discharging means configured to receive and discharge the fluid jetted membranously by the fluid curtain forming means.
US10882148B2
A pivot unit includes a housing and a drive motor moveably connected to the housing. The drive motor includes a cylinder housing at least partially defining a cylinder bore. A piston is disposed within the cylinder bore. A first piston rod has a proximal end attached to a first side of the piston and a distal end attached to the housing. The cylinder housing is moveable along the first piston rod relative to the piston and the housing between a first cylinder housing position and a second cylinder housing position. A drive linkage is fixedly attached to the cylinder housing for concurrent movement with the cylinder housing relative to the piston and the housing.
US10882132B2
Approaches herein provide a torch handle including a pneumatically controlled jaw operable to engage an electrode. In one approach, a system is provided for distributing gas within the torch handle, the system including a pneumatic cylinder within a main housing of the torch handle. The pneumatic cylinder is coupled to a shaft for actuating a first member of a jaw relative to a second member of the jaw. The system further includes a gas passageway through the main housing, the gas passageway extending to an exit orifice disposed within the second member. A flow controller is operable to direct a flow of a gas to either the pneumatic cylinder or the gas passageway. In one approach, the first member is actuated towards the second member when the gas is directed through the gas passageway, and actuated away from the second member when the gas is directed to the pneumatic cylinder.
US10882127B2
A guide block assembly for controlling a saw blade of a band saw during cutting. The assembly includes a mounting part having a rear part adapted for securing the guide block assembly to the band saw frame and a front part for detachably securing a thrust part. The thrust part includes at least two thrust slats detachably secured in the front part of the mounting part. The slats are aligned and spaced apart around a center section of the front part. When using the guide block assembly, vibrations, chattering and heating of the saw blade are substantially reduced, and the production rate and speed are increased. The guide block assembly is typically used for band saws that have a cutting speed of between 1800-6000 m/min, pulley wheels having diameters of 1000-2500 mm, and saw blade widths in the range of 80-360 mm.
US10882126B2
A profiling saw with band knife loop take-up and payoff compensation includes an endless circulating band knife which is guided around a plurality of band knife pulleys so the take-up and payoff adjustment is provided of the loop circulation path shape. The take-up and payoff system operates to move a pulley in the vertical plane for allowing the band knife to maintain its cutting orientation during movement and providing for more rapid and precision cuts into a workpiece.
US10882109B2
The present invention relates to silicon-compound-coated fine metal particles, with which surfaces of fine metal particles, composed of at least one type of metal element or metalloid element, are at least partially coated with a silicon compound and a ratio of Si—OH bonds contained in the silicon-compound-coated fine metal particles is controlled to be 0.1% or more and 70% or less. By the present invention, silicon-compound-coated fine metal particles that are controlled in dispersibility and other properties can be provided by controlling the ratio of Si—OH bonds or the ratio of Si—OH bonds/Si—O bonds contained in the silicon-compound-coated fine metal particles. By controlling the ratio of Si—OH bonds or the ratio of Si—OH bonds/Si—O bonds, a composition that is more appropriate for diversifying applications and targeted properties of silicon-compound-coated fine metal particles than was conventionally possible can be designed easily.
US10882096B2
The disclosed embodiments includes apparatuses, devices, and methods for inserting a male component of a first sheet metal portion into a female component of a second sheet metal portion, placing the longitudinal straight seam closing tool over the male and female components, and applying pressure to the longitudinal straight seam closing tool. The longitudinal straight seam closing tool includes an interior block portion, an exterior block portion, and a closing channel formed between the interior block portion and the exterior block portion, the interior block portion being configured to contact the first sheet metal portion and the closing channel being configured to extend over a protrusional tab of the female component when the interior block portion is in contact with the first sheet metal portion.
US10882095B2
Described herein is a new method and device for operating a hemming head of the type comprising a hemming roller (101) and a second, opposed, roller (102), which are rotatable about respective axes contained in one and the same plane. The method includes variation of the position of the second roller that is opposed to the hemming roller as a function of a signal indicating the force exerted by said second roller on the metal sheet and/or as a function of a signal indicating the position of the head along the machining path.
US10882093B2
A hot stamp cell has a source of blanks, an oven to elevate the temperature of the blank, and a press to form the blank to the required shape. The oven has a pair of access doors located on opposite sides. A first robot is provided to move a blank from the source to the oven through one of the doors and a further robot provided to remove the blank from the oven through the other door. Each of the robots has a material handling tool that includes a fork with tines to carry a blank and a gripping mechanism to secure the blank to the tines. The floor of the oven has a support surface to allow stable support of the blank during heating. The floor is provided with channels extending between the doors dimensioned to receive the tines. The channels permit placement of the blank on to the surface by lowering of the fork and subsequent removal of the fork from the oven.
US10882086B2
Described herein are embodiments of a control system that automatically (1) determines whether a gas extraction system is in a state in which landfill gas is being released into the atmosphere, and (2) automatically controls landfill gas flow to mitigate, prevent and/or stop the release of landfill gas. The control system may control a valve to control flow of landfill gas through well piping of the gas extraction system. The pressure of landfill gas in the well piping at a location upstream of the valve may indicate whether there is a risk of landfill gas being released into the atmosphere. The control system may adjust a position of the valve in response to determining that the pressure at the location upstream of the valve indicates that there is a risk of landfill gas being released into the atmosphere.
US10882076B2
The present invention relates to a method for sorting tires (15) on basis of its components as well as to an apparatus for carrying out such a method. The present invention also relates to the use of scrap rubber in a pyrolysis process to obtain a char material. The method for sorting tires (15) on basis of silica content (7).
