US10983827B2
A genetic algorithm is described to determine a near-optimal schedule for assigning heterogeneous computations to resources in a heterogeneous computational environment. The genetic algorithm evolves a computation-to-compute resource mapping optimized with respect to a set of inter-dependent, and possibly conflicting objectives including cost of computation, data transfer cost, time to complete computation, profitability, etc. A set of scheduling plans are randomly created and then evaluated and assigned a fitness value based on the ability to meet a set of weighted objectives. Scheduling plans having desirable fitness values are selected as parents to procreate one or more new scheduling plans, each new plan inheriting resource mappings from at least two parents. This evolutionary process is repeated until the fitness values across scheduling plans converge or a time threshold is exceeded. At the end of evolution, a scheduling plan with the best assigned value is chosen for scheduling.
US10983812B2
Provided are a computer program product, system, and method for replaying interactions with a graphical user interface (GUI) presented in a video stream of the GUI. Interaction with a rendered graphical user interface (GUI) to control an application is recorded to generate a video stream. In response to activation of a graphical element in the rendered GUI, an event action is rendered indicating a display region in which the graphical element was activated and a section of the video stream in which the activation of the graphical element occurred. The video stream is rendered. Selection is detected of a display region of the rendered video stream comprising the display region in the event action. The section of the video stream indicated in the event action is rendered in response to the selection of the display region indicated in the event action.
US10983800B2
A processor core having multiple parallel instruction execution slices and coupled to multiple dispatch queues provides flexible and efficient use of internal resources. The configuration of the execution slices is selectable so that capabilities of the processor core can be adjusted according to execution requirements for the instruction streams. A plurality of load-store slices coupled to the execution slices provides access to a plurality of cache slices that partition the lowest level of cache memory among the load-store slices.
US10983796B2
Embodiments involving core-to-core offload are detailed herein. For example, a method decoding an instruction having fields for at least an opcode to indicate an end a task offload operation is to be performed, and executing the decoded instruction to cause a transmission of an offload end indication to the second core, the indication including one or more of an identifier of the second core, a location of where the second core can find the results of the offload, the results of execution of the offloaded task, an instruction pointer in the original code of the second source, a requesting core state, and a requesting core state location is described.
US10983790B2
An arithmetic processing unit includes an instruction decoder, first to fourth reservation stations, first and second computing units, first and second load-store units, and an allocation unit. The allocation unit, when the execution instruction is a first instruction that is executable in first and second computing units but not executable in first and second load-store units, allocates the first instruction to first or second reservation station based on a first allocation table, and when the execution instruction is a second instruction that is executable in the first and second load-store units but not executable in the first and second computing units, allocates the second instruction to third or fourth reservation station based on a second allocation table.
US10983785B1
Information about firmware modules for a power unit (e.g., a battery backup unit or a power supply unit) can be downloaded, along with the firmware modules themselves. The firmware modules, which may constitute less than a complete firmware re-flash, can be used to update firmware of the power unit from a first version type to a second version type.
US10983784B2
Disclosed embodiments relate to opportunistically updating Electronic Control Unit (ECU) software in a vehicle. Operations may include receiving, at a controller in a vehicle, a wireless transmission indicating a need to update software running on at least one ECU in the vehicle; monitoring an operational status of the vehicle to determine whether the vehicle is in a first mode of operation in which an ECU software update is prohibited; delaying the ECU software update when the operational status is prohibited; continuing to monitor the operational status of the vehicle to determine whether the vehicle is in a second mode of operation in which the ECU software update is permitted; and enabling updating of the at least one ECU with the delayed ECU software update when it is determined that the vehicle is in the second mode of operations.
US10983778B2
A method for updating an application executing on a virtual machine includes replicating the virtual machine to produce a replica, applying an update to the replica that is scheduled to be made to the virtual machine, in parallel with the applying, updating one of the virtual machine and the replica so that a state of the virtual machine matches a state of the replica, and continuing execution of the application on one of the virtual machine and the replica.
US10983771B1
An explicit type for a construct is not necessarily specified by a set of code. Where an explicit type is not specified for a particular construct, a compiler performs type inference for the particular construct. If the compiler infers a denotable type is associated with the construct, the compiler proceeds to perform quality checking for the particular construct by evaluating quality conditions with respect to the inferred denotable type. However, if the compiler determines that a non-denotable type is associated with the construct, then the compiler selects a target type determination process based on an attribute of the inferred non-denotable type associated with the particular construct. The compiler determines one or more target types using the selected target type determination process. The compiler performs quality checking for the particular construct by evaluating quality conditions with respect to the target types.
US10983770B2
A computing system may include a computing device configured to build modules of script code into bundles, and a bundler application executable to perform operations comprising: obtaining one or more of the modules of script code that are designated for bundling with one another; organizing the modules of script code into one or more chunks; for each respective chunk of the one or more chunks: (i) determining whether the respective chunk is to be assigned a deterministic chunk identifier or a non-deterministic chunk identifier, and (ii) assigning the respective chunk a chunk identifier as determined, where deterministic chunk identifiers are usable for referencing by additional modules of script code both within and not within in the respective chunk, and where the deterministic chunk identifiers are independent of characteristics of the computing device; and writing the one or more chunks to a bundle.
US10983767B2
An application framework may be developed to support rendering of features on application web pages. Feature codes of features and associated content code that are developed as Representational State Transfer (REST)ful web services using a variety of different programming languages are received and stored in a Feature as a Service (FaaS) data store. The RESTful web services of the feature codes and the content codes are callable by the application server via the application framework. Content for populating the features are stored in a content data store. Application code is generated to provide application web page code for an application web page that includes one or more features. The application code is configured to cause the application server to access, via the application framework, a RESTful web service to obtain a feature code of a feature and access another RESTful web service to obtain specific content that populates the feature.
US10983754B2
Disclosed herein are techniques for accelerating convolution operations or other matrix multiplications in applications such as neural network. In one example, an apparatus comprises a first circuit, a second circuit, and a third circuit. The first circuit is configured to: receive first values in a first format, the first values being generated from one or more asymmetric quantization operations of second values in a second format, and generate difference values based on subtracting a third value from each of the first values, the third value representing a zero value in the first format. The second circuit is configured to generate a sum of products in the first format using the difference values. The third circuit is configured to convert the sum of products from the first format to the second format based on scaling the sum of products with a scaling factor.
US10983752B2
Methods for providing a customized audio experience to a user of an audio output device are provided. A user interface is provided on a user device communicatively coupled to the audio output device, the user interface capable of accepting user input for managing the audio experience for the user. A set of activities is provided via the user interface, wherein each activity in the set invokes a set of behaviors configured for the activity for providing the customized audio experience to the user, wherein each behavior in the set customizes the audio experience for the user. A capability is provided via the user interface for the user to launch an activity from the set for invoking the set of behaviors configured for the activity to receive the customized audio experience.
US10983747B2
Files are mirrored between a desktop device and a mobile device in a seamless manner so that a user may work on the mirrored files on either device without having to save or send files beforehand. The user may interact with a mirrored file on a desktop, physically leave the desktop, and take a mobile device that has the mirrored file with him or her and continue interacting with the file.
US10983745B2
A display device according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises: a network interface unit for connecting the display unit to a terminal; a decoder for decoding encoded data received from the terminal; a display unit; and a control unit for receiving, from the terminal, the encoded data comprising a plurality of integrally encoded content images, performing control such that the decoder decodes the encoded data, extracting each of the plurality of content images from decoded data generated as a result of the decoding, and performing control such that the display unit displays each of the extracted images.
US10983742B2
An image forming apparatus according to the present disclosure has items relating to function control. The image forming apparatus includes a setting section and a classification section. The setting section sets item content for each function. The classification section classifies an item into a first item group depending on a change frequency of the item contents. The first item group is defined such that information indicating a change in item content of the group is sent to an external device.
US10983735B2
A management apparatus includes a predicting unit and a notifying unit. The predicting unit acquires progress information indicating progress of an image forming process from an image forming device that forms a three-dimensional image, and predicts a completion time of the image forming process. The notifying unit provides a notification about the completion time predicted by the predicting unit to a device owned by a user using the image forming device. The predicting unit re-predicts the completion time as the image forming process progresses. In a case where a difference between a previously-notified completion time and a newly-predicted completion time reaches a predetermined extent, the notifying unit provides a notification about the newly-predicted completion time.
US10983730B2
Various implementations disclosed herein enable managing a resiliency factor of an object stored in an enterprise object storage system. For example, in various implementations, a method of adjusting a realized resiliency factor of an object based on a target resiliency factor for the object is performed by an ingest entity of a storage system that includes a cluster of storage entities. The ingest entity includes a non-transitory computer readable storage medium, and one or more processors. In various implementations, the method includes obtaining a target resiliency factor for an object. In various implementations, the method includes determining whether or not to adjust a realized resiliency factor of the object based on the target resiliency factor. In various implementations, the method includes adjusting the realized resiliency factor of the object to an adjusted resiliency factor in response to determining to adjust the realized resiliency factor.
US10983727B2
An apparatus can have an array of memory cells and a controller coupled to the array. The controller can be configured to read a group sentinel cells of the array and without reading a number of other groups of cells of the array to determine that data stored in the number of other groups of cells lacks integrity based on a determination that data stored in the group of sentinel cells lacks integrity.
US10983726B2
Circuit designs and operating techniques for a storage device that includes, in one implementation, a memory device including a plurality of memory blocks, each memory block including a plurality of memory cells coupled to a plurality of corresponding word lines; and a memory controller configured to store data in memory cells included in a main area coupled to a selected word line of the plurality of word lines, and store word-line information in a spare area coupled to the selected word line to indicate that a program operation has been performed on the main area.
US10983725B2
Memory queues described herein use a single hardware and/or software architecture for a memory array. This memory array can be partitioned to be between one memory sub-array to implement a single memory queue and multiple memory sub-arrays to implement multiple memory queues. Various electrical signals provided by or provided to these multiple memory queues include addressing information to associate these various control signals with one or more of the multiple memory sub-arrays. In some situations, the memory queues can externally associate their corresponding read pointers to entries of one of their memory sub-arrays. In these situations, these memory queues can dynamically associate their read pointers to point to any entry from among their memory arrays and to read the data store therein starting from any random entry within their memory arrays.
US10983718B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to method, device and computer program product for data backup. In accordance with embodiments of the present disclosure, if a file is migrated between a first machine and a second machine, a data migration module compares the file with files already stored in the second machine, so as to only migrate modified and/or added data chunks in the files to the second machine. In this way, the performance of data migration has been improved.
US10983717B1
A conditional construction container (CCC) provides seamless restore operation during abort event. During normal restore, the CCC assumes a hold state, wherein data blocks are sent from the backup source to the restore host directly. When interrupt occurs, the CCC assumes compression mode, wherein the CCC compresses the data blocks and stores the compressed blocks in memory allocated to the CCC. When the restore operation can resume, the backup agent instructs the CCC to begin data reconstruction operation and the CCC will assume busy mode no longer accepting new data blocks. During the busy state the CCC decompresses the compressed data blocks from the container and reconstruct the original data onto the restore host. Since the container constructed in the memory allocated to the CCC contain data that was obtained upon the interrupt, the restore operation resumes by reconstructing the data from the point of the interrupt seamlessly.
US10983716B2
A computer-implemented method for writing data to a tape medium, includes: writing a file of a first content to the tape medium; writing at least a part of the file of a second content to the tape medium, the second content being obtained by updating the first content; and writing an index including first metadata and second metadata to the tape medium, the first metadata being metadata of the file of the first content, the second metadata being metadata of the file of the second content.
US10983715B2
The present disclosure describes technologies and techniques for use by a data storage controller—such as a controller for use with a NAND or other non-volatile memory (NVM)—to provide a user-expandable memory space. In examples described herein, a customer may choose to purchase access to only a portion of the total available memory space of a consumer device, such as a smartphone. Later, the customer may expand the user-accessible memory space. In one example, the customer submits suitable payment via a communication network to a centralized authorization server, which returns an unlock key. Components within the data storage controller of the consumer device then use the key to unlock additional memory space within the device. In this manner, if the initial amount of memory the consumer paid for becomes full, the consumer may conveniently expand the amount of user-accessible memory.
US10983709B2
Methods, non-transitory computer readable media, and computing devices that execute a storage operation, without journaling the storage operation in a log, and withhold from a file system a list of freed inodes including an indication of an inode freed as a result of the execution of the storage operation. A consistency point operation is then initiated that retrieves storage operations logged as journal entries in the log and commits a result of each of the storage operations to data storage devices. A list of available inodes is updated based on the list of freed inodes, when the consistency point operation is determined to be complete. This technology reduces the number of storage operations that are required to be journaled to maintain consistency of a file system, thereby reducing the runtime resources required to facilitate the journaling and replay resource required to replay the storage operations following a recovery.
US10983705B2
Techniques for handling pattern identifiers in a data storage system. By replacing a block pointer with a pattern identifier, the techniques can identify a data block (or an indirect data block) as a bad block, without resorting to the use of a separate flag or bad block (BB) bit in per-block metadata (e.g., a mapping pointer) of the data block. The techniques can also avoid waste of valuable metadata space by using pattern identifiers at various levels of a mapping tree, leveraging pointer granularity at lower levels, mid-levels, and progressively higher levels of the mapping tree.
US10983698B2
Embodiments for predetermining optimal demount position for demounting data storage cartridges in an automated data storage library by a processor. A selected demount position may be predetermined, while performing one of a plurality of robotic movements by an accessor, for each mounted data storage cartridge for demounting data storage cartridges in the automated data storage library. The selected demount position is recalculated for each mounted data storage cartridge for demounting the data storage cartridges while performing a subsequent demount operation, where the selected demount position is determined according to the recalculation prior to a demount command being issued. Accordingly, the idle time of the accessor during a demount operation may be reduced.
US10983697B2
A method includes, in one non-limiting embodiment, sending a request from a mass memory storage device to a host device, the request being one to allocate memory in the host device; writing data from the mass memory storage device to allocated memory of the host device; and subsequently reading the data from the allocated memory to the mass memory storage device. The memory may be embodied as flash memory, and the data may be related to a file system stored in the flash memory. The method enables the mass memory storage device to extend its internal volatile RAM to include RAM of the host device, enabling the internal RAM to be powered off while preserving data and context stored in the internal RAM.
US10983687B2
A flexible display apparatus configured to sense deformation of the flexible display apparatus, control display of an object displayed on the flexible display apparatus based on the deformation, and execute operations based on the displayed object.
US10983686B2
A display control apparatus that is capable of making a user feel a fact that a user's operation is received and of notifying the user that an end of a scrolling range has come. A display unit displays a displaying object. An operation detection unit detects a user's operation to the display unit. A display control unit scrolls the displaying object when the operation detection unit detects an instructing operation of scrolling, and displays a shadow of the displaying object and moves the shadow in a direction opposite to a direction of scrolling by the instructing operation when the instructing operation is not completed even if the displaying object has been scrolled to an end of a scrolling range.
US10983684B2
A system, computer-implemented method, and article for controlling a user interface of a portable welding system are described. An input signal receiver, operable on a processor, is configured to receive one or more input signals from one or more input devices. A display controller, operable on the processor, is configured to receive, input information based upon the one or more input signals. A display device is configured to display a user interface provided by the display controller, the user interface including a first portion including an adjustable value and a second portion including a non-adjustable value. The display controller is configured to highlight changes to the non-adjustable value based upon changes made using the one or more input devices to the adjustable value.
US10983677B2
The present disclosure relates to systems, non-transitory computer-readable media, and methods for predicting and prefetching relevant thumbnails from remote servers to client devices based on a dynamic determination of file display criteria. For example, a thumbnail prefetching system utilizes previous thumbnail requests to predict a file directory sort order and determine thumbnails the operating system at the client device will next request. The thumbnail prefetching system can then prefetch the thumbnails prior to the operating system at the client device making thumbnail requests for the files. Thus, when the operating system does request thumbnails for the pertinent files, the thumbnail prefetching system can provide the thumbnails efficiently and quickly while leaving thumbnails for other (unrequested) files stored at the remote server (and not downloaded to the client device).
US10983673B2
An operation screen display device includes: a display part; an operation part; and a processor that performs: making the display part display setting items for setting an operation condition of a job in an operation screen before starting the job; receiving a user manual input to specify one or more of the setting items from the operation part, the setting items being displayed in the operation screen; and receiving a user speech input to specify one or more of the setting items from a speech input device, the setting items being displayed in the operation screen. Upon receiving the user speech input, the processor makes the display part hide one or more of the setting items displayed in the operation screen, the one or more of the setting items being suitable for speech input.
US10983665B2
An electronic apparatus and method of implementing a user interface according to a pressure intensity of a touch on the electronic apparatus, the method including detecting a position at which the touch is input, identifying the type of object displayed on the position, and detecting the pressure intensity. Accordingly, the user can manipulate electronic apparatuses with greater convenience.
US10983664B2
The invention provides a communications interface for communications between participants, said interface including a virtual space (1) and graphical avatars (2, 3) that firstly represent respective ones of said participants and secondly are designed to move in said virtual space (1), said communications interface also including control means for controlling the movement of each graphical avatar, said communications interface being characterized in that it is designed to set up a discussion channel automatically between two of said participants when either the distance (d) between the two graphical avatars (2, 3) representing respective ones of said two participants is less than or equal to a predetermined first value (D1), or the distances between a graphical object and each of the two graphical avatars (2, 3) are less than or equal to a second predetermined value. Communications interfaces.
US10983632B2
Disclosed are floating state determination and floating compensation methods and apparatuses for a touch screen. The floating state determination method includes: performing two times of self-capacitance interlaced driving on the touch screen in each of a driving direction and a sensing direction; calculating self-capacitance differences corresponding to the two times of self-capacitance interlaced driving in each of the driving direction and a sensing direction, and obtaining an interlaced differential value of each channel based on the self-capacitance differences; and calculating a self-capacitance differential value of each channel, and determining a floating level of the channel based on the result of calculation. The floating state determination method can determine a floating state of the touch screen, and then a floating compensation is performed based on the floating state, so that the capacitive screen can be operated normally under floating.
US10983621B2
A touch display device and a driving method thereof are provided. A driving signal line configured to drive light emitting unit to emit light is multiplexed as a detection electrode. Moreover, the capacitance is formed between the detection electrode and a transparent conductive layer, the capacitance can be changed according to a change in touch force, so that when a position of the detection electrode is pressed, a distance between the detection electrode and the transparent conductive layer changes, and the capacitance between the detection electrode and the transparent conductive layer changes accordingly. In this way, a magnitude of the force at a touch position can be determined by a change in a capacitance value between the detection electrode and the transparent conductive layer, so that a force touch function can be realized.
US10983620B2
A touch display module, a controlling method, a panel and a display device are provided in embodiments of the disclosure, all belong to the technical field of display technology, the touch display module including: a touch circuit, an auxiliary circuit, a base substrate, a plurality of electrode blocks and a plurality of electrode lines; the touch circuit is configured to provide the plurality of electrode lines with respective display signals at a display stage, and to provide the plurality of electrode lines with respective touch signals at a touch stage; and the auxiliary circuit is configured to provide the plurality of electrode lines with respective display signals at the display stage, and to stop providing the plurality of electrode lines with the respective display signals at the touch stage.
US10983618B2
The embodiment of the disclosure provides a display substrate and a display device. The display substrate includes data signal lines located in a display area of the display substrate, and fanout lines in a fanout area adjacent the display area of the display substrate and respectively connected in one-to-one correspondence with the data signal lines, wherein the data signal fanout lines include first fanout lines disposed in the same layer with a touch electrode of the display substrate.
US10983611B2
A touch sensitive surface has emitters and detectors arranged around at least a portion of a periphery of the touch sensitive surface. The emitters produce optical beams that are received by the detectors. Touch events disturb the beams propagating toward the detectors. Variations in the beams resulting from the touch events are captured and are used to determine the touch events. A stylus disturbs beams when in contact with the touch sensitive surface. The stylus includes a control that can change the stylus from a default state to an alternative state, where the stylus disturbs the beams differently in each state. A controller determines the state of the stylus based on the beams received by the detectors.
US10983603B2
Devices and methods are disclosed generating input. In one implementation, a stylus is provided for generating writing input. The stylus includes an elongated body having a distal end, and a light source configured to project coherent light on an opposing surface adjacent the distal end. The stylus further includes at least one sensor configured to measure first reflections of the coherent light from the opposing surface while the distal end moves in contact with the opposing surface, and to measure second reflections of the coherent light from the opposing surface while the distal end moves above the opposing surface and out of contact with the opposing surface. The stylus also includes at least one processor configured to receive input from the at least one sensor and to enable determining three dimensional positions of the distal end based on the first reflections and the second reflections.
US10983595B2
A computer system for acquiring a control command. The system includes one or more processors in communication with non-transitory data storage media having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by the one or more processors, configure the one or more processors to perform particular steps. The steps include: receiving, at an electroencephalogram (EEG) receiver, baseline EEG data; and acquiring, using a normalisation module, one or more normalisation factors from the baseline EEG data. The steps further include: receiving, at the EEG receiver, stimulated EEG data sensed by one or more EEG sensors; and correlating the stimulated EEG data across the one or more EEG sensors, using a correlation module, to generate one or more correlation coefficients corresponding to one or more stimulation frequencies, each of the one or more stimulation frequencies corresponding to a respective candidate control command.
US10983592B2
An eyeball-tilt detecting device for detecting a tilt position of an eyeball, including: a light source array including a plurality of light emitting sections that emit light having directivity; an optical spot position detection element configured to detect an optical spot position of light reflected from an eyeball to output a detection signal; and processing circuitry configured to calculate a tilt position of the eyeball based on the detection signal output from the optical spot position detection element.
US10983588B2
Examples of the disclosure are directed to a method of, after hitting a UVLO threshold, rebooting an electronic device in a low power mode having a lower UVLO threshold, such that the device can continue to be used past the first UVLO threshold. For example, in a high power mode, the device may be capable of a number of functionalities of a modern portable electronic device, such as network access, the ability to run applications, Bluetooth connections, etc. In a low power mode, the device may only be able to check and display a current time, play an alarm sound at a predefined time, perform near field communication (NFC) transactions/payments, among other possibilities described herein. The limited functionality and reduced usage of peripherals in the low power mode may prevent the battery from experiencing peaks in current level that may be problematic at relatively low levels of voltage.
US10983581B2
Methods and apparatus relating to techniques for resource load balancing based on usage and/or power limits are described. In an embodiment, resource load balancing logic causes a first resource of a processor to operate at a first frequency and a second resource of the processor to operate at a second frequency. Memory stores a plurality of frequency values. The resource load balancing logic also selects the first frequency and the second frequency based on the stored plurality of frequency values. Operation of the first resource at the first frequency and the second resource at the second frequency in turn causes the processor to operate under a power budget. The resource load balancing logic causes change to the first frequency and the second frequency in response to a determination that operation of the processor is different than the power budget. Other embodiments are also disclosed and claimed.
US10983578B2
Methods, systems, and devices are described for configuration of multiple power distribution units (PDUs) in an efficient manner. Power distribution units may be discovered on a network, and automatically configured according to a configuration defined for a particular location. A location may be, for example, a geographical region, a data center, a zone within a data center, a cabinet, or an individual PDU. All PDUs associated with a particular location may be provided with a common configuration file that defines operating parameters for the PDUs. In such a manner, a user may simply connect the PDU to the network, with the appropriate configuration provided without additional involvement of the user.
US10983563B2
A flexible display module and an electronic device comprising the same are disclosed, wherein the flexible display module covers uneven surface portions of a flexible circuit board, and protecting circuit components mounted on the flexible circuit board. The flexible display module comprises a flexible display panel including a display portion and a display pad portion disposed on a flexible substrate, a flexible circuit board connected with the display pad portion and arranged in a rear surface of the flexible display panel, and a cover member attached to the rear surface of the flexible display panel and configured to cover uneven surface portions of the flexible circuit board, wherein the cover member includes a cover body portion overlapped with the flexible circuit board, and an adhesion portion connected with both sides of the cover body portion and attached to the rear surface of the flexible display panel.
US10983561B2
The methods and systems for managing a flexible display of an electronic device are provided. The method includes receiving an input for folding a flexible display of the electronic device, identifying a state of the electronic device by using at least one sensor of the electronic device, identifying whether the flexible display is capable of being folded according to the identified state of the electronic device, and if it is identified that the flexible display is capable of being folded, controlling to fold the flexible display.
US10983553B2
A system and method for synchronizing multiple integrated circuit (IC) chips for an input device having a display device integrated with a capacitive sensing device. A first one of the IC chips is a master IC chip and a second one of the IC chips is a slave IC chip. The master IC chip is configured to transmit synchronization signals to and from the slave IC chip, such that capacitive frames are acquired by each of the IC chips at substantially the same time, the initiation of the sensing signals is synchronized for each of the IC chips and the clock signals of the slave IC chips are synchronized with the clock signal of the master IC chip.
US10983550B2
An illumination switch device includes a push button, a plurality of indicator lenses, a holder, a detector, a plurality of light emitters, and a base. The push button has an internal space and an opening. Each indicator lens has a columnar shape. The indicator lenses are juxtaposed in the internal space of the push button. The holder holds the push button such that the push button is movable in a longitudinal direction of each indicator lens. The detector detects a displacement of the push button in the longitudinal direction. The light emitters are respectively disposed opposite one ends of the indicator lenses in the longitudinal direction. The base is made of an opaque resin, and covers side faces of the indicator lenses while being in tight contact with the side faces. The base is integrated with the indicator lenses.
US10983546B1
A system includes a bandgap voltage generator coupled to a voltage supply and configured to produce a plurality of reference voltage levels in response to a plurality of calibration codes; an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) coupled to a reference voltage output of the bandgap voltage generator; a logic circuit coupled to an output of the ADC; a first memory element coupled to the logic circuit and configured to store a calibration coefficient indicative of a relationship of the calibration codes and the reference voltage levels; and a second memory element coupled to the logic circuit and configured to store a value of a first reference voltage level for the reference voltage output, wherein the logic circuit is configured to generate a first calibration code from the value of the first reference voltage level and the calibration coefficient.
US10983545B2
A voltage control circuit for controlling an operating voltage of a target circuit, including: a speed detecting circuit, configured to detect an operating speed of the target circuit; and a control circuit, coupled to the speed detecting circuit, configured to generate a voltage control signal according to a difference between the operating speed and a predetermined speed, to a power supply circuit which generates the operating voltage, to control the operating voltage.
US10983541B2
A method of generating a control signal for a temperature control system is disclosed. The control signal has one of an “on” state in which the temperature control system is to be activated and an “off” state in which the temperature control system is to be deactivated. The method comprises calculating a temperature error measure in dependence on a target temperature and a current temperature value. A rate of temperature change in the environment is determined and used to set a variable error threshold. The method switches between a continuous “on” signal mode and a pulse-width-modulation (PWM) mode, in which the output signal comprises alternating “off” and “on” periods in accordance with a PWM pattern. The switch occurs in dependence on the temperature error measure and the variable error threshold.
US10983536B2
A system is provided for tracking usage of a plurality of water appliances in a distributed water infrastructure. The system may comprise at least one processor configured to receive, from a location in the distributed water infrastructure upstream of the plurality of water appliances, historical water usage measurements; determine from the historical water usage measurements at least one unique water usage signature associated with each of the plurality of water appliances; receive, from the location in the distributed water infrastructure upstream of the plurality of water appliances, current water usage measurements; determine from the current water usage measurements at least one current water usage signature; compare the current water usage signature with at least one of the unique water usage signatures stored in memory to determine a match; and, based on the signature match, ascertain an identifier of a water appliance in current use.
US10983534B2
The unified command system and/or method includes an input mechanism, a flight processor that receives input from the input mechanism and translates the input into control output, and effectors that are actuated according to the control output. The system can optionally include: one or more sensors, a vehicle navigation system which determines a vehicle state and/or flight regime based on data from the one or more sensors, and a vehicle guidance system which determines a flightpath for the aircraft.
US10983521B2
A vehicle controller includes: an information acquiring unit configured to acquire one or more pieces of information for identifying a traveling state including a position of a vehicle or a condition of an object around the vehicle; an environment detecting unit configured to detect an environment in which the vehicle is located; an operation control unit configured to determine a reliability of the information, based on the information and a detection result of the environment detecting unit; and a control instruction generating unit configured to generate a control instruction for controlling an operation of the vehicle, based on the information and the reliability, and output the control instruction.
US10983502B2
A remote management server serving as a remote management device is communicably connected to, via a converter, at least one controller serving as a machine tool which allows only direct connection to another device via a predetermined connector, thus exchanging data with a fixed input/output destination and which does not have a setting function of setting a data output destination and a data input destination. The controller is further communicably connected to a mobile terminal via a network. The remote management server includes an input/output control unit configured to control settings relating to data output and data input in the controller and a setting screen providing unit configured to provide the mobile terminal with a setting screen allowing input of setting information relating to the data output and the data input.
US10983500B2
A distributed light-guided processing method includes obtaining an order from a requester, for at least one completed product. Raw components are provided to at least one selected remote processing location. The selected remote processing location includes a light guided system. Work instructions are provided to the selected remote processing location, wherein the work instructions enable the light guided system to guide construction of the completed product. The completed product is processed, using at least the raw components, the work instructions, and the light guided system. The completed product is shipped from the selected remote processing location upon completion of the processing.
US10983499B2
Examples of techniques for monitoring and controlling the pH of a drilling fluid are disclosed. In one example implementation, a system may include a first sensor to sense a first pH-value and an associated first temperature of the drilling fluid prior to being heated by a drilling fluid heater and a second sensor to sense a second pH-value and an associated second temperature of the drilling fluid subsequent to being heated by the drilling fluid heater. The system may also include a controller comprising a memory having computer readable instructions and a processing device for executing the computer readable instructions. The computer readable instructions include receiving the first pH-value and first temperature from the first sensor, receiving the second pH-value and second temperature from the second sensor, and determining an amount of additive to add to the drilling fluid to maintain a desired pH-value at the second temperature.
US10983493B2
A dynamic environment (e.g., an automated industrial process) has multiple conditions in response to which corresponding actions are required, and comprises various equipment, control device(s) to control the equipment, and one or more sensors to generate input signal(s) representing a monitored condition of the environment. A control system for the environment comprises a master processor and one or more co-processors, wherein the master processor configures a given co-processor to evaluate only a first subset of conditions expected to occur in the environment within a specified time period (e.g., less than a response time of the master processor), and to provide first control information representing an action to be taken if a particular condition of the first subset is satisfied. The co-processor receives the input signal(s) representing the monitored condition, processes the input signal(s) so as to determine if the particular condition of the first subset is satisfied, and provides the first control information to the control devices so as to control the equipment. Exemplary applications include dynamic environments in which machine vision techniques and/or equipment are employed.
