US10041704B2
An outdoor device for an air conditioner is provided. The outdoor device may include a cabinet including at least one suction panel, a base provided at a lower portion of the cabinet, and a compressor and heat exchanger, which may be provided on the base. The base may include a base body, on which the compressor may be provided, an edge portion provided along a circumference of the base body, the edge portion including at least one seat that supports the heat exchanger, and a support guide provided on the edge portion to increase an area by which the heat exchanger may be supported.
US10041702B2
A system for conditioning air circulated from an interior of a building includes a refrigerant path, an air-cooled condenser in the refrigerant path, a water-cooled condenser in the refrigerant path that transfers heat from refrigerant in the refrigerant path to the building water, an evaporator in the refrigerant path, and a control system. The control system moves the system between operation of the air-cooled condenser and the water-cooled condenser based upon predetermined system conditions.
US10041701B1
Embodiments disclosed herein relate to devices, systems, and methods for cooling and/or heating a medium as well as cooling and/or heating an environment containing the medium. More specifically, at least one embodiment includes a heat pump that may heat and/or cool a medium and, in some instances, may transfer heat from one location to another location.
US10041695B2
Methods and arrangements for computing a schedule for central air conditioning. Inputs are received, including: a monetary budget relative to a predetermined time period; an occupancy profile relative to the predetermined time period; and at least one of: electricity rates relative to the predetermined time period, and technical specifications of the central air conditioning. A target indoor temperature is determined based on the received inputs, with respect to different timepoints within the predetermined time period. An air conditioning schedule is determined for the different timepoints within the predetermined time period, wherein this determining includes reducing a quantitative measure relating to discomfort. Other variants and embodiments are broadly contemplated herein.
US10041690B2
An electronic device may include an occupancy sensor that is configured to detect presence within a responsive range of the occupancy sensor and a stand configured to physically support the electronic device, where the stand comprises a reflective surface positioned to reflect energy emissions from an object within the responsive range of the occupancy sensor onto the occupancy sensor.
US10041683B2
A cooktop appliance includes a gas burner assembly positioned on a panel of the cooktop appliance and a grate that suspends the burner in air above the panel. The gas burner assembly includes an inwardly directed burner that provides more uniform heating of a cooking utensil supported on the grate. In addition, a large aperture extends through the center of the burner to ensure proper delivery of air to mix with fuel for combustion. The resulting cooktop appliance provides improved heating over the entire cooking utensil and simplifies the cleaning process.
US10041679B2
A combustor for a gas turbine engine includes an inner combustor wall and an outer combustor wall radially outboard of the inner combustor wall. The inner and outer combustor walls define a combustion space therebetween with an upstream inlet and a downstream outlet. A combustor dome connects between inner and outer combustor walls at the upstream inlet of the combustion space. The combustor dome includes a plurality of circumferentially spaced apart nozzles and a plurality of tiles mounted to the combustor dome to fluidly separate a downstream side of the combustor dome from an upstream side of the combustor dome.
US10041678B2
A combustor has at least one premixing burner for premixing fuel with air and jetting the mixed gas into a chamber for combustion. A cylinder attached to an outer circumferential portion of an end face of the burner is provided with air supply holes. An interval D1 defined between the adjacent air supply holes and an interval D2 defined between each air supply hole and the end face of the burner are each made narrower than the quenching distance in the premixed gas jetted from the premixing burner.
US10041676B2
A combustor assembly for a gas turbine engine defining an axial direction is provided. The combustor assembly generally includes a liner, an annular dome, and a deflector plate. The liner at least partially defines a combustion chamber. The annular dome defines a first cavity and has a plurality of impingement holes, and the deflector plate defines a conical surface and a flat surface, wherein a plurality of cooling holes are defined through the deflector plate. The annular dome and the deflector plate are positioned together to define a second cavity that is in fluid communication with the first cavity through the plurality of impingement holes. In addition, the second cavity is in fluid communication with the combustion chamber through the plurality of cooling holes.
US10041671B2
A multi-flame burner is disclosed with burner heads, which are set up to generate at least one burner flame directed along a respective flame axis when supplied with a fuel, wherein the flame axes of respectively adjacent burner heads are inclined relative to each other. A method for preheating a workpiece, in particular a pipe or large-diameter pipe, using a multi-flame burner is also disclosed.
US10041670B2
Process, reactor and burner for the gasification of a hydrocarbon fuel. The burner comprises coaxial channels for the separate supply of an oxidizer gas, a hydrocarbon fuel and a moderator gas. A coaxial channel with the smallest width is bordered by a separating wall with at least one gas exchange. The gas exchange passage can for example be formed by a retracted end of the separating wall and/or by openings in the separating wall.
US10041663B2
A light source includes: a mounting substrate; and a side-view type light-emitting device including: a substrate; through holes; a front electrode; a rear electrode; side electrodes; and a light-emitting element, wherein: land patterns are formed on a front surface of the mounting substrate, in positions corresponding to the through holes, each land pattern having an inverted “T” shape composed of a narrow region and a wide region; the light-emitting device is arranged such that the cross sectional shape of the through hole in the long side direction of the substrate is aligned with the shape of the narrow region of the land pattern, in a plan view; and solder members are formed in a wall shape on the mounting substrate, are formed in the through holes on the mounting substrate, and connects the rear electrode and the side electrode to the wide region and the narrow region, respectively.
US10041660B2
A portable lighting device includes a body, a lighting unit supported by the body, and a terminal block supported by the body. The terminal block is configured to connect to a power source and provide electrical energy to the lighting unit to illuminate a light emitting diode. The portable lighting device also includes a hanging cable configured to hang the body from a support structure. The hanging cable has a first end secured to the body and a second end portion opposite the first end. The portable lighting device further includes a cable clamp mechanism supported by the body. The cable clamp mechanism engages the second end portion of the hanging cable to allow adjustment of a length of the hanging cable between the first end and the cable clamp mechanism.
US10041657B2
A clip unit and an edge mount light emitting diode (LED) assembly comprising a clip unit. The clip unit provides a mounting structure for mounting a light source, such as an LED, to an edge of a printed circuit board (PCB). A surface mount LED, for example, can thus be easily mounted to the edge of the PCB so as to project light in a direction normal to the edge surface of the PCB, instead of the typical mounting orientation that allows for the projection of light normal to the primary surface of the PCB. The clip unit includes an anode retention clip and a cathode retention clip which are electrically isolated from one another within an insulative housing portion.
US10041656B2
A hue-modifying wrap for a light bulb comprising at least one lamp and at least one hue-modifying light bulb wrap, the hue-modifying light bulb wrap comprising at least one hue-modifying portion for modifying the hue emitted from the lamp, the hue-modifying light bulb wrap able to be transformed between a first, expanded configuration and second, contracted configuration about at least a portion of light bulb, altering the hue of light emitted therefrom.
US10041653B2
A backlight unit for a display apparatus is disclosed. For example, the backlight unit including an integrated support for a display apparatus is disclosed. A disclosed example provides the backlight unit for a display apparatus including the integrated support which enables a thin display apparatus using the backlight unit including the integrated support.
US10041647B2
A stage light fixture is provided with: a plurality of light sources configured to emit respective light beams along respective optical axes; a plurality of optical elements, each of which is configured to modify the direction of the rays defining the light beam of a respective light source; the optical elements being shaped and arranged one next to the other so as to define a total emission area of the light beams having an emission outline; the plurality of optical elements comprising at least two optical elements having different shape one with respect to the other.
US10041646B2
An optic can manage light emitted by a light emitting diode. The optic can comprise a backside that faces the light emitting diode and a front side opposite the backside. The front side can be convex. The backside can have a central region that is adjacent the light emitting diode and that is either concave or convex. One or more grooves can extend peripherally about the central region. An injection molding system can produce optics in which the backside comprises the concave central region as well as optics in which the backside comprises the convex central region. The molding system can utilize one molding member shaped according to the front side of the optic. That molding member can be compatible with two other molding members that are shaped according to the different backsides of the optic. Thus, two different optic forms can be produced with three molding members.
US10041641B2
An LED streetlamp is provided that includes: a frame; a main PCB installed in the frame, extending in a longitudinal direction of the frame, and provided with a connector at a first side surface thereof; and a plurality of LED bars, each being coupled to the frame at an end thereof and emitting light by being powered by the main PCB, the LED bars symmetrically arranged with respect to the frame and arranged at regular intervals in the longitudinal direction of the frame.
US10041635B2
The present invention relates to a lighting and diffuser apparatus for a flashlight. In one aspect, the lighting and diffuser apparatus includes a reflector. The reflector may include an interior surface having a truncated parabolodial shape, as well as an exterior surface which includes a first segment that defines a lateral surface of a frustum of a right circular cone. The lighting and diffuser apparatus further may include a primary light source inside the reflector, and a secondary light source outside the reflector. The secondary light source may include an array of light sources facing the first segment. The array of light sources may be distributed in a ring. The lighting and diffuser apparatus also may include a cylindrical member of light transmitting material near the reflector.
US10041633B2
Disclosed is a lighting device (10) comprising a heat sink (30) having an annular portion (31) including an annular surface portion (33) delimiting a central aperture (37), said annular surface portion (33) carrying a plurality of SSL elements (50); and a bulbous member (20) cooperating with the heat sink (30), said bulbous member (20) having a first surface portion (21) opposite said SSL elements (50) and a second surface portion (22) extending from said first surface portion (21) through said central aperture (37); wherein the bulbous member (20) is used as a light guide member for light emitted by the plurality of SSL elements (50). A luminaire including such a lighting device (10) is also disclosed.
US10041632B1
A lighting module includes a lampshade and a base plate unit. The lampshade includes a top annular wall, and outer and inner surrounding walls extending downwardly from the top wall and spaced apart from each other. The top annular wall and the outer and inner surrounding walls cooperatively define an accommodating space. The base plate unit includes an annular base plate connected to bottom ends of the outer and inner surrounding walls, and an electrical connector connected to the annular base plate. A light plate unit is disposed in the accommodating space, and includes a light plate body disposed on the annular base plate and electrically coupled to the electrical connector, and light emitters disposed on the light plate body.
US10041628B2
To provide a gas filling apparatus with high handleability and safety. A gas filling apparatus including: a filling mechanism for carrying a gas through gas carrying pipes while measuring flow rate of the gas from a gas supply source (accumulator); a filling hose connected to the gas carrying pipe and having a filling nozzle at an end of the filling hose; and an attachment sensor (nozzle attachment detecting portion) for outputting a detection signal after detecting that the filling nozzle is attached to a filling port of an in-vehicle tank, wherein filling gas to the in-vehicle tank by the filling mechanism becomes possible after the detection signal is inputted to the filling mechanism from the attachment sensor. The gas filling apparatus may further include: a pressure gauge for measuring a pressure in the in-vehicle tank; a thermometer for measuring ambient temperature; and a target pressure calculating means (comparing means) for calculating a pressure in the in-vehicle tank when filling up the in-vehicle tank or filling preset amount of the gas is finished before filling gas to the in-vehicle tank based on a capacity of the in-vehicle tank and the measured pressure in the in-vehicle tank and the measured ambient temperature; wherein the filling mechanism stops carrying the gas to the in-vehicle tank when the pressure in the in-vehicle tank reaches the target pressure.
US10041619B2
Methods and apparatus to reduce instabilities and/or turbulence of an airflow of a HVAC system are described. The method may include positioning an airflow moderating zone in an airflow passage to reduce instabilities and/or turbulence in the airflow. Apparatuses to create the airflow moderating zone are also provided. The apparatus may be configured to have a plurality of openings and an airflow resistance structure so as to provide airflow resistance to instabilities and/or turbulence in the airflow. The airflow moderating zone may be, for example, a sheet-like material including a plurality of openings.
US10041616B2
A fluid connector that is designed to work with a wide range of tube configurations and sizes by being able to adjust to the configuration and size of tube being connected to. The fluid connector can also include a pressure driven actuation resistance mechanism to achieve higher pressures. Therefore, a single fluid connector can be used over a wide range of applications. This permits the creation of a standardized cost effective fluid connector design.
US10041613B1
A coupling to connect a pipe end portion to another pipe end portion or to a valve or other fitting wherein the pipe end portion includes a circumferential shoulder includes a flange around an opening into the coupling through which the end portion of the pipe including the circumferential shoulder can be inserted into the coupling. A wheel with a radial channel therein is rotatably mounted on the flange with the flange received in the radial channel which is wide enough to also receive wedge members therein alongside the flange. Once the pipe end with the shoulder is received in the coupling, wedge members are inserted into the radial channel through a cut opening in a portion of the wheel to extend into and reduce the diameter of the opening to hold the shoulder in the coupling. A seal is provided in the coupling to seal the coupling against leakage.
US10041601B2
A valve device includes a float constituting a lower valve body and a case accommodating the float, and constitutes a part of an airflow passage of a fuel tank. The valve device includes a top portion of the case formed with a first penetration hole, a cylindrical seal body with a part that is fit in the first penetration hole and is sandwiched between the top portion and a sandwich member having a second penetration hole and combined with the top portion from above the top portion, an inside of the seal body communicating with the second penetration hole of the sandwich member, and an upper valve body above the sandwich member and configured to open and close the second penetration hole.
US10041598B2
A shut-off valve for controllable fluid flow may include a closing member that substantially has the structure of a hollow, round pipe, and which closing member may be pushed axially along the axis of the closing member within the valve body in order to shut off the flow of medium. The closing member may be pressed on an end face against a seat in order to shut off the flow of medium. The closing member may be directly operated with an electromagnetic lift drive.
US10041594B2
A screw gland assembly that comprises a body having threads formed on an outer surface of the body. A piston retainer coupled to the body, and a piston disposed within the body. A biasing member disposed between the piston retainer and the piston such that the piston is moveable relative to the body against a bias force of the biasing member.
US10041593B2
A piston ring assembly includes an inner ring, a first outer ring, and a second outer ring. The inner ring has an outer surface and an inner surface that extends between a first inner ring face and a second inner ring face. The first outer ring has a first outer ring outer surface disposed opposite a first outer ring inner surface, each extends between a first outer ring face and a first outer ring second face. The first outer ring inner surface engages the outer surface. The second outer ring has a second outer ring outer surface disposed opposite a second outer ring inner surface, each extends between a second outer ring first face and a second outer ring second face.
US10041584B2
There is provided a control device for a transmission for shifting a driving force of an engine. The transmission includes at least two input shafts configured to be driven by the driving force of the engine, intermediate shafts provided correspondingly to the at least two input shafts and configured such that driving forces of the input shafts are respectively transmitted thereto, and a clutch provided between the input shafts and the intermediate shafts and configured to transmit the driving forces from the input shafts to the intermediate shafts. A non-use shaft detection section is configured to detect a non-use state of the intermediate shafts based on a transmission state of the clutch.
US10041583B2
An abnormality determination device for a continuously variable transmission is provided in which since the abnormality determination device which calculates a compression stiffness of a metal belt from an amplitude ratio between a variable component of the rotational speed of an input shaft and a variable component of the rotational speed of an output shaft, a phase lag that is an indicator of the difference in phase between a variable component of the rotational speed of the input shaft and a variable component of the rotational speed of the output shaft, and a belt pitch radius of a drive pulley or a driven pulley, and determines whether a metal ring has broken by comparing the compression stiffness of the metal belt with a preset reference compression stiffness.
US10041574B2
A linear powered input device that utilizes linear input from a user and converts the linear input to rotational energy to perform work. The linear input is generated by lever arms having a slotted attachment at a pivot point that allows a free end of the lever arms to move linearly rather than in an arcuate path. The lever arms are connected to a power transmission mechanism that wraps around one or more drive wheels having one-way bearings mounted on one or more output shafts. The output shafts can be connected to any type of auxiliary device to perform the desired work. Output wheels may be mounted on the output shafts and operatively connected by a transmission link that allows linear motion of any lever arm in any allowable direction to cause the output shaft to rotate in the same rotational direction so as to receive continuous input and/or generate continuous output.
US10041571B2
Provided is a simple-structured tensioner that can ensure a smooth flow of oil while enabling a reduction in the production cost. A tensioner 10 includes a plunger 30 provided with a plunger through hole 32 extending from an outer circumferential surface to an inner circumferential surface of the plunger 30, and a tensioner body 20 provided with an oil supply hole 25 extending from an outer wall of the tensioner body 20 to the plunger bore 21. The oil supply hole 25 is formed in an elongated shape that extends along a protruding direction of the plunger.
US10041564B2
Poly-V belts are disclosed that have a body in an elastomeric material, preferably EPDM, a plurality of durable filiform inserts longitudinally embedded in the body, and a coupling portion integrally connected to the body and comprising a plurality of V-shaped ribs in side by side arrangement alternating with V-shaped grooves. A layer of a thermoplastic material at least partially covers the ribs, and a knitted fabric is arranged over the thermoplastic material. Preferably, the thermoplastic material includes a polyolefin irradiated with a dose amount of radiation between 60 and 140 kGy.
US10041555B2
A disc brake has a brake caliper which straddled a brake disc and is mounted on a stationary brake carrier so as to be axially movable in relation to the brake disc. Brake pads which are placed in the brake caliper can be pressed against the brake disc by a brake application mechanism during a braking operation. In order to be axially movable, the brake caliper is mounted on at least one guide bar that is connected to the brake carrier. A device is provided for optically detecting wear of a brake disc and/or a brake pad. In order for wear to be detectable, a comparative element which runs parallel to the guide bar, extends away from brake disc, and includes at least one step, is mounted on the brake carrier.
US10041553B2
A brake clip adapted for use in a disc brake assembly comprises a brake clip configured to be disposed between an anchor bracket and at least one brake pad of the disc brake assembly. The brake clip has at least one tab extending therefrom which is configured to initially contact and prevent the at least one brake pad from falling free prior to installation of the disc brake assembly on a vehicle.
US10041550B2
A clutch for a vehicle may include a first rotor locked to a rotating shaft controlling rotations of the first rotor; a second rotor rotatably provided on the rotating shaft; a clutch part inclinedly protruding from the second rotor toward the first rotor, wherein an outer circumferential surface of the clutch part is configured as a conical surface; an inner ring rotating along with the first rotor; a cone rotating along with the second rotor; an outer ring rotating along with the first rotor; and a sleeve rectilinearly slidable at an outside of an outer circumferential surface of the first rotor along a direction of the rotating shaft to press the outer ring toward the second rotor, forming friction surfaces between the outer ring and the cone, between the cone and the inner ring, and between the inner ring and the clutch part.
US10041549B2
A disk pack cooling arrangement has a disk pack with alternating first and second plates in which one or more first plates are configured to couple to a first machine component and one or more second plates are configured to couple to a second machine component that is rotatable with respect to the first machine component. Each first plate is of a radial dimension less than each second plate so that one or more annular channels exist radially outward of each first plate. One or more annular springs are disposed in an associated annular channel. Each spring is configured to apply a separating force to at least one second plate and to form one or more flow channels for cooling fluid to reach each first plate from an associated annular channel.
US10041548B2
A wafer edge protection apparatus, including an electrical control module having a servomotor, a vertical motion mechanism and a protection mechanism. The protection mechanism includes: a shaft coupler, in fixed connection with a shaft of the servomotor and having a plurality of first connecting components; and a transmission sleeve, in fixed connection with the vertical motion mechanism and having a plurality of second connecting components in movable connection with the plurality of first connecting components. The plurality of first connecting components is in movable connection with the plurality of second connecting components such that, in the event of a torque output by the shaft of the servomotor not exceeding a limit, the plurality of first connecting components is engaged with the plurality of second connecting components, and in the event of the torque output by the shaft of the servomotor exceeding the limit, the plurality of first connecting components is disengaged from the plurality of second connecting components, thereby preventing a rotational motion generated by the servomotor from transferring to the vertical motion mechanism.
US10041547B2
A constant velocity joint including an outer race having inner and outer surfaces, the inner surface including a plurality of outer ball tracks. The constant velocity joint also includes an inner race having a plurality of inner ball tracks which correspond to the outer ball tracks, a ball cage disposed between the outer race and the inner race, a plurality of balls arranged within the ball cage and contacting the outer ball tracks and the inner ball tracks. A damping assembly is connected to the outer race.
US10041545B2
A bearing providing at least an inner ring and an outer ring adapted to concentrically rotate with respect to one another, equipped with at least one embedded device for the detection of a displacement in translation of the rings relative to each other, the detection device including a linear encoder element mounted on one of the rings, and a sensor element mounted on the other ring and opposite the encoder element.
US10041533B2
A bearing providing at least two rings able to pivot relative to one another, at least one of the rings including at least two annular ring parts having annular radial surfaces axially opposite each other. The bearing further providing at least one annular shim disposed between the radial surfaces of the annular ring parts and including successive circumferential portions. Each circumferential portion of the shim has a plurality of nicks respectively traversed by axial elements. The nicks of each circumferential portion of the annular shim are shaped and oriented to permit the positioning between the annular ring parts and the removal of each circumferential portion by radial translation.
US10041528B2
A pin joint for coupling a first component with a second component is provided. The pin joint includes a shell disposed within an opening in the first component. The shell has a bore and a coupling portion. The pin joint also includes a sleeve disposed concentrically within the bore of the shell. The pin joint further includes a retainer disposed proximal to an end of the sleeve and detachably coupled to the coupling portion of the shell. The retainer is configured to axially retain the sleeve within the bore of the shell. The pint joint includes a pin received through the sleeve and the retainer. The pin is engaged with the second component.
US10041525B2
The invention provides a pin assembly comprising a pin having a screw threaded portion, a nut having a screw threaded portion, wherein, preferably, the pin has a number of pin recesses and the nut has a splined portion having a number of splines, the assembly further comprising a sleeve having a splined portion having a number of splines and a number of sleeve recesses, and a cross-member for insertion through at least one pin recess, and at least one sleeve recess, such that once assembled, rotation of the nut about the pin axis is restricted by the combination of the mating of the sleeve splined portion with the splined portion of the nut and the insertion of the cross-member through the sleeve recess and pin recess. The invention also provides a fixing assembly, landing gear actuation mechanism, aircraft, method of manufacturing and a kit of parts.
US10041523B2
A QUICK FASTENING DEVICE FOR PANELS, of the type containing two elements that interact with one another by virtue of the moving parts thereof and which is used to provide an anchoring point for the fastening of an application to the hole in a panel, being formed from a clip and a pin, said clip incorporating tabs descending downwards from the base, and having elastic ability in order to move closer toward the center of said clip through the sliding action of elbows or hooks on said tabs, acting on the inclined profile of cavities provided in said pin.
US10041508B2
A hydraulic unit includes two pressure connections for supplying devices, in particular hydraulic rescue devices, including a first hydraulic circuit with a first pump arrangement and a first pressure connection and a second hydraulic circuit with a second pump arrangement and a second pressure connection, wherein the pump arrangements are driven at the same time by a common drive, and wherein by a first valve switch the first hydraulic circuit can be connected to the second hydraulic circuit and by a second valve switch the second hydraulic circuit can be connected to the first hydraulic circuit. The valve switches include a spring acting in the direction of an initial position and from the first hydraulic circuit or from the second hydraulic circuit a first control line runs to the first valve switch and from the second hydraulic circuit or from the first hydraulic circuit a second control line runs to the second valve switch.
US10041507B2
A subsea pressure compensation arrangement is disclosed as having a vessel filled with insulating fluid, and a pressure compensator for compensating pressure variations of the insulating fluid. The arrangement can include a fluid connection pipe for fluid communication between the vessel and the pressure compensator, wherein the fluid connection pipe is connected to a bottom wall of the pressure compensator. A pipe opening arranged at an end of the fluid connection pipe extends above a level of the bottom wall of the pressure compensator.
US10041498B2
Three spool geared turbofan with low pressure compressor drive gear system and mechanical controller
A turbofan engine is disclosed that includes a fan rotatable about an axis, a compressor section including a high pressure compressor, a medium pressure compressor and a low pressure compressor and a turbine section including a high pressure turbine, an intermediate turbine and a fan drive turbine. A fan drive gear system is driven by the fan drive turbine for driving the fan. A compressor drive gear system is driven by the intermediate turbine for driving the low pressure compressor. A gear controller controls rotation of at least one of the fan drive gear system and the compressor drive gear system relative to a static structure to vary an effective speed reduction ratio of one of the fan drive gear system and the compressor drive gear system.
US10041489B2
A method of monitoring performance of an auxiliary pump is provided. A monitoring system measures a first pressure at a location supplied by a main pump and the auxiliary pump while the auxiliary pump is operated at a first speed. The monitoring system measures a second pressure at the location while the auxiliary pump is operated at a second speed. The monitoring system calculates performance of the auxiliary pump based on a difference between the first pressure and the second pressure divided by a difference between the first speed and the second speed. The monitoring system tracks the performance of the auxiliary pump over time by repeating the measuring and calculating over time.
US10041488B2
A roller assembly comprises a central section with a hub; a plurality of arms coupled to the central section such that each arm is capable of moving independently with respect to the central section; a plurality of spring pins, one spring pin associated with each arm; a plurality of retaining pins, one retaining pin associated with each arm; and a plurality of rollers, one roller coupled to each arm.
US10041484B2
A pump is disclosed having a manifold with an inlet, a pressure outlet, and a return outlet. The pump may also have a jacket connected to an end of the manifold to create an enclosure that is in fluid communication with the inlet of the manifold, and at least one pumping mechanism extending from the manifold into the jacket. The at least one pumping mechanism may have an inlet open to the enclosure and an outlet in communication with the pressure outlet of the manifold. The pump may further have a standpipe extending from the manifold into the enclosure. The standpipe may be in communication with the return outlet of the manifold.
US10041474B2
A wind turbine system may be configured with at least one wind turbine having an exterior surface. A distribution pipe positioned between the exterior surface and a drag feature with the drag feature connected to the exterior surface via at least one attachment feature. At least one nozzle can continuously extend from the distribution pipe through the drag feature. A controller connected to the distribution pipe may selectively activate the at least one nozzle to eject compressed fluids from the turbine blade to modify a preexisting radial velocity of the at least one turbine blade.
US10041472B2
The present invention relates to a blade for a wind turbine comprising at least a longitudinal component comprising at least two longitudinal stretches with fibers at different orientations depending on the location of these stretches along the blade, where the orientation of the fibers in the stretches of the blade is adapted to the prevailing load states in each of the stretches.
US10041470B2
A wind turbine blade is described wherein at least one stall fence is provided on the blade surface, where the stall fence is arranged such that it extends at an angle to the chord of the blade. The stall fence acts to re-direct airflow over the blade, to improve wind turbine performance. The stall fence may be a provided towards the blade root end, acting to divert airflow towards the root end of the blade to prevent separation of attached airflow. Additionally or alternatively, the stall fence may be arranged as a flow diverter provided towards the blade tip end, to increase airflow in the tip region for increased performance and/or to disrupt the formation of tip vortices.
US10041457B2
A pump unit has an inlet valve, an outlet valve, a supply line for supplying fuel, a pumping chamber, and a plunger for pressurizing fuel in the pumping chamber. The inlet valve includes an inlet valve member movable between a first position and a second position. The inlet valve member has an aperture formed therein. The aperture provides a first fluid pathway between the pumping chamber and the supply line when the inlet valve member is in its first position, and the aperture provides a second fluid pathway between the pumping chamber and the outlet valve when the inlet valve member is in its second position.
US10041455B2
A sensor device is disposed in an intake passage through which intake air flows to an internal combustion engine. The sensor device includes a humidity sensor that generates a signal according to a humidity of the intake air flowing through the intake passage. A choke portion is defined in the intake passage to decrease a cross-sectional area of the intake passage. The humidity sensor is arranged on the choke portion.
US10041453B2
In an apparatus for heating an intake system for an engine of a vehicle by hot water, the vehicle having an engine compartment placed in a front part, in which a radiator is placed on a front side, and the engine and the intake system are placed behind the radiator. The intake system includes an intake passage and a throttle device. A hot water passage is provided to circulate hot water around the throttle device to heat the throttle device, the hot water having been warmed by cooling the engine. In the hot water passage, a hot water control valve is provided. In the hot water control valve, an expanding-contracting member made of shape-memory alloy is provided to control opening and closing of the hot water control valve in response to the internal temperature of the engine compartment.
US10041446B2
A carburetor with rotary valve includes an idle adjustment needle with an eccentric hole, accordingly a special adjustment tool used for idle adjustment needle has an eccentric boss; a carburetor with rotary valve includes an idle adjustment needle with an eccentric boss, accordingly a special adjustment tool used for idle adjustment needle has an eccentric hole. The idle adjustment needle must be cooperated with the special adjustment tool to carry out the adjustment, thus non-professional user can not casually adjust the fuel oil needle without the special tool, so that the engine can be maintained in the best setting condition to ensure the engine exhaust to meet the environmental protection requirement.
US10041441B2
An annular cooling channel cover for a piston may include an elastic material body having opposing end faces. At least two opposing end regions may provide a joint gap and at least one feed element for a coolant may be received in at least one opening disposed in the cooling channel cover. The feed element may include an inlet region and an outlet region, and may be held on the cooling channel cover via a clip-on latching connection. Spring clips may be disposed on the inlet region of the feed element, and/or latching elements may be disposed on the outlet region of the feed element. The spring clips may engage one of the end faces and the latching elements may engage the opposing end face. A closure element may engage into the joint gap to close the same.
US10041431B2
A fuel supply apparatus for an internal combustion engine includes a fuel pump, a fuel pipe, a reduction valve, and an electronic control unit. The electronic control unit is configured to drive the fuel pump to rotate such that a required flow rate of the fuel is realized, while adjusting the fuel pressure in the fuel pipe to a target value, by driving the fuel pump to rotate. The electronic control unit is configured to operate the reduction valve to be opened when the operation state of the fuel pump is a first operation state. The first operation state is the operation state of the fuel pump where the frequency of the fuel pump has a value within a resonance area.
US10041430B2
The present disclosure provides a system for adjusting a fuel injector drive signal during a fuel injection event wherein the system comprises an engine having a fuel injector, a fuel control module configured to generate control signals corresponding to a desired fueling profile of a fuel injection event, and a fueling profile interface module that outputs drive profile signals to the fuel injector in response to the control signals to cause the fuel injector to deliver an actual fueling profile, wherein the fueling profile interface module changes the drive profile signals during the fuel injection event in response to a parameter signal indicating a characteristic of the actual fueling profile.
US10041428B2
Methods and systems are provided for estimating an engine exhaust pressure based on outputs from an exhaust oxygen sensor. In one example, a method may include estimating an exhaust pressure of exhaust gas flowing through an engine exhaust passage based on a difference between a first output of an oxygen sensor disposed in the exhaust passage and a second output of the oxygen sensor and then adjusting engine operation based on the estimated exhaust pressure. As one example, both the first and second outputs may be taken while operating the sensor in a variable voltage mode, after increasing a reference voltage of the oxygen sensor from a lower, first voltage to a higher, second voltage.