US10882075B2
The vibrator includes a frame defining an internal space, a voice coil fixed to the frame in the internal space, a shaft member arranged along an axial direction of the coil in the internal space, a magnetic circuit arranged slidably relative to the shaft member and having a magnetic gap in which the coil is arranged, and a compression coil spring arranged between one end side of the magnetic circuit and one end side of the frame along the axial direction in the internal space. The compression coil spring is a coiled wave spring configured such that a plate-shaped steel wire is multiple-wound in a spiral shape in a circumferential direction of the shaft member to alternately form a peak portion and a trough portion at an equal interval and the peak portion and the trough portion contact each other in the axial direction.
US10882073B2
A method for manufacturing a decorated article having a smooth printing surface by performing an inkjet printing to an uneven surface of a carbon fiber reinforced plastic molding. An uncured rough-surface ink layer is formed on an undecorated uneven surface by performing an inkjet printing and using an active energy ray curable ink, and a temporary cover film is disposed to cover an upper surface of the uncured rough-surface ink layer. The surface of the uncured rough-surface ink layer is smoothed by applying a pressing force to the uncured rough-surface ink layer from the upper surface of the temporary cover film. An active energy ray is applied, so that a cured smooth ink layer is formed, and the temporary cover film is peeled.
US10882071B2
A process for treating a surface coating of a bulk metal part, comprises the steps of placing, in a cavity, at least one what is called metal part including what is called a surface coating that is able to absorb microwaves at the frequency ν0, the cavity being surrounded by one or a plurality of first susceptors the dimensions, material and arrangement of which are configured to screen the microwaves at the frequency ν0, in the vicinity of each the metal part, and in emitting the microwaves at the frequency ν0 into the cavity.
US10882069B2
A storage container for a cylindrical tube of viscous construction material includes a body dimensioned to receive a cylindrical tube of viscous construction material. A nozzle enclosure is attached to a top end of the body and is dimensioned to receive a nozzle of a cylindrical tube of viscous construction material. A plug is positioned in the nozzle enclosure and dimensioned to fit into an inner diameter of the nozzle of the cylindrical tube of viscous construction material. A gasket is positioned between the body and the nozzle that substantially prevents air in the body from entering into the nozzle enclosure. A base seals the cylindrical tube of viscous construction material in the body.
US10882059B2
A surface cleaning apparatus has an upstream air treatment member and a downstream cyclonic cleaning stage that includes a plurality of cyclones in parallel. Each cyclone has a cyclone axis of rotation, a first end, an axially spaced apart second end, a sidewall extending between the first and second ends, an air inlet, an air outlet, and a sideways dirt outlet. The surface cleaning apparatus also includes a dirt collection chamber and a dirt collection plenum.
US10882057B2
A method and apparatus for the recovery of hydrophobic particles from a slurry comprised of water, the hydrophobic particles, and a hydrophilic component. Slurry is exposed to a gas stream to permit bubbles to adhere to the hydrophobic particles. The slurry generally flows vertically through a vessel at a velocity that maintains gas hold-up at least between 30 and 70% to maintain a bubbly flow without a slurry froth interface so that a portion of the water of the slurry, together with entrained gas bubbles attached to hydrophobic particles, flows out of the vessel with a portion of the water of the slurry and the hydrophilic component remaining in the vessel. Water from the slurry and gas bubbles attached to hydrophobic particles flowing through the vessel is discharged and collected for processing. A portion of the hydrophilic component is extracted as tailings for disposal or subsequent processing.
US10882044B1
A multiwell plate cover is provided, wherein the cover comprises a frame configured for attachment to a multiwell plate; a first movable guide member having two elongated side members that extend across the width of the plate, wherein a gap between the side members is substantially equal to a diameter of a single well in the multiwell plate and wherein the first movable guide member is slidable along the length of the frame; and a second movable guide member having two elongated side members that extend across the length of the plate, wherein a gap between the side members is substantially equal to a diameter of a single well in the multiwell plate and wherein the second movable guide member is slidable along the width of the frame, wherein the first and second movable guide member are configured to move independently from each other.
US10882035B2
Provided herein are palladium (Pd) catalysts with improved performance in biological environments. In particular, formulations, methods of preparations, and storage conditions are provided that provide improved performance of Pd catalysts under protein-rich conditions.
US10882034B2
Catalysts for the dehydration of lactic acid, lactic acid derivatives, or mixtures thereof to acrylic acid, acrylic acid derivatives, or mixtures thereof in liquid phase comprising an ionic liquid (IL) and an acid are provided.
US10882032B2
Disclosed is an oxidation process to produce a crude carboxylic acid product carboxylic acid product. The process comprises oxidizing a feed stream comprising at least one oxidizable compound to generate a crude carboxylic acid slurry comprising furan-2,5-dicarboxylic acid (FDCA) and compositions thereof. Also disclosed is a process to produce a dry purified carboxylic acid product by utilizing various purification methods on the crude carboxylic acid.
US10882031B2
A catalyst for treating an exhaust gas comprising SO2, NOx and elemental mercury in the presence of a nitrogenous reductant comprises a composition containing oxides of: (i) Molybdenum (Mo) and optionally Tungsten (W); and (ii) Vanadium (V); and (iii) Titanium (Ti); and (iv) Phosphorus (P), wherein, with respect to the total metal atoms in the composition, the composition comprises: (i) Mo in an amount of less than 2 at. %, and optionally up to 9 at. % W; (ii) from 2.5 to 12 at. % V; (iii) from 85 to 96 at. % Ti, and wherein the composition comprises (iv) P in an atomic ratio to the sum of atoms of Mo, W and V of from 1:2 to 3:2. The values expressed must total 100%.