US10983492B1
A data recovery method framework is described, in which the data is classified as either ambient or disturbance data, and recovered by different methods to achieve good performance efficiently. An approach based on decision tree is described for identifying ambient and disturbance data. Then, an improved cubic spline interpolation based on the priority allocation strategy is described for ambient data loss, which can quickly and accurately recover ambient data. Simultaneously, a disturbance data recovery method based on singular value decomposition is described. It can achieve disturbance data recovery accurately by a single channel of measurement.
US10983491B2
An automation device, having an input for receiving input signals and/or an output for outputting output signals of a process, and an electronic data processing unit, which is adapted to run an application program during operation of the automation device and to process data contained in the input and/or output signals by means of a program function, characterized in that in a digital program memory, a plurality of program functions is stored separately to the application program, which are each uniquely addressable via a function pointer, wherein during operation of the automation device, based on a predetermined function selection, the application program is configured to determine the function pointer of the program function corresponding to the predetermined function selection from a functions reference list stored in a digital data memory and, by means of the determined function pointer, to run the program function corresponding to the predetermined function selection for processing the data contained in the input and/or output signals.
US10983489B2
Systems and methods for harmonic analysis of soil are provided herein. Some methods include converting a first frequency of an operating signal into a second, higher frequency relative to the first frequency to create a stimulating signal, transmitting the stimulating signal into soil, and determining attenuation based on a comparison of a responsive signal and the operating signal.
US10983480B2
An electronic timepiece includes a measuring section that measures a predetermined measurement item, a display capable of displaying the result of the measurement performed by the measuring section, a battery that supplies electric power for driving the measuring section and the display, and a processor including an action controller that prevents switching to a display mode that causes the display to display the measurement result in a case where the remaining battery level of the battery is lower than a predetermined value.
US10983474B1
A waste toner detection device includes a stirring shaft for stirring waste toners, a transmission member moveable in response to a rotational load of the stirring shaft between an engaged position and a disengaged position where the transmission member does not transmit rotation to the stirring shaft, a rotary arm drivenable by the transmission member when the transmission member is located at the disengaged position, and an indication member. The indication member is restricted by the rotary arm at a retracted position when the rotary arm is located at a locked position, and the indication member is driven by a biasing force to move to an extended position when the rotary arm is located at a released position. As a result, the waste toner detection device can accurately detects whether the amount of the waste toners stored in a waste toner container has reached a predetermined amount.
US10983472B2
In a feeding direction of a recording material, a recording material cooling device is provided downstream of a fixing device, a curl reducing device is provided downstream of the recording material cooling device, and another recording material cooling device is provided downstream of the curl reducing device. By this configuration, occurrence of image defect by the recording material cooling device during the feeding of the recording material can be suppressed, and the curling of the recording material can be reduced after the recording material is cooled.
US10983464B2
A plurality of electric conductors provided on a substrate of a heater of an image heating device has a conductor group A including a plurality of first electric conductors and a conductor group B including a plurality of second electric conductors. The plurality of first electric conductors each have a first portion having a width W1 and a second portion having a width W2 smaller than the width W1, are provided on the substrate to be arranged side by side in a width direction. The plurality of second electric conductors each have a width W3 larger than the width W2, are provided on the substrate to be arranged side by side in a width direction so as to partially overlap the second portion.
US10983448B2
An objective lens protection device, objective lens system and lithographic device. The objective lens protection device includes a main structure provided with, oppositely disposed, an air supply unit and extraction unit. The air supply unit is used to output air. The extraction unit extracts air output by the air supply unit to form at least one layer of air curtain between the air supply unit and extraction unit. The objective lens protection device can effectively control the flow rate of wind discharge, controlling wind in a laminar flow state and ensuring uniform flow field of the air curtain, and can effectively block organic matters volatilized from the bottom up, eliminate opportunity for a direct contact of the organic matters with the lens, and prevent objective lens from contamination by the volatilization of the organic matters of photoresist, thus ensuring the imaging quality of the objective lens.
US10983440B2
A method including: obtaining a relationship between a performance indicator of a substrate measurement recipe and a parameter of the substrate measurement recipe; deriving a range of the parameter from the relationship, wherein absolute values of the performance indicator satisfy a first condition or a magnitude of variation of the performance indicator satisfies a second condition, when the first parameter is in the range; selecting a substrate measurement recipe that has the parameter in the range; and inspecting a substrate with the selected substrate measurement recipe.
US10983435B2
An electrophotographic device equipped with a negatively-charged laminated electrophotographic photoreceptor that can be charged by a scorotron charging method, and includes a conductive substrate, and a charge generation layer and a charge transport layer sequentially provided on the conductive substrate, wherein the charge generation layer contains a charge generation material and a resin binder that is a poly(vinyl butyral) resin binder, and the charge transport layer contains a charge transport material that is either or both of stilbene compounds represented by Formula (1) and Formula (2), a binder resin, and an oxidation inhibitor that is tribenzylamine represented by Formula 3, wherein the conductive substrate is cylindrical, the electrophotographic photoreceptor has a difference between a maximum value and a minimum value of a surface potential in a circumferential direction, after exposure to ozone at an exposure dose of 100 ppm·h, that is 12 V or less.
US10983428B2
A mask includes a substrate, a main pattern, a first assist pattern, and a second assist pattern. The main pattern is disposed on the substrate. The main pattern includes a first pattern and second patterns. Two of the second patterns are disposed at two opposite sides of the first pattern in a first direction. The first assist pattern is disposed on the substrate and disposed in the main pattern. The second assist pattern is disposed on the substrate and disposed outside the main pattern. The first assist pattern disposed in the main pattern may be used to improve the pattern transferring performance in a photolithography process using the mask.
US10983426B2
A projector includes a first light modulation device, a second light modulation device, a third light modulation device, a first light source configured to emit excitation light, a fluorescence emitting element which is excited by the excitation light to emit fluorescence toward an incidence side of the excitation light, a first dichroic mirror configured to guide the excitation light to the fluorescence emitting element, and separate the fluorescence emitted from the fluorescence emitting element into first colored light and second colored light, and a second dichroic mirror configured to guide the excitation light to the first dichroic mirror, and reflect the second colored light separated by the first dichroic mirror, wherein the first colored light separated by the first dichroic mirror enters the first light modulation device, and the second colored light reflected by the second dichroic mirror enters the second light modulation device.
US10983425B2
A projector includes a cooler cooling a cooling target based on transformation of refrigerant into gas. A refrigerant generator of the cooler includes a moisture absorbing and releasing member, a first blower, a heat exchanger, a heater, a second blower, a first circulation duct through which the air sent to the moisture absorbing and releasing member from the heat exchanger passes, and a second circulation duct through which the air sent to the heat exchanger from the moisture absorbing and releasing member passes. The second circulation duct includes a second opening disposed in a position where the second opening and a first opening of the first circulation duct sandwich the moisture absorbing and releasing member in a predetermined direction. An opening area of the second opening is smaller than an opening area of the first opening. When viewed along the predetermined direction, the entire second opening overlaps the first opening.
US10983424B2
An image projection apparatus configured to project a projection image on a projected surface via a projection optical system that includes a first optical system capable of adjusting a curvature amount of an image plane and is interchangeably attached to the image projection apparatus includes an acquirer configured to acquire information on a reference position of the first optical system, and a controller configured to move the first optical system to the reference position when detecting an interchange of the projection optical system or when accepting an instruction from a user.
US10983421B2
Provided is a video image converter that generates attitude data of a projector based on motion data in projecting moving picture data, stores the attitude data in a storage unit, corrects the moving picture data based on the attitude data, and stores the corrected moving picture data in the storage unit. The projector plays back the corrected moving picture data stored in the storage unit and projects the corrected moving picture data onto a projection plane. A cradle supports the projector and changes an attitude of the projector based on the attitude data stored in the storage unit.
US10983405B2
A method, comprising: forming a patterned layer of matrix material and/or one or more patterned layers of colour filter material in situ over a support film; forming in situ over said support film a stack of layers defining electrical circuitry via which each of an array of pixel electrodes is independently addressable; wherein forming said stack of layers comprises forming in situ over said patterned layer of matrix material and/or one or more patterned layers of colour filter material at least: a patterned conductor layer defining an array of source conductors and an array of drain conductors; a layer of semiconductor channel material defining semiconductor channels between the source and drain conductors; and another patterned conductor layer defining an array of gate conductors providing gate electrodes in said channel regions.
US10983404B2
A display device according to an exemplary embodiment includes: a first substrate; first data pads that are disposed in a first row extending along a first direction on the first substrate, second data pads that are disposed in a second row extending along the first direction on the first substrate, gate pads that are disposed in the first row and are not disposed in the second row on the first substrate, data lines that are connected with the first data pads and the second data pads on the first substrate, and control signal lines that are connected the gate pads, wherein the control signal lines extend in a side area of the second data pads from the gate pads.
US10983397B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a phase film substrate, a manufacturing method thereof, and a display device. The phase film substrate includes a base film and a liquid crystal polymer layer on the base film. The liquid crystal polymer layer includes a plurality of strip-shaped liquid crystal sub-layers arranged in parallel in a first direction of the base film. Widths of the plurality of strip-shaped liquid crystal sub-layers in the first direction gradually decrease from a center of the base film to edges of the base film in the first direction, and the first direction is a direction in which the phase film substrate receives force and extends when it is attached to a display panel.
US10983396B2
The present invention relates to a method for producing a liquid crystal panel. The method includes curing a first reactive mesogen layer with ultraviolet light at an illuminance within a range of 40 to 90 mW/cm2. The liquid crystal panel includes a first transparent base material, a TFT layer and a first alignment film stacked in order on the first transparent base material, a second transparent base material, a color filter layer, an in-cell retardation layer, and a second alignment film stacked in order on the second transparent base material, a liquid crystal layer sandwiched between the first alignment film and the second alignment film, an out-cell retardation layer disposed on a side opposite to a color filter layer side of the second transparent base material, and a pair of linearly polarizing plates arranged so as to sandwich the first transparent base material and the out-cell retardation layer and having transmission axes orthogonal to each other. The in-cell retardation layer includes the first reactive mesogen layer and a second reactive mesogen layer. The first reactive mesogen layer and the second reactive mesogen layer have different material wavelength dispersibilities and have slow axes arranged orthogonal to each other.
US10983388B2
Disclosed is a display device capable of preventing a problem related with a bluish image at a lateral viewing angle by the use of optical-path adjustment film on an upper surface of a display panel, wherein the display device may include a display panel, and an optical-path adjustment film on the display panel, wherein the optical-path adjustment film includes a plurality of dome patterns, and a cover layer on the plurality of dome patterns, wherein a refractive index of the plurality of dome patterns is different from a refractive index of the cover layer.
US10983387B2
A first organic insulating film is arranged in a circumference area outside an active area on a first substrate. A circumference color filter is arranged in the circumference area on a second substrate. A second organic insulating film covers the circumference color filter. A seal material is arranged between the first and second organic insulating films to attach the first substrate and the second substrate. The seal material extends up to a position in which end portions of the first and second substrates overlap. A first spacer is arranged between the first and second organic insulating films in the circumference area. The first spacer is arranged on an active area side in the seal material. A second spacer is formed between the first and second organic insulating films in a position in which the end portions of the substrates overlap.
US10983384B2
A polarizer includes a light uniformizing structure. The light uniformizing structure includes a light-diffusion particle layer. The light-diffusion particle layer is configured to improve uniformity of light rays passing through the polarizer.
US10983378B2
A display device, comprising: a back plate, a middle frame, a limiting member, an optical film, and a display panel. The back plate comprises: a bottom plate, and a side wall protruding from the bottom plate. The middle frame comprises a first frame body located above the bottom plate, and a second frame body covering the side wall. The first frame body is provided with two opposite surfaces, and an opening penetrating through the two surfaces. The optical film comprises a lug portion disposed at the opening of the middle frame. The limiting member is detachably connected to the middle frame and is pluggably connected to the lug portion of the optical film. The display panel is fixed to the middle frame.
US10983377B2
Provided is a PSA sheet that can be processed with excellent precision while providing excellent light-blocking properties in an in-plane direction and in the thickness direction in an embodiment where the support substrate has a limited thickness. The PSA sheet has a support substrate having a thickness less than 75 μm and a PSA layer placed at least on one face of the support substrate. The PSA sheet has light transmittances of 0.04% or lower in XY and Z directions thereof.
US10983376B2
A measuring device includes a housing and a power source, a conductive detecting unit arranged in the housing and connected with the power source, a carrier facing the conductive detecting unit, connection terminals arranged on the carrier and connected with the power source, and a lifting mechanism configured to control the conductive detecting unit and the carrier to move relatively in the first direction. wherein the The carrying surface of the carrier is parallel to the main surface of the conductive detecting unit, and the first direction is a direction perpendicular to the carrying surface.
US10983370B2
An optical phase shifter is described, which includes an optical waveguide which is realized in a substrate and has an optical conduction surface within the substrate, the optical conduction surface including at least a first region having a first doping and at least two second regions having a second doping that differs from the first doping. The first region is situated between the two second regions.
US10983369B2
A silicon modulator where the doping profile varies along the lateral and/or longitudinal position in the transition zones to achieve improved performance in terms of either optical attenuation or contact access resistance or both. A silicon-based modulator includes a waveguide core that is a PN junction region; a first transition zone that is a P-side region adjacent to the waveguide core and a first electrode; and a second transition zone that is an N-side region adjacent to the waveguide core on an opposite side as the first transition region and a second electrode; wherein a thickness of each of the first transition zone and the second transition zone is variable in any of a lateral direction, a longitudinal direction, and both the lateral direction and the longitudinal direction, each of the lateral direction and the longitudinal direction are relative to the waveguide core.
US10983366B2
A method for treating a patient having a vestibular malady is provided. The method comprises (a) diagnosing the patient as having a vestibular malady; and (b) prescribing eyewear to the patient as a treatment of the vestibular malady, either alone or in conjunction with undertaking vestibular rehabilitation while wearing the eyewear. The eyewear (201) has a first lens (205) which extends over the field of vision of a first eye, wherein the first lens has first (207) and second (209) distinct optical regions. The eyewear imparts vision to the first eye which is characterized by a central vision having a first optical quality and a peripheral vision having a second optical quality.
US10983363B2
A method for stabilizing a video sequence comprises: obtaining an indication of camera movement from acquisition of a previous camera frame to acquisition of a current camera frame; determining an orientation for the camera at a time of acquiring the current camera frame; and determining a candidate orientation for a crop frame for the current camera frame by adjusting an orientation of a crop frame associated with the previous camera frame according to the determined orientation. A boundary of one of the camera frame or crop frame is traversed to determine if a specific point on the boundary of the crop frame exceeds a boundary of the camera frame. If so, a rotation of the specific point location which would bring the specific point location onto the boundary of the crop frame is determined and the candidate crop frame orientation updated accordingly before the crop frame is displayed.
US10983360B2
An optical device able to change the direction of propagation of a light beam. The optical device allows a wide range of adjustment of the direction of the light beam, said optical device including, in the direction of propagation of the light beam, an overall divergent group of lenses and an overall convergent group of lenses. The overall divergent group of lenses contains, in the direction of propagation of the light beam, a fixed lens, and an optical module comprising at least one movable optical element able to change the direction of propagation of the light beam emerging from the overall divergent group of lenses.
US10983348B2
A head mount wearable device is provided. The housing includes a first surface and a second surface, in which the first surface faces the face of a user and the second surface is opposite to the first surface when a user wears the head mount wearable device, a pair of lenses disposed inside at least one opening formed through the housing from the first surface to the second surface, at least one mounting member connected to the housing and configured to be worn by a user where the pair of lenses are positioned in front of the eyes of a user, and a holder assembly formed on the second surface or close to the second surface to hold a mobile device including a display and holding the mobile device where the display of the mobile device faces the opening.
US10983346B2
Apparatuses and systems including curved optical waveguides, and methods for use include an output-grating of a curved waveguide that includes a spatially modulated grating period configured to cause, for each beam of light corresponding to an image coupled into a bulk-substrate of the curved waveguide by an input-grating, corresponding rays of light output from different locations of the output-grating to be substantially collimated. Adaptive optics of a display engine compensate for aberrations that vary over a field-of-view associated with light corresponding to the image out-coupled by the output-grating. Further, a curved portion of the curved waveguide is designed to keep internally reflected light below a critical angle to prevent inadvertent out-coupling thereof. Further, curved surfaces of the curved waveguide can include polynomial surfaces to compensate for lateral color errors and distortion.
US10983343B2
A display system according to an aspect includes a screen, a drive control unit, and a projection unit. The drive control unit has the screen moved in a movement direction. The projection unit renders an image on the screen by irradiating the screen with a light beam that scans the screen and projects a virtual image onto a projection plane with the light beam transmitted through the screen. The drive control unit has the screen moved in the movement direction such that an optical path leading to a rendering point on the screen varies its length according to a tilt angle defined by the projection plane with respect to a reference plane.
US10983337B2
An adjustment structure for depth of field, a display device, and a control method thereof. The adjustment structure for depth of field includes: a first substrate, a second substrate and a lens layer located between the first substrate and the second substrate. The lens layer includes a plurality of lens units; each of the plurality of lens units includes two electrodes and a lens located between the two electrodes with an adjustable focal length; the lens includes charged particles and a first transparent insulating liquid encapsulated by a transparent flexible film; the charged particles include positively charged particles and negatively charged particles.
US10983334B2
A mirror assembly has one or more axes of motion and includes a mirror that is movable and forms an acute angle with a plane orthogonal to its axis of motion. The mirror assembly may include a first reflective mirror surface in the incoming optical path that is movable and forms an acute angle with a plane orthogonal to its axis of motion, and a second reflective mirror surface in the outgoing optical path that is movable and forms an acute angle with a plane orthogonal to its axis of motion and is moveable in a linear translation to scan the mirror in the interferometer in a way to generate a normal interferogram.
US10983328B2
Polarized light which is emitted from an optical fiber becomes circular polarized light by passing through a first quarter wave plate. The circular polarized light which has entered a second quarter wave plate is converted into nearly linear polarized light which has S polarization. P polarization components are removed from the nearly linear polarized light by a polarizer, but the polarizer is not always necessary. The optical axis of the polarizer is set to be a direction which allows transmitting of S polarized light. The light that has passed through the polarizer is separated into diffracted lights by a diffraction grating, and is used as the structured illumination light.
US10983325B2
Method and system for trans-illumination imaging. In an exemplary method, a sample is irradiated in a well. The sample may include biological cells and a liquid or semi-solid medium that forms a meniscus. The step of irradiating may be performed with an array of light sources generating light of respective light beams that are incident on the meniscus at different orientations from one another. One or more images may be detected. A proportional contribution of light from two or more subsets of the light sources to the one or more images may be controlled by differential energization of the two or more subsets relative to one another to compensate for refraction by the meniscus and improve contrast.
US10983322B2
A single plane illumination microscope having an illumination optical system for illuminating a sample located on a sample carrier in a medium, and which is parallel to a planar reference surface. The sample is illuminated by a light sheet via an illumination light path. A detection optical system has a detection beam path. The optical axes of the illumination and detection optical systems each define an angle that is not equal to zero degrees along with the normal to the reference surface. A barrier layer system includes at least one layer of a given material having a given thickness and separates the medium from the illumination and detection optical systems. A base area of the barrier layer system is in contact with the region that is accessible for illumination and detection activities, said base area running parallel to the reference surface. At least one corrective element in the illumination beam path and/or the detection beam path allows those aberrations to be reduced which are created when light to be detected or light for illuminating the sample penetrates interfaces of the barrier layer system at an angle. The microscope has means, which are independent of the generation of the light sheet, for applying, via at least one manipulation beam path, light intensity to the sample in substantially point-shaped regions of the light sheet plane or in a given volume that at least temporarily encompasses the light sheet plane.
US10983319B2
To enable observation of the operating site to be continued more easily in the case in which the picture of the operating site is no longer displayed normally. Provided is a surgical microscope device including: a microscope unit that images an observation target, and outputs a picture signal; a support unit that supports the microscope unit, and is configured as a balance arm; and an auxiliary observation device that is attachable to the microscope unit or the support unit, and is configured to enable observation of an observation range provided by the microscope unit.
US10983313B1
An anamorphic lens, which includes a cylindrical lens and a spherical lens arranged in sequence from the object side to the image side. The first lens, the second lens, and the third lens are arranged in sequence from the object side to the image side, the first lens and the second lens are cylindrical lenses with negative refractive power, and the third lens has positive refractive power Cylindrical lens. Using the optical characteristics of the cylindrical lens, the incoming horizontal light is “compressed”, while the light entering the vertical field of view remains unchanged. After the comprehensive aberration correction of the light, the horizontal field of view angle is increased by 33%. Achieve 1.33× anamorphic shooting. At the same time, because the lens of this solution is smaller in size, lighter in weight, and relatively low in cost, it can better meet the needs of most ordinary users.
US10983310B2
The present disclosure discloses a camera optical lens. The camera optical lens including, in an order from an object side to an image side, a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens, a fifth lens, and a sixth lens. The first lens is made of plastic material, the second lens is made of plastic material, the third lens is made of glass material, the fourth lens is made of plastic material, the fifth lens is made of plastic material, and the sixth lens is made of plastic material. The camera optical lens further satisfies specific conditions.
US10983303B2
The present embodiment of the present invention relates to a lens driving device, comprising: a housing; a bobbin disposed in the housing; a first coil disposed on the bobbin; a magnet which is disposed on the housing and faces the first coil; a base disposed under the housing; a substrate which is disposed on an upper surface of the base and comprises a circuit member including a second coil facing the magnet; an upper elastic member disposed on an upper portion of the bobbin and coupled to the bobbin and the housing; a support member coupled to the upper elastic member; and a terminal member elastically connecting the support member with the substrate, wherein the terminal member comprises; a first connector coupled to the substrate; and a second connector coupled to the support member; and wherein the second connector is disposed at a position lower than the first connector.
US10983301B2
A lens driving device is provided, including: a holder member; a bobbin disposed at an inner side of the holder member; a magnet disposed at the holder member; a first coil unit disposed at the bobbin, and facing the magnet; a first support member coupled to the holder member and the bobbin; and a detection sensor disposed at the bobbin, and configured to detect magnetic force of the magnet, wherein the magnet includes a facing surface and an opposite surface disposed at an opposite side of the facing surface, wherein a polarity of the facing surface and a polarity of the opposite surface are different from each other, wherein a polarity of an upper portion of the facing surface and a polarity of a lower portion of the facing surface are different from each other. According to an embodiment, Hall output detected by the detection sensor can be enhanced.
US10983300B2
The present disclosure provides a lens driving apparatus. The lens driving apparatus includes a base, a barrel, two elastic members sandwiched between the barrel and the base, and a conductive wire connecting the two elastic members to form a current loop with the two elastic members. The base includes a pedestal and a conductive terminal embedded in the pedestal and electrically connected to outside. The two elastic members are electrically connected with the conductive terminal for driving the barrel to reciprocate in a direction of an optical axis. At least one of the two elastic members is made of memory alloys.
US10983295B2
An optical cable comprising an optical core and an external sheath surrounding the optical core, wherein the external sheath comprises an inner layer circumferentially enclosing the optical core and an outer layer circumferentially enclosing the inner layer and comprising at least one longitudinal cavity accessible from outside the external sheath and extending through at least a portion of the outer layer thickness. The inner and outer layers of the external sheath are made of a first material having a first tensile strength, while the cavities in the outer layer are filled with a second material having a second tensile strength lower than the first tensile strength.
US10983290B2
A fiber optic connector having a push/pull tab wherein the push/pull tab travel is limited by an internal stop to release a connector from a receptacle, and the push/pull tab is releasably secured from connector. The push/pull tab has a plural of securing protrusions that secure the tab to the connector housing.
US10983278B2
An apparatus comprises a substrate having a plateau region and a trench region, a metal layer over the plateau region, a semiconductor component over the trench region, wherein a gap is between the plateau region and the semiconductor component, an adhesion promoter layer over the plateau region, the semiconductor component and the gap, a dielectric layer over the adhesion promoter layer and a bonding interface formed between the adhesion promoter layer and the dielectric layer, wherein the bonding interface comprises a chemical structure comprising a first dielectric material of the adhesion promoter layer and a second dielectric material of the dielectric layer.
US10983270B2
An intravascular or other 2D or 3D imaging apparatus can include a minimally-invasive distal imaging guidewire portion. A plurality of thin optical fibers can be circumferentially distributed about a cylindrical guidewire core, such as in an spiral-wound or otherwise attached optical fiber ribbon. A low refractive index coating, high numerical aperture (NA) fiber, or other technique can be used to overcome challenges of using extremely thin optical fibers. Coating and ribbonizing techniques are described. Also described are non-uniform refractive index peak amplitudes or wavelengths techniques for FBG writing, using a depressed index optical cladding, chirping, a self-aligned connector, optical fiber routing and alignment techniques for a system connector, and an adapter for connecting to standard optical fiber coupling connectors.
US10983267B2
A quasi-single-mode (QSM) optical fiber includes a core and a cladding surrounding the core. The core includes a centerline and an outer edge. The cladding includes an interior edge and an exterior edge. The cladding has a cladding outer diameter defined by the exterior edge of the cladding. The cladding outer diameter may be in the range of greater than 170 μm to about 200 μm. The QSM fiber has a cabled cutoff wavelength that is greater than about 1530 nm. The core and the cladding support a fundamental mode LP01 and a higher-order mode LP11. The fundamental mode LP01 has an effective area Aeff>150 μm2.
US10983262B2
Rotational geometric phase hologram with application for fabricating geometric phase optical element
A rotational geometric phase hologram has geometric phase optical elements (GPOEs) serially cascaded along a common optical axis to form a GPOE cascade used for receiving a linearly-polarized light beam and generating output light beams at an exit surface of the last GPOE. Interference occurred in the output light beams creates a polarization interference pattern on the exit surface. A photoalignment substrate, when positioned in close proximity to the exit surface, records the pattern. Advantageously, each GPOE is rotatable about the common optical axis. Respective rotation angles of the GPOEs are determined according to a spatially-varying linear polarization orientation distribution selected to be generated for the polarization interference pattern. Particularly, the respective rotation angles are reconfigurable to provide the periodicity required for the spatially-varying linear polarization orientation distribution over a range of allowed periodicities while keeping the periodicity of spatially-varying optic axis orientation distribution of each GPOE to be fixed.
US10983261B2
A panel device according to various embodiments of the disclosure includes a display panel including a plurality of pixels and a polarization panel including a first polarization pattern and a second polarization pattern and disposed on the display panel to allow a boundary line between the first polarization pattern and the second polarization pattern to divide each of the pixels into a first area corresponding to the first polarization pattern and a second area corresponding to the second polarization pattern.
US10983247B2
The present disclosure describes various systems and methods for measuring environmental parameters. In one embodiment, such as system comprises a pole that is equipped with various instruments (sensors) at various heights along the length of the pole. With such an instrumented pole, a local vertical profile of parameters that relate to wind conditions and air quality can be obtained. These parameters can include one or more of wind speed and direction, air turbulence, air temperature and humidity, concentrations of pollutant gases within the air, and concentrations of pollutant particles within the air. In some embodiments, the system can further measure other parameters that are relevant to the migration of the air and, therefore, the pollutants it contains.
US10983234B2
This disclosure is directed to processes and systems that generate enhanced-resolution seismic images by interpolating sparsely recorded seismic data. Structured dictionary learning is employed to train a set of basis vectors, called “atoms,” and corresponding sparse coefficients on patches of the recorded seismic data. The atoms are constrained to represent the geometric structure of reflection events in the recorded seismic data gather. Linear combinations of the atoms are used to compute interpolated patches over a finer receiver-coordinate grid. The interpolated patches replace the original patches in the recorded seismic data to obtain interpolated seismic data that can be used to generate an image of the subterranean formation.
US10983223B2
A method for determining geolocation of a UAV near a power grid includes detecting, via a transceiver, a carrier signal transmitted from a first grid node to identify the node's fixed geolocation. A response signal may be transmitted from a second grid node in response to the carrier signal to identify a fixed geolocation of the second grid node, or the UAV may process the carrier signal. A processor determines time-of-flight of the carrier signal, e.g., using the response signal, and derives the UAV's geolocation using the time-of-flight. Determining time-of-flight may include referencing a lookup table indexed by time-of-arrival at the transceiver of the modulated carrier and response signals. A timestamp may indicate time-of-transmission of the carrier and response signals, respectively. Deriving geolocation may include subtracting time-of-transmission of the response signal from that of the carrier signal. A system includes the processor and transceiver.
US10983221B2
A receiver processes Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) signals transmitted from satellites and non-satellite signals transmitted from beacons. The receiver comprises a symbol-rate synchronous vector channelizer configured to downconvert and channelize a plurality of received navigation signals to produce a vector signal with a sample rate equal to a baseband symbol rate of at least one navigation signal, less any offset due to Analog-to-Digital Converter clock error. A despreader is communicatively coupled to the channelizer and configured to exploit properties of baseband symbol data in the navigation signal to blindly despread the vector signal and extract the plurality of received navigation signals.
US10983218B2
Methods and systems for performing three-dimensional (3-D) LIDAR measurements with multiple illumination beams scanned over a 3-D environment are described herein. In one aspect, illumination light from each LIDAR measurement channel is emitted to the surrounding environment in a different direction by a beam scanning device. The beam scanning device also directs each amount of return measurement light onto a corresponding photodetector. In some embodiments, a beam scanning device includes a scanning mirror rotated in an oscillatory manner about an axis of rotation by an actuator in accordance with command signals generated by a master controller. In some embodiments, the light source and photodetector associated with each LIDAR measurement channel are moved in two dimensions relative to beam shaping optics employed to collimate light emitted from the light source. The relative motion causes the illumination beams to sweep over a range of the 3-D environment under measurement.
US10983216B2
A depth of field imaging apparatus includes a light field imager and a time of flight imager combined in a single on-chip architecture. This hybrid device enables simultaneous capture of a light field image and a time of flight image of an object scene. Algorithms are described, which enable the simultaneous acquisition of light field images and a time of flight images. Associated hybrid pixel structures, device arrays (hybrid imaging systems), and device applications are disclosed.
US10983209B2
A system for producing an image includes a MW (microwave) transmitter, configured to transmit a MW towards an object, and a MW receiver, configured to detect a MW signal received from the object. A processor is programmed to produce an image of the object by compensating both phase shifts and amplitude losses for frequency dependency in a plurality of detected MW signals.
US10983202B2
Provided is a sensor part having a vibrating member and a mounting method therefor that allows the sensor part to be mounted to a target member such as a bumper in a simple, efficient and reliable manner. The sensor part includes a first assembly (3) including a tubular first case (5), a vibrating member (7) temporarily retained by the first case, and a pressing member (12) slidably supported in the first case, and a second assembly (4) including a second case (34) to be connected to the first case, and a circuit board (35) for controlling the vibrating member. After the first case is fixed to the target member, the pressing member is pushed so as to release the vibrating member from the temporal retention, and press the vibrating member against the target member.