US10041426B2
A control apparatus for a four-cycle internal combustion engine that includes a plurality of cylinders into which fuel is directly injected, includes an electronic control unit. The electronic control unit is configured to: (i) execute stop control that stops rotation of a crankshaft of the internal combustion engine by stopping fuel injection and ignition in the internal combustion engine when a predetermined stop condition is fulfilled; and (ii) carry out fuel injection and ignition in a second cylinder of the plurality of the cylinders when the stop control is executed, the second cylinder being in an exhaust stroke when the internal combustion engine is stopped, when a piston of a first cylinder of the plurality of the cylinders is estimated to stop at a top dead center.
US10041425B2
An air-fuel ratio controller of an internal combustion engine includes an open-loop processor setting a base injection amount, a feedback processor calculating a feedback operation amount, an increase processor performing an increase correction on the base injection amount when a temperature of the internal combustion engine is a specified temperature or lower, an operation processor operating a fuel injection valve based on the corrected base injection amount and that is corrected using the feedback operation amount and a learning value, and an update processor updating the learning value. If the increase processor performs the increase correction, the update processor updates the learning value to increase an increase correction rate of the base injection amount when a temperature of the cylinder wall surface is high.
US10041422B2
Aspects of the disclosure are directed to characterizing effective vehicle frontal area. As may be implemented in accordance with one or more embodiments, one or more operating parameters of the vehicle are obtained. Such parameters may be obtained during one or more qualifying periods of time, such as those periods in which an operating parameter or parameters such as speed and/or acceleration are within a range of values. A value that provides an estimate of the vehicle frontal area is then generated based on the one or more operating parameters.
US10041416B2
A system for providing a seal between a combustor and a turbine vane. The system includes a flange configured to extend radially from the combustor, and a seal. The flange includes a flange surface configured to face in an axial direction toward a surface of the vane. The seal is configured to be axially loaded between the flange surface and the surface of the vane.
US10041403B2
A generator assembly suitable for being carried on the back of a human comprising an internal combustion engine an alternator and a shaft driven by said engine and driving said alternator wherein when said generator assembly is being carried on the back of human said shaft is substantially parallel to a longitudinal axis of said human. This enhances the maneuverability of the assembly. Preferably the assembly comprises a generator module having an engine and an alternator coupled directly by a common shaft, the generator being attached to a frame of the assembly at only two longitudinally spaced-apart positions.
US10041402B2
An internal combustion engine includes a housing defining an internal cavity, an inner body sealingly moving within the internal cavity for defining at least one combustion chamber of variable volume, a pilot subchamber in communication with the at least one working chamber, an ignition element in communication with the pilot subchamber, a main injector communicating with the at least one combustion chamber, and a pilot injector having a tip in communication with the pilot subchamber. The tip of the pilot injector includes at least a first injection hole defining a first spray direction and a second injection hole defining a second spray direction different from the first spray direction. The first spray direction extends toward the communication between the pilot subchamber and the at least one working chamber. A method of performing combustion in an internal combustion engine is also discussed.
US10041396B2
A divert-air valve for a compressor of an internal combustion engine includes a flow housing with a duct, an actuator, a control body moved by the actuator to control a throughflow cross section of the duct, an armature, openings in the control body, a valve housing with a housing wall, a support ring with a ring-shaped plate and a cylinder wall, and a sealing ring which seals the housing interior with respect to a part of the duct. The armature is connected to the control body. The openings fluidically connect the housing interior to a part of the duct. The valve housing surrounds the actuator and a part of the control body. The support ring bears, via the cylinder wall, radially from the outside against the housing wall. The radial sealing ring lies axially against the ring-shaped plate and bears radially at the outside against the housing wall.
US10041390B2
A catalyzed particulate filter may include at least one inlet channel extending in a longitudinal direction, and having a first end into which fluid flows and a second end which is blocked; at least one outlet channel extending in a longitudinal direction, and having a first end which is blocked and a second end through which the fluid flows out; at least one wall that defines the boundary between adjacent inlet and outlet channels and that extends in a longitudinal direction; and at least one support positioned within at least one of the at least one inlet channel and the at least one outlet channel.
US10041389B2
A housing for fluidically connecting an exhaust gas line to an exhaust gas heat exchanger, wherein the main flow channel of the housing extends in the direction of a central axis (X), from an inlet opening to an outlet opening, with an average flow cross section (SQ). In the main flow channel, at least one opening is provided in the housing for a valve shaft, and on the housing, at least one bypass opening formed by a connecting piece is provided between the inlet opening and the outlet opening. The housing is formed by a maximum of two deep-drawn sub-shells made of sheet metal, wherein the connecting piece is formed circumferentially around the bypass axis (Y) for connecting an exhaust gas heat exchanger via the upper shell and/or via the lower shell.
US10041388B2
An exhaust valve for a muffler which is mounted inside the muffler includes: a mounting bracket having an arc shape; a shaft which is rotatably connected to the mounting bracket; a flap which is fixed to the shaft and rotates together with the shaft; and an elastic member which elastically support the flap with respect to the mounting bracket.
US10041384B2
A control valve includes a valve housing extending along a longitudinal axis. The valve housing defines an inlet port, a first outlet port, and a second outlet port. In addition, the control valve includes a spool guide disposed inside the valve housing and a flow guide belt disposed around the spool guide. The flow guide belt is disposed inside the valve housing. The control valve further includes a spool movably disposed in the spool guide. The spool can move relative to the valve housing along the longitudinal axis between a first spool position and a second spool position. The first outlet port is in fluid communication with the inlet port when spool is disposed in the first spool position.
US10041378B2
A method for adjusting startup floor pressure levels of HRSG steam circuits is implemented by a pressure controlling computing device including a processor and a memory. The method includes receiving a plurality of measured plant operating values associated with a HRSG steam circuit, identifying a plurality of candidate pressure levels for use in pressurizing the HRSG steam circuit, determining a calculated steam velocity level for each of the plurality of candidate pressure levels, identifying a steam velocity limit for a steam piping section of the HRSG steam circuit, selecting a lowest pressure level of the plurality of candidate pressure levels, wherein the lowest pressure level is associated with a determined calculated steam velocity level that does not exceed the identified velocity limit, and pressurizing the HRSG steam circuit to the selected lowest pressure level.
US10041367B2
A first aspect of the invention provides an axially faced seal system for a radial tip of a turbine component, the system comprising: a stationary turbine component; a rotating turbine component; and a seal ring mounted to the stationary turbine component, the seal ring extending axially to the rotating turbine component and engaging the rotating turbine component on a side surface, wherein the side surface of the rotating turbine component is on a continuous, rotating mating ring having a 360 degree arc.
US10041363B2
A blade-disk assembly of a turbomachine is provided, the blade-disk assembly having a plurality of adjacent rotor blades and a closure blade which are tilted into an anchoring groove, and at least one circumferential retention element which interlockingly cooperates with at least one blade, as well as a plurality of tilt-out prevention elements which are disposed between the groove base and the root portions and which, in the rest state, space the blades from the groove base when in the upper position. The blade-disk assembly further has a locking element, a portion of which is located between the groove base and the root portions and which, in the rest state, spaces the closure blade from the groove base when in the upper position. A method for assembling such a blade-disk assembly, as well as a turbomachine, is also provided.
US10041357B2
An airfoil includes a platform that has platform leading and trailing ends, lateral side faces, and inner and outer faces. An airfoil portion extends outwardly from the inner face of the platform. The airfoil portion includes airfoil leading and trailing ends and side walls that join the airfoil leading and trailing ends. The platform includes a cooling passage that has an inlet at a forward location, outlet slots at the platform trailing end, and an intermediate passage portion that extends from the inlet to the outlet slots. The intermediate passage portion includes a common manifold region that feeds the outlet slots.
US10041353B2
A blade cascade of a turbomachine whose at least one side wall is configured to be circumferentially undulated and which has at least two elevations and at least one depression or at least two depressions having at least one elevation, as well as a turbomachine having a blade cascade of this kind.
US10041345B2
A well completion system includes a current source, a ground terminal, and a reference conductor. The reference conductor is electrically connected to the current source, and is inserted into a reference wellbore having a tubular therein. The tubular has a tubular bottom hole end, and the tubular is electrically conductive between an electrical discontinuity and the bottom hole end. The tubular between the tubular string electrical discontinuity and the tubular bottom hole end is electrically connected to the reference conductor. The tubular between the tubular string electrical discontinuity and the tubular bottom hole end is electrically connected to the reference wellbore. Magnetic sensors are located outside the reference wellbore.
US10041343B2
Various micro-sonic density imaging-while-drilling systems and methods are disclosed. In at least some forms, the micro-sonic logging tool is embodied in a drill collar having at least one stabilizer blade. One or more acoustic transmitters are set in a distal face of the stabilizer blade to generate acoustic waves. One or more receivers can also be set in the distal face of the stabilizer blade to detect P-waves and S-waves that have propagated through the formation making up the borehole wall. Processing circuitry measures the velocity or slowness of the acoustic waves and optionally associates the measured values with a spot on the borehole wall as identified. Multiple transmitters can be used if it is desired to obtain compensated measurements. The tool can further include a fluid cell to measure acoustical properties of the borehole fluid, which can be used to convert the formation slowness measurements into density measurements.
US10041337B2
A shaped-charge liner for a shaped-charge assembly is provided. The shaped-charge assembly includes a housing, a single liner, and explosive material between the housing and the liner. The single liner includes an apex portion constructed from a first material and a skirt portion made from a second material that is different than the first material.
US10041336B2
A method of securing a nozzle in an end of a slurry discharge tube can include inserting the nozzle into the end of the slurry discharge tube, and crimping the slurry discharge tube onto the nozzle. A well screen shunt tube assembly can include a slurry discharge tube, and a nozzle inserted into an end of the slurry discharge tube, the slurry discharge tube being crimped onto the nozzle.
US10041333B2
A drilling assembly is tripped in a cased hole to make more open hole. The assembly features retracted scrapers and a closed circulation sub so that the drilling can commence with string pressure delivered to bit nozzles due to the circulation sub being in a closed position. When drilling is done and the bit is to be removed, an object lands on a seat on a sleeve that acts as a piston to break scraper retainers for casing scraping deployment and to open the circulation port. A bypass opens around the seated ball when the sleeve shifts to allow flow around the seated ball for circulation while scraping. Drilling and casing scraping are accomplished in a single trip.
US10041329B2
Methods and apparatus for utilizing a valve with a pump rotor passage with a downhole production string, the pump rotor being on a rotatable rod with a bobbin moving along the rod between a position for opening the passage to fluid flow, when the bobbin is not seated on a shuttle seat, and a position for closing the passage to fluid flow, when the bobbin is seated on the shuttle seat. The pump rotor and rod are removable through the passage while leaving the pump stator in place upstream of the valve.
US10041327B2
The flow of a fluid may be diverted from a high permeability zone to a low permeability portion of a subterranean formation by use of particulates comprising a mixture of (i) at least one aliphatic polyester having the general formula of repeating units: where n is an integer between 75 and 10,000 and R is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, alkyl, aryl, alkylaryl, acetyl, heteroatoms, and mixtures thereof; and (ii) at least one compound of the formula: or an anhydride thereof wherein: R1 is —COO—(R5O)y—R4 or —H; R2 and R3 are selected from the group consisting of —H and —COO—(R5O)y—R4; provided both R2 or R3 are —COO—(R5O)y—R4 when R1 is —H and further provided only one of R2 or R3 is —COO—(R5O)y—R4 when R1 is —COO—(R5O)y—R4 R4 is —H or a C1-C6 alkyl group; R5 is a C1-C6 alkylene group; and each y is 0 to 5.
US10041322B2
A gripping tool having a mandrel reciprocatable within a slide member, the mandrel having a top connector for connecting to a tubular string and a bottom connector for connecting to a cutting tool, the slide member having at least one radially outwardly biased friction member and a slip cage with at least one window through which a slip is deployable, by movement of the mandrel within the slide member, to engage and grip a section of casing to be removed from a well, the mandrel being rotatable by rotation of the tubular string to operate the cutting tool with the gripping tool in the gripping mode. After detachment of the section of casing by the cutting tool, the gripping tool and the gripped section of casing are pulled from the well. The gripping mode is restorable to a running position to reset the tool in the casing.
US10041316B2
A method for verifying that a kick or loss detected by surface monitoring equipment has occurred includes: receiving an input signal having notification that a kick or a loss has been detected in an earthen borehole during a time interval when drilling fluid is not being pumped into a drill string disposed in the borehole; sensing a pressure in the borehole to provide sensed pressure readings; comparing the sensed pressure readings to an upper threshold and a lower threshold; verifying that a kick has occurred if the notification comprises a kick detection and the sensed pressure reading are above the upper threshold; verifying that a loss has occurred if the notification comprises a loss detection and the sensed pressure readings are below the lower threshold; and transmitting a kick or loss verification signal to a signal receiving device upon verification that the kick or loss has occurred.
US10041314B2
A drilling mud cooler includes a first mud heat exchanger that is adapted to receive a flow of drilling mud, a first closed-loop cooling system that is adapted to cool a first cooling fluid that is circulated through the first mud heat exchanger so as to reduce a temperature of the flow of drilling mud from a first temperature to a second temperature, a second mud heat exchanger that is adapted to receive the flow of reduced temperature drilling mud from the first mud heat exchanger, and a second closed-loop cooling system that is adapted to cool a second cooling fluid that is circulated through the second mud heat exchanger so as to further reduce the temperature of the flow of drilling mud from the second temperature to a third temperature.
US10041310B2
A connection assembly for automated lifting and positioning of a chiksan or other fluid conduit in proximity to a fluid inlet of a device such as, for example, a cement or hydraulic fracturing head. Once a chiksan or other flow line is positioned in a desired location, a secure connection is made between the outlet of the chiksan or other fluid conduit and the fluid inlet including, without limitation, when the device is positioned at an elevated location above a rig floor.
US10041305B2
An actively controlled self-adjusting earth-boring tool includes a body carrying cutting elements and an actuation device disposed at least partially within the body. The actuation device may include a first fluid chamber, a second fluid chamber, and a reciprocating member dividing the first fluid chamber from the second fluid chamber. A connection member may be attached to the reciprocating member and may have a drilling or bearing element connected thereto. A first fluid flow path may extend from the second fluid chamber to the first fluid chamber. A second fluid flow path may extend from the first fluid chamber to the second fluid chamber. A rate controller may control a flowrate of a hydraulic fluid through the first and second fluid flow paths. The rate controller may include an electromagnet, and the flowrates of the hydraulic fluid may be adjusted by adjusting fluid properties of the hydraulic fluid.
US10041298B2
A detachable and combined drive key of a power head of a rotary drilling rig is provided. The drive key includes torque transfer keys and a pressure transfer key. Each torque transfer key is respectively assembled on a key groove on an inner wall of the drive sleeve. The pressure transfer key is assembled at a bottom of a drive sleeve and includes a circular ring structure and a plurality of pressure pads. Each pressure pad has a width less than the torque transfer key. A central surface of each pressure pad is aligned with a central surface of each torque transfer key. The drive sleeve, the torque transfer keys, and the pressure transfer key are combined to form an integrated drive key with a same circular cross-section.
US10041295B2
A winding device for the covering of building openings, comprising a sheetlike, flexible cover element for at least partial covering of the at least one building opening and a winding element driven by a drive unit for adjusting a cover surface of the covering, wherein the cover element can be wound and unwound with the winding element. According to the invention, in addition to a first cover element, there is provided a second cover element), which can be arranged overlapping with the first cover element in the covering state, wherein the cover elements can be wound and unwound with a winding element.
US10041290B2
An arched window covering comprising a panel (e.g., having a series of elongated cells) positioned in a fan arrangement defining a central space near a center of rotation of the fan arrangement, a base positioned in the central space, and a support member supported by the base and positioned to provide support to the panel. Preferably, the arched window covering further comprises a rail secured to at least one of two ends of the panel. In one embodiment, the base defines an opening adapted to receive the support member. The support member preferably comprises an elongated member extending from the base toward a radially outer portion of the panel, and a spacer member supported by the elongated member and adapted to hold the elongated member spaced from the panel. In one arrangement, a position of the spacer member relative to the elongated member is adjustable.
US10041289B2
An example apparatus is disclosed that may include a bottom plate, a front plate coupled along a bottom edge to a front edge of the bottom plate, a top plate coupled along a front edge to a top edge of the front plate such that a channel is formed between the bottom and top plates, a vertical stopping plate coupled along a lower edge to a back edge of the top plate, a hat channel coupled to an inner surface of the channel, wherein the hat channel runs perpendicular to a length of the channel, and a embedding material inside the hat channel, wherein the embedding material is adjacent to a bottom surface of the top plate. An example method is disclosed that may include coupling a closure piece to a floor panel and coupling a track to the closure piece.
US10041284B2
In a window regulator which moves a slider base, slidable along a guide rail, via a pair of wires, the slider base includes: a guide portion which is fitted to the guide rail to be movable in the longitudinal direction thereof; first and second wire engaging portions with which ends of the wires are engaged, respectively; and first and second force application portions which receive a force in a moving direction of the slider base from the wires, and the guide portion is positioned in at least one of the areas between the first force application portion and the first wire engaging portion and between the second force application portion and the second wire engaging portion in the widthwise direction of the guide rail. This makes it possible to obtain a window regulator which is superior in smoothness of operation and operating efficiency of the slider base.
US10041282B2
A personal computing device is provided with a first housing portion, a second housing portion, and a hinge joining the first housing portion to the second housing portion. The hinge is configured to allow the first housing portion to rotate substantially three-hundred-sixty degrees relative to the second housing portion. The hinge can be implemented as a plurality of interlinked parallel hinge segments, each hinge segment to rotate about a respective one of a plurality of parallel axes of the hinge to enable the rotation of the first housing portion.
US10041277B1
An improved outdoor cooking apparatus features a specially configured pot with multiple specially configured cooking inserts and burner frame that supports a burner element. One insert is a rack that can be used for cooking one or more whole poultry carcasses. Another insert is a perforated basket that can be used to hold items to be cooked. The pot has a lower tapered section that includes a tapering downwardly sidewall or walls meeting a smaller, generally rectangular bottom panel. The pot has an upper section with a larger transverse cross section than the pot bottom, preferably comprised of generally vertically oriented side all sections. The basket can be correspondingly shaped to the contour of the pot interior.
US10041268B1
The invention is an improved underground storm shelter that has a downwardly tapered rear end, a removable front wall having a slidable door, an interior chamber for an occupant to take shelter, a ventilation system for ventilating and providing air circulation within the chamber of the shelter, and an anchoring means for anchoring the shelter to the ground. The storm shelter is lightweight for transport and installation, but sturdy during inclement weather because of the anchoring system.
US10041266B1
Disclosed is a suspension system configured for distributing forces impinged on a body. The suspension system may include a plurality of tubes, each including a hollow space configured to accommodate a shaft. Additionally, the suspension system may include a plurality of shafts corresponding to the plurality of tubes. Further, the suspension system may include a plurality of pulleys comprising one or more counterpoised pulleys mounted on one or more ends of one or more shafts of the plurality of shafts and at least two adjunct pulleys mounted on the body. Furthermore, the suspension system may include one or more conduits of tensile force operationally coupled to each of the one or more counterpoised pulleys and the at least two adjunct pulleys. Accordingly, a force acting upon a shaft may be transmitted, via counterpoised pulleys and the one or more conduits of tensile force, to one or more other shafts.
US10041264B2
A food truck park for mobile food trucks provides a destination with a unique atmosphere and improved layout for arranging the food trucks. The food park includes a parking area and a raised pedestrian walkway. The walkway includes extended pier portions that extend into the parking area. The extended pier portions define parking slips for the mobile food trucks. The walkway is raised with respect to the parking area to provide easy access to the service windows of the mobile food trucks. The food truck park may further include electrical hookups for the mobile food trucks.
US10041262B2
A lap siding product with a central face cut, allowing an installer or user to break the lap siding product in half manually, without tools, resulting in two pieces of lap siding. The central face cut extends for the length of the product, and its depth is a substantial portion of the thickness of the lap siding product. A central back cut opposite to the central face cut may be provided, as well as a pair of back spacing cuts along the edges of the back face of the product. A pair of machined nail lines on the face of the product assist in determining locations for nailing the post-break pieces of lap siding during installation.
US10041258B2
Building panels, especially floor panels are shown, which are provided with a locking system comprising several clips connected to a panel edge comprising a recess formed in a lower lip or in the tongue. Each clip may include an upwardly extending locking element, which is configured to cooperate with a locking groove for locking the two edges in a horizontal direction.
US10041257B2
Support panels for masonry objects and associated methods of use are disclosed herein. A support panel for masonry objects may include an inner surface, an outer surface, at least one stiffening channel formed longitudinally along the support panel, and a plurality of substantially C-shaped tabs extending from the outer surface, the tabs being disposed in spaced apart relation to one another to form a grid, wherein the tabs are configured to contactingly support at least a portion of a masonry object.
US10041254B2
In one aspect of a tile and support structure, a support structure may be engaged with a top portion of a pedestal. The support structure may be formed with a generally vertical spine having at least one rail extending outward from a distal end thereof. The spine and rail(s) may be configured to secure one or more tiles, which tiles may be formed with a groove on at least one edge thereof, and wherein one or more rails may be positioned within the groove.
US10041249B1
A wall for partitioning space within a building comprises interconnected barriers. For adjustable height, each barrier comprises a lower panel and a slidable and overlapping upper panel. Barriers are interconnected at vertical edges by a combination of rigid pins and slots or by hinge assemblies. Mating male and female parts of a hinge assembly attach to both panels of adjacent barriers with adjustable heights, and enable selective angling of barriers relative to each other. A filler barrier, for filling a space along a wall that is less or more wide than a standard width barrier, has sliding inter-nested frame parts that attach to the two panels of a standard barrier. A clip secures the top of a barrier to the grid of a suspended ceiling.
US10041245B2
An acoustic sleeper for sound suppression in a floor assembly may be formed as a solid sleeper body made entirely from a resilient acoustic isolating material. The sleeper body has a thickness, a width, a length, a generally rectangular cross-section and first and second sides. The sleeper body first side includes a first side area and a first sleeper load-bearing surface for contacting a first floor assembly structure, the first sleeper load-bearing surface having a first load-bearing surface area equal to or less than the first side area. The sleeper body second side has a pair of solid sleeper feet extending therefrom. The sleeper feet collectively provide a second sleeper load-bearing surface for contacting a second floor assembly structure. The second sleeper load-bearing surface has a second load-bearing surface area that is less than the first side area by at least a factor of three.
US10041240B2
A minor water leak prevention apparatus for a water inlet valve, in which a float is mounted on a regulation bar and received in a water container. The water container is mounted on a siphon tube. The siphon tube is formed with an air aperture. A counterweight buoyance switch is mounted on the water container. The counterweight buoyance switch has a counterweight water compartment having a lower end forming a water drain hole. The counterweight water compartment has an upper end to which a closure pressing plate is mounted. The closure pressing plate is opposite to the air aperture. The counterweight buoyance switch controls opening/closing of the air aperture. This arrangement allows water ingress through a water inlet valve to be stopped when minor water leakage occurs in a water tank.
US10041229B2
A system for controlling an operation of a machine is disclosed. The system includes an image capturing device and a controller. The image capturing device generates a signal indicative of a surrounding area of the machine. The controller is in communication with the image capturing device. The controller determines a preceding work cycle of the machine comprising a dig segment and determines a preceding segment associated with the preceding work cycle to be a dump segment. The controller further identifies a work aggregate within the surrounding area of the machine, when the preceding segment of the preceding work cycle is the dump segment. Further, the controller determines a distance between an implement of the machine and the work aggregate and issues a shift request to downshift a gear drive of a transmission system of the machine, if the distance is less than a predefined distance.
US10041227B2
A strongarm device for use with a hydro excavation hose includes a support frame configured to carry hydro excavation equipment, a support post having first and second ends, the first end being secured to the support frame, and a boom having a first end and a second end, where the first end is pivotally connected to the second end of the support post and configured for the second end of the boom to rotate relative thereto. In addition, the strongarm device includes a bracket secured to and suspended from the second end of the boom, and a roller secured to the bracket and configured for the hydro excavation hose to roll back and forth over an upper surface of the roller.
US10041225B2
A drive control system for a work machine. A gradual stoppage command and an operation speed limitation command are calculated and output. A pilot pressure is corrected such that, upon a stoppage operation of a control lever, a drive actuator is stopped gradually; and the pilot pressure is corrected such that an operation speed of the drive actuator is limited. A supply of the pilot hydraulic fluid to the speed increasing unit is interrupted when a failure of a speed increasing solenoid proportional valve of the speed increasing unit is detected.
US10041217B2
A traffic barrier structure includes posts fixedly installed at the median or roadside of the road, guiderail units composed of guiderails horizontally connected in series between the posts and each having a longitudinal slot, a rail holder installed in the guiderail and having a slot holder piece closely engaged against the slot in the guiderail and a deformation-resistant piece extending from the slot holder piece, closely conforming to a portion of an inner curved portion of the guiderail, to prevent deformation of the guiderails and enlargement of the slots when shock is applied the guiderails, and a rail connector inserted into respective connection part of adjacent guiderails to longitudinally connect the adjacent guiderails.
US10041209B1
A system for treating cellulosic fibers to improve paper, board and tissue quality; the system involves splitting fibers into an original portion having original fibers and a refinable portion. The refinable portion may further be fractionated by one or more fibers properties by a fiber fractionation system into a first fraction and a second fraction. The refinable portion as a whole, or a fractionated fraction thereof, is then refined to produce refined fibers. Varying amounts of the original unrefined fibers, refined fibers and possibly additionally fractionated unrefined fibers are blended together to form an optimized slurry that is processed by a paper machine into an optimized paper product. A master control system, fiber measurement system and optional fractionation maintenance system are integrated with the overall system to regulate all processing.
US10041201B2
A laundry module performs a washing function to wash laundry and has a height that is less than the height of a laundry appliance. The laundry module can be part of a modular laundry system including the laundry appliance. The laundry module can be vertically arranged with the laundry appliance, such as by supporting the laundry appliance thereupon.
US10041195B2
A woven signal-routing substrate for a wearable electronic device has conductive warps and wefts that are woven with each other and with insulative warps and wefts. Woven electrical cross-connections are formed at some of the intersections of the conductive warps and wefts, while no electrical cross-connections are formed at other intersections, to provide a signal-routing architecture for the substrate that can be used to route signals between electronic components of the wearable device. Non-connecting intersections are formed using insulative warps that are sufficiently thicker than the relatively thin conductive warps to enable a conductive weft to cross a conductive warp without making physical contact at intersection locations where an electrical cross-connection is not desired. The woven electrical cross-connections may be formed at other intersection locations using weaving topologies that ensure that the corresponding mutually orthogonal warps and wefts do contact one another.
US10041187B2
Embodiments relate to use of a particle accelerator beam to form thin films of material from a bulk substrate. In particular embodiments, a bulk substrate (e.g. donor substrate) having a top surface is exposed to a beam of accelerated particles. In certain embodiments, this bulk substrate may comprise GaN; in other embodiments this bulk substrate may comprise Si, SiC, or other materials. Then, a thin film or wafer of material is separated from the bulk substrate by performing a controlled cleaving process along a cleave region formed by particles implanted from the beam. In certain embodiments this separated material is incorporated directly into an optoelectronic device, for example a GaN film cleaved from GaN bulk material. In some embodiments, this separated material may be employed as a template for further growth of semiconductor materials (e.g. GaN) that are useful for optoelectronic devices.
US10041171B2
A particulate for an additive manufacturing technique includes metallic particulate bodies with exterior surfaces bearing a polymeric coating. The polymeric coating is conformally disposed over the exterior surface that prevents the underlying metallic body from oxidation upon exposure to the ambient environment by isolating the metallic particulate bodies from the ambient environment. Feedstock materials for additive manufacturing techniques, and methods of making such feedstock, are also disclosed.
US10041159B2
Provided are a steel plate having high tensile strength, high yield strength, and excellent low-temperature toughness and a method for manufacturing the steel plate.A steel plate contains 0.04% to 0.15% C, 0.1% to 2.0% Si, 0.8% to 2.0% Mn, 0.025% or less P, 0.020% or less S, 0.001% to 0.100% Al, 0.010% to 0.050% Nb, and 0.005% to 0.050% Ti and further contains Cu, Ni, Cr, Mo, and N on a mass basis such that 0.5%≤Cu+Ni+Cr+Mo≤3.0% and 1.8≤Ti/N≤4.5 are satisfied, the remainder being Fe and inevitable impurities. The area fraction of polygonal ferrite is less than 10%. The effective grain size at the through-thickness center is 15 μm or less. The standard deviation of the effective grain size is 10 μm or less.
US10041155B2
Provided are high-purity yttrium and a high-purity yttrium sputtering target each having a purity, excluding rare earth elements and gas components, of 5 N or more and containing 1 wt ppm or less of each of Al, Fe, and Cu; a method of producing high-purity yttrium by molten salt electrolysis of a raw material being a crude yttrium oxide having a purity, excluding gas components, of 4N or less at a bath temperature of 500° C. to 800° C. to obtain yttrium crystals, desalting treatment, water washing, and drying of the yttrium crystals, and then electron beam melting for removing volatile materials to achieve a purity, excluding rare earth elements and gas components, of 5N or more; and a technology capable of efficiently and stably providing high-purity yttrium, a sputtering target composed of the high-purity yttrium, and a metal-gate thin film mainly composed of the high-purity yttrium.
US10041152B2
A nickel-chromium casting alloy comprising, in weight percent, up to 0.8% of carbon, up to 1% of silicon, up to 0.2% of manganese, 15 to 40% of chromium, 0.5 to 13% of iron, 1.5 to 7% of aluminum, up to 2.5% of niobium, up to 1.5% of titanium, 0.01 to 0.4% of zirconium, up to 0.06% of nitrogen, up to 12% of cobalt, up to 5% of molybdenum, up to 6% of tungsten and from 0.01 to 0.1% of yttrium, remainder nickel, has a high resistance to carburization and oxidation even at temperatures of over 1130° C. in a carburizing and oxidizing atmosphere, as well as a high thermal stability, in particular creep rupture strength.
US10041142B2
The invention relates to a method for concentrating metals, in particular silver and/or tin and/or lead from scrap containing metal, by treating the material/scrap containing silver and/or tin and/or lead with a sulfonic acid of the formula R—SO2—OH in the presence of an oxidizing agent, wherein R can be an organic group or ammonia.