US10882028B2
The present invention relates to an oligomerization catalyst for oligomerization of low-molecular-weight olefins, to the use of said catalyst and to a process for oligomerization of low-molecular-weight olefins using the oligomerization catalyst according to the invention.
US10882027B2
The invention relates to a process for producing an oligomerization catalyst comprising nickel oxide and a silicon-alumina support material, wherein the silica-alumina support material is in the ammonium form. The present invention further relates to a process for oligomerization of C3- to C6-olefins using the oligomerization catalyst produced according to the invention.
US10882024B2
Adsorbent polymeric structures are described. These adsorbent polymeric structures are capable of separating non-polar hydrocarbons, such as crude oil or diesel fuel, from polar liquids, such as water. The adsorbent polymeric structures may include acid grafted graphene and at least one styrene. A method of preparing an adsorbent polymeric structure may include mixing graphene and at least one acid catalyst in a polar liquid in the presence of at least one alcohol to form an acid grafted graphene via an esterification reaction; and the acid grafted graphene and at least one styrene monomer are introduced to water in the presence of an initiator to form the adsorbent polymeric structure according to any of the previously-described embodiments via an emulsion polymerization reaction. Moreover, the adsorbent polymeric structures may be incorporated into methods of fluidly separating at least one non-polar hydrocarbon from a polar liquid.
US10882017B2
The present disclosure relates to a system and method for synthesis of condensed, nano-carbon materials to create nanoparticles. In one embodiment the system may have a source of liquid precursor, a flow control element and a shock wave generating subsystem. The flow control element is in communication with the source of the liquid precursor and creates a jet of liquid precursor. The shock wave generating subsystem drives a shock wave through at least a substantial portion of a thickness of the jet of liquid precursor to sufficiently compress the jet of liquid precursor, and to increase a pressure and a temperature of the jet of liquid precursor, to create solid state nanoparticles.
US10882016B2
A nitrous oxide gas mixer includes at least one mixing chamber having at least one nitrous oxide gas connection and at least one oxygen gas connection for introduction of oxygen gas and nitrous oxide gas and at least one flow rate controller, by which a volume flow of the two gases can be respectively adjusted separately and/or together. At least one O2 emergency button is mounted to the mixing chamber for emergency flooding the mixing chamber with oxygen gas and/or with ambient air.
US10881990B2
A filter media retainer has a plate having a first end wall, a second end wall, and a pair of longitudinal sidewalls connected to opposing sides of the first end wall and the second end wall. The plate has a top surface opposite a bottom surface. A plurality of hopper-shaped compartments are formed on the top surface and have a first sloped wall and a second sloped wall angled toward the first sloped wall in a direction from the top surface toward the bottom surface. The plate further has a top sidewall on the top surface of the plate separating adjacent hopper-shaped compartments from each other. The plate further has at least one first slot extending through at least one of the first sloped wall and the second sloped wall, and at least one second slot extending through the top sidewall.
US10881981B2
A method is described for producing a polycarbonate by reacting one or more diaryl carbonates with one or more aromatic hydroxy compounds, which are first mixed in a mixing device and enter, as a raw material mixture, a raw material mixture container to subsequently react in one or more reactors under reduced pressure and increased temperature to form polycarbonate, wherein the mixture of diaryl carbonate and aromatic hydroxy compound is subjected to a purification by an inert gas in a countercurrent process, in a stripping device, before entering the raw material mixture container. The present invention also relates to a stripping device which is particularly suitable for purifying a raw material mixture stream, and to the use of such a stripping device in a method for producing polycarbonate.
US10881969B2
A system may enable at least one user to engage with at least two devices, which operate on a respective platform of a plurality of different platforms, in a time dependent manner. The system may include a data management apparatus configured to receive and collate a plurality of data inputs from the at least two devices, generate and relay a merged standardized data output to the at least one user and the at least two devices. The merged standardized data output may be demerged and provide the at least two devices access to the plurality of experiences for which each of the at least two devices is enabled. The system may continuously monitor and determine if the at least two devices and the respective platform are supported by the system, and will only attempt to read the plurality of data inputs from devices and platforms supported by the system.
US10881961B2
A method of encouraging actions by users with respect to a game networking system is disclosed. An indication of a presence of a user of a game networking system at a physical location is received. An opportunity for the user to perform an action within a game associated with the game networking system to obtain an achievement pertaining to the game is identified. The availability of the opportunity is triggered based on the presence of the user at the physical location. A notification to the user of information pertaining to the opportunity is communicated.
US10881954B2
A method of providing virtual items based on location-based action is disclosed. An indication is received of a performance of a location-based action by a player of a computer-implemented game. A virtual item is provided based on the receiving of the indication of the performance of the location-based action by the player of the computer-implemented game. The virtual item may be usable within the computer-implemented game.
US10881949B2
A lottery ticket pack verification system and method for simultaneously scanning a plurality of picked lottery ticket packs and for determining if the scanned lottery ticket packs are the correct lottery ticket packs based on a lottery ticket pack pick list.
US10881937B2
To present a measurement result on the motion of a subject more easily, a processor 3 of an analysis system S includes an image acquisition unit 357, a sensor information acquisition unit 356, an analysis unit 358, and an image creation unit 359. The image acquisition unit 357 acquires a taken image of the subject. The sensor information acquisition unit 356 acquires a measurement result of the motion of the subject measured with a sensor. The analysis unit 358 creates an index indicating the motion of the subject based on the measurement result acquired by the sensor information acquisition unit 356. The image creation unit 359 makes an output unit 319 display an image acquired by the image acquisition unit 357 and an index created by the analysis unit 358 together.