US10983199B2
Perception sensors of a vehicle can be used for various operating functions of the vehicle. A computing device may receive sensor data from the perception sensors, and may calibrate the perception sensors using the sensor data, to enable effective operation of the vehicle. To calibrate the sensors, the computing device may project the sensor data into a voxel space, and determine a voxel score comprising an occupancy score and a residual value for each voxel. The computing device may then adjust an estimated position and/or orientation of the sensors, and associated sensor data, from at least one perception sensor to minimize the voxel score. The computing device may calibrate the sensor using the adjustments corresponding to the minimized voxel score. Additionally, the computing device may be configured to calculate an error in a position associated with the vehicle by calibrating data corresponding to a same point captured at different times.
US10983191B2
A system and method may include receiving, by multiple vessel nodes, RF signals communicated from a target node coupled to a target object. A range measurement between respective vessel nodes and the target node may be determined. A range measurement from at least two of the vessel nodes may be received. Relative geographic coordinates of the vessel and the target node using the range measurements received from the at least two vessel nodes may be determined. The relative geographic coordinates of the vessel and target object may be determined.
US10983190B2
A PNT sensor short-range relay communication system includes an electronic PNT sensor module configured to determine a first position of the PNT sensor module and to output a PNT signal indicating a second position of the PNT sensor module with respect to the first position. A mobile relay module is in signal communication with the PNT sensor module. The mobile relay module is configured to communicate the PNT signal to at least one terminal device located remotely from the PNT sensor module and the mobile relay module. In this manner, positional information can be determined without relying on a satellite navigation system.
US10983188B2
An obstacle notification apparatus of the embodiment is mounted in a vehicle, and includes a probing result acquiring section that sequentially acquires reception intensity of a reflected wave corresponding to a probing wave reflected back by an object, the reflected wave being received by a probing wave transmitting and receiving apparatus transmitting the probing wave in a traveling direction of the vehicle and receiving the reflected wave; an obstacle determining section that determines whether or not an obstacle, which is an object presence of which a driver of the vehicle is to be notified of, is present in the traveling direction of the vehicle, by using the reception intensity of the reflected wave acquired by the probing result acquiring section; a notification processing section that performs a notification process for notifying the driver of the presence of the obstacle based on determination of the presence of the obstacle by the obstacle determining section; an image data acquiring section that acquires image data taken by a camera including, within an image taking range, an arrival range of the probing wave transmitted by the probing wave transmitting and receiving apparatus; and a noise element detecting section that detects presence of a noise element by analyzing the image data acquired by the image data acquiring section, the noise element being an element which is able to reflect the probing wave and which is preset as an element of which the driver need not be notified. The obstacle determining section determines whether or not the obstacle is present by using a less easily satisfied condition in a case where the noise element detecting section has detected the noise element than that used in a case where the noise element detecting section has not detected the noise element.
US10983174B2
An excitation unit applies, to an excitation coil, an excitation voltage with a voltage level alternately changing between a first high voltage value higher than a reference voltage value and a first low voltage value lower than the reference voltage value. The excitation unit includes a comparison circuit and a voltage switching circuit. The comparison circuit outputs a comparison signal having a voltage level switching between a high level and a low level depending on whether a detection voltage is greater than, or equal to or less than, a threshold voltage. The voltage switching circuit switches the voltage level of the excitation voltage between the first high voltage value and the first low voltage value according to the voltage level of the comparison signal.
US10983165B2
A battery system has a cell, a substrate mounted on the cell, and monitoring circuitry on the substrate and exclusively powered by the cell. The battery system also has a switch on the substrate electrically between the cell and monitoring circuit, and control circuitry on the substrate. The control circuitry, responsive to a value of a parameter of the cell measured by the monitoring circuitry falling outside a predefined range, opens the switch to electrically disconnect the monitoring circuit from the cell.
US10983161B2
An integrated circuit, comprising functional circuitry and testing circuitry. A first set of pads is operable in a first state for communicating testing signals to the testing circuitry and operable in a second state for communicating input/output signals to the functional circuitry. A second set of pads, differing from the first set of pads, is operable in the second state for communicating testing signals to the testing circuitry for testing signals associated in the second state with the first set of pads.
US10983158B2
A method for evaluating crystal defects by which a distribution of the crystal defects present in a silicon wafer is evaluated, includes forming an oxide film having a thickness equal to a crystal defect size to be evaluated on the silicon wafer, measuring GOI characteristics of the silicon wafer, and obtaining the distribution of the crystal defects having the crystal defect size to be evaluated in the silicon wafer from a measurement result of the GOI characteristics on a supposition that the crystal defects whose size is equivalent to the thickness of the oxide film are present in a region where the GOI characteristics are degraded. Consequently, the method for evaluating crystal defects by which a distribution of the crystal defects can be obtained even if a crystal defect size is 10 nm or less.
US10983152B2
A device for determining impedance at a data pin of a communication interface. In one embodiment, the device includes a current source configured to selectively inject a test current to the data pin. The device also includes a sensing circuit for sensing a first test voltage corresponding to a voltage at the data pin without the test current injected, and a second test voltage corresponding to another voltage at the data pin with the test current injected. The sensing circuit determines the impedance at the data pin based on the first test voltage and the second test voltage.
US10983140B2
A piezoelectric acceleration sensor provided by the present invention comprises: a housing, wherein the housing is internally molded with an installation chamber, and one side face of the housing is provided with a cable connector; an adjustment structure, configured to adjustably connect the housing position to a to-be-measured object, so as to adjust the relative position between the to-be-measured object and the cable connector; and a charge output structure, installed in the installation chamber and configured to induce vibration and output electric signals, wherein the charge output structure is electrically connected with the cable connector. Through the adjustment structure, the housing position can be adjustably connected to the to-be-measured object, such that the cable connector keeps away from the position of obstacles, and the position of the cable connector can be flexibly adjusted, thereby facilitating installation.
US10983132B2
A dosage form of glucose and a method of performing an oral glucose tolerance test or challenge test on a patient are disclosed. The dosage form of glucose may be a drinkable gel formulation and include water, a primary gelling agent, and a pH adjuster. The water, the primary gelling agent, and the pH adjuster may be present in amounts which ensure proper hydration and a formation of a firm gel with a bloom grade of at least 100, which can be sheared to make it more fluid, such that it is a drinkable gel.
US10983127B2
The present invention relates to a device of diagnosing a colorectal cancer and a method for providing colorectal cancer diagnosis information. A colorectal cancer diagnosing device according to the present invention includes: an input unit which acquires mass spectrometry data measured from a biological sample; a concentration detecting unit which measures a concentration of nudifloramide from the acquired mass spectrometry data; and a diagnosing unit which determines diagnosis information of the colorectal cancer based on a measurement result of the concentration detecting unit.
US10983121B2
Compositions and methods are provided for detection, diagnosis and prognosis of Lyme disease (LD), including a method for confirming Borrelia spp. infection by contacting, in vitro, whole blood samples from subjects suspected of having LD with synthetic peptides comprising T-cell epitope-containing regions derived from Borrelia proteins that are expressed at different stages of Lyme disease, and indirectly detecting LD-specific activated T-cells by determining production of a T-cell immune response indicator (e.g., interferon-Y) in response to stimulation by the peptides. Also disclosed are methods for predicting elimination of LD spirochetes in LD patients who have undergone LD treatment, by exposing whole blood samples from such subjects to peptides comprising specific T-cell epitope regions of Borrelia proteins that are expressed at different stages of Lyme disease, and confirming a lack of Borrelia-specific activated T-cells in the samples by the absence of a detectable T-cell immune response indicator (e.g., interferon-Y).
US10983120B2
Provided herein are methods for assessing response to inflammatory disease therapy. The methods include placing a subject on a therapeutic regimen and subsequently performing an immunoassay to generate a score based on quantitative data for expression of biomarkers relating to inflammatory biomarkers. The methods further include recommending that the subject either remains on the therapeutic regimen, or is removed from the therapeutic regimen, based on the score.
US10983109B2
Compositions and methods for inhibiting, treating, and/or preventing a B-cell neoplasm are provided.
US10983102B2
Systems and methods provide for manufacturing and assembling a single package gas sensor. The method includes: disposing a substrate in a housing; disposing at least one gas sensor die on the substrate; disposing at least one ultraviolet (UV) light emitting diode (LED) on the substrate; and attaching a lid to the housing, wherein the lid includes at least one gas ingress point.
US10983098B2
A liquid chromatograph includes a column 13, a liquid sending unit 11 configured to send a mobile phase to the column 13 at a pressure higher than atmospheric pressure, a first pipe 201a having one end connected to an outlet of the column 13, and a second pipe 201b having one end connected to an end face at the other end of the first pipe 201a with a connection gap sandwiched between the one end of the second pipe and end face, the second pipe 201b having the other end disposed in an ionization chamber 20 having a pressure less than or equal to atmospheric pressure. The liquid chromatograph charges a component of a sample contained in a liquid flowing out from the column 13 by applying voltage to the connection gap, and inner diameters and lengths of the first pipe 201a and the second pipe 201b are determined such that the liquid flowing out from the column 13 passes through the connection gap while maintaining pressure greater than or equal to a saturated vapor pressure of the mobile phase.
US10983091B2
A method is provided of controlling the functionality of a substrate containing at least one nanopore. The method includes the steps of: introducing to the substrate a solution containing a molecular construct having a body formation which defines an aperture and a tail formation extending from the body formation; applying a potential difference across the substrate to thread the tail formation through the nanopore thereby docking the molecular construct to the substrate with the aperture aligned with the nanopore such that the sleeve formation lines the nanopore; and expelling the molecular construct from the substrate by varying the potential difference. A DNA construct for docking to a substrate having a nanopore is also provided, the construct having a body formation which defines an aperture, and a tail formation extending from the body formation for threading through the nanopore to dock the construct to the substrate with the aperture and nanopore in alignment.
US10983090B2
An electrophoresis gel with a gel buffer that includes a gel amine buffer, a primary gel ampholyte, and a conjugate gel ampholyte is disclosed herein. The conjugate gel ampholyte may be selected from threonine and serine.
US10983089B2
When measuring electrophoretic mobility it is customary to apply an electric field and determine the electrophoretic velocity while minimizing all other contributions to the particle movement. A method and apparatus for the measurement of mobility while the sample is flowing is disclosed. Combined with a fractionation system, this approach further enables the direct measurement of individual species' mobility within a multi-modal sample. Other advantages of this new mobility measurement approach include the ability to easily pressurize the sample to suppress electrolysis, mitigation of oxidation-reduction effects and efficient heat dissipation.
US10983088B2
The invention provides novel microfluidic coulometric sensors having a silver (Ag) band electrode longitudinally placed in a microchannel affording visual readout suitable for the naked eye, and methods of fabrication and applications thereof.
US10983082B2
The invention relates to a measurement device comprising a suspended semiconductor wire, a first control circuit designed to apply and/or read a first electrical signal between first and second ends of the suspended semiconductor wire and a second control circuit designed to apply and/or read a second electrical signal between first and second intermediate nodes of the suspended semiconductor wire.
US10983070B2
The invention is a method for characterizing an object (20), comprising the following steps: a) placing the object between a radiation source (10) and a radiation detector (30); b) irradiating the object with the radiation source and detecting radiation transmitted by the object (14) using the radiation detector, the radiation detector defining a plurality of pixels; c) for each pixel (30i), forming an energy spectrum (Si) of the detected radiation, each spectrum comprising at least two distinct energy bands; d) from each spectrum formed in c), estimating, in each pixel, at least two equivalent thicknesses ({circumflex over (L)}i,1 . . . {circumflex over (L)}i,M,{circumflex over (L)}′i,1 . . . {circumflex over (L)}′i,M) respectively associated with at least two basic materials (mat1 . . . matM,mat′1 . . . mat′M); wherein the method comprises, following d), the following steps: e) from the equivalent thicknesses resulting from d), calculating a structural parameter (Pi) of the object in various pixels (30i); f) spatially smoothing the structural parameter calculated in a plurality of pixels; g) from the structural parameter smoothed in each pixel, and from each spectrum formed in c), estimating, in each pixel, regularized equivalent thicknesses ({circumflex over (L)}i,m=1|Pi* . . . {circumflex over (L)}i,m=M|Pi*,{circumflex over (L)}′i,m=1|Pi* . . . {circumflex over (L)}i,m=M|Pi*).
US10983065B2
A reagent test paddle includes a contamination detection medium, a reference color bar, at least one chemical test medium, and a unique identifier. The contamination detection medium includes a reagent that changes color in the presence or when exposed to a hostile or inhospitable environment. Each chemical test medium includes a regent that is responsive to a respective analyte in a biological sample. The reference color bar includes reference color samples of different colors. The unique identifier, like a serial number, identifies the particular paddle and its chemical test medium so it can be uniquely and anonymously associated with a user. A method includes capturing and interpreting digital images of a biologically unexposed and subsequently exposed reagent test paddle at various delay times within an automatically calibrated environment; locating the paddle in a plurality of digital images, extracting the reference color bar and locating the contamination detection medium and chemical test medium in each digital image. Color changes of the chemical test medium and contamination medium are detected at various delay times after sample exposure. To determine validity of test results, the method further compares the detected colors of the contamination detection medium with predetermined colors expected for no contamination and contamination.
US10983057B2
A method for preparing a ratiometric fluorescent sensor for paracetamol based on a copper nanoclusters-carbon dots-arginine composite is provided. Copper nanoclusters CuNCs with red fluorescence are bonded to carbon dots (CDs) with blue fluorescence by electrostatic adsorption and hydrogen bonding, and then arginine is added to form the CuNCs-CDs-arginine composite. The addition of arginine leads to a significant decrease in the blue fluorescence of the CDs, while after the paracetamol is added, the blue fluorescence of the CDs gradually recovered as a result of the specific binding of arginine to paracetamol. The ratiometric fluorescent sensor for paracetamol is constructed by taking the fluorescence of the CuNCs as a reference signal, and the fluorescence of the CDs as a response signal, and fitting the linear relationship between the ratios ICDs/ICuNCs of fluorescence emission peak intensities of CDs and CuNCs and the molar concentrations of paracetamol.
US10983048B2
A terahertz full-polarization-state detection spectrograph is provided, which comprises a terahertz wave generator, a polarizer, a polarizing beam-splitting sheet, a horizontal terahertz detector, and a vertical terahertz detector. The terahertz wave generator produces a terahertz wave, and the purity of the terahertz wave is optimized by the polarizer; a detected sample modulates the terahertz wave, the purity of which is optimized, to obtain a terahertz modulated wave; the polarizing beam-splitting sheet decomposes the terahertz modulated wave into a horizontal terahertz wave and a vertical terahertz wave which are vertical to each other in a polarization state; the two corresponding terahertz detectors are used for detecting the two terahertz waves respectively, and then the characteristics of the detected sample are analyzed according to the detection result.
US10983043B2
A method for categorizing a fracture surface of a component. A digital image of the fracture surface is generated. The digital image or one or more segments of the digital image is/are analyzed, wherein a category of a fracture pattern is assigned to one or more regions of the digital image or of one or more segments based on detection and statistical evaluation of spatial distribution of the smallest homogeneous image units (pixels) or image elements, and, provided that multiple regions and/or multiple segments of the digital image were analyzed, information about the regions and/or details of the digital image and categories of fracture patterns determined and assigned to them are linked to each other, and a category is assigned to the fracture surface based on this link. The method permits automatic, self-learning-categorization of fracture surfaces, for example for series tests carried out for joining technologies.
US10983041B2
A method and system for identification of holographic tracking and identification of features of an object. A holograph is created from scattering off the object, intensity gradients are established for a plurality of pixels in the holograms, the direction of the intensity gradient is determined and those directions analyzed to identify features of the object and enables tracking of the object. Machine learning devices can be trained to estimate particle properties from holographic information.
US10983037B2
A synthetic turf testing apparatus includes a test element, wherein the test element has a contact surface for contacting a synthetic turf surface, wherein the test element includes a temperature sensor for measuring a time dependent surface temperature of the contact surface; a pedestal attached to the test element, wherein the pedestal is configured for applying force to the test element; a carriage for translating the pedestal along a translational path; a guide structure for supporting the carriage and guiding the carriage along the translational path; and an actuator for moving the carriage relative to the guide structure.
US10983035B2
Exosomes carry microRNA biomarkers, occur in higher abundance in cancerous patients than in healthy ones, and because they are present in most biofluids, including blood and urine, can be obtained non-invasively. Standard laboratory techniques to isolate exosomes are expensive, time-consuming, provide poor purity, and recover on the order of 25% of the available exosomes. We present a new microfluidic technique to simultaneously isolate exosomes and preconcentrate them by electrophoresis using a high transverse local electric field generated by ion-depleting ion-selective membrane. We use pressure-driven flow to deliver an exosome sample to a microfluidic chip such that the transverse electric field forces them out of the cross flow and into an agarose gel which filters out unwanted cellular debris while the ion-selective membrane concentrates the exosomes through an enrichment effect. We efficiently isolated exosomes from 1×PBS buffer, cell culture media and blood serum. Using flow rates from 150 μL/hr to 200 μL/hr and field strengths of 100 V/cm, we consistently captured between 60% to 80% of exosomes from buffer, cell culture media, and blood serum as confirmed by both fluorescence spectroscopy and nanoparticle tracking analysis. Our microfluidic chip maintained this recovery rate for more than twenty minutes with a concentration factor of 15 for ten minutes of isolation.
US10983023B2
A pressure sensor assembly includes a tube, wherein a membrane to which the pressure to be measured is applied is arranged in the cross-section of the tube, where the membrane has a high flexural rigidity in a central region and is mounted resiliently in the edge region in the tube via two limbs, and includes a device for detecting the axial displacement which is easily accessible from the outside on the outer side of the tube and is advantageously not in contact with the process medium, and where the pressure sensor assembly has a particularly simple structural configuration, and can be used advantageously in measurement transducers for process instrumentation.
US10983018B2
Disclosed herein is an optical cable comprising a support; flexible protective tubes helically wound around the support, each flexible protective tube comprising an optical fiber comprising an optical core; a cladding disposed on the core; and a primary coating external to the cladding; and a deformable material surrounding the optical fiber; an outer jacket surrounding the flexible protective tubes; wherein each optical fiber is about 0.5% to about 1.5% longer than its respective flexible protective tube; wherein an allowable strain on the optical cable with substantially zero stress on the optical fibers is determined by equations (1) and (2) below: ɛ = π 2 ( D + d 2 ) 2 + p 2 _ π 2 ( D - d 2 ) 2 + p 2 _ π 2 dD _ - 10 dD _ ; ( 1 ) ɛ × 100 = Percent elongation or contraction ; ( 2 ) where d is the amount of optical fiber clearance for free movement within the flexible protective tube, D is an average helical diameter of the helically wound flexible protective tubes, and p is an average helical pitch of the helically wound flexible protective tubes.
US10983014B2
A method for calibrating a temperature measuring device having a temperature measuring unit and having at least one sensor connectable to the temperature measuring unit includes the steps of providing a temperature calibrator having a sensor mount into which the sensor is inserted and heated to a test temperature, inserting the at least one sensor into the sensor mount, setting up a communication channel for a data transmission between the temperature calibrator and the temperature measuring device, and transmitting a calibration value from the temperature calibrator to the temperature measuring device by means of the communication channel.
US10983004B2
A spectrum correction device includes an analyzer configured to analyze a shape of an optical spectrum obtained by measuring a light to be measured using spectrum data representing the optical spectrum, a corrector configured to perform a correction process according to the shape of the optical spectrum to the spectrum data based on an analysis result of the analyzer, and a synthesizer configured to synthesize the spectrum data corrected by the corrector.
US10983000B2
A system for measuring light in a tube is provided. The system includes a tube, a light collecting probe configured to absorb light within the tube, a data acquisition system for determining a level of light associated with light absorbed by the light collecting probe, and a motion system for moving the light collecting probe within the tube.
US10982996B2
A proximity sensing device includes: a light source, a sensing unit, a light guide unit, and a window. The light source emits light, which is guided by the light guide unit to the window. The emitted light reflected by an object is received by the same window. The light guide unit includes a partial-transmissive-partial-reflective (PTPR) optical element, whereby the light emitted from the light source is reflected by the PTPR optical element, while the light reflected by the object passes through the PTPR optical element. There is only one window required.
US10982988B2
A sensor adapter for a device for determining and/or monitoring at least one process variable of a medium in a container with a measuring probe, comprising: at least one adapter measuring probe with at least one adapter electrode, an adapter housing with structure for detachably fastening the sensor adapter on the device, and a contacting unit for the electrical contact of at least one electrode of the device with at least one adapter electrode of the sensor adapter.
US10982986B2
A metering pump includes a chamber having a proximal portion and a distal portion. A piston is movable in the chamber. A drive drives the piston reciprocally form a proximal dead center to a distal dead center. The distal dead center is at the distal portion and the proximal dead center is located at the proximal portion. An outlet valve at the distal portion allows fluid flow from the chamber if the piston is moved in the distal direction and blocks a fluid flow into the chamber if the piston is moved into the proximal direction. A seal seals the chamber if the piston is positioned at the distal dead center. An inlet valve allows a flow of fluid into the chamber if the piston is moved in the proximal direction and blocks a fluid flow out of the chamber if the piston is moved in the distal direction.
US10982981B2
This marking system is provided with: a marking device which has a marking unit which gives a mark for managing the quality of a product, a housing part which houses one or more temperature indicating materials, and a providing unit which provides, to the marking unit, a temperature indicating material selected by the housing part; and a control device which has a storage unit that stores temperature-indicating material information on a developing temperature or/and a decoloring temperature of each of the temperature-indicating materials included in the housing part; and a processing unit that acquires, from a server or an input unit, an appropriate temperature of the product, selects, on the basis of the acquired appropriate temperature of the product and the temperature-indicating material information, a temperature-indicating material, and notifies the providing unit of details of providing the selected temperature-indicating material.
US10982971B2
A method and an apparatus for detecting a background noise of a sensor, relating to the technical field of electronics, are provided. The method for detecting a background noise of a sensor includes: receiving a sampling value output by the sensor and judging whether the sampling value falls within a background noise acceptable range; selecting the sampling value as a current background noise sampling value when the sampling value falls within the background noise acceptable range; and calculating a current background noise of the sensor according to a previous background noise and the current background noise sampling value of the sensor. Also provided is an apparatus for detecting a background noise of a sensor.
US10982952B2
Disclosed are an apparatus for measuring a displacement using a fiber Bragg grating sensor, which is applied to a strain sensor using the fiber Bragg grating sensor, and a method of controlling sensitivity and durability of the same. The apparatus includes: a case forming an external appearance; third and fourth optical fibers having mutually different numbers of strands and installed in the case while being spaced apart from each other by a predetermined interval; and a connection unit installed between the third and fourth optical fibers and fixed at a predetermined position by tension applied to the third and fourth optical fibers, wherein the fiber Bragg grating sensor is installed to one selected from the pair of optical fibers having mutually different numbers of strands, so that measurement sensitivity and durability are controllable.
US10982951B2
An axle-load measuring apparatus measures an axle load of a vehicle by using a captured image where a road and the vehicle on the road are imaged, and the axle-load measuring apparatus includes a displacement calculator, a correction information obtaining unit, and an axle-load calculator. The displacement calculator detects a displacement of the road by using the captured image. The displacement is caused by receiving the axle load. The correction information obtaining unit obtains correction information. An axle-load calculator calculates the axle load by using the displacement and the correction information.
US10982944B1
A method for a system includes applying power to a MEMS device while inhibiting applying power to a processor, thereafter determining first sensed data with the MEMS device in response to first event data, when the first sensed data exceeds a first threshold, determining second sensed data with a second MEMS device in response to second event data, when the second sensed data exceeds a second threshold, applying power to the processor, determining with the processor whether a seismic event is occurring in response to the first and the second sensed data, directing with the processor, an electronically-controllable mechanism to shut-off a utility supply, in response to the seismic event being determined.
US10982939B2
A dual-barrel powder dispenser is provided. The dual-barrel arrangement may offer a highly-accurate, and highly efficient system and method for dispensing a consistent amount of powder. A controller in communication with the interface may determine the speeds at which each barrel rotates in order to dispense a volume and weight of powder from a hopper to a receptacle. A scale may monitor and determine the total weight of powder dispensed into the receptacle resting on the scale. The entire assembly may be self-contained in a single integrated body.
US10982930B2
Embodiments of the disclosure are directed to a rapid adjust buckle for a rifle sling. The buckle can include a main buckle portion with a pair of side portions and a handle portion extending between the pair of side portions and over the main buckle portion to define a handle aperture. In various embodiments the handle portion and the main buckle portion are a unitary piece composed of a polymer material with the handle portion being flexibly biased towards an uncompressed open shape such that the handle portion is configured to compress against the main buckle portion in response to a compressing force but return to the uncompressed open shape when the compressing force is relieved. In one or more embodiments the handle portion includes a plurality of jointed connection points configured to flatten the profile of the handle portion when the handle portion is exposed to the compressing force.
US10982928B2
A firearm barrel tray having a barrel channel and a firearm accessory mounting interface, wherein the firearm barrel tray is configured to be attached to a firearm stock such that the barrel channel sits on a first side of the firearm stock and the firearm accessory mounting interface is configured to align with a recess on a second side of the firearm stock.
US10982918B2
A firearm buffer includes a buffer casing having a casing chamber with open and closed ends, and buffer weight within the casing chamber. A buffer plug is received in the open end of the buffer casing. A cross pin extends through at least a portion of the buffer plug retaining the buffer plug on the buffer casing. A locking pin is longitudinally displaceable between a first position and a second position. In the first position, the locking pin is engaged with the cross pin and retains the cross pin in position with respect to the buffer plug. In the second position, the locking pin is disengaged from the cross pin such that the cross pin is removable from engagement with the buffer plug thereby permitting disassembly of the firearm buffer. A method of assembling a firearm buffer is also included.
US10982916B1
A bolt carrier group assembly and firearm containing a bolt carrier group assembly. The bolt carrier includes a first end closer to a front of the firearm and a second end closer to a rear end of the firearm and configured to slidably engage with a bolt. The bolt is configured to slide within the bolt carrier along a first axis and includes a plurality of lugs at a first end configured to engage with a corresponding plurality of lug receivers of the firearm, wherein the forward most edge of the plurality of lugs defines a bolt face of the bolt. The assembly further includes a cam pin operatively connected to the bolt and a cam slot within which the cam pin is constrained, wherein the cam pin travels along a path defined by the cam slot during rotational and translational movement of the bolt within the bolt carrier causing engagement and disengagement of the plurality of lugs and the lug receivers of the firearm. A distance between the bolt face and a rearward most edge of a bolt catch of a firearm when the bolt carrier is in the rearward most position in the firearm and bolt is at the forward most position within the bolt carrier is at least 0.200 inches.
US10982910B2
The invention relates to a heat exchanger having at least one sorption duct in which is arranged a sorption medium and through which a fluid can be made to flow, characterized in that the heat exchanger also contains at least one catalyst with which a fuel can be converted exothermically such that at least some of the resulting heat can be conveyed to the sorption medium. The invention also relates to a method for heating and/or conditioning a gas stream, having at least the following steps: supplying a gas stream, containing multiple different components, into a sorption duct in which is arranged a sorption medium, such that at least one component is bound in the sorption medium, and supplying and exothermically converting at least one fuel under the action of a catalyst, such that at least one component of the gas stream is expelled from the sorption medium.
US10982906B2
A heat pipe with a non-condensable gas includes a thermal conductor, and a working fluid and a non-condensable gas filled into a hollow chamber of the thermal conductor, and the thermal conductor has a heat-absorbing side attached to a heat-generating electronic component and an exothermal side attached to a radiator, and the exothermal side has at least one protrusion, and the exothermal side with the protrusion can reduce the contact area with the radiator, and the heat pipe lowers the conduction efficiency by the non-condensable gas and the protrusion, so as to achieve a work efficiency of the heat-generating electronic component in an operation within a working temperature range.
US10982901B2
A drying system includes a nozzle attached to an air supply duct of a drying chamber that blows out heated air inside the duct toward an object to be dried inside the chamber. The nozzle includes a horn-shaped inner-side surface made of pairs of first and second inner-side surfaces that respectively face each other in first and second directions, an opening width of the second surfaces in the second direction gradually increasing forward in a direction in which the air is blown and being 2 to 25 times inclusive larger than an opening width in the first direction. The drying system includes: the duct with the nozzles; a feeding device feeding air to the duct; and a heating device heats the fed air. The feeding device feeds air to the duct such that the air blown out from the nozzle spreads more in the first direction than in the second.
US10982899B1
Botanical materials are dehydrated, ruptured and comminuted into particles by blades or whips in a fluidized bed. Particles separated from a drying gas are transferred to reduced pressure insulated vessels. Solvents dissolve components of the particles under precise temperature control. Solvents are recirculated and distilled to recover distillates. Distillates are refined by thermal and pressure changes to remove fats, waxes and contaminants and are fractionated to specific essential oils. The essential oils are tested, winterized, filtered, decarboxilated, polished, diluted and discharged into collection vessels. The collected essential oils are pumped through needles into sealed cartridges. The cartridges are tamper-proofed, printed and labeled with batch, botanical source, process, tracking and tracing information and codes.
US10982898B2
Described herein are methods and systems for the liquefaction of natural gas to produce a LNG product. The methods and systems use an apparatus for separating a flash gas from a liquefied natural gas (LNG) stream to produce a LNG product and recovering refrigeration from the flash gas. The apparatus includes a shell casing enclosing a heat exchange zone comprising a coil wound heat exchanger, and a separation zone. The heat exchange zone is located above and in fluid communication with the separation zone. Flash gas is separated from the LNG product in the separation zone and flows upwards from the separation zone into the heat exchange zone where refrigeration is recovered from the separated flash gas.
US10982891B2
The invention relates to a method for producing an ice projectile. The method comprises the steps of: —providing a quantity of water; providing a quantity of alcohol corresponding to at least 5 wt.-% of the quantity of water; mixing the quantity of water with the quantity of alcohol; transferring the mixture to means for cooling and solidifying the mixture to form a piece of ice; cooling the mixture in the cooling and solidifying means to a mixture-solidification temperature in order to produce at least one piece of ice; and launching the or each piece of ice at a target using launching means.
US10982889B2
A refrigeration cycle apparatus, in which demand control is performed to adjust electric power, includes: a compressor, a driving rotation speed; a recording device that records, as data, a relationship between the driving rotation speed of the compressor and a temperature difference between a set temperature and a detected temperature, the set temperature being set as desired as a temperature control target for a temperature adjustment target, and the detected temperature being detected by a temperature detecting device disposed at a position at which a temperature of the temperature adjustment target is detected; and a main controller that, in response to a request for the demand control, calculates the temperature difference between the set temperature and the detected temperature, retrieves, from the recording device, data of the driving rotation speed of the compressor corresponding to the calculated temperature difference, and controls the compressor based on the retrieved driving rotation speed.
US10982882B2
An eco-smart panel is described comprising a a solar thermal panel, a phase change material, a metal foil layer, and a structural frame constructed of materials including wood studs, gypsum, or fiberglass-reinforced concrete. The materials may be variously configured to create modular systems for fabricating buildings or structures. Eco-smart panels may be utilized to create buildings or structure with enhanced energy efficiency, increased fire resistance, increased flood resistance, and decreased construction cost and time.