US10041140B2
Disclosed is a method for continuous thermal treatment of a steel strip. The strip passes through consecutive thermal treatment chambers, is quickly cooled in at least one of the chambers by spraying liquid onto the strip, or by spraying a fluid made up of gas and liquid or spraying a combination of gas and liquid forming a mist. After quick cooling, a protective metal layer is deposited on the strip by dip coating. The cooling fluid strips iron oxides or other alloy elements contained in the steel to be treated, minimizing oxidation and reducing the oxides on the strip. Spray pressure and distance are chosen to facilitate the stripping property and the mechanical action of the sprayed fluid, reducing the layer of oxides on the strip. The temperature of the strip at the end of the cooling step is the temperature necessary for carrying out the desired treatment cycle.
US10041139B2
A high-strength steel sheet according to the present invention comprises, by weight, 10.0-15.0% Mn, 6.0-9.0% Al, 0.5-2.0% Cr, 0.8-1.6% C, and 0.001-0.01% N, and further comprises, by weight, 0.02-0.1% V, 0.005-0.015% Nb, and 0.005-0.02% Mo, or further comprises 0.1-0.5 wt % TiAl particles. The high-strength steel sheet has a mixed structure comprising austenite and a fine k-carbide having a mean particle diameter of 10-500 nm.
US10041136B2
The invention provides a unique subset of GH30 subfamily 8 xylanases (GH30-8) with endo-β-1,4-xylanase activity, compositions comprising an effective amount of the GH30-8 xylanases, methods of synthesis and methods of use thereof.
US10041132B2
The application relates to a pestivirus, designated PMC virus, that is associated with porcine myocarditis syndrome, and the gene and protein sequences derived therefrom. The application further relates to detection methods, vaccine therapeutics, and diagnostic methods using the PMC virus or gene/protein sequences derived therefrom.
US10041118B2
A method for analyzing water toxicity, the method including: exposure experiment, sample collection, transcriptome detection, metabolome detection, screening of differentially expressed genes, screening of differentially expressed metabolites, and identification of commonly changed biological pathways in both the transcriptome and the metabolome.
US10041117B2
The present invention provides novel primers and methods for the detection of specific nucleic acid sequences. The primers and methods of the invention are useful in a wide variety of molecular biology applications and are particularly useful in allele specific PCR.
US10041113B2
Various embodiments of the teachings relate to a system or method for sample preparation or analysis in biochemical or molecular biology procedures. The sample preparation can involve small volume processed in discrete portions or segments or slugs, herein referred to as discrete volumes. A molecular biology procedure can be nucleic acid analysis. Nucleic acid analysis can be an integrated DNA amplification/DNA sequencing procedure.
US10041107B2
Currently, the circularization of small RNAs is broadly regarded as an obstacle in ligation-related assays and explicitly avoided while short lengths of linear RNA targets is broadly recognized as a factor limiting use of conventional primers in PCR-related assays. In contrast, the disclosed invention capitalizes on circularization of small RNA targets or their conjugates with oligonucleotide adapters. The circular RNA templates provide amplification of the target sequences via synthesis of multimer nucleic acids that can be either labeled for direct detection or subjected to PCR amplification and detection. Structure of small circular RNAs and corresponding multimeric nucleic acids provide certain advantages over current methods including flexibility in design of conventional RT and PCR primers as well as use of 5′-overlapping dimer-primers for efficient and sequence-specific amplification of short target sequences. Our invention also reduces number of steps and reagents while increasing sensitivity and accuracy of detection of small RNAs with both 2′OH and 2′-OMe at their 3′ ends. Our invention increase sensitivity and specificity of detection of microRNAs and other small RNAs with both 2′OH and 2′-OMe at their 3′ ends while allowing us to distinguish these two forms from each other.
US10041105B2
Embodiments described herein relate to assay methods and kits for detecting resistance of any enzyme to its inhibitor due to functional alteration of the enzyme, comprising, conducting two or more reactions with two or more reagent mixes optionally containing substrates for the enzyme. The mixes are substantially similar, except that one contains no enzyme inhibitor whereas the others contain an enzyme inhibitor being tested for resistance. The ratio of the signal from the reaction with an inhibitor to that from a reaction without an inhibitor is used to indicate whether the enzyme is resistant to the enzyme inhibitor and also determine the susceptibility or resistance of the enzyme to various inhibitors and further identify enzyme variants. Embodiments further relate to assay methods comprising only two reactions—one conducted in a mix containing the inhibitor and the other without the inhibitor. Further included are devices for conducting such assays.
US10041102B2
The invention is a process for improved production of a recombinant mammalian protein by expression in a Pseudomonad, particularly in a Pseudomonas fluorescens organism. The process improves production of mammalian proteins, particularly human or human-derived proteins, over known expression systems such as E. coli in comparable circumstances. Processes for improved production of isolated mammalian, particularly human, proteins are provided.
US10041096B2
Compositions and methods for enhancing secretion of oils from oil producing cells are described herein. In particular, secretion of oils is enhanced by treating the cells with herbicides. The oils generated according to the invention may be useful, for example, in the production of biofuels.
US10041091B2
Lipid particles containing a nucleic acid, devices and methods for making the lipid particles, and methods for using the lipid particles.
US10041089B1
The present invention relates to methods and compositions for identifying, selecting and/or producing a soybean plant or germplasm having root knot nematode resistance. A soybean plant, part thereof and/or germplasm, including any progeny and/or seeds derived from a soybean plant or germplasm identified, selected and/or produced by any of the methods of the present invention is also provided.
US10041080B2
The present invention relates to a modified plant promoter and applications using the same, including an expression construct comprising the promoter for expressing a gene of interest in a plant expression system. In particular, the present invention relates to a method for producing a polypeptide by expressing a plant cell transformed with the expression construct and recovering the polypeptide from the culture. The present invention also relates to a method for producing a polypeptide by growing a transgenic plant transformed with the expression construct and recovering the polypeptide from the transgenic plant.
US10041079B2
The present application provides novel regulatory elements including promoter sequences from microorganisms. The application further discloses DNA constructs containing these novel regulatory elements, and recombinant microorganisms comprising these regulatory elements. Methods of modifying, producing, and using the regulatory elements are also disclosed. The regulatory elements and transformation methods disclosed herein are particularly suited for use in Parachlorella and other microalgae.
US10041074B2
Provided herein are oligonucleotides complementary to euchromatic regions of target genes that are useful for increasing expression of the target genes; related compositions and methods are also provided.
US10041069B2
The present invention relates to double-stranded oligonucleotides, pharmaceutical compositions thereof, and use of such double-stranded oligonucleotides and pharmaceutical compositions to modulate nociceptive signaling in a cell or prevent and/or treat pain in a patient.
US10041062B2
A system and method for processing and detecting nucleic acids from a set of biological samples, comprising: a capture plate and a capture plate module configured to facilitate binding of nucleic acids within the set of biological samples to magnetic beads; a molecular diagnostic module configured to receive nucleic acids bound to magnetic beads, isolate nucleic acids, and analyze nucleic acids, comprising a cartridge receiving module, a heating/cooling subsystem and a magnet configured to facilitate isolation of nucleic acids, a valve actuation subsystem configured to control fluid flow through a microfluidic cartridge for processing nucleic acids, and an optical subsystem for analysis of nucleic acids; a fluid handling system configured to deliver samples and reagents to components of the system to facilitate molecular diagnostic protocols; and an assay strip configured to combine nucleic acid samples with molecular diagnostic reagents for analysis of nucleic acids.
US10041060B2
Methods are provided for constructing a synthetic genome, comprising generating and assembling nucleic acid cassettes comprising portions of the genome, wherein at least one of the nucleic acid cassettes is constructed from nucleic acid components that have been chemically synthesized, or from copies of the chemically synthesized nucleic acid components. In one embodiment, the entire synthetic genome is constructed from nucleic acid components that have been chemically synthesized, or from copies of the chemically synthesized nucleic acid components. Rational methods may be used to design the synthetic genome (e.g., to establish a minimal genome and/or to optimize the function of genes within a genome, such as by mutating or rearranging the order of the genes). Synthetic genomes of the invention may be introduced into vesicles (e.g., bacterial cells from which part or all of the resident genome has been removed, or synthetic vesicles) to generate synthetic cells. Synthetic genomes or synthetic cells may be used for a variety of purposes, including the generation of synthetic fuels, such as hydrogen or ethanol.
US10041056B2
The present invention relates to pharmaceuticals and modified beta-lactamases. Specifically, the invention relates to novel recombinant beta-lactamases and pharmaceutical compositions comprising the beta-lactamases.Also, the present invention relates to methods for modifying a beta-lactamase, producing the beta-lactamase and treating or preventing beta-lactam antibiotic induced adverse effects. Furthermore, the present invention relates to the beta-lactamase for use as a medicament and to the use of the beta-lactamase in the manufacture of a medicament for treating or preventing beta-lactam antibiotics induced adverse effects.Still further, the invention relates to a polynucleotide and a host cell comprising the polynucleotide.
US10041049B2
The invention provides methods for large-scale production of recombinant adenovirus 35, using perfusion systems and infection at very high-cell densities.
US10041048B2
The present invention is directed towards methods of culturing non-keratinocyte epithelial cells, with the methods comprising culturing non-keratinocyte epithelial cells in the presence of feeder cells and a calcium-containing medium while inhibiting the activity of Rho kinase (ROCK) in the feeder cell, the non-keratinocyte epithelial cells or both during culturing.
US10041047B2
Described are cell culture solutions and systems for epithelial stem cell and organoid cultures, formation of epithelial constructs and uses of the same in transplantation.
US10041030B2
A bioreactor vessel (100) is provided with a rigid ledge projecting to a side thereof and defining fluid conduits (136a-c) between three respective externally-facing ports (132a-c) and a vessel chamber (105). A bioreactor system includes a cell culture module (10) having a receiving station (14) in which the vessel (100) is received, in use. Three fluid connection ports (314a-c) are located adjacent to the receiving station (14) and are in fluid connection with associated gas and/or liquid input lines (302a-c, 316, via a valve assembly (300). When the vessel (100) is inserted into the receiving station, the rigid nature of the ledge and the defined positions of the receiving station connection ports (314a-c) mean that the externally-facing ports (132a-c) on the vessel are brought into registration with the receiving station connection ports (314a-c), thereby forming respective fluid connections automatically, without having to manually couple fluid lines on the vessel (100) to ports on the cell culture base (12).
US10041020B2
A process and apparatus for recovering crude tall oil are disclosed. Acidulation of a crude tall oil soap stream generates a spent acid stream that comprises lignin and entrained crude tall oil. By subjecting the spent acid stream to dissolved gas flotation, a lignin phase comprising entrained crude tall oil can be recovered and causticized, resulting in recovery of most of the crude tall oil that was present in the spent acid stream. A clarified spent acid stream is also generated, which can be treated with caustic and utilized for a soap washing process that integrates easily into the overall CTO recovery process. The apparatus comprises a crude tall oil acidulation unit, a dissolved gas flotation unit, a causticizing unit, and a soap separation unit. The inventive process marries dissolved gas flotation, a well-known water treatment process, with causticization of a recovered lignin phase, a step known from batch acidulation, to improve overall tall oil recovery from a continuous process.
US10041017B2
The present invention relates to coated sliding parts having coating systems which allow better sliding performance under dry and/or under lubricated conditions. The coating systems according to the present invention being characterized by having an outermost layer which—is a smooth oxide-containing layer in case of sliding applications under lubricated conditions, or—is a self-lubricated layer comprising molybdenum nitride, in case of sliding applications under dry or lubricated conditions, is a selflubricated layer with a structured surface comprising a multitude of essentially circular recesses with diameters of several micrometers or below, the recesses randomly distributed over the surface.
US10041013B2
A fuel composition comprising a Fischer-Tropsch derived middle distillate fuel and a middle distillate flow improver, the remainder being another fuel component or mixture of fuel components. The other fuel component is selected from petroleum derived middle distillate fuel, hydrogenated vegetable oil, fatty acid methyl esters, and other Fischer Tropsch products. The Fischer-Tropsch derived middle distillate fuel is more than 80% v/v of the total composition; the maximum weight content in the carbon number distribution of the n-paraffins in the Fischer-Tropsch derived middle distillate fuel is below C16 and the weight ratio of iso to normal paraffins in the Fischer-Tropsch derived middle distillate fuel is 3.5:1 or higher. The middle distillate flow improver is a substituted ethylene polymer.
US10041010B2
The invention relates to a process and a device for treating a catalyst discharged from bubbling bed hydrogenation of residual oil. Provided is a process for treating a catalyst discharged from bubbling bed hydrogenation of residual oil, comprising the following steps: (1) adjustment and control to reduce viscosity; (2) desorption and separation by rotational flow; and (3) separation and resource utilization of an oil-water-catalyst three phase. Also provided is a device for treating a catalyst discharged from bubbling bed hydrogenation of residual oil.
US10040999B2
Provided is a liquid crystal composition having at least one of, or a suitable balance regarding at least two of, characteristics such as a high maximum temperature, a low minimum temperature, small viscosity, suitable optical anisotropy and large dielectric anisotropy, and an AM device including the composition. The liquid crystal composition contains a specific compound having positive dielectric anisotropy as a first component, a specific compound having small viscosity as a second component, and may contain a specific compound having positive dielectric anisotropy as a third component, a specific compound having a high maximum temperature or small viscosity as a fourth component or a specific compound having negative dielectric anisotropy as a fifth component.
US10040995B2
The invention relates to a security feature having a luminescent substance with the general formula AXO3: Z (I) or B0.5XO3: Z (II) or A1-2yByXO3: Z (III), where A is an alkali metal, B is an alkaline earth metal, X stands for Nb or Ta, Z is the luminescence activator, and y lies between 0 and 0.5. The invention also relates to a security element, a security paper and a value document which is equipped with the security feature according to the invention, and to the use of the luminescent substance with the general formula (I), (II) or (III) as a feature substance for authentication. The luminescent substance is obtained by annealing solid starting materials.
US10040994B2
The present invention provides a phosphor represented by the following formula: K2[Ge1-xF6]:Mnx4+, wherein 0
US10040988B2
The present invention relates to a milk-like friction reducer used in slick water fracturing and belongs to the technical field of oilfield chemicals. This friction reducer is obtained via free radical polymerization in water by using component A, component B and component C; wherein said component A is a mix of nonionic water-soluble monomers having carbon-carbon double bond; wherein said component B is a mix of water-soluble polymeric stabilizers obtained from monovalent cationic monomers; and wherein said component C is a mix of monovalent inorganic salts. The present invention is environmentally-friendly and easy to use. Its subsequent friction reducer is convenient to add on-the-fly and leads to no foaming without adding anti-foamer. Moreover, unlike other regular friction reducers, it is tolerant with various brines and compatible with common oilfield additives. The subject friction reducer can achieve an extent of friction reduction of greater than 70%.
US10040985B2
Adding shapeable particles to drilling fluids may be useful for curing lost circulation. When the shapeable particles are pumped downhole through the drillpipe and the drillbit, they may deform when exposed to shear as they pass through the drillbit nozzles. While circulating back toward the surface they may relax at least partially and assume the shape of cracks or voids they encounter along the formation wall, thereby stopping losses.
US10040982B2
Provided is a group of rare-earth regenerator material particles having an average particle size of 0.01 to 3 mm, wherein the proportion of particles having a ratio of a long diameter to a short diameter of 2 or less is 90% or more by number, and the proportion of particles having a depressed portion having a length of 1/10 to ½ of a circumferential length on a particle surface is 30% or more by number. By forming the depressed portion on the surface of the regenerator material particles, it is possible to increase permeability of an operating medium gas and a contact surface area with the operating medium gas.
US10040980B2
Disclosed is a photo-curable resin composition for an adhesive film comprising a (meth)acrylic acid ester-based photo-curable resin which is end-capped and cross-linked with a multifunctional molecular weight regulator.
US10040979B2
A thermally conductive sheet having an adhesive layer and a non-adhesive layer laminated together. The adhesive layer contains an acrylic resin formed from an acrylic compound and a thermally conductive filler, and has a tack property higher than a tack property of the non-adhesive layer. The non-adhesive layer is formed from a resin having a glass transition temperature of 10° C. or more and at least one functional group selected from a hydroxy, a carboxyl and a glycidyl, a curing agent and a flame retardant filler. The tack property of the non-adhesive layer is from 6 to 30 kN/m2 measured by pressing and then peeling an aluminum cylindrical probe from the non-adhesive layer with a pressing speed of 30 mm/min, peeling speed of 120 mm/min, load of 196 g, pressing time of 5.0 sec, pulling distance of 5 mm, probe heating of 40° C. and sheet stage heating of 40° C.
US10040977B1
A restoration method for producing a restored vehicle. As marked identifiers fade after extended use, users are left without means to readily determine the functions of vehicle controllers. The restoration method is comprised of scraping an indicia from a vehicle controller. The restoration method is also comprised of removing debris from a label-receiving surface of the vehicle controller and smoothing the label-receiving surface. The restoration method is further comprised of aligning a restoration apparatus with the label-receiving surface and securing the restoration apparatus to the vehicle controller. The restoration apparatus includes a sheet of material, an adhesive disposed on a side of the sheet of material, and an identifier formed on an opposite of the sheet of material. The restoration apparatus forms a restored controller of the restored vehicle that is uniform and continuous in appearance and indistinguishable in appearance from the original automobile manufacturer identifiers.
US10040975B2
A method of separating two substrates bonded with a redetachable, at least single-sidedly pressure-sensitive adhesive strip composed at least of a) a core layer which has a breaking extension of at least 300%, b) an outer carrier layer which has a breaking extension of not more than 120% and which at least sectionally is connected to the core layer such that it separates from the core layer when the latter is extensionally stretched, and c) a first adhesive layer which is applied at least sectionally to the side of the outer carrier layer that is opposite the side connected to the core layer, in which the core layer is stretched in the direction of the bond plane, starting from a region which has been made nonadhesive, until the core layer releases from at least one of the outer carrier layers so that the two substrates are separated from one another.
US10040971B2
Disclosed is a polishing agent comprising: water; tetravalent metal hydroxide particles; and an additive, wherein the additive contains at least one of a cationic polymer and a cationic polysaccharide. The present invention can provide a polishing agent which is capable of polishing an insulating film at a high speed with less polishing flaws, and having a high polishing rate ratio of a silicon oxide film and a stopper film, in the CMP technology of flattening insulating film. The present invention can also provide a polishing agent set for storing the polishing agent, and a method for polishing a substrate using this polishing agent.
US10040970B2
A structure based on glass strand coated with a resin composition containing, by weight percent of solid matter: from 75 to 98% of a mixture of a first novolac having a glass transition temperature lower than or equal to 60° C. and a second novolac having a glass transition temperature above 60° C.; from 0.5 to 10% of a wax; from 1 to 15% selected from an imine and a modified melamine of formula (I): where R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, and R6 are each independently —H, —CH2OH, —CH2OCH3, or —CH2OCH2OCH3 radical, with at least one of R1 to R6 not being H; and from 0 to 10% of a plasticizing agent. Also, a resin composition for producing a reinforcing structure and bonded abrasive articles incorporating such a structure.
US10040968B2
The present teachings relate to various embodiments of an ink composition, which once printed and cured forms an organic thin film on a substrate such as, but not limited by, an OLED device substrate. Various embodiments of the ink compositions comprise polyethylene glycol di(meth)acrylate monomers, mono(meth)acrylate monomers and multifunctional crosslinking agents.
US10040967B2
A photosensitive film containing: a component (A): a binder polymer, a component (B): a photopolymerizable compound, and a component (C): a photopolymerization initiator, wherein the component (B) includes a di(meth)acrylate compound having at least one selected from the group consisting of a dicyclopentanyl structure and a dicyclopentenyl structure, and a thickness of the photosensitive film is 10 μm or less.
US10040966B2
The present invention is directed to an aqueous architectural composition comprising a low Tg (less than about −10° C. and higher than about −50° C.) acrylic emulsion polymer with at least one cross-linkable moiety, and solid polyutherane (PU) or polybutylacrylate microspheres having a mean weight diameter of less than about 40 microns and a Tg of less than about 0° C., wherein the solid PU spheres make up about 10% to about 20% by weight of the composition. The solid acrylic polymer without water and the PU spheres make up about 30% to about 40% by weight of the aqueous composition. A dried paint film formed by the inventive aqueous architectural composition can withstand at least about 500 cycles on the scrub test, and a gloss value at 60° of less than about 2.5 GU.
US10040960B2
There are provided a silver ink composition which is capable of forming metallic silver having sufficient electrical conductivity without carrying out a heat treatment at high temperatures; and a conductor and communication device which are obtained using this silver ink composition. Such a silver ink composition is characterized by being obtained by blending: a silver carboxylate having a group represented by a formula “—COOAg”; one or more nitrogen-containing compounds selected from the group consisting of amine compounds and quaternary ammonium salts of not more than 25 carbon atoms, ammonia, and ammonium salts obtained by reacting the above amine compounds or ammonia with an acid; and one or more reducing compounds selected from the group consisting of oxalic acid, hydrazine and compounds represented by a general formula (5) shown below (in the formula, R21 represents an alkyl group, alkoxy group or N,N-dialkylamino group of not more than 20 carbon atoms, a hydroxyl group or an amino group): or obtained by preparing a second mixture by supplying carbon dioxide to a first mixture formed by mixing a silver carboxylate having a group represented by a formula “—COOAg” and one or more nitrogen-containing compounds selected from the group consisting of amine compounds and quaternary ammonium salts of not more than 25 carbon atoms, ammonia, and ammonium salts obtained by reacting the amine compounds or ammonia with an acid; and further mixing one or more reducing compounds selected from the group consisting of oxalic acid, hydrazine and compounds represented by a general formula (5) shown below to the mixture: H—C(═O)—R21 (5).
US10040949B2
A thermosetting powder coating material includes powder particles containing a mixture of a vinyl resin A including a block isocyanate group and a carboxyl group and a vinyl resin B including a hydroxyl group and a carboxyl group, or a vinyl resin C including a block isocyanate group, a hydroxyl group and a carboxyl group, wherein a content of the isocyanate group is from 0.4 mmol/g to 1.4 mmol/g, and a functional group molar ratio of [NCO/(COOH+OH)], which is obtained by dividing the content of the isocyanate group by a total content of the hydroxyl group and the carboxyl group, is from 0.5 to 1.2.
US10040920B2
Disclosed is a process to produce an improved formulated vinylidene chloride polymer comprising a solid inorganic additive and producing improved vinylidene chloride polymer film products. The process includes adding the inorganic solid additive (such as magnesium hydroxide and/or other inorganic acid scavenger) in a dispersion of a liquid, such as a liquid plasticizer or stabilizer to improve distribution through the polymer and reduction of relatively large sized particles or agglomerates in the polymer and film.
US10040919B2
A multi-layer biaxially oriented polyester (BOPET) film having at least one BOPET film layer and at least one coating layer comprising a polyester polymer and particles that are partially or fully embedded in the coating layer is described herein. The particles have an average particle size of about 4 to 8 microns, the coating layer has a gloss of 25 GU or less measured by a 60 degree glossmeter, and the paint adhesion crosshatch test value of the BOPET film as per ASTM D3359-09 is 10% or less.
US10040918B2
A gas barrier sheet improved in a gas barrier property and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. A gas barrier sheet includes at least a base material and a gas barrier film provided on the base material which allows a ferromagnetic element to be present at the boundary of the gas barrier film on the side at which the gas barrier film 3 faces the base material. The ferromagnetic element is preferably present in a scattered form, an island form or a thin film form at a boundary.
US10040916B2
Provided is a functional polymer membrane having a structure represented by the following Formula (1) and a structure represented by the following Formula (2), in which an ion exchange capacity is 2.0 meq/g to 7.0 meq/g; and a method for producing the same, —S-LL1-LL-LL2-S— Formula (1) in Formula (1), LL represents a single bond or an alkylene group which may have a substituent, —O—, —S—, —NRZ— or a linking group obtained by combining these, LL1 and LL2 represent —(CR1R2)I— or —(CR1R2)I—C(═O)O— (in which the atom bonded to LL is an oxygen atom), R1 and R2 represent a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group, I represents 1 or 2, RZ represents a hydrogen atom or a substituent, however, in a case where terminal atoms of a substituent in LL and a substituent of RZ are a sulfur atom, LL is the sulfur atom having a bond to be incorporated into the polymer chain, and in Formula (2), L1 represents an alkylene group or an alkenylene group, Ra, Rb, Rc, and Rd each independently represent an alkyl group or an aryl group, Ra and Rb, or/and Rc and Rd may be bonded to each other to form a ring, n1 represents an integer of 1 to 10, and X1− and X2− each independently represent an organic or inorganic anion.
US10040905B2
Poly(benzoxazine) polymer are prepared by heating a benzoxazine compound in the presence of a (meth)acrylate copolymer having pendent tosylate groups, resulting in an interpenetrating polymer network of a poly(benzoxazine) and a crosslinked (meth)acrylate copolymer.
US10040902B2
A polyalkylether photoinitiator of the general formula I, R1(A1)r-(R2(A2)m-O)o—(R3(A3)n-O)p—R4(A4)s I, wherein R1, R2, R3, R4 and m, n, o, p, r and s are as defined herein and A1, A2, A3 and A4 are identical or different photoinitiator moieties.
US10040896B2
Compositions comprising Silane functionalized compounds are provided. In one embodiment, the silane functionalized compounds include an epoxy resin derived backbone having silane functional groups pendant to the backbone or serving as end caps. The compositions comprising silane functionalized compounds may be utilized in a variety of applications including in coating formulations, adhesive formulations, composite materials, and combinations thereof.
US10040881B2
The present disclosure relates to a propylene ethylene 1-butene terpolymer wherein: (i) the content of ethylene derived units ranges from 1.1 wt % to 1.9 wt %, (ii) the content of 1-butene ranges from 5.0 wt % to 9.0 wt %, (iii) the melting point (Tm) of the non-nucleated terpolymer ranges from 125° C. to 137° C.; and (iv) the xylene soluble fraction at 25° C. is lower than 8.0 wt %.
US10040879B2
A film layer comprising a high-chi (χ) block copolymer for self-assembly and a hexafluoroalcohol-containing surface active polymer (SAP) was prepared on a substrate surface that was neutral wetting to the domains of the self-assembled block copolymer. The block copolymer comprises at least one polycarbonate block and at least one other block (e.g., a substituted or unsubstituted styrene-based block). The film layer, whose top surface has contact with an atmosphere, self-assembles to form a lamellar or cylindrical domain pattern having perpendicular orientation with respect to the underlying surface. Other morphologies (e.g., islands and holes of height 1.0 Lo) were obtained with films lacking the SAP. The SAP is preferentially miscible with, and lowers the surface energy of, the domain comprising the polycarbonate block.
US10040869B2
Specific peptides have been discovered that mimic an idiotype of an autoantibody. Such peptides may be formed into polymers. The peptides may be used in pharmaceutical compositions for the treatment of an autoimmune disease together with a pharmaceutically acceptable excipient.
US10040865B2
The present invention provides antigen binding proteins that specifically bind to Wilms' tumor protein (WT1), including humanized, chimeric and fully human antibodies against WT1, antibody fragments, chimeric antigen receptors (CARs), fusion proteins, and conjugates thereof. The antigen binding proteins and antibodies bind to HLA-A0201-restricted WT1 peptide. Such antibodies, fragments, fusion proteins and conjugates thereof are useful for the treatment of WT1 associated cancers, including for example, breast cancer, ovarian cancer, prostate cancer, chronic myelocytic leukemia, multiple myeloma, acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), acute myeloid/myelogenous leukemia (AML) and myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS). In more particular embodiments, the anti-WT1/A antibodies may comprise one or more framework region amino acid substitutions designed to improve protein stability, antibody binding and/or expression levels.
US10040864B2
The present disclosure provides novel anti-OX40 antibodies, compositions including the antibodies, nucleic acids encoding the antibodies, and methods of making and using the same.
US10040862B2
Humanized or chimeric anti-CD99 monoclonal antibodies are provided. The antibodies bind to and neutralize human CD99, and find use in various therapeutic methods. Embodiments of the invention include isolated antibodies and derivatives and fragments thereof, pharmaceutical formulations comprising one or more of the humanized or chimeric anti-CD99 monoclonal antibodies; and cell lines that produce these monoclonal antibodies. Also provided are amino acid sequences of the antibodies.
US10040833B2
The present invention relates to fermentation processes. The objective of the invention was to provide methods for producing nisin containing ferments and formulating such ferments into preservatives. It was in particular an object of the present invention to provide improved processes for producing nisin containing ferments by simple and efficient (batch) culturing and allowing for simple down-stream processing either into a liquid, semi-liquid or a dry powder product, having sufficient nisin content and stability, good handling properties and satisfactory organoleptic properties. Such processes are provided, as well as the products that can be obtained with it and their use.
US10040831B2
A multipartite peptide that inhibits release of exosomes in a cell, comprising an N-terminal end and a C-terminal end and comprising at least one secretion modifying region (SMR) peptide from HIV-1 Nef and at least one Clusterin (Clu)-binding peptide (Clu-BP). Pharmaceutical compositions comprising these peptides alone or in synergistic combinations with other active agents in methods for treating cancers and/or infectious diseases are further provided herein.
US10040826B2
The present invention relates, in general, to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), and in particular to a vaccine for HIV-1 and to methods of making and using same.
US10040822B2
A therapeutic composition for treating brain injury comprising a polyarginine peptide of from 5 to 9 arginines (SEQ ID NO: 1), and further comprising 1 or more terminal cysteines. The composition is administered in therapeutically effective dosages prophylactically or as soon as possible post-injury in treating neuronal injury.
US10040813B2
Disclosed are compounds which can act as a positive allosteric modulator for erythropoietin and erythropoietin receptor and have the activity in promoting erythropoiesis. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions comprising said compounds and treatment methods utilizing said compounds.
US10040811B2
Organic compounds which contain nitrogen, fluorine, and phosphorus atoms together with carbon atoms and hydrogen atoms and which can be used as a multi-element standard for 1H—, 13C—, 15N—, 19F—, and 31P nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy. Also, a nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy method, preferably a quantitative nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy method, using said compounds and a method for qualitatively and/or quantitatively determining an analyte using such a nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy method.
US10040807B2
A flame retardant filler having brominated silica particles, for example, imparts flame retardancy to manufactured articles such as printed circuit boards (PCBs), connectors, and other articles of manufacture that employ thermosetting plastics or thermoplastics. In this example, brominated silica particles serve both as a filler for rheology control (viscosity, flow, etc.) and a flame retardant. In an exemplary application, a PCB laminate stack-up includes conductive planes separated from each other by a dielectric material that includes a flame retardant filler comprised of brominated silica particles. In an exemplary method of synthesizing the brominated silica particles, a monomer having a brominated aromatic functional group is reacted with functionalized silica particles (e.g., isocyanate, vinyl, amine, or epoxy functionalized silica particles). Alternatively, a monomer having a brominated aromatic functional group may be reacted with a silane to produce a brominated alkoxysilane monomer, which is then reacted with the surface of silica particles.