US10881926B1
Disclosed herein is an iron-type golf club head. The iron-type golf club head comprises a body, having a density of less than 8 grams-per-cubic-centimeter (g/cc). The body comprises a heel portion, a toe portion, a sole portion, a top portion, and a front portion. The body also comprises a rear portion, comprising an insert shelf, adjacent the sole portion and extending from the toe portion to the heel portion, and a retention bar, integrally formed with a portion of the insert shelf and circumferentially closing the portion of the insert shelf to define a first insert channel. The iron-type golf club head also comprises a high-density insert, having a density of greater than 7.5 g/cc, supported by the insert shelf, and retained within the first insert channel by the retention bar.
US10881922B2
A ball striking device, such as an iron-type golf club head, includes a face having a ball striking surface and a body connected to the face. The body has a sole surface extending rearward from a leading edge of the face, and a toe surface extending rearward from a toe edge of the face. The sole surface configured to confront the playing surface. The iron-type club head may have an elongated channel extending from a heel side in the sole member to an end point within the toe surface. The elongated channel is recessed from the sole surface and toe surfaces and is spaced from the leading and toe edges of the face. The iron-type club head may also have a plurality of weighting elements that are adjustable by the user.
US10881920B2
A high forgiveness wood-type golf club head comprises a body and a face. The body comprises a sole that forms a bottom portion of the golf club head, a crown that forms a top portion of the golf club head and a skirt that forms a periphery of the golf club head between the sole and the crown. The face place is positioned at a front portion of the golf club head opposite a rear portion of the golf club head. The body defines an outer periphery having a generally triangular shape in plan.
US10881917B2
A cast cup can include a forward portion of a golf club head, including a hosel, a face portion, and forward portions of a crown, sole, heel and toe. A rear ring can be formed separately from the cast cup and coupled to heel and toe portions of the cast cup to form a metallic club head body, such that the club head body defines a hollow interior region, a crown opening, and a sole opening. The cast cup and rear ring can be cast of titanium alloys. Composite crown and sole inserts can then be coupled to the crown opening and sole opening. The face portion of the cast cup can have a desirably complex geometry. The rear surface of the face portion of the cast cup can be modified before the rear ring is attached.
US10881909B2
A non-limiting example training instrument comprises a hollow main body formed of an aluminum alloy. The main body is constituted by two gripping portions opposite to each other with a space therebetween and a coupling portion coupling the two gripping portions. A load sensor is arranged in the coupling portion inside the main body. The load sensor is a load cell, a strain gauge affixed to an interior of the main body, and a part of the main body to which the strain gauge is affixed functions as a strain body. Therefore, if a user applies a force so as to bring the two gripping portions close to each other or a force so as to move the two gripping portions away from each other, a load thereof is detected by the load sensor.
US10881908B2
Enables a fitting system for sporting equipment using an application that executes on a mobile phone for example to prompt and accept motion inputs from a given motion capture sensor to measure a user's size, range of motion, speed and then utilizes that same sensor to capture motion data from a piece of equipment, for example to further optimize the fit of, or suggest purchase of a particular piece of sporting equipment. Utilizes correlation or other data mining of motion data for size, range of motion, speed of other users to maximize the fit of a piece of equipment for the user based on other user's performance with particular equipment. For example, this enables a user of a similar size, range of motion and speed to data mine for the best performance equipment, e.g., longest drive, lowest putt scores, highest winning percentage, etc., associated with other users having similar characteristics.
US10881901B2
The present invention relates to a rehabilitation device adapted for rehabilitating and/or exercising the shoulder region, as well as to the use of such a rehabilitation device. The rehabilitation device has support elements (3, 4, 5) enabling the upright position of the upper body during the exercise, two motion shafts (2) guiding the motion in a pre-defined direction of motion, and two handleless arm supports (1) attached to the end of each motion shaft and arranged to support the arms of the user, preventing activation of the muscles carrying the arm.
US10881894B2
Provided herein are embodiments of a barbell spotting apparatus having all the benefits of a free-floating, unconstrained barbell in both the horizontal and vertical axes with the safety of a dedicated spotting mechanism, while addressing safety, noise, and space concerns raised by typical barbell apparatus. The embodiments herein permit a loaded barbell to be positioned in line with the axis of motion of the lift to be performed at both the beginning and end of the lift.
US10881890B2
An exercise machine is disclosed. The exercise machine comprises a pancake motor. The exercise machine comprises a torque controller coupled to the pancake motor. The exercise machine comprises a high resolution encoder coupled to the pancake motor.
US10881889B2
A gait trainer adapted for use with a treadmill and, optionally, a spinning cycle, provides greater accessibility for therapeutic and rehabilitative gait pattern training to individuals confronting injury, illness, or disability. The gait trainer is adjustable, to accommodate a wide variety of users with different stride lengths and needs.
US10881882B1
The presented methods and devices may provide at least one treatment action leading to one or more treatment effects including influencing the tissue to enhance, renew or improve biosynthesis of at least one component of an extracellular matrix. In one embodiment, the methods and devices may provide treatment effects to skin fibroblasts and/or fasciacytes of the patient, influencing the skin fibroblasts and/or fasciacytes to enhance, renew or improve biosynthesis of hyaluronic acid.