US10982870B2
A working fluid distribution system for a heating, ventilation, and/or air conditioning (HVAC) system includes a distributor tube composed of a flexible material and configured to supply a working fluid to a component of an HVAC circuit of the HVAC system. The fluid distribution system includes an actuator coupled to the distributor tube and configured to be actuated to adjust a geometry of the distributor tube. Additionally, the fluid distribution system includes a controller configured to instruct the actuator to adjust the geometry of the distributor tube based on an operating condition.
US10982861B2
A CHP optimal dispatching model is a mixed integer programming model and is used for a district heating system (DHS) comprising a heat source, a heating network and a heat load, and the heating network comprises a heat transmission network and a heat distribution network. A plurality of heating areas is divided, and one day is divided into a plurality of time periods; the heat transmission loss of the heat distribution network is omitted, and a heat transmission network model taking transmission time delay of the heating network into consideration is established according to the heat transmission network; a terminal heat consumer model capable of reflecting indoor temperature is established; and a combined optimal dispatching model comprising conventional generators, wind power units, CHP units, electric boilers and heat storage tanks is established.
US10982854B2
The present disclosure relates to a combustor comprising a plurality of combustion nozzles, a cooling chamber configured to surround the plurality of combustion nozzles, an inner liner configured to surround one end of the cooling chamber and to have a plurality of through-holes formed in a circumferential direction in an end region surrounding the one end, an outer liner configured to surround the inner liner and to be spaced apart from the inner liner at a predetermined interval, and a plurality of protrusions configured to be disposed so as to be spaced apart from each other in the circumferential direction on an outer circumferential surface of the inner liner in the end region, where some of the plurality of protrusions are spaced apart from the outer circumferential surface of the inner liner and overlap with a virtual line connecting the plurality of through-holes in a direction vertical to the outer circumferential surface.
US10982849B2
The invention provides a process for the conversion of biomass into a biomass product which is suitable for use as a fuel. The biomass is of plant origin and comprises microorganisms naturally occurring in the biomass. The process comprises—preparing a slurry by dispersing the biomass comprising the naturally occurring microorganisms in an aqueous liquid, maintaining the slurry at conditions suitable for aerobic digestion by the microorganisms to obtain a slurry comprising the biomass product as a dispersed solid phase, and—recovering the biomass product. The recovering comprises washing and drying the biomass product. The invention also provides a combustion process.
US10982848B2
Disclosed is a baffle for a mixing region of a furnace burner box, the mixing region being a volume in the burner box defined in a transverse direction between a burner at a front portion of the burner box and an opposing a rear portion of the burner box, a longitudinal direction between opposing side surfaces of the burner box, and a height-wise direction between opposing top and bottom surfaces of the burner box, the baffle having: a first side which is a rear side, a second side which is a front side, the first side and the second side being spaced in the transverse direction, and wherein the baffle defines an indirect fluid passageway between the first side and the second side.
US10982844B2
A poolside burner having a central gas feed and a burner ring having longitudinally-oriented slit-like flame orifices. The burner ring is securely attached to a burner plate having a centralized hole through which a feeder extends and mates with a central distribution tube connected to the burner ring.
US10982841B2
A light frame (10) that is accessible from one side, while mounted, in order to easily replace content being displayed. The frame (10) includes a transparent front panel (11), a frame (12), a rear panel (18) and a light guide panel (15). In use, the rear panel (18) and light guide panel (15) are displaceable, e.g. by a hinge or releasable connection, from the front panel or frame to provide access from the rear through the frame to content being displayed adjacent to the front panel. When hanging (e.g. by virtue of a cable system) in a shop window, the light frame can be opened from the rear side without having to disassemble it to replace content.
US10982832B2
A headlight includes a first LED cluster having a plurality of first LEDs arranged next to one another on a common first substrate, a second LED cluster having a plurality of second LEDs arranged next to one another on a common second substrate, and an output coupling optical unit having a plurality of optical elements, of which an optical element which comes first in a beam path of the LED clusters has, a light incidence surface which is common to the LED clusters. The LED clusters have a lateral distance from one another which is at least as great as an extent of the LED clusters in the same direction. The common light incidence surface has a locally delimited light incidence region directly in front of an associated LED cluster. The locally delimited light incidence region deviates from the basic shape of the light incidence surface.
US10982824B2
The present invention relates to an LED illuminant module and lighting apparatus and, more specifically, to a high color rendering D50/D65 standard LED illuminant module and lighting apparatus, which has both high color rendering properties and excellent metamerism index characteristics by using a high color rendering LED and an ultraviolet LED. An illuminant module according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises: at least one ultraviolet light-emitting diode (LED) device having a peak emission wavelength of 300 nm-400 nm; and at least one first white light-emitting diode (LED) device having an average color rendering index of 90% or higher, wherein the first white light-emitting diode (LED) device is a light-emitting diode (LED) device which comprises a first LED chip having an excitation wavelength of 440 nm-460 nm, and a first phosphor layer excited at the excitation wavelength of the first LED chip to emit light, and the first phosphor layer comprises: a first phosphor having a peak emission wavelength of 440 nm-499 nm; a second phosphor having a peak emission wavelength of 500 nm-580 nm; and a third phosphor having a peak emission wavelength of 600 nm-699 nm.
US10982823B2
A lighting system that is part of a headlight module of a motor vehicle includes an array of LED light sources that include no organic materials. Each light source includes a glass lens attached to a phosphor glass converter plate, which itself is attached to an LED die that is flip-chip mounted on a mounting substrate. The converter plate includes phosphor particles embedded in glass. Each lens is disposed laterally over a single LED die. The converter plate is attached to the LED die by a first bonding layer, and the lens is attached to the converter plate by a second bonding layer. Both bonding layers are made of a metal oxide and are thinner than the converter plate. Either each lens does not extend horizontally outside the lateral boundary of each converter plate, or the lens portions centered on each LED die are part of a unitary lens array.
US10982821B2
A lamp is provided that can have at least one interface on the lamp body for a selectable lumens and selectable correlated color temperature (CCT). In one embodiment, the lamp design includes a housing having a downlight geometry and a light engine including at least one string of light emitting diodes (LEDs), in which the light engine is position to emit light through a light emission end of the housing having the downlight geometry. The lamp also includes at least one first switch for selecting at least one lumen setting for the light emitted by the light engine; and at least one second switch for selecting at least one correlated color temperature. The first and second switch are mounted to the housing.
US10982801B2
A profiled clamp having a first profiled clamp half and a second profiled clamp half, by means of which two flange parts can be connected to each other while applying an axial force, wherein a first tightening head is formed at an end of the first clamp half and a second tightening head is formed at an end of the second clamp half in order to form a tightening device. The ends of the clamp halves opposite the tightening heads are connected to each other by means of an articulated connection. The articulated connection is formed by means of a flat strip section.
US10982797B1
Techniques for implementing a pipe segment that includes a tubing inner barrier layer that defines a pipe bore through the pipe segment, a venting tubing annulus implemented around the tubing inner barrier layer, in which the venting tubing annulus includes a first solid material implemented to define a venting fluid conduit, a tubing intermediate barrier layer implemented around the venting tubing annulus, a reinforcement tubing annulus implemented around the tubing intermediate barrier layer, and a tubing outer barrier layer implemented around the reinforcement tubing annulus. The reinforcement tubing annulus includes a second solid material that is different from the first solid material and is implemented to define a reinforcement fluid conduit. Additionally, the venting fluid conduit facilitates venting fluid that permeates from the pipe bore through the tubing inner barrier layer out from the pipe segment before the fluid contacts the second solid material in the reinforcement tubing annulus.
US10982793B2
A valve control head is provided, comprising a housing, control electronics, at least one control valve, fluid connections, electrical connections, a first measuring object, rigidly coupled to a first valve closure part, and a position measuring system, comprising measuring electronics and a first position sensor, wherein the first position sensor can detect a position of the first measuring object, and wherein the valve control head comprises a fastening device formed to couple a second position sensor.
US10982789B2
Gas meters including a first portion and a second portion are provided. The first portion is separate and distinct from the second portion and a physical barrier is positioned between the first portion and the second portion. The first portion includes at least a motor associated with a shut-off valve for the gas meter and the second portion includes at least an area for a gas stream to flow through. Related gas regulating devices are also provided herein.
US10982783B2
A valve is provided and includes a valve body defining a pathway, a diaphragm and a wire. The diaphragm is configured to assume first or second conditions in which the diaphragm blocks or permits fluid flow through the pathway, respectively. The diaphragm is biased toward assumption of the first condition. The wire is coupled to the diaphragm. The wire has an uncontracted length in an unheated state whereby the wire permits assumption of the first condition by the diaphragm due to the bias and a contracted length in a heated state whereby the wire pulls the diaphragm toward assumption of the second condition in opposition to the bias.
US10982782B2
A valve apparatus includes a valve block with a main flow path, a first valve installed on the valve block and connected to the main flow path so that when the first valve turns on, a first fluid is supplied from the main flow path to a process chamber via the first valve, and a second valve installed on the valve block and connected to the main flow path so that when the first valve turns off and the second valve turns on, a second fluid is supplied from the main flow path to a waste gas treatment system via the second valve. The main flow path is disposed parallel to a central axis passing through a center of the valve block and two opposing surfaces of the valve block perpendicularly thereto. The main flow path is disposed to be offset from the central axis toward the first valve.
US10982771B2
A valve comprises a valve body delimiting a passage for exhaust gases, a flap arranged in the valve body, and a drive shaft configured to drive the flap, and which is integrally secured to the flap. At least one guide bearing is configured to guide the drive shaft of the flap in rotation in relation to the valve body, and is connected to the valve body. The valve also includes an actuator and a transmission comprising an adapter rigidly attached directly to the drive shaft of the flap. The transmission is arranged in order to transmit a motor torque between the actuator and the adapter. The adapter has a contact surface that is in sealed contact with a complementary surface provided on the guide bearing.
US10982770B2
A hydrostatic seal configured to be disposed between relatively rotatable components. The seal includes a base. The seal also includes a shoe operatively coupled to the base and extending axially from a forward end to an aft end to define an axial length.
US10982769B2
A flat gasket for an internal combustion engine is described. The gasket may be used in the hot gas region of the internal combustion engine.
US10982766B2
The invention relates to a shifting device for the selection of rotationally fixed non-rotational couplings of a plurality of coaxial shafts of a motor-vehicle transmission, comprising a displacement sleeve, which can be axially displaced in relation to a housing and which has internal teeth having two axial toothed sections spaced apart from each other by an axial gap, and which coaxially surrounds a plurality of toothed elements that are arranged axially adjacent to each other and that are each non-rotationally connected to one of the shafts and that each have external teeth corresponding to the internal teeth of the displacement sleeve, wherein the displacement sleeve has a first sleeve part and a second sleeve part that are connected to each other in a manner that is axially fixed and rotationally decoupled, wherein the first sleeve part is a carrier of the first axial toothed section and the second sleeve part is a carrier of the second axial toothed section.
US10982755B2
The invention relates to a method of detecting a change in the direction of rotation of a rotatable shaft (5) based on non-direction sensitive rotational speed data, the method comprising the steps: ●determining a speed (17) of a rotatable shaft (5) of a vehicle transmission (3) based on non-direction sensitive speed data received from a non-direction sensitive rotational speed sensor (7), wherein the speed (17) of the rotatable shaft (5) is the absolute value of the rotational speed of the rotatable shaft (5); ●determining, based on the speed (17) of the rotatable shaft (5), if the duration of a first continuous time interval (20) during which the speed (17) of the rotatable shaft (5) is continually smaller than a first predetermined speed value (18) is shorter than a predetermined duration (24); and ●detecting that a change in the direction of rotation of the rotatable shaft (5) has occurred during the first continuous time interval (20) if the duration of the first continuous time interval (20) is shorter than the predetermined duration (24). The invention further relates to a controller (8) for carrying out the method and to a driveline (100; 200) including the controller (8). The invention allows to determine a change in direction although the sensor as such is not direction sensitive. This is based on the insight that decelerating to a speed value below a threshold and subsequently accelerating again to a value which is above this threshold corresponds to a change in direction if this process occurs within a short time period.
US10982747B2
A steering assembly includes a rack and an adjustment assembly. The rack has a first side surface, a second side surface disposed opposite the first side surface, a first surface extending between the first side surface and the second side surface, and a second surface disposed opposite the first surface. The adjustment assembly is arranged to apply orthogonal biasing forces to a pair of orthogonal surfaces of the non-cylindrical steering rack.
US10982740B2
An oscillation drive with a drive and with an eccentric coupling drive for converting a rotary motion of the drive into an oscillating rotary motion of a tool spindle about its longitudinal axis is disclosed, wherein the eccentric coupling drive has an eccentric with a first eccentricity that is driven by the drive and that works together with a coupling element that is coupled to the tool spindle in order to convert the motion of the eccentric into an oscillating rotary motion of the tool spindle, wherein the eccentric is coupled to an additional eccentric with a second eccentricity so that the eccentricities are superimposed, wherein the relative position between the eccentric and the additional eccentric is adjustable to at least two different positions in order to change the amplitude of the oscillating motions of the tool spindle.
US10982725B2
A switchable ratcheting clutch achieves four different modes of operation based on a relative rotational position of a cam ring and an inner ring. In a central relative position, an outer ring can rotate freely in either direction with respect to the inner ring. In either extreme relative position, the outer ring is prevented from rotating in either direction relative to the inner ring. In intermediate positions one either side of the central position, the outer ring is permitted to rotate in one direction but not the other. A number of pawls are supported on the inner ring and pushed radially out of engagement with the outer ring by a spring on a spring cage. The spring cage moves with the cam ring between the one-way positions but the cam ring rotates relative to the spring cage when moving into the extreme positions.
US10982722B2
A clutch system configured to transmit torque between an input shaft and an output shaft. The clutch system includes a clutch. The clutch includes: an input portion disposed at an end of the input shaft; an output portion disposed at an end of the output shaft; a sliding component that slides axially between the input and output portions to engage the clutch; and swirl breaks. The input portion, the output portion, and the sliding component each comprises walls. The swirl breaks are affixed to a one of the walls.
US10982713B2
Heat engines employing fluid bearing assemblies hermetically sealed with a closed flowpath for a working fluid are generally disclosed. For example, the heat engine includes a rotating drivetrain and a fluid bearing assembly. The rotating drivetrain includes a compressor section, an expander section, and a heat exchanger. The compressor section and expander section together define at least in part a closed flowpath for the flow of a working fluid. The heat exchanger is thermally coupled to the closed flowpath for adding heat to the working fluid. The fluid bearing assembly is configured to utilize the working fluid to support the rotating drivetrain. Further, the fluid bearing assembly is hermetically sealed with the closed flowpath.
US10982709B2
A remote control assembly includes a sheath (22) having a longitudinal axis along a length thereof and defining an interior. A core element is disposed within the interior and extends along the length. A liner is disposed within the interior and coupled to the sheath (22). The liner surrounds the core element along the length. An outer layer (38) comprising a first material is coupled to the sheath (22). An intermediate layer (41) comprising a second material different from the first material is coupled to the outer layer (38). An inner layer (42) comprising a third material different from the first and second materials and is coupled to the intermediate layer (41). The second material of the intermediate layer (41) comprises an elastomeric material.
US10982705B2
A method for applying a coating on a surface of a lamination of plies of fiber-reinforced plastic material. The surface of the lamination includes exposed ends of reinforcement fibers. The method includes selecting an electrically conductive material that is abradable in a solid state by rubbing against the surface of the lamination having exposed ends of reinforcement fibers, and rubbing the electrically conductive material against the surface of the lamination to cause particles of electrically conductive material to be abraded and deposited on the surface of the lamination.
US10982702B2
A fastener includes a self-locking pin washer and at least one elongate projection mounted on the self-locking pin washer, where the self-locking pin washer is arranged to be a resistance fit to a projection mounted on a structure or vehicle. A method of fastening a panel to a substrate includes attaching a fastener to a projection of a substrate, wherein the fastener includes an elongate projection that is longer than the projection. The method further includes attaching a panel onto the elongate projection of the fastener.
US10982699B2
The present invention provides modular frame assembly including a plurality of connecting pieces. The connecting pieces can include a first plurality of coupling connectors, a second plurality of tee connectors, a third plurality of corner connectors, and a fourth plurality of elongate members. Each of the plurality of connecting pieces is adapted to receive at least two elongate members such that a rectangular structure can be constructed from the plurality of connecting pieces.
US10982696B2
An automobile vehicle transmission air vent system includes a first component of a vehicle transmission having a resilient material seal member retained in a cavity created in the first component. A second component of a metal material includes a vent groove facing toward the seal member. A clutch pack of the vehicle transmission is actuated by one of the first component or the second component being displaced into engagement with the clutch pack. The vent groove receives a portion of the seal member in a first displaced position of the displaced one of the first component or the second component defining an air and oil flow path through the vent groove between the first component and the second component. The seal member is positioned outside of the vent groove in a second displaced position of the displaced one of the first component or the second component.
US10982694B2
The present invention relates to a fluid control device and a connector for the same. The connector includes a first unit and a second unit to form a connector in a particular shape. Thus, the connector and an adjacent connector can be stacked upon each other to allow simple disassembling. The present invention also provides a fluid control device including the connector.
US10982691B2
A control system for construction machinery, includes a hydraulic pump, first and second actuators connected to the hydraulic pump through first and second parallel lines respectively, first and second control valves installed in the first and second parallel lines respectively and configured to control operations of the first and second actuators, first and second spool displacement adjusting valves configured to control displacement amounts of the spools of the first and second control valves, and a controller configured to output a control signal to the first and second spool displacement adjusting valves corresponding to a manipulation signal of an operator, and configured to limit a spool displacement amount of the second control valve according to the manipulation signal for the first actuator when the manipulation signal for a multiple operation of the first and second actuators is received.
US10982685B2
The disclosure provides a heat dissipation device, including an enclosure, a connective member, and a fan module. The enclosure includes a first cover body and a second cover body that are opposite to each other. The second cover body includes an opening. The connective member is connected to one of the first cover body and the second cover body in the enclosure. The fan module is movably connected to the connective member, and is configured to move between a first position and a second position relative to the enclosure based on the connective member. When moving to the first position, the fan module is located in the enclosure.
US10982684B2
The disclosure provides a centrifugal fan, including an enclosure, a spacer, and a fan blade rotor. The enclosure includes a top panel, a bottom panel, and a side wall connected between the bottom panel and the top panel. The top panel, the bottom panel, and the side wall together form a first air exhaust vent and a second air exhaust vent. The spacer is disposed in the enclosure, is connected between the bottom panel and the top panel, and spaces a first space in communication with the first air exhaust vent and a second space in communication with the second air exhaust vent in the enclosure. The spacer includes a first opening. The first opening is in communication with the first space and the second space. The fan blade rotor is rotatably disposed in the second space.
US10982682B2
A fan rotor for a ram air fan includes a hub and blades extending radially outwards from the hub. The hub includes an inner hub portion, a disk portion connected to a radially outer surface of the inner hub portion, and an outer hub portion connected to a radially outer surface of the disk portion. The outer hub portion has an upstream arm with a compound contoured surface. The compound contoured surface is configured to direct air flow around the compound contoured surface and along roots of the blades.
US10982679B2
A blowing apparatus includes a blowing unit, a first circuit board, a second circuit board, a top casing, a middle casing, and a bottom casing. The bottom casing has an intake hole. The middle casing has a nozzle to which a tube is attached, and also has an exhaust hole inside the nozzle. The exhaust hole is connected to a mask, with the tube interposed therebetween. The blowing unit includes a fan and a motor configured to rotate the fan. The blowing unit is located in a region between the first circuit board and the second circuit board. The first circuit board intersects a rotation axis of the fan. The first circuit board covers the blowing unit as viewed from the top casing in plan view of the first circuit board.
US10982666B2
An occlusive peristaltic pump type fluid pump that includes a pump rotor rotatable in the fluid pump. The fluid pump includes a base, a first cover element fastened to an upper side of the base and a second cover element fastened to a lower side of the base, and at least one pressure element accommodated in the base and including a pressure member for occluding a fluid-guiding hollow conductor portion against a rounded bearing surface on a housing portion of the fluid pump. The at least one pressure element is linearly guided in the effective direction of an occlusion force by the first cover element and the second cover element.
US10982664B2
A compressor assembly having a high velocity muffler system which produces a particle-free compressor pump feed while reducing noise output from the compressor assembly during compressing operations. The high velocity muffler system is maintenance-free and comprises an inertia filter. The compressor assembly uses a method for producing a compressor pump feed and reducing noise during compressing operations by processing a gas through the high velocity muffler system which has an inertia filter and a muffler chamber to produce a compressor pump feed which can be compressed by a pump assembly.
US10982661B2
A device that attaches to three body segments connected by two joints harvests energy selectively from one of the two joints using a single motor-generator. The device also selectively augments relative body segment motion about one of the two joints. Selection of the harvesting or generating mode depends on the user's preference. When in a particular mode, the device automatically selects which of the two joints to connect to the motor-generator in order to optimize the augmentation or harvesting. Depending on whether the user is on flat terrain, going up an incline or down a decline, the selection of the joint to be connected is different. Use of a single motor-generator and gearbox mounted near the knee reduces metabolic cost compared to the use of two motor-generators and gearboxes.
US10982649B2
A method for reducing loads of a wind turbine includes determining an operational state of the wind turbine. The method also includes commanding a predetermined pitch event. Further, the method includes monitoring at least one operating condition of a pitch drive mechanism of a rotor blade of the wind turbine during the predetermined pitch event. If the operational state corresponds to a predetermined operational state and the operating condition(s) follows a pitch fault pattern during the predetermined pitch event, the method also include yawing a nacelle of the wind turbine away from an incoming wind direction.
US10982643B1
An underwater turbine apparatus includes a nacelle, containing a generator; a rotor connected to a first end of the nacelle and in communication with the generator to cooperate therewith to convert kinetic energy to electrical energy; a float connected to the nacelle; and a stabilizer connected to the nacelle; a tower connected to the nacelle by a joint; a base supporting the tower; an auger protruding from the underside of the base; and a motor for driving the auger, operable to drill the auger into engagement with an installation surface for the underwater turbine. A method for installing an underwater turbine apparatus includes rotating an auger, on the underwater turbine apparatus, to engage a seafloor.
US10982635B2
A fuel injector includes a nozzle having at least one nozzle outlet. A valve needle is moveable with respect to a valve needle seating through a range of movement between a closed position and an open position to control fuel delivery through the at least one nozzle outlet. The movement of the nozzle needle is controlled by fuel pressure within a control chamber. The injector has first and second nozzle control valves for controlling fuel flow into and out of the control chamber to pressurise and depressurise the control chamber, respectively. The first nozzle control valve can operate selectively to place the control chamber in fluid communication with a fuel drain or to place the control chamber in fluid communication with a high pressure supply line. The second nozzle control valve can operate selectively to place the control chamber in fluid communication with a fuel drain.
US10982628B2
A controller for an internal combustion engine including a plurality of cylinders, a fuel injection valve for supplying a fuel to each cylinder, an EGR passage connecting an exhaust passage and an intake passage, and an EGR valve adjusting a flow rate of exhaust flowing into the intake passage from the exhaust passage via the EGR passage, the controller includes an electronic control unit. The electronic control unit is configured to execute determination processing for determining that a degree of an imbalance abnormality is larger when a torque fluctuation amount is relatively large than when the torque fluctuation amount is relatively small.
US10982612B1
A pump life prediction system and methods for predicting pump life of a pump are disclosed. A method may include monitoring pump operating conditions. A value indicative of cavitation damage is determined based on the pump operating conditions. A pump life remaining is determined based on the value. The method may also include outputting an indication of the pump life remaining.
US10982601B2
A method of controlling a dual fuel engine system includes adjusting a phasing control parameter such as air-fuel ratio (AFR), based on a phasing signal to limit an error in a phasing of combustion of gaseous fuel. The cylinder is switched to a dual fuel liquid pilot-ignited mode by commanding direct injection of an early pilot shot of liquid fuel, based on the adjustment to the phasing control parameter, and production of a spark to ignite gaseous fuel in the cylinder. Switching the cylinder to the dual fuel liquid pilot-ignited mode is completed by commanding direct injection of an early pilot shot and a second pilot shot of liquid fuel to ignite gaseous fuel in response to combustion of the early and second pilot shots in the cylinder.
US10982600B2
Various embodiments may include a method for controlling the residual gas mass remaining in a cylinder of an internal combustion engine after a gas exchange process and/or the purge air mass introduced into an exhaust manifold during a gas exchange process, the method comprising: specifying at least one of a desired residual gas mass or a purge air mass of the cylinder of the internal combustion engine; determining a setpoint position of an actuator which influences the specified mass, based on an inverse residual gas model; and setting the determined setpoint position of the actuator.
US10982585B2
A valve body of a flow rate control valve includes a fin having a flow formation surface that forms a flow of coolant from a liquid chamber toward a heater port in accordance with rotation of the valve body. An engine cooling apparatus is configured to rotate and drive the valve body alternately in a positive direction and a negative direction from when an engine is automatically stopped to when the engine is automatically restarted so that a heater core is supplied with coolant when the engine is automatically stopped.
US10982576B2
In an engine that includes a blow-by-gas returning system configured to direct blow-by gas within a crankcase to an intake system through an inside of a head cover, the intake system includes a cover intake-passage disposed at a blow-by-gas outlet of the head cover, and the cover intake-passage communicates with a blow-by-gas passage of the blow-by-gas outlet.
US10982575B2
An ejector device having a base body that includes a suction chamber for sucking in a suction medium, a mixing channel for mixing a propelling medium with the suction medium, and a drive nozzle device for generating and directing a propelling medium jet along a jet direction from the suction chamber and into the mixing channel. The ejector device also includes a fastening device for fastening the base body of the ejector device to a suction channel. The fastening device also includes at least one of a translational locking device for avoiding a translational movement of the base body relative to the suction channel in a direction running parallel to a center axis of a connecting piece of the suction channel and a rotational locking device for preventing the base body from rotating relative to the suction channel.
US10982572B2
A hydraulic valve for a cam phaser, the hydraulic valve including a housing; a hollow cylindrical piston that is axially movable in a central opening of the housing that extends along a longitudinal axis of the housing and that includes shoulders; a supply connection configured to feed a hydraulic fluid; a first operating connection; a second operating connection; a tank connection, wherein one of the first operating connection and the second operating connection is connectable with the supply connection and another of the first operating connection and the second operating connection is connectable with the tank connection as a function of an axial position of the hollow cylindrical piston, wherein the hollow cylindrical piston includes a feed channel configured to connect with the supply connection and a drain channel configured to connect with the tank connection, wherein a divider wall is configured between the supply connection and the tank connection.
US10982563B1
Gearboxes for aircraft gas turbine engines, in particular to arrangements for journal bearings such gearboxes, and to related methods of operating such gearboxes and gas turbine engines. Example embodiments include a gearbox for an aircraft gas turbine engine, the gearbox including: a sun gear; a plurality of planet gears surrounding and engaged with the sun gear; and a ring gear surrounding and engaged with the plurality of planet gears, each of the plurality of planet gears being rotatably mounted around a pin of a planet gear carrier with a journal bearing having an internal sliding surface on the planet gear and an external sliding surface on the pin.
US10982559B2
A segmented flow path assembly and spline seals therefore are provided. A method for cooling a spline seal is also provided. In one exemplary aspect, a spline seal is provided that may be positioned at least in part in a groove defined by a first flowpath segment and at least in part in a oppositely facing groove defined by an adjacent flowpath segment. The spline seal may span the gap between the adjacent flowpath segments and provide sealing therefore. The spline seal includes features that allow a cooling flow to bypass the spline seal to cool the hot side of the seal as well as to meter the flow by the seal.
US10982558B2
Disclosed is a lever linkage for the rotationally fixed connection of a guide vane to a lever of a guide vane adjusting device of a turbomachine, wherein the guide vane has a vane shaft, which extends along a vertical axis. In accordance with the invention, the lever is formed in one piece at a radially outer end of an essentially hollow cylindrical clamping sleeve, which coaxially surrounds the vane shaft in sections, and the vane shaft and the clamping sleeve are coupled by way of a longitudinal side form-fitting connection or a front-end form-fitting connection, and the vane shaft can be tensioned with the clamping sleeve along the vertical axis by means of a fastening element, in particular a threaded nut. In consequence thereof, a separation of two different force flows that act on the guide vanes is obtained, as a result of which local load peaks are reduced.
US10982555B2
A root extending from a platform of an airfoil is disclosed. The root may include a first portion having a generally cylindrical shape, and a second portion extending from the first portion to the platform. The second portion may have a circumference larger than a circumference of the first portion.
US10982553B2
A tip for a turbine component, turbine rotor blade or tip of a blade, is disclosed. The tip includes a tip plate configured to be coupled at a tip end of an airfoil chamber; and a tip rail extending radially from the tip plate, the tip rail disposed near or at a periphery of the tip plate. The trip rail includes a cooling structure constituting at least a portion of the tip rail. The cooling structure is in fluid communication with the airfoil chamber, and includes a plurality of repeating, three dimensional unit cells. Each unit cell defines a flow passage that is in fluid communication with the flow passage of at least one other unit cell. The flow passages of the 3D unit cells create a tortuous cooling passage in at least a portion of the tip rail.
US10982552B2
A gas turbine engine component includes a wall that provides an exterior surface and an interior flow path surface. The wall has a wall thickness. A protrusion is arranged on the wall that extends a height beyond the wall thickness and provides a portion of the interior flow path surface. A film cooling hole that has an inlet is provided on the protrusion and extends to an exit on the exterior surface.
US10982547B2
A compressor, which is mounted to a gas turbine and generates high temperature and high pressure compressed air and supplies the compressed air to a combustor, the compressor including: a plurality of main disks provided on an outer circumferential surface of a rotation shaft along a circumferential direction, and spaced apart from each other at predetermined intervals such that a portion of the compressed air flows toward the rotation shaft; and a reinforcing disk mounted to each space defined by the plurality of main disks spaced apart from each other, the reinforcing disk having the rotation shaft in common with the main disks, and being provided with a passage formed in a direction from an outer circumferential surface thereof toward the rotation shaft.
US10982542B2
The invention relates to a sleeveless energy absorbing rock bolt. A first end of the rock bolt is configured to facilitate the mixing of an anchoring composition and/or anchoring the rock bolt in the rock. The rock bolt comprises manganese alloyed steel, and exhibits, post the yield point thereof, under static load conditions, an increase in load capacity and an increasing displacement until the break or fail point of the rock bolt is reached.
US10982541B2
Methods and systems for controlling the heading of a mining machine while the mining machine performs a cutting operation. One system includes a cutting system and a set of left and right tracks of the mining machine. The system also includes a lidar sensor mounted to the mining machine. The system also includes an electronic processor configured to receive the data from the lidar sensor. The electronic processor is also configured to determine a current heading of the mining machine based on the data received from the lidar sensor and compare the current heading to a target heading of the mining machine. In response to the current heading not being different from the target heading of the mining machine by a predetermined amount, the electronic processor is configured to control the mining machine to adjust the current heading of the mining machine.