US10040802B2
The present invention relates to thienopyrazine inhibitors of IRAK4 of formula (I) and provides compositions comprising such inhibitors, as well as methods therewith for treating IRAK4-mediated or -associated conditions or diseases.
US10040792B2
The present disclosure provides processes for the preparation of a compound of formula I: or a salt thereof, active on the receptor protein kinases c-Kit and/or c-Fms and/or Flt3. The disclosure also provides compounds and processes for the preparation of the compounds that are synthetic intermediates to the compound of formula I.
US10040789B2
A compound of Formula (I): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, is described. Q can be pyridazin-3-yl, 6-fluoropyridazin-3-yl; R1 can be H; R2 and R3 can each independently be C1-C6 alkyl, or R2 and R3 taken together are —(CH2)3—; or R1 and R2 taken together can be —(CH2)2— and R3 can be —CH3; R4 halo, —CH3, —OCH3, —OCHF2, —OCF3, or —CN; and n can be 0, 1, or 2. The compound of formula (I) can inhibit glutaminase, e.g., GLS1.
US10040786B2
This invention describes a process for the preparation of rivaroxaban modification I comprising: (i) dissolving rivaroxaban in a mixture of a solvent (e.g. THF) and an antisolvent (e.g. water and/or toluene), wherein the antisolvent has a higher boiling point than the solvent; (ii) removing the solvent by distillation; and (iii) collecting the resultant rivaroxaban modification I.
US10040783B2
The disclosure relates to Prostaglandin receptor EP2 antagonists, derivatives, compositions, and methods related thereto. In certain embodiments, the disclosure relates to methods of treating or preventing conditions and diseases in which EP2 receptor activation has a physiological role, such as but not limited to, brain injury, inflammatory diseases, neuroinflammation after a seizure, pain, endometriosis, cancer, rheumatoid arthritis, skin inflammation, vascular inflammation, colitis, and neurological disorders by administering a pharmaceutical composition comprising a compound disclosed herein to a subject in need thereof.
US10040777B2
Polymers, co-polymers, and monomers using CO2 as a reagent and methods of production thereof are described. Polymerization methods include converting CO2 into a polymerizable monomer by exciting the CO2 with a light source. Such polymers and co-polymers can comprise two or more consecutive repeating units of Formula I:
US10040771B2
The present invention relates to preparation methods of a prostacyclin receptor agonist of 2-{4-[N-(5,6-diphenylpyrazin-2-yl)-N-isopropylamino]butyloxy}-N-(methylsulfonyl)acetamide and its intermediates. These methods are simple and convenient to operate, environment-friendly and suitable for industrial production to obtain the product with good yield and high purity.
US10040766B2
Disclosed are sulfonamidoquinoline compounds, as well as pharmaceutical compositions and methods of use. One embodiment is a compound having the structure and pharmaceutically acceptable salts, prodrugs and N-oxides thereof (and solvates and hydrates thereof), wherein R1, R2, R3 and R4 are as described herein. In certain embodiments, a compound disclosed herein inhibits ubiquitination, and can be used to treat disease by blocking the degradation of tumor suppressors.
US10040763B2
The invention relates to an electrochromic device and uses thereof, wherein the electrochromic device includes an electrochromic compound with reduced intermolecular interactions resulting in uncontrolled color changes represented by Formula (I):
US10040761B2
A branched hetero polyethylene glycol according to the present invention is represented by the formula [1]: wherein X and Y represent each an atomic group containing at least a functional group which reacts with a functional group present in a bio-functional molecule to form a covalent bond and the functional group contained in the atomic group X and the functional group contained in the atomic group Y are different from each other; s is an integer of 2 to 8, which represents the number of polyethylene glycol chains; n is the number of average added moles for the polyethylene glycol chain and 20≤n≤2000; and E is a branching linker moiety having s-valent bonding valency for the polyethylene glycol chains and having monovalent bonding valency for the functional group Y.
US10040760B2
Compound (1) is useful as a catalyst since compound (III) can be obtained by reacting compound (I) with compound (II) in the presence of compound (I). In particular, an optically active substance of compound (III) can be produced by using compound (I) which is optically active.
US10040755B2
There is disclosed a process for producing alkali taurinate from alkali isethionate by the ammonolysis of a solution of alkali isethionate, alkali ditaurinate, and alkali tritaurinate, or a solution of alkali ditaurinate and alkali tritaurinate. The overall yield of alkali taurinate from alkali isethionate is obtained to from 90% to nearly quantitative. The ammonolysis reaction is catalyzed by alkali salts of hydroxide, sulfate, sulfite, phosphate, or carbonate.
US10040751B2
The present invention is directed to novel macrocyclic compounds of formula (I) and their pharmaceutically acceptable salts, hydrates or solvates: wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, n1, m, p Z1, Z2, and Z3 are as described in the specification. The invention also relates to compounds of formula (I) which are antagonists of the motilin receptor and are useful in the treatment of disorders associated with this receptor and with or with motility dysfunction.
US10040739B2
Disclosed is a method for preparing a double end capped glycol ether, the method comprising: introducing into a reactor a raw material comprising a glycol monoether and a monohydric alcohol ether, and enabling the raw material to contact and react with an acidic molecular sieve catalyst to generate a double end capped glycol ether, a reaction temperature being 50-300° C., a reaction pressure being 0.1-15 MPa, a WHSV of the glycol monoether in the raw material being 0.01-15.0 h−1 , and a mole ratio of the monohydric alcohol ether to the glycol monoether in the raw material being 1-100:1. The method of the present invention enables a long single-pass lifespan of the catalyst and repeated regeneration, has a high yield and selectivity of a target product, low energy consumption during separation of the product, a high economic value of a by-product, and is flexible in production scale and application.
US10040738B2
Process and plant for refining crude methanol, comprising at least three distillation stages operating in cascade at decreasing pressures, wherein a first stage (200) operates at a maximum distillation pressure (p2), a second stage (300) operates at a medium distillation pressure (p3), and a final distillation stage (400) operates at a minimum distillation pressure (p4), wherein the first stage and the distillation stage each produce a respective gaseous stream (204, 304) of distilled methanol, and a respective solution containing methanol that is fed to the next distillation stage, and wherein at least one first gaseous stream of distilled methanol (204), produced in the first distillation stage, and a second gaseous stream of distilled methanol (304), produced in the second distillation stage, are used as heat sources to heat the second distillation stage and the final distillation stage, respectively.
US10040733B2
Method of recovering 1,3-butadiene and methylethylketone from dehydration products of 2,3-butanediol
Disclosed is a method of efficiently separating 1,3-butadiene and methylethylketone, which are compounds of interest, from byproducts or impurities in the dehydration products of 2,3-butanediol so as to recover the compounds of interest at high purity.
US10040731B2
Composite pyrotechnic product with ADN and RDX charges in a gap type binder, and preparation thereof
A composite pyrotechnic product containing energetic charges in a plasticized binder includes a cured energetic polymer and at least one energetic plasticizer, wherein: the cured energetic polymer consists of a glycidyl azide polymer (GAP) having a number average molecular weight (Mn) lying in the range 700 g/mol to 3000 g/mol and cured via its hydroxyl terminal functions with at least one curing agent of polyisocyanate type; and the energetic charges present at a content in the range 50% to 70% by weight consisting, for at least 95% of their weight, of large crystals of ammonium dinitramide (ADN) and of small crystals of hexogen (RDX): the large crystals of ammonium dinitramide (ADN) being present at a content in the range 8% to 65% by weight; and the small crystals of hexogen (RDX) being present at a content in the range 5% to 55% by weight.
US10040730B2
A monopropellant includes 30-70% by weight of an oxidizer including hydroxylammonium nitrate, 5-50% by weight of a fuel, and a burn rate modifier in a non-zero amount of up to 3% by weight. The burn rate modifier can be selected from vanadium salts, iron salts, and combinations thereof. The monopropellant is a stable liquid between −20 C and 100 C at ambient pressure.
US10040729B2
Provided is a growth supplement for efficient production of agricultural and livestock products, more specifically, a growth supplement for environment-friendly crop cultivation and livestock rearing to increase yields of crops and livestock, which is prepared by mixing specific amounts of antibiotic fruit juices, one or more sources of sugar, one or more sources of hydrogen carbonate, one or more sources of chloride ion and antifebrile vegetable juices depending on crops (species) and cultivation (livestock) conditions to feed the livestock or crops. The growth supplement is prepared by admixing and stirring antibiotic fruit juices in an amount of 2 to 10 parts by weight; the source of hydrogen carbonates in an amount of 1 to 4 parts by weight; the source of chloride ion in an amount of 1 to 4 parts by weight; and antifebrile vegetable juices in an amount of 2 to 8 parts by weight, based on 100 parts by the source of sugar.
US10040728B2
The present specification describes increasing the Brix degree, nutrient transport and density, and yields of crops through the application of photoacoustic resonance to a nutrient formulation. An activated nutrient solution is obtained by forming an unactivated nutrient solution and applying to the unactivated nutrient solution a plurality of ultra-rapid impulses of modulated laser light, from one or more laser systems, wherein said ultra-rapid impulses are defined as impulses with molecular traverse rates ranging from 100 nanoseconds to 0.01 femtoseconds. In one embodiment, an increase of at least 10% in the Brix degree of the crop, relative to an unactivated nutrient formulation, can be achieved. In addition, an increase of at least 10%, relative to an unactivated nutrient formulation, is seen with respect to nutrient density and crop yield through application of the activated nutrient solution.
US10040727B2
A Process for providing a defined surface topography to at least a portion of a ceramic body, the process comprising the subsequent steps of a) applying a layer of a calcium containing substance comprising at least one calcium compound onto the surface of at least a portion of the ceramic basic body; b) thermally treating the ceramic basic body with the layer applied thereon at an elevated temperature, whereby a calcium compound or a calcium component based on the calcium compound diffuses into the basic body to form an intermediate body, said intermediate body comprising in its outermost surface region a calcium containing crystalline phase; and c) chemically treating the outermost surface region of the intermediate body with an inorganic acid or base to partially remove the calcium containing crystalline phase, thereby obtaining the surface topography.
US10040723B2
A thermal barrier coating for a component includes an insulating layer applied to a surface of a substrate. The insulating layer comprises a plurality of ceramic microspheres. A sealing layer is bonded to the insulating layer. The sealing layer is non-permeable such that the sealing layer seals against the insulating layer. A method for applying a thermal barrier coating to a surface of a substrate of a component includes providing a plurality of ceramic microspheres and applying the plurality of ceramic microspheres to the surface of the substrate. At least one heat treatment is applied to the plurality of ceramic microspheres on the surface of the component to create an insulating layer on the surface of the substrate.
US10040713B2
A method for producing a glass film is provided. The method includes: heating a portion of a glass preform so that in the heated portion the glass has a viscosity of less than 109 dPa·s, or drawing a glass from a melt; withdrawing the glass using a drawing device, wherein in case of drawing from a preform the drawn glass film is thinner than the glass preform; heating at least one point by means of a laser, the point being located in an edge region of the drawn glass film that is being formed by withdrawing the glass, wherein at the site of the laser focus the glass has a viscosity of not more than 109 dPa·s before the laser is switched on and wherein heating is performed in such a manner that at least one notch is provided in parallel to the drawing direction.
US10040712B2
The present invention relates to an apparatus and a method of making a mineral melt, the method comprising the steps of providing a circulating combustion chamber (1); injecting fuel, preheated mineral material and combustion gas into the circulating combustion chamber (1); combusting the fuel in the circulating combustion chamber (1) thereby melting the mineral material to form a mineral melt and generating exhaust gases; separating the exhaust gases from the mineral melt, collecting the mineral melt (9) and passing the exhaust gases (10) to a heat exchange system, the method being characterised in that the mineral material comprises a first mineral material and a second mineral material wherein the first mineral material has a higher sintering temperature than the second mineral material and the first and second mineral materials are provided separately to the heat exchange system, wherein the first mineral material is preheated through contact with the exhaust gases and subsequently the second mineral material is preheated through contact with the exhaust gases and the preheated first mineral material.
US10040706B2
A CDI type water treatment apparatus according to the present invention includes: a CDI filter unit which discharges purified water in a purification mode for purifying raw water, discharges recycle water in a recycle mode for recycling electrodes, and includes a water inlet port through which the raw water is introduced and a water outlet port through which the purified water or the recycle water is discharged; a supply unit for supplying the raw water to the CDI filter unit; a dispensing unit for dispensing the purified water to a user; a discharge unit for discharging the recycle water to the outside; a valve unit including a plurality of valves; and a control unit for controlling opening or closing the valves of the valve unit.
US10040698B2
Cross-linked terpolymers made up of phenol, diaminoalkane and formaldehyde monomeric units. The cross-linked terpolymers are synthesized via a Mannich mechanism in n-heptane, characterized with multiple spectroscopic techniques, scanning electron microscopy and powder X-ray diffraction, and are also investigated for their Pb2+ adsorption capacity and thermodynamic properties. A method of removing Pb2+ ions from an aqueous solution or a wastewater sample with these cross-linked terpolymers is also described.
US10040692B2
Systems and methods for producing ammonia. The system can include a first ammonia converter, a second ammonia converter, a product separator, and an ammonia recovery unit. The first ammonia converter can be adapted to react a syngas to produce a first ammonia product and a first purge gas. The second ammonia converter can be in fluid communication with the first ammonia converter and can be adapted to react the first purge gas to produce an effluent. The product separator can be in fluid communication with the second ammonia converter and can be adapted to separate the effluent to produce a second ammonia product and a second purge gas. The ammonia recovery unit can be in fluid communication with the product separator and can be adapted to separate at least a portion of the second purge gas to produce a third ammonia product and a third purge gas.
US10040689B2
A process for preparing a product including a monohydrogentrihalosilane is disclosed. The process includes the steps of: 1) initially charging a reactor with a contact mass including both fresh silicon and recycled contact mass, where the recycled contact mass is obtained from during or after a production phase of an inorganic Direct Process reaction for production of a monohydrogentrihalosilane; and thereafter 2) feeding to the reactor a hydrogen halide and additional fresh silicon, thereby forming the product.
US10040688B2
The present disclosure relates to a method for producing graphite oxide and an apparatus therefor.
US10040687B2
A method for making a carbon nanotube sponge requires a carbon nanotube source being obtained and an organic solvent being added. The organic solvent is ultrasonically agitated to form a flocculent structure. The flocculent structure is washed by water and a carbon nanotube sponge preform obtained by freeze-drying the flocculent structure in a vacuum. Finally, the carbon nanotube sponge itself is obtained by depositing a carbon layer on the carbon nanotube sponge preform. A carbon nanotube sponge obtained by above method is also presented.
US10040679B2
A water dispensing apparatus may include a dispenser housing at which a container accommodation part accommodating a container is formed to be recessed; a water nozzle provided at an inner surface of the dispenser housing which defines an upper surface of the container accommodation part; a water level detecting member provided at the inner surface of the dispenser housing close to the water nozzle and configured to detect a level of water filled in the container; a target water level input part provided to input the level of water filled in the container; and a water level indicating unit provided at an inner surface of the dispenser housing which defines a side surface of the container accommodation part to indicate a water level on the container.
US10040677B2
A receptacle treatment-machine features a shield arranged along a region of the receptacle-treatment machine. The shield's cladding segments define a protection wall that catches receptacle shards hurled machine. These cladding segments are arranged following one another. Each segment hangs freely from an upper end thereof to form a pendulum or connects at an end thereof to the receptacle treatment machine by a working connection with an elastically deformable element. Lower ends of the cladding segments are beneath a level of treatment positions of the receptacle-treatment machine, beneath a level on which the receptacles rest on bases thereof as they move during treatment thereof, and beneath a level on which the receptacles are supported on lower regions thereof as they move during treatment thereof.
US10040675B2
A carriage assembly is provided, which is adapted to be movably coupled to a mast assembly of a materials handling vehicle. The carriage assembly comprises a lifting carriage comprising a lifting carriage upper member including structure for laterally shifting a fork carriage. The fork carriage is mounted on the lifting carriage upper member and comprises fork carriage upper and lower members and fork carriage first and second side members, wherein the upper and lower members are coupled to the fork carriage first and second side members. The upper member comprises a fork-supporting bar having an outer fork-receiving hook and a reinforcement bar mounted to a first side of the fork-supporting bar opposite a second side near the fork-receiving hook.
US10040670B2
In an elevator, the status information of the receivers, and possibly also of the transmitters, of a light curtain of the elevator is transmitted from the control unit of the light curtain as a response to a query or as messages. The control system of the elevator car is configured to receive the responses or status information and to analyze i) the status information contained therein of at least one receiver the status information contained therein of at least one receiver and of at least one transmitter relating to it, for changing or adjusting the operating mode of the elevator or for giving a control command to the operating system of the elevator.
US10040667B2
Example embodiments relate to an elevator car, including a car spoiler at its top and/or bottom thereof, a car sling with a horizontal frame part on which at least one elevator cabin is supported, and at least one vertically extending spoiler element is located aside of the horizontal frame part. The spoiler element may have upper and lower flange portions, at least one of the upper and lower flanges being connected with elevator car parts located above and/or below of the frame part, and a vertically extending middle portion. The spoiler element may be arranged a distance from the frame part. An elevator car having this arrangement may reduce noise and provide better efficiency.
US10040655B2
A device for conveying and transferring flexible, flat objects with a gripper conveyor including a plurality of grippers that are movable along a conveying path in a conveying direction, and further with a conveying-way device that forms a conveying rest that, in a transfer region, is arranged below the conveying path such that objects that are released from grippers in the transfer region are deposited onto the conveying rest. The device includes a pressing circulatory device that acts upon the transfer region and has a plurality of outwardly directed pressing arms. The pressing circulatory device is designed, in the transfer region, to press the objects to be transferred with the pressing arms onto the conveying rest such that the objects can be deposited onto the conveying rest in a guided and controlled manner.
US10040652B2
A sheet feeding apparatus includes a supporting portion and a feeding unit. The supporting portion supports a sheet and is capable of being drawn out from and being attached to an apparatus body. The feeding unit is provided in the apparatus body and includes a feeding portion, a conveyance portion, a separation unit, and a guide member. The feeding portion feeds the sheet supported by the supporting portion. The conveyance portion conveys the sheet. The separation unit forms a separation nip with the conveyance portion and is detachable from the feeding unit. The guide member includes a guide surface and a lower surface. The guide surface guides the sheet to the separation nip. The lower surface is provided below the guide surface and includes an exposing portion exposing at least a part of the separation unit.
US10040651B2
A sheet feeding apparatus is provided with a pick-up roller that contacts sheets loaded on a load tray to pick up, a paper feed roller that feeds a picked-up sheet, and a separation roller brought into press-contact with the paper feed roller to separate the sheet, where the sheets are separated from the pick-up roller, the separation roller is rotated in a sheet return direction different from a sheet feed direction, and subsequently, the paper feed roller is separated from the separation roller. It is possible to prevent damage to a sheet and sheet jam from occurring in pulling out the load tray loaded with sheets to the front side.
US10040649B2
An electrodynamic apparatus for separating electrically conductive, non-ferrous, blanks includes a linear induction machine (LIM) stator, a polyphase power source, and a controller. Stator slots are wound with polyphase AC windings. The power source outputs a polyphase voltage or current. The controller supplies the windings with the voltage or current via the power source to induce an electric current in an uppermost blank and produce a traveling wave magnetic field. The electric current and magnetic field generate a force on the uppermost blank sufficient for separating the uppermost blank from an adjacent blank in the stack. A method for separating the blanks includes positioning the stack with respect to the apparatus and supplying the windings with AC voltage or current via the power source to generate the traveling wave magnetic field and induce the electric current, and ultimately generate the force on the uppermost blank.
US10040638B2
A transport apparatus for transporting containers in a container-processing installation. The transport apparatus includes a transport track, a plurality of transport elements for transporting one or more containers, wherein the plurality of transport elements is movably arranged on the transport track, at least one special element, which is movably arranged on the transport track and is different from the plurality of transport elements, and an open-loop and/or closed-loop control unit. The transport track, the plurality of transport elements, and the special element are designed in such a way that the plurality of transport elements and the special element can be guided along the transport track in such a way that the plurality of transport elements and the special element are individually controllable by the open-loop and/or closed-loop control unit.
US10040635B2
A modular conveying assembly that includes a plurality of roller bodies, a driving member, a positive stop body, and a positive stop actuator. Each roller body includes a top surface, a driven axle mounted to the roller body for conveyance therewith, a roller fixed to the driven axle, and a driven surface fixed to the driven axle. The rollers define a support plane. The driving member selectively engages the driven surfaces to affect rotation of the driven axle. The positive stop body is coupled to the plurality of roller bodies and includes a positive stop that is movable relative to the positive stop body between a first position and a second position. The positive stop extends above the support plane in the second position. The positive stop actuator selectively engages the positive stop to move the positive stop between the first position and the second position.
US10040634B2
A rubber composition for heat-resistant conveyor belts contains an ethylene-1-butene copolymer having a Mooney viscosity at 125° C. of 20 or greater, and an ethylene-propylene copolymer having a Mooney viscosity at 125° C. of 20 or greater and an ethylene content of 40 to 60 mass %, and the mass ratio of the ethylene-1-butene copolymer to the ethylene-propylene copolymer is 10/90 to 90/10.
US10040628B1
Described is a system and method for assisting users in properly placing and/or positioning items at inventory locations within a materials handling facility. In one example, a placement location may be distinguished for the user through use of illumination or other techniques to assist the user in quickly identifying the proper location at which to place the item. Likewise, a proper position of the item may be presented to the user to assist the user in properly positioning the item at the placement location.
US10040613B2
Liners for cooking vessels, cooking systems, and methods of making liners for cooking vessels are disclosed. The liner can be a multi-layer liner having a bag-like structure with a closed bottom having a bottom edge, a top opening having first and second top edges, and two sealed sides. The liner can have a first side seal extending along a first end from the top opening toward the bottom edge and a second side seal extending along a second end from the top opening toward the bottom edge. The liner material can include an aluminum foil sheet thermally laminated to a polymer film. The polymer film can include a biaxially-oriented polyethylene terephthalate layer coextruded with an amorphous polyethylene terephthalate sealant layer.
US10040611B2
A method of manufacturing a lock-box may include assembling top, bottom, left, right, and rear walls. A front door may be assembled with an electromechanical lock assembly mounted thereto, and be rotatably secured to a wall. A user interface may be electrically connected to the electromechanical lock assembly, and accessible to a user at the front face of the lock-box. An illumination device may be electrically connected to electronics of the electromechanical lock assembly. A backlit panel may be removably attached to the front door to form a portion of a front face of the front door, where the backlit panel is positioned in front of the illumination device so that information on the backlit panel is illuminated when the illumination device is illuminated. A latch member may be secured within the lock-box to secure the front door when in a closed position.
US10040609B2
A refill container includes one sheet of lamination body having a base material and a sealant layer and a pouring nozzle seal portion, where the lamination body is folded such that the sealant layer is arranged inward, a peripheral portion of the surface lamination body and the rear surface lamination body is sealed, the bend portion together with the surface lamination body, the rear surface lamination body, and the pouring nozzle seal portion forms a pouring nozzle which pours a content, a tip of the pouring nozzle is sealed by a pouring-nozzle tip seal portion, the pouring-nozzle tip seal portion is detached along an opening line to form a pouring opening, an easily cutting processing which forms a plurality of half-cutting lines parallel to the opening line is performed, and the plurality of half-cutting lines is broken at a ridge line of the bend portion.
US10040606B2
A package has a flexible package body and a handle for carrying the package. The flexible package body has at least six faces and a reclosable opening on a face of the flexible package body. The handle is positioned over the reclosable opening and has a first strap, a second strap, and a connection portion. The first strap includes a first end and a second end. The first end of the first strap is attached to one face of the package body. The second strap includes a first end and a second end. The first end of the second strap is attached to another face of the package body that is opposite to the face that is attached to the first strap. The connection portion is located on the second end of the second strap and is detachably engaged to the second end of the first strap.
US10040604B2
A large container (100) for a water dispenser having side handles (8) formed as recesses in the side wall of the container (100) and bottom handles (9) formed as recesses in the central portion of the bottom (3) of the container (100). The side handles (8) and the bottom handles (9) are provided for facilitating the lifting and the transport.
US10040581B2
Methods of making non-durable self-supporting flexible containers.
US10040574B1
The airplane anti-hijacking system is an access control, alarm, and lockout system that is installed on commercial aircraft for the purpose of preventing unauthorized persons from taking control of the aircraft. The airplane anti-hijacking system is a biometric system that authenticates the identity of the flight crew and automatically monitors the flight operation for anomalies. Should an anomaly occur in-flight, an emergency message is sent via satellite to the appropriate authorities. Upon receipt of an emergency message, airplane anti-hijacking system gives the appropriate authorities the ability to seize control of the aircraft by locking out in-flight control of the operation of the flight controls and operating the aircraft remotely. The airplane anti-hijacking system further comprises a craft control module and a plurality of biometric scanners.
US10040569B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure relate generally to systems and methods for providing improved aircraft fuel cell systems. In one embodiment, the system provides separate zones, maintaining various equipment components in separate controlled hydrogen concentration zones. In one embodiment, the fuel cell system provided may be simpler such that it functions without a power converter and autonomous such that it functions without need for power from any aircraft supply.
US10040561B2
Methods and apparatus to harvest renewable energy are provided herein. In some embodiments, a wind-powered aircraft includes an airframe suitable for untethered flight in an open airspace; and an airborne kinetic energy conversion system attached to the airframe, the airborne kinetic energy conversion system comprising a turbine, a generator connected to the turbine, and an electrical storage means connected to the generator.
US10040560B2
A turbine engine nozzle can include a primary outer wall extending from an engine core area to an annular wall terminus that surrounds an engine tail cone, to form a core nozzle. The turbine engine nozzle also includes a single engine core cowl extending from the engine core area to an annular cowl terminus to form a core compartment vent nozzle. The core compartment vent nozzle exhausts air from a core compartment in a trailing edge between the single engine core cowl and the primary outer wall.
US10040551B2
Coffee or other drink, for example a caffeine containing drink, is delivered to individuals that would like the drink, or who have a predetermined cognitive state, using an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)/drone. The drink is connected to the UAV, and the UAV flies to an area including people, and uses sensors to scan the people for an individual who has gestured that they would like the drink, or for whom an electronic analysis of sensor data indicates to be in a predetermined cognitive state. The UAV then flies to the individual to deliver the drink. The analysis can include profile data of people, including electronic calendar data, which can be used to determine a potentially predetermined cognitive state.
US10040548B2
A multi-mode aerial vehicle hybrid wing includes a fixed wing configured to extend from a side of an elongated fuselage and double over its longitudinal axis, a tilt wing attached at a first side to a free end of the fixed wing wherein the tilt wing is rotatable ninety degrees about its axis, and a duct attached to a second side of the tilt wing. The duct includes a plurality of pivotal control surfaces positioned at a top entrance of the duct, dual counter-rotating rotors positioned at an underside of the duct, a plurality of cross stators positioned at a back entrance of the duct, and a plurality of stator pivotal control surfaces within each of the cross stators of the duct. The multi-mode aerial vehicle hybrid wing also includes a winglet attached to the duct opposite to the tilt wing.
US10040542B1
In accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, a method of operating a rotorcraft includes operating the rotorcraft in a speed control mode, where a speed of the rotorcraft is proportional to a pilot control command; detecting a high longitudinal acceleration condition; upon detection of the high longitudinal acceleration condition, temporarily disabling the speed control mode and stabilizing the rotorcraft while the speed control mode is disabled; and reestablishing the speed control mode when a measured longitudinal acceleration of the rotorcraft falls below a first threshold.
US10040534B2
According to one embodiment, an aircraft features a fuselage, a wing member, and two fuselage beam. The fuselage features a first plurality of structural supports, a second plurality of structural supports, a first opening disposed between the first plurality of structural supports, and a second opening disposed between the second plurality of structural supports. The wing member is disposed above the first opening and above the second opening. The wing features a plurality of ribs including a first rib and a second rib. The first fuselage beam couples the first rib of the wing member to the fuselage and has an elongated body portion extending across the first plurality of structural supports. The second fuselage beam couples the second rib of the wing member to the fuselage and features an elongated body portion extending across the second plurality of structural supports.
US10040522B1
A wakeboat has a hull, the hull forming a wake when moving forward in the water, with a port disturbance and a starboard disturbance in the wake. Left (port) and right (starboard) trim tabs are installed at the stern of the hull. Each trim tab comprises a primary subtab and a secondary subtab. Actuators may be optionally included to reposition the trim tabs more into, or more out of, the water. Such repositioning causes the disturbance on one side of the wake to be selectively repositioned to the other side of the wake, enlarging a quiet region on the side of the wake on which the repositioned disturbance was originally positioned. Other systems and methods are also provided.
US10040513B2
The invention relates to a personal watercraft (100) having a longitudinal axis (X) and comprising: a chassis (102), two rear floats (106) mounted at the rear of the chassis (102) on either side of a symmetry plane of the personal watercraft (100), a foil (116) mounted between the rear floats (106); a movable assembly (150) comprising: a suspension arm (108) that extends in front of the chassis (102), one of the ends of which is mounted so as to be able to rotate on the chassis (102) about a first rotation axis (10), a front float (104) mounted at the other end of said suspension arm (108), and a propulsion means (112) housed in the front float (104), the personal watercraft (100) further comprising a suspension system (114) disposed between the chassis (102) and the movable assembly (150).
US10040510B2
A bicycle sprocket has a sprocket main body, a plurality of teeth disposed on the sprocket main body, and at least one shifting area. The teeth include at least one first tooth having a first maximum axial width and at least one second tooth having a second maximum axial width. The first maximum axial width is larger than the second maximum axial width. The first tooth is configured to engage with an outer link plate of a chain. The second tooth is configured to engage with an inner link plate of the chain. The at least one shifting area includes an area where a chain engages with one of the teeth during shifting from a small sprocket to the bicycle sprocket and an area where the chain separates from one of the teeth during a shifting action from the bicycle sprocket to the small sprocket.
US10040509B1
An electric bicycle includes two pedals, a motor, a battery providing power to the motor, a first detection member for detecting acceleration of the electric bicycle and trading acceleration of the pedals, and a controller. The controller receives the acceleration of the electric bicycle and the treading acceleration of the pedals from the first detection member, and then controls output of the motor and the battery. When the treading acceleration of the pedals is larger than the acceleration of the electric bicycle, the controller concludes that the resistance from outside to the electric bicycle increases, the controller increases output of the motor and the battery. When the treading acceleration of the pedals is smaller than the acceleration of the electric bicycle, the controller concludes that the resistance from outside to the electric bicycle decreases, the output of the motor and the battery is reduced.