US10881876B2
The present disclosure provides a radiation method for radiating a fluence map having a zero-fluence region under a movement of MLC (Multi-Leaf Collimator) includes a determining step of determining at least one basic fluence map from the fluence map. The basic fluence map includes a first non-zero fluence region and a second non-fluence region having the zero-fluence region therebetween. The radiation method includes a first radiating step including radiating the first non-zero fluence region, along with moving a first group of leaf pairs and moving a vertical jaw to shade the first group of leaf pairs, and a second radiating step including radiating the second non-zero fluence region, along with moving a second group of leaf pairs and withdrawing the vertical jaw to expose the second group of leaf pairs.
US10881874B2
A radiation source that simultaneously produces two radiation frequencies of combined radiation, in order to break apart a mutated DNA base pair. The radiation source produces combined radiation, the combined radiation being for a thymine base and a cytosine base in a thymine and cytosine base pair. The radiation source produces combined radiation, the combined radiation being for a guanine base and a thymine base in a guanine and thymine base pair. The radiation source produces combined radiation, the combined radiation being for an adonine base and a guanine base in an adonine and guanine base pair. The radiation source produces combined radiation, the combined radiation being for an adonine base and a cytosine base in an adonine and cytosine base pair.
US10881855B2
Approaches are described for fitting an implanted cochlear implant having electrode array contacts to an implanted patient. For multiple different fitting methods, each fitting method is assigned one or more electrode contacts wherein no electrode contact is assigned more than one fitting method. For each fitting method, the assigned electrode contacts are fitted according to the fitting method and fitting values for non-assigned electrode contacts are interpolated. Then a fitting is performed for each electrode contact in the electrode array based on a weighted averaging of the fittings for the various different fitting methods.
US10881840B2
The present invention provides a stretchable material suitable for use in an inflatable medical device. The stretchable material has at least one reinforcing polymer layer with a top and bottom side forming a porous matrix which is imbibed with a sealing material to infiltrate and substantially seal spaces of the porous matrix and extend beyond the reinforcing polymer layer to form a surface coating.
US10881825B2
A patient interface device (8) structured to engage a patient's sub-nasal area is provided and includes a body (22), a cushion (50) and a custom cushion support assembly (100). Patient interface device body includes a sidewall (27) with an upper side (32) including a number of passages (40). Cushion includes a resilient body (52). Cushion body is disposed on patient interface device body. Patient interface device cushion body includes an engagement portion (60) structured to engage a patient's sub-nasal area, and a pocket (70) disposed under cushion body engagement portion. Custom cushion support assembly includes a body (102) with an upper surface (104) including a custom contour (110). Custom cushion support assembly body is disposed in patient interface device cushion body pocket. In this configuration, custom contour deforms patient interface device cushion body engagement portion to correspond to patient's sub-nasal area.
US10881812B2
A single plate capacitive bubble detection sensor. The detector may employ a single active plate. A parasitic capacitance of the active plate relative to the environment may be monitored without reference to any particular ground source. In this regard, highly sensitive measurements may be made of a tube disposed adjacent to the active plate to detect, for example, the presence of air, liquid, or a change between liquid and air in the tube.
US10881810B2
A drug delivery device comprises a cap releasably secured to a main body of the drug delivery device and a needle assembly retained within the cap. The drug deliver device also includes a pre-stressed biasing element disposed between the cap and the needle assembly and configured to bias the needle assembly in a distal direction with respect to the drug delivery device while the cap is secured to the main body. The drug delivery device further comprises one or more locking elements each having a locked position and an unlocked position. In the locked position, the locking elements prevent the needle assembly from engaging with a cartridge retained within the main body. In an initial position, the cap is configured to retain the locking elements in the locked position. In an intermediate position, the cap is configured to release the locking elements to allow the needle assembly to engage with the cartridge.
US10881804B2
The present invention relates to a medicament delivery device comprising a housing, which housing is arranged to accommodate a medicament container, a drive unit operably arranged to act on said medicament container for expelling a dose of medicament, the drive unit comprising a plunger rod, a force element operably connected to said plunger rod, a connector arranged to releasibly hold said plunger rod, an actuator element operably arranged to said connector and a manually operable actuator arranged to act on said actuator element for releasing said connector when operated. The invention is characterised in a safety device arranged to releasibly hold said actuator element in a locking position with said connector, preventing unintended release of said plunger rod.
US10881800B2
A device (1) and the use thereof for dispensing fluid under aseptic conditions. The device (1) comprises conveying device (2) and container (3) with a variable inner volume. The conveying device comprises cylinder (4) with at least three openings (5, 6, 7) which are arranged along longitudinal central axis (11). Displaceable first and second pistons (9, 10) are arranged in the cylinder. The end faces (11, 12) of the pistons and inner wall (13) of the cylinder, delimit a variable fluid volume (14). The first opening is brought into fluidic communication with dispensing opening (15) and the second opening is brought into fluidic communication with the container. Each of the pistons comprise three seals (16, 16′, 16″) which are offset and sealingly close off the cylinder. Adjacent piston seals have inner spacing (di) which is equal to a shortest spacing (aA1) between two adjacent openings (5, 6 or 6, 7).
US10881797B2
The present invention relates to a drive mechanism for use with a medicament delivery device, comprising a plunger rod (68), a drive spring (72) operably arranged to the plunger rod, an actuator (52) comprising a holding member (60) releasably engaged to the plunger rod (68) for holding said plunger rod (68) with said drive spring (72) in a tensioned state, a rotator (38) operably connected and movable relative to said actuator (52) and configured to interact with said holding member for holding said holding member in engagement with the plunger rod, an activator (30) operably connected to said rotator (38). The invention is characterized in that the activator (30) is configured to rotate and subsequently linearly displace the rotator (38) in relation to the actuator (52) such that said holding member (60) is released from the plunger rod (68).