US10982537B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for detecting seepage of hydrocarbons in subterranean zones. In one aspect, a method includes detecting hydrocarbon seepage at multiple different sampling depths from a surface in a surveyed geographic region, comparing each of the hydrocarbon seepage at the multiple different sampling depths, wherein hydrocarbon seepage at a reference depth is known, and determining hydrocarbon seepage through the surveyed geographic region based on a result of the comparison.
US10982528B2
A string of reactant chambers configured for inserting a reactant into each reactant chamber, in the string of reactant chambers, while maintaining the reactant chamber being filled in the string of reactant chambers is provided. The string of reactant chambers has a first reactant chamber, a second reactant chamber, and a system configured to maintain the reactant chamber being filled in the string of reactant chambers. The system has a first removable end cap on each reactant chamber and a coupler on each reactant chamber configured for the removal of the first removable end cap and maintaining the reactant chamber in the string of reactant chambers. A process for charging a reactant chamber is also presently disclosed.
US10982515B2
An electric submersible hydraulic lift pump system is used for removing fluid from a well. The hydraulic lift pump system includes a source of fluid, a tubing string extending from the surface and in fluid communication with the source of fluid, a first pump interposed in the tubing string so the first pump is positioned below the surface and operably arranged to draw fluid from the tubing string upstream of the first pump and to discharge the fluid into the tubing string downstream of the first pump as a power fluid, and a second pump interposed in the tubing string and operably arranged to receive the power fluid from the first pump and be combined with a production fluid to form a return fluid to be discharged into the annulus.
US10982512B1
A wellbore perforating apparatus and method according to which a perforating gun and a sensor sub are run into a wellbore toward a downhole location at which the wellbore is to be perforated. Detonable components of the perforating gun are energized to perforate the wellbore at the downhole location. An acceleration of the perforating gun and a pressure and a temperature of the wellbore are detected using the sensor sub during a time interval encompassing the energization of the detonable components. The detected acceleration, pressure, and temperature are compared to benchmark energetic responses for both detonation and deflagration events. Based on this comparison, a decision can be made as to whether an incubation period is needed to allow a reaction of the detonable components to weaken before retrieving the perforating gun from the wellbore.
US10982509B2
A safety plug for use in rock drilling operations. The safety plug includes a base part and one or more expander elements. The base part has a leading end and a trailing end and a generally cylindrical outer surface between the leading and trailing ends, on which one or more external spirals are formed. The external spirals are provided to engage the internal wall of a bore within which the safety plug is inserted to anchor the base part within the bore. The one or more expander elements have an inactive non-expanded condition and an active, laterally expanded condition. The safety plug is operable to absorb load applied to its leading end in two stages, whereby: in a first stage, load applied to the leading end of the one or more expander elements up to a predetermined load is transferred to the base part and the base part is operable to react the load by engagement of the spirals with the internal wall of the bore. In a second stage, load applied to the same leading end beyond the predetermined load causes the one or more expander elements to transition to the active condition in which the expander elements expand laterally to engage the internal wall of the bore to resist shifting movement of the safety plug within the bore in the direction of the applied load.
US10982502B2
There is provided a wellhead assembly that includes a production well, a first valve, process equipment, a transport pipe for transporting fluid away from the wellhead assembly, and piping fluidly connecting the production well to the first valve, process equipment, and the transport pipe. The first valve is located between the production well and the process equipment, and there is a fall in the piping between the first valve and the transport pipe such that when the first valve is closed liquid will drain from the first valve into the transport pipe under the action of gravity. There is also provided a method of draining the wellhead assembly, an arrangement for depressurising the wellhead assembly using a service line and a method of depressurising the wellhead assembly.
US10982496B2
A device, system, and/or method for reducing friction required to rotate a tubular within an elevator during the process of running tubulars in an oil and gas well are provided. An elevator roller insert may be used in conjunction with an elevator, such as a single joint elevator. Such an insert may comprise upper and lower rollers which are positioned on upper and lower roller sets or a combination roller set containing multiple upper and/or lower rollers. The result is the provision of a plurality of rollers which bear the weight of a tubular yet still allow the tubular to rotate rather freely, facilitating the maintenance of proper thread integrity of the connections while making up a stand to a string of tubulars as well as preventing the loss of resources due to galled or crushed threads or a tubing segment or stand falling to the rig floor.
US10982484B2
A fenestration unit comprising a frame having a center, a sash coupled to the frame, an interior pane coupled to the sash, a spacer coupled to the interior pane, an exterior pane coupled to the sash and the spacer, the exterior pane including an inward-facing surface, and a peripheral shield disposed on the inward-facing surface of the exterior pane such that, when viewed at direct angle, the peripheral shield hides the spacer, the sash, and at least part of the frame.
US10982482B2
A method of actuating a door includes the steps of manually pivoting a door in a direction about a hinge to provide a manual input, detecting the manual input and energizing a motor to drive the door in the direction in response to the manual input. The manual door pivoting step includes exceeding a holding torque of a brake assembly that holds the door. The direction can be any direction for opening or closing the door.
US10982472B1
An appliance lock assembly is provided which allows conversion of a residential or static structure-type appliance having at least one door or drawer to be utilized in a mobile structure, such as a recreational vehicle (“RV”), boat or other mobile environment wherein the at least one door or drawer should be locked to inhibit unintentional opening during mobile operations and scattering of contents from within the appliance. The lock assembly comprises a lock bar which is disposed between a handle and a front surface of an appliance door. The lock bar pivots between an unlocked position, and a locked position wherein the lock bar engages a striker.
US10982462B2
An easily portable and quick to assemble and disassemble windscreen for use with a vehicle such as a snowmobile or all-terrain vehicle.
US10982451B2
A progressive stage load distributing and absorbing system that lies below a superstructure material which is exposed to percussive forces. The progressive stage load distributing and absorbing system is interposed between the superstructure material and a foundation. The system has a barrier layer that lies below the superstructure material and an underlayment infrastructure positioned below the barrier layer. Included in the underlayment infrastructure are hat-shaped absorbing members that have a relatively compliant stage subsystem and one or more relatively stiff stage subsystems.
US10982447B2
A water diverter for diverting water on a building roof or gutter is provided. The diverter includes a main body having a first portion having a top side and a bottom side, a diverting portion extending from the top side of the first portion at a first angle, the first angle being an angle greater than zero degrees, and an attachment portion extending from the first portion and being configured to attach to the building roof or gutter; a first opening in one of the first portion and the diverting portion, the first opening being configured to allow the water to pass through the one of the first portion and the diverting portion; and a filter element positioned above the first portion of the main body and through which the water can pass.
US10982444B1
A module for configuring a weighbridge has a rectangular frame with a pair of parallel side edges and a pair of parallel end edges, which are shorter than the side edges, and a pair of rails, parallel to the side edges and affixed to the end edges. The rails and end edges define an interior of the rectangular frame, arranged to have concrete poured therein. There are also means for increasing the ability of the poured concrete to handle tensile forces, located in the interior. A first of these is a plurality of rebar chair strips for locating and retaining rebars. Each of these has an elongate metal bar with a lower edge and an upper edge, along which a plurality of rebar support sites are provided in spaced-apart relationship.
US10982441B2
Disclosed is a multiple layer substrate that can be used with a top asphalt applicator that eliminates the need for a bottom asphalt applicator and fines applied to the bottom asphalt layer. A low porosity or impermeable bottom layer prevents the flow of asphalt applied to the porous top layers of the substrate from penetrating the bottom surface. This eliminates the need for fines to prevent sticking of shingles in a shingle stack. In addition, substrate layers that combine fiberglass and polyester fibers in various configurations provide a substrate that can be used in typical shingle manufacturing and manufacturing of waterproofing products that is impact resistant.
US10982432B2
Described herein is an exterior wall member capable of reducing cooling and heating energy consumption by reducing influent and effluent heat amounts between indoor and outdoor environments in such a situation that the indoor temperature is kept constant by use of cooling and heating equipment independently of the outdoor air temperature changes, and to provide a construction including the exterior wall member. The disclosed exterior wall member includes an outdoor-side heat insulating layer (A); an indoor-side heat insulating layer (B); and a heat storage layer between the outdoor-side heat insulating layer (A) and the indoor-side heat insulating layer (B).
US10982428B2
The present disclosure relates generally to systems for providing a durable water-resistant and fire-resistant foam-based seal in the joint between adjacent panels. A fire-resistant and water-resistant expansion joint seal is provided which includes one or more foam members and a plurality of intumescent members within the foam member or between members to provide a spring recovery force and fire resistance.
US10982418B2
Water tap (2) or water valve assembly is provided which has biometric recognition means (20) provided on or associated with the same. The biometric recognition means (20) are arranged such that operation of the water tap (2) or water valve assembly and/or operation of one or more functions of the water tap (2) or water valve assembly takes place only upon recognition or a positive match of one or more biometric features of a user.
US10982407B2
A baseplate has a top side that includes a support surface and a collecting surface. A hydraulic appliance is configured to be fastened on the support surface. The collecting surface is arranged lower in relation to the support surface so as to collect leakage oil of the appliance.
US10982397B2
A milling rotor includes a drum having a cylindrical wall disposed about a central axis of the drum. The milling rotor also includes a series of milling bit assemblies arranged in a spiral pattern on an outer surface of the cylindrical wall. The series of milling bit assemblies is configured to commence from a lateral plane that is transverse to the central axis of the drum and located partway along a length of the cylindrical wall. The series of milling bit assemblies is also configured to terminate proximate an end of the cylindrical wall. Each milling bit assembly is positioned such that an angle subtended by the series of milling bit assemblies with the lateral plane increases with increasing distance from the end of the cylindrical wall.
US10982396B2
A slip form paver machine includes a slip form mold and left and right side form assemblies closing the slip form mold on the sides. Each side form assembly includes a mounting portion, a side form, and a side form actuator configured to move the side form up and down relative to the mounting portion to adjust a height of the side form relative to the ground surface. At least one side form height sensor is configured to detect the height of the side form. A controller is configured to receive input signals from the side form height sensors and to send control signals to the side form actuators to control the height of the side forms relative to the ground surface.
US10982395B2
An underlayment layer is configured to support an artificial turf assembly. The underlayment layer comprises a core with a top side and a bottom side. The top side has a plurality of spaced apart, upwardly oriented projections that define channels suitable for fluid flow along the top side of the core when the underlayment layer is positioned beneath an overlying artificial turf assembly.
US10982390B2
Solar cell substrates require high optical transparency, but also prefer high optical haze to increase the light scattering and consequently the absorption in the active materials. Unfortunately there is a tradeoff between these optical properties, which is exemplified by common transparent paper substrates exhibiting a transparency of about 90% yet a low optical haze (<20%). In this work we introduce a novel transparent paper made of wood fibers that display both ultra-high optical transparency (˜96%) and ultra-high haze (˜60%), thus delivering an optimal substrate design for solar cell devices. Compared to previously demonstrated nanopaper composed of wood-based cellulose nanofibers, our novel transparent paper has better dual performance in transmittance and haze, but also is fabricated at a much lower cost. This high-performance, low-cost transparent paper is a potentially revolutionary material that may influence a new generation of environmentally friendly printed electronics.
US10982389B2
A method of making a fabric for a press felt for a papermaking machine includes: (a) forming a base fabric comprising a plurality of repeat units, each of the repeat units comprising a plurality of cross machine direction (CMD) yarns and a plurality of machine direction (MD) yarns interwoven with the CMD yarns, wherein the machine direction yarns comprise a first set of MD yarns and a second set of MD yarns, comprising a plurality of repeat units, each of the repeat units comprising a plurality of cabled cross machine direction (CMD) yarns and a plurality of machine direction (MD) yarns interwoven with the CMD yarns, wherein the machine direction yarns comprise a first set of MD yarns and a second set of MD yarns, wherein the first set of MD yarns include seam loops at their ends that capture a first pintle, and wherein the second set of MD yarns include loops at their ends that capture a second pintle that is positioned above the first pintle; and (b) removing the second pintle from the ends of the second set of MD yarns; and (c) tensioning the fabric so that each of the ends of the second set of MD yarns forms a gap with a respective end of first set of MD yarns that approaches the seam from the opposite direction, and wherein the gap is no more than about 0.3 mm.
US10982385B2
A pretreatment liquid for inkjet textile printing is disclosed that includes water and a cellulose-based polymer having a weight average molecular weight of at least 50,000. A method for producing a printed textile item and an ink set for inkjet textile printing are also disclosed.
US10982383B2
Floor coverings having a greige good, an adhesive layer, and a secondary backing material. The greige good has a primary backing component having adjoined first and second portions, and a plurality of fibers. The secondary backing material has an attached portion and a first exposable portion, with the attached portion adhered to the first portion of the primary backing component by contact with the adhesive layer. The second portion of the primary backing component is unattached to the first exposable portion of the secondary backing material, and the first exposable portion defines a portion of the first end edge of the floor covering. The second portion of the primary backing component is selectively moveable relative to the first portion to a position in which at least a portion of the second portion of the primary backing component does not overlie the first exposable portion of the secondary backing material.
US10982381B2
A welding process may be configured to convert a substrate into a welded substrate by applying a process solvent to the substrate, wherein the process solvent interrupts one or more intermolecular force between one or more component in the substrate. The substrate may be configured as a natural fiber, such as cellulose, hemicelluloses, and silk. The process solvent may be configured as an ionic-liquid based solvent and the welded substrate may be a congealed network after the process solvent has been adequately swollen and/or mobilized the substrate. A welding process may be configured such that individual fibers of a substrate are not fully dissolved such that material in the fiber core may be left in the native state by controlling process variables. The welding process fibers may have a tenacity 10% or 20% greater or a diameter 25% less than that of a cellulosic-based yarn substrate.
US10982375B2
A method of controlling a washing machine. The washing machine includes a tub with an entry hole configured to receive laundry, a drum rotatably disposed in the tub, a ring-shaped gasket disposed along a circumference of the entry hole of the tub, a pump configured to circulate water that is discharged from the tub, and at least one circulation nozzle provided in the gasket and configured to spray the water that is circulated by the pump into the drum. The method includes: supplying water into the tub; rotating the drum; accelerating a pump speed of the pump while the drum rotates; and based on the pump speed of the pump reaching a threshold speed during the acceleration of the pump, opening a spray valve of the washing machine such that water supplied from an external water source is sprayed into the drum through a direct water nozzle.
US10982373B2
Apparatus for providing a laundry product to a wash load based on user input, comprising a dosing unit (2) for placing in a washing machine drum and a dispensing device (1) having a dispensing area (3), a nozzle (4) and a plurality of reservoir cartridges (6a, 6b, 6c) containing various laundry products that are combined by a user and which are dispensed into the dosing unit (2) by said nozzle (4) as soon as said dosing unit (2) is placed in the dispensing area (3) located underneath the nozzle (4).
US10982359B2
A custom-fit sock is described. The sock includes a tubular body formed from a number of courses and wales. The tubular body includes a foot portion and a leg portion merging substantially at the ankle of a wearer. The foot portion defines a foot bottom portion and an upper instep portion and further includes a heel portion positioned adjacent the foot bottom portion at a first end of the foot portion and a toe portion positioned adjacent the foot bottom portion at a second end of the foot portion. A first course includes a first number of stitches formed using a first number of selected needles of the circular knitting machine. The first number of selected needles is less than a total number of needles of the circular knitting machine.
US10982351B2
Methods for preparing a sequencing library from a DNA-containing test sample are provided, including methods for rescuing one or more partially ligated DNA fragments to enhance library preparation conversion efficiencies. The subject methods can further be used to improve recovery of duplex sequence information from double-stranded DNA.
US10982343B2
The present invention relates to a plating composition for electrolytic copper deposition, comprising copper ions, halide ions and at least one acid, at least one benzothiazole compound, at least one phenazine dye and at least one ethanediamine derivative. The present invention further concerns the use of above plating composition and a method for electrolytically depositing a copper or copper alloy layer onto at least one surface of a substrate.
US10982339B2
The present disclosure relates to a simple one-pot process for the production of ammonia. The process involves electrolysis of air and water using a molten or concentrated aqueous hydroxide electrolyte in the presence of an iron catalyst. The process exhibits one or more of the following benefits: (i) it is an efficient, cost-effective low-energy process, (ii) it eliminates carbon dioxide (CO2) evolution, (iii) it eliminates the need for a separator, and (iv) it bypasses the need for a preliminary hydrogenation step.
US10982338B2
A electronic corrosion protection (ECP) device includes a physical interface for connecting to an on-board diagnostic port of a vehicle. The ECP device can be easily and safely installed in a vehicle and provide corrosion protection to metal components of the vehicle.
US10982334B2
The invention provides a substrate treatment method and apparatus. Embodiments show a substrate in the form of a rotary encoder ring having a pattern of marks producable by means of a laser treatment device controllable to produce the pattern in the correct manner while there is continuous relative displacement between the ring and the laser treatment device.
US10982322B2
Methods to improve front-side process uniformity by back-side metallization are disclosed. In some implementations, a metal layer is deposited on the back-side of a wafer prior to performing a plasma-based process on the front side of the wafer. Presence of the back-side metal layer reduces variations in, for example, thickness of a deposited and/or etched layer resulting from the plasma-based process.
US10982317B2
There are provided a vapor deposition mask capable of satisfying both high definition and lightweight in upsizing and forming a vapor deposition pattern with high definition while securing strength, a vapor deposition mask preparation body capable of simply producing the vapor deposition mask and a method for producing a vapor deposition mask, and furthermore, a method for producing an organic semiconductor element capable of producing an organic semiconductor element with high definition. A metal mask 10 in which a slit 15 is provided and a resin mask 20 in which openings 25 corresponding to a pattern to be produced by vapor deposition are provided at a position of overlapping with the slit 15 are stacked, and the metal mask 10 has a general region 10a in which the slit 15 is provided and a thick region 10b larger in thickness than the general region.
US10982309B2
Disclosed are a hot-rolled galvanized steel sheet having excellent galling resistance and formability, and a method for manufacturing the same. The hot-rolled galvanized steel sheet, includes: a base steel; and a hot-rolled galvanizing layer formed on the surface of the base steel, wherein the hot-rolled galvanizing layer provides a hot-rolled galvanized steel sheet having a Mn crystallite having a size of 10 μm or less between the resin dendrites of zinc that form sequins.
US10982308B2
The invention relates to a system and a method for the hot-dip galvanization of motor-vehicle components, preferably for mass-production hot-dip galvanization of a plurality of identical or similar motor-vehicle components, in particular in batches, preferably for batch galvanization, especially preferably for high-precision hot-dip galvanization.
US10982306B2
A powder material for an additive manufacturing process and a method of manufacturing a three-dimensional article via an additive manufacturing process. The powder material comprises an iron-based alloy including alloying elements of carbon (C) and copper (Cu). The iron-based alloy may be formulated to achieve a precipitation strengthened microstructure comprising a lath martensite matrix phase and a Cu precipitate phase. The iron-based alloy may have a Cu weight fraction and a nickel (Ni) weight fraction, and the Ni weight fraction may be less than the Cu weight fraction of the iron-based alloy.
US10982301B2
Disclosed is a slag comprising, on a dry basis and expressed as the total of the metal present as elemental metal and the presence of the metal in an oxidized state, a) at least 7% wt and at most 49% wt of Fe, b) at most 1.3% wt of Cu, c) at least 24% wt and at most 44% wt of SiO2, and d) at least 2.0% wt and at most 20% wt of CaO, characterised in that the slag comprises, on the same basis, e) at least 0.10% wt and at most 1.00% wt of Zn, f) at least 0.10% wt and at most 2.5% wt of MgO, and g) at most 0.100% wt of Pb. Further disclosed are an improved object comprising the slag, a process for the production of the slag, and a number of uses of the slag, whereby the slag may comprise up to at most 1.50% wt of zinc and down to 1.0% wt of CaO.
US10982300B2
A direct reduction process for the production of ferrochrome from chromite ore or concentrate is disclosed. According to the present invention, calcium chloride (CaCl2) is added as a catalyst to accelerate the solid reduction and enhance the particle growth of the metallic phase (i.e. ferrochrome) during reduction. The reduction of chromite ore or concentrate takes place at much lower temperatures (e.g. 1200 to 1400° C.) compared to the conventional smelting technologies, and the ferrochrome particles formed are segregated from the unwanted residual gangue and spinel particles, facilitating their subsequent physical separation.
US10982293B2
The present disclosure is in the field of plant breeding and genetics, particularly as it pertains to the genus Glycine. More specifically, the invention relates to methods and compositions for producing a population of soybean plants with enhanced resistance to soybean cyst nematode. The methods use the detection of molecular genetic markers linked to soybean cyst nematode resistance loci to select for plants displaying an enhanced soybean cyst nematode resistance phenotype.
US10982290B2
Disclosed is a method for detecting and quantifying gut flora derived from human faeces, comprising acquiring a solid support containing human faeces; optionally amplifying nucleic acid from the human faeces; and detecting and quantifying the presence of gut flora of interest. Also disclosed is a method for assessing whether a person has type-2 diabetes as well as a kit for detecting and quantifying gut flora from human faeces, comprising a solid support for collecting human faeces; and primer pairs for amplifying 16S rRNA sequence from bacteria of interest.
US10982283B2
Provided herein are methods for altering a health state of a subject by administering a wellness intervention to subjects found to have quantitative measures of microbial genera in the subject's microbiome that are associated with undesirable health states. Undesirable health states can be inferred by executing models that predict health states based on the quantitative measures, such as relative amounts of selected microbial genera to all microbes. Models are created by statistical methods that analyze datasets that include, for each of a plurality of subjects, verified health states and quantitative measures of each of a plurality of microbes classified at designated taxonomic levels, e.g., genus level.
US10982280B2
Multivalent binding compositions including a particle-nucleotide conjugate having a plurality of copies of a nucleotide attached to the particle are described. The multivalent binding compositions allow one to localize detectable signals to active regions of biochemical interaction, e.g., sites of protein-protein interaction, protein-nucleic acid interaction, nucleic acid hybridization, or enzymatic reaction, and can be used to identify sites of base incorporation in elongating nucleic acid chains during polymerase reactions and to provide improved base discrimination for sequencing and array based applications.
US10982274B2
Disclosed are methods for nucleic acid amplification wherein nucleic acid templates, beads, and amplification reaction solution are emulsified and the nucleic acid templates are amplified to provide clonal copies of the nucleic acid templates attached to the beads. Also disclosed are kits and apparatuses for performing the methods of the invention.
US10982272B2
This application relates to the use of measurements of cell-free DNA, protein, and/or metabolite found in biofluid (e.g., urine) for identifying and treating organ injury. The application includes methods and compositions for monitoring, detecting, quantifying, and treating kidney injury in subjects suffering from or suspected of having an altered renal status by measuring amounts of cfDNA and one or more other markers, such as inflammation markers, apoptosis markers, protein, and DNA methylation.
US10982271B2
The invention provides methods, compositions, kits and devices for the detection of target molecules. In some embodiments, the invention allows for multiplexed target molecule detection.
US10982261B2
The present disclosure relates to new compounds and their use as fluorescent labels. The compounds may be used as fluorescent labels for nucleotides in nucleic acid sequencing applications.
US10982257B2
Method for studying constituents of individual molecular complexes by labelling the molecules belonging to the same complex with at least one set of molecular constructs, wherein each set member includes a Unique Identifying Sequence (UIS), which is a nucleic acid sequence unique for each set member, and at least one Common Tag Sequence (CTS), which is a nucleic acid sequence common to all set members, by: attaching the molecular construct to the complex by ligating or hybridizing the molecular construct to a nucleic acid molecule of the complex, or ligating or hybridizing the tag to a nucleic acid linked to an affinity binder that binds specifically to a constituent of the complex; labelling the molecules belonging to the same complex using the molecular construct tags as primers or templates in a nucleic acid polymerization reaction; and analyzing the composition of the complex by analyzing combinations of UISs and CTSs.
US10982255B2
There is provided a microchip including a reaction region and a detection region connected to the reaction region by a flow passage, the detection region including copper.
US10982254B2
The present invention relates, in part, to methods and kits for rapidly determining antimicrobial susceptibility of microorganisms.
US10982244B2
The present disclosure relates to modified homoserine dehydrogenase and a method for producing homoserine or a homoserine-derived L-amino acid using the same.
US10982241B2
The invention relates to a long-chain dibasic acid with low content of monobasic acid impurity and a production method thereof, in particular to the preparation of a long-chain dibasic acid producing strain by means of directed evolution and homologous recombination, and to the production of a long-chain dibasic acid with low content of monobasic acid impurity by fermentation of said strain. The invention relates to a mutated CYP52A12 gene, homologous gene or variant thereof, which, relative to GenBank Accession Number AY230498 and taking the first base upstream of the start codon ATG as −1, comprises a mutation. The invention relates to a strain comprising said mutated CYP52A12 gene, homologous gene or variant thereof wherein when the strain is fermented to produce a long-chain dibasic acid, the content of monobasic acid impurity in the fermentation product is significantly reduced.
US10982240B2
Cells and methods for producing polyhydroxyalkanoates. The cells comprise one or more recombinant genes selected from an R-specific enoyl-CoA hydratase gene, a PHA polymerase gene, a thioesterase gene, and an acyl-CoA-synthetase gene. The cells further have one or more genes functionally deleted. The functionally deleted genes include such genes as an enoyl-CoA hydratase gene, a 3-hydroxyacyl-CoA dehydrogenase, and a 3-ketoacyl-CoA thiolase gene. The recombinant cells are capable of using producing polyhydroxyalkanoates with a high proportion of monomers having the same carbon length from non-lipid substrates, such as carbohydrates.
US10982238B2
The present disclosure provides an Escherichia coli transformant and a method for producing itaconate using the Escherichia coli transformant.
US10982226B2
Provided herein are green alga Cia8 polypeptides and the polynucleotides that encode them. Also provided herein are transformed cells and transgenic plants that include one or more of the polynucleotides and/or polypeptides provided herein.
US10982223B2
Compositions and methods for improving plant growth are provided herein. Polynucleotides encoding phenylalanine ammonia lyase (PAL) proteins, polypeptides encompassing PAL proteins, and expression constructs for expressing genes of interest whose expression may improve agronomic properties including but not limited to crop yield, biotic and abiotic stress tolerance, and early vigor, plants comprising the polynucleotides, polypeptides, and expression constructs, and methods of producing transgenic plants are also provided.
US10982221B2
The present invention describes the plant-based production of a therapeutic anti-virus antibody.
US10982218B2
A new and strong transcriptional activation domain was identified from the Arabidopsis protein Ethylene Response Factor 98 (AtERF98). This domain has been designated as the “EDLL domain” and has a number of highly conserved amino acid residues that are found throughout the members of the AtERF98 family from plants, including in monocot and eudicot orthologs. The EDLL domain was shown to be highly active when it was fused to transcription factors from plant and yeast, and was also shown to have activation potential comparable to the widely-used VP16 activation domain derived from Herpes simplex. The EDLL domain was also active when it was targeted to a gene promoter by a sequence-specific DNA binding protein or by protein-protein interactions. Unlike other known activation domains such as VP16 and GAL4, the EDLL domain is relatively small in size, and being of plant origin, it is favored as a strong transcriptional activation tool for application in transgenic food crops.
US10982217B2
Methods, devices, and systems are provided for the delivery of agents (e.g., nucleic acids, proteins, organic molecules, organelles, antibodies or other ligands, 5 etc.) into live cells and/or the extraction of the same from said cells. In various embodiments the photothermal platforms and systems incorporating such photothermal platforms are provided that permit efficient, high-throughput cargo delivery into live cells.
US10982214B2
Therapeutic compositions and methods of treatment of the central nervous system, specifically towards hypertension comprising administration of a therapeutic comprising an anti-miR-135a, an anti-miR-miR-376a, or a combination, in the central nervous system effectively attenuates hypertension for up to four weeks provided a single administration.
US10982205B2
The present invention relates to an isolated polypeptide having beta-lactamase activity and nucleic acid sequences encoding the polypeptide. The isolated polypeptide of the invention is a Verona integron-encoded metallo-β-lactamase (VIM-2) variant with improved properties such as improved protease stability, stability in intestinal medium, improved activity against one or more antibiotics, improved specific activity and/or improved production in a host cell.
US10982200B2
The present disclosure provides for endonuclease enzymes having distinguishing domain features, as well as methods of using such enzymes or variants thereof.
US10982195B2
The invention relates to a recombinant cell, preferably a yeast cell comprising: a) one or more heterologous genes encoding a glycerol dehydrogenase activity; b) one or more genes encoding a dihydroxyacetone kinase (E.C. 2.7.1.28 and/or E.C. 2.7.1.29); c) one or more heterologous genes encoding a ribulose-1,5-biphosphate carboxylase oxygenase (EC 4.1.1.39, RuBisCO); and d) one or more heterologous genes encoding a phosphoribulokinase (EC 2.7.1.19, PRK); and optionally e) one or more heterologous genes encoding for a glycerol transporter. This cell can be used for the production of ethanol and advantageously produces little or no glycerol.
US10982186B2
The present invention relates to a cell culturing method and kit. More specifically, it relates to a cell culturing method and kit using a support that is exposed to the air. It further relates to a method of culturing cells by allowing them to migrate onto a porous polyimide film.
US10982185B2
Novel strains of Pseudomonas fluorescens are disclosed. Several novel mutated strains of Pseudomonads are engineered by repetitive culturing of a parent strain under stressed conditions. Various enriched populations are screened and ranked based on relative performance indices including viable cell yield during growth, efficacy in suppression of dry rot disease, cell growth recovery after dry storage and resistance to switchgrass hydrolysate.
US10982180B2
Provided is a system and a method for propagating cells, the system comprising a multi well plate and a plate sealing means for sealing at least one well of a multiwell plate, the plate sealing means comprising at least one solid bulge or at least one bulge comprising a solid base, said at least one bulge consisting of a resilient elastomer to securely seal at least one well of the multiwell plate. Also disclosed is the use of such a system for propagating cells and the corresponding method.
US10982177B2
Pre-moistened wipes that include one or more characteristics correlated to desired properties, such as high durability, mileage, cleaning composition retention, efficacy, or the like are described. Pulp substrates typically include an anionic charge, which can result in binding or retention of a cationic biocide such as a quaternary ammonium compound while the remainder of the composition is released from the wipe (e.g., through squeezing, wiping or other compression). The present wipes are specifically tailored to release at least 20% of the quaternary ammonium compound to a target surface, and exhibit at least a 3-log reduction in Staphylococcus aureus population within about 10 seconds to 5 minutes. Such release and efficacy is achieved without the presence of any cationic biocide release agent (e.g., latex or a cationic salt) included in the cleaning composition or elsewhere within the pre-loaded disinfecting wipe.
US10982176B2
Described herein is a process of laundering fabrics using a household care composition, which delivers active agents onto fabric or hard surfaces while modifying the pH of the wash liquor to greater than 8.