US10040494B2
A floor pan includes a mid-body portion having a bottom wall. The bottom wall includes a forward end and a rearward end spaced from each other along a longitudinal axis. The mid-body portion of the floor pan is spaced above a reference plane, e.g., a ground surface, a first height at the forward end of the bottom wall, and is spaced above the reference plane a second height at the rearward end of the bottom wall. The second height is less than the first height to position the second end of the bottom wall nearer the reference plane than the first end of the bottom wall. The contoured shape of the mid-body portion provides an aerodynamic shield to direct airflow underneath components of the vehicle located rearward of the rearward end of the mid-body portion of the floor pan, as well as additional under-floor storage space.
US10040493B2
A rear-end diffuser arrangement for a motor vehicle has at least one flap (16, 18; 32) mounted on a body part (10) of the motor vehicle (2) so as to be movable by at least one drive device (38). The flap (16, 18; 32) is movable from a retracted state into a deployed state and vice versa. The at least one flap (16, 18; 32) has a concavely curved surface facing toward the vehicle rear end (20).
US10040488B2
A B pillar of a motor vehicle with a base region and a head region; in the base region, there is a contact region with a connecting region for connecting the B pillar to a rocker panel; over the span of its height from a base edge to a B pillar head, the B pillar has hard and soft regions, wherein the B pillar has a soft region, which extends from a contact region of the B pillar with the rocker panel to the B pillar head and in this case, extends for at least 100 mm.
US10040487B2
A vehicle body structure for an automobile includes left and right rear side frames that extend in a front-rear direction, a rear floor that connects the left and right rear side frames to each other and that includes a lower surface having a rear portion where a compressor for air suspension is supported, a compressor housing that covers the compressor, and left and right rear braces that are disposed so as to form a V shape having an opening on a front side in top view and that couple front portions of the left and right rear side frames to the compressor housing.
US10040478B2
A vehicle body having three or more wheels including at least a steered wheel with a trail and a pair of wheels provided in the vehicle width direction; an operation input part inputting a turning direction; an inclining part inclining the body; and a steered wheel controller controlling the steered wheel steering angle. When the vehicle speed is lower than a predetermined speed, it travels in a first mode in which the steered wheel controller controls the steered wheel steering angle according to an operation input part input, and the inclining part inclines the body according to an operation input part input. When the vehicle speed is equal to or higher than the predetermined speed, it travels in a second mode in which the steered wheel controller makes the steered wheel freely turnable, and the inclining part inclines the body according to an input from the operation input part.
US10040471B2
A system for selective coupling a pillow with a stroller is provided. The system includes the stroller and the pillow. The pillow includes a surface defining a cavity therewithin, the cavity including filler. The pillow further includes a pair of stroller engaging straps extending from the surface for selectively coupling the pillow to the stroller, wherein, when the pillow is selectively coupled to the stroller, the surface of the pillow is positioned for allowing a child's head to rest thereon.
US10040470B1
Disclosed is a folding wagon having a frame that is folded from an expanded configuration at which a variety of articles are carried in a basket to a compact collapsed configuration at which to facilitate the storage or transport of the wagon. A removable canopy is held above the basket by a plurality of hollow mounting posts that are pivotally connected to respective corner brackets mounted on the frame and a corresponding plurality of telescoping canopy support rods that engage the canopy and slide through the hollow mounting posts to adjust the distance between the canopy and the basket. The canopy support rods are disengaged from the canopy to separate the canopy from the wagon, and the pluralities of mounting posts and canopy support rods are rotatable together relative to the wagon frame between a first position standing upwardly from the basket and a second position lying alongside the basket.
US10040464B2
A method includes generating PTC data for at least a portion of a track network, the PTC data comprising real-time train data generated by an on-board system of a train traveling in the track network, the real-time train data comprising a train speed and a train location, generating predictive train location data based at least partially on the PTC data, the predictive train location data comprising at least one upcoming location of the train associated with at least one time; and transmitting at least a portion of the predictive train location data to at least one navigation service in response to receiving a request, the request comprising at least one of the following: a route, an intersection, a rail crossing, geographic coordinates, or any combination thereof.
US10040453B2
System, methods, and other embodiments described herein relate to preemptively modifying operation of a trailing vehicle according to predicted acceleration inputs. In one embodiment, a method includes, in response to identifying that a lane ahead of the trailing vehicle has cleared of a leading vehicle, determining an acceleration profile for the trailing vehicle that indicates a predicted acceleration that is anticipated to be provided by a driver as a function of an environmental context. The environmental context characterizes at least current surroundings of the trailing vehicle. The method includes adjusting operating parameters of the trailing vehicle according to the acceleration profile to preemptively optimize the trailing vehicle in anticipation of an acceleration input from the driver that correlates with the predicted acceleration. The method includes controlling the trailing vehicle to accelerate based, at least in part, on the operating parameters upon receiving the acceleration input.
US10040446B2
A method, system, and/or computer program product mitigate sympathetic resonance in a structure that is physically proximate to a machine. One or more processors, based on readings from a sound sensor associated with a machine, detect a sound generated by a machine component of the machine. One or more processors, based on readings from a resonance sensor, detect vibration caused by sympathetic resonance in a structure that is physically proximate to the machine, where the sympathetic resonance is caused by the sound generated by the machine component. One or more processors then direct a machine component controller to adjust the machine component in order to mitigate the sympathetic resonance in the structure that is physically proximate to the machine.
US10040441B2
A hybrid vehicle having a rear-mounted internal combustion engine, an electric energy accumulator, and at least one electric machine which is provided as a generator for charging the electric energy accumulator during an energy recovery phase and respectively as at least an additional drive to the internal combustion engine during a drive phase, wherein the internal combustion engine drives the rear axle of the hybrid vehicle, and wherein the electric machine, or each electric machine is provided at a distance from the rear axle, in particular in the region of the front axle.
US10040438B2
An electric brake system includes a hydraulic pressure supply device configured to generate hydraulic pressure using a piston which is operated by an electrical signal that is output corresponding to a displacement of a brake pedal, and including a first pressure chamber and a second pressure chamber, a first hydraulic flow path configured to communicate with the first pressure chamber, a second hydraulic flow path configured to communicate with the first pressure chamber, a third hydraulic flow path configured to communicate with the second pressure chamber, a fourth hydraulic flow path branching from the third hydraulic flow path and connected to the first hydraulic flow path, a fifth hydraulic flow path branching from the third hydraulic flow path and connected to the second hydraulic flow path.
US10040437B2
Towed vehicles can be extremely heavy. Accordingly, it is too much of a burden to the braking system of a towing vehicle to not have brakes on the towed vehicle. Controlling the brakes of the towed vehicle must be accurately applied otherwise undesirable conditions can be created. There is a need for a method for controlling braking of a towed vehicle. This method comprises receiving a first signal via a communication bus of a towing vehicle, the first signal relating to at least one operating condition of at least one the towing vehicle and a towed vehicle, sending a second signal to brakes of the towed vehicle, the second signal based on said first signal.
US10040436B2
A braking system of a trailer and work machine includes a pressurized fluid supply, a hydraulic base valve fluidly coupled to the supply, and a pneumatic base valve fluidly coupled to the supply. A proportional control valve is also fluidly coupled to the supply, and it includes an outlet disposed in fluid communication with the inlets of the hydraulic base valve and the pneumatic base valve. The system further includes a hydraulic output configured to be fluidly coupled to a hydraulic braking system of a trailer, and a pneumatic output configured to be fluidly coupled to a pneumatic braking system of a trailer. The hydraulic output is fluidly coupled to the outlet of the hydraulic base valve, and the pneumatic output is fluidly coupled to the outlet of the pneumatic base valve.
US10040435B2
Method for braking a rail vehicle and open-loop and/or closed-loop control device for a brake system
A method for braking a rail vehicle with a brake system includes providing an open-loop and/or closed-loop control device having a wheel slide protection control unit for ensuring a predefined coefficient of adhesion between the wheels of the rail vehicle and the rail, in which brake demand signals of different origin are taken into account by the open-loop and/or closed-loop control device. A slide protection function of the wheel slide protection control unit is deactivated for braking that is free of slide protection when at least two brake demand signals having different origin and having a brake demand which exceeds a specified deceleration limit, are present at the same time. A corresponding open-loop and/or closed-loop control device for a brake system and such a brake system are also provided.
US10040428B2
A wiper blade with a support assembly has a plurality of levers and housed by covers, which enhances the universality of the required parts and reduces the number of the required parts and thus, the cost of fabrication, while allowing the covers to follow the round contour of a surface to be wiped. The wiper blade includes a primary cover and secondary covers pivotally connected to the primary cover. Each of the secondary covers include a lever guide section through which a yoke lever is slidably movable in a direction longitudinally of the wiper blade.
US10040423B2
A system includes a vehicle, the vehicle comprising a control system and a wireless transceiver operatively connected to the control system. The control system is configured to wirelessly communicate with a wearable device worn by a user using the wireless transceiver. The control system is configured to receive biometric input from one or more sensors of the wearable device to identify an occupant of the vehicle or individual proximate the vehicle. The wearable device may be a wearable earpiece with one or more sensors.
US10040420B2
A motorized seat belt system includes: a spindle around which webbing is wound; an output gear connected to the spindle through a power transmission shaft; a torsion portion provided on the power transmission shaft or the output gear; a motor which transmits rotational power to the spindle; first and second reduction gears which are connected to an output shaft of the motor and transmit rotational power of the motor to the output gear; a first rotation amount detecting sensor that measures a rotation angle and a rotation direction of the power transmission shaft; a second rotation amount detecting sensor that measures a rotation angle and a rotation direction with respect to a rim portion of the first reduction gear; and a controller which controls output of the motor based on detection signals from the first rotation amount detecting sensor and the second rotation amount detecting sensor.
US10040417B2
An inflatable cushion for a side of a vehicle is provided, the inflatable cushion having a first portion of material; a second portion of material, the first portion of material being secured to the second portion of material to define the inflatable cushion; wherein at least a portion of a peripheral edge of the inflatable cushion is defined by a seam wherein an inner surface of the first portion is secured to an inner surface of the second portion only by a plurality of stitches; and wherein a strip of a third portion of material is applied to the seam of an outer surface of either the first portion or the second portion when the plurality of stitches are applied.
US10040412B2
A utility vehicle power distribution module for a plurality of fuses on a first level and a second level of a multi-level housing. Each fuse may be installed between a pair of fuse connection terminals. One of each pair of fuse connection terminals may be connected to an electrical bus bar, and the other of each pair of fuse connection terminals connected to a cable extending through one of a plurality of cable entry and exit openings in an outside wall on a first side and a second side of the multi-level housing.
US10040411B2
An electronic control unit monitors a state of a monitor target based on an analog signal from a sensor which is supplied with electric power and which outputs the analog signal that changes in accordance with a value of the electric power and the state of the monitor target. The electronic control unit includes a first power supply, a second power supply having higher accuracy than the first power supply, and a controller. The controller supplies the power to the sensor with the first power supply and determines whether there is a change in the state of the monitor target based on the analog signal. When determining that there is the change, the controller switches over a power supply from the first power supply to the second power supply and determines whether there is a change in the state of the monitor target.
US10040409B2
A wire harness includes a trunk line which serves as a transmission line of power from a vehicle battery; and a plurality of power source control boxes which are provided on the trunk line, arranged one by one in each of a plurality of partitions into which a vehicle is partitioned, and distribute the power received through the trunk line to a power-demanding device that demands for supply of power. In at least one partition of the plurality of partitions, the power source control box of the corresponding partition is connected with entire first device arranged in the same partition to supply power among the first device and a second device, and includes a connection unit of a branch wire which is connected to a sub-power source control box that supplies power to the second device.
US10040407B2
An interior material 10 for vehicle, comprising: a base material layer 11; a first reinforcement layer 12 disposed on a surface of a vehicle interior side of the base material layer; a second reinforcement layer 13 disposed on a surface of a vehicle body side of the base material layer; a skin layer 14 disposed on a surface of the opposite side of the first reinforcement layer viewed from the base material layer; and a backside layer 15 disposed on a surface of the opposite side of the second reinforcement layer viewed from the base material layer, wherein the backside layer comprises a base layer 16 and a functional layer 15′ disposed on at least one surface of the base layer to block an air flow to the vehicle body side from the vehicle interior, and/or to reflect infrared radiation from the exterior of the vehicle.
US10040406B2
A mechanism whereby a camera or other sensing type device is deployed into multiple positions as a result of inputs such as relative housing position, field of view assessment, and so forth to locate the device to allow an optimized position of the camera or sensor for the desired functionality.
US10040405B2
The present invention, pertaining to the field of smart device accessories, provides a mobile phone car mount. The mobile phone car mount comprises: a mobile phone shell, a securing portion, a rotating portion and a holding portion; wherein a back of the mobile phone shell comprises a metal portion; a front end of the securing portion is provided with a magnet, the magnet being in magnetic-snap to the metal portion; a rear end of the securing portion is secured to a rotation side of the rotating portion; a back of a securing side of the rotating portion is coupled to a rear end of the holding portion, a top portion of the securing side is provided with a press switch; and the press switching driving the holding portion to open or close. The technical solution according to the present invention has the advantage of bettering user experience.
US10040399B1
Described is an apparatus that allows items to be hung from a hook next to a motor vehicle headrest that can be installed to the posts of that headrest. The apparatus includes a first arm, a second arm, a pin for pivoting, and a hook. The pin allows the arms to swivel in a scissor-like fashion, which makes installation and removal of the apparatus quick. The two arms each have a set of half-circular notches and a slot area that allow the apparatus to be secured to the posts of the headrest. The hook is located at the end of one of the arms proximal to the pin. Items can be hung from the apparatus, which frees up seat and floor space and can also prevent items from picking up dirt from the seat or the floor.
US10040397B1
A split center console assembly includes a front end wall, a rear end wall, and first and second opposing side walls, each cooperating to define a storage compartment. The assembly includes a split cover for selectively providing access to the storage compartment. The split cover includes a pivoting driver armrest and a pivoting passenger armrest. Each armrest includes an upper support surface configured to provide arm support when the split center console assembly is in a closed position, a side edge support surface configured to provide an arm support when the split center console assembly is in an open position, and a lower surface. At least one pivot hinge is provided, defining an arm portion extending a distance from a pivot axis and configured to pivotally couple the respective armrest to the storage compartment. In various aspects, each pivot axis is offset a distance from the side walls.
US10040393B2
An illumination system includes: a seat in a mobile body; a table to be positioned in front of a passenger when the passenger is seated on the seat; a first light source which illuminates the table; and a second light source which illuminates a region closer to the passenger than to the table. When a distance from the first light source to the table is equal to a distance from the second light source to a virtual irradiated surface, an illuminance on the table irradiated by the first light source is lower than an illuminance on the virtual irradiated surface irradiated by the second light source.
US10040389B2
In some embodiments, apparatuses and methods are provided herein useful to individually secure carts, racks, and the like within delivery vehicles using a universal clasping mechanism. The clasping mechanism is configured to clamp shut on a portion of the carts to thereby restrain the carts during transportation. In some embodiments, locking the clasping mechanism can be achieved by pushing a portion of the mechanism to thereby pivot arms of the mechanism to clamp on a portion of the cart.
US10040385B2
A vehicle access ramp system is provided. In various embodiments, methods, devices and systems are provided to facilitate the ingress and egress of various objects and beings to and from a vehicle. In some embodiments, a ramp system is provided that is arranged to integrate with an existing compartment of a vehicle and which maintains the utility of the existing compartment.
US10040359B2
A two-way distribution, charging, and vending system permits a subscriber to exchange one or more partially or completely discharged portable electric energy storage devices for a comparable number of charged portable electric energy storage devices. The two-way distribution, charging, and vending system includes a number of charging modules, each with a dedicated power converter, communicably coupled to at least one two-way distribution system controller and to a power distribution grid. Upon receipt of a discharged portable electric energy storage device, the at least one two-way distribution system controller validates a manufacturer identifier and a subscriber identifier stored in a nontransitory storage media carried by the discharged portable electric energy storage device. Responsive to a successful authentication and validation, the at least one two-way distribution system controller dispenses a charged portable electric energy storage device to the subscriber.
US10040358B2
An inductive charge system may include an inductive charging circuit having a switchgear configured to swap between a step-up converter and a step-down converter. The inductive vehicle charge station or system may include a controller configured to operate the switchgear to switch between the step-up converter and the step-down converter based on presence or absence of a load. The step-up converter may be a boost converter. The step-down converter may be a buck converter. The buck converter may have a maximum power output of 100 W. An output of the step-down converter may include a forward-biased diode to prevent backfeeding. The controller may be further configured to ramp an output voltage of the step-down converter from a coupling voltage to a charging voltage to prevent hard switching between the step-up converter and the step-down converter.
US10040355B2
A converter can selectively use reactors through an ON-OFF control on relays by an electronic control unit. The first reactor is disposed as a component of the converter separately from a main battery. On the other hand, the second reactor is so disposed as to have a heat transfer path between the second reactor and the main battery. At least based on the output from the temperature sensor, in a low temperature state of the main battery, the electronic control unit turns off the first relay, and turns on the second relay, thereby configuring a reactor of the converter by using the second reactor.
US10040349B2
A vehicle immobilization system includes a detection element operable to detect a level of an intoxicant in a user's breath. A control module is operable to receive a signal from the detection element indicating the level of intoxicant in the user's breath, and to selectively restrict operation of a vehicle based on the level of intoxicant in the user's breath exceeding a threshold. A wireless relay is operable to replace a standard relay in the vehicle, and to wirelessly communicate with the control module such that the control module is operable to control the wireless relay to selectively restrict operation of the vehicle.
US10040346B2
An arrangement of a vehicle is provided having normal transverse engine/transmission normal two-wheel drive operation which can be selectively placed into four-wheel drive operation wherein a pump which powers the coupling or uncoupling is independent of the transmission lubrication pump and is powered by the transmission.
US10040333B2
An air conditioning apparatus for a vehicle may include a cooling duct provided with a cooling duct inlet at a first end of the cooling duct, and a cooling duct indoor outlet and a cooling duct outdoor outlet at a second end cooling duct, and including an evaporation core disposed in the cooling duct, a heating duct provided with a heating duct inlet at a first end of the heating duct, and a heating duct indoor outlet and a heating duct outdoor outlet at a second end of the heating duct, and including a condenser disposed in the heating duct, and an overlapping duct provided by overlapping the cooling duct with the heating duct, the evaporation core and the condenser being disposed respectively at an upstream and a downstream of an air flow, and the evaporation core and the condenser may be connected with each other on one refrigerant passage.
US10040330B2
A method of on-demand energy delivery to an active suspension system comprising an actuator body, hydraulic pump, electric motor, plurality of sensors, energy storage facility, and controller is provided. The method comprises disposing an active suspension system in a vehicle between a wheel mount and a vehicle body, detecting a wheel event requiring control of the active suspension; and sourcing energy from the energy storage facility and delivering it to the electric motor in response to the wheel event.
US10040325B2
An exhaust stem for use with a valve assembly is provided. The exhaust stem is a hollow body which comprises an inner surface, a distal end, and an outer surface. The inner surface forms a portion of a fluid conduit through the exhaust stem. The distal end is shaped to sealingly engage a valve of the valve assembly. The outer surface defines a plurality of turbulence reducing protuberances. The plurality of turbulence reducing protuberances distributes a fluid within a valve housing of the valve assembly to facilitate operation of the valve assembly. The valve assembly decreases an amount of fluid turbulence in a tire inflation system, provides greater flexibility in configuring the tire inflation system, and facilitates accurate control of a pressure within individual tires of a vehicle.
US10040317B2
A wheel and tire assembly for a mobile vehicle in accordance with the present invention includes an inner central rim, a flexible ring mounted on the inner central rim, and a spoke structure extending between the inner central rim and the flexible ring. The spoke structure defines a plurality of cavities and alternating radially extending openings disposed concentrically about the inner central rim and allowing the flexible ring to deflect under load.
US10040310B2
An improved collectibles page for the storage and display of collectibles such as coins, sports cards, currency or business cards can be created by adding a flap to the front sheet of the page and corresponding slots to the back sheet of the page. These improvements allow for the retention of the collectibles within the collectibles page as well as providing an additional level of security against theft. These modifications can be implemented with minimal cost, providing product differentiation for the manufacturer while adding value to the collector. Adding these features involves altering the tooling used to create the collectibles page but does not add any additional materials or process steps.
US10040308B2
The card forming a support for a valuable object, particularly a small precious metal ingot incorporated in said card, includes a core with a through aperture in which said valuable object is arranged, said through aperture having larger dimensions than those defined by the contour of said valuable object in the main geometric plane of said card. This valuable object is located in a central area of the through aperture so that a transparent peripheral area surrounds the valuable object inside said through aperture. The valuable object is embedded in a transparent resin which entirely fills the area peripheral to said valuable object between said object and the contour of the through aperture, so that the space remaining in the aperture around the valuable object is entirely filled by the resin.
US10040304B1
An apparatus for cooling a print head implemented on a wire and cable manufacturing line, the apparatus comprising a sleeve, wherein the sleeve has an internal portion and an external portion and wherein the sleeve forms an internal void marginally larger than the size of the print head and wherein the sleeve further comprises an elongated surface; a front surface connected to the elongated surface, wherein the front surface comprises an ink outlet opening; a rear surface connected to the elongated surface, wherein the rear surface comprises a cable opening; a channel connected to the internal portion of the sleeve, wherein the channel comprises an open side facing the internal void and wherein the channel on the internal portion of the sleeve extends from the rear to the front of the sleeve; an air inlet compartment in communication with the channel and enclosed by the rear surface; an air inlet in communication with the air inlet compartment; and an exhaust channel connected to the sleeve and extending from the front surface to the rear surface along the elongated surface and connected to the channel at the front of the sleeve.
US10040297B2
Herein is disclosed a method of printing comprising the steps of: (a) applying an ink comprising a thermoplastic resin to a print substrate using an electrostatic printing process; and (b) applying an overcoat composition comprising a crosslinking agent to the ink on the print substrate, such that the thermoplastic resin of the ink is crosslinked. Print substrates and printing systems are also disclosed.
US10040296B2
A thermal head including: a common electrode that includes a plurality of comb teeth portions extending in a first direction in which a paper is conveyed; a plurality of discrete electrodes, each of which extends in the first direction, and is arranged between the comb teeth portions; and a resistor that is electrically connected to the comb teeth portions and the discrete electrodes, and has such a shape that two connection positions of two discrete electrodes adjacent to each other and the resistor shift from each other in the first direction.
US10040288B2
A liquid ejection module and a liquid ejection head capable of suppressing unevenness in printing are provided. Accordingly, openings are disposed so that a center position of at least one of openings in a plurality of ejection opening rows is not disposed on the same line extending in a print medium movement direction in a relative movement with respect to center positions of the other openings.
US10040278B2
A conveyed object detection apparatus includes an optical sensor configured to receive light reflected by a conveyed object; a detection unit configured to use the optical sensor to acquire a detection result indicating a position, a moving speed, or a moved amount of the conveyed object in at least one of a conveyance direction in which the conveyed object is conveyed and a direction perpendicular to the conveyance direction, or a combination of the position, the moving speed, and the moved amount; and a setting unit configured to set an aperture value and an exposure time concerning the optical sensor based on the detection result.
US10040275B2
A printing method for a 3D printer is present. After opening a 3D model, the method divides the 3D model into several area objects which are separately corresponding to different areas of the 3D model being formed on a forming platform of the printer. When executing printing procedures, the method firstly determines a lowest area object of the several unfinished area objects. Then, a nozzle array of the 3D printer is controlled to move to upon an area according to the determined area object, and to jet ink upon the area for stacking the determined area object. After the determined area object is stacked completely, the nozzle array is then controlled to move to other area and stack other area object.
US10040269B2
A present system of the present application provides for reticulating adhesive to the surface network of cellular core. As such, the present invention allows for substantial improvements over prior systems. The present invention may be implemented with any aircraft, wind turbine, rocket, space satellite, or land vehicle, but there is nothing within the spirit and scope of the present invention limiting it to any particular application. The teachings of the present invention are useful to any composite structure utilizing cellular core.
US10040268B2
An anti-slip sheet to be used around water can be easily fixed onto the floor or bathtubs, etc., by simply adhering. The sheet resists curling (coiling) or separation, has low surface irritation on skin, and even under humid environment has excellent anti-slip properties. The anti-slip sheet includes a resin film having a Shore A hardness of 60 or higher and 82 or lower, a protrusion and indentation surface where the maximum value of the adjacent protrusions peaks are within the range of 10 microns or higher and 150 microns or lower, has a maximum height Rmax of the surface roughness within the range of 15 microns or higher and 90 microns or lower, and includes a top part reinforcing film positioned on the resin film on the side opposite to the protrusions and indentations containing surface which is harder than the resin film, and includes a bottom part adhesive layer positioned on the side of the top part reinforcing film that is opposite to the resin film.
US10040264B2
A bottom heater for use in assembling a container bottom and a sleeve includes a body having a peripheral wall and a heated air passage terminating in an outlet in the peripheral wall. A shape of at least a portion of the peripheral wall defining the outlet is such that heated air exiting the outlet is fluidly attached to an adjacent portion of the peripheral wall after exit because of the Coanda effect.
US10040258B2
A method for obtaining a composite piece of n plies, at least one ply having a fiber volume greater than 58% in weight, the method comprising the steps of laying uncured prepreg plies and performing ultrasound compaction over each laid uncured laminate ply, wherein at least one of the uncured laminate plies has a fiber volume greater than 58% in weight. Finally, the composite laminate is cured. The step of performing ultrasound compaction comprises applying an ultrasonic compactor over each laid laminate ply.
US10040248B2
An automatic welding machine for lap welding the edges of plastic webs, comprising a movable supporting frame, a heating device for partially melting the plastic webs, at least two opposing, counter-rotating pressing rollers and/or advancing rollers, at least one of which being driven, and at least one driving device comprising a drive motor and at least one gearbox for driving the pressing and/or advancing rollers, wherein the pressing rollers and/or advancing rollers are driven by the driving device by way of at least one flexible shaft. Furthermore, the gearbox can be implemented as a worm gear mechanism comprising a worm that is seated directly on a motor shaft of the drive motor and two counter-rotating worm gears driven by the worm.
US10040242B2
A method comprising depositing, in layers, a shrinking platform formed from a composite including metal particles embedded in a first matrix, depositing shrinking supports of the composite upon the shrinking platform, forming a separation clearance dividing at least one shrinking support into fragments, depositing, from the composite, a part upon the shrinking platform and shrinking supports, depositing a separation material intervening between the part and the shrinking supports, the separation material including a ceramic powder and a second matrix, and forming, from the shrinking platform, shrinking supports, separation material, and part, a portable platform assembly in a green state, wherein the shrinking support is configured to prevent the portable platform assembly from distorting from gravitational force during sintering of the metal particles of the assembly in a brown state, and wherein the ceramic powder of the separation material is configured to separate the shrinking support from the part following sintering.
US10040230B2
A method of producing a housing for an electronic device including: in a three-dimensional molding process, a housing part assembly consisting of a plurality of contiguous plastics housing parts is produced using a plastics material; and the housing part assembly is split up into a plurality of individual plastics housing parts by a separation procedure, each one of the parts forming at least a part of a housing, wherein the molding process is transfer molding or compression molding, a mold is used for the molding process including mold pins by which first side faces molded on during the molding process are produced on each of the plastics housing parts, the separation procedure results in second side faces being produced on each of the plastics housing parts, and the first and second side faces form outer faces of the plastics housing parts.
US10040221B2
A mandrel configured to facilitate release of an elastomeric part cured thereon may comprise an elongated body having an outer surface, an internal cavity formed in the elongated body, and a passage providing fluid communication between the internal cavity and the outer surface of the body. The passage may be dimensioned so as to permit a flow of a fluid from the internal cavity to the outer surface of the body and to preclude a flow of an uncured elastomer into the passage. The flow of the fluid from the internal cavity to the outer surface may cause the fluid to intervene between the outer surface of the mandrel and the elastomeric part to facilitate the release of the elastomeric part from the mandrel.
US10040214B2
Chain bar apparatus and methods are disclosed that may be formed from plastic, metal or other materials. Laser cutting of a chain bar core can provide improved structural characteristics, for example when adhesive is used to assemble the chain bar. Flow diversion elements can be used to optimize flow throughout the chain bar.
US10040208B2
An adjustment drive for an adjustable spacing comb for a hair cutting appliance includes an actuator configured to actuate a movable comb portion of the adjustable spacing comb with respect to a blade set of the hair cutting appliance, and a drivetrain for coupling the actuator and the movable comb portion. The drivetrain includes a reduction gear unit and a location detection unit having a rotary encoder which is coupled to an output shaft of the reduction gear unit.
US10040197B2
A control device 40 for a mobile robot 1 converts a moment manipulated variable ↑τ_dmd determined in accordance with a deviation between a desired value and an observed value of a predetermined state quantity of the mobile robot 1 to a rotation manipulated variable ↑Δθ by which contacting portions 13, 23 of a plurality of movable links 3, 4 to be brought into contact with an external object are to be rotated about a desired ZMP, and corrects a desired position/posture of each contacting portion 13, 23 to a position/posture rotated about the desired ZMP by the rotation manipulated variable ↑Δθ.
US10040195B2
A method for recognizing a location of a robotic device includes collecting first environmental data corresponding to a first current location of the robotic device, generating a first location signature based on the first environmental data, driving the robotic device to enter a standby mode at a first time, driving the robotic device to wake up from the standby mode after a predetermined time elapses at a second time after the driving the robotic device to enter the standby mode, collecting second environmental data corresponding to a second current location of the robotic device, generating the second location signature generated based on the second environmental data, comparing the first and second location signatures, and determining whether a location of the robotic device has been changed between the first and second times based on a comparison result between the first and second location signatures.
US10040189B2
A magnetic hand tool frame includes a baseboard, at least one clamping element, and two attraction modules. The baseboard has a body and at least one clamping rack formed on the body. The at least one clamping element is connected to the at least one clamping rack. The attraction modules are connected to the baseboard respectively at two opposite sides of the body, and each has a holding mount and a magnetic base. The holding mount is connected to the body at one of the opposite sides of the body, is opposite to the at least one clamping element and has a connecting rack formed on the holding mount. The magnetic base is connected to the holding mount in the connecting rack and has a mounting frame and at least one magnetic block securely mounted in the mounting frame to provide a magnetic attraction effect to the magnetic base.
US10040187B2
A handheld oscillation machine tool has support devices for maintaining a spacing between internal parts and an outer housing. The support devices are arranged in pairs of first and second support devices. One support device in each pair has a concave circular surface, and the other has an opposed convex circular surface. Elastically deformable damping elements are arranged between the pairs of support devices. The damping elements are deformed from original flat conditions under forces applied by the support devices, and have concave and convex circular surface adjoining the opposed concave and convex circular surfaces at the support devices.