US10881777B2
A blood based solute monitoring system for measuring at least one blood solute species that has a first recirculation flow path in fluid communication with a dialyzer. The first recirculation flow path is configured to allow a fluid to recirculate through a dialyzer such that the concentration of at least one solute species in the fluid becomes equilibrated to the solute species concentration of the blood in a blood compartment of the dialyzer. The blood solute monitoring system has at least one sensor to measure a fluid characteristic.
US10881769B2
Methods and systems are provided for the circulation of blood using a purge-free miniature pump. In one embodiment, a pump is provided that may comprise a housing including a rotor and a stator within a drive unit. In this embodiment, the pump may establish a primary blood flow through the space between the drive unit and the housing and a secondary blood flow between the rotor and stator. In another embodiment, a pump establishes a primary blood flow outside the housing and a secondary blood flow between the rotor and stator. In yet another embodiment, a method is provided for introducing the pump into the body and circulating blood using the pump.
US10881762B2
A bioinductive patch includes a patch body and a button. The patch body has an inner space. The button is disposed in the inner space of the patch body. A method for manufacturing a bioinductive patch includes step in which a patch body having an inner space is provided. The method continues with step in which a button is disposed in the inner space of the patch body.
US10881757B2
The plasma air purifier is an apparatus that simultaneously produces positive ions and negative ions in order to eliminate bacteria, viruses and odors in the air of the surrounding environment. The apparatus includes a housing, a discharge plate, a discharge needle array, a microcontroller, and a power supply. The housing encloses the discharge needle array, the microcontroller, and the power supply, allowing the apparatus to be easily incorporated into a variety of environments and easily transported. The discharge plate is mounted onto the housing via at least one first pillar and at least one second pillar. The discharge plate produces negative ions, and the discharge needle array produces positive ions. The discharge needle array is electronically connected to the microcontroller. The power supply is electrically connected to the microcontroller and the discharge plate. The discharge needle array is electrically connected to the power supply through the microcontroller.
US10881751B2
Ultraviolet irradiation of food handling instruments for purposes of sterilization, disinfection, cleaning and other treatment capabilities. A housing having receptacles receives one or more food handling instruments. Ultraviolet light emitting sources located about the receptacles can direct ultraviolet light towards the receptacles and any food handling instruments placed therein. One or more sensors located about the receptacles can detect operational conditions associated with the receptacles and any food handling instruments received therein. A control unit, operatively coupled to the ultraviolet light emitting sources and the one or more sensors, manages the irradiation of the receptacles and any food handling instruments in the receptacles as a function of the operational conditions detected by the one or more sensors.
US10881745B2
A gel formulation has been developed which provides high loading, e.g., between about 5% and about 50% wt/wt agent/total gel weight, of a wide range of agents, especially amine-containing compounds such as local anesthetic agents that are known to be difficult to encapsulate, and which adhere to charged surfaces. Examples of pharmaceutically important amines include anesthetics, such as lidocaine. Tuning the ionic strength of an aqueous medium during preparation, suspension, and dialysis purification of the hydrogel composition allows for retention and/or control of agent loading contents, as well as a high capacity for adhesion to charged surfaces mimicking inflamed tissue. In some instances, the rheological properties of the gel can be tuned such as to impart thixotropic properties to the gels formed.
US10881743B2
Disclosed herein are polynucleic acid molecules, pharmaceutical compositions, and methods for treating muscle atrophy or myotonic dystrophy.
US10881742B2
The present invention provides methods of administering Factor VIII (processed FVIII, single chain FVIII, or a combination thereof); methods of administering chimeric and hybrid polypeptides comprising Factor VIII; chimeric and hybrid polypeptides comprising Factor VIII; polynucleotides encoding such chimeric and hybrid polypeptides; cells comprising such polynucleotides; and methods of producing such chimeric and hybrid polypeptides using such cells.
US10881735B2
Phase change nanodroplet conjugates and methods of making and using thereof are provided. The phase change nanodroplet conjugates include a nanodroplet having a gaseous precursor on the interior and an outer shell such as a lipid monolayer, a lipid bilayer, or a polymer layer. The phase change nanodroplet conjugates can have one or more nanoparticles attached to the outer layer, e.g. via a linker. The nanoparticles can include therapeutic, prophylactic, or diagnostic nanoparticles. The phase change nanodroplet conjugates can be used for the targeted delivery of a therapeutic, prophylactic, or diagnostic nanoparticle to a target region in a subject in need thereof. The methods can include applying an effective amount of ultrasound radiation to the target region to stimulate vaporization of the gaseous precursor followed by cavitation of the resultant bubble conjugate and release or dispersing of drug or drugs inside the liposomes. Methods of making phase change nanodroplet conjugates are also provided.
US10881733B2
The present invention describes compositions, including pharmaceutical compositions, comprising a PD-1 axis binding antagonist, a CTLA4 antagonist, or a DNA demethylating agent and a benzamide compound and methods for use thereof, for example in the treatment of cancer. In some implementations, the methods for use including methods of treating conditions where enhanced immunogenicity is desired such as increasing tumor immunogenicity for the treatment of cancer.
US10881729B2
Embodiments described herein relate to combinatorial compositions and uses thereof, for example, as vaccine adjuvant compositions, for enhancing immune response, for inducing differentiation of nave T cells to differentiate into IFN-γ-producing T cells, and for preventing and treating infections. The combinatorial composition comprises TLR and CLR agonists. The combinatorial composition comprises at least one TLR4 agonist and at least one Dectin-1 agonist, wherein the at least TLR4 agonist is monophosphoryl lipid A (MPLA) or glycopyranosyl lipid A (GLA), or the combinatorial composition comprises at least one TLR7/8 agonist and at least one Mincle agonist.