US10982160B2
Provided is a method of preparing a combustible oil, the method comprising adding and mixing: a petroleum-based combustible oil; a water having an oxidation-reduction potential of −300 mV or lower, a pH of 9.0 or higher, and a dissolved hydrogen concentration of 0.8 ppm or higher; a fatty oil; and an activated carbon to obtain a mixture.
US10982156B2
The object of the invention is a method for producing naphthenic process oils that have a high content of naphthenic carbon atoms of 20-60 wt % and a low content of polycyclic aromatics of less than 3 wt %, determined in accordance with IP 346, by the hydrogenation of a process oil educt that has a high content of polycyclic aromatics. The method in accordance with the invention enables secondary extracts, such as are formed in the production of label-free process oils, even in a mixture with primary extracts, to be utilized in an economically meaningful way. The resulting process oils are likewise label-free, so that the use of PCA-containing process oils can be reduced and less of these substances will get into the environment. Through this the environment and in particular health are less stressed. In addition, the starting substances in this way can lead to a different use and no longer have to be added to heating oil. By avoiding heating oil, CO2 emissions are also reduced. Also, through the direct hydrogenation of DAE, high value naphthenic process oils are obtained by the method in accordance with the invention. The process oils that are obtained contain surprisingly high amounts of naphthenic hydrocarbon compounds. In addition, an object of the invention is the use of the process oils produced in accordance with the invention as a plasticizer or extender oil for natural and synthetic rubber mixtures or thermoplastic elastomers.
US10982153B2
Process embodiments for producing high grade coke and fuel grade coke from residual oil comprises: introducing the residual oil and a first paraffinic solvent having a carbon number Cn to a first solvent deasphalting unit to produce a high quality deasphalted oil (HQDAO) fraction and a first asphalt fraction; passing the HQDAO fraction to a delayed coker to produce green coke; passing at least a portion of the first asphalt fraction and a second paraffinic solvent carbon number of Cn+1 to a second solvent deasphalting unit to produce a low quality deasphalted oil (LQDAO) fraction and a second asphalt fraction; and passing the LQDAO fraction to the delayed coker to produce the fuel grade coke.
US10982145B2
The present invention relates to a negative dielectric anisotropic liquid crystal composition, a liquid crystal display element, and a liquid crystal display. The negative dielectric anisotropic liquid crystal composition of the present invention comprises a first component composed of one or more compounds represented by formula I and a second component composed of one or more polymerizable compounds: The negative dielectric anisotropic liquid crystal composition disclosed by the present invention has a low rotary viscosity, a fast response speed and a good stability, and is very suitable for manufacturing liquid crystal display elements, particularly suitable for PS (polymer-stabilized) or PSA (polymer-stabilized alignment)-type liquid crystal displays.
US10982143B2
Embodiments of the invention include a light source and a nitridoberyllate phosphor disposed in a path of light emitted by the light source. The nitridoberyllate phosphor includes a trigonal planar BeN3 structure and/or a tetrahedral Be(N,O)4 structure.
US10982142B1
A red phosphor is expressed by a chemical formula of CazO:Cex, Liy, in which a range of x values is 0
US10982140B2
A nitride phosphor particle dispersion-type sialon ceramic of the present invention includes a matrix formed of a sialon-based compound; and at least one nitride phosphor which is dispersed in the matrix and contains a luminescence center element.
US10982138B2
The present invention relates to a method for forming a nanocomposite having a core-shell structure, the method comprising the steps of: forming a core comprising a first fluorophore capable of aggregation induced emission, and depositing a second fluorophore capable of aggregation caused quenching onto the surface of the core to form a shell at least partially surrounding the core. The present invention also relates to a nanocomposite obtained by said method, and a method of altering the fluorescence of said nanocomposite. The nanocomposite may exhibit dual emission colours and opposite aggregation fluorescent behaviours.
US10982135B2
A phosphor-containing film capable of suppressing deterioration of phosphor and capable of suppressing generation of luminescent spots and the reduction in luminance due to a defect of the resin layer. The film includes: a phosphor-containing layer having a resin layer which has impermeability to oxygen and is provided with a plurality of discretely arranged concave portions, and a plurality of fluorescent regions, each of which is arranged in the concave portion of the resin layer and contains a phosphor that deteriorates through a reaction with oxygen when exposed to oxygen; and a first substrate film and a second substrate film, which are respectively laminated on one main surface and the other main surface of the phosphor-containing layer, in which the fluorescent regions contain a binder and quantum dots serving as the phosphor.
US10982134B2
A polymer composite comprising quantum dots; said polymer composite comprising: (a) quantum dots; (b) polymerized units of a first compound having at least one readily polymerizable vinyl group, a molecular weight from 300 to 20,000 and at least one continuous acyclic hydrocarbyl chain of at least five carbon atoms; and (c) polymerized units of a second compound having at least one readily polymerizable vinyl group and a molecular weight from 100 to 750; wherein a readily polymerizable vinyl group is part of a (meth)acrylate ester group or is attached directly to an aromatic ring, and the molecular weight of the first compound minus the molecular weight of the second compound is at least 100.
US10982120B2
Conventionally, when an adherend is nickel or the like, it has been difficult to realize an electroconductive adhesive that lowers connection resistance in various kinds of thermocurable curing resins. However, it is possible to provide an electroconductive adhesive, in the case where the adherend is nickel or the like, which reduces connection resistance in various kinds of thermocurable curing resins while simultaneously maintaining storage stability to have good handleability. The present description provides a thermocurable electroconductive adhesive including the following components (A) to (D): Component (A): a curable resin, Component (B): a thermal curing agent that cures Component (A), Component (C): an organometallic complex, and Component (D): electroconductive particles.
US10982119B2
The present disclosure relates to conductive adhesives and inks. The disclosed conductive adhesives include glues and epoxies, based on graphene and graphene/carbon composites and the methods of manufacture thereof, such conductive adhesives exhibiting excellent conductivity, thermal properties, durability, low curing temperatures, mechanical flexibility, and reduced environmental impact. Further, adhesives with conductive additives such as silver nanowires and the methods of production thereof are disclosed herein.
US10982117B2
An adhesive material contains a styrene resin, a (meth)acrylate resin, and an oxidatively polymerizable compound, wherein the adhesive material has a sea-island structure that includes a sea portion containing the styrene resin and an island portion containing the (meth)acrylate resin, and the glass transition temperature of the (meth)acrylate resin is at least 30° C. lower than the glass transition temperature of the styrene resin.
US10982110B2
The present invention relates to a process for preparing a vinylidene chloride polymer composite comprising a vinylidene chloride polymer and clay materials. The process comprises polymerising vinylidene chloride and clay materials and the resulting vinylidene chloride polymer particle is surrounded by a plurality of clay platelets. The clay materials according to the present invention function as a solid stabilizer in the process for preparing a vinylidene chloride polymer composite of the present invention. The present invention further relates to the vinylidene chloride polymer composite obtainable from the process, to use of the vinylidene chloride polymer composite for the preparation of films, and to films prepared therefrom.
US10982091B2
The present invention relates to a thermoplastic resin composition having excellent thermal stability and birefringence properties and to a molded article formed therefrom. In one embodiment, the thermoplastic resin composition includes: 100 parts by weight of a polycarbonate resin including a repeating unit represented by formula 1; about 0.2 parts by weight to about 15 parts by weight of an epoxy resin represented by formula 2; and about 1 part by weight to about 15 parts by weight of a phosphate-based compound, wherein formula 1 and formula 2 are as defined in the detailed description.
US10982085B2
Provided is a thermoplastic resin film of which adhesive force can be easily adjusted to lie within an appropriate range when the thermoplastic resin film is bonded to other members such as a glass plate. A thermoplastic resin film according to the present invention includes a thermoplastic resin, and a compound represented by the following formula (1). In the formula (1), R1, R2, R3, R4 and R5 each represent a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, a carboxyalkyl group, a group that is a salt of a carboxyalkyl group and alkali metal, or a group that is a salt of a carboxyalkyl group and alkaline earth metal, and at least one of R1, R2, R3, R4 and R5 represents a carboxyalkyl group, a group that is a salt of a carboxyalkyl group and alkali metal, or a group that is a salt of a carboxyalkyl group and alkaline earth metal.
US10982076B2
The present disclosure relates to a rubber composition for a tire tread, the rubber composition comprising 100 parts by weight of a raw material rubber, 10 to 30 parts by weight of a vegetable oil having a weight ratio of linolenic acid to oleic acid of 1:0.5 to 1:1.5, 10 to 20 parts by weight of a terpene-based resin having a softening point of 110 to 130° C., and 75 to 120 parts by weight of a reinforcing filler, and a tire manufactured using the rubber composition for the tire tread. The present disclosure provides a tread rubber composition for four seasons which improves the braking performance on the ice and snow road surface and the abrasion resistant performance and improves the braking performance on the wet road surface at the same time while minimizing a drop in rotational resistance.
US10982071B2
The invention relates to the use of sulfonic acid esters of the following Formula 1 and/or Formula 2, individually or as a mixture of more than one thereof, as regulators in polymerization reactions of radically polymerizable, ethylenically unsaturated monomers: wherein A in each case independently is selected from H, CN, linear, branched or cyclic aliphatic or aromatic C1-C30 hydrocarbon residues; X in each case independently is —COO— or —CON(R1)—, wherein the binding to A occurs via O or N, or is absent if A is an aromatic hydrocarbon residue or CN; B in each case independently is selected from linear, branched or cyclic aliphatic or aromatic C1-C30 hydrocarbon residues; R1 in each case independently is selected from hydrogen and linear, branched or cyclic aliphatic or aromatic C1-C10 hydrocarbon residues, which are optionally substituted with one or more OH groups, wherein the aliphatic hydrocarbon residues are optionally interrupted by one or more oxygen atoms; and n in each case independently is an integer from 1 to 6.
US10982064B2
A barrier film. The barrier film may include a substrate, an inorganic layer disposed on a side of the substrate, and an organic layer-by-layer structure disposed on a side of the inorganic layer, where in the organic layer-by-layer structure comprises a layer of a cationic polyelectrolyte and a layer of an anionic polyelectrolyte.
US10982063B2
To provide a resin composition, wherein the resin composition is excellent in impregnation into a reinforcing fiber sheet as it contains a polyamide having a low viscosity number; wherein the resin composition can be molded into a film, a fiber, etc., even though it contains a polyamide having a low viscosity number; and wherein the resin composition can produce a fiber-reinforced molded product having excellent impact resistance; a molded product and a method for its production; and a fiber-reinforced molded product having excellent impact resistance and a method for its production. A resin composition comprising: a polyamide having a viscosity number of from 100 to 170 determined by a method specified in ISO 307: 2007; and a melt-processable fluororesin having at least one type of a functional group selected from the group consisting of a carbonyl group-containing group, a hydroxy group, an epoxy group and an isocyanate group, and having a melting point of from 100 to 325° C.
US10982062B2
The present invention pertains to a fluoropolymer hybrid organic/inorganic composite, to a film comprising said fluoropolymer hybrid organic/inorganic composite and to uses of said film in various applications, in particular in electrochemical and in photo-electrochemical applications.
US10982054B2
When a polymer gel has excellent mechanical strength and an ability to maintain surface wetness for a longer time, the polymer gel may be very widely applied to a variety of fields. The present disclosure provides example embodiments of a polymer gel having excellent mechanical strength and an ability to maintain surface wetness for a longer time. Further, the present disclosure provides example embodiments of a method of preparing the polymer gel.
US10982050B2
A sealing composite includes a molecular formula as follows:
US10982049B2
The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a polyarylene sulfide resin comprising: reacting a sulfoxide represented by the following formula (1) with a particular aromatic compound to obtain a poly(arylenesulfonium salt) having a particular constitutional unit; and dealkylating or dearylating the poly(arylenesulfonium salt) to obtain a polyarylene sulfide resin having a particular constitutional unit, wherein R1 represents an alkyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, etc.; Ar1 and Ar2 each independently represent an arylene group optionally having a substituent; and Z represents a direct bond, etc.
US10982045B2
A catalyst composition for a polyester manufacturing process, comprising a titanium catalyst and/or an antimony catalyst as main catalyst, and either (i) at least one co-catalyst A, or (ii) at least one co-catalyst B and at least one co-catalyst C, or (iii) a combination thereof, and wherein co-catalyst A is selected from the group consisting of a metal salt of an alkyl or an aryl phosphinic acid, or a metal salt of an alkyl or aryl diphosphinic acid, or a combination thereof, and co-catalyst B is selected from the group consisting of an alkyl or aryl phosphinic acid, an alkyl or aryl diphosphinic acid a combination thereof, and co-catalyst C selected from the group of a metal salt, a metal hydroxide or a metal organyl compound.
US10982044B2
A low-shrinkage polyester industrial yarn and a preparation method thereof are provided. The preparation method includes the following steps: subjecting the modified polyester to polycondensation, melting, measuring, extruding, cooling, oiling, stretching, heat setting and winding, wherein the content of the crown ether in the oil agent is 67.30-85.58 wt %. The material of the prepared low shrinkage polyester industrial yarn is a modified polyester, the molecular chain of the modified polyester includes a terephthalic acid segment, an ethylene glycol segment, and a branched diol segment, and the structural formula of the branched diol is as follows: Wherein R1 and R2 are each independently selected from a linear alkylene group having 1-3 carbon atoms, R3 is selected from an alkyl group having 1-5 carbon atoms, and R4 is selected from an alkyl group consisting of 2-5 carbon atoms.
US10982039B2
The invention relates to a method for producing PUR/PIR rigid foam materials, having the steps of reacting at least one polyester polyol (a), which can be obtained by reacting a. I.) at least one cyclic carboxylic acid anhydride; a.2.) at least one low-molecular dial with a molecular mass of 62 to 450 Da; and a.3.) at least one alkylene oxide; by esterifying the components a.I.) and a.2.) and subsequently oxalkylating the resulting carboxylic acid half-ester using component a.3.); wherein at least the oxalkylation is carried out using a.4.) at least one amine catalyst in which (the) nitrogen atom(s) is/are part of an aromatic ring system, with (b) at least one polyisocyanate-containing component, (c) at least one propellant, (d) at least one or more catalysts, (e) optionally at one flameproofing agent and/or other auxiliary agents, and (f) optionally at least one additional compound with at least two groups which are reactive towards isocyanates and which differ from polyester polyol (a). The invention also relates to a PUR/PIR rigid foam material which can be obtained using a method according to the invention, to a composite element comprising the PUR/PIR rigid foam material according to the invention, at least one cover layer selected from concrete, wood, press board, aluminum, copper, steel, stainless steel, paper, non-wovens, and plastic, and multilayer composites or a combination thereof. The invention also relates to the use of the PUR/PIR rigid foam materials according to the invention or the composite element according to the invention for heat damping.
US10982027B2
A polymer composition adapted for use in injection stretch blow molding may include a metallocene random propylene-based copolymer in the absence of a clarifier. The metallocene random propylene-based copolymer may exhibit a melting point of from 105° C. to less than 175° C., a recrystallization temperature ranging from 85° C. to 100° C. as measured by DSC, a microtacticity ranging from 89% to 99%, a molecular weight (Mw) ranging from 170,000 to 210,000, and a melt flow rate of from about 1 dg/min. to about 40 dg/min. A method of forming an injection stretch blow molded (ISBM) article may include providing the metallocene random propylene-based copolymer, injection molding the metallocene random propylene-based copolymer in the absence of a clarifier into a preform, and stretch-blowing the preform into an article.
US10982024B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure directed towards polymerization catalysts having improved ethylene enchainment and/or improved catalyst productivity. As an example, the present disclosure provides a polymerization catalyst of Formula (I), wherein each of R1 to R12 is independently a C1 to C20 alkyl, aryl or aralkyl group, or a hydrogen, wherein at least one of R4 to R7 is not a hydrogen, wherein M is a Group 4 metal, and wherein, each X is independently a halide, C1 to C20 alkyl, aralkyl or hydrogen.
US10982013B2
Modified biopolymers, such as, charge-modified biopolymers, cross-linked biopolymers, and cross-linked, charge-modified biopolymers are provided along with methods of producing and using the same.
US10982006B2
The present invention relates to novel antigen binding domains and heterodimeric antibodies that bind Fibroblast Activation Protein (FAP).
US10982004B2
Disclosed are antibodies that specifically bind Toll-like Receptor 4 (TLR-4), and to methods of using the anti-TLR4 antibodies as therapeutics and diagnostic agents.
US10982003B2
The present invention relates generally to glutamine-free cell culture media supplemented with asparagine. The invention further concerns the production of recombinant proteins, such as antibodies, in asparagine-supplemented glutamine-free mammalian cell culture.
US10982000B2
The disclosure relates to novel uses and methods for preventing and/or treating heart disease, which employ a therapeutically effective amount of an ActRII receptor antagonist, e.g., an ActRII receptor binding molecule, e.g., an ActRII receptor antibody, such as the bimagrumab antibody.
US10981999B2
This disclosure related to antagonistic dual receptor antigen-binding proteins, e.g. antibodies and methods of using the dual receptor antibodies for treatment of pathological diseases. The dual receptor antibodies may comprise an antibody to ActRII receptors and may be used to treat pathological condition. The pathological conditions can comprise muscle wasting diseases or any disease that requires stimulation of muscle growth.
US10981997B1
Provided herein are antibodies that selectively bind to complex comprising a non-classical HLA-I (e.g. HLA-E) and a neoantigen having variable heavy chain domains (VH), variable light chain domains (VL), and complementarity determining regions (CDRs) as disclosed herein, as well as methods and uses thereof.
US10981996B1
Provided herein are antibodies that selectively bind to complex comprising a non-classical HLA-I (e.g. HLA-E) and a neoantigen having variable heavy chain domains (VH), variable light chain domains (VL), and complementarity determining regions (CDRs) as disclosed herein, as well as methods and uses thereof.
US10981989B2
A pharmaceutical composition comprising an active agent that causes reduction of the level of systemic immunosuppression in an individual for use in treating a disease, disorder, condition or injury of the CNS that does not include the autoimmune neuroinflammatory disease, relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS), is provided. The pharmaceutical composition is for administration by a dosage regimen comprising at least two courses of therapy, each course of therapy comprising in sequence a treatment session followed by an interval session of non-treatment.
US10981988B2
The invention relates to the field of molecular medicine. In particular, it relates to compositions and methods to enhance the clearance of aberrant cells, e.g. cancer cells or virus-infected cells, by the host's immune system. Provided is a composition comprising (i) a therapeutic compound that can trigger a host's immune effector cells against an aberrant cell, such as a therapeutic antibody, and (ii) at least one agent capable of reducing or preventing inhibitory signal transduction initiated via SIRPalpha.
US10981980B2
Provided herein are new compositions and methods to target and deliver agents to pathological areas by utilizing multifunctional compounds. These compounds include three or more domains: (i) a vimentin-binding peptide, (ii) a linker, and (iii) a drug binding, a capturing reagent, or a detectable moiety. These compounds can be used to detect, isolate, and/or treat cancerous cells such as circulating tumor cells.
US10981976B2
The present invention features anti-HERV-K monoclonal antibodies or antigen-binding portions thereof. The present invention also features uses of the antibodies for treating HIV infection or HIV-associated conditions or diseases.
US10981964B2
The invention is concerned with a fusion protein, a nucleic acid molecule encoding such fusion protein, a vector comprising such nucleic acid molecule, and a host cell comprising such nucleic acid molecule or such vector. The invention further pertains to a method for producing such fusion protein. The fusion protein or a gene therapy vector encoding the fusion protein may be used in the prevention or treatment of osteoarthritis, chronic pain, a condition characterized by local or systemic inflammation, immune activation, and/or lymphoproliferation.
US10981956B2
A peptide fragment isolated from proline-rich protein 4 (PRP4) has a neuroprotective action. The peptide can be a neuroprotective drug in a preventive or alleviative pharmaceutical composition. The peptide can be used in a neuropathic treatment.
US10981949B2
Described herein are fluid treatment devices for use in tangential flow filtration, comprising a housing unit and a composite material, wherein the composite material comprises: a support member comprising a plurality of pores extending through the support member; and a non-self-supporting macroporous cross-linked gel comprising macropores having an average size of 10 nm to 3000 nm, said macroporous gel being located in the pores of the support member. The invention also relates to a method of separating a substance from a fluid, comprising the step of placing the fluid in contact with an inventive device, thereby adsorbing or absorbing the substance to the composite material contained therein.
US10981948B2
A process for increasing protein yield from biomass (beans, oilseeds, cereals, nuts, rice, soybeans, bran, etc.), as well as, for reducing the amount of chemical and biological reagents used in the process, involves application of multiple hydrodynamic cavitation treatments of a biomass suspension or other combination of biomass with solvents and reagents—in the preparation, extraction, and processing or the biomass and proteins. The biomass suspension is preferably subjected to at least three cavitation treatments in order to facilitate the crushing of biomass, splitting of fibers, and rupture of cell membranes, thereby increasing the mass transfer surface area and intensifying the extraction of protein and lipids. At the stage of washing and neutralization the protein solution may be subjected to a fourth cavitation treatment to obtain the purified protein.
US10981933B2
This invention relates to generally inhibiting histone deacetylase (“HDAC”) enzymes (e.g., HDAC1, HDAC2, and HDAC3).
US10981927B2
The invention relates to novel bioactive polycyclic ether compounds comprising a spiro-linked five-membered cyclic imine. In particular, the invention relates to a compound designated portimine, its congeners and the use of these compounds in anticancer therapy. In a second aspect the invention provides a pharmaceutical preparation comprising as active ingredient a congener of the first aspect of the invention. Preferably, the pharmaceutical preparation is indicated for use in the treatment of subjects with neoplasia. More preferably, the pharmaceutical preparation is indicated for use in the treatment of subjects with lymphoid malignancies. Preferably, the lymphoid malignancies are selected from the group consisting of: chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL) and pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL).
US10981926B2
Disclosed are compounds, compositions and methods for treating of disorders that are affected by the antagonism of one or more androgen receptor types. Such compounds are represented by Formula (I) as follows: wherein R1 and G are defined herein.
US10981921B2
There is described herein use of a compound of formula (I) below to make cyclic peptides.
US10981918B2
The present invention relates to compounds according to general formula (I) which act as modulators of the glucocorticoid receptor and can be used in the treatment and/or prophylaxis of disorders which are at least partially mediated by the glucocorticoid receptor.
US10981916B2
A chemical entity of Formula (I), wherein V, W, Y, and Z, have any of the values described herein, and compositions comprising such chemical entities, methods of making them; and their use in a wide range of methods, including metabolic and reaction kinetic studies; detection and imaging techniques, radioactive treatments; modulating and treating disorders mediated by PDE2 activity; treating neurological disorders, CNS disorders, dementia, cognitive disorders, neurodegenerative diseases, and trauma-dependent losses of function, enhancing the efficiency of cognitive and motor training, including in stroke or TBI rehabilitation; and treating peripheral disorders, including hematological, cardiovascular, gastroenterological, dermatoiogical, inflammatory, and pain disorders.
US10981915B2
The invention relates to inhibitors of USP7 inhibitors useful in the treatment of cancers, neurodegenerative diseases, immunological disorders, inflammatory disorders, cardiovascular diseases, ischemic diseases, viral infections and diseases, and bacterial infections and diseases, having the Formula: where R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R5′, R6, X1, X2, m, and n are described herein.
US10981913B2
An object of the invention is to provide a 11C-labeled O6-benzylguanine capable of obtaining a PET image and a process for producing the same. The 11C-labeled O6-benzylguanine of the invention is represented by the following chemical formula (a). The 11C-labeled O6-benzylguanine is produced by: a coupling step of cross-coupling a methyl iodide labeled with 11C and the following organotin compound (b) (R1 represents an alkyl group, and R2 and R3 represent a leaving group which can be eliminated with a base) in the presence of a palladium complex, a phosphine ligand, and cuprous halide in an aprotic lactam; and a desorption step of desorbing the leaving groups R2 and R3 of the coupling product obtained by the coupling step with a base.
US10981912B2
A macrocycle compound of general formula (X) in which Y1 represents a C(O)OH group or a group of formula (II)
US10981908B2
The present invention relates to compounds which can act as aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR) modulators and, in particular, as AhR antagonists. The invention further relates to the use of the compounds for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of diseases and/or conditions through binding of said aryl hydrocarbon receptor by said compounds.
US10981907B2
Polycyclic derivatives of formula I wherein the substituents are as defined in claim 1, and the agrochemically acceptable salts, stereoisomers, enantiomers, tautomers and N-oxides of those compounds, can be used as insecticides and can be prepared in a manner known per se.
US10981898B2
The invention provides a compound of formula (I): or tautomer or a solvate or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein the various substituents are as defined in the claims. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions containing the compounds of formula (I), processes for making the compounds and the medical uses of the compounds.
US10981897B2
The present invention provides compounds of the formula: (I) wherein: X is O or S; Q1 and Q2 are independently CR5 or N, provided at least one of Q1 and Q2 is N; Y is a direct bond or CH2; R1 is H, optionally substituted alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, cycloalkylalkyl, benzyl or oxetan-3-yl-CH2—; R2 is optionally substituted phenyl, pyridine, pyrimidine, pyrazine or pyridazine; R3 is alkyl or haloalkyl; R4 is optionally substituted pyridine, pyrimidine, pyrazine or pyridazine; R5 is H, alkyl, haloalkyl, cycloalkyl, alkoxy, alkoxyC(O)— or (alkoxy)2CH—; or a salt thereof. The compounds are useful for controlling ectoparasites on animals.
US10981896B2
The present disclosure relates to indolinone compounds, compositions, and methods for the inhibition of maternal embryonic leucine zipper kinase (MELK). The present disclosure further relates to indolinone compounds, compositions, and methods for the treatment or prevention of a cancer (for example, triple negative breast cancer). Disclosed herein are compounds according to Formula I:
US10981894B2
Described herein are compounds that are melanocortin subtype-2 receptor (MC2R) modulators, methods of making such compounds, pharmaceutical compositions and medicaments comprising such compounds, and methods of using such compounds in the treatment of conditions, diseases, or disorders that would benefit from modulation of MC2R activity.
US10981892B2
The aryl sulfonamide compounds of this invention have powerful and cell-type specific Bcl inhibitory activity. Selected compounds in this class promote apoptosis in senescent cells, and are being developed for treating senescent-related conditions. Selected compounds in this class promote apoptosis in cancer cells, and can be developed as chemotherapeutic agents.
US10981884B2
The invention provides a stable epoprostenol sodium and a process for the preparation this pharmaceutically active ingredient.
US10981871B2
Disclosed herein are methods for obtaining N-(4-fluorobenzyl)-N-(1-methylpiperidin-4-yl)-N′-(4-(2-methylpropyloxy)phenylmethyl) carbamide (pimavanserin) comprising the step of contacting an intermediate according to Formula (A) or a salt thereof, with an intermediate Formula B, or a salt thereof, to produce pimavanserin or a salt thereof wherein Y is —ORi or —NR2aR2b; R3 is hydrogen or substituted or unsubstituted heteroalicyclyl, R4 is substituted or unsubstituted aralkyl; X is —OR22 or —NR23R24; (wherein R22 is hydrogen or substituted or unsubstituted C1-6alkyl and one of R23 and R24 is hydrogen and the other is hydrogen or N-methylpiperidin-4-yl); and R21 is —OCH2CH(CH3)2 or F; Also disclosed herein is the tartrate salt of N-(4-fluorobenzyl)-N-(1-methylpiperidin-4-yl)-N′-(4-(2-methylpropyloxy)phenylmethyl) carbamide and methods for obtaining the salt.
US10981868B1
A one-pot process for the manufacture of 5-chloro-7-methylindoline-2,3-dione starting from 2-hydroxyimino-N-(2-methylphenyl)acetamide via tandem cyclization in sulfuric acid and acetic acid, followed by in-situ chlorination with sulfur dioxide and chlorine gas in high regioselectivity and yield.
US10981863B1
A method and a production system for recovering and treating taurine mother liquor, which is used for the process of ethylene oxide taurine production process. As for the treatment of the last mother liquor of taurine, add alkali firstly to the last mother liquor of taurine and then acid to form salt, or add salt directly; then concentrate and crystallize and filter, to remove lots of impurities in taurine mother liquor. This solves the problem of separating impurities, greatly shortening the time of removing impurities. The last mother liquor can also be decolorizes and additional impurities removes by activated carbon, and the removal of salt by mixing ammonia into the mother liquor to obtain the pure taurine mother liquor, thereby recovering the mother liquor and increasing the product yield.
US10981857B2
The present invention provides a production method of α-fluoroacrylate ester, a composition containing a highly-pure fluorocyclopropane derivative and a composition containing highly-pure α-fluoroacrylate ester. The present invention relates to a method of producing a compound represented by the following formula (F), including subjecting a composition containing a compound represented by the following formula (A) to a purification treatment in the order of distillation and washing with an aqueous alkali solution to give a purified product containing a compound represented by the following formula (A), and subjecting the purified product to a thermal decomposition reaction, a composition containing a highly-pure compound represented by the following formula (A), and a composition containing a highly-pure compound represented by the following formula (F), wherein R may be the same or different and is a monovalent hydrocarbon group, and X is a halogen atom:
US10981853B2
The present invention aims to provide a method for preparing an aldehyde, which can prepare a target aldehyde with high selectivity and can also suppress the production of by-products. The present invention relates to a method for preparing an α,β-unsaturated aldehyde. The method includes a step of reacting a compound of formula (I) with a compound of formula (II) to provide an α,β-unsaturated aldehyde of formula (III). An alkali metal hydroxide and an alkanol having 1 to 4 carbon atoms are used in the step. The amount of the alkali metal hydroxide is 8 mol % or more and 12 mol % or less with respect to the compound of formula (I). The total amount of water contained in materials that are used in the reaction is 10 mol % or more and 50 mol % or less with respect to the compound of formula (I).
US10981846B1
A method for making a fuel includes reacting a conjugated diene or a mixture of conjugated dienes with a catalyst selected from the group consisting of a low valent iron catalyst stabilized with a pyridineimine ligand, an iron precatalyst coordinated to the pyridineimine ligand that is activated with a reducing agent, a low oxidation state Fe complex stabilized with a pyridineimine ligand and a coordinating ligand, and combinations thereof, thereby forming a substituted cyclooctadiene. The substituted cyclooctadiene is then hydrogenated, thereby forming cyclooctane fuel.
US10981844B2
A process for the separation of a substance from a liquid feed mixture and for the purification of the substance by fractional layer crystallization, wherein the liquid feed mixture comprises the substance to be separated and purified in a concentration of less than 50% by weight, which comprises the subsequent steps in the given order: (a) feeding the liquid feed mixture into a crystallization zone, in which at least one surface is provided, so that at least a part of the surface contacts the liquid feed mixture, (b) cooling the at least one surface of the crystallization zone to a temperature below the equilibrium freezing temperature of the liquid feed mixture so that a crystal layer enriched in the substance to be separated and purified is deposited on the at least one cooled surface, whereby a mother liquid having a lower concentration of the substance to be separated and purified than the liquid feed mixture is formed from the liquid feed mixture, (c) removing at least a portion of the mother liquid from the crystallization zone, (d) adding a further portion of liquid feed mixture into the crystallization zone, (e) allowing further deposition of a crystal layer enriched in the substance to be separated and purified to take place on the at least one cooled surface, (f) optionally carrying out a sweating stage and removing a sweating residue and (g) melting the crystal layer to obtain the separated and purified substance.