US10040178B2
To provide a power tool and a rotary impact tool capable of suppressing transmission of vibration to a circuit board and so on from a drive portion connecting to a motor as a vibration generation source. An impact wrench includes a motor housing which houses a motor or a grip housing, a battery holding housing connecting to the motor housing or the grip housing through an elastic body and a control circuit board housed in the battery holding housing for controlling the motor.
US10040177B2
A socket wrench includes a wrench body, a ratchet wheel and a positioning ring. The ratchet wheel has a driving hole and a cylindrical flange extending on one side of the wrench body. The cylindrical flange has at least one aperture defined through the outer periphery thereof and communicating with the driving hole. The positioning ring is an O-shaped ring and surrounded the outer periphery of the cylindrical flange, and has a central bore. At least one protrusion radially protruded from the inner wall of the central bore of the positioning ring. The protrusion is projected from the wall of the driving hole through the aperture to position a socket. The positioning ring is moved a distance along the radial direction relative to the ratchet wheel by being pushed toward the at least one protrusion to completely retract the at least one protrusion into the aperture to release the socket.
US10040173B1
A device for holding a workpiece, the device comprising, in one form, a base and a jaw member, wherein the jaw member includes a detachable jaw plate. The jaw member can further include a lock assembly which can attach or affix the jaw plate to the jaw member. In at least one embodiment, the lock assembly can include a cam, or lock, configured to pull the jaw plate toward the jaw member and/or secure the jaw plate against the jaw member. In certain embodiments, the lock assembly can include a slide which can be moved by an actuator such that the slide can engage the jaw plate and move the jaw plate into position. In at least one such embodiment, the slide can pull the jaw plate against the jaw member and, in addition, pull the jaw plate downwardly against a workpiece support surface.
US10040172B2
The disclosure relates to a holder system for supporting sports equipment. The holder comprises a vise assembly comprising: a vise base; two moveable vise jaws provided with respective vise screw bores and guide bores, the two moveable vise jaws engageable with a first section on the sports equipment; a vise screw extending substantially horizontally through the vise base and oppositely disposing the movable vise jaws through the vise screw bores, and having two sections of threads allowing for movement of the movable vise jaws, the two sections being separated by a thread-free section; and one or more guide bars fixed in a substantially horizontal orientation in the vise base and extending through the respective guide bores.
US10040170B2
A rotary sanding system for retro fitting a Rotozip sanding disk to an air tool includes a first disk that may be removably coupled to an air tool thereby facilitating the air tool to rotate the first disk. The first disk has a plurality of openings extending therethrough and air may pass through the openings. A mating unit is coupled to the first disk. The mating unit engages the air tool thereby facilitating the first disk to be removably coupled to the air tool. A sanding disk is removably coupled to the first disk. The sanding disk may abrade a surface when the air tool rotates the first disk.
US10040169B2
The present invention provides a system and method for wirelessly controlling an operating device by way of a wireless connection between the operating device and a computing device. The computing device provides an interface for controlling the operating device. The interface includes a switch for use as a deadman switch, whereby releasing the switch will cease the operation of the operating device. The user may remotely control the operating device via the computing device while the switch is actuated. Upon releasing the switch, the computer device wirelessly halts the operating device for safety.
US10040159B2
Equipment for grinding external rings of roller bearings includes a supporting pin of a bearing to be ground, a stop extending outwardly from the supporting pin for axial positioning of a side of the bearing, a sliding flange on the pin which can be positioned to rest on the other side of the bearing, a clamping nut which can be firmly positioned on a complementary portion of the pin, skids preloaded by springs situated on opposite sides of the bearing, and a guiding element on the opposite side of the stop, which receives a structure carrying a pair of contrast rolls movable to be engaged with the external ring of the bearing creating a radial force thereon, which can be predetermined and regulated by a maneuvering element to eliminate the clearance of the bearing in the radial direction. A machine for housing equipment of the above specified type.
US10040151B2
A machine tool comprising: a first body; a first leg, a second leg, and a third leg coupled to the first body via first joints and configured to support at least the first body; a second body including a tool holder; a fourth leg, a fifth leg, and a sixth leg coupled to the second body via second joints and configured to support at least the second body; and a first actuator coupled to the first body and to the second body, the first actuator being configured to cause rotational motion between the first body and the second body to enable a change in walking direction of the machine tool and/or to enable a change in machining stiffness and a change in work volume of the machine tool.
US10040147B2
A braze alloy includes by atom %, about 30% to about 60% iron, 0 to about 40% nickel, and about 10% to about 20% in total of melting point depressants selected from the group consisting of phosphorous, carbon, boron, and silicon.
US10040144B2
A spot welding method joins metal sheets by: clamping a stacked section of two or more stacked metal sheets with a pair of electrodes at a load of 100 N or more; applying pressure around the electrodes at a load, which is 5-1000% of the load due to the pair of electrodes, using a pressurizing member, which applies pressure on the stacked section in regions that are 20% or more of the total outer circumference of the electrode tips and for which the continuous regions of the entire outer circumference of the electrode tips that are not pressed are 30% or less (including 0%) of the entire outer circumference of the electrode tips; and passing welding current from the electrodes to the stacked section.
US10040136B2
An end mill includes a plurality of teeth and flutes. The teeth and their associated flutes include one or more correlated physical parameters. One such correlated parameter is that, at an axial location in a front half of an effective cutting length, at least one tooth of the plurality of teeth has a rake angle smaller than an average rake angle value of the plurality of teeth, and, at the same axial location, a flute preceding each such tooth has a helix angle larger than an average helix angle value of the plurality of flutes.
US10040134B2
The present invention relates to a method of producing a dental restoration from a partially-sintered or non-sintered blank using a three-dimensional dental restoration model, comprising the steps of: generating at least one or more first milling path for rough and/or fine milling; determining areas or zones of increased stress in the three-dimensional dental restoration model and generating at least one modified milling path; machining the blank by milling utilizing one or more first milling paths; selectively machining parts of the blank utilizing at least one modified milling path; and sintering the machined blank.
US10040133B2
The present disclosure provides an axle device and a boring tool. The axle device includes a main shaft, an expanding unit, a drill, and an engaging unit. The main shaft is magnetic. The expanding unit includes a cone blocking member and an expanding member. The cone blocking member has an inclined plane. The expanding member is limited at the main shaft and includes a plurality of pawls, wherein the pawls are against the inclined plane. The engaging unit includes a rotating member and an engaging element. The rotating member is screwed on the main shaft. The engaging element engages the drill with the rotating member. When the rotating member rotates and moves toward a first direction, the engaging element correspondingly brings the drill and the cone blocking member toward the first direction, such that the inclined plane of the cone blocking member expands the pawls outwardly.
US10040129B2
A tool head having a shrink-fit chuck (10) that has an axial receiving hole (22), and having a tool (12) that is insertable by way of its cylindrical tool shank (24) into the receiving hole (22), which is open at the front end of the shrink-fit chuck (10), and is fixable therein by thermal shrinking of the shrink-fit chuck (10). The shrink-fit chuck (10) has, in its front end portion, an annular recess (30) that radially widens the receiving hole (22) and is open at the end side, and a function ring (14) is positioned on the tool shank (24), wherein, in the shrink-fitted state, the tool shank (24) is frictionally fixed in the receiving hole (22) and the function ring (14) sits at least partially in the annular recess (30).
US10040127B2
A tunable or tuned boring bar having increased stiffness is provided. Increasing the stiffness of the bar increases the natural frequency, thereby reducing directional deformation of the bar during use. The tunable boring bar includes a distal portion configured to support a tool, a proximal portion configured for attachment to a support structure of a metalworking machine, and a body, which is at least partially tubular, extending between the proximal portion and the distal portion. The tubular portion of the body has an elongated cylindrical cavity. The body of the boring bar includes a core layer formed from a first material and a coating layer formed from a second material. The second material has a higher modulus of elasticity than the first material. In certain configurations, the coating layer is bonded to the core layer by cladding, welding, chemical adhesives, chemical vapor deposition, pulsated plasma diffusion, or combinations thereof.
US10040120B2
A manufacturing method for a metallic housing of an electronic device is provided. The method includes providing a die-casting mold, including a male die and a female die engaging with the male die, the male die defining a pouring gate therein, and the female die defining a cavity therein corresponding to the pouring gate; positioning a metallic outer case in the cavity of the female die as an insert; assembling the male die to the female die to cover the cavity, thereby communicating the pouring gate with the cavity; casting pressured molten metal-alloy into the cavity via the pouring gate to form an inner structural member embedded in an inner side of the outer case; dissembling the male die from the female die to expose the cavity, and removing the outer case and the inner structural member from the female die.
US10040119B2
A printer that produces objects from liquid conductive material is disclosed. In one embodiment, the print head has a chamber for containing liquid conductive material surrounded by an electromagnetic coil. A DC pulse is applied to the electromagnetic coil, resulting in a radially-inward force on the liquid conductive material. The force on the liquid conductive material in the chamber results in a drop being expelled from an orifice. In response to a series of pulses, a series of drops fall onto a platform in a programmed pattern, resulting in the formation of an object.
US10040118B2
Cookware in the form of a grill plate, griddle plate, waffle iron, panini press or the like is made from a cast composite including a graphite core plate encapsulated within a cast metal shell of aluminum or stainless steel, and a method for manufacturing same.
US10040113B2
A self-aligning swaging punch is provided for adjoining together a pin and a workpiece having a pinhole. The swaging punch comprises a shaft and a tip having an open-ended cavity. The shaft transfers an axial force from a press or hammer to the tip. The tip transfers the axial force from the shaft to a top surface of the workpiece near the pinhole. The tip may be spherical in shape for evenly deforming the workpiece near the upper edge of the pinhole. The open-ended cavity receives the pin therein and allows the pin to extend at least partially into the open-ended cavity while the tip contacts the workpiece. The open-ended cavity also ensures that the swaging punch is aligned with the pinhole and perpendicular to the surface of the workpiece when the pin is inserted into the pinhole such that the workpiece evenly deforms and presses against the pin.
US10040111B2
A method of manufacturing a laminated iron core includes performing at least two kinds of selectively-actuated punching processes by actuating respective punching units to form a plurality of iron core pieces, each of the punching units being switchable between an active state or a non-active state, and caulking and laminating the plurality of iron core pieces to manufacture the laminated iron core. The selectively-actuated punching processes are performed in one operation by selectively actuating each of the punching units between the active state and the non-active state.
US10040108B2
A support may include a hollow metallic tube extending over an axis and may include two opposing ends. The tube may include a plurality of sections disposed along the axis. A first section may be disposed at an end of the tube and include a first inner diameter, a first outer diameter, and a first wall thickness. A second section may be separated from the first section via a first transition zone. The second section may include a second inner diameter, a second outer diameter, and a second wall thickness. A third section may be disposed remote from the first section and be separated from the second section via a second transition zone. The third section may have a third inner diameter, a third outer diameter, and a third wall thickness. The wall thickness, inner diameter and outer diameter may vary along the tube between the plurality of sections.
US10040107B2
A temperature control apparatus of a hot-rolling mill according to the present invention extracts a high-frequency component, a medium-frequency component, and a low-frequency component from a deviation between a calculated value or a measured value of a material temperature in a temperature managing position set on an outlet side of the hot-rolling mill and a given temperature target value. The temperature control apparatus then corrects a reference value of electric power of an induction heating device set to an electric power changing device based on the high-frequency component, corrects a reference value of a cooling water flow rate set to a flow rate changing device based on the medium-frequency component, and corrects a reference value of a roll rotation speed set to a speed changing device based on the low-frequency component.
US10040098B2
An ultrasonic transducer element chip includes a substrate defining an opening, an ultrasonic transducer element disposed at a position corresponding to the opening in a thickness direction of the substrate, and a reinforcing member connected to the substrate to cover the opening. The reinforcing member defines a ventilation passage from the opening to an outside of the substrate.
US10040087B2
A trigger-type liquid dispenser includes valve member, which is provided in flow path to control liquid to flow in direction in flow path. Valve member includes intake-side check valve, which permits flow of liquid from container side to pump side and prevents flow of liquid from pump side to container side, and discharge-side check valve, which permits flow of liquid from pump side to nozzle side and prevents flow of liquid from nozzle side to pump side. Discharge-side check valve is formed in umbrella shape that is elastically deformable freely in radial direction and has outer circumferential end configured to contact inner circumferential surface of flow path, with contact force of outer circumferential end with respect to inner circumferential surface of flow path being distributed non-uniformly in circumferential direction.
US10040086B2
A liquid ejection dispenser includes: a sleeve ring; and a tube, extending from one end of the sleeve ring. One end of the tube is provided with a liquid output end, while on an end surface of the sleeve ring is provided with a first positioning point and a second positioning point. In the sleeve ring is provided with a penetrating and trumpet shape hole, one end of the hole is in communication with the tube. As such, through fixing and sealing the sleeve ring on a press ejection head of a perfume bottle, and aligning the nozzle of the press ejection head with a position between the first positioning point and the second positioning point, in pressing down the press ejection head, the perfume in the perfume bottle will flow from the nozzle into a dispenser bottle.
US10040079B2
A two part airless adhesive spray system is provided herein. This system provides numerous enhancements to the prior art including limiting overspray “fog,” saving on sprayed material because of a more efficient spray pattern, and providing a stronger bond than that of the air-atomized spray guns of the prior art.
US10040071B2
Cartridges for the isolation of a biological sample and downstream biological assays on the sample are provided, as are methods for using such cartridges. In one embodiment, a nucleic acid sample is isolated from a biological sample and the nucleic acid sample is amplified, for example by the polymerase chain reaction. The cartridges provided herein can also be used for the isolation of non-nucleic acid samples, for example proteins, and to perform downstream reactions on the proteins, for example, binding assays. Instruments for carrying out the downstream biological assays and for detecting the results of the assays are also provided.
US10040070B2
A reaction container 10 of the PCR device 1 has a tubular ring channel 20 formed by a substrate 11, a channel forming plate 12, and a cover plate 13. The ring channel 20 comprises an electrode pair 21 disposed, in a diametrical direction of an inner surface of one side wall of the ring channel 20, to face each other with a horizontal gap interposed therebetween, and is vertically erected. The gap length of the electrode pair 21 is across the entire width within a cross-section of the ring channel 20.
US10040057B1
The invention provides a method for oxidizing chemical, the method having the steps of contacting soot to a catalyst defining a plurality of flat substrates forming a monolith, wherein any one of the substrates has a thickness no greater than 30 nm. Also provided is a catalyst for oxidizing chemical, the catalyst have a morphology having layered plates, wherein any plate is no more than 30 nm thick. The invention also provides a method for producing an oxidation catalyst, the method having the steps of combining a cobalt compound with a potassium compound to create a solution; contacting the solution with a reducing agent for a time and at a temperature sufficient to oxidize the cobalt compound and form a precipitate of the oxidized cobalt compound; filtering the precipitate; and calcining the filtered precipitate.
US10040055B2
A method is provided for improving the performance of a silver-based epoxidation catalyst comprising a carrier. The carrier includes at least 80 percent alpha alumina and has a pore volume from 0.3 mL/g to 1.2 mL/g, a surface area from 0.3 m2/g to 3.0 m2/g, and a pore architecture that provides at least one of a tortuosity of 7 or less, a constriction of 4 or less and a permeability of 30 mdarcys or greater. A catalytic amount of silver and a promoting amount of one or more promoters is disposed on and/or in said carrier. The method further includes the steps of initiating an epoxidation reaction by reacting a feed gas composition containing ethylene and oxygen present in a ratio of from about 3.5:1 to about 12:1, in the presence of the silver-based epoxidation catalyst at a temperature of about 200° C. to about 230° C., and subsequently increasing the temperature either stepwise or continuously.
US10040053B2
The objective of the present invention is to provide to a method for easily producing high-performance porous cellulose beads having high mechanical strength. Also, the objective of the present invention is to provide an adsorbent produced from the high-performance porous cellulose beads. According to the present invention, high-performance porous cellulose beads can be easily produced from porous cellulose beads, and an adsorbent having high strength and high adsorption amount can be easily produced from the high-performance porous cellulose beads.
US10040047B2
The present invention relates to a device for isolating and recovering a biomolecule from a test sample. The device includes a support and at least one peelable layer deposited on at least a portion of the support. The peelable layer includes a substrate having a target component immobilized on the substrate. The device is effective for isolating and recovering a biomolecule having affinity to the target component. The present invention also relates to systems and methods of using the device. The present invention also relates to a biomolecule elution strip and related methods.
US10040044B2
The present invention discloses a continuous calcination vessel which can be used to prepare calcined chemically-treated solid oxides from solid oxides and chemically-treated solid oxides. A process for the continuous preparation of calcined chemically-treated solid oxides is also provided. Calcined chemically-treated solid oxides disclosed herein can be used in catalyst compositions for the polymerization of olefins.
US10040030B2
A device for micro-, ultra-, or nanofiltration that includes one or more flat filter modules having flat filter elements arranged in parallel and at a distance from each other and gas injectors of one or more gas lifting systems for producing a circulating cross flow directed tangentially to the surface of the flat filter elements and having at least one rising area, in which the cross flow flows substantially vertically upward, and at least one falling area, in which the cross flow flows substantially vertically downward, in which the rising area flows through 10 to 100% and the falling area flows through 10 to 100% of an inlet-flow volume of the at least one flat filter module.
US10040024B2
A system for sulphur removal from a flue gas. The system includes an absorber, a reaction tank and a buffer tank. The buffer tank is connected to the reaction tank by a communicating vessel passage.
US10040021B2
Frame structures, assemblies and methods for use in implantable medical devices. The frames may include one or more first polymeric portions and one or more second polymeric portions coupled to the one or more first polymeric portions. The one or more first polymeric portions may have a higher durometer than the one or more second polymeric portions. The one or more second polymeric portions may provide an interference fit between the one or more second polymeric portions and the housing and/or between the one or more second polymeric portions and one or more components disposed in the housing.
US10040018B2
Multiple staged filters are provided herein. A filter may include a plurality of panels that each include a filtering front surface and a flat back surface, the filtering front surface having a first row of vertically extending protrusions spaced apart from one another to form vertical channels, a second row of vertically extending protrusions spaced apart from one another to form vertical channels, and one or more rows of filtering protrusions, where the one or more rows are vertically spaced apart from one another and extending between the first and second rows of vertically extending protrusions. Further, each row of filtering protrusions may include filtering protrusions that are spaced from one another to form filter channels having a size that is configured to receive and retain objects of a given size.
US10040016B1
A plugged honeycomb structure including: a pillar-shaped honeycomb structure body having porous partition walls made of a material including silicon carbide, and plugging portions, wherein a porosity of the partition walls is from 42 to 52%, a thickness of the partition walls is from 0.15 to 0.36 mm, a ratio of a volume of pores having pore diameters of 10 μm or less to a total pore volume of the partition walls is 41% or less, a ratio of a volume of pores having pore diameters in a range of 18 to 36 μm to the total pore volume is 10% or less, the pore diameter indicating a maximum value of the log differential pore volume is in a range of 10 to 16 μm, and a half-value width of a peak including the maximum value of the log differential pore volume is 5 μm or less.
US10040015B2
A filter insert for installation in a housing, having at least one substantially hollow cylindrical filter element for separating liquid from aerosol; and at least one covering element designed to cover an axial end region of the filter element; wherein at least one of the the at least one covering element is formed from at least one metal sheet and connected with the filter element with at least one mechanical connection; wherein the mechanical connection between the at least one covering element and the filter element is formed solely by a structure of the at least one covering element produced through deforming or reforming the at least one covering element; wherein the structure of the at least one covering element is configured to clamp the filter element to the at least one covering element.
US10040011B2
A system having improved trapping force for acoustophoresis is described where the trapping force is improved by manipulation of the frequency of the ultrasonic transducer. The transducer includes a ceramic crystal. The crystal may be directly exposed to fluid flow. The crystal may be air backed, resulting in a higher Q factor.
US10040006B2
An apparatus for filtering fluid has a container, a platform positioned in the interior volume of the container in a location above a bottom of the container, and a bag filter extending through a hole in the platform. The bag filter has an inlet and an outlet. The inlet is positioned at or above a top surface of the platform and an outlet positioned below the top surface of the platform such that a fluid passing through the fluid inlet of the container flows into the inlet of the bag filter and outwardly of the outlet of the bag filter so as to flow toward the fluid outlet of the container. A retainer plate is positioned over the platform and has an orifice opening to the inlet of the bag filter.
US10040001B2
A liquid-cooling device and an air collector thereof are provided. The air collector includes a tank, an inlet channel, an outlet channel, and a barrier plate. The inlet channel is located at one end of the tank and extended into the tank. The outlet channel is located at the other end of the tank and extended into the tank. The barrier plate is located in the tank between the inlet channel and the outlet channel. The diameter of the tank is greater than those of the inlet channel and the outlet channel.
US10039990B2
The invention relates to a system and a method for remote control of an unmanned electric ground vehicle provided with at least one electric engine and a control unit for at least one engine. The invention also relates to the use of a digital handheld device provided as a remote control unit. According to the invention, a receiver unit is functionally connected to a control unit in said vehicle for receiving commands remotely, as the remote control unit sends command signals to the vehicle. The remote control unit is configurable to store at least one instruction set for a vehicle, each instruction set having at least one command and at least one command parameter. The command parameter indicates a condition to be applied to a command in the instruction set, which will affect the command signal and thus the behavior of the vehicle.
US10039986B2
A game apparatus is provided which has a convenience where another function, such as photo taken by a camera, can be used while playing a game by causing a game program and another program to work together. The game apparatus increases interest of the game by relating a result of execution of the other program to the contents of the game. For example, when a camera icon displayed on a display is selected by an operation of a touch panel, a program for controlling a camera function launches, and an image can be captured at an arbitrary timing. The captured image is converted according to a predetermined condition. The converted image is displayed on a display screen and image data is stored in a flash memory.
US10039984B2
Provided is a method for controlling a computer progressing a game played at the same time by a plurality of players divided on a plurality of maps, the method including the steps of allowing each of the plurality of players to select any one of the plurality of maps, progressing the game on maps selected respectively by the plurality of players in response to instructions from the plurality of players, and reflecting, in a display of a first map selected by a first player, game progress caused by a second player having selected a second map different from the first map.
US10039977B2
A social game and the like that can increase the fun and amusement of a team battle and enhance players' motivation to participate in or continue a game by suppressing an occurrence of any non-participation team not participating in the battle are provided. A guild status determination unit determines, for each guild, whether the guild is in an inactive state or an active state, based on a result of detecting a login state of each player. A guild integrated control unit forcibly disbands a guild (i.e. an inactive guild) determined to be in the inactive state, based on guild activity information notified from the status determination unit. A disbandment notification unit notifies each player belonging to the inactive guild, of the disbandment of the guild.
US10039976B2
The present invention relates to a protective case for preventing damage to a mobile terminal, comprising: an actuator (12) comprising a piezoelectric vibrating screen (17) formed by attaching a piezoelectric element layer (20) to at least one side of a substrate (18), at least one or more weight pieces (22) which are fixedly attached to the piezoelectric element layer (20) and increase the vibration force, and a bracket (24) provided so that both ends of the substrate (18) are fixedly attached thereto; an auxiliary battery (10) which supplies power to the actuator (12) and is used for charging in the case where a battery of a mobile terminal (4) is discharged or consumed; and a Bluetooth receiving module (30) for receiving a signal transmitted from a Bluetooth transmitting module (28) of the mobile terminal (4). As the actuator (12), which provides real-time vibration feedback, is installed in the inner side of the protective case (2)(2a) which is worn for preventing damage to the mobile terminal (4), the protective case has an effect of giving a user simultaneous sensory stimulation by providing the user with a haptic signal corresponding to an image and sound outputted from the mobile terminal (4) as a rapid vibration response. In addition, the protective case can transfer various vibration patterns including strong vibration and micro vibration as the vibration amount of the actuator (12) is adjusted according to the magnitude of vibration, or a vibration motor (14) is controlled so as to provide vibration feedback at low frequency, and thus, the protective case has an effect of giving the user a sense of realism.
US10039974B2
Substitution of game commands with different replacement commands at client devices using substitution reference sets is provided. Substitution reference sets including first and second substitution reference sets may be obtained. The first substitution reference set may indicate substituting of a first command with a second command. The second substitution reference set may indicate substituting of the first command with a third command different from the second command. The first substitution reference set may be provided to a first client device. The second substitution reference set may be provided to a second client device. Responsive to the first substitution reference set being provided, requested game commands at the first client device that match the first command may be substituted with the second command. Responsive to the second substitution reference set being provided, requested game commands at the second client device that match the first command may be substituted with the third command.
US10039967B2
A method for improving the skills of a sports player includes arranging targets around a player-occupied central location, associating at least one visual display with each target, generating a first detectable signal and simultaneously illuminating all but one of the visual displays with a common color or pattern of lights. The visual display that is not illuminated with the common color or pattern is uniquely illuminated so that the player may identify it. A second detectable signal is generated after a predetermined lapse of time from the first detectable signal. A ball is delivered to the central location from a ball-feeding location when the second detectable signal is generated. A passing box is secured to each of the targets and a sensor is secured to each passing box. The sensor generates a signal upon detection of a ball entering into the passing box and the time of detection is recorded.
US10039961B2
A golf club head including a crown, a sole, a hosel, a face and a flexure. The flexure provides compliance during an impact between the golf club head and a golf ball, and is tuned to vibrate, immediately after impact, at a predetermined frequency. A slot is included in a portion of the golf club head and works with the flexure to further tune performance.
US10039937B2
A charged-particle beam therapy apparatus includes: an accelerator configured to accelerate a charged particle and emit a charged-particle beam; an irradiation unit configured to irradiate an irradiated body with the charged-particle beam using a scanning method; and a control unit. The control unit stores a control pattern of the apparatus during one treatment. An irradiation interruption time for which the irradiation of the irradiated body with the charged-particle beam by the irradiation unit is interrupted and an irradiation time for which the irradiation unit irradiates the irradiated body with the charged-particle beam are set in the control pattern. The sum of the irradiation interruption times during one treatment is set to be shorter than the sum of the irradiation times during one treatment.
US10039933B2
A phototherapy device for applying light from a plurality of low-level light sources, such as LEDs or laser diodes, to male genitalia. The plurality of light sources are located on the interior of a tube, cup or helical band or ribbon, which is then applied to some or all portions of the male genitalia. One or more straps or arms may be used to position the device and hold it in place. A control unit may be wired or wirelessly connected to the device to power and control the frequency and timing of the light therapy application.
US10039927B2
A cold plasma helmet application device for delivery of cold plasma benefits to the head of a patient. An appropriate gas is introduced into a helmet receptacle within a containment dome of the helmet. The gas is energized by one or more dielectric barrier devices that receive energy from a pulsed source. The dielectric barrier devices can be configured to match the treatment area. Such a device and method can be used to treat large surface areas treatment sites associated with the head, head trauma, brain cancer, the control of brain swelling with closed head injury or infection, as well as treating male pattern baldness.
US10039919B2
Method and apparatus for diagnosis of conductor anomalies, such as partial conductor failures, in an implantable lead for an implantable medical device are disclosed. In various embodiments, small changes in the lead impedance are identified by the use of a small circuit element that is incorporated as part of the distal end of the implantable lead. In various embodiments, the small circuit element is electrically connected to a lead conductor and/or electrode of the implantable lead. Methods of diagnosing conductor anomalies in accordance with these embodiments generate measured values that depend only on the impedance of the conductors and electrodes of the lead, and not on the behavior of the conductor-tissue interface and other body tissues.
US10039911B2
An applicator of one aspect for applying microneedles to skin includes a resistive portion configured to apply resistance against movement of a microneedle sheet having the plurality of microneedles formed along a main surface of the sheet, and a bending portion configured to bend the microneedle sheet passed through the resistive portion to raise the microneedle from the main surface.
US10039907B2
An implantable device for releasing one or more substances into a body cavity such as a urinary bladder, is provided. The device includes an inner balloon located within an outer balloon so as to define a lumen between the outer and inner balloons. A first valve is used for filling the lumen; and a second valve is used for filling the inner balloon. The device is delivered to the body using a delivery catheter. The inner portion is filled with the substance or substances to be released into the body cavity. The outer balloon is filled with a substance that is chosen to impart a desired specific gravity to the device. The substances to be released may be contained in particles coated with a soluble coating. The particles may be in suspension or embedded in a matrix.
US10039900B2
A medical device system is provided herein which has an elongated, flexible hollow member with an expandable infusion segment attached at the most distal end of the device. The device has a plurality of fluid infusion ports on the expandable infusion segment for delivering an intended fluid to a target site in a body lumen. Additionally, a method is provided herein for infusing an intended fluid to a target site within a body lumen.
US10039893B2
A respiratory mask assembly for delivering breathable gas to a patient includes a frame to support one of at least first and second compliant patient interfaces and a forehead support adjustably mounted to the frame. The forehead support is structured and configured to be moved between a first position for use with the first patient interface and a second position relative to the frame for use with a second patient interface, whereby the forehead support maintains a horizontal offset distance with the first and second patient interfaces which is substantially constant.
US10039886B2
A syringe sealing assembly includes a stopper coupling and a plunger coupling. The stopper coupling is adaptable to attach to a syringe stopper. The plunger coupling is releasably attachable to the stopper coupling. The stopper coupling is further adaptable to fit within a syringe barrel and to seal the interior of the syringe barrel from the external environment in cooperation with the syringe stopper. The plunger coupling is adaptable to attach to a syringe plunger. The plunger coupling is further adaptable to be received within a syringe barrel when the plunger coupling is attached to the stopper coupling. The plunger coupling is further adaptable to be withdrawn from the syringe barrel while the stopper coupling remains in the syringe barrel when the plunger coupling is detached from the stopper coupling.
US10039883B2
The present invention is directed to a housing for a drug delivery device. The housing comprises an outer shell with an aperture, an insert received within the aperture and a clamp attached to the outer shell. The insert has at least one recess which is engaged by a lug of the clamp to retain the insert within the aperture of the outer shell. The invention is further directed to a pen-type injector having such a housing.
US10039870B2
Methods and systems include an aspiration probe that includes a flutes section. The flutes section includes one or more longitudinal channels and another section that is coupled to the flutes section. The other section includes one or more openings corresponding to the one or more longitudinal channels. The flutes are configured to be placed within bone marrow through a hole in a bone. The openings are configured to be coupled to a suction device for generating suction. The flutes are configured to channel the bone marrow from within the bone into the openings based at least upon generating the suction.
US10039859B2
The present disclosure relates to a hydrogel derived from a methacrylated or acrylated natural polymer and a synthetic polymer, and a method of preparing the same. The disclosure further relates to 3D scaffolds and implants comprising said hydrogel.
US10039851B2
A wickless wax melt includes a prilled wax body defined by two opposing substantially planar surfaces and four sidewalls. At least one volatile material is disposed within the wax body and the wax body is characterized by an oil content up to about 10% to impart a non-greasy feel thereto and wherein the wax body weighs more than about 0.01 kg.