US10881727B2
The present disclosure provides heterodimeric polypeptides comprising: 1) a variant hepatitis C virus (HCV) E2 polypeptide and an HCV E1 polypeptide; 2) a variant HCV E1 polypeptide and an HCV E2 polypeptide; or 3) a variant HCV E1 polypeptide and a variant HCV E2 polypeptide, where the variant HCV E2 polypeptide and/or the HCV E1 polypeptide comprises one or more T cell epitopes, present in an HCV polypeptide other than an HCV E1 polypeptide or an HCV E2 polypeptide. The present disclosure provides nucleic acids encoding a polyprotein that includes E1 and variant E2, E2 and variant E1, or variant E2 and variant E1. The present disclosure provides a method of producing an E1/E2 heterodimer of the present disclosure. The present disclosure provides a method of inducing an immune response in an individual. The present disclosure provides variant E2 polypeptides and variant E1 polypeptides; and nucleic acids encoding same.
US10881724B2
The invention relates to a method for inactivating viruses, characterized in that an immunogenic composition or vaccine comprising at least one virus is irradiated with electron beams, said immunogenic composition or vaccine comprising at least one virus (i) being liquid, in particular being a suspension and (ii) comprising at least one viral immunogen, wherein the antigen structure is preferably substantially retained.
US10881721B2
Multivalent meningococcal conjugate vaccines are administered according to a schedule in which a first dose is administered to a patient aged between 0 and 12 months, and a second dose is administered to the patient aged between 12 and 24 months.
US10881718B2
Bifunctional conjugate compositions are provided comprising a Signal-1 moiety bound to a first polymer carrier, wherein the combined size of the Signal-1 moiety and the first polymer carrier is about 1 nanometer to about 500 nanometers; and a Signal-2 moiety bound to a second polymer carrier, wherein the combined size of the Signal-2 moiety and the second polymer carrier is about 1 nanometer to about 500 nanometers. In some embodiments, the Signal-1 moiety and the Signal-2 moiety are bound to the same polymer carrier. Associated methods are also provided.
US10881715B2
The present invention relates to a novel glucagon derivative peptide, and a composition for preventing or treating hypoglycemia containing the novel glucagon derivative peptide as an active ingredient. The glucagon derivative according to the present invention has improved physical properties due to the change in isoelectric point (pI) while being capable of maintaining an activity on glucagon receptors, and thus can improve patient compliance when used as a hypoglycemic agent, and is also suitable for administration in combination with other anti-obesity agents. Accordingly, the glucagon derivative according to the present invention can be effectively used for the prevention and treatment of hypoglycemia and obesity.
US10881714B2
This invention provides compositions that include a protein and at least two protease inhibitors, method for treating diabetes mellitus, and methods for administering same, and methods for oral administration of a protein with an enzymatic activity, including orally administering same.
US10881707B2
The present invention provides phosphorylcholine conjugates and pharmaceutical compositions comprising same for the prevention or treatment of autoimmune diseases. In particular, the conjugates of the present invention are effective in treating autoimmune diseases associated with pathological inflammation.
US10881704B2
The present invention involves the application of Semen Ziziphi Spinosae oil in the preparation of drugs for treating medicinal insomnia. Semen Ziziphi Spinosae oil has a therapeutic effect on insomnia caused by ephedrine, prednisone and other drugs, and Semen Ziziphi Spinosae oil that is prepared within the pressing temperature of 80 to 100° C. has the best efficacy for treating medicinal insomnia.
US10881701B2
The present invention provides formulations and methods for formulation administration that support an individual's body during vaccination and adaptive immune response. The individuals who can benefit from these formulations and methods for formulation administration are infants, children and adults. The formulations comprise ingredients that may be administered prior to, concurrent with or subsequent to the vaccination. The formulations and methods for formulation administration of the present invention preferably act by selectively targeting enzymatic reactions, epigenetic expression, and an individual's various metabolic pathways in support of immune system homeostasis, maintaining balance between oxidative stress and methylation, fostering balance between Th1 and Th2 responses, or a combination thereof, during vaccination and adaptive immune responses to improve vaccine response and reduce vaccine side effects.
US10881697B2
The present invention relates to a method of reducing total gas production and/or methane production in a ruminant animal.
US10881695B2
An autologous cell therapy product composed of fibroblasts grown for each individual to be treated for vocal cord scarring. The suspension of autologous fibroblasts, grown from a biopsy of each individual's own buccal mucosa or skin using current good manufacturing practices (CGMP) and standard tissue culture procedures, is supplied in cryovials containing cryopreserved autologous fibroblasts or precursors thereof, at a concentration of between 1.0×107 cells/mL and 2.7×107 cells/mL, wherein at least 85% of the human fibroblast cells are viable after freezing and thawing.
US10881694B2
This invention demonstrates the formation of a novel polarized membrane lipid raft signaling module in neurons, in response to several diverse neurotoxic stimuli. This polarization occurs well before neurons commit to die, and is an early mechanism in death signaling. The formation of this signaling module is dependent on cholesterol for its formation and provides a mechanistic explanation for the protective effects of cholesterol depleting drugs in several non-neural models of cell death. As such, the formation of the signaling module lends itself as a novel screen for the identification of new drugs and therapeutics which would retard its formation and protect against neuronal injury and death.
US10881676B2
Preparations of glycan therapeutics, pharmaceutical compositions and medical foods thereof, optionally comprising micronutrients, polyphenols, prebiotics, probiotics, or other agents are provided and methods of making same. Also provided are methods of using said gycan therapeutics, e.g. for the modulation of human gastrointestinal microbiota and to treat dysbioses.