US10981835B2
A particulate material with a composition expressed by MaAlbXc in which “M” includes one or more elements selected from the group consisting of Ti, V, Cr, Zr, Nb, Mo, Hf and Ta and “X” includes C or one or more chemical structures selected from the group consisting of C(1.0−x)Nx (where “x” is 0<“x”≤1.0), wherein: “a” is two or three; “b” is more than 0.02; and “c” is from 0.8 to 1.2 when “a” is two; or “c” is from 1.8 to 2.6 when “a” is 3. The particulate material has thicknesses whose average value is from 3.5 nm or more to 20 nm or less, and sizes, [{(longer sides)+(shorter sides)}/2], whose average value is from 50 nm or more to 300 nm or less.
US10981830B2
The present invention is directed to processes for preparing a silicone surfactant intercalated clay and a polymer-clay nanocomposite. The processes use silicone surfactants having a molecular weight in the range of 10,000 to 100,000 Dalton to achieve fully exfoliating clay structures. Using these macromolecular silicone surfactants, along with the engineered control of the processing pH and drying stress conditions, this invention provides simple and low-cost methods of making a fully-exfoliated polymer-clay nanocomposite.
US10981825B2
An antimicrobial article having a substrate, and a coating on a surface of the substrate. The coating includes a silver-containing alkali silicate. The antimicrobial article has an antimicrobial efficacy of greater than or equal to about 90.0% according to EPA Test Method for Efficacy of Copper Alloy Surfaces as a Sanitizer. The coating may further include at least one of a boron-containing compound and an aluminum-containing compound. A method for forming antimicrobial articles includes coating a substrate with a mixture comprising an alkali silicate; curing the coating at a temperature from greater than or equal to about 300° C. to less than or equal to about 620° C. for a duration of greater than or equal to about 15 minutes to less than or equal to about 120 minutes; and contacting the coating with an antimicrobial medium comprising silver nitrate and an alkali nitrate.
US10981824B2
A highly temperature-resistant glass fiber and a preparation method therefor. The glass fiber comprises 62-66 wt % of SiO2, 14-19 wt % of Al2O3, 15-20 wt % of CaO, 0-2 wt % of MgO, 0-3 wt % of Fe2O3, and 0-1.2 wt % of TiO2, the total content of Na2O and K2O is 0.1-0.8 wt %. By precisely controlling the mixture of the components, the glass fiber has good resistance to high temperature and formability, and significantly increases the high-temperature softening point. The glass fiber has a forming temperature of not exceeding 1380° C., an upper limit temperature of devitrification of lower than 1280° C., and a high temperature softening temperature of 950° C. or above.
US10981812B2
A water treatment system with a photocatalytic nanocomposite sheet, an adsorbent layer, and a fibrous filter, wherein the photocatalytic nanocomposite sheet comprises polymethylmethacrylate and silver phosphate, the adsorbent layer comprises plasma activated carbon nanotubes, and the fibrous filter is a composite of polymethylmethacrylate, polyvinylidene fluoride, and polyvinylpyrrolidone polymer fibers, with carbon nanotubes that are dispersed within the polymer fibers and silver nanoparticles that are deposited on the polymer fibers. Various embodiments of the water treatment system and methods of fabricating the photocatalytic nanocomposite sheet, the adsorbent layer, and the fibrous filter are also provided.
US10981797B2
Disclosed are a method of preparing a zeolite nanosheet and a zeolite nanosheet particle prepared thereby, and more particularly a method of preparing a zeolite nanosheet capable of preparing a monolayer zeolite nanosheet through a simple process of mixing a multilayer zeolite precursor with a swelling agent to swell the multilayer zeolite precursor and drying and calcining the multilayer zeolite precursor, wherein the monolayer zeolite nanosheet is useful to separate a catalyst or gas, and a zeolite nanosheet particle prepared thereby.
US10981786B2
A process for direct compression of hydrogen separated from a hydrocarbon source is described herein. The process comprises a first zone wherein a hydrocarbon reaction that produce hydrogen occurs, a ceramic proton conductor which under an applied electric field transport hydrogen from said first zone to said second zone, and a second zone where compressed hydrogen is produced. The heat energy generated by ohmic resistance in the membrane is partially recuperated as chemical energy in the hydrocarbon reforming process to generate hydrogen.
US10981780B2
A microfabricated structure includes a deflectable membrane, a first clamping layer on a first surface of the deflectable membrane, a second clamping layer on a second surface of the deflectable membrane, a first perforated backplate on the first clamping layer, and a second perforated backplate on the second clamping layer, wherein the first clamping layer comprises a first tapered edge portion having a negative slope between the first perforated backplate and the deflectable membrane.
US10981770B2
Systems and methods of the invention relate to cleaning a portion of a beverage line of a beverage distribution system based upon a signal received from a remote source. An administrative (also referred to as “admin”) system can manage a cleaning system from a remote location in which a remote signal can drive a cleaning system and at least one or more electric valves within the beverage distribution system. A controller component (local to the beverage distribution system) can receive the remote signal from the admin system, wherein a cleaning system (e.g., via a cleaning line) or a dispensing system (e.g., via a hose) can be selected to enable a cleaning mode or a dispensing mode.
US10981763B2
In accordance with an example embodiment, a work vehicle may include a chassis, a linkage, a work tool, first and second actuators connected to linkage, one or more sensors, and a controller. The work tool is movably connected to the chassis by the linkage and pivotally connected to the linkage about a base axis. The work tool includes a tip positioned at a forward end of the work tool, with a tip axis parallel to the base axis and passing through the tip. The one or more sensors are configured to provide one or more signals indicative of at least one of a position, velocity, and acceleration of the work tool. The controller is configured to actuate, based on the one or more signals, the first actuator and the second actuator to level the work tool by rotating the work tool about the tip axis.
US10981758B2
A trolley for mounting on a beam of a gantry, comprising: a first plate; a roller assembly, mounted at an end of the first plate; a shaft, extending outwardly of the first plate; and a second plate, rotatably mounted on the shaft such that the second plate can move between a closed position, in which the second plate engages with the roller assembly and an open position in which the second plate does not engage with the roller assembly.
US10981757B2
A device for detecting a position of a hoisting frame includes one or more image sensors connected movably to the hoisting frame and protruding outside a periphery thereof in a position of use. The image sensors can be movable between the position of use and a protected position lying within the periphery of the hoisting frame. The device can be provided with means for biasing the image sensor(s) from the protected position to the position of use. A method for controlling a hoisting frame suspended from a crane includes moving the hoisting frame to a first position under the control of an automatic control system, holding the hoisting frame stationary in the first position, making one or more image recordings of the area around the hoisting frame in the first position and moving the hoisting frame to a second position on the basis of the image recording(s), wherein the image recording(s) is/are made by one or more image sensors connected to the hoisting frame.
US10981756B2
The application relates to a device for measuring the weight of a ballast assembly of a crane, and to a crane comprising a corresponding device. The device may include a ballast assembly coupled to the structure of the crane by seats, the seats may comprise a measurement shaft, and the measurement shaft deforming under a weight of the ballast assembly.
US10981752B2
A modular transfer station for a passenger conveyance system including a multiple of modular transfer station modules, each of the multiple of modular transfer station modules includes a static structure. A method of assembling a modular transfer station for a passenger conveyance including assembling a first interface lane alignment module to a second a second modular transfer station parking module, wherein each of the multiple of modular transfer station modules includes a generally equivalent static structure.
US10981748B2
A frictionless service carriage system including: a shaft 1 having a first 2 and a second 3 helix-shaped guide in its surface, each helix shaped-guide 2, 3 defining a linear movement along the longitudinal axis of the shaft 1 of a carriage 4 in opposite directions and both helix shaped-guides 2, 3 crossing each other 2, 3 along the longitudinal axis of the shaft 1, wherein the carriage 4 includes a movable element 5 located successively in each of the helix-shaped guides 2, 3 and movable along the guides 2, 3, the movable element 5 comprising a set of rolling elements 6 along the first or second helix-shaped guide 2, 3 of the shaft 1 and configured such that in a crossing with the other helix-shaped guide 2, 3, the set of rolling elements 6 has at least two contact points with the helix-shaped guide 2, 3 for which it rolls.
US10981747B2
The present apparatus includes a placement tray to place sheets to undergo binding processing, and a press bind unit shifting along an end edge of sheets on the placement tray. The press bind unit includes a receiving tooth, and pressing teeth meshing with the receiving tooth to perform press binding on sheets nipped therebetween, and the pressing teeth are provided to shift between a press position for meshing with the receiving tooth, and a retract position spaced apart from the receiving tooth so as to shift the press bind unit along the end edge of sheets with the sheets disposed between the receiving tooth and the pressing teeth. By shifting the pressing teeth to the retract position, it is possible to shift the sheet bind apparatus smoothly along the end edge of a bunch of sheets with the sheets disposed between the receiving tooth and the pressing teeth.
US10981735B2
The present invention provides a method of airflow transportation of methionine that can minimize the crushing of methionine, which is characterized in that when methionine is transported as airflow using carrier gas, the flow state of methionine is a low concentration floating flow type, and the mixing ratio of methionine and carrier gas is in the range of 4 to 10 kg-methionine/kg-carrier gas. In the method of airflow transportation of methionine of the present invention, if the D50 of methionine is in the range of 150 to 425 μm, the increase rate of the fine powder can be suppressed to 1.5% or less by maintaining the mixing ratio at 4 to 10 kg-methionine/kg-carrier gas, and can be suppressed to 1% or less by maintaining the mixing ratio at 5 to 10 kg-methionine/kg-carrier gas.
US10981731B2
The present concepts comprise various methods and apparatuses for the sorting of packages and other articles or objects in a cost- and time-efficient manner such that the life of the apparatuses for sorting and transporting said objects is extended. Likewise, the integrity of the conveyed articles is likewise maintained, such that the articles are not damaged or altered. This is done by detecting and rectifying Jamming, Overload, and Overflow. Another purpose of the concept is to eliminate the subjectivity of the human operator; stoppage due to the jamming or overload excepted.
US10981725B2
A transport device for lifting an automated guided vehicle (AGV) from a floor surface includes a first frame including a plurality of first frame members and a plurality of wheels coupled to the plurality of first frame members, wherein the plurality of wheels are configured to contact the floor surface. The transport device also includes a second frame including a plurality of second frame members, wherein the second frame is configured to mechanically engage the AGV. The transport device further includes a lifting system configured to move the second frame and the AGV with respect to the first frame between a first position where the AGV contacts the floor surface and a second position where the AGV is spaced from the floor surface.
US10981724B2
A system and method are disclosed relating to an automated store or system including an automated fulfillment section having a storage structure for storing fungible and/or non-fungible goods. The fungible and/or non-fungible goods may be retrieved from storage in response to a customer order. The system and method of the present technology allows retrieved fungible and/or non-fungible goods to be sorted and packed in accordance with stored customer preferences.
US10981719B2
A collapsible storage silo having an expanded configuration includes: (a) a shell for circumscribing storage space and comprising a plurality of concentrically nested tubular members that are collapsible; (b) a lift system operable to slidably expand the plurality of concentrically nested tubular members to place the silo in its expanded configuration; and (c) a mast operable to support the lift system. The mast is pivotable between horizontal and vertical positions relative to a frame. A winch attaches to the mast and a cable extends between the winch and an outermost tubular member to expand the silo such that inwardly and outwardly projecting lips of nested members engage each other and a conical hopper engages an innermost tubular member. A flexible inner liner attaches between an outermost tubular member and the hopper. A collapsible roof has a flexible roof membrane and a plurality of radially extending foldable rib members.
US10981713B2
A package comprising a container for holding a first substance, and a product insert for holding a second substance, at least partially inserted info said container, and where the first product and the second product can be allowed to merge by external manipulation of said package. Packaged products and methods are also provided.
US10981703B1
A cover structure of a cup (bottle) is disclosed. The cup (bottle) has an accommodating space therein for containing a liquid. An upper end of the cup (bottle) has an opening. The cover structure includes a cover body and a liquid discharge mechanism. The cover body has a first plane for closing the opening, a wall portion extending upward from the first plane by a predetermined height, and a second plane extending horizontally from an upper edge of the wall portion and parallel to the first plane. The liquid discharge mechanism includes a guide tube insertedly disposed on the first plane for guiding the liquid in the cup (bottle) and a switch disposed on the guide tube. The guide tube has an outlet end extending out of the wall portion. When the cup (bottle) is inverted, the liquid in the cup (bottle) is discharged through the guide tube for drinking.
US10981695B2
A pallet structure includes at least one bottom plate and at least one air bag. The at least one bottom plate is disposed on a bottom side of the cabinet for supporting the cabinet. The at least one air bag is detachably installed on a bottom side of the at least one bottom plate. The at least one air bag is inflated to prop the at least one bottom plate against the cabinet upwardly until at least one supporting component of the cabinet leaves away from a supporting surface, so as to effectively absorb a shock load during transportation of the cabinet.
US10981690B2
A bottle may have varying depth ribs to achieve a balance of strength and rigidity while maintaining hoop strength. The varying depth ribs may smoothly transition around the circumference of the bottle from a flattened and/or shallow depth rib portion to a deep rib portion. A collection of flattened and/or shallow depth ribs act as recessed columns in the body of the bottle to resist bending, leaning, crumbling, and/or stretching. The deep rib portions provide hoop strength and make the bottle body more rigid and/or stiffer when gripped by a user. A balance may be achieved between of flattened and/or shallow depth ribs and deep ribs to attain a desired resistance to bending, leaning, and/or stretching while maintaining stiffness in a lightweight bottle.
US10981681B2
A filling device with a filling failure is identified less costly, and the filling amount by the filling device is adjusted quickly. The filling/sealing device includes a filler including a filling turret having a plurality of holding parts and a filling device provided for each of the holding parts to fill a container with a liquid content, forwarding turrets that hold and turret-convey a container transported from the filling turret, a sealing device that seals the container transported from the forwarding turrets with a lid, an inspection device provided in the path, in which the container is held and turret-conveyed, to inspect a filling amount in the container, and a controller that identifies a filling device with a filling failure on the basis of an inspection result from the inspection device and controls the filling amount by the filling device.
US10981680B2
Items may be packaged for shipping or storage using additive manufacturing techniques, also known as three dimensional (3-D) printing. Packages made by such processes may be referred to as 3-D printed packages. The 3-D printed packages may be customized based on one or more items contained in the package, a recipient of the package, a sender of the package, and/or a destination location of the package. The customizations may include two-dimensional and/or three-dimensional customizations on an interior and/or exterior of the 3-D printed packages.
US10981677B1
A “black box” space vehicle solution may allow a payload developer to define the mission space and provide mission hardware within a predetermined volume and with predetermined connectivity. Components such as the power module, radios and boards, attitude determination and control system (ADCS), command and data handling (C&DH), etc. may all be provided as part of a “stock” (i.e., core) space vehicle. The payload provided by the payload developer may be plugged into the space vehicle payload section, tested, and launched without custom development of core space vehicle components by the payload developer. A docking station may facilitate convenient development and testing of the space vehicle while reducing handling thereof.
US10981654B2
A beverage holder is provided. The beverage holder embodies an adjustable tray clamp, an articulating arm, a self-leveling functionality and a plurality of lockable joints for enabling an adaptable stable, level, secure, and a selectively movable holder of a passenger's beverage, thereby enhancing their travel seat and overcoming typical tray space limitations.
US10981647B2
The present invention includes a rotor-blade span-balancing system, including a span-balance pocket in a surface of a rotor blade; a cover operably configured to cover the span-balance pocket, wherein the cover is operably configured to be substantially flush with the surface of the rotor blade surface when covering the span-balance pocket, and wherein the cover includes a cover boss for reacting centrifugal force of the cover into the rotor blade; and one or more span-balance weights attached to the cover to span-balance the rotor blade.
US10981644B2
An assembly for an aircraft including an aircraft wall in which a routing slit is formed. A drive shaft of a bearing surface passes through the slit while remaining free to move along the slit. A seal is provided to seal the slit.
US10981637B1
An apparatus is for supporting an outboard motor on a transom of a marine vessel. The apparatus has a transom bracket configured for fixed attachment to the transom; a supporting cradle that supports the outboard motor with respect to the transom bracket, wherein the supporting cradle is pivotable with respect to the transom bracket about a trim axis; and a trim actuator that is pivotally coupled to the transom bracket at a first trim actuator pivot axis and to the supporting cradle at a second trim actuator pivot axis. Extension of the trim actuator pivots the supporting cradle upwardly about the trim axis. Retraction of the trim actuator pivots the supporting cradle downwardly about the trim axis. The trim axis is located aftwardly of the first trim actuator pivot axis.
US10981634B2
An enhanced system and various methods for remotely deploying boat fenders from a safe and convenient location. The boat fenders, which are placed along the entire periphery of the boat, may be deployed and retracted with lines attached to winches and motors. A smart phone app may be employed to remind users to deploy boat fenders upon entering known ports, and may also deploy the boat fenders automatically.
US10981632B2
A towing bitt assembly comprising: an arched structure defining an opening for a towing rope to run there through; a roller assembly comprising a coupling means for coupling the roller assembly to the arched structure so that the roller assembly is movable along a centre line of the arched structure; and a roller means for guiding the towing rope, the roller means being rotatable around the centre line of the arched structure.
US10981627B2
An integrated handlebar for a bicycle includes a handlebar and at least one integrated control device, wherein the handlebar has at least two free ends and the integrated control device includes a base engaged with at least one of the free ends, a brake lever and an electronic controller. The brake lever has a front end pivotally connected with the base and a rear end. The brake lever has a mounting portion, being located at a distance not greater than ¾ length of the brake lever from the rear end and not on the rear end. The electronic controller includes an operation member disposed on the brake lever, which includes at least one operation part adapted to be triggered by fingers of a rider to control an action of the operation member so as to drive the electronic controller to output an electronic signal to an electronic component.
US10981620B2
A vehicle wheel suspension system includes two relatively movable portions and a resilient blade that includes two means for mechanical connection to both relatively movable portions, respectively. The blade has a flexural resilience at least 100 times greater than the tensile resilience, and is resiliently deformable between: a resting state in which the blade has an inwardly curved profile, and a maximally extended state in which the blade has an elongate profile, the length of which corresponds to that of the neutral fiber of the blade, while passing through intermediate extension states in which the blade has profiles that are less and less inwardly curved. The suspension system is deformable between an initial state in which the relatively movable portions are in a close configuration, and a compressed state in which the relatively movable portions are in a separated configuration and bias the blade.
US10981619B2
In a rocking vehicle, a front wheel suspension device suspends a front wheel in an upwardly displaceable manner due to a reaction force from a road surface. The rocking vehicle includes a cushion support arm, on a body frame side, including a cushion support portion of the front wheel suspension device, and a rigidity adjustment device which is extended between plural portions of the cushion support arm. The rigidity adjustment device applies a pre-tension to the cushion support arm, and the pre-tension generates a pre-force component in the cushion support portion in the same direction as the upward moving direction of the front wheel due to a reaction force of the front wheel from the road surface.
US10981616B2
A resin-made fuel tank includes: a resin-made fuel tank body provided by bonding an upper half body and a lower half body to each other; and a barrier sheet layer provided on an inner surface of the fuel tank body and provided for reducing permeation of fuel from the fuel tank body, wherein an edge of the barrier sheet layer is disposed in a vicinity of an upper bonding surface and a lower bonding surface where the upper half body and the lower half body are bonded to each other in a mating manner, the edge has a bent portion which bends toward an outside of the fuel tank body, and the bent portion is embedded in the fuel tank body at a position spaced apart from the upper bonding surface and the lower bonding surface.
US10981611B2
An active front deflector assembly for a vehicle capable of moving between an extended position and a retracted position or any position there between. The active front deflector assembly has a cross member for attaching to an underbody of a vehicle. The frame member also includes a plurality of slip joint connections for connecting to the underbody of the vehicle. The cross member is a fixed link of an actuator link assembly that has an actuator, drive link, floating link and a blade.
US10981601B2
In an impact-absorbing member which extends in a vehicle length direction of an automobile and whose both end portions in the vehicle length direction have a collision-side end portion and a non-collision-side end portion whose positions become mutually different when seen from the vehicle length direction, an outer member and an inner member of the impact-absorbing member are formed so that a position of a gravity center at the collision-side end portion and a position of a gravity center at the non-collision-side end portion become mutually different according to a positional relationship between the collision-side end portion and the non-collision-side end portion in order to suppress a tensile stress generated at the collision-side end portion and suppress a compressive stress generated at the non-collision-side end portion in a collision.
US10981599B2
An automated parking system includes an automated parking vehicle and an information terminal. The vehicle includes a parking control device and a communication device. The parking control device controls the vehicle to cause the vehicle to search for and park in a vacant parking slot by means of autonomous travel. The communication device transmits automated parking status information to the information terminal when no vacant parking slot is found. Furthermore, the communication device receives an instruction about status control of the vehicle from the information terminal. The information terminal includes a communication device. The parking control device controls the vehicle according to the instruction about the status control of the vehicle that has been received from the information terminal.
US10981598B2
A control apparatus calculates an axial force deviation, which is a difference between an ideal axial force and an estimated axial force. The ideal axial force is based on a target pinion angle of a pinion shaft configured to rotate in association with a turning operation of steered wheels. The estimated axial force is based on a state variable (such as a current value of a steering operation motor) that reflects vehicle behavior or a road condition. The control apparatus changes a command value for a reaction motor in response to the axial force deviation. For example, the control apparatus includes a basic control circuit configured to calculate a basic control amount, which is a fundamental component of the command value. The basic control circuit changes the basic control amount in response to the axial force deviation. The command value based on the basic control amount reflects the road condition.
US10981590B2
A steering column assembly includes a mounting bracket having a first arm and a second arm, a steering column and a locking device which is configured to be in a locking state or an unlocking state to selectively allow a tilt motion of the supporting housing and the steering column by applying or removing clamping force to or from the first arm and the second arm. The locking device includes a tilting bolt which is connected to the lever to rotate together with the lever and passes through the first arm and the second arm to be able to rotate between the locking state and the unlocking state and a first locking unit and a second locking unit which respectively operate in response to rotation of the tilting bolt and selectively apply clamping force to the first and the second arms.
US10981587B2
A removable lift for a hand truck for providing lifting functions to a traditional hand truck. The removable lift includes a motor for causing a toe plate to move up or down. The motor and moving toe plate may be operated using a control panel.
US10981581B2
A display device includes an image display unit that displays a first alert image in response to an alert at a first level, an image projection unit that displays a second alert image in response to an alert at a second level. The second image display unit overlaps the first image display unit. The first alert image appears at a position different from a surface of the second image display unit.
US10981567B2
Feature-based prediction is described. In an example, a vehicle can capture sensor data while traversing an environment and can provide the sensor data to computing system(s). The sensor data can indicate event(s), such as a lane change, associated with agent(s) in the environment. The computing system(s) can determine, based on the sensor data, a time associated with the event and can determine features associated with a period of time relative to the time of the event. In an example, the computing system(s) can aggregate the features with additional features associated with other similar events to generate training data and can train, based at least in part on the training data, a machine learned model for predicting new events. In an example, the machine learned model can be transmitted to vehicle(s), which can be configured to alter drive operation(s) based, at least partly, on output(s) of the machine learned model.
US10981557B2
Presented are traction battery pack balancing systems, methods for making/operating such systems, and multi-pack, electric-drive motor vehicles with battery pack balancing capabilities. A method for controlling operation of a motor vehicle includes a vehicle controller: receiving a key-off command signal to power off the motor vehicle; determining if a difference between corresponding electrical characteristics of first and second traction battery packs is greater than a calibrated characteristic differential threshold; determining if a difference between corresponding battery pack capacities of the first and second traction battery packs is greater than a calibrated capacity differential threshold; and, responsive to the characteristic difference not being greater than the calibrated characteristic differential threshold and the capacity difference being greater than the calibrated capacity differential threshold, transmitting a key-on command signal to power on the motor vehicle, and a pack balancing command signal to reduce the capacity difference to below the calibrated capacity differential threshold.
US10981546B2
A wheel brush and lug nut cleaner having a handle with a rear portion and a front portion operably configured to pivot with respect to one another utilizing a pivot pin with a plurality of grooves disposed along an external perimeter thereof. The rear portion has a spring-loaded release mechanism disposed therein and having an accessible release button and a lock tab in operational communication with the release button, wherein the accessible release button is operably configured to move the lock tab to a disengaged position and an engaged position with respect to the plurality of grooves, the disengaged position operably configured to enable pivoting of the front portion with respect to the rear portion and the engaged position operably configured prevent pivoting of the front portion with respect to the rear portion. The device also includes a brush head with a plurality of bristles disposed thereon.
US10981545B2
A telescopic cleaning device is intended for projecting at least one cleaning and/or drying fluid onto a glass surface to be cleaned of a motor vehicle, such as an optical surface of an optical sensor of an optical detection system. The cleaning device includes at least one fluid distribution element, rendered movable, along an axis of elongation (X) and at the end of a movable piston between a retracted first position and an extended second position for cleaning and/or drying. The fluid distribution element comprises a distribution bar (4) inside which a fluid distribution channel (56) extends and the distribution bar is equipped with a heating device (60) integrated at least in part into the distribution bar in order to heat the fluid passing through said distribution channel.
US10981539B2
The invention relates to a brake disk lock comprising a brake disk detection device, a sensor for detecting a positional change of the lock, an alarm module that is configured to output an alarm when the sensor detects a relevant positional change of the lock, an unlocking motor for unlocking the lock, an authentication module for a wireless authentication of a user of the lock, and an actuation element that can be actuated by the user and by means of which the authentication module can be activated. A further subject is a locking system comprising such a lock and a mobile end device by means of which a user of the brake disk lock can authenticate himself thereat. The invention further relates to a method of unlocking a brake disk lock.
US10981531B2
A vehicle includes a floor, a roof, and a pair of body sides spaced from each other. A pillar is spaced from both of the body sides. The pillar has a first end at the roof and a second end at the floor. An airbag is supported on the pillar.
US10981529B2
A restraint system for a vehicle is disclosed. The restraint system includes a seat shaped to accommodate an occupant, wherein the seat includes a seat back and an energy absorption member that expands from a stowed position and into a deployed position. The energy absorption member fills a volume of space behind the seat back when in the deployed position to absorb energy that would otherwise be imparted towards an occupant of the seat during an impact involving the vehicle. The restraint system also includes an impact sensing device generating an impact signal in response to detecting the impact involving the vehicle is imminent. The impact signal indicates an orientation and magnitude of the impact involving the vehicle. The restraint system includes a control module in electronic communication with the energy absorption member and the impact sensing device.
US10981524B2
Provided is an electric control unit which is configured to switch the functions of an LCC, an HSD, and an LSD depending on a load to be connected. A power-supply-side switching element 102 is provided in a path L1 between a power supply 401 and a connector terminal 301. A ground-side switching element 106 is provided in a path L2 between a ground 402 and a connector terminal 302. A freewheeling diode 105 is provided in a path L3 connected to a connection point P1 between the power-supply-side switching element 102 and the connector terminal 301 and a connection point P2 between the ground-side switching element 106 and the connector terminal 302. A switching element 104 is provided in the path L3.
US10981521B2
Brackets are provided for securing objects to mounting surfaces. The brackets have a foldable strap attached to a base. The base can be mounted on the mounting surface. The strap can extend over the object to be secured, and can be folded back on itself so that fasteners on the strap hold the strap in a folded state in which the strap secures the object to the base.
US10981520B1
A driver assist system for a vehicle includes a bracket connectable with a vehicle window. The bracket has a body portion and a camera viewing window in the body portion. A camera in the body portion has a field of view through the camera viewing window. A heat sink contacts the camera and is configured to contact the vehicle window. The heat sink extends about a periphery of the camera viewing window so that heat generated by the camera is transferred through the heat sink to an area of the vehicle window that surrounds the camera's field of view.
US10981515B2
A long gun carrier rests on a vehicle seat, and is secured to the seat by a seat belt. An upper, sloping surface of the long gun carrier slopes generally downward and forward. One or more gun-holding channels formed in this sloping surface each hold a long gun pointed generally forward and downward, toward the vehicle floor. The long guns may be secured in the gun-holding channels by straps. Long guns are conveniently placed into and extracted from the long gun carrier, held securely during transportation, pointed in a safe direction, and not readily visible from the exterior.
US10981512B2
Support devices and their components are disclosed. The support device facilitates access to a vehicle and includes an elongate support member, brackets for mounting the elongate support member to a vehicle, and a step affixed to the elongate support member. The step can be movable relative to the support member after fastening the step to the support member.
US10981507B1
An interactive vehicle safety system having capabilities to improve peripheral vision, provide warning, and improve reaction time for operators of vehicles. For example, the interactive vehicle safety system may have capabilities for portraying objects, which are being blocked by any of the structural pillars and/or mirrors of a vehicle (such as a truck, van, train, etc.). The interactive vehicle safety system disclosed may comprise one or more image capturing devices (such as camera, sensor, laser), distance and object sensors (such as ultrasonic sensor, LIDAR radar sensor, photoelectric sensor, and infrared sensor), a real-time image processing of an object, and one or more display systems (such as LCD or LED displays). The interactive vehicle safety system may give a seamless 360-degree front panoramic view to a driver.
US10981495B2
A display control device includes: a turn signal installed in a vehicle; indicators for displaying a lighting state of the turn signal to an occupant of the vehicle; and a controller for controlling the lighting state of the turn signal and a lighting state of the indicators. The controller makes timing of starting to turn on the turn signal and timing of starting to turn on the indicators different from each other.
US10981493B2
To achieve both reduction of a sense of discomfort to a driver due to a reflective object and improvement in visibility of a pedestrian or the like. A control apparatus for controlling light irradiated by a headlight of a vehicle, where the control apparatus causes the headlight to forma first irradiation light and a second irradiation light that overlaps a certain range on the lower end side in the vertical direction of the first irradiation light and overlaps the entire range in the width direction of the first irradiation light, and causes to dim at least a part of the entire range of the first irradiation light corresponding to the position of a reflective object when the reflective object fixed on the road ahead of the vehicle is present.
US10981487B1
A hitch mounted lift gate system and method of loading and loading a payload from a cargo vehicle using the lift gate system. The frame and platform of the lift gate system is pivotable relative to the hitch and hitch receiver as between a vertical use position and a horizontal dropped position for facilitating opening and closing of rear doors on the vehicle to which the lift gate system is mounted when the rear doors pivot about a vertical axis.