US10039846B2
Bradykinin B1 receptor (B1R) targeting peptides and compounds are radiolabelled with radioisotopes that are suitable for imaging and/or radiotherapy. The radiolabelled peptides and compounds have utility in imaging tissues expressing or overexpressing B1R and/or treating diseases or conditions in which B1R is expressed or overexpressed, including cancer.
US10039844B2
A novel pyruvate kinase M2 (PKM2)-specific activator, [11C]DASA-23 and derivatives thereof, and methods for their rapid synthesis are provided. The probes are particularly useful in methods for the non-invasive positron emission tomography (PET) detection and imaging of PKM2 expression in subcutaneous and orthotopic tumors. [11C]DASA-23 cell uptake correlates with PKM2 protein expression in cultured tumor cells and orthotopic tumors are delineated from the surrounding normal brain tissue in vivo.
US10039843B2
The present invention relates to paramagnetic solid lipid nanoparticles (pSLNs) comprising an amphiphilic paramagnetic metal chelating moiety selected from: a diazepine derivative of Formula I and a tetraazocyclododecane derivative of Formula (II): being said chelating moiety complexed to a paramagnetic metal ion selected from the group consisting of: Gd(III), Mn(II), Cr(III), Cu(II), Fe(III), Pr(III), Nd(III), Sm(III), Tb(III), Yb(III), Dy(III), Ho(III) and Er(III), or salts thereof. The invention further relates to the process for preparation of said solid lipid nanoparticles comprising amphiphilic complexes of paramagnetic metals (pSLNs) and to the use of pSLNs as MRI contrast agents in the diagnostic field.
US10039841B2
The present invention relates to a replication retrovirus vector system comprising thymidine kinase (HSV-TK) gene and cytosine deaminase (CD) gene which make gene transfer to cancer cell tissue for the efficient treatment of cancer. Particularly, the HSV-TK/CD combined self-replicating retrovirus vector system of the present invention characteristically contains both HSV-TK and CD genes; has no worries about losing a therapeutic gene because recombination does not occur in this system during virus infection; and has an excellent stability, and also is able to induce cancer cell death by using the prodrug GCV or 5-FC and can apply a therapeutic gene or a prodrug thereof selectively to such cancer that shows resistance against cancer treatment using either TK or CD, so that this system of the invention can be advantageously used as a pharmaceutical composition for the treatment of cancer.
US10039838B2
Disclosed are compositions and methods useful for delivering targeted therapies for pulmonary diseases, fibrotic disorders and cancer. The compositions and methods are based on peptide sequences that selectively bind to and home to diseased tissue and enable targeted therapies to effect a beneficial therapeutic result. The disclosed targeting is useful for delivering therapeutic and detectable agents to diseased tissue in an animal.
US10039834B2
Sweetened compositions comprising at least one sweetener and rebaudioside X are provided herein. Rebaudioside X is present in the sweetened compositions in a concentration at or below the sweetness recognition threshold, while the at least one sweetener is present in a concentration above its sweetness recognition threshold. Rebaudioside X acts to enhance the sweetness of the sweetened compositions, e.g. beverages and concentrate compositions, thereby allowing for preparation of sweetened compositions with reduced calorie content. Methods of enhancing the sweetness of a sweetened composition with rebaudioside X are also provided herein.
US10039826B2
The current invention relates to a new pharmaceutical formulation, in particular to a pharmaceutical formulation comprising a protein, more particularly an antibody as an active ingredient.
US10039821B2
The present invention is related to improved modified live PRRS vaccines containing new PRRSV European strains of PRRSV and methods of use and manufacture of such vaccines.
US10039818B2
This disclosure provides attenuated P. multocida strains which can be used to prepare vaccine compositions useful for protection against P. multocida.
US10039813B2
The invention relates to methods of protecting against chronic stress in a subject and treating stress sensitive disorders in a subject by antagonizing ghrelin or ghrelin receptor.
US10039811B2
A peptide with anti-inflammatory activity, wherein the peptide comprises SEQ ID NO: 1, the peptide has above 80% homology of amino acid with above-mentioned sequence, or the peptide is the fragment of the above-mentioned peptides is described. An anti-inflammatory composition comprising the above mentioned peptides is described. According to the present invention, a peptide comprising a sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1 has outstanding efficacy in both suppressing inflammation and in prophylactic means. Therefore, the composition comprising the peptide of this invention can be used as anti-inflammatory pharmaceutical composition or as cosmetic composition, in turn, treating a variety of different types of inflammatory diseases.
US10039800B2
Provided herein are stable lisinopril oral liquid formulations. Also provided herein are methods of using lisinopril oral liquid formulations for the treatment of certain diseases including hypertension, heart failure and acute myocardial infarction.
US10039799B2
A non-invasive topical cream comprising 500 mg garlic, 1 tbs castor oil, 2 tbs virgin coconut oil, 2 tbs African shea butter, 1 tbs Pau D′Arco, and 1 tbs bacitracin for treating and managing breast health.
US10039798B2
Provided are process of regulating expression of one or more genes or proteins involved in circadian rhythm. A subject such as a cell is administered or contacted to an extract of rosemary, an extract of hemerocallis fulva, or combinations thereof, optionally provided as a component of a dietary supplement. The presence of one or more active agents in the extracts administered at a targeted administration time alters the expression of one or more genes or proteins involved in circadian rhythm, illustratively CLOCK, BMAL1, FBXL3, FBXL21, or SIRT1.
US10039781B2
A method of treating a human subject which is effected by intermittent breathing cycle-coordinated pulse delivery inhalation of gaseous nitric oxide at a concentration of at least 160 ppm, or at a load per cycle of 80 ppm-hour, is disclosed. The method can be utilized for treating a human subject suffering from, or prone to suffer from, a disease or disorder that is manifested in the respiratory tract, or from a disease or disorder that can be treated via the respiratory tract. The disclosed method can be effected while monitoring one or more of on-site and off-site parameters such as vital signs, methemoglobin levels, pulmonary function parameters, blood chemistry and hematological parameters, blood coagulation parameters, inflammatory marker levels, liver and kidney function parameters and vascular endothelial activation parameters, such that no substantial deviation from a baseline in seen in one or more of the monitored parameters.
US10039779B2
Disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions having an effective amount of substantially amorphous ledipasvir and an effective amount of substantially crystalline sofosbuvir.
US10039765B1
A vitamin supplement composition that includes a complex with enhanced bioavailability having a vitamin B complex, wherein the vitamin B complex includes: (a) a first vitamin, wherein the first vitamin comprises a form of vitamin B6; (b) a second vitamin, wherein the second vitamin comprises a form of vitamin B9; (c) a third vitamin, wherein the third vitamin comprises a form of vitamin B12; and (d) wherein the first vitamin, the second vitamin, and the third vitamin cooperate synergistically to enhance bioavailability of the same. The present invention further includes a method of administering a vitamin supplement composition to an individual having, for example, known or unknown MTHFR CT polymorphism.
US10039756B2
The disclosure relates to methods and compositions for reducing memory loss. Specifically, methods of using inhibitors of GAT-3 polypeptide activity to reduce memory loss in mammals suffering from Alzheimer's disease (AD) are provided. Further provided are methods for identifying a mammal as having AD by detecting the presence of an elevated level of gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) within a mammal's brain.
US10039751B2
An agent that increases local concentration of retinoic acid (RA) in the intestine through modifying enzymatic pathways involved in RA metabolism is administered in a dose effective to inhibit or reverse production of inflammatory mediators by intestinal dendritic cells and thereby reduce intestinal inflammation and tumor growth associated with intestinal inflammation.
US10039743B2
Dithiol compounds and derivatives thereof are disclosed. The agents are useful for treating ocular disease, especially presbyopia and cataract.
US10039737B2
Among other aspects, provided herein are multi-armed polymer conjugates comprising an alkanoate-linker, compositions comprising such conjugates, and related methods of making and administering the same. Methods of treatment employing such conjugates and related uses are also provided. The conjugates are prepared with high drug loading efficiencies.
US10039736B1
Described herein is a method for treating a central nervous system disorder, said method comprising steps of first transnasally administering to or immediately adjacent the sphenopalatine ganglion a first pharmaceutical agent that effectively enhances permeability of the blood-brain barrier; and thereafter administering a second pharmaceutical agent with known efficacious value for action upon central nervous system tissue. The central nervous system disorder may be related directly to the brain or to other central nervous system tissues and cells.
US10039724B2
The liver plays a key role in regulating total body energy homeostasis and its ability to do so is greatly affected by the occurrence of pathological conditions such as hepatosteatosis or non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), which contributes to hepatic insulin resistance and potentially end-stage liver disease-related mortality. Triglyceride accumulation in hepatocytes of steatotic livers results from the incorporation of plasma free fatty acids as well as de novo fat synthesis. The present invention relates to the use of 7-hydroxy-cannabidiol (7-OH-CBD) in the treatment of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). Treatment of NAFLD involves lowering the triglyceride levels in a patient's blood stream.
US10039717B2
The invention provides pellet for use as a core for a pharmaceutical dosage form having an inner and an outer zone where the inner zone includes a biologically active agent and said outer zone includes a layer formed by applying a substantially dry, free flowing inert powder which forms a non-tacky surface when placed in contact with water. The invention also provides a process for making pharmaceutical pellets where the core or at least one a layer on the core is formed by (a) contacting powder particles, adhering them to each other and compacting the adhered pellets by a rolling movement, wherein the degree of densification is controlled by the rolling movement; and (b) feeding a sufficient amount of a substantially dry, free flowing inert powder which forms a non-tacky surface when placed in contact with water to provide on said particles an outer zone including a layer formed from said substantially dry, free flowing inert powder.
US10039713B1
The present application belongs to the field of biopharmaceutical technology and particularly relates to a drug-loaded ganglioside micelle and a method for preparing and use thereof. The present application provides a use of GM1 or a derivative thereof as a carrier material of nano drug delivery system. The blood brain barrier is a key barrier to intracranial drug delivery. The nano drug delivery system provides a powerful tool for non-invasive intracranial combined administration and has important clinical significance. Without introducing other carrier materials, long-circulating modifying materials and nerve repair drugs, the drug-loaded ganglioside micelle prepared by using GM1 or a derivative thereof as a carrier material of nano drug delivery system can achieve nerve injury repair and intracranial combined administration by penetrating the blood-brain barrier. The drug-loading ganglioside micelle in the present application is expected to provide a new perspective and method for improving clinical treatment.
US10039707B2
The invention relates to a cosmetic agent for dyeing keratin fibers, in particular human hair, containing at least one specific non-ionic silicone polymer and at least one oxidation dye intermediate and/or one direct dye, wherein the use of the at least one non-ionic silicone polymer leads to improved care of the keratin fibers together with extremely low color shift. The invention further relates to a corresponding packaging unit (kit of parts) and to a method for dyeing keratin fibers. Finally, the invention relates to the use of the cosmetic agent according to the invention to care for keratin fibers while at the same time minimizing the color shift.
US10039706B2
Cosmetic composition comprising at least one particular amphoteric polymer and an antidandruff agent
The present invention relates to a cosmetic composition comprising: (a) one or more antidandruff agents, and (b) one or more amphoteric polymers comprising a repetition of: (i) one or more units derived from a monomer of (meth)acrylamide type, (ii) one or more units derived from a monomer of (meth)acrylamidoalkyltrialkylammonium type, (iii) one or more units derived from an acidic monomer of (meth)acrylic acid type. The invention also relates to a cosmetic process for treating keratin fibers using such a composition, and to a cosmetic use for facilitating the styling and/or for improving the suppleness, smoothness and/or disentangling of the hair.
US10039705B1
Provided is a sun protection material including a plurality of polystyrene microspheres and a plurality of refractive layers. The polystyrene microspheres have a particle size of 150 nm to 300 nm. Surfaces of the polystyrene microspheres are at least partially covered by the refractive layers. The sun protection material can scatter a light in a wavelength range between 250 nm and 400 nm. A sun protection composition containing the sun protection material also may scatter a light of a wavelength range between 250 nm and 400 nm, such that the UV protection of the sun protection composition is enhanced.
US10039700B2
Certain aspects of the invention relate to compositions comprising UV blocking agents, a film forming polymer containing acid groups and a neutralizing agent. Such compositions have an increased SPF due to neutralization of at least a portion of the acid groups of the film forming agent by the neutralizing agent. The invention also discloses methods for increasing SPF of a composition as well as methods for using the novel composition.
US10039692B2
A portable article for administrating therapy to a user includes a device positioned along the area of the body requiring therapy. At least one power pod is associated with the device and the power pod simultaneously applies a first force component perpendicular to the user's body surface and a second force component parallel to the user's body surface. An illustrative embodiment is a vest worn by the user during therapy.
US10039690B2
A dual muscle roller apparatus is disclosed that includes a crossbeam with first and second ends. A first upright is in rotational connection to the crossbeam first end and a first handle connected at an end of first upright, and a second upright is in rotational connection to the second crossbeam end with a second handle connected at an end of the second upright. A first axle extends away from the first upright, and a first roller is rotationally connected to the axle such that the first roller rotates about the axle. Likewise a second axle extends away from the second upright, and a second roller is rotationally connected to the second axle such that the second roller rotates about the second axle. The first axle and the second axle are separated by a distance that can be adjusted by the placement of the first or second handle.
US10039689B1
A device for massaging either a human hand or a human foot includes a number of massage elements formed on a plate that is moved within a carriage adjacently below an opening in a housing. The sole of the foot or the palm of the hand is held in contact with the massage elements or in contact with a flexible sheet extending within the opening by an enclosure. In one version, separate enclosures are provided for the hand and for the foot; in another version, the enclosure is adjustable for use with either a hand or a foot.
US10039684B2
A gait rehabilitation apparatus (12) uses a mechanical shadow leg (42) positioned behind the biological leg (18) to provide forces and guide the biological leg in use.
US10039683B2
A compression bandage for placing on the human or animal body, includes a planar sheet material with a longitudinal direction and a transverse direction, and two transverse edges lying opposite each other in the longitudinal direction, and two longitudinal edges lying opposite each other in the transverse direction, wherein the sheet material is made of a fabric with a warp and a weft system of threads, wherein at least one of the thread systems includes elastic threads, wherein the thread density in the warp and/or weft system of threads is varied in the longitudinal direction of the bandage such that at least one section of the bandage in the longitudinal direction has a warp and/or weft thread density different than an adjacent section.
US10039682B2
A method of rehabilitation using an actuator type that includes a movement mechanism capable of applying a force that interacts with a motion of a patient's limb in a volume of at least 30 cm in diameter, in at least three degrees of freedom of motion of the actuator and capable of preventing substantial motion in any point in any direction in said volume, in which a same movement mechanism is used at two different places of rehabilitation.
US10039676B2
An absorbent article may comprise a front waist region, a back waist region, a crotch region, a chassis, and an absorbent assembly. The absorbent assembly may comprise an absorbent core. A first layer may be joined to a second layer at areas of attachment, the areas of attachment may extend longitudinally. Pockets may be formed between the areas of attachment, the pockets may comprise superabsorbent polymer. The article may further comprise first and second barrier cuffs, wherein the first and second barrier cuffs are longitudinally extending. laterally opposed, and vapor permeable, and comprise longitudinally extending elastic elements. At least a portion of the first and second barrier cuff may be folded over to form at least two layers. First and second ears may be disposed in the back waist region. And, the first layer may comprise alternating ridges and valleys.
US10039671B2
A method for providing faster visual and functional recovery of patients following refractive surgery such as laser assisted in situ keratomileusis (LASIK) is disclosed. The method comprises providing a covering to the eye of a patient comprising an inner portion having an inner rigidity and at least one inner radius of curvature; and an outer portion having an outer rigidity and at least one outer radius of curvature; wherein the inner rigidity is greater than the outer rigidity.
US10039669B2
A surgical probe (e.g., for treating an eye of a patient) includes a body, a cutting element extending distally from the body including a sleeve member comprising a port at an end, and an inner member disposed within the sleeve member, the inner member being movable (e.g., axially) with respect to the sleeve member to open and close the port. The probe further includes an illumination element disposed within the sleeve member, the illumination element configured to project light out of the port.
US10039667B2
An ocular irrigation device and method are provided including an ocular lens having selected structural features that facilitate flow of irrigation fluid to the eye through the ocular lens introduced by a source of irrigating fluid. The selected structural features achieve one or more objectives with respect to control of irrigation fluid so that selected portions of the eye and eyelids may be more effectively irrigated and treated. Control of the irrigation fluid by the invention includes variables of fluid flow characteristics to include control of flow velocity, flow volume, flow direction, and flow turbidity. Selected structural features of the ocular lens may address one or more of these variables alone or in selected combinations to provide an optimal method for treating a patient.
US10039666B2
An intravaginal support apparatus. The intravaginal support apparatus comprises a pessary ring having a substantially annular configuration and a narrowed configuration, a locking mechanism which retains and switches between the annular configuration and the narrowed configuration, and one or more expandable elements having expanded and unexpanded configurations, attached to one or more of the locking mechanism and the pessary ring. The pessary ring laterally expands from the narrowed configuration to the annular configuration; the expandable element expands outwardly of the pessary ring, from the unexpanded configuration to the expanded configuration.
US10039665B2
A medical headgear fabric that includes, at least: (i) a skin-facing fabric layer; (ii) an outermost fabric layer; and (iii) a plastic or metal layer located between the fabric layers. Preferably these layers, as well as any additional layers that may be present in the fabric are thermoformed to form a substantially unitary fabric with at least a substantially laminate structure. Preferably, the fabric also includes a foam layer located between the fabric layers. Preferably, in embodiments with a layer (iii) of plastic, the plastic layer is in the form of a nylon, plastic strip. Preferably, in embodiments with a layer (iii) of metal, the metal layer is in the form of an aluminum strip.
US10039661B2
A system includes an adjustable implant configured for implantation internally within a subject and includes a permanent magnet configured for rotation about an axis of rotation, the permanent magnet operatively coupled to a drive transmission configured to alter a dimension of the adjustable implant. The system includes an external adjustment device configured for placement on or adjacent to the skin of the subject having at least one magnet configured for rotation, the external adjustment device further comprising a motor configured to rotate the at least one magnet and an encoder. Rotation of the at least one magnet of the external adjustment device effectuates rotational movement of the permanent magnet of the adjustable implant and alters the dimension of the adjustable implant. Drive control circuitry is configured to receive an input signal from the encoder.
US10039641B2
A quick-connect heart valve prosthesis that can be quickly and easily implanted during a surgical procedure is provided. The heart valve includes a substantially non-expandable, non-compressible prosthetic valve and a plastically-expandable frame, thereby enabling attachment to the annulus without sutures. A small number of guide sutures may be provided for aortic valve orientation. The prosthetic valve may be a commercially available valve with a sewing ring with the frame attached thereto. The frame may expand from a conical deployment shape to a conical expanded shape, and may include web-like struts connected between axially-extending posts. A system and method for deployment includes an integrated handle shaft and balloon catheter. A valve holder is stored with the heart valve and the handle shaft easily attaches thereto to improve valve preparation steps.
US10039638B2
Described embodiments are directed toward prosthetic heart valve leaflets of particular shapes that control bending character. In accordance with an embodiment, a prosthetic heart valve comprises a leaflet frame having a generally tubular shape with attached film. The leaflet frame defines a plurality of leaflet windows. The film defines at least one leaflet extending from each of the leaflet windows. Each leaflet attachment zone on the leaflet frame has substantially the shape of an isosceles trapezoid having two leaflet sides, a leaflet base and a leaflet free edge opposite the leaflet base. The two leaflet sides diverge from the leaflet base, wherein the leaflet base is substantially flat.
US10039637B2
A device is in various embodiments configured to repair a native heart valve or to secure a prosthetic heart valve within a native valve of the heart of a patient. Embodiments of the device include at least an upper coil and a lower coil, where the device is configured to assume an axially expanded state where the entire upper coil is positioned on a first side of the lower coil relative to the central axis, and an axially compressed state where at least a portion of the upper coil is positioned on a second side of at least a portion of the lower coil opposite to the first side relative to the central axis.
US10039630B2
An implant container for accommodating one or more bone plate implants has a base having a receiving structure configured to receive at least one bone plate implant so that the bone plate implant is held in a defined relationship relative to the base. A lid of the implant container has an opening and is movable relative to the base from a first position to at least a second position. In the first position the lid covers the receiving structure at least partially so as to prevent implant removal, whereas in the second position the lid provides access to the receiving structure via the opening so as to permit implant removal.
US10039628B2
Described are methods, implants, insertion tools, and related systems and kits, for placing an implant to treat urinary incontinence; the implants include soft tissue anchors that are capable of engaging needles of the insertion tools, and the implants are designed to place a central support portion at a location to support a urethra with extension portions and soft tissue anchors extending to tissue at regions of an obturator foramen.
US10039627B2
In an embodiment, the invention discloses an implant that includes a first elongate member and a second elongate member formed monolithically with the first elongate member out of a single material and planar strip of material. The first elongate member includes a distal end portion and a proximal end portion. The second elongate member includes a first portion and a second portion. Further, each of the first portion of the second elongate member and the second portion of the second elongate member includes a proximal end portion and a distal end portion. The first portion and the second portion extend from the first elongate member. The distal end portion of the first elongate member is configured to be attached to or proximate a sacrum.
US10039608B2
Example embodiments relate to surgical devices, systems, and methods. The system may include a first end section and second end section. The first end section includes a first end channel and first gate assembly. The first gate assembly is configurable to transition between an open position to allow access through the first end channel and closed position to prevent access through the first end channel. The second end section includes a second end channel. The second end channel is substantially aligned with the first end channel. The second end section also includes a second gate assembly configurable to transition between an open position to allow access through the second end channel and closed position to prevent access through the second end channel. The second end section also includes an anchor port configurable to securable to a surgical instrument. The first end section is configurable to secure to an external anchor.
US10039604B2
A system may include a stone analyzer, a controller, a laser generator, and a beam combiner. The stone analyzer may be configured to generate an output relating to a natural or resonance frequency of a kidney or bladder stone. The controller may be configured to determine the natural or resonance frequency of the stone based on the output from the stone analyzer, and match a resultant pulse repetition rate with the natural or resonance frequency. The laser generator may be configured to generate at least two laser pulse trains, with each laser pulse train including laser pulses at a pulse repetition rate. The beam combiner may be configured to combine the at least two laser pulse trains into a combined laser pulse train including laser pulses at the resultant pulse repetition rate.
US10039598B2
A catheter includes a flexible tubing having a proximal end and a distal end. The catheter also includes an electrode assembly attached to the distal end of the flexible tubing and having a first magnet therein. The electrode assembly further includes an electrically conductive tip electrode and an electrically nonconductive coupler which is connected between the tip electrode and the distal end of the flexible tubing. The coupler and the tip electrode are coupled by an interlocking connection. The catheter also includes a second magnet spaced from the electrode assembly along a longitudinal axis of the tubing. The first magnet and the second magnet are responsive to an external magnetic field to selectively position and guide the electrode assembly within a body of a patient.
US10039596B2
Methods and apparatus are provided for pulsed electric field neuromodulation via an intra-to-extravascular approach, e.g., to effectuate irreversible electroporation or electrofusion, necrosis and/or inducement of apoptosis, alteration of gene expression, changes in cytokine upregulation and other conditions in target neural fibers. In some embodiments, the ITEV PEF system comprises an intravascular catheter having one or more electrodes configured for intra-to-extravascular placement across a wall of patient's vessel into proximity with target neural fibers. With the electrode(s) passing from an intravascular position to an extravascular position prior to delivery of the PEF, a magnitude of applied voltage or energy delivered via the electrode(s) and necessary to achieve desired neuromodulation may be reduced relative to an intravascular PEF system having one or more electrodes positioned solely intravascularly. The methods and apparatus of the present invention may, for example, be used to modulate one or more target neural fibers that contribute to renal function.
US10039591B2
A forceps includes an end effector assembly having first and second jaw members moveable with respect to one another between an open position and a closed position. A knife channel having a body and a base is defined within each jaw member. A knife assembly includes a knife having a bifurcated distal end. The bifurcated end includes first and second cutting members each defining an opposed cutting surface and having a tab at a free end thereof for translation through the base of a knife channel. The knife is translatable into the channels when the jaw members are in the closed position such that the cutting members are approximated when translated through the channels. The knife is also translatable into the channels when the jaw members are in the open position such that the cutting members are flexed apart when translated through the jaw members.
US10039590B2
The present invention relates to a connector (1), a medical instrument and a method for manufacturing a medical instrument (2) according to the present invention. The connector comprises an alignment element (4) for receiving an end portion of at least one of the arms (3) of the instrument (2), thereby to align the arm (3) or arms (3) relative to the alignment element (4); and a housing element (7), in particular a bushing element, for receiving and holding the alignment element (4), wherein the alignment element (4) is insertable into the housing element (7). The medical instrument (2) comprises a connector (1) according to the present invention.
US10039580B2
A degradation controlled metal implant and methods of controlling the degradation of the implant. In one embodiment, the implant includes a body, one or more apertures, and one or more fastener blanks fixed within one or more apertures. In another embodiment, the implant includes a body of a first material and a second material plated in various patterns over the first material.
US10039579B2
A system and method for treating a fracture of a bone that produces first and second bone parts separated by a fracture line. A first implant has a first body. A second implant has a second body, A first elongate component can be directed through the bone to cooperate with each of the first and second bodies so that the first and second bodies and first component together act to maintain the first and second bone parts in a desired set relationship. The first component has a lengthwise axis and cooperates with the first body so that the operatively positioned first component is stabilized by the first body in a direction that is transverse to the lengthwise axis of the first component. The first component cooperates with the second body so that the first component is stabilized by the operatively positioned second body.
US10039577B2
A spinal implant tool set includes end guide tools having flexible back wall flaps that receive opposite ends of the rod and intermediate guide tools that hold the rod in intermediate locations between the end guide tools. Both the end and intermediate guide tools include an attachment structure for operably connecting the guide tool to a bone screw. A multi-function installation tool and a bone screw driver each mate and cooperate with the guide tools. A method utilizing the tool set allows a surgeon to percutaneously implant the bone screws and the rod in the patient.
US10039574B2
Example embodiments relate generally to an apparatus operable to couple a pair of implantation rods that are surgically implanted adjacent to a plurality of vertebrae. Each implantation rod is secured by at least one fastener element having a head. The apparatus comprises at least one main assembly, said main assembly operable to move relative to a head of one of the fastener elements when not in a locked position. The apparatus also comprises a center link extending in an axial direction, said center link operable to move relative to the main assembly when not in a locked position. The main assembly is operable to receive the center link and a head of one of the fastener elements and secure the center link and the head relative to the main assembly when in a locked position.
US10039556B2
The current invention appropriately places stable implants into both sides of the shoulder joint to relieve pain and restore function in an arthritic shoulder, and does so in a manner that is arthroscopic, that does not violate the muscles about the shoulder or other vital structures, and that allows for immediate active or voluntary movement by the patient after surgery.
US10039554B2
Apparatuses and methods for microfracture (e.g., forming a plurality of microfractures in a bone to encourage cartilage regeneration). Some of the present apparatuses and methods are configured to create microfractures with smaller transverse dimensions (e.g., diameters) and greater depths than previously known. Some of the present apparatuses and methods comprise a penetrator removal tab coupled to the penetrator and configured to retract the penetrator relative to the cannula.
US10039553B2
Some embodiments relate to a device for reducing venous blood flow in a human limb. The device of some embodiments comprises: a first rigid part having a first non-linear inner profile; a second rigid part having a second inner profile generally facing the first inner profile; and a coupling portion that couples the first and second parts together while allowing relative movement of the first and second parts between a clamped position and an unclamped position. The first and second inner profiles are arranged to press against veins in the limb when the device is in the clamped position and thereby reduce venous blood flow in the limb.
US10039552B2
Magnetically actuated gating devices, magnetically actuated gating systems, magnetically actuated gating kits, and methods of treatment using a magnetically actuated gating device are described herein. An example embodiment of a magnetically actuated gating device comprises a housing, a rotatable member, a compression member, and a membrane. The rotatable member has a first magnetic field that is configured to interact with a second magnetic field produced by an external element to move the rotatable member between a first position and a second position.
US10039546B2
A loading unit including a shipping member is provided. The loading unit includes a housing, a staple pushing assembly, a knife assembly, and a staple cartridge. The shipping member is configured to be selectively secured to the housing of the loading unit and prevents advancement of the staple pushing assembly and the knife assembly. The shipping member also retains staples within the staple cartridge.
US10039532B2
A surgical instrument includes an elongate body, a toothed rack, and an end effector. The elongate body has a proximal end and a distal end and defines a first longitudinal axis. The toothed rack is disposed within the elongate body and is movable in a direction parallel to the first longitudinal axis. The end effector has a proximal end pivotally supported on the distal end of the elongate body. The end effector defines a second longitudinal axis and supports a gear operatively associated with the rack. Longitudinal movement of the rack effects pivotal movement of the end effector relative to the elongate body from a first position to a second position. In the first position, the second longitudinal axis is aligned with the first longitudinal axis. In the second position, the second longitudinal axis is misaligned with the first longitudinal axis.
US10039528B1
Bodily fluid sample collection systems, devices, and method are provided. The device may comprise a first portion comprising at least a sample collection channel configured to draw the fluid sample into the sample collection channel via a first type of motive force. The sample collection device may include a second portion comprising a sample container for receiving the bodily fluid sample collected in the sample collection channel, the sample container operably engagable to be in fluid communication with the collection channel, whereupon when fluid communication is established, the container provides a second motive force different from the first motive force to move a majority of the bodily fluid sample from the channel into the container.
US10039524B2
A medical image diagnostic apparatus according to an embodiment includes image generation circuitry, a touch panel, and control circuitry. The image generation circuitry generates a medical image based on data collected through scanning on a subject. The touch panel displays the medical image, and detects a tap operation, a long-press operation, or a flick operation on the displayed medical image. The control circuitry changes a parameter that affects the display of the medical image in a region relative to a position where the tap operation, the long-press operation, or the flick operation is detected, based on at least one of the strength of the tap operation, the number of times of the tap operation, the strength of the long-press operation, the long-press time of the long-press operation, the strength of the flick operation, the direction of the flick operation, and the speed of the flick operation.
US10039517B2
An X-ray imaging apparatus includes an X-ray generator configured to transmit X-rays to an object, an X-ray detector configured to detect the X-rays transmitted through the object and convert the detected X-rays into electrical signals, a gantry in which the X-ray generator and the X-ray detector are installed so as to be opposite to each other, the gantry being rotatable about a bore, a controller configured to control a rotation of the gantry during bio-signal cycles of the object so that the gantry is rotated from different start positions whenever one of the bio-signal cycles is started, and an image processor configured to generate a 4D image of the object by applying a prior image-based compressed sensing image reconstruction algorithm to plural 2D projection images acquired from the electrical signals generated by converting the X-rays detected during the rotation of the gantry.