US10881675B2
Gut health compositions include xylooligosaccharides (XOS) and a kiwifruit extract powder, which may include one or both of a) green kiwifruit extract powder having >7,500, and preferably >25,000, AUs/g actinidin, and optionally about 4.8 mg GAE total phenolics/600 mg and b) gold kiwifruit extract powder having >5,000 AUs/g actinidin and optionally about 6.6 mg GAE total phenolics/600 mg. Xylobiose, xylotriose and/or xylotetraose account for 50-98% by weight of the XOS.
US10881665B2
Provided herein are compositions for reducing symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder. The compositions include a combination of an N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor antagonist and an anti-depression agent.
US10881664B2
Methods for the treatment of EGFR mutated cancer. For example, treatment of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) with activating EGFR mutations (e.g., L858R and ex19del) the acquired or resistant “gatekeeper” T790M mutation, or any combination of these mutations.
US10881659B2
The present invention relates to the method of treating heavy menstrual bleeding in a subject with or without uterine fibroids and in need of treatment by administering an effective amount of 4-((R)-2-[5-(2-fluoro-3-methoxy-phenyl)-3-(2-fluoro-6-trifluoromethyl-benzyl)-4-methyl-2,6-dioxo-3,6-dihydro-2H-pyrimidin-1-yl]-1-phenyl-ethylamino)-butyric acid or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, in combination with estrogens and progestogens.
US10881658B2
The present description relates to compounds, forms, and pharmaceutical compositions thereof and methods of using such compounds, forms, or compositions thereof for treating or ameliorating Huntington's disease. In particular, the present description relates to substituted monocyclic heteroaryl compounds of Formula (I), forms and pharmaceutical compositions thereof and methods of using such compounds, forms, or compositions thereof for treating or ameliorating Huntington's disease.
US10881655B2
The present disclosure relates generally to compositions and methods of treating neoplastic diseases or cancers, such as glioblastoma and non-Hodgkin's lymphomas, or other cancers in which the subject suffers from an advanced solid tumor, comprising a combination of, or administering a combination of, a bromodomain and extra-terminal protein (BET) inhibitor and at least one chemotherapeutic agent, which does not inhibit BET directly. The BET inhibitor/chemotherapeutic agent combination, or combination therapy, can yield synergistic effects, thereby increasing the effectiveness of the cancer treatment as compared with the administration of either the BET inhibitor or the chemotherapeutic agent alone.
US10881638B2
Ophthalmic nutraceutical composition comprising: vitamins; trace elements; carotenoids; omega-3 fatty acids; and resveratrol.
US10881636B2
Described is a dihydroartemisinin-steroid conjugate of formula (I), or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, where position 10 of dihydroartemisinin is linked to the steroid through a linker X. This application further provides a preparation method of the dihydroartemisinin-steroid conjugate and an application of the dihydroartemisinin-steroid conjugate in the preparation of a drug for treating cancer. The dihydroartemisinin-steroid conjugate of the invention exhibits potent inhibitory activity against various tumor cells and low cytotoxicity, moreover, the conjugate is capable of penetrating the blood-brain barrier, having a broad application prospect.
US10881623B2
Disclosed is a method for therapeutic management of hyperglycemia in mammals using compositions containing thymohydroquinone. More specifically, the invention discloses compositions containing thymohydroquinone for inhibiting the activity of the enzyme α-glucosidase and increasing the cellular uptake of glucose by mammalian cells. The anti-oxidant, anti-inflammatory and anti-glycation effects of thymohydroquinone are also disclosed herein.
US10881620B2
The present invention provides a way to capture a biomolecule such as a protein in one or more layers of covalently bonded amorphous silica, forming a cage or shell which preserves the shape of the protein and prevents denaturation caused by heat and/or aging and/or non-physiological conditions, through unfolding and loss of secondary and/or higher order structure.
US10881613B2
The present invention relates to fumarate polymersomes. The polymersomes are capable of targeting immune cells and then hydrolysing to release the immunomodulatory compound fumarate. The polymersomes can thus be used methods for the treatment of prevention of diseases, including immune diseases such as multiple sclerosis and psoriasis.
US10881608B2
Biocompatible intraocular implants include a tyrosine kinase inhibitor and a biodegradable polymer that is effective to facilitate release of the tyrosine kinase inhibitor into the vitreous of an eye for an extended period of time. The therapeutic agents of the implants may be associated with a biodegradable polymer matrix, such as a matrix that is substantially free of a polyvinyl alcohol. The implants can be placed in an eye to treat or reduce the occurrence of one or more ocular conditions.
US10881598B2
Disclosed is a method for removing fatty oil from a surface containing the fatty oil comprising the steps of applying to the surface containing the fatty oil a composition comprising a sol-gel derived material, the sol-gel derived material including a plurality of alkylsiloxy substituents and the sol-gel derived material obtained from (a) at least one first alkoxysilane precursor having the formula: (R′O)3—Si—(CH2)n—Ar—(CH2)m—Si—(OR′)3 (1) where n and m are individually an integer from 1 to 8, Ar is a single-, fused-, or poly-aromatic ring, and each R′ is independently a C1 to C5 alkyl group and (b) optionally, at least one second precursor having the formula: where x is 1, 2, 3 or 4; y is 0, 1, 2, 3; z is 0, 1; the total of x+y+z is 4; each R is independently an organic functional group; each an R′ is independently a C1 to C5 alkyl group and R″ is an organic bridging group and then moving the composition from the surface to remove the fatty oil.