US10981482B2
The present disclosure relates to a portable table (1) and to an interior trim assembly for a vehicle, the interior trim assembly comprising an interior trim section (60) and a portable table releasably attachable to the interior trim section, wherein in a stowage state the portable table is integrated with the interior trim section, and in a detached state the portable table is detached from the interior trim section for use as a table.
US10981480B2
To reduce the damage to the inner portion of a seat back caused by the mounting part of a headrest on the seat back. A vehicle seat (S) includes a headrest guide (6) having an insertion hole (6A) into which a headrest stay (12) of a headrest (S3) is inserted, a holder (8) mounted on a seat back frame (2) and configured to hold the headrest guide (6), and a cover member (10) configured to cover at least a part of the outer surfaces of the headrest guide (6) and the holder (8) and detachable from the seat back frame (2).
US10981479B2
An armrest assembly for a vehicle door can include a panel and a cover panel. The panel can include an upper exterior surface, a pull pocket extending from and recessed below the upper exterior surface, a first engagement aperture in the pull pocket, a second engagement aperture in the pull pocket, and a switch spaced away from the pull pocket. The cover panel can include an exterior touch surface for an occupant to pull on the vehicle door. The cover panel can be in the pull pocket and expose the upper exterior surface of the panel. The cover panel can include a snap element engaging with the first engagement aperture, the snap element attached to the interior surface of the cover panel, and an attachment element engaging with the second engagement aperture, the attachment element attached to the interior surface of the cover panel.
US10981474B2
A seat of a work vehicle includes a seatback, a seat cushion and an air handling system incorporated within the seatback. The air handling system includes an air circulation space formed inside the seatback, an air handling device disposed in the air circulation space, an inlet portion formed in a top face of the seatback for letting in ambient air into the air circulation space and an outlet portion formed in a lateral portion of the seatback for discharging handled air handled by the air handling device to an area forwardly of the seatback in a vehicle body transverse direction.
US10981466B2
An electric power distribution system includes a first path through which electric power is supplied from a DC/DC converter to a driven load to be driven in a load group; a second path connected in parallel with the first path and through which electric power is supplied from the battery to the driven load; a third path connected in series with the second path and connecting the DC/DC converter and the battery; a first switching circuit provided in the third path and switched to either ON state or OFF state; and a control unit switching the first switching circuit to either the ON state or the OFF state based on travel route information of a navigation system. The control unit switches the first switching circuit to the ON state according to a peak current of a load current of the driven load derived from the travel route information.
US10981464B1
Embodiments of a method and/or system for charging one or more electric vehicles (e.g., based on one or more reserved charging sessions; for charging an electric vehicle during a scheduled time period; etc.) can include: receiving a reservation request (e.g., a reservation request including one or more reservation parameters; etc.); scheduling a reserved charging session based on the reservation request (e.g., based on reservation parameters from the reservation request; etc.); determining a check in at an Electric Vehicle Service Equipment (EVSE) for the reserved charging session; and/or causing the EVSE to charge the electric vehicle based on the reserved charging session (e.g., during the scheduled time period; etc.).
US10981459B1
Disclosed herein is a charging system for electric vehicles while in motion. A retractable power charger coupled to an electric vehicle has a blade extendable between a retracted and extended position. The tapered sides of the blade contact rails in a trench when the blade is in the extended position and provide power for charging the electric vehicle while in motion. The blade can be automatically extended by a sensing system (e.g., magnetic) or by user actuation.
US10981454B2
Disclosed is a battery module, which includes a plurality of battery cells stacked one another and respectively having electrode leads protruding in the front and rear directions of the battery module, and a bus bar unit configured to integrally connect the electrode leads of the plurality of battery cells.
US10981452B2
Portable or hand held vehicle battery jump starting apparatus with battery cell equalization circuit
A portable or handheld device or apparatus for jump starting a vehicle engine having a depleted or discharged starting battery. The portable or handheld device or apparatus for jump starting a vehicle engine includes a rechargeable lithium-ion (Li-ion) battery pack and a battery cell equalization circuit configured to prevent overcharging of one or more individual lithium-ion battery cells, which can cause fire, damage to the battery pack and device or apparatus for jump starting a vehicle, or personal injury to a user.
US10981446B2
This invention provides an adjustable bracket that can be used to attach auxiliary fuel tanks and other tanks to the bottom of a trailer or vehicle. The adjustable nature of the bracket allows it to be used on a variety of trailers, with different widths. The adjustable bracket comprises two parts with one sliding inside of the other. Each part has several slots that can be lined to create a bracket that is the ideal length to span the distance between the side panels of a trailer or vehicle. The bracket has holes in the bottom through which the bracket can be attached to a mounting retainer or strap that holds the tank in place.
US10981445B2
Methods and systems are provided for providing improving customer satisfaction during a vehicle fuel tank refueling event. A fuel system is configured with a three-way isolation valve and a four port canister. Fuel tank depressurization is expedited by directing fuel tank vapors to a dedicated depressurization port of the canister.
US10981443B2
A motor vehicle front end has a heat exchanger and a cooling-air mechanism for controlling a supply of air to the heat exchanger. The cooling-air mechanism includes: a downwardly opening air inlet opening; and an air flap, which corresponds to the air inlet opening, and which, at its top edge, is articulatable on a body part in a pivotable manner via a pivot joint. The air flap is configured such that, in its closed position, it closes off the air inlet opening, and in its operative position, it opens up the air inlet opening, and as seen in a direction of travel of the motor vehicle, is situated in front of the air inlet opening.
US10981441B2
A torque rod for straddling connection target members including a rod member and a rubber bushing provided to a lengthwise end of the rod member. The rubber bushing includes an inside shaft member, an outer peripheral member to be attached to one of the connection target members, and a rubber elastic body connecting the inside shaft member and the outer peripheral member. The rubber bushing is a part separate from the rod member and the end of the rod member is fixed to the inside shaft member. The rod member includes an abutting face to abut against the one of the connection target members without interposing the outer peripheral member of the rubber bushing. A stopper to limit an amount of elastic deformation of the rubber elastic body in the rubber bushing is constituted by including the abutting face of the rod member.
US10981440B2
The invention provides an improved cover for a vehicle, which includes a frame and a hinge, so that the cover can be unfolded to substantially cover the vehicle and folds back into a storage position.
US10981438B2
A glazing includes two contiguous windows, the glazing including on the one hand two profiled bodies situated face to face and each situated in contact against a part of the edge surface of one of the windows and on the other hand, one or two exterior covering(s) that is (or each is) situated farther toward the exterior than the profiled bodies and against a part of the edge surface of the windows and which (each of which) has an exterior face that is situated in continuity with the exterior face of the window, the exterior covering(s) being flexible, with a Shore A hardness between 45 and 90 inclusive.
US10981426B2
A suspension device for vehicles (a front suspension (10)) is disclosed in which, of connecting portions (23, 24) of a lower arm (20) and a tie rod (6) for connection to a knuckle (35), one of the connecting portions (24) which is close to the rear of the vehicle is offset inward in the vehicle width direction with respect to the other connecting portion (23) which is close to the front of the vehicle, in the steering neutral state. The center (P2) of a lower end portion of a coil spring (60) is offset outward in the vehicle width direction and rearward in the vehicle's longitudinal direction with respect to the center (P1) of an upper end portion of the coil spring (60).
US10981425B1
A vehicle suspension cage is provided and more particularly a dirt track racing rear axle birdcage style cage having features facilitating rapid suspension tuning and adjustment typically experienced during competitive events to accommodate varying track and handling conditions. A particular advantage is that adjustment of the suspension cage is accomplished without unloading the suspension thereby eliminating lifting the vehicle off the ground or removing the vehicle weight from the suspension. A four-link dirt modified suspension cage configuration embodiment and method of adjustment is provided; however, the suspension cage is adaptable to a variety of configurations and embodiments.
US10981415B2
A system for mounting a covering (e.g., a fabric material) upon a frame is constructed from a plurality of elongated frame parts. Each frame part has two mitered ends and a channel formed therein. The related mounting method includes the steps of: (a) using a jig to hold the fabric material against the frame; (b) inserting a plurality of retaining splines within respective channels so as to capture the fabric material within the channels between one retaining spline and a corresponding floor of the channel, whereby a plurality of corner pleats are formed; and (c) using a tool to invert each corner pleat into a corner joint formed between respective adjacent frame parts so as to form an internal fold at each corner of the frame.
US10981414B2
Various embodiments are described for a squeegee apparatus configured to facilitate a removal of paint or other debris in an annular recess of a can, such as a paint can. The squeegee apparatus may include a body having a first recess to receive a first lip of a can, a second recess to receive a second lip of the can, and a projection to extend into an annular recess of the can. The squeegee apparatus may include a guard wall projecting laterally from the body and a ramp at least partially defined by a distal end of the projection. The ramp and the projection can be positioned such that, when the body of the squeegee apparatus is pulled along the annular recess of the paint can, paint or other debris residing in the annular recess is forced up the ramp and redirected towards an interior chamber of the can.
US10981409B2
A credential with one or more security features is disclosed. The disclosed credential includes a windowed security feature. The windowed security feature is taught to include a mirror element positioned in proximity with a transparent window and a first photo-luminescent feature positioned relative to the transparent window and the mirror element such that the mirror element enhances a luminescence of the first photo-luminescent feature when viewed and illuminated through the transparent window.
US10981406B2
A security feature for protecting valuable documents, in particular for ensuring the authenticity of valuable documents, comprises a luminescent pigment which has a host lattice doped with a first luminophore and a second luminophore, with an excitation energy of the first luminophore being transferable to the second luminophore. However, in the case of the luminescent pigment according to the invention, the excitation energy is not transferred completely from the first luminophore to the second, but rather only partially. The incomplete transfer of the excitation energy is achieved by selecting suitable amount-of-substance fractions of the first and the second luminophores on the luminescent pigment. As a result of the incomplete transfer of the excitation energy, the luminescent light that is emitted by the luminescent pigment also has, in addition to a luminescence peak of the second luminophore, a luminescence peak of the first luminophore.
US10981405B2
A recording medium substrate in an aspect of the present invention is a recording medium substrate having a base paper and a stretched film layer on the base paper, wherein the stretched film layer has a thickness of 70 μm or more, and the recording medium substrate has an average surface roughness of 0.3 μm or less. A recording medium in another aspect of the present invention includes a recording medium substrate, a first ink receiving layer on the recording medium substrate, and a second ink receiving layer on the first ink receiving layer, wherein the first ink receiving layer is in contact with the second ink receiving layer, the first ink receiving layer contains an alumina hydrate and a hydroxy acid, the second ink receiving layer contains an alumina hydrate and a sulfonic acid.
US10981403B2
The present disclosure is drawn to a fabric print medium. The fabric print medium can include a treated fabric base substrate, an adhesion promoting layer, and an image-receiving layer. The treated fabric base substrate can include a fabric base substrate having a water proofing treatment including a water-repellant agent applied thereto. The adhesion promoting layer can be applied to the treated fabric base substrate. The adhesion promoting layer can include a first polymeric binder and a physical networking component. The image-receiving layer can be applied to the adhesion promoting layer. The image-receiving layer can include a second polymeric binder and a particulate filler.
US10981394B2
The object of the invention, which relates to a method for printing a substrate by means of inkjet printing, is to enable precise printing of a landing point matrix, which is displaced, rotated, or distorted, particularly not linearly distorted, as compared to an ideally orthogonal landing point matrix, with less complexity. Said object is achieved in that the lateral resolution is selected to be large enough that the smallest distance between nozzle lines is less than the minimum distance between the landing zone rows, and that, with a variation, specified by the substrate, of the distance of adjacent landing zone rows between various landing zone lines (distortion), the position of the landing zones of a landing zone line is determined relative to the nozzle lines and consequently only the printhead nozzles having a nozzle line intersecting a landing zone are actuated according to a nozzle actuation scheme and the corresponding landing zone type.
US10981392B2
Provided are a liquid ejection head capable of preventing deformation and breakage of a filter and a method of manufacturing the liquid ejection head. The liquid ejection head comprises: a substrate comprising a supply port through which to supply a liquid and an element configured to produce energy for ejecting the liquid; a resin layer comprising an ejection port through which the liquid is ejectable with the energy produced by the element, and a flow channel connecting the supply port and the ejection port; a filter disposed between the supply port and the flow channel; and a support portion supporting a surface of the filter on the supply port side and a surface of the filter on the flow channel side.
US10981390B2
The liquid container comprises: a first chamber that is surrounded by a plurality of walls and is configured to contain a liquid; a liquid inlet port for pouring the liquid into the first chamber; an air opening port that is opened to air; a liquid lead-out port that leads the liquid out of the first chamber; an air lead-in port that is formed in, out of the plurality of walls surrounding the first chamber, a first wall different from the wall constituting a top surface; and an air communication path that allows the air opening port and the air lead-in port to communicate with each other. The air lead-in port is separated from a corner portion where the first wall crosses with another wall.
US10981386B2
Provided are a moisture retention device, a maintenance device, and a liquid jetting apparatus with which it is possible to avoid contact between moisture retention liquid stored in a cap and a nozzle surface. The moisture retention device includes the cap for moisture retention of the nozzle surface of a liquid jetting head, the cap includes a liquid retention portion (488D) in which moisture retention liquid is retained, the liquid retention portion is a housing of which an upper surface (488C) is open, and a wall (488B) of the housing is provided with an overflow starting point (510) having a structure that penetrates the wall.
US10981385B2
The present invention relates to a cleaning liquid for a water-based ink that contains a pigment and a water-insoluble polymer, said cleaning liquid containing (A) a surfactant, (B) a water-soluble organic solvent containing (b-1) diethylene glycol monoisopropyl ether, and water, in which the surfactant (A) contains at least one compound selected from the group consisting of (a-1) an acetylene glycol or an ethyleneoxide adduct of the acetylene glycol, and (a-2) a polyethylene glycol alkyl ether containing an alkyl group having not less than 8 carbon atoms or a polyethylene glycol aryl ether containing an aryl group having not less than 6 carbon atoms, and a content of the water-soluble organic solvent (B) in the cleaning liquid is from 5 to 30% by mass; and a method of cleaning a water-based ink using the cleaning liquid.
US10981380B2
A liquid discharge head includes a plurality of nozzles through which a liquid is discharged, the plurality of nozzles arrayed in a nozzle array direction, a plurality of pressure chambers respectively communicating with the plurality of nozzles, a plurality of individual channels respectively communicating with the plurality of pressure chambers, a common channel communicating with each of the plurality of individual channels, an individual-channel member including the plurality of pressure chambers and the plurality of individual channels, a common-channel member including the common channel, and a partition between the individual-channel member and the common-channel member. The partition includes a plurality of through-hole regions each connecting the common channel and the plurality of individual channels, and a plurality of recoverably-deformable regions facing the common channel.
US10981364B2
A decorated sheet according to the present disclosure consists of a plurality of resin layers, wherein at least one of the resin layers comprises a nano-sized additive.
US10981360B2
Provided is an interlayer film for laminated glass which produces a high contrast image under light radiation, is less susceptible to color changes, and allows for control of the adhesion, as well as a laminated glass including the interlayer film. The interlayer film includes a light emitting layer containing a polyvinyl acetal, a light emitting material having a terephthalic acid ester structure, and a potassium salt.
US10981352B2
The method for producing an optical member of the present invention includes: Process (1) of applying a first resin to a substrate; Process (2) of applying a second resin to at least one of the first resin and a die; Process (3) of pushing the substrate to the die with the first resin and the second resin in between to form a resin layer including on a surface thereof an uneven structure; and Process (4) of curing the resin layer to provide a polymer layer. The die includes a surface after release treatment with a fluorine release agent. The first resin contains a resin component, and the resin component contains predetermined amounts of a (meth)acrylamide compound and a urethane prepolymer containing six or more functional groups. The second resin contains predetermined amounts of a reactive group-containing monomer, a fluorosurfactant, and a fluorine-containing monomer.
US10981351B2
A composite cloth includes a fabric sheet and a film unit. The fabric sheet has bottom and top surfaces and a plurality of micropores extending through the bottom and top surfaces. The film unit includes bottom and top cover films respectively disposed on the bottom and top surfaces of the fabric sheet. Each of the first and second cover films includes opposite film bottom and top surfaces, and a plurality of film sections connected to each other. Each of the film section includes a pair of longitudinal trough portions, a pair of transverse trough portions connected between the longitudinal trough portions, and a crest portion surrounded by and protruding from the longitudinal and transverse trough portions.
US10981330B2
A method of forming a part using additive manufacturing may include receiving, at a computer numeric controlled (CNC) machine, a computer aided design (CAD) model of the part. The method may further include dividing the CAD model into plurality of sections. The method may further include slicing each of the plurality of sections into a plurality of layers. Each section may include a distinct set of print parameters. The method may further include depositing a flowable material onto a worktable according the set of print parameters for each section of the of the plurality of sections to manufacture the part.
US10981329B2
A powder sintering lamination apparatus forms a powder layer having a predetermined thickness from a fiber-containing resin powder supplied onto a shaping table using a flattening device. The apparatus irradiates a predetermined place of the powder layer on the shaping table with laser light from a laser light irradiation module, sinters the part of the powder layer irradiated with the laser light to form a solidified layer, and forms a three-dimensional shaped object on the shaping table by laminating a plurality of the solidified layers integrally with each other. The flattening device includes a first blade and a second blade that move in different directions. The movement track of the first blade on the shaping table orthogonally intersects with the movement track of the second blade on the shaping table. The first blade and the second blade move alternately on the shaping table.
US10981327B2
A method is disclosed for additively manufacturing a composite structure. The method may include coating a continuous strand with a matrix, discharging a composite tubular structure made from the coated continuous strand, and exposing the matrix in the composite tubular structure to light to cure the matrix during discharging. The method may also include depositing a material layer onto an internal surface of the composite tubular structure as the composite tubular structure is being discharged, and wiping a squeegee over the material layer.
US10981325B2
Provided is a manufacturing method for a three-dimensional object, the method including: a layer formation process in which a layer is formed using a fluid material containing powder for constituting the three-dimensional object, a solvent, and a binder; and a laser radiation process in which the powder contained in the layer is solidified by radiating a laser to the layer. The laser radiation process controls a radiation position of the laser in an end portion of the layer with respect to a position of a leading end of the end portion of the layer in accordance with a shape of the three-dimensional object to be manufactured.
US10981318B2
Rheological measurement systems for use with systems including pressurized polymer melts and/or other viscous materials are described. In one embodiment, a rheometer is connected to an associated system with a bent, curved, or bendable tube to permit the rheometer to measure rheological properties in locations where the rheometer could not otherwise be located due to the presence of obstructions. Embodiments including rigid straight tubes for connecting a rheometer to an associated system are also described. In another embodiment, a flow-through rheometer is connected to an industry standard ½-20 thermowell aperture that is typically used for attaching temperature and pressure probes to a vessel containing a viscous material such as an extruder or injection molding system.
US10981316B2
A control device for a handling device includes a storage medium, a processing unit, an output for outputting signals, and an input for receiving signals from the handling device. A waiting phase is conducted before an actuation of an end-of-arm tool mounted to an end-of-arm of a handling arm. The signals received by the input represent a dynamic parameter of the end-of-arm and a threshold value corresponds to a specific dynamic parameter of the end-of-arm stored in the storage medium. The signals received by the input can be compared with the threshold value by a comparison unit of the control device, and an end of the waiting phase can be determined when reaching the threshold value. Depending on a curve of the dynamic parameter, the threshold value can be determined and the end of the waiting phase can be determined when reaching the threshold value.
US10981309B2
The present disclosure relates to a method for manufacturing a molded product including real wood capable of forming a real wood layer on the surface of an injected molded product by using an IMD film provided with a real wood stacked body. According to the method, it is possible to manufacture the IMD film provided with the real wood stacked body on the release film, and to form the real wood layer on the surface of the injected molded product without breakage by using the IMD film.
US10981308B2
The invention relates to a method for producing a tubular component as an article from a thermoplastic synthetic material while using an injection-molding device having a tool that forms an article cavity, having means for filling the article cavity with a thermoplastic molding compound, and having an injection device for injecting a fluid into the article cavity, wherein the injection device comprises a nozzle body, wherein the method provides that the nozzle body is used as a mold core for molding the shape of an end of the article, that the nozzle body is used as a carrier for an additional component to be incorporated into the article, wherein: a) the nozzle body first equipped with the additional component, b) the nozzle body is introduced into the closed article cavity, or the tool is closed around the nozzle body, c) the article cavity in a further method step is at least partially filled with the thermoplastic molding compound, d) a pressurized fluid is then induced into the article cavity by means of the injection device, wherein part of the molding compound is displaced into a secondary cavity, and e) the article is de-molded. The invention furthermore relates to an injection-molding device for carrying out the method.
US10981301B2
A mold for a wire grid polarizer includes a hard mold and a soft mold, in which the hard mold includes a main body, an oxidization layer provided on the main body, and a SAM layer provided on the oxidization layer and including an additive, the soft mold includes a substrate, and a protrusions and depressions portion including a polymerized releasing agent, and a region that is hydrophobic in the polymerized releasing agent is arranged on a surface of the protrusions and depressions portion.
US10981288B2
A setting unit for producing a stripping tool with stripping pins (16) and/or stripping claws (15) the unit includes a base plate (10), which has a stripping pin insertion unit (28) and a stripping claw insertion unit (29), wherein the stripping pin insertion unit (28) interacts with a first plunger unit (21) and the stripping claw insertion unit (29) interacts with a second plunger unit (22). A pressure plate (3) is to be arranged between the base plate (10) and a head plate (2). The pressure plate (3) is movable between the base plate (10) and the head plate (2). The pressure plate has at least four passages (33, 33.1, 33.2, 34, 34.1, 34.2). At least one of the passages (33, 34) can be closed means of a pivoting module (6), whereby the first plunger unit (21) and/or the second plunger unit (22) can be activated.
US10981284B2
An out the front (OTF) knife, including a handle, a blade slider mechanism, and a blade. The blade slider mechanism including: a liner having a longitudinal central channel and a first outer surface and a second outer surface opposite the first surface; a tang portion of the blade configured to ride along the first outer surface; and a slider coupled to the tang and having a portion configured to travel in the central channel of the liner and one or more portions configured to ride along the second outer surface, and wherein the liner is slideably captured between tang and the slider.
US10981275B2
The present disclosure provides a robot control method, apparatus and a storage medium with the same. The method includes: obtaining a serial number and a rotational angle parameter of a first servo corresponding to a preset motion frame portion of a first motion; obtaining a serial number of a second servo located symmetrical to the first servo; receiving an instruction for mirroring the preset motion frame portion; performing a preset mirroring processing on a rotational angle parameter of the second servo according to the instruction; and storing the mirrored rotational angle parameter in a motion frame portion of a second motion; performing the first motion and the second motion. In the above-mentioned manner, the difficulty in adjusting the motion frame in the mirroring operation of the robot is largely simplified, and the accuracy and efficiency of the mirroring operation are improved.
US10981271B2
A gear device includes an internal gear, an external gear partially meshing with the internal gear, relatively rotating around a rotation axis to the internal gear, and having flexibility, and a wave generator being in contact with an inner circumferential surface of the external gear and moving a meshing position of the internal gear and the external gear in a circumferential direction about the rotation axis, wherein a virtual straight line as an extension of a tooth trace of the internal gear intersects with the rotation axis in a sectional view cut along a plane containing the rotation axis.
US10981266B2
An air duster structure that is configured to jet compressed air out of a nozzle, includes a flow amount adjustment mechanism which is configured to adjust an amount of air jetted out of the nozzle. The flow amount adjustment mechanism includes: a pipe line for circulating air; a valve member disposed inside the pipe line and being movable; and a throttle portion configured to gradually change an area of a flow channel in which air circulates, with a movement of the valve member, to control a flow amount of the air in the pipe line. The throttle portion is structured so as to increase the area of the flow channel at an accelerated rate when the valve member moves in a direction that opens the pipe line.
US10981265B2
A firing pin assembly of a nail gun and a bonding method thereof are provided. The firing pin assembly includes a firing pin body and a firing pin head made of a material having a hardness greater than that of the firing pin body. The firing pin head has a first end and a second end. The first end is made of a material having a density lower than that of the second end. The first end and the front end face of the firing pin body are preheated to a set temperature. The top of the second end is pressed toward the front end face of the firing pin body for an appropriate bonding time, so that the material particles of the firing pin body are dissociated and fused into the first end of the firing pin head to form the firing pin assembly.
US10981263B1
A securing tool and methods for its use are described herein. In various embodiments, the securing tool may include a handle and one or more prying members positioned at a first end of the securing tool opposite the handle. The prying member(s) may be shaped to engage a release of a self-tensioned hose clamp to cause the handle to be manipulable to spring the self-tensioned hose clamp. The securing tool may include first and second sensors configured to provide first and second signals, respectively, that are indicative of sensed occurrence of first and second events after the handle is manipulated to spring the self-tensioned hose clamp. In various embodiments, if the first and second signals satisfy a criterion, the hose clamp may be deemed to have been properly installed onto a hose or other conduit.
US10981262B2
An Allen™-key style wrench that has tips at the working ends of the wrench that are composed of a different material than the body of the wrench. The body include internally-threaded bores at each end, mated to the external threads of bits providing the tips.
US10981252B2
A closure device for a chamber housing a laser units for cutting a sheet metal strip includes, in proximity of an exit slit of the strip to be machined, a bar arranged transversely to the axis of advancement of the strip, and having, at the lower edges of the major side surfaces, longitudinal edges of a U-folded plate bound thereto. The plate has a plurality of transverse slots ending before its edges. An actuator provided for a vertical movement of the bar.
US10981250B2
A SiC wafer is produced from a single crystal SiC ingot. Wafer producing apparatus includes a holding unit for holding the ingot, a flattening unit for grinding the upper surface of the ingot, thereby flattening the upper surface, a laser applying unit for setting the focal point of a laser beam having a transmission wavelength to the ingot inside the ingot at a predetermined depth from the upper surface of the ingot, the predetermined depth corresponding to the thickness of the wafer to be produced, and next applying the laser beam to the ingot to thereby form a separation layer for separating the wafer from the ingot, a wafer separating unit for holding the upper surface of the ingot to separate the wafer from the ingot along the separation layer, and a wafer storing unit for storing the wafer separated from the ingot.
US10981245B2
Apparatus are provided for ultrasonic welding of a workpiece of one or more components. The apparatus includes a horn configured to contact the workpiece and to transmit energy to the workpiece. The horn includes a shank and a tip disposed at an end of the shank facing the workpiece. The tip has a face that has a tip radius forming a curved surface at the face. A knurl is formed on the face across the curved surface.
US10981234B2
An improved apparatus for repairing broken mounting holes in engines, such as broken exhaust manifold mounting holes, is disclosed. The adjustable template can be readily mounted to different components on different types of engines and provides adjustable carriages that allow for the precise alignment of bushing and various repair tools to facilitate repair of broken mounting holes.
US10981232B2
The present disclosure generally relates to additive manufacturing systems and methods on a large-scale format. One aspect involves a build unit that can be moved around in three dimensions by a positioning system, building separate portions of a large object. The build unit has an energy directing device that directs, e.g., laser or e-beam irradiation onto a powder layer. In the case of laser irradiation, the build volume may have a gasflow device that provides laminar gas flow to a laminar flow zone above the layer of powder. This allows for efficient removal of the smoke, condensates, and other impurities produced by irradiating the powder (the “gas plume”) without excessively disturbing the powder layer. The build unit may also have a recoater that allows it to selectively deposit particular quantities of powder in specific locations over a work surface to build large, high quality, high precision objects.
US10981229B2
A method is for producing a TiAl-based intermetallic sintered compact. The method includes mixing Ti powder, Al powder, and a binder to yield a mixture; molding the mixture into a molded product having a predetermined shape with a metal injection molder; placing the molded product in a preliminary sintering die having a storage space inside; performing sintering at a predetermined preliminary sintering temperature to produce a preliminary sintered compact; releasing the preliminary sintered compact from the preliminary sintering die; and performing sintering at a sintering temperature higher than the preliminary sintering temperature to form the TiAl-based intermetallic sintered compact.
US10981217B2
A leachable casting core and method of manufacture may include a plurality of legs configured to establish a plurality of internal flow channels of a cast component. Tie bars, with a first tie bar end and a second tie bar end opposite thereof, may couple to at least two of the plurality of legs. At least one of the tie bars may be oriented to form a linking cavity within the cast component between the internal flow channels. The linking cavity may serve as an obstruction to fluid communication through the linking cavity.
US10981213B2
The invention relates to a method and to an apparatus for setting a screw, in particular a flow drilling screw. In accordance with the method, the screw is driven at a first revolution speed and at a first axial feed force during a time-limited first phase to drive the screw through at least one component. In the event that the screw does not penetrate the component during the first phase, the screw is automatically driven at a second revolution speed that is higher than a first rotation speed and/or at a second axial feed force that is greater than a first axial feed force during a second phase subsequent to the first phase.
US10981212B2
A method of joining a functional module comprises the steps of providing a frame structure that defines a bearing channel with at least one circumferentially closed bearing seat; providing at least two attachment parts; providing a hollow shaft that comprises at least one support section for the at least two attachment parts, wherein the attachment parts comprise a mounting seat that is adapted to a support section; feeding the attachment parts in the bearing channel in a first feeding direction; feeding the hollow shaft in the bearing channel in a second feeding direction, wherein the hollow shaft is inserted into the respective mounting seat of the at least two attachment parts; and, subsequent to the feeding of the attachment parts and the hollow shaft in the bearing channel, at least sectionally widening the hollow shaft for a torsionally rigid fixation of the at least two attachment parts with their mounting seats at the respective support section of the hollow shaft.
US10981210B1
A ribbed tapered swage pin includes a head structure at a distal end which has a decreasing taper in the direction of the distal end and one or more ribs or lands positioned around the outer perimeter which, when helically driven, gradually plastically deform the swage boss of one part to form a swage joint with the hole of another part. A swaging tool with which such a swage pin may be used would, therefore, include a rotary actuator and a screw feed for driving the swage pin with a helical rotation and thrust to move through and thereby cold work the swage boss to form the swage joint.
US10981199B2
A processing system and method for nationwide commingling of mail item to increase efficiency and lower mailing costs includes a pre-sort facility which creates a first set of diverted mail items and a first set of associated data while a print and mail manufacture facility generates a second set of manufactured mail items and a second set of associated data and then receives the first set of diverted mail items and first set of associated data from the pre-sort facility and then commingles the first and second sets of mail items according to a predetermined set of commingling rules applied to the first and second sets of associated data to produce commingled mail items which reduces postal costs in mailing the commingled mail item.
US10981195B2
A method of forming a self-cleaning film system includes ink jet printing a composition onto a substrate. The composition includes an oleophobic material and a photocatalytic material. The method further includes curing the composition to form a self-cleaning film disposed on the substrate and thereby form the self-cleaning film system. The self-cleaning film includes a first plurality of regions including the photocatalytic material and disposed within the oleophobic material such that each of the first plurality of regions abuts and is surrounded by the oleophobic material.