US10039512B2
A method is provided for detecting a movement of a body between acquisition times of at least two acquisition data sets, wherein, for virtual sectional planes of the body, a first intermediate function value of attenuation values of all the body elements lying in the sectional plane is determined based on a first acquisition data set, and a second intermediate function value of the attenuation values is determined based on a second acquisition data set. For each sectional plane, a difference value is determined from the intermediate function values. A total error value for the two acquisition data sets is calculated by combining the difference values of all the sectional planes. The virtual sectional planes have a common line of intersection, and for the particular acquisition time, the difference between pairs of the sectional lines is at least one pixel.
US10039509B2
A console device of a portable type is combined with a radiographic imaging device, and retrieves a radiation image from the radiographic imaging device. A registration unit selectively registers plural user menu options for retrieving the radiation image. A radiation image retrieving unit retrieves the radiation image according to a registered one of the user menu options. A display controller, after displaying the radiation image retrieved according to a current user menu option on a display unit among the user menu options, performs display processing of a succeeding user menu option for retrieving a succeeding radiation image in an overlapped manner with the displayed radiation image. Preferably, a pass-through area is formed in the radiation image by directly receiving the radiation without passing through an object. The display controller performs display processing of the current or succeeding user menu option inside the pass-through area.
US10039495B2
A pressure transducer mounting device may include a support member and a pressure transducer holder. In use, the support member may attach to a support surface, such as a housing of a power injection device, while the pressure transducer holder is moveably connected to the support member. The pressure transducer holder may expand open to receive one of a plurality of different sized pressure transducers and bias closed to hold a received one of the plurality of different sized pressure transducers. In addition, the pressure transducer holder may move relative to the support member to one of a plurality of different vertically elevated positions. The pressure transducer mounting device may accommodate different pressure transducers, providing a universal mounting device that can adapt to different medical provider preferences and different pressure transducer sourcing options.
US10039490B2
A monitoring system for cardiac operations with cardiopulmonary bypass comprising: a processor operatively connected to a heart-lung machine; a pump flow detecting device connected to a pump of the heart-lung machine to continuously measure the pump flow value and send it to the processor; a hematocrit reading device to continuously measure the blood hematocrit value and to send it to the processor; a data input device to allow the operator to manually input data regarding the arterial oxygen saturation and the arterial oxygen tension; computing means integrated in the processor to compute the oxygen delivery value on the basis of the measured pump flow, the measured hematocrit value, the preset value of arterial oxygen saturation, and the preset value of arterial oxygen tension; and a display connected to the processor to display in real-time the computed oxygen delivery value.
US10039489B2
Intra-oral imaging apparatus and/or method embodiments can provide digital dental reflectance images used to identify selected areas of interest (AOI) within a dental region of interest (ROI) having selected image characteristics for both hemoglobin's total concentration and oxygenation level. In one embodiment, reflectance images can determine relative total hemoglobin using at least a wavelength band that includes an isobestic wavelength for absorption coefficients of oxyhemoglobin (HbO2) and deoxyhemoglobin (Hb). In one embodiment, intra-oral imaging apparatus and/or method embodiments can use reflectance images of a dental region at least at three wavelengths; a control logic processor for processing the reflectance images to determine relative tHb and its relative oxygenation level and/or identify disease areas having periodontal tissues condition; and a display for displaying periodontal tissues or a visual indication of the areas having selected imaging characteristic determined by the reflectance images.
US10039487B2
A method for detecting a disease such as Alzheimer's disease by analysis of retinal vasculature is disclosed. The method for detecting a disease by analysis of retinal vasculature may include applying a combination of optical retro mode illumination techniques to acquire a plurality of amyloid beta plaques and drusen images that are too small to be seen with other imaging modalities. The disease may also be detected with a non-transitory computer storage media having instructions stored thereon which, when executed, execute the method for detecting a disease by analysis of retinal vasculature. The method may track changes in lumen thickness, plaque, size, area and density of the disease by analysis of retinal vasculature over a predetermined period of time.
US10039477B2
The present application is directed towards method and systems for determining appropriate morphology changes of an eardrum to restore sensor neural hearing. The methods include receiving a measurement of an audibility threshold, a map of a surface area of an eardrum of the patient, and an impedance of the eardrum of the patient. The methods further include determining, based on at least one of the audibility threshold, the map of the surface area, and the impedance, a thickness value to modify a morphology of a portion of the eardrum of the patient to improve hearing of the patient.
US10039474B2
An embodiment in accordance with the present invention provides a tracking system architecture for tracking surgical tools in a surgical field. The system architecture is integrated into a mask placed directly on the face of the patient. The system can combine multiple imaging and range finding technologies for tracking the eye and the surgical instrumentation. The system can be used to generate a three dimensional scene for use during the surgical procedure. Additionally, the system can incorporate a modular design to account for variable anatomy. The system described is for eye surgery applications. However, the system could also be used for other procedures such as cochlear implant or craniotomy.
US10039471B2
A biofeedback system that utilizes isochronic tone technology to augment EEG feedback by providing to a subject isochronic tones at the frequency of a targeted aspect of a subject's brain waves, such as the brain's naturally occurring peak energy in the particular EEG band or bands subject to the biofeedback. Isochronic tones are regular beats of a single tone that are formed by separate pulses of sound and silence. In addition, feedback can be provided to the subject in the form of pulsed light and pulsed tactile impulses that are delivered in the form of alternating presence and absence of light or tactile pressure.
US10039460B2
An apparatus to enable individuals to record neural activity. The apparatus is designed to be produced at a low cost and may be configured to be disposable or capable of a limited number of uses. The apparatus comprises electrodes, a flexible housing sealably enclosing an energy storage device and an integrated circuit having a memory, a processor, and on-board memory. The electrodes capture the neural activity signals. The integrated circuit samples the neural activity signals and stores corresponding data in memory.
US10039458B2
Disclosed is a pulsation detection system for obtaining the accurate pulsation information by removing a noise of a body motion. The system includes a beat detector obtaining a pulse wave information containing a body movement noise and a body motion information, and a pulsation detector outputting a pulsation information after the noise of the body motion is removed from the pulse wave information. The beat detector includes a pulse wave measuring device, and a body motion measuring device having a light source for irradiating light to a skin and a photodetector for detecting a reflected light from the skin, arranged at a position away from the skin. The pulsation detector includes a receiver for receiving the pulse wave information and the body motion information, and a body motion remover for removing the noise so as to output an accurate pulsation information to the output part.
US10039457B2
Embodiments include circuits, apparatuses, and systems for optical heart rate monitor light sensor amplifiers. In embodiments, an electronic circuit may include a differential amplifier having an inverting terminal, a non-inverting terminal, and an output terminal; a first variable resistance circuit coupled with a reference voltage, the inverting terminal of the differential amplifier, and the output terminal of the differential amplifier; a second variable resistance circuit coupled with the non-inverting terminal of the differential amplifier and the reference voltage; and a light sensor to generate an electrical signal in response to light reflected by skin of a user, the light sensor coupled with the non-inverting terminal and the inverting terminal of the differential amplifier. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.
US10039446B2
The present invention relates to a method for detecting a defective zone of a retinal nerve fiber layer (hereinafter, referred to as a RNFL), wherein a green channel image is extracted from an acquired fundus image, and polar coordinate conversion is conducted with reference to the center of a detected optic disc with regard to the image, thereby detecting a defective area of the RNFL.
US10039445B1
Biosensor, communicator, and/or controller apparatus, systems, and methods are provided for monitoring movement of a person's eye. The apparatus includes a device configured to be worn on a user's head, a light source for directing light towards one or both eyes of the user, one or more image guides on the device for viewing one or both eyes of the user, and one or more cameras carried on the device and coupled to the image guides for acquiring images of the eyes and/or the user's surroundings. The apparatus may include a cable and/or a transmitter for transmitting image data from the camera to a remote location, e.g., to processor and/or display for analyzing and/or displaying the image data. A system including the apparatus may be used to monitor one or more oculometric parameters, e.g., pupillary response, and/or to control a computer using the user's eyes instead of a mouse.
US10039438B2
A medical camera system includes a video medical scope defining an enclosed space within a distal portion and a proximal portion that a user can attach and detach to each other. The two portions both have an interface for coupling to each other allowing communications across a patient isolation barrier. Power transfer elements provide for power transfer across the patient isolation barrier. The communication and power transfer may allow rotation of the distal portion with respect to the proximal portion while in use.
US10039437B2
An image pickup apparatus for an endoscope of the present invention includes a first circuit board on which a lead portion, a window portion in which a part of the lead portion is exposed, and a second circuit board on which a circuit pattern is fixed by soldering to the lead portion exposed on the window portion, and the lead portion that is exposed on the window portion extends from one end side of the window portion to the other end side, and has an enlarged end portion of the lead portion that is placed between two or more insulating layers and is formed with a larger width than a width of the lead portion in the window portion, at the other end side.
US10039433B2
A spray arm for a dishwasher is described in which the spray arm may include an inlet for a cleaning liquid, at least one spray nozzle and a feed channel for feeding the cleaning liquid from the inlet to the spray nozzle. In order to prevent larger dirt particles from reaching any of the spray nozzles, a filter may be provided within the feed channel between the inlet and the spray nozzle.
US10039422B2
A powdered drink shaker bottle is provided with a rigid, disposable liner to minimize clean up and eliminate residual odors. The liner is shaped to fit inside the cup of the bottle, and includes a plurality of projections to facilitate mixing of a powdered drink in the bottle. The projections eliminate the need for a separate, removable mixing device, such as a ball or grate. An optional cap liner may also be provided.
US10039421B2
Multi-grater set (1) including at least a first and a second grater (2, 3), arranged opposite one another, and a handle part (8). The first and second graters (2, 3) are arranged in such a way that they can be disassembled, to be in an assembled working position or a separated position, particularly for cleaning, and in that the handle part (8) is arranged so as to be removable from the first (2) or the second grater (3) in order to cover the first (2) or the second grater (3) in the assembled position.
US10039415B2
Cooking apparatus comprising at least one baking mould (11, 12) with a first (13) and a second (14) heating element; and a control system (16) configured to control the power supply to the first (13) and the second (14) heating element, wherein the control system (16) is configured to provide the first heating element (13) with a first electric power, while the second heating element (14) is provided with a second electric power which differs from the first electric power, wherein the first and the second electric power lie in a range from zero to a determined maximum electric power.
US10039409B2
A beverage brewing device includes a lower container for receiving and heating water, a connected upper container for receiving beverage, and a piston-cylinder assembly for receiving grounds, captured within the lower container. The piston-cylinder assembly includes a cylinder, a piston movable in the cylinder, a conical diffuser fixedly attached to the piston, and a freely movable mass disposed between the piston and the conical diffuser. The piston and the conical diffuser define an expansion chamber therebetween. The chamber is formed between a diffuser plate forming the top of the piston and an inner conical surface of the diffuser, which defines an orifice functioning as a nozzle. The diffuser plate has a plurality of holes, on which the grounds are placed. The mass is seated at a valve seat at the entrance of the expansion chamber to operatively block the flow of fluid through the nozzle when the pressure of the fluid is insufficient to displace the weight of the mass. When water is heated in the lower container becomes pressurized sufficiently to pass through the nozzle and displace the seated mass from the valve seat, the water passes through the nozzle at relatively high pressure and velocity, and enters the expansion chamber at lowered pressure. It then flows through the diffuser plate, through the grounds, and into the upper chamber.
US10039401B1
A smart parcel safe including a container defining an enclosure with an opening, a lid attached to the container by hinges and formed to fit over the opening and securely close the enclosure in a closed orientation, the lid being hinged to move from the closed orientation into an open orientation so as to provide access to the enclosure through the opening, a mobile communication device including an app designed to control locking/unlocking of an associated locking mechanism, and an electronically controlled locking mechanism affixed to the container and the lid, the electronically controlled locking mechanism being associated with the mobile communication device so as to be locked/unlocked in response to operation of the mobile communication device.
US10039388B2
A mattress wherein a plurality of independent yarn based fire barrier fabrics encases a plurality of distinct and unattached interior core structures. The plurality of interior core structures include at least a detached and internally flippable upper comfort layer assembly with a plurality of non-homogeneous foams or filling materials encased in a yarn-based fire barrier fabric and a lower, interiorly disposed support core structure with resilient filling materials encased in a yarn-based fire barrier fabric and a fabric cover. The detachable and internally flippable upper comfort layer assembly may be contained in a user accessible compartment that is fashioned into an outer cover assembly.
US10039383B2
A mounting assembly having a mounting wall and at least first and second mounting members mounted on the mounting wall, the members extending in opposite directions from each other and away from the mounting wall. The mounting members have front edges spaced from the mounting wall. The first mounting member is slidably mounted through a first channel member on the mounting wall, the first mounting member movable relative to the second mounting member to be able to vary the distance between their front edges.
US10039379B1
A storage device that has a wall-mounted configuration and a freestanding configuration is provided and includes a first vertical support with one or more horizontal support members pivotably attached at intervals to the first vertical support, and includes a plurality of second vertical supports hingeably attached to the first vertical support on a first end of the vertical support, wherein the first vertical support and the second vertical supports can be collapsed together to form a wall-mountable vertical support that can be releasably attached to a wall-mounted bracket.
US10039365B2
A lipstick case may comprise an outer tube, a control unit, an axle tube, a pushing rod, a guiding tube and an inner tube. A housing space is formed inside the outer tube, and a lid is connected at a rear end of the outer tube after the components such as the control unit, axle tube, etc. are received inside the housing space. Also, the lid is engaged with the control unit, so that the pushing or pulling force can be solidly transferred from the outer tube through the lid to the control unit. The present invention is preferable that a user can control a lipstick core of the lipstick case to stick out or receive in the inner tube by simply pushing or pulling action. Also, a user has no need to worry about losing the lid of the lipstick case thereby improving the practicality.
US10039360B2
A belongings pocket contains: a body, a first magnet, and a second magnet. The body includes a straight fringe and a semi-circular fringe which form the body in a semi-circle shape, and the body also includes a surface fabric, a flexible lining fabric, and an accommodation space in which an opening is defined. The first magnet and the second magnet are arranged beside two ends of the straight fringe of the body. In operation, the body is expanded flatly or the straight fringe of the body is folded in half, and two ends of the body are connected together, after the first magnet and the second magnet are magnetically attracted with each other. Furthermore, the body is erected by way of the flexible lining fabric.
US10039358B2
A carrying bag suited for transporting hairstyling products. The carrying bag comprises a housing having a base, sidewalls, a rear wall, an open front, and an open upper end. A flap attached to the base is removably securable over the front and upper portions so as to enclose the interior volume of the housing. The housing may further include one or more handles or shoulder straps. An interior wall extends between opposing sidewalls and defines a front compartment and a rear compartment, wherein the rear compartment can be further subdivided into smaller compartments in which hairstyling products can be stored. The front compartment further includes a power strip having an electrical plug for securement to an electrical outlet and one or more sockets for connection to electrical hairstyling products.
US10039356B1
A luggage board structure as an improvement to the conventional luggage boards molded in the form of a solid shell and made of a single type of sheet material, which require molding of wheel bases, handle guide bases and other complicated members. The luggage board structure is mainly comprised of a plastic wheel base part, a plastic top and a middle curved surface, wherein the plastic wheel base part has a pair of integrated wheel bases, the plastic top includes an integrated mounting base of handle and the middle curved surface consists of an upper joining edge at the top connecting to the lower joining edge of the plastic top for fixation and a lower joining edge at the bottom connecting to the upper joining edge of the plastic wheel base part for fixation.
US10039350B2
A strap buckle structure includes a strap body. Two ends of the strap body are provided with an upper buckle piece and a bottom buckle piece. The bottom buckle piece is provided with a raised seat having a threaded hole. The upper buckle piece has a through hole and positioning holes. The strap buckle structure further includes a bolt having a turning disc, a spring, an annular iron seat, and a sealing plate. The annular iron seat is provided with positioning buckles each having a one-way bevel. The positioning buckles are controlled to be inserted into or disengaged from the positioning holes of the upper buckle piece. The turning disc is turned by hand. The bolt is screwed to lock the upper and lower buckle pieces. By using a tool having a magnetic rod to turn the turning disc reversely, the upper and lower buckle pieces can be opened.
US10039348B2
According to an embodiment, a device for tightening an article includes a housing having an interior region and a spool positioned within the interior region and rotatable relative thereto. A tightening mechanism is operably coupled with the spool to cause the spool to rotate within the interior region of the housing. A tension member is coupled with the spool and is configured to be tensioned upon rotation of the spool via the tightening mechanism. The device also includes a tension limiting mechanism that allows the tension member to be tensioned via the tightening mechanism until a tension threshold is achieved. After the tension threshold is achieved, further operation of the tightening mechanism does not substantially tension the tension member due to the tension limiting mechanism.
US10039345B2
A wire tightening apparatus includes a housing having a ratchet gear formed in its inner periphery in a circumferential direction. A winding member is rotatably inserted into the housing, with a wire being wound therearound. A support part radially protrudes from the upper portion of a coupling shaft coupled to the housing. An intermediate member includes an engagement restriction part that is engaged with the ratchet gear and is restricted from rotating. The intermediate member has a resilient coupling hole in its center, with a resilience restriction part on the periphery thereof. The engagement restriction part is provided on an end of a blade extending from a body and having a resilient support force. The resilience restriction part is elevated by an external force coupled to the upper portion of the winding member and is supported by the outer periphery of the support part in lifted and lowered states.
US10039333B2
Protective gear for a user having an inner panel and an outer panel that is configured so the user can use: only the outer panel; only the inner panel; or both panels together. This allows the user to launder, change and/or replace either panel, without sacrificing the utility of the other panel. The outer panel and the inner panel are temporarily attached to one another when used together. The outer panel's top edge along the user's nose and below the eyes is reinforced with a pliable material, allowing the user to form the top edge of the outer panel to the user's nose and face. There is a small gap in the reinforcements at the nose area, which allows the protective gear to be folded and stored. Both the inner panel and outer panel are formed to cover the user's nose and to accommodate the eye protection worn by the user. The protective gear is configured to give flexibility to the user by allowing the user to choose: (i) an outer panel with pockets for storing items; (ii) to incorporate lights on the outside of the outer panel, allowing the user to be more visible; (iii) to incorporate a flashlight on the outside of the outer panel; (iv) inner and outer panels with access to the user's mouth for drinking, smoking or vaping, without removing the protective gear; and (v) venting through the outer panel that is aesthetically pleasing to the user.
US10039332B2
A garment, such as a sports uniform, may provide visibility zones and/or flicker zones to enhance the ability of teammates to perceive the wearer. Different zones on a garment may have different sets of visual properties that may contrast with one another and/or a visual background. A denier differential between layers of a garment may facilitate moisture transport across the layers of the garment. Flicker zones may be discrete from or combined with visibility zones. One or more zones of a garment may also be substantially non-reflective at wavelengths associated with the visual background encountered while wearing the garment.
US10039327B2
The present disclosure relates to an electronic vaping system. In an embodiment, the electronic vaping system may be paired (e.g., communicate, exchange data, integrate, have a symbiotic relationship, share, etc.) with a computing device. In an embodiment, an electronic vapor (eVapor) device may be built into a computing device. In an embodiment, the eVapor device may be a portable device separate from the computing device. In an embodiment, the computing device may comprise an application, wherein the application may allow the eVapor device and the computing device to share functionality. In an embodiment, the application may allow personalized login information, and a profile and settings may be associated with the personalized login information. In an embodiment, the profile and settings may be associated with vapor settings, flavors, attributes, etc. In an embodiment, the application may comprise security features, such as password protection, encryption/decryption, etc.
US10039326B2
The present invention relates to a ceramic atomizing wick. The ceramic atomizing wick comprises a power supply positive terminal, a power supply negative terminal, and a fixing mount. An air inlet is disposed and opened at an outer wall surface of the power supply positive terminal. A threaded hole is disposed and opened along an axial direction of the fixing mount, and a ceramic liquid guiding wick is partially installed in the threaded hole. An inner wall of the ceramic liquid guiding wick is in contact with an atomizing heating piece. The ceramic liquid guiding wick of the present invention is made of porous ceramics to have a characteristic of high-temperature resistance in order for being uneasy to produce scorched pastes thereon. The contact area of the ceramic liquid guiding wick with cigarette liquid is large, and the liquid guiding speed of the ceramic liquid guiding wick is fast.
US10039325B2
A method is disclosed comprising detecting negative pressure at a first vapor outlet of an electronic vapor device, causing a vaporizer component to vaporize a vaporizable material to generate a first vapor in response to the negative pressure, providing the first vapor to the first vapor outlet, detecting positive pressure at the first vapor outlet, causing the vaporizer component to vaporize the vaporizable material to generate a second vapor, and providing the second vapor to a second vapor outlet.
US10039324B2
An electronic cigarette, including: an atomizer assembly, a battery assembly, and a charger assembly. The atomizer assembly includes: a temperature sensing wire, a first steel tube configured to receive the temperature sensing wire, and a temperature sensing base. The battery assembly includes an adjustment wheel. The charger assembly includes two elastic contact pins. The atomizer assembly is in threaded connection with the battery assembly. The battery assembly is disposed on the charger assembly. The charger assembly is electrically connected to the battery assembly via the two elastic contact pins so as to charge the battery assembly. The temperature sensing wire transmits temperature parameters to the battery assembly, and a power output is adjusted by the adjustment wheel thereby realizing temperature control.
US10039318B2
An electronic cigarette allows for replacing a spent liquid capsule or container with a new capsule, without requiring the user to touch the spent capsule. A capsule is positioned on a capsule seat on or in the housing of the electronic cigarette. After the liquid in the capsule is consumed and the capsule is spent, the mouthpiece of the electronic cigarette is removed, The spent cartridge is captive in the mouthpiece so that it is removed with the mouthpiece. A fresh capsule is placed on the capsule seat. As the mouthpiece is reattached to the housing, the spent cartridge is ejected out of the mouthpiece. An absorber in the mouthpiece may be provided to absorb any condensed vapor liquid.
US10039317B1
The present invention is directed to a hookah that utilizes a new type of hookah stem. Preferred hookah embodiments of the present invention provide a joinder without the use of traditional threading, yet may still employ a rotational-based sealing method. Hookahs of the present invention offer a superior seal while utilizing a highly-advantageous manufacturing technique that obviates the need for high-precision, small negative spaces.
US10039302B2
Provided is a frozen pasta retaining an original flavor of the pasta. A frozen pasta attached with a ground pasta product and/or durum wheat flour. A process for producing a frozen pasta, comprising cooling a boiled pasta and attaching, to the surface of the pasta, a ground product of a pasta, followed by freezing.
US10039300B2
The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having lysozyme activity and polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides as well as methods of producing and using the polypeptides.
US10039296B2
The present invention features compositions and methods for modulation of the mucosal immune system. The compositions include foods fermented by the probiotic organism, Lactobacillus paracasei CBA L74 (International Depository Accession Number LMG P-24778). Alternatively the compositions can include L. paracasei CBA L74 and a physiologically acceptable carrier. In some embodiments, the L. paracasei CBA L74 can be non-replicating. The compositions can be administered to a subject having or at risk for gastrointestinal disorders related to immaturity of the immune system, infection or disease.
US10039294B1
A food product is coated within an aqueous solution. The solution includes: at least one edible acid; and at least one osmotic agent, and wherein after the solution reaches equilibrium with the food product, the resultant pH of the solution is between about 1 and 4 and in some embodiments subsequently adjusted to between 3.5 and 5.5. The food product thus prepared remains deliciously palatable and safely edible for prolonged periods without refrigeration.
US10039284B2
A method of controlling pest with a pesticidal composition comprising synergistically effective amounts of at least one anthranilamide compound represented by the formula (I) or its salt and other pesticide: wherein each of R1a and R1b which are independent of each other, is halogen; each of R2 and R3 is halogen, alkyl, haloalkyl, alkoxy, haloalkoxy or cyano; A is alkyl substituted by Y; Y is C3-4 cycloalkyl which may be substituted by at least one substituent selected from the group consisting of halogen, alkyl and haloalkyl; n is 0 or 1; and q is an integer of from 0 to 4; provided that R1a and R1b are not simultaneously chlorine nor bromine.
US10039282B2
Illustrated are compounds of the formula (I), which are suitable for controlling animal pests including arthropods and in particular insects and acarids in which the structural elements have the meanings given in the description.
US10039265B2
A system for exercising and amusing animals includes at least three peripheral supports which are elevated above a floor, where the floor the peripheral supports are spaced apart from one another, where each peripheral support is associated with a respective motorized winch, and where a cable is spooled on each winch, a movable central member, where, for each winch, the corresponding cable extends from the winch via a respective peripheral support to the movable central member, a bait device configured to hold a bait, the bait device being provided at a distance (D) below the movable central member, and a control unit associated with the winches and configured to control each winch to wind or unwind the corresponding cable for moving the bait device.
US10039256B1
The invention relates to the soybean variety designated 01064446. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety 01064446. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety 01064446 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety 01064446 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.
US10039247B2
The invention provides seed and plants of tomato hybrid DR0147TX and the parent lines thereof. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of tomato hybrid DR0147TX and the parent lines thereof, and to methods for producing a tomato plant produced by crossing such plants with themselves or with another tomato plant, such as a plant of another genotype. The invention further relates to seeds and plants produced by such crossing. The invention further relates to parts of such plants, including the fruit and gametes of such plants.
US10039240B2
The present system identifies leaks in irrigation systems by monitoring the overall flow at an irrigation system valve. The system may monitor typical flow rates and may send a signal to shut off an irrigation system valve if an unexpected or excessive flow rate is detected. The present technology can be used in traditional sprinklers, drip irrigation systems, and other irrigation systems.
US10039239B2
A stump cutter controller and operator presence system includes one or more capacitive sensors in each of the three control levers that control movement of the cutter wheel. A sensor circuit measures changes in the capacitance of the sensors. The controller automatically disengages a drive clutch and applies a brake to the cutter wheel when the controller senses that an operator has left the operating station—which is assumed when the operator has not touched any one of the three control levers of the operator station for a predetermined time. The controller logic is set to allow the clutch to remain engaged during a delay period, of predetermined duration, to permit the operator to move a hand off of one control lever to another control lever. Also, a grace period, of varying duration based on the speed of the cutter wheel, may be provided during which the clutch is reengaged if an operator returns to the controls.
US10039232B2
A stalk roll may be configured to be mounted upon a stalk roll drive shaft of a corn harvesting header, wherein the stalk roll drive shaft has a generally square cross-sectional shape. The stalk roll may comprise a main cylinder with a plurality of flutes extending radially from the main cylinder along the length of the main cylinder. A taper may be positioned toward the front end of the main cylinder. The flutes may be configured such that a bladeless area on each of two stalk rolls of an opposing pair cooperate to form at stalk engagement gap in at least one moment in time per revolution of the stalk rolls.
US10039230B2
A header assembly for an agricultural combine harvester includes a plurality of row units, and a plurality of chopper/blower units. Each chopper/blower unit is positioned below a respective row unit and has a discharge outlet. At least two of the chopper/blower units have a discharge chute connected with the discharge outlet, and a deflector positioned at a discharge end of the discharge chute. Each deflector is independently adjustable to direct crop material toward a windrow formed under the combine harvester.
US10045470B2
A component mounting line includes a component mounting apparatus and a board distributing apparatus. The component mounting apparatus includes two transport lanes, each having a carry-in area where a board is carried and a mounting area where a component is mounted onto the board received from the carry-in area. The board distributing apparatus distributes the board to any one of the two transport lanes. The board distributing apparatus distributes the board to any one of the two transport lanes based on a presence or absence of boards in the carry-in area and the mounting area.
US10045469B2
A laminated double-layer textile product comprises a square mesh ferromagnetic alloy metal filament or thread technical fabric layer coupled to a square mesh synthetic monofilament technical fabric layer by laminating to provide a diffused joining of said two layers, said laminating comprising a hot-melt laminating.
US10045467B2
A system and method to render inoperable electronic devices disposed with a volume of a fluid-tight sealed enclosure. Thermally conductive fluids that fill one or more volumes of said sealed enclosure may be circulated away from said sealed enclosure to an external heat exchange mechanism. The volume of the sealed container contains one or more single phase or multi-phase thermally conductive fluids and may contain solid or sealed hollow structures that conform to or occupy space between said electronic devices. Pressure balancing mechanisms are included to maintain suitable pressure of gaseous fluid in a volume of the sealed container.
US10045462B2
An assembly for electrical components that will protect the components from G force trauma. The assembly will also prevent overheating of the component parts due to the trauma through the use of a coolant that will be employed when the trauma impacts the assembly.
US10045456B2
The present disclosure provides a docking frame for receiving at least one uninterrupted power supply module for high power uninterrupted power supply systems. The power supply system includes a bus connection for electrically connecting another uninterrupted power supply module to at least another docking frame and/or an I/O module. The one or more I/O modules, docking frames and uninterrupted power supply modules can be electrically connected in a horizontal arrangement.
US10045454B2
A circuit board (7) is fixed with a screw (8), using a component attachment part (21) cut and raised from a bottom plate part (20) of a bottom chassis (2) toward the inner side of a casing (1). An opening part (22) formed by cutting and raising of the component attachment part (21) is closed by attachment of a rear chassis (5), and the bottom chassis (2) and the rear chassis (5) come into contact with each other via an elastic piece (52).
US10045450B2
A computer casing for a computer system includes a chassis that receives components of the computer system, wherein the chassis includes a front side and a rear side opposite the front side; and a removable side panel that can be secured to the chassis to cover an interior of the computer casing; wherein the side panel includes an opening and a displaceable locking element; and in a secured state of the side panel, a Kensington lock formed to secure the side panel to the chassis can be inserted through the opening of the side panel and a fixing opening such that the locking element is actuated in a direction of the front side and mechanically cooperates with the chassis in the region of the front side.
US10045448B2
A flexible screen module includes a casing, a flexible screen, a bracket, and a support member. The casing has an opening. The first rotating shaft has an axial direction and is accommodated in the casing. The flexible screen is capable of being wound around the first rotating shaft and is capable of being unwound from the first rotating shaft and extended out of the casing through the opening. A bracket is fixed to the flexible screen and is capable of being wound around the first rotating shaft along with the flexible screen. The bracket supports the flexible screen in the axial direction. A support member is capable of being wound in the casing and is capable of being extended out of the casing along with the flexible screen, the support member has a curve memory characteristic in the axial direction.
US10045429B2
According to one embodiment, there is provided a light control apparatus which includes: a touch screen to display a graphical user interface for controlling a light; and a wireless communication unit performing communication with a light and transmitting a control signal set through the graphical user interface to the corresponding light, wherein the graphical user interface includes a first area displaying a name of the light, and a second area displaying location information of the light selected from the first area, and the location information is spot information about an actual installed location of the light selected from the first area.
